CARA M. SANTELLI
University of Minnesota Department of Earth Sciences & BioTechnology Institute 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 [email protected]
EDUCATION
Postdoc Harvard University, 2007 - 2010 School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Advisor: Colleen Hansel Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2007 MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography, Marine Geomicrobiology Advisors: Katrina Edwards & Wolfgang Bach B.S. University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2000 Department of Geology and Geophysics Research Advisors: Jillian Banfield & Sue Welch
APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Department of Earth Sciences, BioTechnology Institute, Aug. 2015 – present Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Mineral Sciences, Aug. 2015 – present Research Geologist & Associate Curator of Minerals, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Mineral Sciences, Aug. 2010-2015 Adjunct Research Professor, Appalachian State University, Department of Geology, 2011-present Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard University, 2007-2010 High School Geology Teacher, Swiss Semester, Zermatt, Switzerland, Fall Semester, 2001 Graduate Research Assistant, MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography, 2000-2007 XRD Lab Technician, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1999-2000 Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1998-2000
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Biologically induced mineral precipitation and dissolution • Microbiologically mediated metal redox transformations • Fungal biogeochemistry • Bioremediation of metal contaminated environments • “omics” approaches in environmental microbiology
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Geophysical Union • Geochemical Society • Mineralogical Society of America • American Society for Microbiology • American Chemical Society • Association for Women in Science
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SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
Scientist with a Saturday, Bell Natural History Museum, guest presenter, 2016. Guest Editor, Frontiers in Microbiology, Special issue to honor life of Katrina Edwards, 2015 Smithsonian Science How Webcast, Live webcast to worldwide middle schools, 2015 STEM Career Assembly Presenter, Smithsonian and local middle schools, 2014 Scientist-Is-In, Public science demonstrations at NMNH, 2013, 2014 Teacher Workshop on Microbiology, Bismarck, ND, primary educator, 2013 Teacher Workshop on Origins of Life and Biogeochemistry, Lafayette, LA, primary educator, 2011 Smithsonian Public Engagement Plan Steering Committee, member, 2011-2015 Conference session convener, Goldschmidt conference, 2011, 2015 NSF and NASA Proposal Reviewer, 2011-present Peer Science Reviewer, Manuscript reviewer for 15 different science journals, 2007 - present
CURRENT FUNDING
Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) – Daniel Bond, lead PI; Cara Santelli, co-PI. “Reducing Salt and Metal Removal Costs with Microbes”, 2016-2019. Award to Santelli: $200,000. University of Minnesota MnDRIVE, Bioremediation Seed Grant – Cara Santelli, lead PI. “Bioremediation of selenium in industrial wastewaters: Development of an aerobic passive bioreactor system to promote selenium reduction and attenuation”. 2016-2017. Award: $55,000. National Science Foundation, Environmental Chemical Sciences – Owen Duckworth, NCSU, lead PI; Cara Santelli, co-PI. “Elucidating the Effects of Structure on the Redox Reactivity of Mycogenic Mn Oxide Nanoparticles”, 2014-2017. Award to Santelli: $32,400. National Science Foundation, Environmental Engineering – Colleen Hansel, WHOI, lead PI; Cara Santelli, PI. “Collaborative Research: Optimization of metal attenuation in biologically-active remediation systems”, 2013-2016. Award to Santelli: $177,807. Smithsonian Institution, Competitive Research Grants – Cara Santelli, lead PI. “Geomicrobiology of selenium-contaminated soils”, Oct 2014- Oct 2016. Total Award: $55,000.
