Curriculum VitÆ
Rachael Marie Morgan-Kiss
Education
2000 Ph.D. University of Western Ontario, Plant Sciences (Plant Physiology)
1995 B.Sc. University of Victoria, Biology, 1st class (Plant Physiology)
Professional Experience
2007-present: Assistant Professor. Department of Microbiology, Miami University.
2006-2007 Research Scientist, Microbial Physiology. Delaware Biotechnology Institute, University of Delaware. Research Photophysiology and development of the genomic tools of the thermophilic green sulfur bacterium, Chlorobium tepidum.
2005 Research Consultant, Limnology, McMurdo Long Term Ecological Research (McM-LTER) Site, Taylor Dry Valley, Antarctica. Research In situ chlorophyll fluorescence and microbial molecular ecology.
2002-2005 Postdoctoral Fellow and Lab Chief, Bacterial Genetics & Lipid Biochemistry. Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois. Research Genetics and biochemistry of fatty acid synthase and β-oxidation pathways in bacteria.
Professional Awards and Distinctions
1. American Society of Plant Biologists Young Female Investigator Award 2011
2. Miami University Interdisciplinary Technology Challenge, 1st place 2009
3. NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship 2002-2004
4. Doctoral Award in Plant Sciences, University of Western Ontario 2000
5. NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship 1997-1999
6. Graduate Tuition Scholarship, University of Western Ontario 1997-2000
7. J.D. Detwiler Award in Plant Sciences, University of Western Ontario 1997
8. Directors Award, Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists 1996, 1997
9. President’s Scholarship, University of Western Ontario 1995-1997
PUBLICATIONS (* undergraduate; ** graduate students; [XX] Impact Factor)
Invited Reviews
1. Morgan-Kiss R.M., Priscu J.C., Pocock T., Gudnaite-Savich L., Hüner N.P.A. (2006) Adaptation and acclimation of photosynthetic microorganisms to permanently cold environments. Microbiol Molec Biol Rev. 70:222-252. [12.22]
Peer Reviewed Publications
2. Kong W. Dolhi J.**, Chiuchiolo A., Priscu J.C., Morgan-Kiss R. (2012) High diversity of the form II RubisCO gene in a perennially ice-covered Antarctic lake. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. Special Issue: Polar and Alpine Microbiology. In press. [3.456]
3. Kong W., Ream D.*, Priscu J.C., Morgan-Kiss R.M. (2012) Dynamics of RubisCO gene number and expression during the transition to polar night in Antarctic lake. Appl Env Microbiol. 78:4358-4366. [3.78]
http://aem.asm.org/content/78/12/4358.abstract
4. Dolhi J.**, Ketchum N.*, Morgan-Kiss R.M. (2012) Use of carbon fixation potential as a measure of metabolic versatility between phototrophic and mixotrophic enrichment cultures isolated from a chemically stratified Antarctic lake. J Visual Exp. 62:e3992. [1.19]
http://www.jove.com/video/3992/establishment-of-microbial-eukaryotic-enrichment-cultures-from-a-chemically-stratified-antarctic-lake-and-assessment-of-carbon-fixation-potential
5. Bielewicz S.*, Kong W., Bell E., Priscu J.C., Morgan-Kiss R.M. (2011) Influence of polar night transition on the diversity of protists in Lake Bonney, a permanently ice-covered Antarctic lake. ISME J. 5: 1559-1564. [6.397]
http://www.nature.com/ismej/journal/v5/n9/full/ismej201123a.html
6. Hanson T.E., Morgan-Kiss R.M., Chan L.K., Hiras J. (2010) Beyond the genome: functional studies of phototrophic sulfur oxidation. Adv Exp Med Biol. 675: 109-121 [1.379]
