John Priscu CV
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: John Charles Priscu
Birthdate: September 20, 1952
Citizenship: U.S.A.
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Ecology (Microbial), Univ. of California, Davis, 1982
M.S., Biology (Limnology), Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1978
B.S., Biology (minor music), Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1975
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Senior Research Scientist, 2022-2023. Polar Oceans Research Group. Sheridan, MT.
Regents Professor of Ecology Emeritus, 2022-present.
Regents Professor of Ecology, 2016-present. Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University.
Professor of Ecology, 2000-present. Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University.
Professor of Ecology. 1994-2000. Department of Biological Sciences, Montana State University.
Associate Professor of Ecology. 1988-1994. Department of Biological Sciences, Montana State University.
Assistant Professor of Ecology. 1984-1988. Department of Biological Sciences, Montana State University.
Contamination Control and Planetary Protection Working Group (CCPPWG) for the Mars 2020 sample return mission. 2016-2019.
Scientific Organizing Committee. Biosignatures for Extant Life on Ocean Worlds. 2016-present.
Chairperson, NSF-funded McMurdo Dry Valleys Environmental workshop. June 2016.
Executive Committee, WAIS Divide Ice Coring Project. 2008-2015.
Chief Scientist, Subglacial Antarctic Lake Scientific Access (SALSA) project. 2016-2019.
Executive Committee/Chief Scientist, Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling (WISSARD) project. 2009-present.
Co-Director. 2007-present. Subzero Research Facility, Montana State University.
Co-Director. 2011-2018. Center for Astrobiology. Montana State University.
Advisory Committee, Korean Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) on subglacial lake research. 2015-present.
Search Committee for the Editor-in-Chief of the AGU publication JGR-Biogeosciences. 2008-2009.
Polar Research Board-National Academy of Science. 2009-2012.
Co-Chair. National Academy of Sciences NRC Committee. “Frontiers in Understanding Climate Change and Polar Ecosystems”. 2011.
Committee on the Origin and Evolution of Life -National Academy of Science. 2008-2011.
Editorial Board. Astrobiology. 2006-present.
Chair, SCAR-SALE (Subglacial Antarctic Lake Environments) International Scientific
Planning Group. 2000-
2009.
Co-chair of the scientific international organizing committee for the SCAR Open Science
Conference, August
2010, Buenos Aries, Argentina, August 2010.
Organizing Committee, Subglacial Antarctic Lake Exploration (SALE) Advanced Science
and Technology
Workshop, April 24-28, 2006. LGGE, Grenoble France
Instructor “Limnology in High Alpine Lakes” University of Innsbruck, Austria. July 2000.
Project Leader (Principal Investigator), Antarctic Research Teams. 1984-present.
Organizing Committee, NSF funded FASTDRILL workshop. October 2002.
Organizing Committee, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography winter meeting, Salt Lake City. February 2003.
National Science Foundation Office Advisory Committee for the Office of Polar Programs. 2000-2002.
National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education 2000-2002.
United States Biology representative to the Scientific Committee of Antarctic Research (SCAR). 2000-2006.
Convener for the international Group of Specialists to plan the exploration of Lake Vostok and other subglacial lakes. 2000-2006.
National Academy of Sciences NRC Committee “Frontiers in Polar Research”. 2002-2003.
National Academy of Sciences NRC Committee “Forward Contamination of Mars” 2004-2006.
United States Ice Core Working Group member. 2002-2008.
Advisory Committee for the United States Ice Core Drilling Services. 2002-2008.
Participant and rapporteur. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography/NSF funded workshop on Emerging Issues in Limnology. Boulder, CO. December 2002.
Review Committee, Public Radio Documentary Series “The DNA Files”. 2000-2001.
Sponsor for the NASA Planetary Biology Internship Program. 2000-present.
Sponsor for NASA GSRP and Space Grant Consortium students. 1997-present.
Sponsor for NASA Montana Space Grant Consortium students. 1996-present.
Team member, Lake Baikal, USSR expedition, July-August, 1990. Funded by the National Geographic Society.
Team member, International expedition to study the physics, chemistry and biology
of southern Patagonian
lakes, March 1992. Funded by German Government.
Editorial Board, American Geophysical Union, Antarctic Research Series. 1993-2002.
Editorial Board, Limnology and Oceanography. 1988-1991.
NSF Review Panel, Division of Polar Biology and Medicine 1990, 1993.
NSF Review Panel, Life in Extreme Environments (LExEn) Program 1999.
Chairperson, McMurdo (Antarctica) Area Scientific Users Committee 1995-present.
Organizing Committee and Working Group Chairman, Environmental Management Workshop on the McMurdo Dry Valleys (Antarctica). 14-17 March 1995, Sante Fe, New Mexico. Funded by NSF.
Chairperson, Winter Research in Antarctica Workshop. 7-9 September 1999. NSF headquarters, Arlington Virginia. Funded by NSF.
Biological Cruise Leader. Cruise II-87, USCG Icebreaker "Polar Sea", February 1987.
This cruise examined the
influence of nutrients on phytoplankton C and N metabolism off the Ross Ice Shelf,
Antarctica. Funded by NSF Division of Polar Programs.
Adjunct Research Professor. University of Southern California Biological Oceanography
Program in
conjunction with NASA, 1986-1987. Research topic: Influence of environmental variables
on nitrogen
enzymology in Antarctic sea-ice microalgae. Funded by NSF Division of Polar Programs.
Adjunct Research Professor. University of Southern California Biological Oceanography
Program, 1985-1986.
Research topic: Physiology of Antarctic Sea-Ice Microalgae: Changes in Photosynthetic
Metabolism During the Course of a Spring Bloom. Funded by NSF Division of Polar Programs.
Adjunct Research Professor. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 1984.
Research Scientist. New Zealand Antarctic Research Program. 1984-1985. Research topic:
Carbon and
Nitrogen metabolism of Antarctic stream and lake ecosystems. Funded by an NSF International
Programs grant and a grant from the New Zealand Government.
Staff Research Scientist. 1982-1984. Division of Marine and Freshwater Science, Taupo
Research Laboratory,
Division of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Zealand.
Research Scientist. Cruise 1144 of RV Tangaroa, New Zealand government research vessel.
1983. Objectives:
To define the importance of upwelled nitrate to phytoplankton productivity in the
eastern Tasman Sea.
Leader-Primary Productivity Section: Workshop on biological production off the west
coast of New Zealand.
Wellington, New Zealand. Oct. 1983.
Director, Chem-Pro Consultants, Inc. 1979-Present. Environmental research in aquatic systems.
Research Assistant-Field Director, Castle Lake Research Group, Univ. of California,
Davis. 1979-1981.
Maintenance and operation of the Castle Lake field station and supervision of routine
limnological data
collection and analysis.
Instructor. 1980. Limnology laboratory, Univ. of California, Davis.
Instructor. 1978. "Ecology of a Desert Pond:. Adult education course organized through
the Continuing
Education Department of the Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Research Associate. 1976-1978. Supervisor of field collection and analysis of routine
limnological data from
Lakes Mead and Mohave (Colorado River), in conjunction with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
and the Univ.
of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Research Assistant. 1976-1978. The quantification of chlorophyll in water bodies utilizing remote laser sensing. The research was in conjunction with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Research Assistant. 1975-1977. The effects of sewage effluent from Las Vegas Wash
on water quality in Lake
Mead, in conjunction with Clark County Sanitation District No. 1, Waste Treatment
Physical Development
Section and the Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Research Assistant. 1975. Biological control of the encephalitis mosquito Culex tarsalis.
The research was in
conjunction with the Clark County, Nevada Vector Control Program and the Univ. of
Nevada, Las Vegas.
Teaching Assistant. 1975. General Zoology and Human Ecology. Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Research Assistant. 1974. Evaluation of the proposed Alton Coal-Slurry Pipeline on
the fauna of the Moapa
River, Utah-Nevada, in conjunction with Engineering Management, Inc. and the Univ.
of Nevada, Las Vegas.
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
The American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Society for Microbiology
American Geophysical Union
MAJOR AREA OF RESEARCH:
Aquatic Ecosystem Ecology
Biogeochemistry of icy environments
Microbial Ecology/Physiology/Geomicrobiology
Life in Extreme Environments
Climate Change
Astrobiology
SELECTED INVITED LECTURES:
2023. Invited Lecture. “Geobiology of Antarctic Subglacial Environments: A historical perspective”. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 5 December 2023.
2023. Honorary Guest. International conference on Chlamydomonas priscuii. University of Miami, OH. 11-16 June 2023.
2023. Invited presentation. The influence of stream and internal diffusive nutrient loads on trophogenic zone primary productivity in Lake Fryxell, Antarctica. SCAR Biology Conference. Christchurch New Zealand. 31 July-4 August 2023.
2022. Plenary Speaker. IPICS-OSC Conference. “Geobiology of Ice Cores”. Crans-Montana Switzerland. 2-7 October 2022.
2022. Invited Speaker, Society of International Limnology “ Stream and internal diffusive nutrient loads to trophogenic zone primary productivity in Lake Fryxell, Antarctica “ 7-10 August 2022. Berlin, Germany.
2021. Plenary Speaker. Korean Office of Polar Research annual meeting. Seoul, Korea. September 2021.
2020. Plenary Speaker. IEEE-Aerospace Conference. “The Hidden World Beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet”. 8 March 2020.
2020. Plenary Speaker. “What do Antarctic subglacial lakes tell us about our planet?”. Symposium on Antarctic Research 2020. 29 September-2 October 2020. St. Petersburg, Russia. The conference is dedicated to 200th anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica. On COVID-19 hold.
2020. Plenary Speaker. IPICS-OSC Conference. “Geobiology of Ice Cores”. Crans-Montana Switzerland. 19 October 2020. On COVID-19 hold.
2019. Invited Speaker. Earth and Planetary Sciences Colloquium, Harvard University. “The Microbiological World In and Beneath Polar Ice Sheets”. 2 December 2019. Cambridge, MA
2019. Invited Speaker for the 60th Anniversary of the Microbiology Society of Korea.
“Geomicrobiology of
Antarctic Subglacial Lakes”. April 16, 2019. Jeju Island, Republic of Korea.
2018. Invited Speaker for the 24th International Symposium on Polar Sciences, “30
years of footsteps in
Antarctica: Looking back and looking forward”. May 15-16, 2018. Korea Polar Research
Institute, Incheon,
Republic of Korea.
2018. Invited speaker and session organizer. Carbon fluxes in permanently ice-covered lakes. 34th Society of International Limnology Congress, Nanjing, China (19-24 August 2018).
2017. “Limnology beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet”. Stout Lecture, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. 29 September 2017.
2017. National Academy of Science, Washington, DC. “Contamination issues with the
collection of deep ice
cores as it relates to the Mars 2020 sample return mission”. 2 August 2017.
2017. “What can we learn from deep ice cores on our planet?” Grand opening of the
University of Alberta ice
core repository. 24 March 2017. Edmonton, CA.
2017. “The Hidden World Beneath Earth’s Polar Ice Sheets”. Herrington STEM lecture.
The State University of
New York at New Paltz. 28 February 2017.
2016. “Geomicrobiology in and below the Antarctic Ice Sheet”. NASA Ocean Worlds workshop
II. Woods
Hole, MA. 25 August 2016.
2016. “The hidden world beneath the Antarctic Sheet”. Bringing the University to You lecture series. MSU Great Falls. 14 January 2016.
2016. “Depositional dynamics in northern and southern Himalayan glaciers. 6 January
2016. Sorcerer Lodge,
Golden, Canada.
2015. “The Microbial Habitability of Extraterrestrial Icy Worlds: A View From Earth
based on Antarctic
Subglacial Environments”. NASA Ocean Worlds workshop I. National Geographic Society,
Washington, DC.
October 2015.
2015. “Life in glacial ice”. The Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP), Chinese
Academy of Science.
Lhasa, Tibet. 17 July 2015.
2015. “Antarctic subglacial lakes as models for life on Europa: An example from Subglacial
Lake Whillans. Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA. 16 November 2015.
2015. “Methane transformations in polar lake ecosystems”. 6th International Conference on Polar and Alpine Microbiology České Budějovice, Czech Republic. 6-9 September 2015.
2015. “Long term trends in phytoplankton productivity in McMurdo Dry Valley (Antarctica) lakes”. Ecological Society of America annual meeting. Baltimore, Maryland. 13 August 2015.
2015. “Aquatic ecosystems of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica”. McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER annual science meeting. 27-30 August 2015. Baton Rouge, LA.
2015. “Antarctic subglacial lake exploration: first results and future plans”. Philosophical
Transactions of the
Royal Society A. “Chicheley Hall, UK. 29 March 2 April 2015.
2014. Provost Distinguished Lecture. Montana State University. 1 April 2014.
2014. “The McMurdo Dry Valleys Long-Term Ecological Research Project: Twenty One Years
of Research
Addressing Ecosystem Processes in a Changing Climate”. 20th International symposium
of Polar Sciences: Our Collective Journey to Connect the Past and Future from the
Antarctic. 27-29 May 2014. Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
2014. “Microbial Habitability of Icy Worlds”. Physics Colloquia, Astrobiology seminar.
20 May 2014.
University of Washington.
2014. “Geomicrobiology of subglacial Lake Whillans, Antarctica”. Chinese-Deutsch. Symposium über “Ice-covered Aquatic Systems in the Changing Climate”. Aaiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, China. 13-18 April 2014.
2014. “The First Glimpse of Life Beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet”. Provost Lecture.
Montana State University.
1 April 2014.
2014. “The Potential for Life on Titan and Europa”. Physics Colloquium. Montana State University. 4 April 2014.
2013. “Why study Earth’s polar regions?” Beijing, China. July 2013.
2013. “The hidden world beneath our polar ice sheets”. TedX, Bozeman. March 2013.
2012. “Is there a Deep Icy Biosphere?” Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations
annual science
meeting. Marina, CA. November 2012.
2012.” Life on Other Icy Worlds”. Clark Forum on Contemporary Issues. Dickinson College,
Carlisle, PA.
October 2012.
2011. “Restless Earth: Life on the Edge”. Dasan Conference, S. Korea. November 2011.
2011. “Beyond Polar Bears and Penguins: What Lies Beneath Our Planets Ice Sheets?” Hydrology Colloquium, University of Nevada, Reno. 11 February 2011.
2010. “What Lies Beneath Our Planets Ice Sheet?” Distinguished Lecturer in the Department of Microbiology at Miami University. 10 February 2010.
2009. “Earth’s polar regions as models for the microbiology of other frozen worlds”. Plenary lecture. American Society of Microbiology. Philadelphia 18-22 May 2009.
2008. “The lost world beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet”. POP-Tech 2008. Camden, Main. 24 October 2008.
2008. “What does polar science tell us about the evolution of life?” Green Lecture. IBM. 10 October 2008, Palo Alto, California.
2008. “Subglacial Lakes and Rivers: Diversity in the cold”. Third International Conference
on Polar and Alpine
Microbiology. 11-15 May, Banff, Canada.
2008. “Beyond Polar Bears and Penguins: What Can We Learn from Polar Science?” University of Nevada, Las Vegas-2008 BIOS Lecture. 11 April 2008.
2007. Earth’s Deep Cold Biosphere” Philip Hauge Abelson Advancing Science Seminar
(Emerging Polar
Frontiers) sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
October 2007,
Washington, DC.
2007. How Are Our Poles Changing?” Manion Lecture. Carroll College, Helena, Montana.11 April 2007.
2007. “Climate and Ecosystem Response in Earth’s South Polar Regions”. University
of Alberta, Canada and
the Ecosystem Research Institute, Alberta. April 2007.
2007. “What Can We Learn from Our Polar Regions”. Madrid, Spain. Funded by Fundacion
la Caixa;
Cosmo Caixa (National Museum of Spain). April 2007.
2006. “Icy Earth as a Model for Extraterrestrial Ecology”. University of California, Davis. October. 2006.
2006. “Subglacial Lake Exploration: From a Curiosity to Focus for Scientific Research.
SCAR XXIX Open
Science Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, 12-14 July 2006.
2006. “Life on Mars and Europa”. Astrobiology Science Conference. Washington, D.C. March 2006.
