LISA MARY PRATT

Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University
1001 E. 10 th St. , Bloomington IN 47405
prattl@indiana.edu

Educational Background

Ph.D. Geology, Princeton University, 1982
M.S. Geology, Univ. of North Carolina, 1978
M.S. Botany, Univ. of Illinois, 1974
B.A. Botany, Univ. of North Carolina, 1972

Professional Experience

03 - 08: Director NASA Astrobiology Team: Life in the Deep Subsurface of Earth and Mars
99 - 01: Associate Dean for Research, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University
96 - present: Professor of Geological Sciences, Indiana University

Professional Activities

Geological Society of America
Editorial Board Geology, 91-93, 94-96
Associate Editor, GSA Bulletin, 96-98
Chair, Nominations Committee, 98-00
The Geochemical Society
Board of Directors, elected, 92-95
Chair, Clark Award Committee, 00-02
Exec. Cmte., Org. Geochem. Div. 01-05

SEPM - Society for Sedimentary Geology
Research Councilor, elected, 90-92
Publications Committee, 87-90
Chair, Shepard Medal Committee, 99-01

Geobiology, Editorial Board, 01-04

Recent Honors and Awards

American Association Petroleum Geologists, Eastern Section, Outstanding Educator, 2002
College of Arts and Sciences Alumni, Distinguished Faculty Member, 2003
Phi Beta Kappa Fellows Lectureship, 2004-2006

Recent Service on National Evaluative Committees

NASA Mars Sample Return Science Steering Group, 2004-2005
Canadian Research Chairs Program College of Reviews, 2004-2005
NASA Astrobiology Science and Technology for Exploring Planets (ASTEP), 2003
National Research Council, Co-Chair Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Panel (1998-2002): ranking of applicants for post-doctoral associateships with federal government laboratories and agencies, three panel meetings per year.
National Science Foundation, member of panel for Multi-User Equipment and Instrumentation Resources for Biological Sciences (MUE) Program, 2000.
NASA, member of review panel for Astrobiology Institute - Cycle 2, 2000.

Completed Graduate Students

Glenn. B. Hieshima (Ph.D. 1992) Doreen. A. Zaback, (Ph.D. 1992) Scott Wendorf (M.S. 1992) John M. Guthrie (Ph.D. 1994) Mark Monk (M.S. 1995) Cara Davis (M.S. 1995) Neil Suits (M.S. 1996) German Mora (M.S. 1997) Volker Brüchert (Ph.D. 1997)

Ana M. Carmo (Ph.D. 1997) Cara Davis (Ph.D. 1998) Jennifer Coates (M.S. 1998) M Warner (Ph.D. 1998) J Eigenbrode (M.S. 1999) G Mora (Ph.D. 2000) W Elliott (Co-Chair Ph.D. 2002) Tom Kulp (Ph.D. 2002)

Mark Henning (M.S. 2002) Sarah Pietraszek-Mattner (Ph.D. 2004) Eric Boice (Ph.D. 2004) Brandy Anglen (PH.D. 2005) Nabanita Gupta (M.S. 2005) Irene Arango (Ph.D. 2006)

Active Graduate Students

Mealanie Everett (Ph.D)	Adam Johnson(Ph.D)
Cindy Elbaz (Ph.D)	Katrina Hoffman (M.S.)
Curtis Williams (Ph.D.)	Lauren McCollough (Ph.D.)
Walter Gray (Ph.D.)

Post-Doctoral Associates

Fabien Kenig (1989-1992) David Hollander (1990-1992) Emily A. CoBabe (1993-1994) Ruth Moore (1992-1994)

Takashi Hasegawa (1995-1996) Evelyn Krull (1999-2000) Murat Budakoglu (2002-2003) David Finkelstein (2000-2005)

Lili Lefticariu (2004-2006) Anna Szynkiewicz (2005-2008) Seth Young (2008-2009)

Selected Recent Publications

LI-Hung Lin et al, 2006, Long-Term Sustainability of a High-Energy, Low-Diversity Crustal Biome., Science v. 314 p. 479 - 482 October 20, 2006 (PDF)

Budakoglu, M., and Pratt, L.M., 2005, Sulfur-isotope distribution and contamination related to the Balya Pb-Zn mine in Turkey.  Environmental Geology 47, 733-781.

Kieft, T.L., McCuddy, S.M., Onstott, T.C., Davidson, M., Lin, L-H., Mislowack, B., Pratt, L.M., Boice, E., Sherwood Lollar, B., Lippmann-Pipke, J., Pfiffner, S.M., Phelps, T.J., Gihring, T., Moser, D., Van Heerden, A., in press, Geochemically generated, energy-rich substrates and indigenous microorganisms in deep, ancient groundwater.  Geomicrobiology Journal.

Onstott, T.C., Lin, L-H., Davidson, M., Mislowack, B., Borcsik, M., Hall, J., Slater, G., Ward, J., Sherwood Lollar, B., Lippmann-Pipke, J., Boice, E., Pratt, L.M., Pfiffner, S., Moser, D., Gihring, T., Kieft, T.L., Phelps, T.J., Vanheerden, E., Litthaur, D., DeFlaun, M., Rothmel, R., Wanger, G., Southam, G., in press,  The origin and age of biogeochemical trends in deep fracture water of the Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa.  Geomicrobiology Journal.

 

 

 

above: collecting water samples from a borehole in Lupin mine, Nunavat Territories, Canada

left: bacterial mat in Lupin gold mine, Nunavat Territories, Canada