Jim Fredrickson, Ph.D
Expertise
Jim Fredrickson
Dr. Fredrickson has focused his research efforts on the microbial ecology and biogeochemistry subsurface environments using geochemical and molecular approaches. These field research efforts, in combination with a multidisciplinary team, have led to defining the physical and geochemical properties and processes that control the composition and activities of microbial communities in the subsurface. More recently, Dr. Fredrickson has been investigating the geochemical and microbial factors that control the rate and extent of reduction and dissolution of Fe-oxides by dissimilatory iron-reducing bacteria. Integral to this research are investigations of the influence of these processes on the fate of inorganic contaminants including uranium and technetium.
Education
- Ph.D., Soil Microbiology, Washington State University, 1984
- M.S., Soil Chemistry, Washington State University, 1982
- B.S., Soil Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 1978
Professional Affiliations
- American Academy of Microbiology
- Editorial Board Member of Environmental Microbiology
- Member of American Society for Microbiology, Past Chairman of Division N (Microbial Ecology)
- American Chemical Society
- Editor-in-Chief of Microbial Ecology
- Past Editorial Board Member of Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Ad hoc reviewer for Geomicrobiology Journal, Journal of Bacteriology, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Environmental Science and Technology, Canadian Journal of Microbiology, Chemical Geology, and Molecular Ecology
- Divisional Group III Representative for the American Society for Microbiology (1998-2000)
Selected Publications
Balkwill DL, TL Kieft, T Tsukuda, HM Kostandarithes, TC Onstott, S Macnaughton, J Bownas, and JK Fredrickson. 2004. "Identification of iron-reducing Thermus strains as T. scotoductus." Extremophiles 8(1):37-44.
Fredrickson JK, JM Zachara, DL Balkwill, D Kennedy, S-M W Li, HM Kostandarithes, MJ Daly, MF Romine, and FJ Brockman. 2004. "Geomicrobiology of High-Level Nuclear Waste-Contaminated Vadose Sediments at the Hanford Site, Washington State." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70:4230-4241.
Mormile MR, MA Biesen, MC Gutierrez, JB Pavlovich, TC Onstott, and JK Fredrickson. 2003. "Isolation of Halobacterium salinarum retrieved directly from halite brine inclusions.” Environmental Microbiology 5(11):1094-1102.
Moser DP, JK Fredrickson, DR Geist, EV Arntzen, AD Peacock, S-M W Li, T Spadoni, and JP McKinley. 2003. "Biogeochemical processes and microbial characteristics across groundwater-surface water boundaries of the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River." Environmental Science and Technology 37(22):5127-5134.
Lipton MS, L Pasa-Toliç, GA Anderson, DJ Anderson, DL Auberry, JR Battista, MJ Daly, JK Fredrickson, KK Hixson, H Kostandarithes, TP Conrads, C Masselon, LM Markille, RJ Moore, MF Romine, Y Shen, N Toliç, HR Udseth, Ti D Veenstra, A Venkateswaran, K-K Wong, R Zhao and RD Smith. 2002. "Global analysis of the Deinococcus radiodurans R1 proteome using accurate mass tags." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 99(17):11049-11054.