Jennifer Macalady
Pennsylvania State University
Current Projects
- Biosignatures of Life in Extremely Energy-Limited Environments — 2014 NAI
- Biosignatures of Life in Ancient Stratified Ocean Analogs — 2014 NAI
- Developing New Biosignatures — 2013 NAI
- Biosignatures in Ancient Rocks - Kasting Group — 2013 NAI
- Biosignatures in Relevant Microbial Ecosystems — 2013 NAI
- Biosignatures in Ancient Rocks — 2012 NAI
- Developing New Biosignatures — 2012 NAI
- Biosignatures in Relevant Microbial Ecosystems — 2012 NAI
- Developing New Biosignatures — 2011 NAI
- Biosignatures in Relevant Microbial Ecosystems — 2011 NAI
- Biosignatures in Ancient Rocks — 2011 NAI
- Project 7C: Improving Accuracy of in Situ Stable Isotope Analysis by SIMS — 2011 NAI
- Biosignatures in Ancient Rocks — 2010 NAI
- Biosignatures in Relevant Microbial Ecosystems — 2010 NAI
- Developing New Biosignatures — 2010 NAI
- Biosignatures in Ancient Rocks — 2009 NAI
- Developing New Biosignatures — 2009 NAI
- Biosignatures in Relevant Microbial Ecosystems — 2009 NAI
- Genomics of Sulfidic Cave Extremophiles (Supplement to NNA04CC06A) — 2008 NAI
- Untitled — 2008 NAI
- Genomics of Sulfidic Cave Extremophiles (Supplement to NNA04CC06A) — 2007 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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Dawson, K. S., Freeman, K. H., & MacAlady, J. L. (2012). Molecular characterization of core lipids from halophilic archaea grown under different salinity conditions. Organic Geochemistry, 48, 1–8. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2012.04.003
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Gonzalez, B. C., Iliffe, T. M., MacAlady, J. L., Schaperdoth, I., & Kakuk, B. (2011). Microbial hotspots in anchialine blue holes: initial discoveries from the Bahamas. Hydrobiologia, 677(1), 149–156. doi:10.1007/s10750-011-0932-9
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Jones, D. S., Tobler, D. J., Schaperdoth, I., Mainiero, M., & MacAlady, J. L. (2010). Community Structure of Subsurface Biofilms in the Thermal Sulfidic Caves of Acquasanta Terme, Italy. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 76(17), 5902–5910. doi:10.1128/aem.00647-10
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Maresca, J. A., Crowe, S. A., & MacAlady, J. L. (2012). Anaerobic photosynthetic ecosystems. Geobiology, 10(3), 193–195. doi:10.1111/j.1472-4669.2012.00327.x
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Meyer, K. M., MacAlady, J. L., Fulton, J. M., Kump, L. R., Schaperdoth, I., & Freeman, K. H. (2011). Carotenoid biomarkers as an imperfect reflection of the anoxygenic phototrophic community in meromictic Fayetteville Green Lake. Geobiology, 9(4), 321–329. doi:10.1111/j.1472-4669.2011.00285.x
See Project See Project - Dawson, K.S., Freeman, K.H. & MacAlady, J.L. (2011). Molecular characterization of archaeal lipids across a hypersaline gradient. Goldschmidt Conference. Prague. See Project
- Dawson, K.S., Freeman, K.H. & MacAlady, J.L. (In Revision). Response of archaeal halophile membrane lipids chemistry to salinity levels. Applied & Environmental Microbiology. See Project
- Jones, D.S., Schaperdoth, I. & MacAlady, J.L. (2010). Microbial communities from extremely acidic sulfidic cave biofilms. Environmental Microbiology, submitted. See Project
- MacAlady, J.L., Albrecht, H., Welander, P., Fulton, J., Schaperdoth, I., White, T., Freeman, K., Newman, D. & Summons, R. (2011). Proterozoic analog ecosystem and organic biomarkers in a Florida sinkhole. Goldschmidt Meeting. Prague. See Project
- McCauley, R.L., Jones, D.S., Schaperdoth, I. & MacAlady, J.L. (2011). Lago Infinito (Frasassi Caves, Italy) Microbial Community as an Analog for pre-Phototrophic Earth. Astrobiology, 11(4): 367-389. doi:10.1089/ast.2011.1400 See Project
- McCauley, R.L., Jones, D.S., Schaperdoth, I., Steinberg, L. & MacAlady, J.L. (2010). Metabolic strategies in energy-limited microbial communities in the anoxic subsurface. AGU Fall Meeting Supplement. San Francisco, CA. See Project
- Meyer, K.M., Kump, L.R., MacAlady, J., Schaperdoth, I. & Freeman, K. (In Review). Benthic production of a putative planktonic biomarker. Geobiology. See Project
- Meyer, K.M., Kump, L.R., MacAlady, J., Schaperdoth, I. & Freeman, K. (in review). Benthic production of a putative planktonic biomarker. Geobiology. See Project See Project
- Zerkle, A.L., MacAlady, J.L., Jones, D.S. & Farquhar, J. (2011). S isotope investigation of a redox-stratified system dominated by chemotrophic sulfide oxidation. Goldschmidt Meeting. Prague. See Project
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Email:
jmacalad@geosc.psu.edu