Jennifer Glass

Role: 
Co-Investigator
Location: 
Georgia Tech, ES&T 1234
CV: 
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Education: 

B.S., University of Washington, 2006 Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2011 NASA Astrobiology Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 2011-2013

Research Interests: 

Our laboratory explores connections between major and trace elements in biogeochemical cycles across space and time. Trace elements like iron and manganese can serve as cofactors in metalloenzymes or as terminal electron acceptors for anaerobic microbial respiration. Our lab is interested in using extant biochemistry to reconstruct the co-evolution of geochemistry and biology. Two current projects are focused on: 1) the evolution of aerobic respiration from anaerobic respiration; 2) the influence of oxygen on the metal content of bacterial ribosomes.

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Selected publications: 

Bray, M.S., Lenz, T.K., Haynes, J.W., Bowman, J.C., Petrov, A.S., Reddi, A.R., Hud, N.V., Williams, L.D., Glass, J.B. Multiple prebiotic metals mediate translation. PNAS, 2018.

Stanton, C.L., Reinhard, C.T., Kasting, J.F., Ostrom, N.E., Haslun, J.A., Lyons, T.W., Glass, J.B. Nitrous oxide from chemodenitrification: a possible missing link in the Proterozoic greenhouse and the evolution of aerobic respiration. Geobiology. 2018, 16, pp 597-609.

Bray, M.S., Wu, J., Reed, B.C., Kretz, C.B., Belli, K.M., Simister, R.L., Henny, C., Stewart, F.J., DiChristina, T.J., Brandes, J.A., Fowle, D.A., Crowe, S.A., Glass, J.B. 2017. Shifting microbial communities sustain multi-year iron reduction and methanogenesis in ferruginous sediment incubations. Geobiology 15, pp. 678-689.