ANNE E. DEKAS 473 Via Ortega, Y2E2 Room 140 650-736-1225 Stanford, CA 94305-4216 [email protected] EDUCATION 2006 - 2012 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLGY, Pasadena, CA Ph.D., Geological and Planetary Sciences, Geobiology. 2013. Thesis: Diazotrophy in the Deep: An analysis of the distribution, magnitude, geochemical controls and biological mediators of deep-sea benthic nitrogen fixation. Thesis advisory committee: Victoria Orphan, Alex Sessions, Dianne Newman, James Howard, Joe Kirschvink. 2000 - 2004 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA A.B., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Biogeochemistry, magna cum laude. 2004. Thesis: An investigation of anaerobic methane oxidation in sediments: Measuring isotopic and community change in prokaryotic biomass during 13 incubation with CH4. Advisor: Ann Pearson. APPOINTMENTS / RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2015-present STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, CA Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Systems Science 2013-2015 LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY, Livermore, CA Lawrence Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemical Sciences Division, Isotope Signatures Group. PI: Jennifer Pett-Ridge 2006 - 2012 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLGY, Pasadena, CA Graduate Student, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences. PI: Victoria Orphan 2005 - 2006 NASA JET PROPULSION LABORATORY, Pasadena, CA Technical Assistant, Biotechnology and Planetary Protection Group. PI: Kasthuri Venkateswaran 2003 - 2004 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA Undergraduate Researcher, Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences. PI: Ann Pearson 2003, Summer NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER, Moffett Field, CA, Research Assistant, Division of Space Sciences and Astrobiology, NASA Ames Summer Astrobiology Academy. PI: Tori Hoehler 2002, Summer NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, Greenbelt, MD Research Assistant, Astrophysics Science Division. PI: Kenneth Carpenter Anne E. Dekas • Page 1 of 10 UNIVERSITY TEACHING Stanford Courses 2017, 2018 ESS 210: Techniques in Environmental Microbiology, 4 units 2016, 2017 EARTHSYS 36: Extreme Life: From the Deep Sea to Deep Space, 3 units 2015 ESS 208: Topics in Geobiology, 1 unit (Co-Instructor) Summer Courses 2017, 2018 International Geobiology Summer Course, California Institute of Technology, Microscopy Rotation Instructor, 4 days Guest Lectures 2015-2018 Stanford ESS 306: From Freshwater to Oceans to Land Systems: An Earth System Perspective to Global Challenges 2015 Stanford ESS 253S: Hopkins Microbiology Course 2009-2011 Caltech, GE 170: Microbial Ecology Teaching Assistant Positions 2008-2011 Caltech, GE 170: Microbial Ecology 2009 Marine Biological Laboratory, Microbial Diversity Summer Course HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS and AWARDS 2017 Early Career Investigator in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution Award, Simons Foundation 2016 Terman Award, Stanford University 2014 Outstanding Poster Presentation, LLNL Postdoctoral Poster Symposium 2013-2015 LLNL Lawrence Postdoctoral Fellowship 2009 Best Oral Presentation, Southern California Geobiology Symposium 2009 NASA Tech Brief Award, awarded for the isolation of a novel species of bacteria 2006-2009 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2002, 2003 Harvard College Award, awarded for high academic standing (top 10%) 2001 John Harvard Award, awarded for highest academic standing (top 5%) 2000 Valedictorian, Hastings High School GRANTS AWARDED Amounts listed are funds/resources specifically for the Dekas Laboratory 2017-2020 Simons Foundation, Early Career Investigator in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution Award; $539,982.51 Quantifying Microbial Activity in the Deep Sea Using NanoSIMS PI: Anne Dekas 2017-2020 NASA Exobiology; $259,347 Functional Analysis of Abundant Candidate Microbial Phyla in Geothermal Springs PI: Brian Hedlund, Co-Is: Anne Dekas, Jeremy Dodsworth, Xavier Mayali, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Son Pham 2018-2019 Joint Genome Institute, Community Science Program New Investigator; 500 Gbp sequencing Evaluating Genomic Selection in Uncultured Microbes Across Physical and Geochemical Gradients PI: Alma Parada, Co-I: Anne Dekas Anne E. Dekas • Page 2 of 10 2016-2019 National Science Foundation, Biological Oceanography, $399,841 Nitrogen Fixation in Deep-Sea Sediments (Bio-Oce 1634297) PI: Anne Dekas 2016-2018 Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations; $74,222 Determining the Identities of and Single-Cell Activity Rates of Diazotrophic Microorganisms in Deep-Sea Sediments PI: Anne Dekas 2013-2015 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Laboratory Directed Research and Development Award, $368,000 ‘Wonder-Bugs’ and the Carbon Cycle: Characterizing the Carbon Metabolism of Thaumarchaeota (13-LW-032) PI: Anne Dekas; Co-Is: Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Xavier Mayali, Peter Weber MENTORING/MANAGING EXPERIENCE Underline indicates member of the Dekas Lab at Stanford. 