Pratixaben Savalia
E-mail: psavalia@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-5982
Address: University of Southern California, Department of Earth Sciences
825 Bloom Walk, ACB 305
Los Angeles, California 90089-0740


RESEARCH POSITIONS
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Laboratory Manager, Jan Amend and Kenneth Nealson Laboratory, Department of Earth Sciences, USC (2011-Present)
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Research Specialist, Nealson laboratory, Department of Earth Sciences, USC (2010-2011)
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Research Assistant, Vellanoweth Laboratory, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, CSULA (2008-2010)
EDUCATION
California State University, Master in Biology, 2010
California State University, Certificate Program in Biotechnology, 2010
Christ College, Saurashtra University, B.A. in Biotechnology, 2006
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
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Johnson, J. E., Savalia, P., Davis, R., Kocar, B. D., Webb, S. M., Nealson, K. H., & Fischer, W. W. (2016). Real-Time Manganese Phase Dynamics during Biological and Abiotic Manganese Oxide Reduction. Environmental Science & Technology. (LINK)
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Rusch, A., Islam, S., Savalia, P., & Amend, J. P. (2015). Burkholderia insulsa sp. nov., a facultatively chemolithotrophic bacterium isolated from an arsenic-rich shallow marine hydrothermal system. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 65, 189–194. (LINK)
Thesis
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In vivo localization of LTP3 and LTP4 (Lipid Transfer Protein) mRNA in Arabidopsis thaliana (Columbia). Unpublished Master’s Thesis.
2010 - present
2010 - present