2006. “Subglacial Microbial Systems”. International Society of Microbial Ecology. Vienna, Austria. August 2006.
2006. Japanese National Institute of Polar Research, Toyko, Japan. Three lectures presented on life in and under permanent ice sheets. February 2006.
2005. “Life in the Wrong Places: Microorganisms in Icy Environments” Meeting of the
international society of
subsurface microbiology. Jackson Hole, Wyoming. August 2005.
2005.”Earth’s Icy Biosphere” C.B. van Niel Memorial Lecture, Stanford University,
Hopkins Marine Station. 20
May 2005.
2004. A High School Education Plan About Living Ice” Murdock Trust Lecture; Partners
in Science National
Conference for High School Teachers, San Diego, CA. 16-17 January 2004.
2004. “Live in a Deep Freeze” University of Southern California. 10 February 2004.
2004. “Are Earth’s Ice Caps Alive?”. Canadian Society of Microbiology, national meeting.
Edmonton, Canada.
20-23 June 2004.
2004. “Pond Water Popsicles”. Lecture to the National Science Teachers Association.
8 July 2004. Big Sky,
Montana.
2004. “Antarctic Subglacial Lakes”. Water and Ice, 20th Anniversary Symposium, Swiss
Committee on Polar
Research, 18 September 2004. Bern, Switzerland.
2004. “Earth’s Icy Biosphere”, Utah State University. 26 January 2004.
2002. “Perennial Antarctic Ice: An Oasis for Life in a Polar Desert and a Model for
Other Icy Worlds”. Russian
Astrobiology Center, St. Petersburg, Russia. March 2002.
2001. “Is there a Deep-Cold Biosphere?”. AAAS annual meeting. 15-20 February, San Francisco, California.
2001. American Society of Microbiology “Life in Extremely Cold Environnments”. 20-24
May, Orlando,
Florida.
2001. “What Can We Learn from Polar and Alpine Ecosystems”. D.E. Laudenbach Lecture.
Univ. of Western
Ontario. 2 April 2001.
2000. “Perennially Ice Covered Antarctic Lakes: Oases for Life and Models for Other
Icy Worlds”.
Geosciences lecture series, Princeton University, New Jersey. May 2000.
1999. “Physical, Chemical and Biological Conditions in Deep Subglacial Ice: Evidence
for Life in Lake Vostok,
Antarctica”. Cambridge University, England. October 1999.
1985. "Antarctic Lakes and Streams: Cold Desert Ecosystems”. Sigma XI Research Society.
Univ. California,
Davis.
HONORS, AWARDS, SERVICE:
2022. Bill and Betty Rockwell Award. This award was presented by LightHawk, an international aviation-based non-profit conservation group based in Colorado. The award recognizes a volunteer pilot who has donated his time and aircraft towards environmental conservation.
2022. Awarded the title of Emeritus Regents Professor of Ecology.
2021. The Antarctic lake psychrophilic phytoplankton Chlamydomonas priscuii named.
2020. The Antarctic lake psychrophilic bacterium Psychrobacter priscuii LFX-15B named.
2021-2023. Featured scientist in the feature length science documentary “Lake at the Bottom of the World”. The film documents the logistical and scientific efforts of the NSF-funded “Subglacial Antarctic Lakes Access” (SALSA) project that was led by J. Priscu.
2020-2021. NASA Tiger Team: Assessment of Ice Core Attributes and Their Impact on Scientific Research Potential-translate the objective of obtaining meaningful Mars ice cores into engineering requirements to provide to the mission designers.
2020. Chinese Academy of Sciences President's Fellowship for Distinguished Scientists.
2017. Sustaining Fellow; The American Society of Limnology and Oceanography.
2016. Certificate of Appreciation for leadership of the Subglacial Antarctic Lake
Environments (SALE)
Scientific Research Program. Awarded by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
(SCAR), August 2016.
2016. Regents Professorship, Montana State University.
2015. Organized an international workshop on environmental stewardship on the McMurdo
Dry Valleys. 1-3
May 2015, Ft. Collins, CO.
2015. Organizing Committee. Conference on Antarctic subglacial lake exploration. Theo
Murphy meeting,
Chicheley Hall, UK. 30-31 March 2015.
2015. Organizing Committee, 6th International Conference on Polar and Alpine Microbiology. 6-10 September 2015. České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
2014. E.O. Wilson biodiversity and technology pioneer award for seminal discoveries
on Antarctic microbial
life and the advocacy and public outreach of biodiversity. Presented by E.O. Wilson,
October 2014.
2013. Organized and chaired the 5th International Conference on Polar and Alpine Microbiology.
8-12
September 2013, Big Sky, Montana.
2012. International Excellence in Antarctic Science award from the Scientific Committee
on Antarctic
Research (SCAR).
2012. Featured Scientist. National Public Radio live broadcast -February- “Science Friday” with Ira Flatow.
2010. Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
2008. Invited Essay by the National Science Foundation addressing Darwin’s influence
on polar regions.
“Origin and Evolution of Life on a Frozen Earth” http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/darwin/
2006. Fellow of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
2004. A Valley in Antarctica named for research in Antarctica. Description follows:
Priscu Valley. Antarctic
I.D. 18658. 772900S 1604700E. An upland ice-free valley on the E side of Prentice
Plateau in Olympus Range.
The valley opens N to the head of McKelvey Valley. Named by US-ACAN (2004) after John
C. Priscu,
Department of Biological Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT; USAP investigator
in the
McMurdo Dry Valleys, 1984-2002.
2004. Nominated and accepted membership to the World Water and Climate Network (WWCN)
as their
advisor on Antarctic water bodies.
2004. BBC Radio interview “The Lost World”, 19 January 2004.
2003. Richard P. Goldthwaite Award. Presented by the Byrd Polar Research Center for
novel research in
glaciology.
2000. Featured Scientist. BBC-Discovery documentary: “The Lost World: Lake Vostok”.
2000. Featured Scientist. National Public Radio live broadcast -February- “Science Friday” with Ira Flatow.
1996. Robert and Nora Wiley award for meritorious research. Presented by the Montana
State University
Foundation.
1998. A first order stream named for research in Antarctica. Description follows: Priscu Stream. Antarctic I.D. 17354. 773900S 1624500E. Meltwater stream, 3,000 m long, flowing SW from SE end of Lacroix Glacier to the NE end of Lake Bonney in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. Named by US-ACAN in 1996 after John C. Priscu, ecologist, Montana State University; principal investigator from 1984 on numerous studies of marine and fresh water systems in the McMurdo region and the author of numerous papers on the ecology of this area; led first WINFLY expedition (1991) into the McMurdo Dry Valleys.
1989. Alexander von Humboldt Foundation research scholarship to study at the Limnology Institute, University of Constance, Germany.
1989. Fulbright Foundation research scholarship to study at the Limnology Institute, University of Constance, Germany. Declined.
1987. Invited participant in the National Science Foundation sponsored workshop "Complex
Ecological
Interactions in Freshwater Ecosystems", held at the University of Notre Dame, March
1987.
1987. Antarctic service medal from the Secretary of the Navy for field exploration in Antarctica.
1987. Antarctic service medal from the National Science Foundation for scientific exploration in Antarctica.
1979. Jastro-Shields Research Scholarship, Univ. of California, Davis.
1976, 1977. Selected to participate in research on the natural history of Baja, Mexico. Sponsored by the Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas Biology and Geology Departments.
1975. Continuing education scholarship from the Univ. of Nevada to study the natural
history of the Grand
Canyon.
1975. Continuing education scholarship from the Univ. of Nevada to study the migration and mating patterns of the Gray Whale and Elephant Seal along the west coast of Baja, Mexico.
1972-1976. Captain, University of Nevada Las Vegas, soccer team.
1976-1978. Captain, Vegas United semiprofessional soccer team.
SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS:
Over 300 oral presentations and posters presented at national and international meetings
since 1985.
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS:
Books:
Mars Ice Core Working Group (2021), First Ice Cores from Mars, co-chairs: M.R. Albert
and
M. Koutnik, 74 p. white paper.
Priscu, J.C. (editor) 2016. “Environmental Assessment of the McMurdo Dry Valleys:
Witness to the Past and
Guide to the Future”. 60 pages.
Grebmeier, J. and J.C. Priscu (co-chairs). 2011. Frontiers in Understanding Climate
Change and Polar
Ecosystems. Committee on Frontiers in Understanding Climate Change and Polar Ecosystems
Polar Research
Board Division of Earth and Life Studies. The National Academies Press, 86 pp. ISBN-10:
0-309-21087-9.
Chyba, C. et al. 2005. Prevention of the Forward Contamination of Mars. The National
Academies Press,
Washington D.C. 167p.
Detrich, H.W., J.W. Deming, C. Fraser, J.T. Holibaugh, W.M. Mohn, J.C. Priscu, G.N.
Somero, M.F.
Thomashow and D. H. Wall. 2003. Frontiers in Polar Biology in the Genomic Era. The
National Academies
Press, Washington D.C. 166p.
Priscu, J.C. (oversight editor). 2003. Biogeochemistry of the Ross Sea. Vol. 78. American
Geophysical Union,
Washington, DC. 358p.
Priscu, J.C. (editor) 1998. Ecosystem Dynamics in a Polar Desert: the McMurdo Dry
Valleys, Antarctica. Vol
72. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC. 369 pp, includes CDROM.
Priscu, J.C. (oversight editor). 1998. Sea Ice Microbial Communities. Vol. 73. American
Geophysical Union,
Washington, DC. 198 pp.
Priscu, J.C. (oversight editor). 1996. Foundations for Ecosystem Research: The Palmer
Peninsula, Antarctica.
Vol. 70. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC. 448 pp.
Refereed–Journal Articles:
Šabacká, M. and J.C. Priscu. Spatial distribution of microorganisms in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Polar Biology. In Prep.
Šabacká, M., J.C. Priscu, D. McKnight, D.H. Wall, J. E. Barrett and R.A. Virginia. Aeolian and fluvial fluxes of carbon and nitrogen among landscape units in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Environmental Research Letters. In Prep.
Li, W., A. Chiuchiolo. C. Takacs-Vesbach, R. Morgan-Kiss and J. C. Priscu. 2021. Flux of particulate organic matter to the sediments of Lake Bonney, A permanently ice-covered Antarctic lake. ISMS Journal. In Prep.
Wu, Naicheng and John C. Priscu. The influence of climate on the productivity of a permanently ice-covered Antarctic lake. In prep.
Hwang, Kyuin, Hanbyeol Lee, Soyeon Kim, Ahnna Cho, Christina Davis, Brent Christner, John Priscu, Kyung Mo Kim, and Ok-Sun Kim. Ancient microorganisms establish complex metabolisms in Antarctic subglacial environments. In Prep.
Li Wei, D. M. Robinson, M. Breitbart, C. Takacs-Vesbach, J. C. Priscu. Genomic and Metabolic Diversity of Viral Populations Beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. In prep for Nature Communications Biology.
Campbell, T., M. L. Skidmore, J. Winans, R. Zook, J.C. Priscu and the SALSA Science Team. Implications for sub-ice stream accretionary processes and conditions from the Basal Ice Layer of the Mercer Ice Stream, West Antarctica. In prep for J. Glaciology.
Campbell, T., M. L. Skidmore, M. O. Patterson, J. E. Dore, D. M. Harwood, A. Leventer, A. Michaud, B. E. Rosenheim, M. R. Siegfried, A. Steigmeyer, M. Tranter, R. A. Venturelli, J. C. Priscu, and the SALSA Science Team. Mercer Ice Stream subglacial lake sediments reveal an archive of dynamic subglacial hydrologic conditions. GSA Bulletin. Submitted.
Turetta, Clara, Elena Barbaro, Mark L. Skidmore, Andrea Gambaro, Alexander B. Michaud, Andrew C. Mitchell, Trista J. Vick-Majors, John C. Priscu and Carlo Barbante. 2023. Trace element, rare earth element and organic compounds in Subglacial Lake Whillans, West Antarctica. Science and the Total Environment. 892: 20 September 2023, 164480
Michaud, Alexander, B., John C. Priscu. 2023. Sediment oxygen consumption in Antarctic subglacial environments. Limnology and Oceanography. Limnol. Oceanogr. 9999, 2023, 1–10 https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12366
Venturelli, Ryan. A., Christina Davis, Brenna Boehman, Brent Christner, Helen Amanda Fricker, Valier Galy, Chloe Gustafson, David Harwood, Amy Leventer, Alex Michaud, Cyrille Mosbeux, John C. Priscu, Matthew Siegfried, Trista J. Vick-Majors, B. E. Rosenheim and the SALSA Science Team. 2023. The origin, age, and cycling of carbon in an Antarctic Subglacial Lake. AGU Advances, 4, e2022AV000846. https://doi. org/10.1029/2022AV000846
Davis, Christine, L., Ryan A. Venturelli, Alexander B. Michaud, Jon R. Hawkings, Amanda M. Achberger, Trista J. Vick-Majors, Brad E. Rosenheim, John E. Dore, Mark L. Skidmore, Joel D. Barker, Liane G. Benning, Matthew R. Siegfried, John C. Priscu, Brent C. Christner, and the SALSA Science Team. 2023. Biogeochemical and historical drivers of microbial community composition and structure in sediments from Mercer Subglacial Lake, West Antarctica. ISME Communications, 3, 8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43705-023-00216-w
Siegfried, Matthew R., Ryan A. Venturelli, Molly O. Patterson, William Arnuk Timothy D. Campbell, Chloe D. Gustafson, Alexander B. Michaud, Ben Galton-Fenzi, Mark B. Hausner, Stephanie N. Holzschuh, Bruce Huber, Kenneth D. Mankoff, Dustin M. Schroeder, Paul Summers, Scott Tyler, Sasha P. Carter, Helen A. Fricker, David M. Harwood, Amy Leventer, Brad E. Rosenheim, Mark L. Skidmore, John C. Priscu and the SALSA
Science Team. 2023. The life and death of a subglacial lake in West Antarctica. Geology, 51 (5): 434–438. https://doi.org/10.1130/G50995.1.
Ngugi, David Kamanda, Michaela M. Salcher, Adrian-Stefan Andrei, Rohit Ghai, Franziska Klotz, Chiriac Maria-Cecilia, Kathrin B.L. Baumann, Danny Ionescu, Petra Büsing, Hans-Peter Grossart, Peng Xing, Helmut Bürgmann, John C. Priscu, Salmor Alymkulov and Michael Pester. 2023. Postglacial adaptations enabled colonization and quasi-clonal dispersal of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in modern European large lakes. Science Advances, 9, eadc9392 (2023).
Rosenheim, Brad, E., Alexander B. Michaud, James Broda, Alan Gagnon, Ryan A. Venturelli, Timothy Campbell, Amy Leventer, Molly Patterson, Matthew Siegfried, David Harwood, John Dore, Martyn Tranter, Mark L. Skidmore, John C. Priscu, SALSA Science team. 2022. Coupled implementation of modified multicorer and novel borehole 3 gravity corer enable composite length of 2.06 m of sediment core during clean access of Mercer Subglacial Lake, Antarctica. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 21(5), 279–294, doi:10.1002/lom3.10545
Guo, B. W. Li, P. Santibanez, J.C. Priscu, Y. Liu and K. Liu. Organic matter distribution in the icy environments of Taylor Valley, Antarctica. 2022. Science of the Total Environment. Volume 841, 1 October 2022, 156639. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156639
Sherwell, Shasten, Isha Kalra, Wei Li, Diane M. McKnight John C. Priscu, Rachael M. Morgan-Kiss. 2022. Antarctic lake phytoplankton and bacteria from near surface waters exhibit high sensitivity to climate-driven disturbance. 2022. Environmental Microbiology. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16113.