2018-present Alexandra Bausch, Postdoctoral Researcher 2018-present Nestor Arandia Gorostidi, Postdoctoral Researcher 2017-present Amanda Semler, Ph.D. Student 2017-2018 Yunha Huang, co-term M.S. Student 2016-present Bennett Kapili, Ph.D. Student 2016-present Nicolette Meyer, Ph.D. Student 2016-2018 Julian Fortney; Laboratory Manager 2016-present Alma Parada; Postdoctoral Researcher 2017, Summer Micalah Spenrath, Summer Undergraduate Research in Geosciences and Engineering (SURGE) 2014-2015 Jessica Wollard; Biomedical Scientist 2011-2012 Grayson Chadwick; Undergrad Researcher (2011), Research Tech (2011-2012) 2010, Summer Aditi Dasgupta; Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow (SURF) 2010, Winter Michaela Musilova; Undergraduate Researcher 2007-2008 Aimee Gillespie; Undergraduate Work-Study Researcher 2007-2008 Amy Lifland; High School Term-Time Researcher PUBLICATIONS Underline indicates member of the Dekas Lab at Stanford. Peer-Reviewed Publications 2018 Bishara, Alex, Eli L. Moss, Mikhail Kolmogorov, Alma Parada, Ziming Weng, Arend Sidow, Anne E. Dekas, Serafim Batzoglou, and Ami S. Bhatt. Culture-free generation of microbial genomes from human and marine microbiomes. Accepted at Nature Biotechnology. 2018 Dekas, Anne E., David Fike, Grayson Chadwick, Abigail Green-Saxena, Julian Fortney, Stephanie Connon, Katherine Dawson, and Victoria Orphan. Widespread nitrogen fixation in sediments from diverse deep-sea sites of elevated carbon loading. In press at Environmental Microbiology. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14342 2018 McVeigh, Doreen, Adam Skarke, Anne E. Dekas, Chiara Borelli, Wei-Li Hong, Jeffrey Marlow, Alexis Pasulka, Sean Jungbluth, Roman Barco, and Anni Djurhuus. Characterization of Benthic Biogeochemistry and Ecology at Three Methane Seep Sites on the Northern US Atlantic Margin. Deep-Sea Research Part II (150) 41-56. Anne E. Dekas • Page 3 of 10 2016 Dekas, Anne E., Stephanie A. Connon, Grayson L. Chadwick, Elizabeth Trembath-Reichert and Victoria J. Orphan. Activity and interactions of methane seep microorganisms assessed by parallel transcription and FISH-NanoSIMS analyses. ISME Journal (10) 678-692. 2016 Eloe-Fadrosh, Emiley A., David Paez-Espino, Jessica Jarett, Peter F. Dunfield, Brian P. Hedlund, Anne E. Dekas, Stephen E. Grasby, Allyson L. Brady, Hailiang Dong, Brandon R. Briggs, Wen-Jun Li, Danielle Goudeau, Rex Malmstrom, Amrita Pati, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Edward M. Rubin, Tanja Woyke, Nikos C. Kyrpides, Natalia N. Ivanova. Global metagenomic survey reveals a new bacterial candidate phylum in geothermal springs. Nature Communications (7) 10476-10486. 2014 Dekas, Anne E., Grayson L. Chadwick, Marshall W. Bowles, Samantha B. Joye, and Victoria J. Orphan. Spatial distribution of nitrogen fixation in methane seep sediment and the role of the ANME Archaea. Environmental Microbiology 16(10) 3012-3029. 2013 Green-Saxena, Abigail, Anne E. Dekas, Nathan F. Dalleska and Victoria J. Orphan. Nitrate- based niche differentiation by distinct sulfate-reducing bacteria involved in the anaerobic oxidation of methane. ISME Journal (8) 150-163. 2013 Tocheva, Elitza I., Anne E. Dekas, Shawn McGlynn, Dylan Morris, Victoria J. Orphan and Grant J. Jensen. Polyphosphate storage during sporulation in the Gram-negative bacterium Acetonema longum. Journal of Bacteriology (195) 3940-3946. 2011 Dekas, Anne E., and Victoria J. Orphan. Identification of Diazotrophic Microorganisms in Marine Sediment Via Fluorescence in situ Hybridization Coupled to Nanoscale Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (FISH-NanoSIMS). Methods in Enzymology (486) 281-305. 2009 Dekas, Anne E., Rachel Poretsky and Victoria Orphan. Deep-Sea Archaea Fix and Share Nitrogen in Methane Consuming Microbial Consortia. Science. (326) 422-426. 2009 Newcombe, David, Anne Dekas, Shanmugam Mayilraj, and Kasthuri Venkateswaran. Bacillus canaveralius sp. nov. an alkali-tolerant bacterium isolated from a spacecraft assembly facility. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (59) 2015-2019. 2008 Pernthaler, Annelie, Anne E. Dekas, C. Titus Brown, Shana K. Goffredi, Tsegereda Embaye, Victoria J. Orphan. Diverse syntrophic partnerships from deep-sea methane vents revealed by direct cell capture and metagenomics. PNAS (105)19: 7052-7057. 2008 Osman, Shariff, Myron T. La Duc, Anne Dekas, David Newcombe and Kasthuri Venkateswaran. Microbial burden and diversity of commercial airline cabin air during short and long durations of travel. ISME Journal. 2(5): 482-497. 2008 Pearson, Ann, Kimberly S. Kraunz, Alex L. Sessions, Anne E. Dekas, William D. Leavitt, and Katrina J. Edwards. Quantifying Microbial Utilization of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Salt Marsh Sediments by Using the 13C Content of Bacterial rRNA. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74(4): 1157-1166. 2007 Moissl,