Fred J. Brockman, Ph.D.
Expertise
Fred Brockman
Research areas include soil and subsurface microbial ecology, and a wide variety of nucleic acid-based approaches for enhancing microbial ecology studies. Dr. Brockman has worked extensively in multidisciplinary teams spanning microbiology, molecular biology, modeling, hydrology, geochemistry, and geology. A recent research focus is the study of syntrophic ('feeding together') anaerobic co-cultures using whole genome microarrays and metabolic models
Education
- Ph.D., Bacteriology, University of Idaho, 1992
- M.S., Soil Microbiology, Washington State University, 1987
- B.S., Anthropology, University of Idaho, 1981
Professional Affiliations
- American Society for Microbiology
- Soil Science Society of America
Selected Publications
Fredrickson JK, JM Zachara, DL Balkwill, DW Kennedy, SW Li, HM Kostandarithes, MJ Daly, MF Romine, RJ Serne, and FJ Brockman. 2004. Geomicrobiology of High Level Nuclear Waste-Contaminated Vadose Zone Sediments at the Hanford Site, Washington, State. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70(7):4230-4241.
Takai K, MR Mormile, JP McKinley, FJ Brockman, WE Holben, WP Kovacik, and JK Fredrickson. 2004. Shifts in Archaeal Populations Associated with Lithological and Geochemical Variations in Subsurface Cretaceous Rock. Environmental Microbiology 5(4):309-320.
Oliver DS, FJ Brockman, R Bowman, and TL Kieft. 2003. Microbial reduction of hexavalent Chromium under vadose zone conditions. Journal of Environmental Quality 32(1):317-324.
Brockman FJ, SN Bradley, and TL Kieft. 2002. Vadose Zone Microbiology: Science and Applications. In Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology, Volume 6, pp. 3236-3246. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
Small J, DR Call, FJ Brockman, TM Straub, and DP Chandler. 2001. Direct Detection of 16S rRNA in Soil Extracts by Using Oligonucleotide Microarrays. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67(10):4708-4716.