Susan Brantley
Pennsylvania State University
Current Projects
- Developing New Biosignatures — 2014 NAI
- Developing New Biosignatures — 2013 NAI
- Developing New Biosignatures — 2012 NAI
- Developing New Biosignatures — 2011 NAI
- Developing New Biosignatures — 2010 NAI
- Developing New Biosignatures — 2009 NAI
- Ferry Report — 2008 NAI
- Evolution of a Habitable Planet (Brantley) — 2008 NAI
- Evolution of a Habitable Planet (Brantley) — 2007 NAI
- Evolution of a Habitable Planet (Brantley) — 2006 NAI
- Laboratory Microbial Simulations: Astrobiological Signatures — 2004 NAI
- Bioextraction of Nutrients and Micronutrients From Minerals — 2004 NAI
- Microbe-Mineral Interactions — 2003 NAI
- The Planetary Context of Biological Evolution Subproject: The Proterozoic Oxidiation of the Earth's Surface — 2003 NAI
- Geopulse — 2003 NAI
- Fractionation of Transition Metal Isotopes — 2003 NAI
- GEOPULSE (Gene Expression of Observations for Planetary Life Study) — 2002 NAI
- Fractionation of Transition Metal Isotopes — 2002 NAI
- Microbe-Mineral Interactions — 2002 NAI
- GEOPULSE (Gene Expression of Observations for Planetary Life Study) — 2001 NAI
- Microbe-Mineral Interactions — 2001 NAI
- Microbe-Mineral Interactions — 2000 NAI
- Astrobiology Education and Public Outreach — 2000 NAI
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NAI Project Collaborators
- Project collaborators as reported by the latest NAI Annual Report.
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Publications
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Buss, H. L., Mathur, R., White, A. F., & Brantley, S. L. (2010). Phosphorus and iron cycling in deep saprolite, Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico. Chemical Geology, 269(1-2), 52–61. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.08.001
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Hausrath, E. M., Neaman, A., & Brantley, S. L. (2009). Elemental release rates from dissolving basalt and granite with and without organic ligands. American Journal of Science, 309(8), 633–660. doi:10.2475/08.2009.01
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Hausrath, E. M., Treiman, A. H., Vicenzi, E., Bish, D. L., Blake, D., Sarrazin, P., … Brantley, S. L. (2008). Short- and Long-Term Olivine Weathering in Svalbard: Implications for Mars. Astrobiology, 8(6), 1079–1092. doi:10.1089/ast.2007.0195
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Liermann, L. J., Mathur, R., Wasylenki, L. E., Nuester, J., Anbar, A. D., & Brantley, S. L. (2011). Extent and isotopic composition of Fe and Mo release from two Pennsylvania shales in the presence of organic ligands and bacteria. Chemical Geology, 281(3-4), 167–180. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.12.005
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Minyard, M. L., Bruns, M. A., Liermann, L. J., Buss, H. L., & Brantley, S. L. (2012). Bacterial Associations with Weathering Minerals at the Regolith-Bedrock Interface, Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Geomicrobiology Journal, 29(9), 792–803. doi:10.1080/01490451.2011.619640
See Project - Brantley, S.L., Yesavage, T.A. & Bazilevskaya, E.A. (2011). Secondary minerals and regolith profiles on basaltic rocks in northeastern U.S. and in Svalbard, an Arctic Mars analogue site. AGU Fall meeting. San Francisco, CA. See Project
- Liermann, L.J., Albert, I., Brantley, S.L., Buss, H.L. & Minyard, M. (In Preparation). Relating microbial community structure and geochemistry in the Bisley volcaniclastic watershed in Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico. Geomicrobiology. See Project
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Phone:
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Email:
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Discipline
Microbiology
Past NAI Teams
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Harvard University
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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Pennsylvania State University
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Pennsylvania State University
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Pennsylvania State University
CAN 1