Research Staff and Collaborators

ORNL Staff
Craig Brandt (Tasks 1 and 3): Statistics
Scott Brooks (Task 1 PI): Biogeochemistry
Steve Brown (Task 3): Microbiology
Dwayne Elias (Task 3 PI): Microbiology
Feng He (Task 2): Environmental Chemistry
Baohua Gu (Task 2 PI): Geochemistry
Hao-Bo Guo (Task 4): Molecular Dynamics
Richard Hurt (Task 3): Molecular Biology
Alex Johs (Task 4): Biochemistry
Liyuan Liang (Program Manager, Task 4 PI): Environmental Chemistry
Carrie Miller (Task 2): Environmental Chemistry
James Moberly (Tasks 1 and 3): Microbiology
Anthony Palumbo (Task 3): Microbiology
Jerry Parks (Task 4): Molecular Dynamics
Mircea Podar (Task 3): Bioinformatics
Yun Qian (Task 1): Analytical Chemistry
Ami Riscassi (Task 1): Environmental Chemistry
Stephen Tomanicek (Task 4): Molecular Crystallography
Xiangpin Yin (Task 1): Analytical Chemistry
Wang Zheng (Task 2): Environmental Chemistry
Key Collaborators
C. Gilmour (Smithsonian Env. Res. Center): Methylation rate studies and studies on Geobacter.
K. Kemner (Argonne Natl. Lab.): EXAFS expertise for HgS speciation.
F. Morel (Princeton Univ.): Interactions between mercury and microbes.
S. Miller (Univ. Calif., San Francisco): Mer proteins for structure investigation and for modeling of enzymatic mechanisms of binding with Hg and in demethylation.
L. Shi (Pacific Northwest Natl. Lab.): Protein purification expertise.
J. Smith (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville): Molecular Biophysics
A. Summers (Univ. Georgia): Mer proteins for structure investigation and for modeling of enzymatic mechanisms of binding with Hg and in demethylation.
J. Wall (Univ. Missouri, Columbia): Genetics of mercury methylation in Desulfovibrio.
H. Zhang (Tennessee Tech. Univ.): Hg chemistry.

