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Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Ph.D., P.G.
Position: |
Associate Professor | |
Campus Address: |
School of Earth & Environmental Sciences |
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Office: |
Webster Building Rm 1148 | |
Phone: |
509-335-1180 | |
E-mail: |
dirksm@wsu.edu | |
Personal Websites: |
GeoBiological Groundwater Research Group |
| Astrobio Lab |
Research interests:
Dr. Schulze-Makuch’s research interests focus on the interaction of microbes with their natural geological environment in an aqueous medium. In particular, he is interested in;- the presence of water-rich environments on other planets and moons of our Solar System and how these environments can serve as a potential habitat for microbial life. Examples include the Martian near-surface and subsurface, water-rich clouds on Venus, and ammonia-water puddles and ethane-methane lakes on the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan.
- the transport of microbes including pathogens in a natural ground-water environment and how to protect drinking water wells from these organisms. He is specifically interested in natural and engineered material (such as surfactant modified zeolites), that can be used as artificial barriers to the movement of bacteria, viruses, and protozoa.
Courses:
- GEOL 315: Water and Earth
- GEOL 475: Groundwater
- GEOL 445/545: Astrobiology
- GEOL 578: Groundwater Geobiology
Postdoctoral Researcher:
- Mohammed R. Islam: islam@wsu.edu
Graduate Students:
- Colleen Rust: colleen_rust@mail.wsu.edu
- Phillip Rust: phillip_rust@wsu.edu
- Chaojun Fan: cfan1@wsu.edu
- Natalia Loukinova: nloukinova@mail.wsu.edu
- Carol Turse: carol@turse.org
- Mohammed Islam
Selected Publications:
Book
- Schulze-Makuch, D. and Irwin, L.N. (2004, 2006) Life in the Universe: Expectations and Constraints. Springer, Berlin, 172 p.
Selected Papers
- Marion, G., and Schulze-Makuch, D. (2006) Astrobiology and the search for life in the universe. Book Chapter in Physiology and Biochemistry of Extremophiles (ed. C. Gerday and N. Glansdorff), in press.
- Diaz, B. and Schulze-Makuch, D. (2006) Microbial survival rates of E. coli and D. radiodurans under single and combined stresses of temperature, pressure, and UV radiation, and its relevance to Martian environmental conditions. Astrobiology 6, no. 2, p. 332-347.
- Schulze-Makuch, D., and Irwin, L.N. (2006) The prospect of alien life in exotic forms on other worlds. Naturwissenschaften, vol. 93, no. 4, p. 155-172.
- Muller, A.W.J. and Schulze-Makuch, D. (2006) Thermal energy and the origin of life. Origin of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, vol. 36: 177-189.
- Schulze-Makuch, D., Irwin, L.N., Lipps, J.H., LeMone, D., Dohm, J.M., and Fairén, A.G (2005) Scenarios for the evolution of life on Mars. Special Edition on Early Mars of Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets 110, E12S23, doi:10.1029/2005JE002430.
- Schulze-Makuch, D., Dohm, J.M., Fairén, A.G., Baker, V.R., Fink, W., and Strom, R.G. (2005) Venus, Mars, and the ices on Mercury and the Moon: astrobiological implications and proposed mission designs. Astrobiology 5, 778-795.
- Schulze-Makuch, D. (2005) Longitudinal dispersivity data and implications for scaling behavior. Ground Water, vol. 43, no. 3, p. 443-456.
- Baker, V.R., Dohm, J.M., Fairén, A.G., Ferre, P.A., Ferris, J.C., Miyamoto, H., and Schulze-Makuch, D. (2005) Extraterrestrial Hydrogeology. Hydrogeology Journal, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 51-68.
- Schulze-Makuch, D. and Grinspoon, D.H. (2005) Biologically Enhanced Energy and Carbon Cycling on Titan? Astrobiology, vol. 5, no. 4., p. 560-567.
- Schulze-Makuch, D., Grinspoon, D.H., Abbas, O., Irwin, L.N. and Bullock, M. (2004) A sulfur-based UV adaptation strategy for putative phototrophic life in the Venusian atmosphere. Astrobiology vol 4, no. 1, p. 11-18.
- Schulze-Makuch, D., Bowman, R., Pillai, S.D. and Guan, H. (2003) Removal of viruses and bacteria from ground water by surfactant modified zeolite: field applications. Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation vol. 24, no. 4, p. 68-75.
- Guan, H., Schulze-Makuch, D., Schaffer, S., and Pillai, S.D. (2003) The effect of critical pH on virus fate and transport in a saturated porous medium. Ground Water, vol. 41, no. 5, p. 701-708.
- Rzonca, B. and Schulze-Makuch, D. (2003) Correlation between microbial and chemical parameters of some hydrothermal springs in New Mexico, USA. Journal of Hydrology, vol. 280, p. 272-284.
- Schulze-Makuch, D., Guan, H., and Pillai, S.D. (2003) Effects of pH and geological medium on bacteriophage MS2 transport in a model aquifer. Geomicrobiology Journal, vol. 20, no. 1, p. 73-84.
- Schulze-Makuch, D., Irwin, L.N., and Guan, H. (2002) Search parameters for the remote detection of extraterrestrial life. Planetary and Space Sciences, vol. 50, p. 675-683, and selected for special publication in Virtual Journal of Geobiology, vol. 1, no. 2, October 2002.
For more information, please see GeoBiological Groundwater Research Group website.
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