Ileana Pérez-Rodríguez
E-mail: perezrod@usc.edu
Address: University of Southern California, Department of Earth Sciences
825 Bloom Walk, ACB 305
Los Angeles, California 90089-0740


RESEARCH INTERESTS
Ecophysiology, bioenergetics and biogeochemistry of chemosynthetic microorganisms from deep-sea hydrothermal vents and other seafloor/subseafloor environments. Most recent research includes: (i) rate-yield trade-offs and (ii) associated N isotope signatures in chemosynthetic nitrate reducing pure cultures and microbial communities from hydrothermal fluids under different temperature/pressure conditions.
New directions in the Amend Lab will involve evaluating bioenergetic characteristics of different catabolic pathways present in metabolically versatile methanogens isolated from marine sediments.
2010 - present
2010 - present