Christopher G. Struchtemeyer
Curriculum Vitae
Office:
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, 1110 South Innovation Way Drive, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074.Telephone number: 405-923-4388
Email address: strucht@okstate.eduEDUCATION:
1995-2000 University of Oklahoma, Bachelor of Science in Microbiology
2000-2009 University of Oklahoma, Doctor of Philosophy Microbiology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1999-2000 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman
2000-2002 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Capstone Lab for Microbiology, Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman
2002-2003 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Microbial Ecology Lab, Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman
2003-2006 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman
2006-2009 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Microbiology Lab, Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman
2009-present Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Member, American Society of Microbiology
Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award, University of Oklahoma, 2005
George Lynn Cross Scholarship Award, University of Oklahoma, 2005
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Microbial ecology of methanogens and sulfate-reducing bacteria in hydrocarbon-contaminated environments
Microbial ecology and physiology of syntrophic bacteria
Subsurface microbiology and intrinsic bioremediation
Wastewater Microbiology
Microbial source tracking
Ecology of enteric bacteria
PUBLICATIONS:
Struchtemeyer, C.G., K.E. Duncan, and M.J. McInerney. Syntrophic metabolism under sulfate-reducing conditions in a hydrocarbon-contaminated aquifer. Applied and Environmental Microbiology (Submitted).
McInerney, M.J., C.G. Struchtemeyer, J. Sieber, H. Mouttaki, A.J.M. Stams, B. Schink, L. Rholin, R.P. Gunsalus. 2008. Physiology, ecology, phylogeny, and genomics of microorganisms capable of syntrophic metabolism, p. 58-72. In J. Wiegel, R. Maier, M.W.W. Adams (eds.), Incredible anaerobes: From physiology to genomics to fuels. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, New York, N.Y.
McInerney, M.J., L. Rohlin, H. Moutakki, U. Kim, R. Krupp, L. Rios-Hernandez, J. Seiber, C.G. Struchtemeyer, A. Bhattacharyya, J.W. Campbell, and R. P. Gunsalus. 2007. The genome of Syntrophus aciditrophicus: Lifestyle at the thermodynamic limit of microbial growth. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 104: 7600-7605.
Struchtemeyer, C.G., M.S. Elshahed, K.E. Duncan, and M.J. McInerney. 2005. Evidence for aceticlastic methanogenesis in the presence of sulfate in a gas condensate-contaminated aquifer. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71: 5348-5353.
Struchtemeyer, C.G. and M.J. McInerney. Characterization of a new species of Desulfobulbus isolated from a gas condensate-contaminated aquifer. Manuscript in preparation.
Tanner, R.S., M.W. Maune, J.E. McGuire, C.G. Struchtemeyer, G.R. Drake, and D.L. Balkwill. Clostridium ragsdalei sp. nov., a CO-oxidizing acetogen isolated from duck pond sediment. Manuscript in preparation.
PRESENTATIONS:
Struchtemeyer, C.G. 2008. The microbial communities involved in fatty acid metabolism at a hydrocarbon-contaminated aquifer. Invited Seminar. University of Arkansas Food Science Department. Fayetteville, AR.
Struchtemeyer, C.G. and M.J. McInerney. 2008. Butyrate metabolism in a gas condensate-contaminated aquifer. Poster Presentation. 108th Annu. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C.
Struchtemeyer, C.G. 2006. Evidence for aceticlastic methanogenesis in a gas-condensate-contaminated aquifer. Invited seminar. University of Central Oklahoma Department of Biology. Edmond, OK.
Struchtemeyer, C.G. and M.J. McInerney. 2006. Evidence for syntrophic butyrate metabolism in a gas condensate-contaminated aquifer. Poster Presentation. 106th Annu. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C.
Struchtemeyer, C.G., M.S. Elshahed, and M.J. McInerney. 2004. Acetate and butyrate metabolism in a gas condensate-contaminated aquifer. Oral Presentation. 11th Annual International Petroleum Environmental Conference. International Petroleum Environmental Consortium, Albuquerque, NM.
Struchtemeyer, C.G., M.S. Elshahed, and M.J. McInerney. 2004. Acetate and Butyrate metabolism in a gas condensate-contaminated aquifer. Poster Presentation. Dark Energy: The Deep Oceanic Biosphere Workshop. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA.Struchtemeyer, C.G., M.S. Elshahed, and M.J. McInerney. 2004. Acetate and butyrate metabolism in a gas condensate-contaminated aquifer. Poster Presentation. 104th Annu. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C.
Struchtemeyer, C. G., H. Moutaki, M.J. McInerney, R. Krupp, U. Kim, R. Gunsalus and J. Campbell. 2004. Sequencing and analysis of the Syntrophus acidotrophicus genome. Poster Presentation. National Science Foundation Genome Sequencing Conference. National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.
Struchtemeyer, C. G., M.S. Elshahed, and M.J. McInerney. 2003. Determing the fate of acetate and propionate in a gas condensate-contaminated aquifer. Poster presentation. 103rd Annu. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol. American Society for Microbiology, Washington D.C.