STUDENTS MENTORED
Undergraduate Students Dana Lazarus (2007-2008) – Harvard University; Greta Friar (2008) – Harvard University; Ryan Nell (2011) – University of Colorado; Alison Post (2011-2012) – University of Maryland; Tyler Imfeld (2012-2013) – Xavier University; Gabriela Farfan (2012-2013) – Stanford University; Onyou Sou (2013-2014) – Washington State; Jennifer Kenyon (2014) – Louisiana State; Kowsar Mohamed (2015-present) – University of Minnesota Graduate Students Brandi Cron (2010) – University of New Mexico; Tsing Bohu (2013) –Jena University, Germany; Marissa Quijano (present) – University of Minnesota Postdoctoral Fellows Dominique Chaput (2011-present) – Smithsonian; Carla Rosenfeld (2013-present) – Smithsonian and University of Minnesota; Jing Zhang (2014-present) – Smithsonian; Margaret Anne Hinkle (2015 – present) – Smithsonian
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AWARDS
Department of Energy, Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science Program award – Colleen Hansel, WHOI, lead PI; Santelli, CoPI – “Genome-enabled Investigations of the Role of Secreted Proteins and Reactive Metabolites in Carbon Degradation by Pure and Mixed Ascomycete Fungal Communities”, 2013-2014. Non-monetary award. Student Travel Grant, to attend the Goldschmidt Conference, 2007 NASA Astrobiology Institute Travel Award, Molecular Geomicrobiology Short Course, 2005 Schlanger Ocean Drilling Fellowship, 2003 Student Travel Grant, to attend the American Society for Microbiology Conference, 2003 Outstanding Senior Award, Department of Geology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000
PUBLICATIONS
Andrews, M. Y., Santelli, C. M., & Duckworth, O. W., 2016. Layer plate CAS assay for the quantitation of siderophore production and determination of exudation patterns for fungi. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 121, 41-43. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2015.12.012 Andrews, M. Y., Santelli, C. M., & Duckworth, O. W., 2016. Digital image quantification of siderophores on agar plates. Data in Brief, 6, 890-898. doi:10.1016/j.dib.2016.01.054 Bohu, T., Santelli, C. M., Akob, D. M., Neu, T. R., Ciobota, V., Rösch, P., Küsel, K., 2015. Characterization of pH dependent Mn(II) oxidation strategies and formation of a bixbyite-like phase by Mesorhizobium australicum T-G1. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, 734. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.00734 Vázquez-Rodríguez, A. I., Hansel, C. M., Zhang, T., Lamborg, C. H., Santelli, C. M., Webb, S. M., & Brooks, S. C., 2015. Microbial- and thiosulfate-mediated dissolution of mercury sulfide minerals and transformation to gaseous mercury. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, 596. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.00596 Carmichael, S.K., Zorn, B.T., Santelli, C.M., Roble, L.A., Carmichael, M.J., and Bräuer, S.L., 2015. Nutrient input influences fungal community composition and size and can stimulate Mn(II) oxidation in caves. Environmental Microbiology Reports, v. 7, no. 4, pp. 592-605. doi:10.1111/1758- 2229.12291 . Chaput, D.L., Burgos, W.D., Hansel, C.M., and Santelli, C.M., 2015. Profiling microbial communities in manganese remediation systems treating coal mine drainage. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, v. 81, no. 6, pp. 2189-2198. doi:10.1128/AEM.03643-14 Santelli, C.M., Chaput, D.L., and Hansel, C.M., 2014. Microbial communities involved in the oxidation of Mn in Ashumet Pond, a historically polluted freshwater pond undergoing remedation. Geomicrobiology Journal, v. 31, no. 7, pp. 605-616. doi:10.1080/01490451.2013.875605 Pyenson, N.D., Gutstein, C.S., Parham, J.F., Le Rous, J., Carreno Chavarria, C., Metallo, A., Rossi, V., Little, H., Santelli, C.M., Valenzuela-Toro, A.M., Rubilar Rogers, D., Cozzuol, M.A., Suarez, M.E., 2014. Repeated mass death assemblages of fossil marine mammals from the Atacama Desert of Chile. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, v. 281, no. 1781. doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.3316 Carmichael, M.J., Carmichael, S.K., Santelli, C.M., Strom, A., and Bräuer, S.L., 2013. Mn(II)-oxidizing bacteria are abundant and environmentally relevant members of ferromanganese deposits in caves of the upper Tennessee River Basin: Geomicrobiology Journal, v. 30, no. 9, pp. 779-800. doi:10.1080/01490451.2013.769651 Tang, Y., Zeiner, C.A., Santelli, C.M., and Hansel, C.M., 2012, Fungal oxidative dissolution of the Mn(II)- bearing mineral rhodochrosite and the role of metabolites in manganese oxide formation. Environmental Microbiology, v. 15, no. 4, pp. 1063–1077. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.12029 Cara M. Santelli