Castendyk, Devin, N., Hilary A. Dugan, Hugh A. Gallagher, Nimish Pujara, Peter T. Doran John C. Priscu, and W. Berry Lyons. 2022. Barotropic Seiches in a Perennially Ice-Covered Lake, East Antarctica. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 7 (1): 26-33. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10226
Venturelli, R., T. Vick-Majors, A. Gagnon, M. Kurz, W. Li, J.C. Priscu, Roberts, B. Rosenheim and the SALSA Science Team. 2021. A framework for transdisciplinary 14C science: Use of natural-level and 14C-labeling in Antarctic field research. Radioisotope. DOI:10.1017/RDC.2021.55
Miner, Kimberley R., Mayewski, Paul A., Broad, Kenneth, Clifford, Heather, Gajurel, Ananta, Hubbard, Mary, Jaskolski, Corey, Li, Wei, Napper, Imogen, Potocki, Mariusz, Priscu, John C. 2021. A Perspective of the Cumulative Risks from Climate Change on Mt. Everest: Findings from the 2019 Expedition. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(4), 1928; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041928
Priscu, J.C., Jonas Kalin, John Winans, Timothy Campbell, Matthew R. Siegfried, Mark Skidmore, John E. Dore, Amy Leventer, David M. Harwood, Dennis Duling, Robert Zook, Justin Burnett, Dar Gibson, Edward Krula, Anatoly Mironov, Jim McManis, Graham Roberts, Brad E. Rosenheim, Brent C. Christner, Kathy Kasic, Helen A. Fricker, W. Berry Lyons, Joel Barker, Mark Bowling, Billy Collins, Christina Davis, Al Gagnon, Christopher Gardner, Chloe Gustafson, Ok-Sun Kim, Wei Li, Alex Michaud, Molly O. Patterson, Martyn Tranter, Ryan Venturelli, Trista Vick-Majors, Cooper Ellsworth, and THE SALSA SCIENCE TEAM. 2021. Scientific Access into Mercer Subglacial Lake: Scientific Objectives, Drilling Operations, and initial observations. Annals of Glaciology, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2021.10
Gill-Olivas, B., Telling, J., Tranter, M., Skidmore, B. Christner, S. O’Doherty and J. Priscu. 2021. Subglacial erosion has the potential to sustain microbial processes in Subglacial Lake Whillans, Antarctica. Communications Earth and Environment 2, 134 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00202-x
Miner, Kimberley R., Mayewski, Paul A., Baidya, Saraju K., Broad, Kenneth, Clifford, Heather, Gajurel, Ananta P., Giri, Bibek, Hubbard, Mary, Jaskolski, Corey, Koldewey, Heather, Li, Wei, Matthews, Tom, Napper, Imogen, Perry, Baker, Potocki, Mariusz, Priscu, John C., Tait, Alex, Thompson, Richard, Tuladhar, Subash. 2020. An Overview of Physical Risks in the Mt. Everest Region. One Earth. Volume 3: 547-550.
Hawkings, J.R., M.L. Skidmore, J.L. Wadham, J.C. Priscu, P. L. Morton, J.E. Hatton, C. Gardner, T.J. Kohler, M. Stibal, E. Bagshaw, G. Lamarche-Gagnon, A. Steigmeyer, J. Barker, W.B. Lyons, M. Tranter, R.G.M. Spencer and the SALSA Science Team. 2020. Enhanced trace element mobilization from the Earth’s ice sheets. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 117 (50) 31648-31659; first published November 23, 2020; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2014378117
Patriarche, J., J.C. Priscu, C. Takacs-Vesbach, L. Winslow, K. Meyers, H. Buelow, Morgan-Kiss, P. Doran 2021. Year-round plankton dynamics in Lake Bonney, a permanently ice-covered Antarctic lake. J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosciences. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JG005925
Malaska, M.J., R. Bhartia, K.S. Manatt, J.C. Priscu, W.J. Abbey, B. Mellerowicz, J. Palmowski, G.L. Paulsen, K. Zacny, E.J. Eshelman, J. D’Andrilli. 2020. Subsurface in-situ detection of microbes and diverse organic matter hotspots in the Greenland ice sheet. Astrobiology, Volume 20, Number 12, 2020 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. DOI: 10.1089/ast.2020.2241.
Vick-Majors, T., Achberger, A., Michaud, A., & Priscu, J. 2020. Metabolic and taxonomic diversity in Antarctic subglacial environments. In G. Di Prisco, H. Edwards, J. Elster, & A. Huiskes (Eds.), Life in Extreme Environments: Insights in Biological Capability (Ecological Reviews, pp. 279-296). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108683319.016
Venturelli, R. A., M. R. Siegfried, K. A. Roush, W. Li, J. Burnett, R. Zook, H. A. Fricker, J. C. Priscu, A. Leventer, B. E. Rosenheim. 2020. Mid-Holocene grounding line variability in the southern Ross Embayment. Geophysical Research Letters 47, e2020GL088476. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL088476.
Lawrence, Jade P., Peter T. Doran, Luke A. Winslow and John C. Priscu. Subglacial brine flow and wind-induced internal waves in Lake Bonney, Antarctica. Antarctic Science. 2020. doi:10.1017/S0954102020000036.
Michaud, A., Vick-Majors, T., Achberger, A., Skidmore, M., Christner, B., Tranter, M., and Priscu, J. 2020. Environmentally clean access to Antarctic subglacial aquatic environments. Antarctic Science, 1-12. doi:10.1017/S0954102020000231
Vick-Majors, Trista J., Alexander B. Michaud, Mark L. Skidmore, Clara Turetta, Carlo
Barbante, Brent C. Christner, Knut Christianson, Andrew C. Mitchell, Amanda M. Achberger,
Jill A. Mikucki, and John C. Priscu.
2020. Biogeochemical characterization of freshwater ecosystems beneath the West Antarctic
Ice Sheet and connectivity to the marine coastal environment. Global Biogeochemical
Cycles. Volume 34, Issue3. doi.org/10.1029/2019GB006446.
Cook, Greg, Amber Teufel, Xin Wang, John Priscu, and Rachael Morgan-Kiss. 2019. The Antarctic psychrophiles Chlamydomonas spp. UWO241 and ICE-MDV exhibit differential restructuring of photosystem I in response to iron. Photosynthesis Research Volume 141, Issue 2, pp 209–228.
Li, Wei, John E. Dore, August J. Steigmeyer Yong-Joon Cho, Ok-Sun Kim, Rachael M. Morgan-Kiss, Mark L. Skidmore, Yongqin Liu, and John C. Priscu. 2019. Methane production in the oxygenated water column of a perennially ice-covered Antarctic Lake. Limnology and Oceanography. 9999:1-14. Doi: 10.1002/lno.11257.
Liu, Y., J.C. Priscu, T. Yao, T.J. Vick-Majors, A. B. Michaud and L. Sheng. 2019. Culturable bacteria isolated from seven high altitude ice cores on the Tibetan Plateau. J. Glaciology. 65(249) 29-38. Doi:10.1017/jog.2018.86.
Eshelman, Evan J., Michael J. Malaska, Kenneth S. Manatt, Ivria J. Doloboff, Greg Wanger, Madelyne C. Willis, William J. Abbey, Luther W. Beegle, John C. Priscu, Rohit Bhartia. 2019. WATSON: In situ organic detection in subsurface ice using deep-UV fluorescence spectroscopy. Astrobiology. doi.org/10.1089/ast.2018.1925
Vick-Majors, Trista and John C. Priscu. 2019. Inorganic carbon-fixation in permanently ice-covered lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Antarctic Science. doi:10.1017/S0954102019000075.
Santibáñez, Pamela A., Alexander B. Michaud, Trista J. Vick-Majors, Juliana D’Andrilli, Amy Chiuchiolo, Kevin P. Hand, and John C. Priscu. 2019. Differential Incorporation of Bacteria, Organic Matter, and Inorganic Ions into Lake Ice during Ice Formation. Journal of Geophysical Research -Biogeosciences. Article ID: jgrg21325. Article DOI: 10.1029/2018JG004825
Obryk, M. K., P.T. Doran, and J.C. Priscu. 2019. Prediction of Ice-Free Conditions for a Perennially Ice-Covered Antarctic Lake. Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface. doi: 10.1029/2018JF004756.
Liu, Y., T.J. Vick-Majors, J.C. Priscu, T. Yao, S. Kang, K. Liu, Z. Cong, J. Xiong and Y. Li. 2018. Biogeography of cryoconite bacterial communities on glaciers of the Tibetan Plateau. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 93 (6):1-9. doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fix072.
Dornelas and others. 2018. BioTIME: a database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene. Global Ecology and Biogeography. Global Ecology and Biogeography 27:760–786. DOI:10.1111/geb.12729.
Spigel, R.H., J.C. Priscu, W. Stone and P. Doran. 2018. The Physical Limnology of a Permanently Ice-Covered and Chemically Stratified Antarctic Lake Using High Resolution Spatial Data from An Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. 2018. Limnol. Oceanogr. doi: 10.1002/lno.10768.
Santibáñez, P.A., O.J. Maselli, M. Greenwood, M.M. Grieman, E.S. Saltzman, J.R. McConnell and J.C. Priscu. 2018. Prokaryotes in the WAIS Divide ice core reflect source and transport changes between Last Glacial Maximum and the early Holocene. Global Change Biology. Vol 24(5):2182-2197. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14042.
Matheus-Carnevali, P., C. Herbold, K. Hand, J.C. Priscu, and A. Murray, A. 2018. Distinct microbial assemblage structure and archaeal diversity in sediments of two arctic thermokarst lakes differing in methane sources. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01192.
Amanda M. Achberger, A.M., A.B. Michaud, T.J. Vick-Majors, B.C. Christner, M.L. Skidmore, J.C. Priscu and M. Tranter. 2017. Microbiology of subglacial environments. In R. Margesin (Ed.), Psychrophiles: From Biodiversity to Biotechnology (pp. 83-110). Springer International Publishing.
Kwon, M, M. Kim, C. Takacs-Vesbach, J. Lee, S G. Hong, S. J. Kim, J.C. Priscu and O. Kim. 2017. Niche specialization of bacteria in permanently ice-covered lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Environ. Microbiol. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13721.
Ferrera, I., H. Sarmento, J.C. Priscu, A. Chiuchiolo, J.M. González and H-P. Grossart. 2017. Diversity and Distribution of Freshwater Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria across a Wide Latitudinal Gradient. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8:175. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00175.
D’Andrilli, J., C. M. Foreman, M. Sigl, J.C. Priscu, and J.R. McConnell. 2017. A 21,000-year record of fluorescent organic matter markers in the WAIS Divide ice core. Clim. Past, 13, 533–544, doi:10.5194/cp-13-533-2017.
Rojas-Jimenez, K., C. Wurzbacher, E.C. Bourne, A. Chiuchiolo, J.C. Priscu and H-P. Grossart. 2017. Cryptomycota and Chytridiomycota dominate the fungal communities in ice-covered lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Nature-Scientific Reports 7: 15348 | DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-15598-w.
Michaud, Alexander. B., John E. Dore, Amanda M. Achberger, Trista J. Vick-Majors, Mark L. Skidmore, Brent C. Christner, John C. Priscu and The WISSARD Science Team. 2017. Active microbial methane cycle beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Nature Geosciences. 10, 582–586. doi:10.1038/ngeo2992
Gooseff, Michael N., John E. Barrett, Byron J. Adams, Peter T. Doran, Andrew G. Fountain, William B. Lyons, Diane M. McKnight, John C. Priscu, Eric R. Sokol, Cristina Takacs-Vesbach, Martijn L. Vandegehuchte, Ross A. Virginia, and Diana H. Wall. 2017. Decadal ecosystem response to an anomalous melt season in a polar desert in Antarctica. Nature Ecology & Evolution, doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0253-0.
Vick-Majors, T.J., A.C. Mitchell, A.M. Achberger, B.C. Christner, J.E. Dore, A.B. Michaud, J. Mikucki, A.M. Purcell, M.L. Skidmore, J.C. Priscu and the WISSARD Science Team. 2016. Physiological ecology of microorganisms in Subglacial Lake Whillans. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7:1705. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.01705.
Fountain, A.G., G. Saba, S. Stammerjohn, B. Adams, P. Doran, W. Fraser, M. Gooseff, M. Obryk, J.C. Priscu and R.A. Virginia. 2016. The Impact of a Large-Scale Climate Event on Antarctic Ecosystem Processes. Bioscience, 66:848-863. doi:10.1093/biosci/biw110.
Obryk, M.K., P.T. Doran, A.S. Friedlaender, M. Gooseff, J.C. Priscu, S.E Stammerjohn, D.K. Steinberg and H.W. Ducklow. 2016. Responses of Antarctic Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems to Changing Ice Conditions. Bioscience, 66:864-879. doi:10.1093/biosci/biw109.
Bowman, J.S., T.J. Vick-Majors, R. Morgan-Kiss, C. Takacs-Vesbach, H.W. Ducklow and J.C. Priscu. 2016. Microbial Community Dynamics in Two Polar Extremes: The Lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys and the West Antarctic Peninsula Marine Ecosystem. Bioscience, 66:829-847. doi:10.1093/biosci/biw103.
Priscu, J.C. 2016. Unravelling Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change on the Antarctic Continent Through Long-Term Ecological Research. Bioscience, 66:799. doi:10.1093/biosci/biw131.
Lyons, W.B., K.A. Welch, J.C Priscu, M. Tranter and G. Royston-Bishop. 2016. Source
of Lake Vostok Cations Constrained with Strontium Isotopes. Front. Earth Sci. 4:78.
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Liu, Y., J.C. Priscu, J. Xiong, R. Conrad, T. Vick-Majors, H. Chu and J. Hou. 2016.
Salinity drives archaeal distribution patterns in high altitude lake sediments on
the Tibetan Plateau. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 92, 2016, fiw033. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiw033.
Liu, Y., J.C. Priscu, T. Yao, T.J. Vick-Majors, B. Xu, N. Jiao, P. Santibáñez, S. Huang, N. Wang, M. Greenwood, A.B. Michaud, S. Kang, J. Wang, Q. Gao and Y. Yang. 2016. Bacterial responses to environmental change on the Tibetan Plateau over the past half century. Environmental Microbiology, 18(6):1930-1941. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13115.
Achberger, A.M., B.C. Christner and the WISSARD Science Team. 2016. Microbial community structure of Subglacial Lake Whillans, West Antarctica. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7:1457. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01457.
Morgan-Kiss R.M., M.P. Lizotte, W. Kong and J.C. Priscu. 2016. Photoadaptation to the polar night by phytoplankton in a permanently ice-covered Antarctic lake. Limnology and Oceanography, 61, 2016, 3–13. doi: 10.1002/lno.10107.
Santibáñez, P., J. McConnell and J.C. Priscu. 2016. A flow cytometric method to measure prokaryotic records in ice cores: an example from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide Drilling Site. Journal of Glaciology: Instruments and Methods, 62(234):655-673. doi: 10.1017/jog.2016.50
Michaud A.B., M.L. Skidmore, A.C. Mitchell, T.J. Vick-Majors, C. Barbante, C. Turetta, W. van Gelder and J.C. Priscu. 2016. Solute sources and geochemical processes in Subglacial Lake Whillans, West Antarctica. Geology, 44:347. doi:10.1130/G37639.1.
Herbei, R., A.L. Rytel, W.B. Lyons, D.M. McKnight, C. Jaros and J.C. Priscu. 2016. Hydrological Controls on Ecosystem Dynamics in Lake Fryxell, Antarctica. PLoS One. Jul 21;11(7):e0159038. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159038. eCollection 2016.
Obryk, M.K., P.T. Doran, J.A. Hicks, C.P. McKay and J.C. Priscu. 2016. Modeling the thickness of perennial ice covers on stratified lakes of the Taylor Valley, Antarctica. J. Glaciol. 62(235):825-834. doi: 10.1017/jog.2016.69.
Vick-Majors, T.J., A. Achberger, P. Santibáñez, J.E. Dore, T. Hodson, A.B. Michaud, B.C. Christner, J. Mikucki, M.L. Skidmore, R. Powell, W.P. Adkins, C. Barbante, A. Mitchell, R. Scherer and J.C. Priscu. 2016. Biogeochemistry and microbial diversity in the marine cavity beneath the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Limnology and Oceanography, 61:572–586. doi:10.1002/lno.10234.
Fisher, A.T., K.D. Mankoff, S.M. Tulaczyk, S.W. Tyler, N. Foley and the WISSARD Science Team. 2015. High geothermal heat flux measured below the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Science, 10 Jul 2015:Vol. 1, no. 6, e1500093. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1500093.
