Elena Hutchens

I'm a microbiologist, working on an interdisciplinary project entitled "Mechanisms and molecular biology of mineral dissolution under the influence of bacteria and fungi" at University College Dublin, Ireland. I graduated Biology at Babes-Bolyai University Cluj in 1991, then worked there as Assistant Professor and Lecturer until 2001 when I moved to UK. I worked for 4 years as a researcher at the Natural History Museum in London (Marie Curie Fellow) studying mineral dissolution and the biogeochemistry of Fe isotope fractionation in MIC (microbial induced corrosion). I obtained my PhD degree in Microbial ecology in 2001 from Babes-Boliay University. I was awarded a UNESCO fellowship in 1995 for a year to work in the Institute of Biophysics (Szeged, Hungary) and a Romanian Guvernment Fellowship (in 1999) to complete my molecular biology studies for my PhD thesis at Warwick University, UK. Next year I'll be the organizer of the session on Geomicrobiology at the European Geosciences Union (EGU), Vienna (Austria) 13-18 April, 2008 (http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2008/).I live in Dublin.

University College Dublin, Dublin, .

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Nascut(a) in: 1968

Interese: geomicrobiologie, microbiologie, biologie moleculara

Detalii:
Sunt microbiolog, cercetator in University College in Dublin, Irlanda. Lucrez intr-un proiect interdisciplinar intitulat "Mecanisme si biologia moleculara a disolutiei mineralelor sub actiunea bacteriilor si fungilor". Am terminat Biologia la Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj in 1991 unde apoi am lucrat ca si asistent universitar si sef de lucrari pana in 2001 cand m-am mutat in Anglia. Am lucrat 4 ani la Muzeul de Istorie Naturala din Londra ca si cercetator (Marie Curie Fellow) ca si bursier Marie Curie unde am studiat disolutia felspatilort si a apatitei sub actiunea bacteriilor heterotrofe si biogeochimia fractionarii izotopilor de Fe in procesele de coroziune induse de microorganisme (MIC). Am obtinut o bursa de studii UNESCO pentru un an in 1995 la Institutul de Biofizica din Szeged, Ungaria si o Bursa a Guvernului Roman (in 1999) pentru a-mi finaliza analizele de biologie moleculara la teza de doctorat (Warwick University, UK). Anul viitor voi organiza o sesiune de Geomicrobiologie in cadrul Conferintei Internationale European Geosciences Union (EGU), in Viena (Austria) Vienna, Austria, 13 – 18 April 2008 (http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2008/).
Locuiesc in Dublin.

Details:
I'm a microbiologist, working on an interdisciplinary project entitled "Mechanisms and molecular biology of mineral dissolution under the influence of bacteria and fungi" at University College Dublin, Ireland. I graduated Biology at Babes-Bolyai University Cluj in 1991, then worked there as Assistant Professor and Lecturer until 2001 when I moved to UK. I worked for 4 years as a researcher at the Natural History Museum in London (Marie Curie Fellow) studying mineral dissolution and the biogeochemistry of Fe isotope fractionation in MIC (microbial induced corrosion). I obtained my PhD degree in Microbial ecology in 2001 from Babes-Boliay University. I was awarded a UNESCO fellowship in 1995 for a year to work in the Institute of Biophysics (Szeged, Hungary) and a Romanian Guvernment Fellowship (in 1999) to complete my molecular biology studies for my PhD thesis at Warwick University, UK. Next year I'll be the organizer of the session on Geomicrobiology at the European Geosciences Union (EGU), Vienna (Austria) 13-18 April, 2008 (http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2008/).
I live in Dublin.

Publicații selectate:

* Elena Hutchens, Ben J. Williamson, Mahesh Anand, Mary, P. Ryan, Richard J. Herrington, Discriminating bacterial from electrochemical corrosion using Fe isotopes, Corrosion Science, 49, 2007.

* G. Aouad, J.-L. Crovisier, D. Damidot, P. Stille, E. Hutchens, J. Mutterer, J.-M. Meyer, V.A. Geoffroy, Interactions between Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator (MSWI) bottom ash and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Science of the Total Environment, in press, 2006.

* Elena Hutchens, Eugenia Valsami-Jones, Najatte Harouiya, Claire Chaïrat, Eric H. Oelkers , Sharron McEldowney, An Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Bacillus megaterium on Apatite Dissolution, Taylor & Francis, Geomicrobiology Journal, 23(3-4), 2006.

* Hutchens, E., Valsami-Jones, E., McEldowney, S., Gaze, W., McLean, J., The role of heterotrophic bacteria in feldspar dissolution - an experimental approach, Mineralogical Magazine, 67(6), 2003.

* Hutchens, E., Radajewski, S., Dumont, M., McDonald, I. R., Murrell, J. C., Analysis of methanotrophic bacteria in Movile cave by stable-Isotope Probing, Environmental Microbiology, 6(2), 2004.