http://www.springerlink.com/content/w62533776un03810/
7. Jiang Y., Morgan-Kiss R.M., Campbell J., Chan C.H., Cronan J.E. (2010) Expression of Vibrio harveyi Acyl-ACP synthetase allows entry of exogenous fatty acids into the Escherichia coli fatty acid and lipid A synthetic pathways. Biochem. 49:718-726. [3.226]
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/bi901890a
8. Kiss A.J., Devries A.L., Morgan-Kiss R.M. (2010) Comparative analysis of crystallins and lipids from the lens of Antarctic toothfish and cow. J Comp Physiol B. 180:1019-1032. [1.698]
http://www.springerlink.com/content/e51022804713w416/?MUD=MP
9. Jaraula C.M.B., Brassell S.C., Morgan-Kiss R.M., Doran P.T., Kenig F. (2010) Tentative identification of pentaunsaturated alkenones from Lake Fryxell, East Antarctica. Organ Geochem. 41:386-397. [2.364]
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0146638009002691
10. Chan, L.K., Morgan-Kiss, R.M., Hanson, T.E. (2009). Functional analysis of three sulfide:quinone oxidoreductase homologs in Chlorobaculum tepidum. J Bacteriol. 191:1026-1034. [3.726]
http://jb.asm.org/content/191/3/1026.full
11. Morgan-Kiss R.M., Chan L.K., Weber T.S., Modla S. Czymmek K., Hanson T.E. (2009) Chlorobaculum tepidum regulates chlorosome structure and function in response to temperature and electron donor availability. Photosynth Res. 99:11-21. [2.41]
http://www.springerlink.com/content/f02v6361545j2314/
12. Morgan-Kiss R.M., Cronan J.E. (2008) The Lactococcus lactis FabF fatty acid synthetic enzyme can functionally replace both the FabB and FabF proteins of Escherichia coli and the FabH protein of Lactococcus lactis. Archiv Microbiol. 190:427-437. [2.125]
http://www.springerlink.com/content/5666685t5j112682/
13. Chan L.K., Weber T.S., Morgan-Kiss R.M., Hanson T.E. (2008) A genomic region required for phototrophic thiosulfate oxidation in the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum (syn. Chlorobaculum tepidum). Microbiol-Sgm. 154:818-829. [2.957]
14. Morgan-Kiss R.M., Ivanov A.G., Modla S., Czymmek K., Hüner N.P.A., Priscu J.C., Lisle J.T., Hanson T.E. (2008) Identity and physiology of a new psychrophilic eukaryotic green alga, Chlorella sp., strain BI, isolated from a transitory pond near Bratina Island, Antarctica. Extremophiles. 12:701-711. [2.16]
http://www.springerlink.com/content/yv575474326w8564/?MUD=MP
15. Gudynaite-Savich L., Gretes M., Morgan-Kiss R.M., Savich L.V., Simmonds J.., Kohalmi S.E., Hüner N.P.A. (2006) Cytochrome f from the Antarctic psychrophile, Chlamydomonas raudensis UWO241: structure, sequence, and complementation in the mesophile, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Molec Genet Genom. 275: 387-398. [2.453]
16. Morgan-Kiss R.M., Ivanov A.G., Pocock T., Gudynaite-Savitch L., Hüner N.P. (2005) The Antarctic psychrophile, Chlamydomonas raudensis Ettl (UWO241) (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta) exhibits a limited capacity to photoacclimate to red light. J Phycol. 41: 791-800. [1.972]
17. Ivanov A.G., Krol M., Apostolova E.L., Morgan-Kiss R.M., Naydenova N., Hüner N.P.A., Sane P.V. (2005) Oligomerization state of LHCII modulates the redox properties of the acceptor side of Photosystem II in Costata-2/133 mutant of pea Physiol Mol Biol Plants. 11:199-207. [1.409]
18. Morgan-Kiss R.M., Cronan Jr. J.E. (2004) The Escherichia coli fadK (ydiD) gene encodes an aerobically-regulated short-chain acyl-CoA synthetase. J Biol Chem. 279:37324-37333. [5.328]
