Program and Session Listings

Steering Committee

Faculty

  • William Landing (Florida State University), Chair
  • Jennifer Glass (Georgia Institute of Technology)
  • Mandy Joye (University of Georgia)
  • Angela Knapp (Florida State University)
  • Sven Kranz (Florida State University)
  • Karen Lloyd (University of Tennessee)
  • Olivia Mason (Florida State University)
  • Sophie McCoy (Florida State University)
  • Amy McKenna (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory)
  • Jeremy Owens (Florida State University)
  • Theodore Them (Florida State University)

FSU Graduate Students

  • Chelsea Bowman
  • Lauren Campbell
  • Thomas Kelly
  • Nur Ahmed
  • Kelly McCabe
  • Rachel Petet

Participating Universities

Dauphin Island Sea Lab, East Carolina University, Florida State University, Florida A&M University, Georgia Institute of Technology, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, University of Alabama, University of Georgia, University of Florida, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, University of South Alabama, University of South Florida, University of South Carolina, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Virginia Tech

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Susan Lang

Dr. Susan Lang

University of South Carolina
School of Earth, Ocean, and Environment

Serpentinization, Carbon, and Life

Susan Lang is an Assistant Professor in the School of the Earth, Ocean, and Environment at the University of South Carolina, where her research focuses on the interactions among water, rocks, and microorganisms. She received an undergraduate degree in Chemistry from MIT and a Ph.D. in Chemical Oceanography from the University of Washington, supported in part by a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Student Fellowship. She conducted post-graduate research at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and ETH-Zürich in Switzerland. In 2016 she was selected as a Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences.

Lang investigates the biogeochemistry of the rocky subsurface of the oceans and continents. These environments are removed from photosynthetically derived inputs and are instead inhabited by microorganisms that obtain energy from water-rock reactions. Regions where water reacts with ultramafic rocks to form serpentinites may be particularly important, high-activity, ‘population centers’ in the oceanic subsurface since they are associated with high concentrations of hydrogen and abiotically produced organic molecules such as methane and formate. The outcomes of this research can provide insights into the early evolution of life on Earth and for detecting life on other planetary bodies.

Dr. Lang's Website

Program Listing

Oral Session I
Saturday April 7, 2018 10:20 AM - 12:00 PM

10:20 AM
 A Bottom-Up Method to Estimate Species Specific Primary Production Rates on Coral ReefsPrg
Daniel Owen*, William K. Fitt, Matthew H. Long, Brian M. Hopkinson, University of Georgia 

10:35 AM
 Fine scale benthic invertebrate megafaunal assemblage structure on the north pacific seamount Mokumanamana
Nicole Morgan*, Savannah Goode, E. Brendan Roark, Amy R. Baco, Florida State University 

10:50 AM
 Spatial data shift algorithm for 3-oxygen-probe aquatic eddy covariance system
Alireza Merikhi*, Peter Berg, Markus Huettel, Florida State University 

11:05 AM
 What sets the vertical structure of the ocean deoxygenation in warming climate?
Daoxun Sun*, Taka Ito, Georgia Institute of Technology 

11:20 AM
 Origins of Life Chemistry: Prebiotic Metabolite Production in Simulated Hydrothermal Vent Environments
Arthur Omran*, Oliver Steinbock, Florida State University 

11:35 AM
Carbon acquisition and toxin production in the marine dinoflagellate Karenia brevis under varying CO2 concentrations
Tristyn Bercel*, Sven Kranz, Florida State University

Oral Session II
Saturday April 7, 2018 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM

1:00 PM
 Microbial Community Assembly in Marine Phytoplankton-Bacteria Model Systems
He Fu*, Mary Ann Moran, University of Georgia 

1:15 PM
 Single cell genomic and transcriptomic evidence for the use of alternative nitrogen substrates by anammox bacteria
Anthony Bertagnolli*, Sangita Ganesh, Laura Bristow, Cory Padilla, Nigel Blackwood, Montserrat Aldunate, Annie Bourbonnais, Mark Altabet, Rex Malstrom, Tanja Woyke, Osvaldo Ulloa, Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, Bo Thamdrup, Frank Stewat, Georgia Institute of Technology 