Siegert, M., J. Priscu, I. Alehkina, J. Wadham and W.B. Lyons. 2015. Antarctic subglacial lake exploration: First results and future plans. 7th International Meeting on Antarctic Subglacial Lakes. 30-31 March 2015, Chicheley Hall, UK. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A.
Siegert, M., J. Priscu, I. Alehkina, J. Wadham and W.B. Lyons. 2015. Antarctic subglacial lake exploration: Preface to the volume. 7th International Meeting on Antarctic Subglacial Lakes. 30-31 March 2015, Chicheley Hall, UK. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A.
Siegert, M., J.C. Priscu and I. Alekhina. 2015. The future of Antarctic subglacial lake exploration, Eos, 96, doi:10.1029/2015EO032249.
Buizert. C., B. Adrian, J. Ahn, M. Albert, R.B. Alley, D. Baggenstos, T.K. Bauska, R.C. Bay, B.B. Bencivengo, C.R. Bentley, E.J. Brook, N.J. Chellman, G.D. Clow, J. Cole-Dai, H. Conway, E. Cravens, K.M. Cuffey, N.W. Dunbar, J.S. Edwards, J.M. Fegyveresi, D.G. Ferris, J.J. Fitzpatrick, T.J. Fudge, C.J. Gibson, V. Gkinis, J. J. Goetz, S. Gregory, G.M. Hargreaves, N. Iverson, J.A. Johnson, T. R. Jones, M.L. Kalk, M. J. Kippenhan, B G. Koffman, K. Kreutz, T.W. Kuhl, D.A. Lebar, J.E. Lee, S.A. Bradley, R. Markle, O.J. Maselli, J.R. McConnell, K.C. McGwire, L.E. Mitchell, N.B. Mortensen, P.D. Neff, K.Nishiizumi, R.M. Nunn, A.J. Orsi, D.R. Pasteris, J.B. Pedro, E. C. Pettit, P.B. Price, J.C. Priscu, R. H. Rhodes, J. L. Rosen, A.J. Schauer, S.W. Schoenemann, P.J. Sendelbach, J.P. Severinghaus, A.J. Shturmakov, M. Sigl, K.R. Slawny, J. M. Souney, T.A. Sowers, M.K. Spencer, E.J. Steig, K.C. Taylor, S. Twickler, H. Vaughn, D.E. Voigt, E.D. Waddington, K.C. Welten, A.W. Wendricks, J.W.C. White, M. Winstrup, G.J. Wong and T.E. Woodruff. 2015. Precise interpolar phasing of abrupt climate change during the last ice age. Nature, 520:661–665. doi:10.1038/nature14401.
Matheus Carnevali, P.B., M. Rohrssen, M.R. Williams, A.B. Michaud, H. Adams, D. Berisford, G.D. Love, J.C. Priscu, O. Rassuchine, K.P. Hand and A.E. Murray. 2015. Methane sources in arctic thermokarst lake sediments on the North Slope of Alaska. Geobiology, 13:181-197. doi: 10.1111/gbi.12124.
Obryk, M.K., P.T. Doran and J.C. Priscu. 2014. The permanent ice-cover of Lake Bonney, Antarctica: The influence of thickness and sediment distribution on photosynthetically available radiation and chlorophyll-a distribution in the underlying water column. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 119. doi:10.1002/2014JG002672.
Priscu, J.C., J. Laybourn-Parry and M. Haggblom. 2014. Polar and alpine microbiology in a changing world FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 89:209-210.
Michaud, A.B., J.E. Dore, D. Leslie, W.B. Lyons, D.C. Sands and J.C. Priscu. 2014. Biological ice nucleation initiates hailstone formation. J. Geophy. Res.-Atmospheres, 119(21):12, 186-12, 197. doi:10.1002/2014JD022004.
Purcell, A.M., J.A. Mikucki, A.M. Achberger, I.A. Alekhina, C. Barbante, B.C. Christner, D. Ghosh, A.B. Michaud, A.C. Mitchell, J.C. Priscu, R. Scherer, M.L. Skidmore, T.J. Vick-Majors and the WISSARD Science Team. 2014. Microbial sulfur transformations in sediments from Subglacial Lake Whillans. Frontiers in Microbiology, 5:594. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00594.
Christner, B.C., J.C. Priscu, A.M. Achberger, C. Barbante, S.P. Carter, K. Christianson, A.B. Michaud, J.A. Mikucki, A.C. Mitchell, M.L. Skidmore, T.J. Vick-Majors & the WISSARD Science Team. 2014. Ecosystems beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Nature, 512:310-313.
Tulaczyk, S., J.A. Mikucki, M.R. Siegfried, J.C. Priscu, C.G. Barcheck, L.H. Beem, A. Behar, J. Burnett, B.C. Christner, A.T. Fisher, H.A. Fricker, K.D. Mankoff, R.D. Powell, F. Rack, D. Sampson, R.P. Scherer, S.Y. Schwartz and The WISSARD Science Team. 2014. WISSARD at Subglacial Lake Whillans, West Antarctica: scientific operations and initial observations. Annals of Glaciology, 55(65):1-8. doi: 10.3189/2014AoG65A009.
Liu, Yongqin, John C. Priscu, Tandong Yao, Trista J. Vick-Majors, Alexander B. Michaud, Nianzhi Jiao, Juzhi Hou, Lide Tian, Anyi Hu, Zhong-Qiang Chen. 2014. A comparison of pelagic, littoral, and riverine bacterial assemblages in Lake Bangongco, Tibetan Plateau. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 89:211-221.
Winslow, L.A., H.A. Dugan, P.T. Doran, J.C. Priscu, C. Vesbach, H. Buelow and K. Cronin. 2014. Autonomous year-round sampling and sensing to explore the physical and biological habitability of permanently ice-covered Antarctic lakes. Marine Technology Society Journal, 48(5):8-17. doi: 10.4031/MTSJ.48.5.6.
Vick-Majors, T.J., J.C. Priscu and L. Amaral-Zettler. 2014. Modular community structure suggests community plasticity during the transition to polar night in ice-covered Antarctic lakes. The ISME Journal (2014), 8:778-789. doi:10.1038/ismej.2013.190.
Priscu, J.C., A.M. Achberger, J.E. Cahoon, B.C. Christner, R.L. Edwards, W.L. Jones, A.B. Michaud, M.R. Siegfried, M.L. Skidmore, R.H. Spigel G.W. Switzer, S. Tulaczyk and T.J. Vick-Majors. 2013. A microbiologically clean strategy for access to the Whillans Ice Stream subglacial environment. Antarctic Science, 25(5):637-647. doi:10.1017S0954102013000025.
Febretti A., K. Richmond K, S. Gulati , C. Flesher, B.P. Hogan, A. Johnson, W. Stone, J.C. Priscu, and P.T. Doran. 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science-Advances in Visual Computing Poisson Reconstruction of Extreme Submersed Environments: The ENDURANCE Exploration of an Under-Ice Antarctic Lake. Vol 7431. Hutchison D, Kanade T, Kittler J et al., editors. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg; 2012
Barletta, R.E., J.C. Priscu, H.M. Mader, W.L. Jones and C.W. Roe. 2012. Chemical Analysis of Ice Vein μ-Environments II – Analysis of Glacial Samples from Greenland and the Antarctic. J. Glaciology, 58:1109-1118.
Vick-Majors, T.J. and John C. Priscu. 2012. Bacterioplankton productivity in lakes of the Taylor Valley, Antarctica during the polar night transition. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 68:57-76.
Murray, A.E., F. Kenig, C.H Fritsen, C.P. McKay, K.M. Cawley, R. Edwards, E. Kuhn, D.M McKnight, N. E. Ostrom, V. Peng, A. Ponce, J.C. Priscu, V. Samarkin, A.T. Townsen, P.Wag, S.A Young, P.T Yung, P.T. Doran. Microbial Life at -13 ºC in the Brine of an Ice-Sealed Antarctic Lake. 2012. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109 (50) 20626-20631https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1208607109
Jackson, W.A., A.F Davila, N. Estrada, W. B. Lyons, J. D. Coates, and J.C. Priscu. 2012. Perchlorate and chlorate biogeochemistry in ice-covered lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 98:19-30.
Christner, B.C., G.G. Montross, and J.C. Priscu. 2012. Dissolved gases in frozen basal water from the NGRIP borehole: implications for biogeochemical processes beneath the Greenland ice sheet. Polar Biology, 35:1735-1741, doi 10.1007/s00300-012-1198-z.
Kong, W., J.M. Dolhi, A. Chiuchiolo, J.C. Priscu, R. M. Morgan-Kiss. 2012. High diversity of the form II RubisCO gene in a perennially ice-covered Antarctic lake. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 82(2):491-500.
Kong, W., D.C. Ream, J.C. Priscu, R.M. Morgan-Kiss. 2012. Diversity and Expression of RubisCO Genes in a Perennially Ice-Covered Antarctic Lake during the Polar Night Transition. Appl. Env. Microbiol. 78(12):4358-4366.
Thurman, Jill , Jacqueline Parry, Philip J. Hill, John C. Priscu, Trista J. Vick, Amy Chiuchiolo and Johanna Laybourn-Parry. 2012. Microbial dynamics and flagellate grazing during transition to winter in Lakes Hoare and Bonney, Antarctica. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 82(2): 449-458.
Priscu, J.C. and K.O. Hand. 2012. The microbial habitability of extraterrestrial icy worlds: A view from Earth. Microbe 7: 167-172.
Michaud, A. B., Šabacká, M. and Priscu, J. C. 2012. Cyanobacterial diversity across landscape units in a polar desert: Taylor Valley, Antarctica. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 82: 268–278. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01297.x
Kristof, R., A. Febretti, S. Gulati, C. Flesher, B.P. Hogan, A. Murarka, G. Kuhlman, M. Sridharan, A. Johnson, W.C. Stone1, J. C. Priscu and P. Doran. 2012. Sub-ice exploration of an Antarctic lake: Results from the ENDURANCE Project. Proceedings of the Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology Conference. August 21-24, 2011—17th, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Šabacká, Marie, John C. Priscu, Hassan J. Basagic, Andrew G. Fountain, Diana H. Wall, Ross A. Virginia, Mark C. Greenwood. 2012. Aeolian flux of biotic and abiotic material in the Taylor Valley, Antarctica Geomorphology, 155-156:102-111.
Mowlem, M.C., M.-N. Tsaloglou, E.M.W., C.F.A. Floquet, K. Saw, L. Fowler, R.Brown, D.Pearce, J. B. Wyatt, A. D. Beaton, M. P. Brito, D. A. Hodgson, G. Griffiths, M. Bentley, D. Blake, H. Campbell, L. Capper, R. Clarke, C. Cockell, H. Corr, W. Harris, C. Hill, R. Hindmarsh, E. King, H. Lamb, B. Maher, K. Makinson, J. Parnell, J. Priscu, A. Rivera, N. Ross, M. J. Siegert, A. Smith, A. Tait, M. Tranter, J. Wadham, B. Whalley, and J. Woodward. 2011. Probe Technology for the Direct Measurement and Sampling of Ellsworth Subglacial Lake. In Subglacial Antarctic Aquatic Environments (M. Siegert, C. Kennicutt, B. Bindschadler, eds.). AGU Geophysical Monograph Series 192. Washington DC. ISBN 978-0-87590-482-5.
Ross, N., M. J. Siegert, A. Rivera, M. J. Bentley, D. Blake, L. Capper, R. Clarke, C. S. Cockell, H. F. J. Corr, W. Harris, C. Hill, R. C. A. Hindmarsh, D. A. Hodgson, E. C. King, H. Lamb, B. Maher, K. Makinson, M. Mowlem, J. Parnell, D. A. Pearce, J. Priscu, A. M. Smith, A. Tait, M. Tranter, J. L. Wadham, W. B. Whalley, and J. Woodward. 2011. Ellsworth Subglacial Lake, West Antarctica: A Review of Its History and Recent Field Campaigns. In Subglacial Antarctic Aquatic Environments (M. Siegert, C. Kennicutt, B. Bindschadler, eds.). AGU Geophysical Monograph Series 192. Washington DC. ISBN 978-0-87590-482-5.
Fricker, H.A., R. Powell, J, C. Priscu, S. Tulaczyk, S. Anandakrishnan, B. Christner, D. Holland, H. Horgan, R., J. Mikucki, A. Mitchell, R. Scherer, J. Severinghaus. 2011. Siple Coast Subglacial Aquatic Environments: The Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling (WISSARD) project. In Subglacial Antarctic Aquatic Environments (M. Siegert, C. Kennicutt, B. Bindschadler, eds.). AGU Geophysical Monograph Series 192. Washington DC. ISBN 978-0-87590-482-5.
Ross, N, A. Rivera, M.J. Siegert, M. Bentley, D. Blake, H. Campbell, L. Capper, R. Clarke, C. Cockell, H. Corr, W. Harris, C. Hill, R. Hindmarsh, D. Hodgson, E. King, H. Lamb, B. Maher, K. Makinson, M. Mowlem, J. Parnell, D. Pearce, J.C. Priscu, A. Smith, A. Tait, A., M. Tranter, J. Wadham, B. Whalley, and J. Woodward. 2011. Subglacial Lake Ellsworth, West Antarctica: its history, recent field campaigns and plans for its exploration. In Subglacial Antarctic Aquatic Environments (M. Siegert, C. Kennicutt, B. Bindschadler, eds.). AGU Geophysical Monograph Series 192. Washington DC. ISBN 978-0-87590-482-5.
Priscu, J.C. 2011. Subglacial Lakes, Antarctica. (V.P. Singh, P. Singh and E.K Haritashya eds.) pp. 1099-1101 in, Encylopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers, Springer, The Netherlands (ISBN: 978-90-481-2641-5)
Bielewicz, S., E. Bell, W. Kong, I. Friedberg, J.C. Priscu and R. M. Morgan-Kiss. 2011. Protist diversity in a permanently ice-covered Antarctic lake during the polar night transition. The ISME Journal 5: 1559-1564.
Dieser, M. A. Nicker, J.C. Priscu and C.M. Foreman. 2010. Viable microbes in ice: application of molecular assays to McMurdo Dry Valley lake ice communities. Antarctic Science 22(5), 470–476.
Wadham, J.L., Tranter, M., Skidmore, M., Hodson, A.J., Priscu, J.C., Lyons, W.B., Sharp, M., Wynn, P., Jackson, M. 2010. Biogeochemical weathering under ice: size matters. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol 24, GB3025, doi:10.1029/2009GB003688.
Stone, W., Hogan, B., Flesher, C., Gulati, S., Richmond, K., Murarka, A., Kuhlman, G., Sridharan, M., Siegel, V., Price, R. M., Doran, P. T., and Priscu, J. 2010. Design and deployment of a four-degrees-of-freedom hovering autonomous underwater vehicle for sub-ice exploration and mapping. J. Engineering for the Maritime Environment, 2010, 224 (M4), 341-361. DOI 10.1243/14750902JEME214
Welch, K.A., W. Berry Lyons, Carla Whisner, Christopher B. Gardner, Michael Gooseff, Diane M. McKnight and John C. Priscu. 2010. Spatial variations in the geochemistry of glacial melt-water streams in the Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 22(6): 662-672.
Priscu, J. C., R. D. Powell, and S. Tulaczyk. 2010. Probing Subglacial Environments Under the Whillans Ice Stream, Eos Trans. AGU, 91(29), 253, doi:10.1029/2010EO290002.
Herbei, R. Lyons, W.B., Laybourn-Parry, J., Gardner, C., Priscu, J.C., McKnight, D. M. 2010. Physiochemical Properties Influencing Biomass Abundance and Primary Production in Lake Hoare, Antarctica. Ecological Modeling 221: 1184-1193.
Takacs-Vesbach, C., Zeglin, L., J.E. Barrett, M.N. Gooseff, and Priscu, J.C. 2010. Factors Promoting Microbial diversity in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. p. 221-257, In, Doran, P.T., W.B. Lyons and D.M. McKnight (eds.) Life in Antarctic Deserts and other Cold Dry Environments. Cambridge Press, 307 pp.