19. Campbell J.W., Morgan-Kiss R.M., Cronan Jr. J.E. (2003) A new Escherichia coli metabolic competency: growth on fatty acids by a novel anaerobic β-oxidation pathway. Molec Microbiol. 47:793-805. [5.631]
20. Morgan-Kiss R.M., Wadler C., Cronan Jr., J.E. (2002) Long-term and homogeneous regulation of the Escherichia coli araBAD promoter by use of a lactose transporter of relaxed specificity. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 99:7373-7377. [9.771]
21. Morgan-Kiss R.M., Ivanov A.G., Williams J., Khan M., Hüner N.P.A. (2002) Differential thermal effects on the energy distribution between photosystem II and photosystem I in thylakoid membranes of a psychrophilic and a mesophilic alga. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1561:251-265. [2.590]
22. Morgan-Kiss R.M., Ivanov A.G., Hüner N.P.A. (2002) The Antarctic psychrophile, Chlamydomonas subcaudata, is deficient in state I-state II transitions. Planta. 214:435-445. [3.098]
23. Dobrikova A.G., Ivanov A.G., Morgan-Kiss R.M., Petkanchin I.B., Taneva S.G. (2000) Contribution of LHCII complex to the electric properties of thylakoid membranes: an electric light scattering study of Chl b-less barley mutant. J Photochem Photobiol B: Biol. 57:33-40. [2.679]
24. Dobrikova A., Morgan R.M., Ivanov A.G., Apostolova E., Petkanchin I., Hüner N.P.A., Taneva S.G. (2000) Electric properties of thylakoid membranes from pea mutants with modified carotenoid and chlorophyll-protein complexes composition. Photosynth Res. 65:165-174. [2.41]
25. Ivanov A.G., Morgan R.M., Gray G.R., Velitchkova M.Y., Hüner N.P.A. (1998) Temperature/light dependent development of selective resistance to photoinhibition of photosystem I. FEBS Lett. 430:288-292. [3.399]
26. Morgan R.M., Ivanov A.G., Maxwell D., Priscu J.C., Hüner N.P.A. (1998) Structure and composition of the photochemical apparatus of the Antarctic green alga, Chlamydomonas subcaudata. Photosyn Res. 56:303-314. [2.41]
Book Chapters:
1. Morgan-Kiss R.M., Dolhi J.D. Microorganisms and Plants: a Photosynthetic Perspective. In: Storey K., Tanino K. [Eds.] Nature at Risk: Temperature in a Changing Climate. CABI 2011; pp. 24-44.
http://www.cabi.org/CABeBooks/default.aspx?site=107&page=45&LoadModule=PDFHier&BookID=628
2. Hanson T.E., Morgan-Kiss R.M., Chan L.K., Hiras J. Beyond the genome: functional studies of phototrophic sulfur oxidation. In: Hallenbeck P. [Ed.] Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. Springer 2009; pp. 109-121.
3. Chan L.K., Morgan-Kiss R.M., Hanson T.E. Genetic and proteomic studies of sulfur oxidation in Chlorobium tepidum (syn. Chlorobaculum tepidum). In: Hell R., Dahl C., Leustek T., Knaff D. [Eds.] Sulfur Metabolism in Phototrophic Organisms. New York, N.Y.: Springer 2008; pp. 363-379.
4. Chan, L.K., Morgan-Kiss, R.M. & Hanson, T.E. Sulfur oxidation in Chlorobium tepidum (syn. Chlorobaculum tepidum): genetic and proteomic analyses. In: Dahl C., Friedrich C.G. [Eds.] Microbial Sulfur Metabolism. Springer 2007; pp. 117-26.
5. Hüner N.P.A., Wilson K.E., Król M., Ivanov A.G., Miskiewicz E., Morgan R.M., Savitch L.V. Light, temperature and redox control of the development of the photosynthetic apparatus. In: Argyroudi-Akoyunoglou J.H., Senger H. [Eds.] The Chloroplast: From Molecular Biology to Biotechnology. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999; pp. 331-336.
