Andrew J. Reed

Department of Biology
1035 Kirby Drive, SSB 207
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, MN   55812

Tel:  218-726-8901
Email: ajreed@d.umn.edu

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D. (Ecology) Rutgers University 2008      
M.S. (Ecology) University of Tennessee 1998
B. S. (Zoology) University of Tennessee 1995     

RESEARCH INTERESTS

applied and environmental microbiology, marine microbiology and virology, microbiology of deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps

CURRENT PROJECTS

Ship-Mediated Harmful Microbes, Microbiologically Infuenced Corrosion

DISSERTATION and THESIS TITLES

Ph.D. - Molecular Analysis of 16S rRNA, mcrA, dsrAB, and pmoA Genes from Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent and Cold Seep Sites      
M.S. - Benthic Macrofaunal Invertebrates of the East Siberian and Chukchi Seas: Benthic Biomass, Community Structure and Radionuclide Contamination Instructor (Oceanography)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 

Rutgers University       
Instructor (Oceanography)      2007-2008
Graduate Research Assistant      1998-2008

University of Tennessee       
Graduate Research Assistant    1995–1998
Undergraduate Research Assistant      1992-1995      
Resident Assistant (Upward Bound Program)     1992

PUBLICATIONS

Cooper, L. W., J. M. Grebmeier, I. L. Larsen, S. S. Dolvin, and A. J. Reed. 1998. Inventories and distribution of radiocesium in Artic marine sediments: Influence of biological and physical processes. Chemistry and Eology 15:27-46.

Lutz, R. A., T. Shank, P. Rona, A. Reed, W. Lange, S. Low, and E. Krsitof. 2002. Recent advances in imaging deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Cahier de Biol. Mar. 43:267-269.

Reed, A. J., R. A. Lutz, and C. Vetriani. 2006. Vertical distribution and diversity of Bacteria and Archaea in sulfide and methane-rich cold seep sediments located at the base of the Florida escarpment. Extremophiles 10:199-211.

Lutz, R. A., A. G. Collins, E. R. Annins, A. J. Reed, K. F. Bennett, K. M. Halanych, and R. C. Vrijenhoek. 2006. Stauromedusan populations inhabiting deep sea hydrothermal vents along the southern East Pacific Rise. Cahiers de Biol. Mar. 47:409-413.

Lutz, R. A., T. M. Shank, G. W. Luther, C. Vetriani, M. Tolstoy, D. B. Nuzzio, T. S. Moore, F. Waldhauser, M. Crespo-Medina, A. D. Chatziefthimiou, E. R. Annis, and A. J. Reed. 2008. Interrelationships between vent fluid chemistry, temperature, seismic activity, and biological community structure at a mussel-dominated, deep-sea hydrothermal vent along the East Pacific Rise. J. Shellfish Res. 27:177-190.

Reed, A. J., R. Dorn, C. L. Van Dover, R. A. Lutz, and C. Vetriani. 2009. Phylogenetic diversity of methanogenic, sulfate-reducing and methanotrophic prokaryotes from deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. Deep-Sea Res. II