Samarkin, V.A., M.T. Madigan, M.W. Bowles, K.L. Casciotti, J.C. Priscu, C.P. Kay, and S.B. Joye. 2010. Abiotic nitrous oxide production in a hypersaline environment, Don Juan Pond, Antarctica. Nature-Geosciences 3:41-44.
Priscu, J.C. 2009. Life at the ends of the Earth. Bioscience 59:709-710.
Jepsen, S.M., E.E. Adams and J.C. Priscu. 2010. Sediment Melt Dynamics in Permanent Antarctic Lake Ice. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research. 42: 57–66.
Hand, K.P., C. F. Chyba, J. C. Priscu, R. W. Carlson and K. H. Nealson. 2009. Astrobiology and the Potential for Life on Europa (p. 589-629). In: R. Pappalardo, W. Mckinnon and K Khurana (eds.) Europa. Arizona Press, 727 pp.
Mikucki, J.A., A. Pearson, D. T. Johnston, A.V. Turchyn, J. Farquhar, D.P. Schrag, A. D. Anbar, J. C. Priscu, P. A. Lee. 2009. A contemporary, microbially-maintained, ferrous subglacial ‘ocean’. Science, 324:397.
Priscu, J.C. and C.M. Foreman. 2009. Lakes of Antarctica. p. 555-566 in G.E. Likens (ed.) Encyclopedia of Inland Waters volume 2. Oxford: Elsevier Press. 6492 pp.
Jaraula, C.B., F. Kenig, P.T. Doran, J.C. Priscu and K. A. Welch. 2009. Composition and biodegradation of synthetic oils and hydraulic fluid spilled on the perennial ice cover of Lake Fryxell, Antarctica Environmental Science and Technology, 43: 2708-2713.
Lanoil, B., M. Skidmore, J. C. Priscu, S. Han, W. Foo, S. W. Vogel, S. Tulaczyk, and H. Engelhardt. 2009. Bacteria beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Environmental Microbiology 11(3), 609–615.
Jaraula, C.B., F. Kenig, P.T. Doran, J.C. Priscu and K. A. Welch. 2008. SPME-GCMS study of the natural attenuation of aviation diesel spilled on the perennial ice cover of Lake Fryxell, Antarctica. Science of the Total Environment. 407:250-262.
Morgan-Kiss, R., A.G. Ivanov, S. Modla, K. Szymmek, N.P.A. Huner, J.C. Priscu, J.T. Lisle and T.E. Hanson. 2008. Identity and physiology of a new psychrophilic eukaryotic green alga, Chlorella cold. Sp. isolated from a transitory pond near Bratina Island, Antarctica. Extremophiles DOI 10.1007/s00792-008-0176-4.
Priscu, J.C., B.C. Christner, J.E. Dore, M.B. Westley, B.N. Popp, K.L. Casciotti, and W.B. Lyons. 2008. Extremely supersaturated N2O in a perennially ice-covered Antarctic lake: Molecular and stable isotopic evidence for a biogeochemical relict. Limnology and Oceanography, 53: 2439-2450.
Hodson, A., A.M. Anesio, M. Tranter, A. Fountain, M. Osborn, J. C. Priscu, J. Laybourn-Parry, B. Sattler. 2008. Glacial ecosystems. Ecological Monographs, 78(1), 41–67.
Priscu, J.C., S. Tulaczyk, M. Studinger, M. C. Kennicutt II, B.C. Christner, and C.M. Foreman. 2008. Antarctic Subglacial Water: Origin, Evolution and Ecology. In: W. Vincent and J. Laybourn-Parry (eds.), Polar Lakes and Rivers. Oxford University Press. Pp. 119-135.
Christner, B.C., M.L. Skidmore, J.C. Priscu, M. Tranter, and C.M. Foreman. Bacteria in subglacial environments. 2008. In R. Margesin, F. Schinner, J.-C. Marx, and C. Gerday (eds.), Psychrophiles: From Biodiversity to Biotechology. Springer, New York. Pp. 51-71.
Säwström, C, J., Lisle, A.M. Anesio, J.C. Priscu and J. Laybourn-Parry. 2008. Bacteriophage in Polar Inland Waters. Extremophiles. 12(2):167-175.
Cook G, Teufel A, Kalra I, Li W, Wang X, Priscu J, Morgan-Kiss R. 2019. The Antarctic psychrophiles Chlamydomonas spp. UWO241 and ICE-MDV exhibit differential restructuring of photosystem I in response to iron. Photosynth Res. doi: 10.1007/s11120-019-00621-0.
Foreman, C.M., B. Sattler, J. A. Mikucki, D. L. Porazinska and J. C. Priscu. 2007. Metabolic Activity and Diversity of Cryoconites in the Taylor Valley, Antarctica. JGR-Biogeosciences, 112: Vol. 112, No. G4, G04S32, 10.1029/2006JG000358.
Barrett, J.E., R.A. Virginia, W.B. Lyons, D.M. Mcknight, J.C. Priscu, P.T. Doran, A.G. Fountain, D.H. Wall and D.L. Moorhead. 2007. Biogeochemical stoichiometry of Antarctic dry valley ecosystems. J. Geophysical Research-Biogeochemistry. 112, G01010, doi:10.1029/2005JG000141.
The Lake Ellsworth Consortium - A. Behar, M. Bentley, D. Blake, P. Christoffersen, C. Cockell, H. Corr, D.C. Cullen, H. Edwards, A. Ellery, C. Ellis-Evans, G. Griffiths, R. Hindmarsh, D.A. Hodgson, E. King, H. Lamb, L. Lane, K. Makinson, M. Mowlem, J. Parnell, D.A. Pearce, J. C. Priscu, A. Rivera, M.A. Sephton, M.J. Siegert, M.R. Sims, A.M. Smith, M. Tranter, J.L. Wadham, G. Wilson, J. Woodward. 2007. Exploration of Ellsworth Subglacial Lake: a concept paper on the development, organisation and execution of an experiment to explore, measure and sample the environment of a West Antarctic subglacial lake. Rev. Environ. Sci. Biotechnol. 6:161–179. doi: 10.1007/s11157-006-9109-9. Also published in Life in Extreme Environments, Amils, R., Ellis-Evans, C. and Hinghofer-Szalkay, H.G (eds), Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 25-44 (2007).
Jepsen, S.M, J.C. Priscu, R. E. Grimm, M.A. Bullock. 2007. The Potential for Lithoautotrophic Life on Mars: Application to Shallow Interfacial-Water Environments. Astrobiology, 7:342-354.
Mikucki, J.A. and J.C. Priscu. 2007. Bacterial diversity associated with Blood Falls, A subglacial outflow from the Taylor Glacier, Antarctica. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73: 4029–4039.
Priscu, J.C., B.C. Christner, C.M. Foreman and G. Royston-Bishop. 2007. Biological Material in Ice Cores. Encyclopedia of Quaternary Sciences. Volume 2. (Editor in Chief, S.A. Elias). p. 1156-1166. Elsevier B.V., UK.
Lyons, W.B., J. Laybourn-Parry, K. A. Welch and J.C. Priscu. 2006. Antarctic lake systems and climate change. In: D.M. Bergstrom, P. Convey, A.H.L. Huiskes (Eds.). Trends in Antarctic Terrestrial and Limnetic Ecosystems: Antarctica as a Global Indicator. Springer, Dordrecht.
Jepsen, S.M., E. E. Adams and J. C. Priscu. 2006. Fuel movement between grain boundaries in ice. Cold Regions Science and Technology 45:158–165.
Christner, B.C., G. Royston-Bishop, C. M. Foreman, B. R. Arnold, M. Tranter, K. A. Welch, W. B. Lyons, A. I. Tsapin, and J. C. Priscu. 2006. Limnological Conditions in Subglacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica. Limnology and Oceanography. 51: 2485-2501.
Morgan-Kiss, R.M., J.C. Priscu, T. Pocock, L. Gudynaite-Savitch and N. PA Huner. 2006. Adaptation and acclimation of photosynthetic microorganisms to permanently cold environments. Microbial and Molecular Biology Reviews. 70: 222–252.
Priscu, J.C. 2005. An Ecosystem of Superlatives. Bioscience 55(9): 804-806.
Priscu, J.C., M.C. Kennicutt II, R.E. Bell, S.A. Bulat, J.C. Ellis-Evans, V.V. Lukin, J.-R. Petit, R.D. Powell, M.J. Siegert and I. Tabacco. 2005. Exploring subglacial Antarctic lake environments. EOS, Transactions of the Geophysical Union. Vol. 86, No. 20: 17,193-17,197.
Christner, B.C. and J.C. Priscu. 2005. Subglacial Lake Vostok. Encylopedia of Water. Wiley Intersciences.
Royston-Bishop G., Priscu J.C., Tranter M., Christner B., Siegert M.J., Lee V. 2005. Incorporation of particulates into accreted ice above subglacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology 40: 145-150.
Tranter, M. A.G. Fountain, C. H. Fritsen, W.B. Lyons, J.C. Priscu, P.J. Stratham and K.A. Welch. 2005. Perturbation of hydrochemical conditions in natural microcosms entombed within Antarctic ice. Ice and Climate News 6:22-23.
Christner, B.C., J. A. Mikucki, C. M. Foreman, J. Denson and J.C. Priscu. 2005. Glacial ice cores: A model system for developing extraterrestrial decontamination protocols. Icarus 174: 572–584.
Priscu, J.C., C.H. Fritsen, E.E. Adams, H.W. Paerl, J.T. Lisle, J.E. Dore, C.F. Wolf and J. A. Mikucki. 2005. Perennial Antarctic lake ice” A refuge for cyanobacteria in an extreme environment. p. 22-49, In: J.D. Castello and S.O. Rogers (Eds.). Life in Ancient Ice. Princeton Press.
McKay, C.P. D.T. Andersen, W. H. Pollard, J. L. Heldmann, P.T. Doran, C.H. Fritsen, and J. C. Priscu. 2005. Polar Lakes, Streams, and Springs as Analogs for the Hydrological Cycle on Mars. P. 219-233, In Water on Mars and Life (Tetsuya Tokano, Ed). Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg.
Pocock, T., M.-A. Lachance, T. Proschold, J. C. Priscu, S. Kim, and N. P. A. Huner. 2004. Identification of a psychrophilic green alga from Lake Bonney, Antarctica: Chlamydomonas raudensis ETTL. (UWO 241) (Chlorophyceae). Journal of Phycology 40 (6): 1138-1148.
Foreman, C.M., C. F. Wolf, and J.C. Priscu. 2004. Impact of episodic warming events on the physical, chemical and biological relationships of lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Aquatic Geochemistry, 10:239-268.
Mikucki, J.A., C.M. Foreman, J.C. Priscu, W. B. Lyons, B. Sattler, and K. Welch. 2004. Geomicrobiology of Blood Falls: A Saline, Iron-rich Subglacial Feature of Taylor Glacier, Antarctica. Aquatic Geochemistry, 10:199-220.
Roberts, E.C., J.C. Priscu and J. Laybourn-Parry. 2004. Microplankton dynamics in a perennially ice-covered Antarctic lake-Lake Hoare. Freshwater Biology, 49:853-869.
Roberts, E.C., Priscu, J.C., Wolf, C., Lyons, W.B. and Laybourn-Parry, J. 2004. The distribution of microplankton in the McMurdo Dry Valley Lakes, Antarctica: Response to ecosystem legacy or present day climatic controls? Polar Biology, 27, 238-249.
Lee, P.A., J.C. Priscu, G. R. DiTullio, S. F. Riseman, N. Tursich and S. J. De Mora. 2004. Elevated levels of dimethylated-sulfur compounds in Lake Bonney, a poorly ventilated Antarctic lake. Limnology and Oceanography, 49: 1044-1055.
Lee P.A., J.A. Mikucki, C. M. Foreman, J. C. Priscu, G.R. DiTullio, S. F. Riseman, S. J. de Mora, C. F. Wolf and L. Kester. 2004. Thermodynamic constraints on microbially mediated processes in lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Geomicrobiology Journal, 21:1–17.
Neumann, K., W. B. Lyons, J. C. Priscu, D. J. Des Marais, K. A. Welch. 2004. The Carbon Isotopic Composition of Dissolved Inorganic Carbon in Perennially Ice-Covered Antarctica Lakes: Searching for a Biogenic Signature. Annals Glaciol. 39:518-524.
Lisle, J.T. and J.C. Priscu. 2004. The Occurrence of Lysogenic Bacteria and Microbial Aggregates in the Lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Microbial Ecology 47:427–439.
Doran, P.T. J. C. Priscu, W. Berry Lyons, R. D. Powell, D. T. Andersen and R.J. Poreda. 2004. Paleolimnology of Ice-covered Environments. pp. 475-507, In R. Pienitz, M. Douglas and John Smol (eds) Long-term environmental change in Arctic and Antarctic lakes, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
Priscu, J.C. and B. Christner. 2004. Earth’s Icy Biosphere. p. 130-145, In: A.T. Bull (Ed.) “Microbial Diversity and Prospecting”. ASM Press, Washington, D.C.
Lawson, J., P.T. Doran, F. Koenig, D.J. Des Marais, and J.C. Priscu. 2004. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of benthic and pelagic organic matter in lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Aquatic Geochemistry, 10: 269–301.
Tranter, M., A. Fountain, C.F. Fritsen, W. B. Lyons, J.C. Priscu, P. Statham and K. Welch. 2004. Extreme hydrochemical conditions in natural microcosms entombed within Antarctic ice. Hydrological Processes. 18:379-387.
Tulaczyk, S., G. Clow, D. Elliot, R. Powell and J.C. Priscu. 2003. Workshop Advances Interdisciplinary Polar Science and Ice Sheet Drilling. EOS 84:2.
Priscu, J.C., M.C. Kennicutt III, R. E. Bell, S.A. Bulat, C. Ellis-Evans, V.V. Lukin, J-R. Petit, R.D. Powell, M. J. Siegert, I. Tabacco. 2003. An International Plan for Antarctic Subglacial Lake Exploration. Polar Geography, 27 (1):69-83.
Pugh, H. E., K. A. Welch, W. B. Lyons, J.C. Priscu and D. M. McKnight. 2003. Biogeochemistry of Si in the McMurdo Dry Valley Lakes, Antarctica. The International Journal of Astrobiology. 1:401-413.
McKay, C.P., K.P. Hand, P. Doran, J.C. Priscu. 2003. Clathrate formation and the fate of noble and biologically useful gases in Lake Vostok, Antarctica. Geophys. Res. Lett. 30(13):1702.
Colarusso, L.A., J.A. Chermak, J.C. Priscu and F.K. Miller. 2003. Modeling pit lake water column stability using Ce-Qual-W2. Proceedings of the Tailings and Mine Waste Conference, 12-15 October 2003. Vail, Colorado. USA.
Siegert, M.J., M. Tranter, J. C. Ellis-Evans, J. C. Priscu and W. Berry Lyons. 2003. The hydrochemistry of Lake Vostok and the potential for life in Antarctic subglacial lakes. Hydrological Processes 17: 795–814.
Walsh J. E., P.T. Doran, J.C. Priscu, W.B. Lyons, A.G. Fountain, D.M. McKnight, D.L. Moorhead, R.A. Virginia, D.H. Wall, G.D. Clow, C.H. Fritsen, C.P. Mckay and A.N. Parsons. 2002. Recent Temperature Trends in the Antarctic. Nature 418: 291-292.
Priscu, J.C. 2002. Commentary: Subglacial Lakes have changed out view of Antarctica. Antarctic Science. 14:291.
Psenner, R., M. Felip, J.C. Priscu, D. Wagenbach, A. Wille and B. Sattler. 2002. Extremophiles: Ice Ecosystems and Biodiversity, in: KNOWLEDGE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT An Insight into the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS Volumes I,II,III, pp 573-598, UNESCO Publishing-Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK.
Doran, P.T., C. H. Fritsen, C. P. McKay, J. C. Priscu and E. E. Adams. Formation of the 19 m ice cover and associated brine in Lake Vida, Antarctica. 2002. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100:26-31.