Toner, B.M., Lesniewski, R.A., Marlow, J.J., Briscoe, L.J., Santelli, C.M., Bach, W., Orcutt, B.N., and Edwards, K.J., 2012. Mineralogy drives bacterial biogeography of hydrothermally inactive seafloor sulfide deposits. Geomicrobiology Journal, v. 30, no. 4, pp. 313-326. doi:10.1080/01490451.2012.688925 Luan, F., Santelli, C. M., Hansel, C. M., and Burgos, W. D., 2012, Defining manganese (II) removal processes in passive coal mine drainage treatment systems through laboratory incubation experiments. Applied geochemistry, v. 27, no. 8, pp. 1567–1578. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.03.010 Hansel, C.M., Zeiner, C.A., Santelli, C.M., Webb, S.M., 2012. Mn (II) oxidation by an ascomycete fungus is linked to superoxide production during asexual reproduction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 109, pp. 12621–12625. doi:10.1073/pnas.1203885109 Santelli, C.M., Webb, S.M., Dohnalkova, A.C., Hansel, C.M., 2011. Diversity of Mn oxides produced by Mn(II)-oxidizing fungi. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta,vol. 75, pp. 2762-2776. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2011.02.022 Burgos, W.D., Tan, H., Santelli, C.M., Hansel, C.M., 2010. Importance of fungi in biological Mn(II) oxidation in limestone treatment beds. 2010 National Meeting of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation, Pittsburgh, PA. Bridging Reclamation, Science and the Community, June 5 - 11, 2010. R.I. Barnhisel (Ed.) Published by ASMR, Lexington, KY. Santelli, C. M., Pfister, D., Lazarus, D., Sun, L., Burgos, W. D., and Hansel, C. M., 2010. Promotion of Mn(II) oxidation and remediation of coal mine drainage in passive treatment systems by diverse fungal and bacterial communities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, v. 76, no. 14, pp. 4871- 4875. doi:10.1128/AEM.03029-09 Santelli, C.M., Banerjee, N.R., Bach, W., and Edwards, K.J., 2010. Tapping the subsurface ocean crust biosphere: low biomass and drilling-related contamination calls for improved quality controls. Geomicrobiology Journal, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 158-169. doi:10.1080/01490450903456780 Santelli, C.M., Edgcomb, V., Bach, W., Edwards, K.J., 2009. The diversity and abundance of bacteria inhabiting seafloor lavas positively correlate with rock alteration. Environmental Microbiology, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 86-98. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01743.x Toner, B.M., Santelli, C.M., Marcus, M.A., Wirth, R., Chan, C.S., McCollom, T., Bach, W., and Edwards, K.J., 2009. Biogenic iron oxyhdroxide formation at mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal vents: Juan de Fuca Ridge. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 73, no. 2, pp. 388-403. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2008.09.035 Toner, B.M., Fakra, S.C., Manganini, S.J., Santelli, C.M., Marcus, M.A., Moffett, J.W., Rouxel, O., German, C.R., and Edwards, K.J., 2009. Preservation of iron(II) by carbon-rich matrices in a hydrothermal plume. Nature Geoscience, vol. 2, pp. 197-201. doi:10.1038/ngeo433 Santelli, C.M., Orcutt, B.N., Banning, E., Bach, W., Moyer, C.L., Sogin, M.L., Staudigel, H., Edwards, K.J., 2008. Abundance and diversity of microbial life in ocean crust. Nature, vol. 453, pp. 643-657. doi:10.1038/nature06899 Rogers, D.R., Santelli, C.M., Edwards, K.J., 2003. Geomicrobiology of deep-sea deposits: Estimating community diversity from low-temperature seafloor rocks and minerals. Geobiology Journal, vol. 1, pp. 109-117. doi:10.1046/j.1472-4669.2003.00009.x Santelli, C.M., Welch, S.A., Westrich, H.R., Banfield, J.F., 2001. The effect of Fe-oxidizing bacteria on Fe- silicate mineral dissolution. Chemical Geology, vol. 180, no. 1-4, pp. 99-115. doi:10.1016/S0009- 2541(01)00308-4