Earth Sciences Division Staff: Romy Chakraborty

Biographical Summary

Dr Romy Chakraborty received her PhD from the University of California, Berkeleyin Microbiology. Her background is in anaerobic microbial physiology and microbialecology. Her lab is interested in:

• Identification of novel microbes and microbial function
• Effect of Climate change on rhizosphere
• Plant-microbe interactions
• Ecosystems and Networks Integrated with Genes and Molecular Assemblies inenvironmental microorganisms
• Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery
• Bioremediation of oil and other contaminants

Professional Experience

• 2012-current: Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• 2008- 2012: Scientific and Engineering Associate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• 2005-2008: Postdoctoral Scholar, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Education

• Ph.D, University of California at Berkeley
• M.Sc, University of Mumbai (Bombay), India
• B.Sc, University of Bombay, India

Professional Service and Associations

Member:

• American Society of Microbiology
• International Society for Microbial Ecology
• American Geophysical Union
• Associate Faculty member, Faculty of 1000 Biology

Reviewer:

• Environmental Microbiology
• Environmental Science and Technology
• ISME
• National Science Foundation
• Frontiers in Microbial Biotechnology
• FEMS Microbiology
• Microbial Biotechnology

Professional Activities

• Session Chair, AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, Dec 2008: GeochemicalControls and Microbial Response in Metal-Contaminated Environments II.
• Session Chair, ASM 110th General meeting, San Diego, May 2010: Causesof complexity in microbial stress response: the role of evolution, memory,stochasticity and physiological state.
• Session Chair, AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, Dec 2012: Biogeochemistry ofthe Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.

Lab members:

Marcus Schicklberger (Post Doctoral Researcher)

Jiawen Huang (Research Associate)

Angelica Pettenato (Research Assistant)

Darejan Bolkvadze (Visiting Scholar)

Keith Bouma-Gregson (Graduate student)