1:30 PM
 ABC Transporters Mediated Multidrug Resistance in Prostate Cancer Cells
Toluleke O. Famuyiwa*, Joubin Jebelli, Elizabeth Ramirez, Allen Reilly, Christopher Pecille Dr. Kumi-Diaka, Florida Atlantic University
1:45 PM
 Expanding the Structural and Phylogenetic Diversity of Conductive Geopili
Marcus S. Bray*, Bianca F. Costa, Jieying Wu, Cory C. Padilla, Frank J. Stewart, David A. Fowle, Cynthia Henny, Sean A. Crowe, Jennifer B. Glass, Georgia Institute of Technology 

2:00 PM
 High depth resolution of methanogenic estuarine sediments reveals ANME-1 as sole methanogen
Richard Kevorkian*, Sean Callahan and Karen G. Lloyd, University of Tennessee 

2:15 PM
 Role of Mn(IV) oxides in abiotic nitrous oxide production
Amanda Cavazos*, Martial Taillefert, Yuanzhi Tang, Jennifer Glass, Georgia Institute of Technology

Oral Session III
Saturday April 7, 2018 2:50 PM – 4:20 PM

2:50 PM
 Investigating a unique open ocean geochemical record of the end Triassic mass extinction from Panthalassa
Selva Marroquín*, Benjamin Gill, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 

3:05 PM
A comparative assessment of the role of anoxia during the Cambrian SPICE event
Matthew LeRoy*, Benjamin Gill, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 

3:20 PM
 Assessing gas transfer velocity in a shallow, microtidal estuary
Bryce Van Dam*, Craig Tobias, James Edson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

3:35 PM
 The role of priming effects on the conversion of blue carbon to CO2 in the coastal zone
Elise Morrison*, N. Ward, A. Arellano, Y. Liu, A. Rivas-Ubach, A. Ogram, T. Osborne, D. Vaughn, T.S. Bianchi, University of Florida 

3:50 PM
 Characterization and Degradation of Hydrocarbons Buried in Dry Pensacola Beach Sand
Ioana Bociu*, Markus Huettel, Florida State University 

4:05 PM
 Dissolved Organic Matter Throughout the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Domain: Sources, Distribution and Biodegradation
Maria Letourneau*, Sylvia C. Schaefer, Patricia M. Medeiros, University of Georgia

Oral Session IV
Sunday April 8, 2018: 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

9:00 AM
 Wastewater remediation coupled with fuel production from the cultivation of oleaginous algal micro-organisms native to Tallahassee, FL
Lowell Collins*, Ashvini Chauhan, Florida A&M University 

9:15 AM
 The response of microbially-mediated organic matter decomposition to elevated temperature in peatlands
Tianze Song*, Jose L. Rolando, Max Kolton, Rachel Wilson, Jason Keller, Scott Bridgham, Jeff Chanton, and Joel E. Kostka, Georgia Institute of Technology 

9:30 AM
 Polysaccharide Complexes in Sphagnum Moss Promote Decarboxylation and Mitigate CH4 Production in Catotelm Peat
Alexandra Cory*, Rachel Wilson, Beth Holmes, Claire Wilson, Jeffrey Chanton, Florida State University 

9:45 AM
 Assembly, ecological function and evolutionary conservation of the Sphagnum core microbiome across the North America continent
Max Kolton*, Jonathan Shaw, David Weston, Joel E. Kostka, Georgia Institute of Technology 

10:00 AM
 Ozone deposition to forests degrades water-use efficiency across multiple ecosystems
Jason Ducker*, Christopher D. Holmes, Trevor Keenan, Silvano Fares, Allen Goldstein, Ivan Mammarella, William Munger, Jordan Schnell, Florida State University 

10:15 AM
 Using Functional Traits to Assess the Influence of Burrowing Bivalves on Nitrogen Removal in an Unregulated Lowland River in Central Alabama
Zachary L. Nickerson*, Behzad Mortazavi, Carla L. Atkinson, University of Alabama

Poster Session
Saturday April 7, 2018 4:20 PM – 6:20 PM

Iron and Sulfate Reducers in Response to Arctic Climate Change
Brandy Barber*, University of Tennessee

Prolonged Survival and Cultivation of Deep Sediment Microbes
Cailin E Kellum*, Nadia Szeinbaum and Jennifer B. Glass, Georgia Institute of Technology

