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l Fulbright Graduate Fellow: Used synthetic biology techniques to engineer photobiological<br />

hydrogen production in heterocystous cyanobacteria<br />

The <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Montana, Environmental and Industrial Microbiology Laboratory, 2008-2009<br />

l Laboratory Manager: Developed and coordinated research efforts in a lab <strong>of</strong> 8-12<br />

undergraduate and graduate researchers, conducted independent research, guest-lectured for the<br />

UM microbial physiology course, wrote manuscripts<br />

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute Montana Integrated Learning Experience for Students, 2007-2008<br />

l Peer Mentor, 2008: Advised undergraduate research fellows on their projects and presented<br />

relevant scientific topics at weekly meetings<br />

l Honors Research Fellow, 2007: Coordinated a multidisciplinary research group (chemistry,<br />

biology and computational mathematics) that investigated a novel metabolic pathway for the<br />

breakdown <strong>of</strong> carbamates by a microbial consortium<br />

The <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Montana, Environmental and Industrial Microbiology Laboratory, 2005-2008<br />

l Laboratory Technician/Research Assistant: Ran experiments and conducted independent<br />

research projects for the NSF-funded Nyack Microbial Research Station, focusing on the<br />

microbial ecology and the biogeochemistry <strong>of</strong> lotic ecosystems<br />

The French Ministry <strong>of</strong> Education, 2004-2005<br />

l English Teaching Assistant: Taught an English conversation course for seven months at Lycée<br />

Ferdinand Buisson, in Voiron, France<br />

Publications<br />

l A.-S. Roy, S.M. <strong>Gibbons</strong>, H. Schunck, S. Owens, J.G. Caporaso, M. Sperling, J. Nissimov, S.<br />

Romac, L. Bittner, U. Riebesell, J. LaRoche and J.A. Gilbert. Ocean acidification shows<br />

negligible impacts on high-latitude bacterial community structure in coastal pelagic mesocosms.<br />

(2013) Biogeochemistry, in press<br />

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Ylva Lekberg, Tim Schnoor, Rasmus Kjøller, <strong>Sean</strong> M. <strong>Gibbons</strong>, Lars H. Hansen, Waleed Abu<br />

Al-Soud, Søren Sørensen, and Søren Rosendahl. 454 sequencing reveals stochastic local<br />

reassembly and high disturbance tolerance within arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities.<br />

(2011) Journal <strong>of</strong> Ecology DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01894.x<br />

l Philip W. Ramsey, <strong>Sean</strong> M. <strong>Gibbons</strong>, Peter Rice, Daniel L. Mummey, Kevin P. Feris, Johnnie N.<br />

Moore, Matthias C. Rillig, and James E. Gannon. Relative strengths <strong>of</strong> relationships between<br />

plant, microbial, and environmental parameters in heavy-metal contaminated floodplain soil.<br />

(2011) Pedobiologia doi:10.1016/j.pedobi.2011.07.008<br />

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<strong>Sean</strong> M. <strong>Gibbons</strong>, Kevin Feris, Michele A. McGuirl, Sergio E. Morales, Anu Hynninen, Philip<br />

W. Ramsey, and James E. Gannon. Use <strong>of</strong> microcalorimetry to determine the cost and benefit to<br />

Pseudomonas putida strain KT2440 <strong>of</strong> harboring cadmium efflux genes. (2010) Applied and<br />

Environmental Microbiology 77(1), 108-113.

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