Dr. Kurt Konhauser


	Dr. Kurt Konhauser Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, T6G 2E3 phone: 780-492-2571 fax: 780-492-2030 email: kurtk@ualberta.ca Editor-in-Chief of the journal "Geobiology" Series Editor for "Analytical Methods in Earth & Environmental Science" Author of "Introduction to Geomicrobiology", published by Blackwell, Oxford Co-editor of "Fundamentals of Geobiology" published by Wiley, Oxford Associate Editor for the journal "Frontiers in Microbiological Chemistry" Editorial Board for the journals "Chemical Geology" and "Astrobiology"

Education and Academic Experience

PROFESSOR of Geomicrobiology (2007 - present)
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
University of Alberta

CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR in Geomicrobiology (2002 - 2007)
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
University of Alberta

LECTURER in Environmental Geochemistry (1994 - 2002)
School of Earth Sciences
University of Leeds

VISITING PROFESSOR of Geomicrobiology (Autumn 1998)
Department of Geosciences
Pennsylvania State University

POST DOCTORAL FELLOW (1994)
Department of Geology, University of Toronto
Supervisor: Dr. Grant Ferris

POST DOCTORAL FELLOW (1993)
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario
Supervisor: Dr. Fred Longstaffe

PhD, EARTH SCIENCES (1989 - 1993)
University of Western Ontario
Thesis: Multiple fluxes influencing Amazonian river chemistry
Supervisor: Dr. William S. Fyfe

BSc, HONOURS GEOLOGY (1985 - 1989)
University of Toronto
Honours Thesis: Geological implications of tropical deforestation
Supervisor: Dr. Judith G. Patterson

Current Research Interests

Publications

Current Research Group