Doran, P.T., J. C. Priscu, W. B. Lyons, J. E. Walsh, A. G. Fountain, D. M. McKnight,
D. L. Moorhead, R. A. Virginia, D. H. Wall, G. D. Clow, C. H. Fritsen, C. P. McKay
and A. N. Parsons 2002. Antarctic climate
cooling and terrestrial ecosystem response. Nature, 415:517-520. Also published in
Nature On-Line 13 January 2002, DO1 101038/nature710.
Lyons, W.B., K.A. Welch, J.C. Priscu, D. Moorhead, D. McKnight, P.T. Doran and M. Tranter. 2001. The McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research Program: New understanding of the biogeochemistry of the dry valley lakes: A Review. Polar Geography. 25:202-217.
Neumann, K. W. B. Lyons, J. C. Priscu, and Rona J. Donahoe. 2001. CO2 concentrations in perennially ice-covered lakes of Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Biogeochemistry 56:27-50.
Siegert, M.J., J. C. Ellis-Evans, M. Tranter, C. Mayer, J.-R. Petit, A. Salamatin and J.C. Priscu. 2001. Physical, chemical and biological processes in Lake Vostok and other Antarctic subglacial lakes. Nature 414:603-609.
Dore, J. E. and J.C. Priscu. 2001. Phytoplankton phosphorus deficiency and alkaline phosphatase activity in the McMurdo Dry Valley lakes, Antarctica. Limnology and Oceanography 46:1331-1346.
Takacs, C.D. J.C. Priscu and D. McKnight. 2001. Bacterial dissolved organic carbon demand in McMurdo Dry Valley lakes, Antarctica. Limnology and Oceanography 46:1189-1194.
Fritsen, C.H., A. Grue and J.C. Priscu. 2000. Distribution of organic carbon and nitrogen in surface soils in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Polar Biology 23:121-128.
Lyons, W.B., A. Fountain, P. Doran, J.C. Priscu and K. Neumann. 2000. The importance of landscape position and legacy: The evolution of the Taylor Valley Lake District, Antarctica. Freshwater Biology 43:355-367.
Gordon, D.A., J.C. Priscu and S. Giovannoni. 2000. Distribution and phylogeny of bacterial communities associated with mineral particles in Antarctic lake ice. Microbial Ecology 39:197-202.
Priscu, J.C. 1999. Year-round access to the McMurdo Region: Opportunities for science and education. Report from a workshop held between 8 and 10 September 1999, Arlington Virginia.
Psenner, R., B. Sattler, A. Willie, C.H. Fritsen, J.C. Priscu, M. Felip and J. Catalan. 1999. Lake Ice Microbial Communities in Alpine and Antarctic Lakes. p. 17-31. In P. Schinner and R. Margesin, (eds.) Adaptations of Organisms to Cold Environments. Springer-Verlag.
Priscu, J.C. 1999. Life in the valley of the “dead.” Bioscience 49:959.
Priscu, J. C., Wolf, C. F., Takacs, C.D., C.H. Fritsen, J. Laybourn-Parry, E.C. Roberts, B. Sattler, and W.B. Lyons. 1999. Carbon transformations in a perennially ice-covered Antarctic lake. BioScience 49: 997-1008.
Fountain, A.G., W.B. Lyons, M.B. Burkins, G.L. Dana, P. T. Doran, K.J. Lewis, D.M. McKnight, D. Moorhead, A.N. Parsons, J.C. Priscu, D.H. Wall, R.W. Wharton and R.A. Virginia. 1999. Physical controls on the Taylor Valley Ecosystem, Antarctica. Bioscience 49:961-971.
Moorhead, D.L., P. Doran, A.G. Fountain, W.B. Lyons, D.M. McKnight, J.C. Priscu, R.A. Virginia and D.H. Wall. 1999. Ecological Legacies: Impacts on Ecosystems of the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Bioscience 49:1009-1019.
Fritsen, C. H., and Priscu, J. C. 1999. Seasonal change in the optical properties of the permanent ice cover on Lake Bonney, Antarctica: consequences for lake productivity and phytoplankton dynamics. Limnology and Oceanography, 44(2), 447–454. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1999.44.2.0447
Priscu, J.C., E.E. Adams, W.B. Lyons, M.A. Voytek, D.W. Mogk, R.L. Brown, C.P. McKay, C.D. Takacs, K.A. Welch, C.F. Wolf, J.D. Kirstein. R. Avci. 1999. Geomicrobiology of sub-glacial ice above Lake Vostok, Antarctica. Science 286:2141-2144.
Voytek, M.A., J.C. Priscu and B.B. Ward. 1999. The distribution and relative abundance of ammonium-oxidizing bacteria in lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Hydrobiologia 401:113-130.
Spigel, R.H. and J.C. Priscu. 1998. Physical limnology of the McMurdo Dry Valley lakes. p. 153-188. In J.C. Priscu (ed.) Ecosystem Dynamics in a Polar Desert: The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series, Vol. 72, American Geophysical Union.
Lizotte, M.P. and J.C. Priscu. 1998. Distribution, succession and fate of phytoplankton in the dry valley lakes of Antarctica, based on pigment analysis. p. 229-240. In J.C. Priscu (ed.) Ecosystem Dynamics in a Polar Desert: The McMurdo Dry Valleys. Antarctic Research Series, Vol. 72, American Geophysical Union.
Neale, P.J. and J.C. Priscu. 1998. Fluorescence quenching in phytoplankton of the McMurdo Dry Valley lakes (Antarctica): Implications for the structure and function of the photosynthesis apparatus. p. 241-254. In J.C. Priscu (ed.) Ecosystem Dynamics in a Polar Desert: The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series, Vol. 72, American Geophysical Union.
Howard-Williams, C., A. Schwarz, I. Hawes and J.C. Priscu. 1998. Optical properties of lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys. p. 189-204. In J.C. Priscu (ed.) Ecosystem Dynamics in a Polar Desert: The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series, Vol. 72, American Geophysical Union.
Fritsen, C. H., E. E. Adams, C. M. McKay and J. C. Priscu. 1998. Permanent ice covers of the McMurdo Dry Valley Lakes, Antarctica: Liquid water content. p. 269-280. In J.C. Priscu (ed.) Ecosystem Dynamics in a Polar Desert: The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series, Vol. 72, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC.
Adams, E.E., J.C. Priscu, C.H. Fritsen, S.R. Smith and S.L. Brackman. 1998. Permanent ice covers of the McMurdo Dry Valley Lakes, Antarctica: bubble formation and metamorphism. p. 281-296. In J.C. Priscu (ed.) Ecosystem Dynamics in a Polar Desert: The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series, Vol. 72, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC.
Moorhead, D. and J.C. Priscu. 1998. Linkages among ecosystem components within the McMurdo Dry valleys: A synthesis. 1998. p. 351-364. In J.C. Priscu (ed.) Ecosystem Dynamics in a Polar Desert: The McMurdo Dry Valleys. Antarctic Research Series, Vol. 72, American Geophysical Union.
Voytek, M.A., B.B. Ward and J.C. Priscu. 1998. The abundance of ammonium-oxidizing bacteria in Lake Bonney, Antarctica, Determined by immunofluorescence, PCR, and in situ hybridization. p. 217-228. In J.C. Priscu (ed.) Ecosystem Dynamics in a Polar Desert: The McMurdo Dry Valleys. Antarctic Research Series, Vol. 72, American Geophysical Union.
Takacs, C.T. and J.C. Priscu. 1998. Bacterioplankton dynamics in the McMurdo Dry Valley lakes: Production and biomass loss over four seasons. Microbial Ecology 36:239-250.
Morgan, R.M. A.G. Ivanov, J.C. Priscu, D. P. Maxwell and N.P.A. Huner. 1998. Structure and composition of the photochemical apparatus of the Antarctic green alga, Chyamydomonas subcaudata. Photosynthesis Research 56:303-314.
Paerl, H.W. and J.C. Priscu. 1998. Microbial phototrophic, heterotrophic and diazotrophic activities associated with aggregates in the permanent ice cover of Lake Bonney, Antarctica. Microbial Ecology 36:221-230.
Priscu, J.C., C.H. Fritsen, E.E. Adams, S.J. Giovannoni, H.W. Paerl, C.P. McKay, P.T. Doran, D.A. Gordon, B.D. Lanoil and J.L. Pinckney. 1998. Perennial Antarctic Lake Ice: An Oasis for Life in a Polar Desert. Science 280:2095-2098.
Fritsen, C.H. and J.C. Priscu. 1998. Cyanobacterial assemblages in permanent ice covers of Antarctic lakes: distribution, growth rate, and temperature response of photosynthesis. J. Phycology 34:587-597.
Priscu, J. C. and C.W. Sullivan. 1998. Nitrogen metabolism in Antarctic fast-ice microalgal assemblages. p. 147-160. In M.L. Lizotte and K. Arrigo (ed.) Antarctic Sea Ice: Biological Processes, Interactions and Variability. Antarctic Research Series, Vol. 73, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC.
Laybourn-Parry, M. James, D. McKnight, J. C. Priscu, S. Spaulding and R. Shiel. 1997. The microbial plankton of Lake Fryxell, Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Polar Biology 17:54-61.
Ward, B.B. and J.C. Priscu. 1997. Detection and characterization of denitrifying bacteria from a permanently ice-covered Antarctic lake. Hydrobiology 347:57-68.
Priscu, J.C. 1997. The biogeochemistry of nitrous oxide in permanently ice-covered lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Global Change Biology 3:301-305.
Vincent, W.F., R. Rae, I. Laurion, C. Howard-Williams and J.C. Priscu. 1997. Transparency of Antarctic ice-covered lakes to solar UV radiation. Limnology and Oceanography 43:618-624.
Lizotte, M.L., T.R. Sharp and J.C. Priscu. 1996. Phytoplankton dynamics in the stratified water column of Lake Bonney, Antarctica: I. Biomass and productivity during the winter-spring transition. Polar Biology 16:155-162.
Spigel, R.H. and J.C. Priscu. 1996. Evolution of temperature and salt structure of Lake Bonney, a chemically stratified Antarctic lake. Hydrobiology 321:177-190.
Priscu, J.C., M.T. Downes and C.P. McKay. 1996. Extreme super-saturation of nitrous oxide in a permanently ice-covered Antarctic Lake. Limnology and Oceanography 41:1544-1551.
Goldman, C.R., J.J. Elser, R.C. Richards, J.E. Reuter, J.C. Priscu and A.L. Levin. 1996. Thermal stratification, nutrient dynamics, and phytoplankton productivity during the onset of spring phytoplankton growth in Lake Baikal, Russia. Hydrobiologia 331:9-24.
Neale, P.J. and J.C. Priscu. 1995. The photosynthetic apparatus of phytoplankton from an ice-covered Antarctic lake: Acclimation to an extreme shade environment. Plant and Cell Physiology 36:253-263.
Priscu, J.C. 1995. Phytoplankton nutrient deficiency in lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Freshwater Biology 34:215-227.
Wang, L. and J.C. Priscu. 1994. Stimulation of aquatic bacterial activity by cyanobacteria. Hydrobiology 277:145-158.
Wang, L. and J.C.Priscu. 1994. Influence of phytoplankton on the response of bacterioplankton growth to nutrient enrichment. Freshwater Biology 31:183-190.
Lizotte, M.P. and J.C. Priscu. 1993. Natural fluorescence and quantum yields in vertically stationary phytoplankton from perennially ice-covered lakes. Limnology and Oceanography 39:1399-1410.
Kangatharalingam, N. and J.C. Priscu. 1993. Isolation and verification of anatoxin-a producing clones of Anabaena flos-aquae. FEMS Microbial Ecology 12: 127-130.
Lizotte, M.P. and J.C. Priscu. 1992. Photosynthesis-irradiance relationships in phytoplankton from Lake Bonney, a perennially ice-covered lake (Antarctica). Journal of Phycology 28:179-185.
Lizotte, M.P. and J.C. Priscu. 1992. Spectral irradiance and bio-optical properties in perennially ice-covered lakes of the dry valleys (McMurdo Sound, Antarctica). Antarctic Research Series 57: 1-14.
Kangatharalingam, N. J., J.C. Priscu and H. W. Paerl. 1992. Heterocyst wall thickness, heterocyst frequency, nitrogenase activity and reducing condition in heterocysts of Anabaena flos-aquae: influence of exogenous oxygen tension. Journal of General Microbiology 138:2675.
Lohman, K. and J.C. Priscu. 1992 Physiological indicators of nutrient deficiency in Cladophora (Chlorophyta) in the Clark Fork of the Columbia River, Montana. Journal of Phycology 28:443-448.
Wang, L., T. D. Miller and J.C. Priscu. 1992. Bacterioplankton nutrient deficiency in a eutrophic lake. Archives for Hydrobiology 125:423-439.
Priscu, J.C., M.P. Lizotte, G.F. Cota, A.C. Palmisano and C.W. Sullivan. 1991. Diel patterns of photosynthesis and nitrogen uptake by Antarctic sea ice Microalgae: Response to continuous but variable irradiance. Marine Ecology Progress Series 70:201-210.
Dodds, W.K., B.K. Ellis and J.C. Priscu. 1991. Zooplankton induced decrease in inorganic phosphorus uptake by phytoplankton in an oligotrophic lake. Hydrobiologia 211:253-259.
Dodds, W.K. and J.C. Priscu. 1991. Stimulation of dark inorganic carbon incorporation by ammonium as an indicator of phytoplankton nitrogen deficiency: Possible misinterpretation caused by ammonium oxidizing bacteria. Journal of Phycology 27:79-82.
Dodds, W.K., J.C. Priscu and B.K. Ellis. 1991. Seasonal uptake and regeneration of inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus: Size fractionation and antibiotic treatment. Journal of Plankton Research 13:1339-1358.
Kangatharalingam, N., L. Wang and J.C. Priscu. 1991. Evidence for bacterial chemotaxis to cyanobacteria from a radioassay technique. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 57:2395-2398.
Kangatharalingam, N., W.K. Dodds, J.C. Priscu and H.W. Paerl. 1991. Nitrogenase activity, photosynthesis and the degree of heterocyst-aggregation in the cyanobacterium Anabaena flos-aquae. Journal of Phycology 27:680-686.
Dodds, W.K. and J.C. Priscu. 1990. Development and application of a technique for estimating nutrient deficiency in soft sediments. Hydrobiologia. Hydrobiologia 203:93-97.
Dodds, W.K. and J.C. Priscu. 1990. Mesocosm studies on the influence of phosphate enrichment on ammonium and nitrate flux in an oligotrophic lake. Hydrobiologia 206:235-243.
Priscu, J.C., M.T. Downes, L.R. Priscu, A.C. Palmisano and C.W. Sullivan. 1990. Dynamics of ammonium oxidizer activity and nitrous oxide (N2O) within and beneath Antarctic Sea Ice. Marine Ecology Progress Series 62:37-46.
Priscu, J.C., L.R. Priscu, A.C. Palmisano and C.W. Sullivan. 1990. Estimation of neutral lipid levels by nile red fluorescence in Antarctic sea-ice microalgae. Antarctic Science 2:149-155.
Kangatharalingam, N. and J.C. Priscu. 1990. An in situ technique to measure bacterial chemotaxis in natural aquatic environments. Microbial Ecology 20:3-10.
Dodds, W. K. and J.C. Priscu. 1990. A seasonal comparison of methods for assessment of nutrient deficiency or phytoplankton in a large oligotrophic lake. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 47:2328-2338.
Priscu, J.C. 1989. Photon dependence of inorganic nitrogen transport by phytoplankton in Antarctic lakes, p. 173-182. In W.F. Vincent and C. Ellis-Evans (eds.), High Latitude Limnology. Hydrobiologia 172, Klewer Publ.
Howard-Williams, C., J.C. Priscu and W.F. Vincent. 1989. Nitrogen dynamics in two Antarctic streams. In W. F. Vincent and E. Ellis-Evans (eds.), High Latitude Limnology. Hydrobiologia 172, Klewer Publ.
Priscu, J.C. W. F. Vincent and C. Howard-Williams. 1989. Inorganic nitrogen uptake and regeneration in lakes Fryxell and Vanda, Antarctic. Journal of Plankton Research 11:335-351.
