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Douglas LaRoweResearch Associate |
Education
- B.A. Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, 05/1994
- Ph.D. Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, 05/2005
Postdoctoral Training
- Postdoc, Utrecht University , 06/2006-12/2010
Employment
- Research Scientist, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-2011
Research
Summary Statement of Research Interests
- The goal of my research is to develop quantitative tools for describing interactions between microorganisms and their geochemical environments. The approaches I take towards this end include determining the amount of energy microbes obtain from metabolic reactions in situ, developing thermodynamic databases that describe biomolecules as a function of temperature and pressure, improving kinetic representations of metabolic rates in natural settings, especially organic matter degradation, and the implementation of these models and data into reaction transport models. In addition to working towards understanding how microbes, minerals, aqueous fluids and gases interact, my work can also be used to explore the origin and early evolution of life and to aid the search for life beyond earth.
Research Keywords
- biogeochemistry, bioenergetics, organic matter, thermodynamics, origin and early evolution of life
Publications
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Book Chapter
LaRowe, D. E., Amend, J. P.
(2013).
Energetic constraints on life in marine deep sediments. Life in Extreme Environments: Microbial Life in th Berlin: De Gruyter.
Journal Article
Arndt, S., Jørgensen, B. B., LaRowe, D. E., Middelburg, J. M., Pancost, R. D., Regnier, P.
(2013).
Quantifying the degradation of organic matter in marine sediments: A review and synthesis. Earth Sci. Rev..
Vol. 123, pp. 53-86.
Amend, J. P., LaRowe, D. E., McCollom, T. M., Shock, E. L.
(2013).
The energetics of organic synthesis inside and outside the cell. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
Vol. 368, pp. 1-15.
Regnier, P., Friedlingstein, P., Ciasis, P., Mackenzie, F. T., Gruber, N., Janssens, I., Laruelle, G. G., Lauerwald, R., Andersson, A. J., Arndt, S., Arnosti, C., Borges, A. V., Dale, A. W., Galego-Sala, A., Godderis, Y., Hartmann, J., Heinze, C., Ilyiana, C., Joos, F., LaRowe, D. E., Leifeld, J., Meysman, F. J., Munhoven, G., Raymond, P. A., Spahni, R., Suntharalingham, P., Thullner, M.
(2013).
Anthropogenic perturbation of the carbon fluxes from land to ocean. Nature Geoscience.
Orcutt, B. N., LaRowe, D. E., Biddle, J. F., Cowell, F., Kirkpatrick, J. B., Lapham, L., Mills, H., Reese, B., Sylvan, J., Wankel, S.
(2013).
Microbial activity in the marine deep biosphere: Progress and prospects. Frontiers in Extreme Microbiology.
LaRowe, D. E., Dale, A. W., Aguilera, D. R., L'Heureux, I., Amend, J. P., Regnier, P.
(2013).
Modeling microbial reaction rates in a submarine hydrothermal vent chimney wall. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta.
Price, R. E., LaRowe, D. E., Amend, J. P.
(2013).
Geochemistry and bioenergetic potential of a shallow-sea hydrothermal vent system off Panarea Island, Aeolian Islands, Italy. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta.
LaRowe, D. E., Dick, J. M.
(2012).
Calculation of the standard molal thermodynamic properties of crystalline peptides. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta,.
Vol. 80, pp. 70-91.
LaRowe, D. E., Dale, A. W., Amend, J. P., Van Cappellen, P.
(2012).
Thermodynamic limitations on microbially catalyzed reaction rates. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta.
Vol. 90, pp. 96-109.
Nielsen, S. G., Goff, H., Hesselbo, S. P., Jenkyns, H. C., LaRowe, D. E., Lee, C. T.
(2011).
Thallium isotopes in early diagenetic pyrite – A paleoredox proxy?. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta,.
Vol. 75, pp. 6690-6704.
LaRowe, D. E., Van Cappellen, P.
(2011).
Degradation of natural organic matter: A thermodynamic analysis. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta.
Vol. 75, pp. 2030-2042.
Regnier, P., Dale, A. W., Arndt, S., LaRowe, D. E., Mogollon, J. M., Van Cappellen, P.
(2011).
Quantitative analysis of anaeorbic oxidation of methane (AOM) in marine sediments: A modeling perspective. Earth-Science Reviews.
Vol. 106, pp. 105-130.
Nielsen, S. G., Mar-Gerrison, S., Gannoun, A., LaRowe, D. E., Klemm, V., Halliday, A. N.
(2009).
Thallium isotope evidence for a permanent increase in marine organic carbon export in the early Eocene. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett..
Vol. 278, pp. 297-307.
Franiatte, M., Richard, L., Elie, M., Nguyen-Trung, C., Perfetti, E., LaRowe, D. E.
(2008).
Hydrothermal stability of adenine under controlled fugacities of N. Orig. Life Evol. Bios..
Vol. 38, pp. 139-148.
LaRowe, D. E., Dale, A. W., Regnier, P.
(2008).
A thermodynamic analysis of the anaerobic oxidation of methane in marine sediments. Geobiology.
Vol. 6, pp. 436-449.
LaRowe, D. E., Regnier, P.
(2008).
Thermodynamic potential for the abiotic synthesis of adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine, uracil, ribose and deoxyribose in hydrothermal systems. Orig. Life Evol. Bios..
Vol. 38, pp. 383-397.
LaRowe, D. E., Helgeson, H. C.
(2007).
Quantifying the energetics of metabolic reactions in diverse biogeochemical systems: electron flow and ATP synthesis. Geobiology.
Vol. 5, pp. 153-168.
Dick, J. M., LaRowe, D. E., Helgeson, H. C.
(2006).
Temperature, pressure and electrochemical constraints on protein speciation: Group additivity calculation of the standard molal thermodynamic properties of ionized unfolded proteins. Biogeosciences.
Vol. 3, pp. 311-336.
LaRowe, D. E., Helgeson, H. C.
(2006).
Biomolecules in hydrothermal systems: Calculation of the standard molal thermodynamic properties of nucleic-acid bases, nucleosides, and nucleotides at elevated temperatures and pressures. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta.
Vol. 70, pp. 4680-4724.
LaRowe, D. E., LaRowe, D. L., Helgeson, H. C.
(2006).
The energetics of metabolism in hydrothermal systems: Calculation of the standard molal thermodynamic properties of magnesium-complexed adenosine nucleotides and NAD and NADP at elevated temperature and pressures. Thermochim. Acta.
Vol. 448, pp. 82-106.