Carbon Flux of Heterotrophic-Autotrophic Interactions in Surface Ocean Bacteria
Frank Ferrer-Gonzalez*, Mary Ann Moran, University of Georgia

Impacts of microbial community structure on denitrification rates in the rhizosphere of Juncus roemerianus and Spartina alterniflora in a mixed marsh in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Rachel Petet*, Loren Knobbe, Patrick Chanton, Behzad Mortazavi and Olivia U. Mason, Florida State University

Field and culture studies of factors contributing to variability in the isotope effect of nitrate assimilation
Rachel Thomas*, Sven Kranz, Yuliya Danyuk, Sarah Fawcett, Angela Knapp, Florida State University

Depth-stratified marine microbial communities exhibit distinct enzymatic responses to high-molecular weight organic matter addition
Sarah Brown*, Adrienne Hoarfrost, J.P. Balmonte, Sherif Ghobrial, Carol Arnosti, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Investigating feedbacks between chemistry and biology: Insights from Southern Ocean incubation experiments
Shannon Burns*, Kristen Buck, University of South Florida

Evaluating the sensitivity of subsurface microbial metagenome assembled genome properties as a function of metagenomic shotgun sequencing depth
Taylor Royalty*, Andrew Steen, University of Tennessee

Influence of energy availability on the carbon isotopes of methane and biomarkers during hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis
Tran Nguyen*, B.D. Topçuoğlu, J.F. Holden, S.Q. Lang, University of South Carolina

Potential activities of extracellular glycosyl hydrolases, peptidases, alkaline phosphatase, and sulfatase in sediments of the White Oak River, NC
Zachery Stooksbury*, Lauren A. Mullen, Andrew D. Steen, University of Tennessee

Investigating marine chromophoric dissolved organic matter transformations with organic geochemical proxies in a growth and degradation experiment
Michael Shields*, Thomas S. Bianchi, Christopher L. Osburn, Joanna D. Kinsey, Kai Ziervogel, and Astrid Schnetzer, University of Florida

Mapping Marine Trace Metal and Macronutrient Remineralization Following a Phytoplankton Bloom
Adrienne Patricia Hollister*, Kristen Buck, University of South Florida

Endolith diazotrophy, and its physiological effects on host crustose coralline algae
Ethan Cissell*, Florida State University

The role of parrotfishes in the bioerosion of crustose coralline algae with increasing ocean acidification
Joshua C Manning*, Sophie J McCoy, Florida State University

Short- and long-term response of phytoplankton to ENSO in Prydz Bay, Antarctica
Jun Zhao*, Haisheng Zhang, Thomas S. Bianchi, Zhengbing Han, Jianming Pan, University of Florida

Diatoms and dissolved trace metal/nutrients ratios in the Southern Ocean
Kaitlyn Renegar*, Peter L. Morton, William M. Landing, Florida State University

Regional differences in aerosol trace element composition and solubility during the CLIVAR A16N and A16S campaigns (2013-2014)
Rachel Shelley*, Peter L. Morton, William M. Landing, Florida State University

Effects of Wind on Oceanic Submesoscale Processes
Xu Chen*, William Dewar, Mark Bourassa, Florida State University

The Effect of Surface Dispersant Application on Oil Degradation
Cathrine Shepard*, Samantha Joye, University of Georgia

The effects of crude oil on northern Gulf of Mexico salt marsh nitrogen cycling
Derek Tollette*, Corianne Tatariw, Behzad Mortazavi, University of Alabama 

Characterizing the overall microbial community structure including two novel Thaumarchaeota in the annual northern Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone
Lauren Gillies Campbell*, J. Cameron Thrash, Kiley W. Seitz, Brett J. Baker, Nancy N. Rabalais, Olivia U. Mason, Florida State University

The impact of nutrient loading on nitrate removal in a Juncus roemerianus and Spartina alterniflora dominated saltmarsh in the northern Gulf of Mexico
Taylor C Ledford*, Alice Kleinhuizen, Corianne Tatariw, Behzad Mortazavi, University of Alabama

Magnitude and variability of reactive silica in Mississippi River plume sediments
Aislyn M. Galford*, William C. Dobbins, Rebecca A. Pickering, Sydney Acton, Jeffrey W. Krause, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, The University of Alabama, The University of South Alabama

