BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: Lisa Y. Stein
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G 2E9; Phone: 780-492-4782; Email:
I. EDUCATION:
1998: Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology, Oregon State University
1991: B.A., Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Magna cum laude, 1991
II. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2016-present: Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
2008-2016: Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
2001-2008: Assistant Professor and Assistant Environmental Microbiologist, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside
1998-2001: Postdoctoral Scholar, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology and Center for Life Detection, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
1993-1998: Graduate Research Assistant, Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, Oregon State University, Corvallis
1991-1993: Professional Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder
III. SELECTPUBLICATIONS:
Kozlowski, J.A.,M. Stieglmeier, C. Schleper, M.G. Klotz and L.Y. Stein. 2016.
Pathways and key intermediates required for obligate ammonia-dependent chemolithotrophy. ISME J. 10:1836-1845.
Kits, K.D., D.J. Campbell, A. Remus-Rosana,L.Y. Stein. Hypoxia and nitrite control
denitrification activity and expression of denitrification genes in the obligate methanotrophMethylomicrobium album strain BG8. 2015. Front. Microbiol. 6:1072. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01072
Kits, K.D., M.G. Klotz and L.Y. Stein. 2015. Methane oxidation coupled to nitrate reduction under hypoxia by the gammaproteobacteriumMethylomonasdenitrificans sp. nov. Type Strain FJG1. Environ. Microbiol. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.12772.
Cua, L.S. and L.Y. Stein. 2014. Characterization of denitrifying activity by the alphaproteobacterium, Sphingomonaswittichii RW1. Front. Microbiol. 5:404. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00404
Kozlowski, J.A., J. Price and L.Y. Stein. 2014. Revision of N2O-producing pathways in the ammonia-oxidizing bacterium, Nitrosomonaseuropaea ATCC 19718. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 80:4930-4935. doi:10.1128/AEM.01061-14
Prosser, J.I., I. Head and L.Y. Stein. 2014. The family Nitrosomonaceae. In The Prokaryotes, Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria 4th ed. E. Rosenberg, E.F.Delong, S. Lory, E. Stackebrandt & F. Thompson (eds). Heidelberg: Springer Science. pp. 901-918
Stein, L.Y., M.A. Campbell and M.G. Klotz. 2013. Energy-mediated versus ammonium-regulated gene expression in the obligate ammonia-oxidizing bacterium, Nitrosococcusoceani. Front. Microbiol. 4:277. doi:10.3389/fmicb. 2013.00277
Miazga-Rodriguez, M., S. Han, B. Yakiwchuk, K. Wei, C. English, S. Bourn, S.Bohnert and L.Y. Stein. 2012. Enhancing nitrification at low temperature with zeolite in a mining operations retention pond. Front. Microbiol. 3:271
Kartal, B. H.J.C.T. Wessels, E. van der Biezen, K.-J. Francoijs, M.S.M. Jetten, M.G. Klotz, and L.Y. Stein. 2012. Effects of nitrogen dioxide and anoxia on global gene and protein expression in long-term continuous cultures of NitrosomonaseutrophaC91. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 78:4788-4794.
IV. SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
2016: Invited participant for ASM-AGU Collaborative Colloquium on the Effects of Climate Change on Microbial Ecosystems
2015: Invited chair for Nitrification section of NSF INFEWS workshop on the Nitrogen Cycle
2015: Chair and Organizer of 4th International Conference on Nitrification and Related Processes (ICoN4)
2011-present: Member, Editorial Board, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2010-present: Member, Editorial Board, Environmental Microbiology
2010-2016: Specialty Chief Editor, Frontiers in Terrestrial Microbiology
2010-2011: Co-Editor for “Nitrification and Related Processes.” Meth.Enzymol. Vol 496
2010: Founder of Organization for Methanotroph Genome Analysis (OMeGA)
2009-present: Member of US Regional Council, Univ. of Alberta
2009-2013: Nitrification Network Steering Committee
2001-present: Reviewer of manuscripts including the following journals: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Archives of Microbiology, Biogeosciences, Biodegradation, Biotechnology & Bioengineering, Chemosphere, Environmental Microbiology, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, FEMS Microbiology Letters, Frontiers in Microbiology, Geobiology, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, ISME Journal, Journal of Bacteriology, Journal of Proteomics, Mbio, Microbial Biotechnology, Microbial Ecology, Microbiology SGM, Microbiology & Molecular Biology Reviews, Nature, PLoS One, PNAS, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Water Research
V. COLLABORATORS AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS
Collaborators: Martin G. Klotz (CUNY Queens College), James I. Prosser (Univ. Aberdeen), Graeme W. Nicol (Univ. Lyon), Dominic Sauvageau (Univ. Alberta), Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya (San Diego State), StéphaneVuilleumier (Univ. Strasbourg), Christa Schleper (Univ. Vienna), Annette Bollmann (Miami Univ.), Jeanette Norton (Utah State Univ.)
Advisors: Dr. Daniel J. Arp (PhD), Dr. Kenneth H. Nealson (Postdoc)
Completed Students: Dr. GyörgyiNyerges (PhD), Dr. LynnieCua (PhD), Jessica Kozlowski (PhD), Kerim D. Kits (PhD), Miyuki Yamamoto (MSc), Jennifer Lobel (MSc), Mohammad Ghashghavi (MSc), MishaMiazga-Rodriguez (MSc)
Current Students:Catherine Tays (PhD), Shibashis Das (MSc), Marc Waddingham (BIOL 499), Phillip Sun (BIOL 498)