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| Thomas
L. Kieft |
| Professor
of Biology |
| New
Mexico Tech |
| 801
Leroy Pl., Socorro, NM 87801 |
| Phone:
(505) 835-5321 |
| FAX:
(505) 835-5668 |
| E-mail:
tkieft @ nmt.edu |
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| Education |
Ph.D.
Biology, 1983
University of New Mexico |
Dissertation:
Colonization and weathering of mineral surfaces by
Thermothrix thiopara |
M.S.
Biology, 1978
New Mexico Highlands University |
Thesis:
Effects of prescribed burning in ponderosa pine forests
on populations of soil microorganisms |
B.A.
Biology, 1973
Carleton College |
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| Current
Research |
- Biomarkers
in Extreme Environments: Analogs for Astromaterials.
Astrobiology Institute, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
- Collaborative
Research: South African Ultradeep Mines
- Long Term Sites for Interdisiplinary Studies (LSLIS)
into the Extreme Envrionment of the Deep Subsurface.
National Science Foundation and National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (Subcontract to Princeton
University) 11/1/99 - 10/31/04
- Biological
hazard detection system for pathogen detection and
surveillance. Office of Naval Research 04/01/00
-03/31/04
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| Research
Interest - Specific |
Research
Interest - General |
- Microbiology
of subsurface terrestrial environments
- soil
microbiology
- physiology
and ecology of water-stressed microbes
- groundwater
microbiology
- microbiology
of extreme environments
- detection
of environmental pathogens
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- Microbial
ecology
- environmental
microbiology
- biogeochemistry
- bioremediation
- general
microbiology
- molecular
ecology
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