Completed Theses:
· Ph.D. Dissertation. (April, 2000) Functional and structural characterization of the photosynthetic apparatus of the Antarctic green alga, Chlamydomonas subcaudata. Plant Sciences Department, University of Western Ontario. Supervisor: Prof. Norman P. A. Hüner.
· B.Sc. Thesis. (May, 1995) Effects of salinity and water stress on pigmentation of two glycophytes, Phaeseolus vulgaris and Zea mays. Department of Biology, University of Victoria Supervisor: Prof. David J. Ballantyne.
EXTERNAL FUNDING
Awarded
1. 2007-2010 National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs: IPY: Plankton dynamics in the McMurdo Dry Valley lakes during the transition to polar night. PI: J. Priscu. $71,000.
2. 2011-2016 National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs: CAREER: Protist Nutritional Strategies in Permanently Stratified Antarctic Lakes. $658,822.
3. 2011-2013 National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology: Niche differentiation between Ammonia-oxidizing Archaea and Bacteria in freshwater lakes. PI: A. Bollmann.
Pending
1. 2012-2015 ARISE: Astrobiology Ross Ice Shelf Experiment. NASA ASTEP. PI: D. Atkin. $255,092.
2. 2013-2016 Collaborative Proposal: Impact of climate change on ecosystem functioning in Antarctic lakes. CoPI: A. Bollmann. $314,778.
ONLINE MEDIA
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtJ4mEkC0lg
http://www.miami.muohio.edu/news/article/view/17054.html
http://www.cas.muohio.edu/advising/morgankiss.html
http://www.cas.muohio.edu/antarctica1.html
http://www.cas.muohio.edu/antarctica2.html
http://www.cas.muohio.edu/antarctica3.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5hFpheOfqI&lr=1
http://www.miami.muohio.edu/news/article/view/15234.html
http://www.miami.muohio.edu/news/article/view/16305.html
http://www.miamistudent.net/news/students-participate-in-antartica-research-1.2836694#.T4cRBdWspyw
Rachael Marie Morgan-Kiss
Education
2000 Ph.D. University of Western Ontario, Plant Sciences (Plant Physiology)
1995 B.Sc. University of Victoria, Biology, 1st class (Plant Physiology)
Professional Experience
2007-present: Assistant Professor. Department of Microbiology, Miami University.
2006-2007 Research Scientist, Microbial Physiology. Delaware Biotechnology Institute, University of Delaware. Research Photophysiology and development of the genomic tools of the thermophilic green sulfur bacterium, Chlorobium tepidum.
2005 Research Consultant, Limnology, McMurdo Long Term Ecological Research (McM-LTER) Site, Taylor Dry Valley, Antarctica. Research In situ chlorophyll fluorescence and microbial molecular ecology.
2002-2005 Postdoctoral Fellow and Lab Chief, Bacterial Genetics & Lipid Biochemistry. Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois. Research Genetics and biochemistry of fatty acid synthase and β-oxidation pathways in bacteria.