Dodds, W.K., J.C. Priscu and K. Johnson. 1989. Simultaneous nitrogen and phosphorus deficiency in natural phytoplankton assemblages: theory, empirical evidence, and implications for lake management. Journal of the North American Lake Management Society 5:21-26.
Priscu, J.C., A.C. Palmisano, L.R. Priscu and C.W. Sullivan. 1989. Temperature dependence of inorganic nitrogen uptake and assimilation in Antarctic Sea-ice microalgae. Polar Biology 9:443-446.
Dodds, W.K. and J.C. Priscu. 1989. Ammonium, nitrate, phosphate and inorganic carbon uptake in an oligotrophic lake: Seasonal variations in light response variables. Journal of Phycology 25:699-705.
Paerl, H.W., J.C. Priscu and D. L. Brawner. 1989. Immunochemical localization of nitrogenase in marine Trichodesmium aggregates: Relation to N2 fixation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 55:2965-2975.
Porter, K.G., H. Paerl, R. Hodson, M. Pace, J. Priscu, B. Riemann, D. Scavia and J. Stockner. 1988. Microbial interactions in lake food webs. p.209-227. In S. R. Carpenter (ed.) Complex interactions in lake communities. Springer-Verlag.
Dodds, W.K. and J.C. Priscu. 1988. An inexpensive device for sampling large volumes of lake water from discrete depths. Freshwater Biology 20:113-115.
Murray, R.E., K.E. Cooksey and J.C. Priscu. 1987. Influence of physical disruption on growth rate of attached bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 53:2997-2999.
Priscu, J.C. and M.T. Downes. 1987. Microbial activity in surficial lake sediments, with particular reference to dissimilatory nitrate reduction. Archives for Hydrobiology 108:385-409.
Priscu, J.C. 1987. Time-course of inorganic nitrogen uptake and incorporation by natural populations of freshwater phytoplankton. Freshwater Biology 17:331-339.
Priscu, J.C., L. R. Priscu, W.F. Vincent, and C. Howard-Williams. 1987. Photosynthate distribution by micro-plankton in permanently ice-covered Antarctic lakes. Limnology and Oceanography 32:260-270.
Priscu, J.C., L. R. Priscu, C. Howard-Williams and W.F. Vincent. 1988. Diel patterns of photosynthate biosynthesis by phytoplankton in permanently ice-covered Antarctic lakes under continuous sunlight. Journal of Plankton Research 10:333-340.
Timperly, M.H. and J.C. Priscu. 1986. Nitrogen-15 analysis by optical emission spectrometry using an atomic absorption spectrometer. Analyst 111:23-28.
Priscu, J. C., R. Spigel, M. Gibbs and M.T. Downes. 1986. Nitrogen, phosphorus and chlorophyll decomposition in the hypolimnion of a geothermal lake: A numerical analysis. Limnology and Oceanography 31:812-831.
Murray, R.E, K. E. Cooksey, and J.C. Priscu. 1986. Stimulation of bacterial DNA synthesis by algal exudates in an attached algal-bacterial consortium. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 52:1177-1182.
Priscu, J.C., R.P. Axler and C.R. Goldman. 1985. Nitrogen Metabolism of the Shallow and Deep-water Phytoplankton in a Sub-alpine Lake. Oikos 45:137-147.
Priscu, J.C. and M.T. Downes. 1985. Relationships among nitrogen uptake, ammonium oxidation and nitrous oxide concentration in the coastal waters of western Cook Strait, New Zealand. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 20:529-542.
Priscu, J.C. and C.R. Goldman. 1984. The effect of temperature on photosynthetic and respiratory electron transport system activity in the shallow and deep-living phytoplankton of a sub-alpine lake. Freshwater Biology 14:143-155.
Priscu, J.C. 1984. In situ quantum yield by phytoplankton in a sub-alpine lake. Journal of Plankton Research 6:531-542.
Priscu, J.C. and L.R. Priscu. 1984. Photosynthate partitioning by phytoplankton in a New Zealand coastal upwelling system. Marine Biology 81:31-40.
Priscu, J.C. 1984. A comparison of carbon and nitrogen metabolism in the shallow and deep-water phytoplankton populations of a sub-alpine lake: Response to photosynthetic photon flux density. Journal of Plankton Research 6:733-749.
Priscu, J.C. and L.R. Priscu. 1984. Inorganic nitrogen uptake in oligotrophic Lake Taupo, New Zealand. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 41:1463-1445.
Axler, R.P., J.E. Reuter, J.C. Priscu, S.Loeb, R. Carlton, J.P. Zehr and C.R. Goldman. 1984. Transformations of nitrogen following epilimnetic nitrogen fertilization in Castle Lake, CA. Nitrate and ammonium depletion pathways. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 22:583.
Priscu, J.C. and C.R. Goldman. 1983. Suspensoid characteristics in sub-alpine Castle Lake, California: I. Chemical composition. Archives for Hydrobiology 97:373-388.
Priscu, J.C. 1983. Suspensoid characteristics in sub-alpine Castle Lake, California: II. Optical properties. Archives for Hydrobiology 97:425-433.
Priscu, J.C. and C.R. Goldman. 1983. The seasonal dynamics of the deep-chlorophyll maximum in Castle Lake. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 40:208-214.
Priscu, J.C. and C.R. Goldman. 1983. Carboxylating enzyme activity and photosynthetic end-products in the shallow and deep-chlorophyll layers of a sub-alpine lake. Limnology and Oceanography 28:1168-1181.
Priscu, J.C., J. Verduin and J.E. Deacon. 1982. Primary productivity and nutrient balance in a lower Colorado River Reservoir. Archives for Hydrobiology 94:1-23.
Priscu, J.C. and C.R. Goldman. 1982. Vertical patterns of primary productivity, biomass and physical-chemical properties in meromictic Big Soda Lake, Nevada. Hydrobiologia 96:113-120.
Axler, R.P., C.R. Goldman, J.E. Reuter, S.L. Loeb, J.C. Priscu and R.G. Carlton. 1982. A comparative study of the nitrogen metabolism of phytoplankton and periphyton in a sub-alpine lake p. 315-318. In Agrochemicals: Fate in food and the Environment. Proc. Symp. Internat. Atomic Energy Agency-Food and Agricultural Organization. 7-11 June 1982, Rome, Italy.
Priscu, J.C. 1982. Physiological ecology of Castle Lake phytoplankton: A comparison of the shallow and deep-water communities. Ph.D. dissertation. Univ. Calif., Davis. 259 p.
Priscu, J.C., J. Verduin and J.E. Deacon. 1981. The fate of biogenic suspensoids in a desert reservoir. p. 1657-1667. In Stefan, H. G. (ed.) Proceedings of a Symposium on Surface Water Impoundments. ASCE, 2-5 June, 1980. Minneapolis, Minn.
Priscu, J.C. 1978. Primary productivity and related limnological factors in Lake Mohave (Colorado River). M.S. thesis, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 154 p.
Priscu, J.C. 1978. Estimates of primary productivity in the Colorado River below Hoover Dam. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Sciences. Proceedings Supplement 13:16.
Priscu, J.C. 1978. Nutrient budget in Lake Mohave (Colorado River). Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Sciences. Proceedings Supplement 13:20.
Keenan, C., J. Baker and J.C. Priscu. 1978. Algal nutrient limitation in Lake Mead and Lake Mohave (Colorado River). Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Sciences. Proceedings Supplement 13:16.
Government/Committee Reports:
Priscu, J.C. and M. Kennicutt. April 2003. Report of the Subglacial Antarctic Lake Exploration Group of Specialists. Meeting 4, Chamonix, France. http://salegos-scar.montana.edu/
Priscu, J.C. and M. Kennicutt. October 2002. Report of the Subglacial Antarctic Lake Exploration Group of Specialists. Meeting 3, University of California, Santa Cruz. USA. http://salegos-scar.montana.edu/
Priscu, J.C. and M. Kennicutt. May 2002. Report of the Subglacial Antarctic Lake Exploration Group of Specialists. Meeting 2, Columbia University, New York. USA. http://salegos-scar.montana.edu/
Priscu, J.C. and M. Kennicutt. October 2002. Report of the Subglacial Antarctic Lake Exploration Group of Specialists. Meeting 3, University of California, Santa Cruz. USA. http://salegos-scar.montana.edu/
Priscu, J.C. and M. Kennicutt. September 2001. Report of the Subglacial Antarctic Lake Exploration Group of Specialists. Meeting I, Bologna Italy. http://salegos-scar.montana.edu/
Priscu, J.C. (editor). Year-Round Access to the McMurdo Region: Opportunities for Science and Education. Proceedings of an NSF funded workshop. 8-10 September 1998. Arlington, Virginia.
Grue, A.M., C.H. Fritsen and J.C. Priscu. 1996. Nitrogen fixation within permanent ice covers on lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the United States 32: 218-220.
Adams, E.A. and J.C. Priscu. 1995. Some metamorphic processes in the lake ice in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Antarctic Journal of the United States 30:307-309.
Downes, M.T. and J.C. Priscu. 1995. Profiles of electrode potential and dissolved oxygen in lakes of the McMurdo dry valleys. Antarctic Journal of the United States 30:305-307.
Edwards, R.L. and J.C. Priscu. 1995. Relationships between vertical nutrient flux and phytoplankton biomass and productivity in lakes of the Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the United States 30:303-305.
Priscu, J.C. and P.J. Neale. 1995. Phototactic response of phytoplankton forming discrete layers within the water column of Lake Bonney, Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the United States 30:301-303.
Takacs, C.D. and J.C. Priscu. 1995. Responses of bacterial growth to inorganic and organic nutrient enrichment in the lakes of the dry valleys, Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the United States 30:303-305.
Priscu, J.C., B.B. Ward and M.T. Downes. 1993. Water column transformations of nitrogen in Lake Bonney, A perennially ice-covered Antarctic Lake. Antarctic Journal of the United States, 1993 Review Volume 28:237-239.
Ward, B.B., A.R. Cockcroft and J.C. Priscu. 1993. Nitrification and denitrification in Lake Bonney. Antarctic Journal of the United States, 1993 Review Volume 28:239-241.
Bartlett, R.D. J.C. Priscu and C. D. Woolston. 1993. Influence of high salinity levels on ambient inorganic nitrogen and 15-nitrogen extraction efficiency in Lake Bonney, Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the United States, 1993 Review Volume 28:245-246.
Woolston, C.D. and J.C. Priscu. 1993. Phytoplankton utilization of ammonium and nitrate in Lake Bonney: A preliminary assessment. Antarctic Journal of the United States, 1993 Review Volume 28:241-243.
Wing, K.T. and J.C. Priscu. 1993. Microbial communities in the permanent ice cap of Lake Bonney, Antarctica: Relationships among Chlorophyll a, gravel and nutrients. Antarctic Journal of the United States, 1993 Review Volume 28:246-249.
Smith, J.J. and J.C. Priscu. 1993. Microbial respiration potential in Lake Bonney using a novel tetrazolium reduction method. Antarctic Journal of the United States, 1993 Review Volume 28:244-245.
Priscu, J.C. 1992. Particulate organic matter decomposition in the water column of Lake Bonney, Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the United States, 1992 Review Volume 27:260-262.
Lizotte, M.L. and J.C. Priscu. 1992. Algal pigments as markers for stratified phytoplankton populations in Lake Bonney (dry valleys). Antarctic Journal of the United States, 1992 Review Volume 27:260-262.
Sharp, T.R., and J.C. Priscu. 1992. Temporal variation of specific growth rates for phytoplankton in Lake Bonney, Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the United States 1992 Review Volume 27:259-260.
Spigel, R.H., I. Forne, I. Sheppard and J.C. Priscu. 1991. Differences in temperature and conductivity between the east and west lobes of Lake Bonney: evidence for circulation within and between lobes. Antarctic Journal of the United States 26:221-223.
Priscu, J.C. 1991. Variation in light attenuation by the permanent ice cap of Lake Bonney during spring and summer. Antarctic Journal of the United States 26:223-225.
Sharp, T.R. and J.C. Priscu. 1991. Rates of primary production and growth for phytoplankton in Lake Bonney. Antarctic Journal of the United States 26:225-226.
Lizotte, M.P. and J.C. Priscu. 1991. Natural fluorescence and photosynthetic quantum yields in vertically stable phytoplankton from perennially ice-covered lakes (dry valleys). Antarctic Journal of the United States 26:226-228.
Neale, P.J. and J.C. Priscu. 1991. Variation of the fluorescence quantum yield in relation to photosynthesis by phytoplankton from perennially ice-covered Lake Bonney. Antarctic Journal of the United States 26:228-230.
Priscu, J.C., T.R. Sharp, M.P. Lizotte and P.J. Neale. 1990. Photoadaptation by phytoplankton in permanently ice-covered Antarctic lakes: Response to a non-turbulent environment. Antarctic Journal of the United States 25:221-223.
Lizotte, M.P. and J.C. Priscu. 1990. Photosynthesis-irradiance relationships in phytoplankton from Lake Bonney. Antarctic Journal of the United States 25:223-224.
Neale P.J. and J.C. Priscu. 1990. Structure and function of the photochemical apparatus in the phytoplankton of ice covered Lake Bonney. Antarctic Journal of the United States 25:224-226.
Sharp, T.R. and J.C. Priscu. 1990. Ambient nutrient levels and the effects of nutrient enrichment on primary productivity in Lake Bonney. Antarctic Journal of the United States 25:226-228.
Spigel, R.H., I.V. Sheppard and J.C. Priscu. 1990. Temperature and fine structure from Lake Bonney. Antarctic Journal of the United States 25:228-229.
Priscu, J.C., A.C. Palmisano, C.W. Sullivan and L.R. Priscu. 1987. The effect of temperature on inorganic nitrogen and carbon metabolism in Antarctic sea-ice microalgae. Antarctic Journal of the United States, 1987 Review Issue.22:196-198.
Priscu, J.C. 1987. Environmental factors regulating the dynamics of blue-green algal blooms in Canyon Ferry Reservoir, Montana. Final report to the Montana Water Resources Research Institute. 158 p.
Priscu, J.C., L.R. Priscu, C.W. Sullivan and A.C. Palmisano. 1987. A comparison of neutral lipid content among sea-ice microbial communities in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the United States, 1987 Review Issue 22:191-193.
Priscu, J.C. and A. Palmisano. 1986. Contribution of carbon fixed by nitrifying bacteria during ice cover in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the United States, 1986 Review Issue 21:171-172.
Priscu, J.C., editor. 2001. Year-Round Access to the McMurdo Region: Opportunities for Science and Education. Special publication 01-10. Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture, Montana State University, USA, 60 pp.
MAJOR RESEARCH PROPOSALS OF WHICH I AM/WAS PRINCIPAL OR CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR:
"A Laboratory and Field Study of the Interaction of Microalgae and Bacteria in Aquatic
Biofilms", 1985-1986.
Funded by NSF Ecology Program. Amount: $93,000/1 year.
"Response of Aquatic Nitrogen Cycling and Plankton Productivity to Acidification",
1985-1988. Funded by the
College of Graduate Studies, Montana State University, Faculty Creativity Program
and the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service. Amount: $28,500/1 year.
"Factors Regulating Nuisance and Potentially Toxic Blue-Green Algal Blooms in a Through-Flow
Ecosystem",
1986. Funded by the Montana State Water Resources Research Center. Amount: $24,000/1
year.
"Quantitative Estimation of the Effects of Operation of Libby and Hungary Horse Dams
on the Reservoirs
Fisheries", 1988-1989. Funded by Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Amount:
$137,561/2
years.
"Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation by Organic Matter in Aquatic Ecosystems", 1987-1990.
Funded by Procter
and Gamble. Amount: $300,000/4 years.
"Nutrient Dynamics and Attached Algal Growth in a Large River", 1990. Funded by The
Soap and Detergent
Association, Procter and Gamble and Stone Container Company. Amount: $80,000/1 year.
"The Effects of Nutrient Enrichment on Benthic Algae and Young-of-the-Year Salmonid
Production in the
Clark Fork River". 1991. Funded by the Soap and Detergent Association and Stone Container
Company.
Amount: $70,000/1 year.