Blue carbon sequestration within a northeastern Florida intertidal wetland - response to climate change and Holocene climate variability
Derrick Vaughn*, Thomas S. Bianchi, Todd Osborne, Michael Shields, William Kenney, University of Florida

The search for novel gas hydrate inhibitors
Abbie M. Johnson*, Frank J. Stewart, Piyush Ranjan, Brook L. Nunn, Jennifer B. Glass, Georgia Institute of Technology

Using thallium isotopes in the ~2.63 Ga Jeerinah Formation from Hamersley Basin, Western Australia, to constrain ancient seafloor oxygenation
Brett Holdaway*, Jeremy D Owens, Ariel D Anbar, Chadlin M Ostrander, Sune G Nielson, Florida State University

Geochemical evidence for widespread anoxia-euxinia during the Late Silurian Lau Extinction Event
Chelsie Bowman*, Claudia Richbourg, Jeremy Owens, Seth Young, Florida State University

New Late Silurian (Ludfordian) 13C and 34S Analyses from Western Tennessee: An Outer Ramp Perspective on the LAU CIE and Extinction Event
Claudia Richbourg*, Chelsie Bowman, Seth Young, Florida State University

V isotope composition in modern marine hydrothermal sediments
Fei Wu*, Jeremy Owens, Sune Nielsen, Chris German, Rachel Mills, Florida State University

A geochemical analysis of Rare Earth Elements (REEs) associated with significant sedimentary phosphorite deposits of West-Central Florida
Kyle Turner*, Jeremy Owens, Florida State University

Sequence Stratigraphic Analysis of the Evan’s Ferry Roadcut, TN: A New Prospective for Late Ordovician (Sandbian) Sea Level from the Appalachian Basin
Nevin Kozik*, Seth Young, Florida State University

Tracking Early Jurassic marine (de)oxygenation
Theodore R. Them II*, Benjamin C. Gill, Andrew H. Caruthers, Darren R. Gröcke, Selva M. Marroquín, Jeremy D. Owens, Florida State University

A thallium isotope record of ocean oxygenation during the Lomagundi Event
Zijian Li*, Christopher T. Reinhard, Noah J. Planavsky, Jeremy D. Owens, Georgia Institute of Technology

Expansion of anoxia/euxinia as driver for early Silurian extinction events: New geochemical proxy data from Sweden
Emily Benyoun*, Jeremy Owens, Olle Hints, Tonu Martma, Seth Young, Florida State University

Double Trouble: Tracking (Late Wenlock) Silurian Sulfur and Carbon Perturbations associated with the Mulde Event from Tennessee and Nevada
Randall Funderburk*, Seth Young, Florida State University

Parametric uncertainty quantification of Mercury chemical Speciation modeling
Nur Ahmed*, Ming Ye, Florida State University

Historical Profiles of Organic and Soot Carbon in White Pond, South Carolina
Ashlyn Listecki*, Bailey King, Siddhartha Mitra, David Mallinson, Christopher Moore, Chad Lane, Kimberly Duernberger, East Carolina University

Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in the Effluent of Septic Tanks and in Groundwater beneath Septic Drainfields in Eastern North Carolina
Bailey King*, Listecki A, Mitra S, Humphrey CP Jr., Iverson, G, East Carolina University

Peatland Organic Matter Chemistry Trends Over a Global Latitudinal Gradient
Brittany Verbeke*, Suzanne B Hodgkins, Michael A. Carson, Louis J. Lamit, Erik A. Lilleskov, Jeff Chanton, Florida State University

Carbon deposition and burial in estuarine sediments of the contiguous United States
Jack A Hutchings*, Thomas S Bianchi, Raymond Najjar, Maria Herrmann, Michael Kemp, University of Florida

The Biogeochemistry of Canvasback Lake
Jennifer Rogers*, Rob Spencer, Florida State University

Turmeric Adulteration by Lead Paint
Mary E. DesRosiers*, Peter L. Morton, Maitreyi Mazumdar, and Kelsey Gleason, Florida State University

Internal Nutrient Loads in a North Carolina Reservoir Lake
Mary Zeller*, Marc Alperin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Turnover and Priming of Terrigenous Dissolved Organic Carbon in Permafrost-Influenced Streams of Central Alaska
Sadie R. Textor*, Wickland, K. P., Johnston, S. E., Podgorski, D. C., R. G. M. Spencer, Florida State University 

*  Indicates Presenting Author