Professional Awards and Distinctions
1. American Society of Plant Biologists Young Female Investigator Award 2011
2. Miami University Interdisciplinary Technology Challenge, 1st place 2009
3. NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship 2002-2004
4. Doctoral Award in Plant Sciences, University of Western Ontario 2000
5. NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship 1997-1999
6. Graduate Tuition Scholarship, University of Western Ontario 1997-2000
7. J.D. Detwiler Award in Plant Sciences, University of Western Ontario 1997
8. Directors Award, Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists 1996, 1997
9. President’s Scholarship, University of Western Ontario 1995-1997
PUBLICATIONS (* undergraduate; ** graduate students; [XX] Impact Factor)
Invited Reviews
1. Morgan-Kiss R.M., Priscu J.C., Pocock T., Gudnaite-Savich L., Hüner N.P.A. (2006) Adaptation and acclimation of photosynthetic microorganisms to permanently cold environments. Microbiol Molec Biol Rev. 70:222-252. [12.22]
Peer Reviewed Publications
2. Kong W. Dolhi J.**, Chiuchiolo A., Priscu J.C., Morgan-Kiss R. (2012) High diversity of the form II RubisCO gene in a perennially ice-covered Antarctic lake. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. Special Issue: Polar and Alpine Microbiology. In press. [3.456]
3. Kong W., Ream D.*, Priscu J.C., Morgan-Kiss R.M. (2012) Dynamics of RubisCO gene number and expression during the transition to polar night in Antarctic lake. Appl Env Microbiol. 78:4358-4366. [3.78]
http://aem.asm.org/content/78/12/4358.abstract
4. Dolhi J.**, Ketchum N.*, Morgan-Kiss R.M. (2012) Use of carbon fixation potential as a measure of metabolic versatility between phototrophic and mixotrophic enrichment cultures isolated from a chemically stratified Antarctic lake. J Visual Exp. 62:e3992. [1.19]
http://www.jove.com/video/3992/establishment-of-microbial-eukaryotic-enrichment-cultures-from-a-chemically-stratified-antarctic-lake-and-assessment-of-carbon-fixation-potential
5. Bielewicz S.*, Kong W., Bell E., Priscu J.C., Morgan-Kiss R.M. (2011) Influence of polar night transition on the diversity of protists in Lake Bonney, a permanently ice-covered Antarctic lake. ISME J. 5: 1559-1564. [6.397]
http://www.nature.com/ismej/journal/v5/n9/full/ismej201123a.html
6. Hanson T.E., Morgan-Kiss R.M., Chan L.K., Hiras J. (2010) Beyond the genome: functional studies of phototrophic sulfur oxidation. Adv Exp Med Biol. 675: 109-121 [1.379]
http://www.springerlink.com/content/w62533776un03810/
7. Jiang Y., Morgan-Kiss R.M., Campbell J., Chan C.H., Cronan J.E. (2010) Expression of Vibrio harveyi Acyl-ACP synthetase allows entry of exogenous fatty acids into the Escherichia coli fatty acid and lipid A synthetic pathways. Biochem. 49:718-726. [3.226]
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/bi901890a
8. Kiss A.J., Devries A.L., Morgan-Kiss R.M. (2010) Comparative analysis of crystallins and lipids from the lens of Antarctic toothfish and cow. J Comp Physiol B. 180:1019-1032. [1.698]
http://www.springerlink.com/content/e51022804713w416/?MUD=MP
9. Jaraula C.M.B., Brassell S.C., Morgan-Kiss R.M., Doran P.T., Kenig F. (2010) Tentative identification of pentaunsaturated alkenones from Lake Fryxell, East Antarctica. Organ Geochem. 41:386-397. [2.364]
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0146638009002691
10. Chan, L.K., Morgan-Kiss, R.M., Hanson, T.E. (2009). Functional analysis of three sulfide:quinone oxidoreductase homologs in Chlorobaculum tepidum. J Bacteriol. 191:1026-1034. [3.726]
http://jb.asm.org/content/191/3/1026.full
11. Morgan-Kiss R.M., Chan L.K., Weber T.S., Modla S. Czymmek K., Hanson T.E. (2009) Chlorobaculum tepidum regulates chlorosome structure and function in response to temperature and electron donor availability. Photosynth Res. 99:11-21. [2.41]
http://www.springerlink.com/content/f02v6361545j2314/
12. Morgan-Kiss R.M., Cronan J.E. (2008) The Lactococcus lactis FabF fatty acid synthetic enzyme can functionally replace both the FabB and FabF proteins of Escherichia coli and the FabH protein of Lactococcus lactis. Archiv Microbiol. 190:427-437. [2.125]
