GILL GREGORY GEESEY

Professor - Microbiology
Department of Microbiology
109 Lewis Hall P.O. Box 173520
Montana State University-Bozeman
Bozeman, MT 59717-3520

HIGHEST DEGREE:

• Ph.D. Microbiology, Oregon State University, 1975.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Professor of Microbiology, California State University, Long Beach, California. (1989-1991)
  
• Associate Professor, California State University, Long Beach, California. (1984-1989)
  
• Assistant Professor, California State University, Long Beach, California. (1978-1984)
  

SIGNIFICANT HONORS AND AWARDS:  

• American Society for Microbiology 2001 Proctor & Gamble Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  
• 3M Corporation Research Award, June 1993
  
• William Evans Visiting Scientist, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand, November 1986-January 1987
  

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

• Chief Scientific Officer, Specialty Biopolymers Corporation, Bozeman, MT 59715, September 2003-2006.
• Member, Research Advisory Board, National Water Research Institute, 1993-2006.
• Biotechnology Discipline Leader, Subsurface Science Initiative, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, 2001-2003.
  

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Dissimilatory iron reduction
  
• Bioremediation of toxic metals and radionuclides
• Adhesives derived from microorganisms
  

TOTAL PAPERS PUBLISHED: 171

SAMPLES OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

Boyd, E.S., D.E. Cummings, and G.G. Geesey. 2007. Mineralogy influences structure and diversity of bacterial communities associated with geological substrata in a pristine aquifer. Microb. Ecol. online first DOI 10.1007/s00248-006-9187-9

Choi, D.W., Do, Y.S, Zea, C.J., McEllistrem, M.T., Lee, S-W., Semrau, J.D., Pohl, N.L. isting, C.J., Scardino, L.L., Hartsel, S.C., Boyd, E.S., Geesey, G.G., Riedel, T.P., Kranski, K.A., Tritsch, J.R., Antholine, W.E., and A.A. DiSpirito. 2006. Spectral and thermodynamic properties of Ag(i), Au(III), Cd(II), Co(II), Fe(III), Hg(II), Mn(II), Ni(II), PB(II), U(IV), and Zn(II) binding by methanobactin from Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b. J. Inorgan. Biochem. 100:2150-2161

Choi, D.W., C.J. Zea, Y.S Do, J.D. Semrau, W.E. Antholine, M.S. Hargrove, N.L. Pohl, E.S. Boyd, G.G. Geesey, S.C Hartsel, M.T. McEllistrem, C.J. Kisting, D.Campbell, V. Rao, A.M. de la Mora, and A.A. DiSpirito. 2006. "Spectral, kinetic and thermodynamic properties of Cu(I)- and Cu(II)-binding by methanobactin from Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b," Biochemistry 45(5); 1442-1453

Haag, A.P., G.G. Geesey and M.W. Mittelman. 2006. "Bacterially derived wood adhesive," Int. J. Adhesion Adhesives 26(3):177-183.

Gonzalez-Gil, G., J.E. Amonette, M. Romine, Y.A. Gorby and G.G Geesey. 2005. "Bioreduction of natural specular hematite under flow conditions," Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 69(5):1145-1155.

Geesey, G.G. and F. Van Ommen Kloeke. 2005. "Extracellular enzymes associated with microbial flocs from activated sludge of wastewater treatment systems," pp. 295-316, In I.G. Droppo, G.G. Leppard, T.M. Milligan, and S.N. Liss (eds) Flocculation in Natural and Engineered Environmental Processes. CRC Press.

