Earth Sciences Division Staff: Romy Chakraborty

Romy Chakraborty

Romy Chakraborty

Research Scientist

Ecology Department

 

 

Phone: 510-486-4091

Fax: 510-486-7152

Email: rchakraborty@lbl.gov

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Biographical Summary

Dr Romy Chakraborty received her PhD in Dec 2004 from the University of California, Berkeley in Microbiology. Her dissertation was titled "Anaerobic monoaromatic hydrocarbon degradation by a novel chlorate-reducing organism, Dechloromonas aromatica strain RCB". Her background is in anaerobic microbial physiology and microbial ecology. Her current research projects include looking at Stress response pathways in metal-reducing bacteria in the environment, Field studies of lactate-stimulated bioreduction of chromium, Energy and nutrient cycling in the deep subsurface of Earth and Mars,  Diverse metabolisms of sulfate-reducing organisms in the environment, Microbial enhanced oil recovery and Anaerobic lignin degradation.

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 Honors and Awards

  • LBNL SPOT Award, Gulf Oil Spill Research, 2010
  • American Society of Microbiology General Meeting, May 2001
  •  Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, Nov 2001
  • 11th International Humics Substance Society Meeting, July 2002
  • Doctoral Fellowship, 2002

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:

  • Astrobiology, Frontiers in MicroBioTechnology
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • Biomed Genomics
  • Briefings in Bioinformatics
  • Environmental Science and Technology
  • National Science Foundation
  • Wiley Publishers

Session Chair

  • AGU Fall Meeting,  San Francisco, Dec 2008: Geochemical Controls and Microbial Response in Metal-Contaminated Environments II

  • ASM 110th General Meeting, San Diego, May 2010: Causes of Complexity in Microbial Stress Response: The Role of Evolution, Memory, Stochasticity and Physiological State