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Office: 366 Barnard Hall
Specialty: Ecology
E-mail: markus.dieser@montana.edu

Markus manages the Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry Lab under the direction of Dr. Christine Foreman and assists with imaging projects at the CBE Bioimaging Core Lab.

Professional Preparation

Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Biofilm Eng., 2013–2018

Postdoctoral Researcher, Louisiana State University, 2009–2013

PhD, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, 2009  

Masters degree, Civil Engineering, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Research Interests

Combining laboratory and field approaches to study microbes, their processes, and physiological adaptations in terrestrial icy ecosystems (glaciers and ice sheets).

Studying frozen analog sites on Earth to understand the potential of past and present habitability of exoplanets.

Bio-prospecting of cold-dwelling microbes for industrial applications, Ice nucleation potential of anthropogenic pollutants.

Identifying the importance of biofilms in cold-temperature environments.

Publications

Searchable by author via the CBE Publications Database

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