Ph.D. Stanford University, Department of Environmental Earth System Science (2011)
M.S. University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences (2004)
B.A. Willamette University, Major in Biology, Minor in Environmental Science (2000)

The Mosier lab conducts research in microbial ecology and biogeochemistry--understanding microbial community structure and function in the environment. Our research focuses on three primary areas: (1) microbial nitrogen cycling, (2) microbial responses to environmental change, and (3) microbiology education research. This research is accomplished through independent and collaborative projects that involve undergraduate and graduate student researchers.

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Recent publications (†denotes advised student): 

2021 Lantz^†, M.A., Boddicker^†, A.M., Kain^†, M.P., Berg^†, M.C., Wham^†, C.D., and A.C. Mosier. Physiology of the nitrite-oxidizing bacterium Candidatus Nitrotoga sp. CP45 enriched from a Colorado river. Frontiers in Microbiology, In Press.

2020 Park, S., Andrei, S., Bulzu, P., Kavagutti, V.S., Ghai, R., and A.C. Mosier. Expanded diversity and metabolic versatility of marine nitrite-oxidizing bacteria revealed by cultivation- and genomics-based approaches. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 86(22): e01667-20.

2020 Wise^†, B., Roane, T.M., and A.C. Mosier. Community composition of nitrite reductase gene sequences in an acid mine drainage environment. Microbial Ecology, 79(3): 562-575.

2019 Subotic^†*, S., Boddicker^†*, A.M., Nguyen^†, V.M., Rivers^†, J., Briles, C.E., and A.C. Mosier. Honey bee microbiome associated with different hive and sample types over a honey production season. PLoS ONE, 14(11): e0223834. ^*Contributed Equally.

2019 Tolar, B.B., Mosier, A.C., Lund, M.B., and C.A. Francis. Nitrosarchaeum. In Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (eds W. B. Whitman, F. Rainey, P. Kämpfer, M. Trujillo, J. Chun, P. DeVos, B. Hedlund and S. Dedysh). doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01289

2018 Boddicker^†, A.B., and A.C. Mosier. Genomic profiling of four cultivated Candidatus Nitrotoga spp. predicts broad metabolic potential and environmental distribution. In Press. The ISME Journal. DOI: 10.1038/s41396-018-0240-8

2017 Ramanathan†, B., Boddicker†, A.M., Roane, T.M., and A.C. Mosier. Nitrifier gene abundance and diversity in sediments impacted by acid mine drainage. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8: Article 2136.

2016 Mosier, A.C., Miller, C.S., Frischkorn, K.R., Ohm, R.A., Li, Z., LaButti, K., Lapidus, A., Lipzen, A., Chen, C., Johnson, J., Lindquist, E.A., Pan, C., Hettich, R.L., Grigoriev, I.V., Singer, S.W., and J.F. Banfield. Fungi contribute critical but spatially varying roles in nitrogen and carbon cycling in acid mine drainage. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7: Article 238.

2015 Mosier, A.C., Li, Z., Pan, C., Thomas, B.C., Hettich, R.L., and J.F. Banfield. Elevated temperature alters proteomic responses of individual organisms within a biofilm community. The ISME Journal, 9: 180–194.

2015 Smith, J.M., Mosier, A.C., and C.A. Francis. Spatiotemporal relationships between the abundance, distribution, and potential activities of ammonia-oxidizing and denitrifying microorganisms in intertidal sediments. Microbial Ecology, 69:13-24.

2015 Damashek, J., Smith, J.M., Mosier, A.C., and C.A. Francis. Benthic ammonia oxidizers differ in community structure and biogeochemical potential across a riverine delta. Frontiers in Microbiology, 5: Article 743.

2014 Justice, N.B., Li, Z., Wang, Y., Spaulding, S.E., Mosier, A.C., Hettich, R.L., Pan, C., and J.F. Banfield. 15N- and 2H proteomic stable isotope probing links nitrogen flow to archaeal heterotrophic activity. Environmental Microbiology, 16: 3224-3237.

General Microbiology, BIOL3654
Biological Research Workshop, BIOL6705
Biology Seminar, BIOL4990/6655