Present Academic Affiliation
Professor Emeritus, School of Molecular Biosciences, WSU College of Veterinary Medicine, Pullman, WA, 2022 ...
Present Professional Activities
Founding Editor-in-Chief, Critical Insights in Microbiology, 2023-present
Honors
Elected Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, USA, 2019
Ocean Carbon Chair, IME & State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science (MEL), Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, 2014-2019
Kentucky Colonel, Commissioned by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, 2006
Education & Academic Training
Faculty Research Associate, Department of Botany, University of Maryland-College Park, 1990-91
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1989
Visiting Scientist, Department of Plant Physiology, University of Lund, Sweden, 1988
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Jena, 1987-88
Postdoctoral Fellow, Hung. Acad. of Sciences, Biological Research Centre Szeged, 1986-87
Ph.D. Biology, University of Jena (1986)
M.S. Biophysics, University of Jena (1982)
B.S. Physics, University of Rostock (1980)
Prior Academic Appointments and Affiliations
Professor of Microbiology, School of Molecular Biosciences, WSU College of Veterinary Medicine, Pullman, WA, 2017-2022
Professor & Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Washington State University Tri-Cities, Richland, WA, 2017-2018
Professor & Dean of Faculty, Division of Math & Natural Sciences, Queens College, CUNY, NY, 2015-2017
__Co-Director, HSI-STEM project STEM Bridges Across Eastern Queens funded by the US DoED
Professor & Chair, Department of Biological Sciences: University of North Carolina-Charlotte, NC, 2011-2015
__Director, PhD in Biology Program with Interdisciplinary Training: UNC-Charlotte, NC, 2011-2015
Assistant, Associate & Full Professor, Department of Biology: University of Louisville, KY, 1998-2011
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology: University of Colorado-Denver, CO, 1995-98
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biology: Utah State University, UT, 1991-95
Prior Professional Activities
ASM Editorial Board, Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 2003-2014; 2016- 2023
Editorial Board, The ISME Journal (Springer-Nature), 2020-2023
Editorial Board, Environmental Microbiology, 2011-2017
Founding Editor-in-Chief, Frontiers in Microbiology, 2010-2022
Co-editor, "Nitrification", ASM Press, 2009-2010
Hosting Editor, Methods in Enzymology vols. 486, 496: "Research on nitrification and related processes", AP-Elsevier, 2010-2011
Founder & Steering Committee Member, The Nitrification Network, 2006-2021
Officer & Councilor, ASM Div. R "Evol. & Genomic Microbiology", 2002-2009
Publications
_ _ _ Google Scholar
_ _ _ My ORCID
_ _ _ WOS-Publons
Journal Reviewer: American Journal of Enology and Viticulture, Applied & Environmental Microbiology, Bioresource Technology, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, Bioremediation Journal, BMC Evolutionary Biology, Canadian Journal of Biochemistry, Ecotoxicology, Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Reports, Environmental Science and Technology, Eukaryotic Cell, FEMS Microbiology Letters, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, FEMS Microbiology Reviews, Frontiers in Environmental Science, Frontiers in Genetics, Frontiers in Microbiology, Genome Research, Journal of Applied Microbiology, Journal of Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology, Journal of Bacteriology, Journal of Molecular Evolution, Marine Environmental Research, Methods in Enzymology, Microbial Ecology, Microbiology (UK), Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Microbiology, Nature, Nature Communications, Nature Geoscience, PNAS, Science, Scientific Reports, The ISME Journal (NPG), Trends in Biotechnology.
Grants Reviewer: US National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy, US Department of Agriculture, Austrian Science Fund, Estonian Science Foundation, European Research Council, FONDECYT Chile, The Netherlands Genomics Initiative, The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)