http://www.springerlink.com/content/5666685t5j112682/
13. Chan L.K., Weber T.S., Morgan-Kiss R.M., Hanson T.E. (2008) A genomic region required for phototrophic thiosulfate oxidation in the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum (syn. Chlorobaculum tepidum). Microbiol-Sgm. 154:818-829. [2.957]
14. Morgan-Kiss R.M., Ivanov A.G., Modla S., Czymmek K., Hüner N.P.A., Priscu J.C., Lisle J.T., Hanson T.E. (2008) Identity and physiology of a new psychrophilic eukaryotic green alga, Chlorella sp., strain BI, isolated from a transitory pond near Bratina Island, Antarctica. Extremophiles. 12:701-711. [2.16]
http://www.springerlink.com/content/yv575474326w8564/?MUD=MP
15. Gudynaite-Savich L., Gretes M., Morgan-Kiss R.M., Savich L.V., Simmonds J.., Kohalmi S.E., Hüner N.P.A. (2006) Cytochrome f from the Antarctic psychrophile, Chlamydomonas raudensis UWO241: structure, sequence, and complementation in the mesophile, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Molec Genet Genom. 275: 387-398. [2.453]
16. Morgan-Kiss R.M., Ivanov A.G., Pocock T., Gudynaite-Savitch L., Hüner N.P. (2005) The Antarctic psychrophile, Chlamydomonas raudensis Ettl (UWO241) (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta) exhibits a limited capacity to photoacclimate to red light. J Phycol. 41: 791-800. [1.972]
17. Ivanov A.G., Krol M., Apostolova E.L., Morgan-Kiss R.M., Naydenova N., Hüner N.P.A., Sane P.V. (2005) Oligomerization state of LHCII modulates the redox properties of the acceptor side of Photosystem II in Costata-2/133 mutant of pea Physiol Mol Biol Plants. 11:199-207. [1.409]
18. Morgan-Kiss R.M., Cronan Jr. J.E. (2004) The Escherichia coli fadK (ydiD) gene encodes an aerobically-regulated short-chain acyl-CoA synthetase. J Biol Chem. 279:37324-37333. [5.328]
19. Campbell J.W., Morgan-Kiss R.M., Cronan Jr. J.E. (2003) A new Escherichia coli metabolic competency: growth on fatty acids by a novel anaerobic β-oxidation pathway. Molec Microbiol. 47:793-805. [5.631]
20. Morgan-Kiss R.M., Wadler C., Cronan Jr., J.E. (2002) Long-term and homogeneous regulation of the Escherichia coli araBAD promoter by use of a lactose transporter of relaxed specificity. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 99:7373-7377. [9.771]
21. Morgan-Kiss R.M., Ivanov A.G., Williams J., Khan M., Hüner N.P.A. (2002) Differential thermal effects on the energy distribution between photosystem II and photosystem I in thylakoid membranes of a psychrophilic and a mesophilic alga. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1561:251-265. [2.590]
22. Morgan-Kiss R.M., Ivanov A.G., Hüner N.P.A. (2002) The Antarctic psychrophile, Chlamydomonas subcaudata, is deficient in state I-state II transitions. Planta. 214:435-445. [3.098]
23. Dobrikova A.G., Ivanov A.G., Morgan-Kiss R.M., Petkanchin I.B., Taneva S.G. (2000) Contribution of LHCII complex to the electric properties of thylakoid membranes: an electric light scattering study of Chl b-less barley mutant. J Photochem Photobiol B: Biol. 57:33-40. [2.679]
24. Dobrikova A., Morgan R.M., Ivanov A.G., Apostolova E., Petkanchin I., Hüner N.P.A., Taneva S.G. (2000) Electric properties of thylakoid membranes from pea mutants with modified carotenoid and chlorophyll-protein complexes composition. Photosynth Res. 65:165-174. [2.41]
25. Ivanov A.G., Morgan R.M., Gray G.R., Velitchkova M.Y., Hüner N.P.A. (1998) Temperature/light dependent development of selective resistance to photoinhibition of photosystem I. FEBS Lett. 430:288-292. [3.399]
26. Morgan R.M., Ivanov A.G., Maxwell D., Priscu J.C., Hüner N.P.A. (1998) Structure and composition of the photochemical apparatus of the Antarctic green alga, Chlamydomonas subcaudata. Photosyn Res. 56:303-314. [2.41]
Book Chapters:
1. Morgan-Kiss R.M., Dolhi J.D. Microorganisms and Plants: a Photosynthetic Perspective. In: Storey K., Tanino K. [Eds.] Nature at Risk: Temperature in a Changing Climate. CABI 2011; pp. 24-44.
