Patricia J. S. Colberg
Associate Professor of Civil EngineeringUniversity of Wyoming College of Engineering and Applied Science Department of Civil & Architectural Engineering
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Education:
Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1983
M.S., Bacteriology and Biochemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, 1977
B.S. (Honors), Microbiology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 1975
Research Interests
Anaerobic microbial transformations of organic contaminants in soils,
sediments and ground water; in situ bioremediation of environmental contaminants
nd metals; microbial immobilization of heavy metals; electron transport in metal-reducing bacteria;
anaerobic Fe(II) oxidation by photosynthetic bacteria; iron cycling in cold alpine lakes;
impact of carbon sequestration on subsurface microbial processes; fate and
transport of engineered nanoparticles.
Academic Appointments
2009 - Associate Professor, Dept of Civil & Architectural Engineering,
University of Wyoming
2000-01 Guest Professor for Microbial Ecology & Geomicrobiology, University
of Zürich
1998-2008 Associate Professor, Dept of Zoology & Physiology, University
of Wyoming
1992-98 Assistant Professor, Dept of Zoology & Physiology, University of
Wyoming
1991-92 Temporary Assistant Professor, Dept of Molecular Biology, University
of Wyoming
1987-90 Adjunct Professor, Dept of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming
1985-86 Visiting Scientist, Dept of Microbiology, Agricultural University,
Wageningen, The Netherlands
1982-85 Postdoctoral Fellow, EAWAG, Dübndorf, Switzerland
Select Recent Publications:
Anhuai, L., Y. Li , S. Jin, M. Lv, X. Wu, J. M. Morris, R. Hao, C. Zen, X. Wang, H. Ding, Y. Lai, C. Wang, and P. J. S. Colberg . Mineral photocatalysis and microbial iron oxidation:
How light energy indirectly supports a chemoautotrophic bacterium. Manuscript submitted to Science .
Meyer, B. A., P. J. S. Colberg , and L. Stillings. Evidence for microbial reduction of Fe(III), Mn(IV),
and arsenic-contaminated ferrihydrite in batch reactors containing H2-Pt reduced growth media. Manuscript in preparation .
Meyer, B. A., P. J. S. Colberg , and L. Stillings. Modeling microbial ferrihydrite and MnO2 reduction under variable electron donor-acceptor conditions:
Evidence of growth rate limitations due to concentrations of surface reduction sites and dissolved iron. Manuscript in preparation .
Magnuson, T. S., C. M. Eggleston,, and P. J. S. Colberg . Determining the redox behavior of membrane-associated and periplasmic
proteins of iron-reducing bacteria using optical waveguide lightmode spectroscopy. Manuscript in preparation .
Meitl, L. A., P. J. S. Colberg , and C. M. Eggleston.
Electrochemical characterization of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 and its outer membrane cytochromes. Manuscript submitted to Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta .
Borman, C. J., B. P. Sullivan, C. M. Eggleston, and P. J. S. Colberg .
Is iron redox cycling in a high altitude watershed photochemically or thermally
driven? Manuscript submitted to Chemical Geology.
Borman, C. J., B. P. Sullivan, C. M. Eggleston, and P. J. S. Colberg . The use of flow-injection analysis and chemiluminescence detection of aqueous ferrous iron in waters containing high concentrations of organic compounds. Manuscript submitted to Sensors .
Stanescu, D. B. M. Chen-Charpentier, B. J. Jensen, and P. J. S.
Colberg . 2009. Random differential models of anaerobic phototrophic
bacterial growth. Electronic Transactions of Numerical Analysis, in press.
Eggleston, C. M., J. Vörös, L. Shi, B. H. Lower, T. C. Droubay, and P. J. S. Colberg . 2008. Binding and direct electrochemistry of OmcA, an outer-membrane cytochrome from an iron reducing bacteria, with oxide electrodes: A candidate biofuel cell system. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 361:769-777 .
Nehm, R.H., T.M. Poole, M.E. Lyford, S.G. Hoskins, L.Carruth, B.E. Ewers, and P.J.S. Colberg . 2008. Does the Segregation of Evolution in Biology Textbooks and Introductory Courses Reinforce Students' Faulty Mental Models of Biology and Evolution? Evolution: Education and Outreach . Published on-line 19 November 2008.
Cui, K., S. Jin, P. H. Fallgren, S.-C. Peng, and P. J. S. Colberg . 2008. Adsorption kinetics of humic acid from aqueous solution by anionic clay. Safety Environ. Eng. 15:15:86-89 .
Jin, S., J. I. Drever, and P. J. S. Colberg . 2007. Effects of copper on bacterial consortia enriched from metal-contaminated and uncontaminated sediments. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 26:225-230 .
Markwiese, J. T., and P. J. S. Colberg . 2000. Bacterial reduction of copper-contaminated sediments: Copper toxicity and the interaction between fermentative and Fe(III)-reducing bacteria. Archiv. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 38:139-146 .
Harrington, R. R., S. R. Poulson, J. I. Drever, P. J. S. Colberg , and E. F. Kelly. 1999. Carbon isotope systematics of monoaromatic hydrocarbon (BTEX) compounds: Preliminary results. Org. Geochem. 30:765-775 .
Markwiese, J. M., J. S. Meyer, and P. J. S. Colberg . 1998. Copper tolerance in iron-reducing bacteria: implications for copper mobilization in sediments. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 17:675-678 .
Poulson, S. R., J. I. Drever and P. J. S. Colberg . 1997. Estimation of log Koc values for deuterated benzene, toluene and ethylbenzene, and application to groundwater contaminant studies. Chemosphere 35:2215-2224.
Bedessem, M. E., N. G. Swoboda-Colberg, and P. J. S. Colberg . 1997. Naphthalene mineralization coupled to sulfate reduction in aquifer-derived enrichments. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 152:213-218 .
Jin, S., N. G. Swoboda-Colberg, and P. J. S. Colberg . 1997. Microbial degradation of quadricyclane-derived tricyclo-[2.2.1.02,6]heptan-3-ol in soil. Can. J. Microbiol. 43:300-303 .
Poulson, S. R., P. J. S. Colberg , and J. I. Drever. 1997. Toxicity of heavy metals (Ni, Zn) to Desulfovibrio desulfuricans. Geomicrobiol. J. 14:41-49 .