"Photoadaptation by Phytoplankton in Permanently Ice-Covered Antarctic Lakes: Response to a Non-Turbulent Environment", 1989-1992. Funded by NSF Division of Polar Programs. Amount: $315,000/3 years.
"Persistence, Distribution and Environmental Impact of Enteric Bacteria in Antarctic Seawater", 1990. Funded by NSF Division of Polar Programs. Amount: $77,000/1 year.
"Impact of Sewage Effluent and Survival of Pathogenic Organisms in McMurdo Sound,
Antarctica", 1991-
1992. Funded by NSF Division of Polar Programs. Amount: $212,414/2 years.
"Influence of Phosphorus and Other Environmental Parameters on Toxin Production by
the Blue-Green Alga
Anabaena flos-aquae", 1991. Funded by the Soap and Detergent Association and Procter
and Gamble. Amount: $38,451/1 year.
"Biogeochemistry of nitrogen in a highly stratified, permanently ice-covered Antarctic
Lake". 1992-1995. NSF
Division of Polar Programs. Amount: $340,000/3 years.
"Antarctic Dry Valleys: A Cold Desert Ecosystem", 1993-1999. This is an interdisciplinary
project, of which I
am a co-principal investigator, (involving 8 scientists) focusing on the effects that
global climate change will
have on an Antarctic desert ecosystem. NSF LTER Program. Amount: $4,000,000/6 years.
My component:
$450,000/6 years.
"Biogeochemistry of Nitrogen in a Highly Stratified, Permanently Ice-Covered Antarctic
Lake". 1992-1995.
NSF Division of Polar Programs. Amount: $340,000/3 years.
NSF Research for Undergraduate Education (RUE) supplemental award to "Biogeochemistry
of Nitrogen in a
Highly Stratified, Permanently Ice-Covered Antarctic Lake". 1993. Amount: $5,000/4
months.
"Nuisance Algal Blooms in the Colstrip Surge Pond: Causes and Consequences", 1992-1993.
Funded by
Montana Power Company. Amount: $39,204/1 year.
"Antarctic lake ice microbial consortia: Origin, distribution, and growth physiology".
1995-1998. NSF Office of
Polar Programs,. Amount: $550,000/3 years.
NSF Research Education for Undergraduate Education (RUE) supplemental award to "Antarctic
Dry Valleys: A
Cold Desert Ecosystem", 1993. Amount: $5,000/4 months.
NSF Research for Undergraduate Education (RUE) supplemental award to “Antarctic Lake
Ice Microbial
Consortia: Origin, Distribution, and Growth Physiology”, 1997. Amount: $5,000/4 months.
NSF Research for Undergraduate (RUE) supplemental award to "Antarctic Dry Valleys:
A Cold Desert
Ecosystem", 1997. Amount: $5,000/4 months.
“Microbial life within the extreme environment posed by permanent Antarctic lake ice”.
1998-2000. NSF Life
In Extreme Environments Program (LExEn). Amount: $488,758/3 years.
"The Role of Natural Legacy on Ecosystem Structure and Function in a Polar Desert: The McMurdo Dry Valley LTER Program", 1999-2005. This is an interdisciplinary project, of which I am a co-principal investigator, (involving 8 scientists) focusing on the role of resource legacy on ecosystem properties in an Antarctic desert. NSF LTER Program and the Division of Polar Programs $4,200,000/6 year. My component: $519,812/6 years.
“The Biogeochemistry of Dimethylsulfide (DMS) and Related Compounds in a Chemically
Stratified Antarctic
Lake”. 1999-2002. NSF Office of Polar Programs. Amount: $468,819/3 years.
“The Search for Life in Deep-Ice associated with Lake Vostok, East Antarctic Ice Sheet”.
1999-2001. NSF
Office of Polar Programs. $13,000/4 months.
Phytoplankton in the McMurdo LTER lakes. 1999-2001. NSF Office of Polar Programs. $30,000.
NSF Research for Undergraduate Education (RUE) supplemental award to "Biogeochemistry
of DMS and
related sulfur compounds in a Chemically Stratified Antarctic Lake", 1999. Amount:
$5,000/4 months.
“Bacterial Dynamics Under Antarctic Lake Ice”. 1996-1999. Montana Space Grant Consortium
Graduate
Student Award. $52,000/3 years.
“Microbial Nutrition in Icy Systems”. 1999-2002. NASA Graduate Student Researchers
Program (GSRP).
$66,000/3 years.
“Carbon and sediment cycling between soil and lake ice in the Taylor Valley, Antarctica”. 2000-2003. Montana Space Grant Consortium Graduate Student Award. $17,500/year.
“Mars Immunoassay Life Detection Instrument (MILDI). Volume 1: Investigation and Technical
Plan”. 2000-
2002. NASA Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications, and Office of
Space Flight. Total cost
$298,194/2 years ($146,000 to MSU).
“Collaborative Research on the Geomicrobiology of Vostok Ice: Implications for Life
in Lake Vostok”. 2001-
2004. NSF LExEn Program. $760,000/3 years.
“Microbial Diversity and Function in the Permanently Ice-Covered Lakes of the McMurdo
Dry Valleys,
Antarctica”, NSF Microbial Observatories Program. 2003-2008. $1,200,000.
NSF Research Education for Undergraduate Education (RUE) supplemental award to “Microbial
Diversity and
Function in the Permanently Ice-Covered Lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica”,
1993. Amount:
$12,000.
“Life in Polar Regions Lake Ice”. 1999-2004. Montana Space Grant Consortium Graduate
Student Award.
$52,000/3 years.
“Physical and biological consequences of a hydrocarbon spill on the ice cover of Lake Fryxell, Antarctica”. NSF Office of Polar Programs. $75,034. 2004-2007.
“The Role of Resource Legacy on Contemporary Linkages Between Biodiversity and Ecosystem
Processes in a Cold Desert Ecosystem: The McMurdo Dry Valley LTER Program”. $7 million/6
years,. 2005-2011.
$619,506/6 years to MSU.
“Nuclear-Magnetic Resonance and Electrical Measurements of Unfrozen Water in Mars-Analog
Materials:
Implications for Habitability at Subfreezing Temperatures on Mars”. NASA Exobiology
Program. 2006-2009.
$99,998 to MSU. Collaboration with R. Grimm, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder,
CO.
“Application for cold chambers and associated equipment to complete a subzero science and engineering facility at Montana State University”. NSF-MRI Program. $1,200,000. 2005-2007.
“Science and Engineering Research Facility for the Study of Subzero Environments”.
Murdock Charitable
Trust”. $800,000. 2005-2007.
“Paleo Records of Biotic and Abiotic Particles in Polar Ice Cores”. NSF Office of
Polar Programs. $254,827.
2006-2008.
“IPY-The McMurdo Dry Valley Lakes: Plankton Responses During the Transition to Polar
Night”. NSF Office
of Polar Programs $350,000. 2007-2010.
“The presence of hydrocarbon contaminants and biodegradation in lake ice from the
McMurdo Dry Valleys”.
Pending. NSF-Office of Polar Programs. $306,655. 2007-2010.
Crary Laboratory (Antarctica) Analytical Services. NSF-OPP. $450,000 supplement to
“The Role of Resource
Legacy on Contemporary Linkages Between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes in a
Cold Desert Ecosystem: The McMurdo Dry Valley LTER Program” . 2008-2011.
“Environmentally Non-Disturbing Under-ice Robotic ANtarctiC Explorer (ENDURANCE)”.
NASA ASTEP
Program. $99,235. 2008-2011.
“Astrobiology of Icy Worlds”. NASA Astrobiology Institute. Total budget: $8,184,000/5
yrs. MSU component:
$240,975. 2008-2013.
“Collaborative Research: Integrated High Resolution Chemical and Biological Measurements
on the Deep
WAIS Divide Core”. NSF Office of Polar Programs- Antarctic Glaciology. Total budget:
$2,182,530. MSU
Component: $631,900. 2010-1014.
“Collaborative Research: GeomicroBiology of Antarctic Subglacial Environments (GBASE)
Beneath the
Mercer and Whillans Ice Streams”. Submitted to NSF Office of Polar Programs- Antarctic
Integrated System
Science (AISS). Total budget $10,000,000. MSU component: $2,540,260. October 2009-October
2014.
“Increased Connectivity in a Polar Desert Resulting from Climate Warming: The McMurdo
Dry Valley LTER
Program”. $5.6 million/6 years, 2011-2017. $696,276/6 years to MSU.
“Habitability of Antarctic lakes and detectability of microbial life in icy environments
by autonomous year-round instrumentation”. NSF Office of Polar Programs/NASA ASTEP.
$114,633 /2 years. 1 February 2013-1
March 2016.
“Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling: Integrative Study of Marine
Ice Sheet Stability and
Subglacial Habitats in West Antarctica”. NSF Office of Polar Programs. $997,705. September
2014- July 2016.
“The WATSON Project: Wire-line Analysis Tool for Subsurface Observations of Northern-ice-sheets”. NASA PSTAR. NASA Astrobiology. $430,032/3y to MSU. November 2015 – November 2018.
“Collaborative Research: Subglacial Antarctic Lakes Scientific Access (SALSA): Integrated
study of carbon
cycling in hydrologically-active subglacial environments”. J. Priscu, Chief Scientist.
NSF-PLR Antarctic
Integrated Systems Science. Total Science and drill budget $5,193,544/3y; $1,510,715/3y
to MSU. 1 September 2016-1 September 2019.
“Ecosystem response to landscape connectivity dynamics: The McMurdo Dry Valley LTER
Program”. $9
million/6 years, 2016-2024. ~$800,000/6 years to MSU. March 2017-March 2023.
“ATLANTIS. AnTarctic subglacial LAke CECs biogeochemistry: CoNtrols on ecosysTem sustainability and nutrIent transformationS”. J.L. Wadham, G. Lamarche-Gagnon, R. Pancost, J. Telling, J. Robidart, A. Schaap, M. Mowlem (J.C. Priscu. M. Patel, J. Hawkings, B. Kaulich, J. Kaiser, T. Conway, Collaborators). Proposal submitted to NERC (UK). In Review.
MAJOR ADVISOR TO THE FOLLOWING GRADUATE STUDENTS:
1. Robert T. Angelo, Ph.D. June 1989. "Hydrogen ion concentration and microbial activity
in aquatic alpine
systems".
2. Lizhu Wang, Ph.D. 1992. "Control of bacterioplankton activity in a eutrophic lake
emphasizing relationships
among bacteria, cyanobacteria and nutrients".
3. Thomas Miller, M.Sc. 1991. "Influence of inorganic and organic nutrient enrichment
on blue-green algal
activity and relative biomass in a eutrophic southwest Montana reservoir".
4. Thomas Sharp, M.Sc. 1993. "Temporal and spatial variation of light, nutrients and
phytoplankton production
in Lake Bonney, Antarctica, Antarctica".
5. Katrin Schwarz, M.Sc. 1991. "Phytoplankton responses to phytoplankton growth in
a large pre-alpine lake:
Lake Constance, West Germany".
6. Christopher Woolston, M.Sc. 1994. "Nitrogen dynamics in Antarctic lakes".
7. Michael Briggs, M.Sc. 1994. "Chemical and physical factors regulating blue-green
algal abundance in a
regulated reservoir; Colstrip, Montana".
8. Christina Takacs. Ph.D. 1999. "Bacterial activity and secondary production in Antarctic lakes".
9. Nicole Tursich. M.Sc. 2002. “The use of Antarctic lake phytoplankton to track climate change”.
10. Scott Konley. M.Sc. 2003. “Carbon and sediment cycling between soil and lake ice
in the Taylor Valley,
Antarctica”.
11. Jill A. Mikucki. Ph.D. 2005. “Microbial Ecology of an Antarctic Subglacial environment”.
12. Joel Moore. M.Sc. 2007. “Microbial Processes in the Moats of Lakes in the Taylor Valley, Antarctica.”
13. Trista Vick. 2010. M.Sc. Bacterial Process in Lakes of the Taylor Valley, Antarctica.
14. Marie Sabacka. Ph.D. 2011. “Microbial Diversity Across Landscape Units in the
McMurdo Dry Valleys,
Antarctica”.
15. Alexander Michaud. Ph.D. 2016. Subglacial Processes beneath the West Antarctic Ice Streams.
16. Pamela Santibinez. Ph.D. 2015. High Resolution Biological Measurements in Ice Cores.
17. Trista Vick-Majors. Ph.D. 2015. Biogeochemical Processes in Antarctic Aquatic
Environments; Linkages
and Limitations.
18. Priyanka Kudalkar. 2016. MSc. Fungi in Antarctic lake ice.
19. Jeff Patriarche. MSc. 2016. Overwinter trends in phytoplankton pigment composition in a permanently ice covered Antarctic lake.
20. Kimberely Roush, MSc. 2019. Marine sediment geochemistry beneath the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica.
21. Carolyn Harris, Ph.D. Carbon transformations in permanently ice-covered Antarctic
lakes.
SUPERVISOR TO THE FOLLOWING POST-DOCTORAL SCIENTISTS:
1. Dr. Robert Murry
2. Dr. Walter Dodds
3. Dr. Michael Lizotte
4. Dr. N. Kangatharalingam
5. Dr. Kirk Lohman
6. Dr. Robert Spigel
7. Dr. Patrick Neale
8. Dr. Diane Brawner
9. Dr. Christopher Fritsen
10. Dr. Emily Roberts
11. Dr. Peter Lee
12. Dr. Christine Foreman
13. Dr. Brent Christner
14. Dr. Steve Jepsen
15. Dr. Elanor Bell
16. Dr. Jill Thurman
17. Dr. Sunita Shah
18. Dr. Juliana D’Adrilli
19. Dr. Heather Adams
20. Dr. John Dore
21. Dr. Wei Li
22. Dr. Naicheng Wu
TECHNICIANS SUPERVISED:
1. Mary Ellen Dietz
2. Lori Dwyer
3. John Beehler
4. Kirk Johnson
5. Thomas Sharp
6. Patty Denke
7. Teresa Tonkovich (Galli)
8. Linda Loetterle
9. Ian Shepard
10. Ian Forne
11. Richard Bartlett
12. Rob Edwards
13. Van Kalbach
14. Alix Cockcroft
15. Margaret Giessler
16. Jordon Grover
17. Anne Lundberg-Martell
18. Conrad Cooper
19. Kate Wing
20. Jordan Grover
21. Amanda Grue
22. Scott Konley
23. Jill Mikucki
24. Nicole Tursich
25. Tucker Stevens
26. Craig Wolf
27. Amy Chiuchiolo
28. Nicholas Andrew
29. Brianna Arnold
30. Rob VanTreese
31. Janet Lynch
32. Andrew Baber
33. Philip Lee
34. Erik Bottos
35. Stephen Pederson
36. Kimberely Roush
37. Jade Lawrence
38. Anna Galipeau
39. Elizabeth Vonderhaar
COURSES TAUGHT:
1. Molecular and Cellular Biology/Principles of Biology (Biol 102/Biob160, freshman
level): This course
presents a survey of cellular metabolism (plants and animals) and genetics.
2. Algal Ecology-Phycology (Biol 433, senior level): This course is divided into two
parts. The first covers
taxonomy and evolution of attached and free-living algae, the second is involved with
the biochemistry,
physiology and ecology of algae. Both marine and freshwater forms are covered.
3. Energetics in Aquatic Systems (Biol 502, graduate level): Covers advanced aspects
of heat flow, light
penetration, advection and diffusion dynamics of gases and nutrients within a liquid,
and gas transfer at the air/water interface. Examines how aquatic microorganisms (bacteria
and algae) reciprocate with each other and with their surrounding environment. Particular
emphasis is placed on physiological adaptations by the organisms to changing environmental
conditions. The course stresses how these processes relate to the biological component
of marine and freshwater systems.
4. Physical-Chemical Limnology (graduate level): Focuses on the interaction of optics,
mixing/diffusion and
lake chemistry. Both marine and freshwater systems are discussed.
5. Advanced Biological Limnology (graduate level): Covers physiological responses
of microplankon to the
physical and chemical environment. The approach is examine the role of microorganisms
to ecosystem structure and function.