Jardine, P.M., D.B. Watson, D.A. Blake, L.P. Beard, S.C. Brooks, J.M. Carley, C.S. Criddle, W.E. Doll, M.W. Fields, S.E. Fendorf, G.G. Geesey, M. Ginder-Vogel, S.S. Hubbard, J.D. Istok, S. Kelly, K.M. Kemner, A.D. Peacock, B.P. Spalding, D.C. White, A. Wolfe, W. Wu, J. Zhou. 2004. "Techniques for assessing the performance of in situ bioreduction and immobilization of metals and radionuclides in contaminated subsurface environments." http://www.cistems.fsu.edu/PDF/jardine.pdf

Campbell, S., G. Geesey, Z. Lewandowski, G. Jackson, "Influence of the distribution of the manganese oxidizing bacterium Leptothrix discophora on ennoblement of 316L stainless steel," Corrosion 60:670-680 (2004).

Combie, J., Haag, A., Suci, P., Geesey, G, "Adhesive produced by microorganisms," pp. 53-62, In W.M. Nelson (ed), Agricultural Applications of Green Chemistry, ACS Symposium Series 887, Am. Chem. Soc., Washington, D.C. (2004).

Haag, A.P., R.M. Maier, J. Combie, G.G. Geesey, "Bacterially derived biopolymer as wood adhesives," Int. J. Adhesion Adhesives 24:495-502 (2004).

Magnuson, T.S., A.L. Neal, B.M. Peyton, and G.G. Geesey, "Combining in situ reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, optical microscopy and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to investigate mineral surface-associated microbial activities," Microb. Ecol., 48:578-588 (2004).

Neal, A.L., J.E. Amonette, B.M. Peyton, G.G. Geesey, "Uranium complexes formed at hematite surfaces colonized by sulfate-reducing bacteria," Environ. Sci. Technol. 38:3019-3027 (2004).

Reardon, C.L., D.E. Cummings, L.M. Petzke, B.L. Kinsall, D.B. Watson, B.M. Peyton, and G.G. Geesey, "Composition and diversity of microbial communities recovered from surrogate minerals incubated in an acidic uranium-contaminated aquifer," Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 70(10):6037-6046 (2004).

Sani, R.K., B.M. Peyton, J.E. Amonette, G.G. Geesey, "Reduction of uranium (VI) under sulfate-reducing conditions in the presence of Fe(III)-(hydr)oxides," Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 68:2639-2648 (2004).

Neal, A.L., K.M. Rosso, G.G. Geesey, Y.A. Gorby, B.J. Little. 2003. Surface structure effects on direct reduction of iron oxides by Shewanella oneidensis. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 67:4489-4503.

Geesey, G.G., A.L. Neal, P.A. Suci, B.M. Peyton. 2002. A review of spectroscopic methods for characterizing microbial transformations of minerals. J. Microbiol. Meth. 51:125-139.

Reardon, C.L, Cummings, D., Geesey, G.G. 2002. Comparison of microbial diversity at contaminated and pristine sites at a subsurface aquifer. In Proceedings of the 2nd INRA Symposium on Subsurface Science, Boise, ID, October 13-16, 2002, INRA, Idaho Falls, ID.

Magnuson, T.S., N. Isoyama, A.L. Hodges-Myerson, G. Davidson, M.J. Maroney, G.G. Geesey, and D.R. Lovley. 2001. Isolation, characterization, and gene sequence analysis of a membrane associated 89 kDa Fe(III) reducing cytochrome c from Geobacter sulfurreducens. Biochem. J. 359:147-152.

Neal, A.L., S. Techkarnjanaruk, A. Dohnalkova, D. McCready, B.M. Peyton, and G.G. Geesey. 2001. Iron sulfides and sulfur species produced at hematite surfaces in the presence of sulfate-reducing bacteria. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 65:223-235.



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COLLABORATORS:

J. Amonette

B. Peyton

T. McDermott

W. Inskeep

J. Tomberlin

J. Fredrickson

J. Zachara

Y. Gorby

A. DiSpirito
P. Nico

ADVISORS:

R.Y. Morita (graduate)
J.W. Costerton (postdoc)

ADVISEES:

C.Reardon, (Ph.D. Microbiology)

Eric Boyd, (Ph.D. Microbiology)

A. Haag, (Post-doc)

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