Jennifer Macalady
Director of the Ecology Institute; Professor of Geosciences
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210 Deike
University Park, PA 16802 - jlm80@psu.edu
- 814-865-6330
Research Summary
Microbial interactions with earth materials: soils, sediments, solutes, atmospheric gases, minerals, and rocks. Early evolution of Earth’s biosphere, including photosynthesis and sulfur cycling. Microbial ecology, environmental omics, microbial biogeography.
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Sulfur Oxygen Iron Coal Water Methane Lakes Cyanobacteria Population Sulfides Bacteria Metagenomics Biofilm Biogeochemistry Drainage Photosynthesis Metabolism Pyrite History Biofilms Nitrogen Bacterium Acid Mine Drainage Ecosystem EnergyMost Recent Papers
Functional redundancy imparts process stability to acidic Fe(II)-oxidizing microbial reactors
Diana Ayala-Muñoz, Rachel L. Simister, Sean A. Crowe, Jennifer L. Macalady, William D. Burgos, 2021, Environmental Microbiology on p. 3682-3694
Versatile cyanobacteria control the timing and extent of sulfide production in a Proterozoic analog microbial mat
Judith M. Klatt, Gonzalo V. Gomez-Saez, Steffi Meyer, Petra Pop Ristova, Pelin Yilmaz, Michael S. Granitsiotis, Jennifer L. Macalady, Gaute Lavik, Lubos Polerecky, Solveig I. Bühring, 2020, ISME Journal on p. 3024-3037
Metagenomics reveal functional redundancy and hysteresis in community assembly
D. Ayala-Muñoz, R. Simister, S. Crowe, Jennifer Macalady, W. Burgos, 2020, Environmental Microbiology
Metagenomic and metatranscriptomic study of microbial metal resistance in an acidic pit lake
Diana Ayala-Muñoz, William D. Burgos, Javier Sánchez-España, Estelle Couradeau, Carmen Falagán, Jennifer L. Macalady, 2020, Microorganisms on p. 1-271350
Microbial population structure in a stratified, acidic pit lake in the Iberian pyrite belt
Christen L. Grettenberger, Rebecca L. Mccauley Rench, Danielle S. Gruen, Daniel B. Mills, Colin Carney, Jamie Brainard, Hiroshi Hamasaki, Ramses Ramirez, Yumiko Watanabe, Linda A. Amaral-Zettler, Hiroshi Ohmoto, Jennifer L. Macalady, 2020, Geomicrobiology Journal on p. 623-634
Another chemolithotrophic metabolism missing in nature
Jan P. Amend, Heidi S. Aronson, Jennifer Macalady, Douglas E. LaRowe, 2020, Environmental Microbiology on p. 1971-1976
A novel sulfur catabolism ‘missing in nature’
J. Amend, H. Aronson, Jennifer Macalady, D. LaRowe, 2020, Environmental Microbiology on p. 1971-1976
Low frequency Raman Spectroscopy for micron-scale and in vivo characterization of elemental sulfur in microbial samples
Christine Nims, Brandi Cron, Maxwell Wetherington, Jennifer Macalady, Julie Cosmidis, 2019, Scientific Reports
Elemental sulfur formation by sulfuricurvum kujiense is mediated by extracellular organic compounds
Brandi Cron, Pauline Henri, Clara S. Chan, Jennifer L. Macalady, Julie Cosmidis, 2019, Frontiers in Microbiology
Pelagosite revisited
Alessandro Montanari, David M. Bice, A. J. Timothy Jull, Anatoliy B. Kudryavtsev, Jennifer Macalady, Irene Schaperdoth, Warren D. Sharp, David Shimabukuro, William J. Schopf, Visnja Vucetić, 2019, Special Paper of the Geological Society of America on p. 501-532
Most-Cited Papers
Biogeochemistry of microbial coal-bed methane
Dariusz Strapoć, Maria Mastalerz, Katherine Dawson, Jennifer MacAlady, Amy V. Callaghan, Boris Wawrik, Courtney Turich, Matthew Ashby, 2011, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences on p. 617-656
Community genomic analysis of an extremely acidophilic sulfur-oxidizing biofilm
Daniel S. Jones, Heidi L. Albrecht, Katherine S. Dawson, Irene Schaperdoth, Katherine H. Freeman, Yundan Pi, Ann Pearson, Jennifer L. MacAlady, 2012, ISME Journal on p. 158-170
The role of biology in planetary evolution
Trinity L. Hamilton, Donald A. Bryant, Jennifer L. Macalady, 2016, Environmental Microbiology on p. 325-340
Geochemical niches of Iron-oxidizing acidophiles in acidic coal mine drainage
Daniel S. Jones, Courtney Kohl, Christen Grettenberger, Lance N. Larson, William D. Burgos, Jennifer L. Macalady, 2015, Applied and Environmental Microbiology on p. 1242-1250
Molecular characterization of core lipids from halophilic archaea grown under different salinity conditions
Katherine S. Dawson, Katherine H. Freeman, Jennifer L. Macalady, 2012, Organic Geochemistry on p. 1-8
Carotenoid biomarkers as an imperfect reflection of the anoxygenic phototrophic community in meromictic Fayetteville Green Lake
K. M. Meyer, J. L. Macalady, J. M. Fulton, L. R. Kump, I. Schaperdoth, K. H. Freeman, 2011, Geobiology on p. 321-329
Quantitative fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis of microbial consortia from a biogenic gas field in Alaska's Cook Inlet Basin
Katherine S. Dawson, Dariusz Strapoć, Brad Huizinga, Ulrika Lidstrom, Matt Ashby, Jennifer L. Macalady, 2012, Applied and Environmental Microbiology on p. 3599-3605
Microbial hotspots in anchialine blue holes
Brett C. Gonzalez, Thomas M. Iliffe, Jennifer L. Macalady, Irene Schaperdoth, Brian Kakuk, 2011, Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Health on p. 149-156
Application of a depositional facies model to an acid mine drainage site
Juliana F. Brown, Daniel S. Jones, Daniel B. Mills, Jennifer L. Macalady, William D. Burgos, 2011, Applied and Environmental Microbiology on p. 545-554
Metagenomic insights into S(0) precipitation in a terrestrial subsurface lithoautotrophic ecosystem
Trinity L. Hamilton, Daniel S. Jones, Irene Schaperdoth, Jennifer L. Macalady, 2014, Frontiers in Microbiology
News Articles Featuring Jennifer Macalady
Jul 13, 2021
Macalady named Ecology Institute director
Microbe expert Jennifer Macalady replaces outgoing director Erica Smithwick, who oversaw the research unit for the past five years.
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May 13, 2020
Possible microbes in the Mariana Trench hint at life on Jupiter’s moon
During the 2012 DEEPSEA CHALLENGE expedition to the deepest part of the ocean, scientists spotted fuzzy mats that may be communities of bacteria clinging to the rocks.
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Dec 14, 2019
Dried-up slime may assist microbes survive briny waters on Mars
Slime could help microbe stowaways survive a trip to Mars– and thrive in the planet’s salty waters once they arrive. Biofilms, colonies of cells embedded in a gooey protective coating, live longer than single cells when exposed to Mars-like brines – and even longer when they are dried out first, as they would be after travelling through space.
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