Dr. Brandi Kiel Reese

Dr. Brandi Kiel Reese

Associate Professor,
Marine Sciences

Bio

  • Associate Professor, University of South Alabama
  • Senior Marine Scientist, Dauphin Island Sea Lab
  • Ph.D. 2011, Texas A&M University

Emphasis: Microbial ecology; Geomicrobiology; Astrobiology; Understanding microbial communities through systems biology


Research Interests

My research is interdisciplinary by bringing together Geology, Molecular Microbiology, and Geochemistry to provide a more integrated examination of aquatic and sediment biogeochemical cycling. When examining various environments, I am guided by fundamental questions such as: Who is alive? What are they doing? What are the global implications of microbial life within Earth systems? Specifically, my lab specializes in combining state-of-the-art culture-independent molecular techniques (including metatranscriptomics and metagenomics) with high throughput culturing and advanced geochemical analysis to describe the total microbial environment. This systems biology approach to understanding microbial ecology has spanned marine and freshwater; shallow sediments within estuaries and coastal hypoxic zones; deeply buried continental mines and caves, and marine subsurface sediments through the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP).


Publications

  • 26. Patrick, C.J., L. Yeager, F. Carvallo, V. Congdon, K.H. Dutton, M. Fisher, A. Hardison, J.D. Hogan, J. Hosen, X. Hu, B. Kiel Reese, S. Kinard, J.S. Kominoshi, X. Lin, Z. Liu, P.A. Montagna, S.C. Pennings, L. Walker, C.A. Weaver. M. Wetz. 2019. A Systems Level Analysis of Coastal Ecosystem Responses to Hurricane Impacts. Estuaries and Coasts. DOI 10.1007/s12237-019-00690-3

  • 25. Mullis, M.M. * , I. Rambo, B.J. Baker, B. Kiel Reese. 2019. Ecological roles and diversity of antimicrobials in nature. Frontiers in Microbiology: Antimicrobials, Resistance and Chemotherapy. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02518

  • 24. Jangir, J., A.A., Karbelkar, N.M. Beedle, L.A. Zinke * , G. Wanger, C.M. Anderson,B. Kiel Reese, J.P. Amend, and M.Y. El-Naggar. 2019. In situ electrochemical studies of the terrestrial deep subsurface biosphere at the Sanford Underground Research Facility, South Dakota, USA. Frontiers in Energy Research: Bioenergy and Biofuels. DOI: 10.3389/fenrg.2019.00121

  • 23. Sobol, M.S.* , T. Hoshino, T. Futagami, F. Inagaki, B. Kiel Reese. 2019. Draft genome sequences of Penicillium spp. from deeply buried oligotrophic sediment. Microbiology Resource Announcements. DOI: 10.1128/MRA.01613-18

  • 22. Bird, J.T., E.D. Tague, L.A. Zinke* , J.M. Schmidy, A.D. Steen, B. Kiel Reese, I.P.G. Marshall, G. Webster, A. Weightman, H.F. Castro, S.R. Campagna, K.G. Lloyd. 2019. Uncultured microbial phyla suggest mechanisms for multi-thousand-year subsistence in Baltic Sea sediments. mBio. DOI: 10.1128/mBio.02376-18

  • 21. Pohlner, M., L. Dlugosch, B. Wemheuer, H.J. Mills, B. Engelen, B. Kiel Reese. 2019. The majority of Rhodobacteraceae in marine sediments belong to uncultured genera: A molecular approach to link their distribution to environmental conditions. Frontiers in Aquatic Microbiology. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00659

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Teaching

Graduate

  • Microbial Ecology
  • Geomicrobiology
  • Marine Organisms and Processes

Undergraduate

  • Microbial Diversity and Ecology
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Oceanography
  • Essentials of Oceanography Lab
  • Marine Microbial Molecular Methods