http://www.cabi.org/CABeBooks/default.aspx?site=107&page=45&LoadModule=PDFHier&BookID=628
2. Hanson T.E., Morgan-Kiss R.M., Chan L.K., Hiras J. Beyond the genome: functional studies of phototrophic sulfur oxidation. In: Hallenbeck P. [Ed.] Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. Springer 2009; pp. 109-121.
3. Chan L.K., Morgan-Kiss R.M., Hanson T.E. Genetic and proteomic studies of sulfur oxidation in Chlorobium tepidum (syn. Chlorobaculum tepidum). In: Hell R., Dahl C., Leustek T., Knaff D. [Eds.] Sulfur Metabolism in Phototrophic Organisms. New York, N.Y.: Springer 2008; pp. 363-379.
4. Chan, L.K., Morgan-Kiss, R.M. & Hanson, T.E. Sulfur oxidation in Chlorobium tepidum (syn. Chlorobaculum tepidum): genetic and proteomic analyses. In: Dahl C., Friedrich C.G. [Eds.] Microbial Sulfur Metabolism. Springer 2007; pp. 117-26.
5. Hüner N.P.A., Wilson K.E., Król M., Ivanov A.G., Miskiewicz E., Morgan R.M., Savitch L.V. Light, temperature and redox control of the development of the photosynthetic apparatus. In: Argyroudi-Akoyunoglou J.H., Senger H. [Eds.] The Chloroplast: From Molecular Biology to Biotechnology. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999; pp. 331-336.
Completed Theses:
· Ph.D. Dissertation. (April, 2000) Functional and structural characterization of the photosynthetic apparatus of the Antarctic green alga, Chlamydomonas subcaudata. Plant Sciences Department, University of Western Ontario. Supervisor: Prof. Norman P. A. Hüner.
· B.Sc. Thesis. (May, 1995) Effects of salinity and water stress on pigmentation of two glycophytes, Phaeseolus vulgaris and Zea mays. Department of Biology, University of Victoria Supervisor: Prof. David J. Ballantyne.
EXTERNAL FUNDING
Awarded
1. 2007-2010 National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs: IPY: Plankton dynamics in the McMurdo Dry Valley lakes during the transition to polar night. PI: J. Priscu. $71,000.
2. 2011-2016 National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs: CAREER: Protist Nutritional Strategies in Permanently Stratified Antarctic Lakes. $658,822.
3. 2011-2013 National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology: Niche differentiation between Ammonia-oxidizing Archaea and Bacteria in freshwater lakes. PI: A. Bollmann.
Pending
1. 2012-2015 ARISE: Astrobiology Ross Ice Shelf Experiment. NASA ASTEP. PI: D. Atkin. $255,092.
2. 2013-2016 Collaborative Proposal: Impact of climate change on ecosystem functioning in Antarctic lakes. CoPI: A. Bollmann. $314,778.
ONLINE MEDIA
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtJ4mEkC0lg
http://www.miami.muohio.edu/news/article/view/17054.html
http://www.cas.muohio.edu/advising/morgankiss.html
http://www.cas.muohio.edu/antarctica1.html
http://www.cas.muohio.edu/antarctica2.html
http://www.cas.muohio.edu/antarctica3.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5hFpheOfqI&lr=1
http://www.miami.muohio.edu/news/article/view/15234.html
http://www.miami.muohio.edu/news/article/view/16305.html
http://www.miamistudent.net/news/students-participate-in-antartica-research-1.2836694#.T4cRBdWspyw