Expertise:
- Deep subsurface metagenomics
B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology with honors, Pennsylvania State University, 2007
Ph.D. Microbiology, Arizona State University, 2013
Research statement
I work with Associate Professor Daniel Bond on using genomics and bioinformatics to understand microbial metal reduction and carbon cycling in the deep subsurface.
Publications
Badalamenti JP, Summers ZM, Chan CH, Gralnick JA, Bond DR. 2016. Isolation and genomic characterization of ‘Desulfuromonas soudanensis WTL’, a metal- and electrode-respiring bacterium from anoxic deep subsurface brine. Frontiers in Microbiology doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00913
Chan CH, Levar CE, Zacharoff L, Badalamenti JP, Bond DR. 2015. Scarless genome editing and stable inducible expression vectors for Geobacter sulfurreducens. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81(20):7178–7186.
Badalamenti JP, Krajmalnik-Brown R, Torres CI, Bond DR. 2015. Genomes of Geoalkalibacter ferrihydriticus Z-0531T and Geoalkalibacter subterraneus Red1T, two haloalkaliphilic metal-reducing Deltaproteobacteria. Genome Announcements 3(2):e00039-15.
Badalamenti JP, Bond DR. 2015. Complete genome of Geobacter pickeringii G13T, a metal-reducing isolate from sedimentary kaolin deposits. Genome Announcements 3(2):e00038-15.