Assistant
Professor Department
of Marine Science 1020 Balch Blvd. Stennis Space Center, MS39529-9904 phone: (228) 688-3154 fax: 228-688-1121 karen.orcutt@usm.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D.
Biological Oceanography, University of Wales, Swansea, 1999
M.S.
Biology, Portland State University, 1995
B.S.
Biology, Portland State University, 1989
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Molecular
ecology of marine microbes
Genetic
diversity of phytoplankton
Marine
nitrogen fixation
Biogeochemical cycling
Nanostructured
probes for nutrient acquisition
COURSES
Seminar: Nanoparticles in Marine Science-from sensors to biogeochemistry
MAR151L Introduction to Marine Science
MAR 682 Molecular techniques in Marine Science
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Orcutt, K.M., Gundersen, K. and Rasmussen, U, Another look at green Trichodesmium colonies. (accepted) Limnology and Oceanography
Orcutt, K.M. and M.L. Wells (2007) A liposome-based nanodevice for sequestering siderophore-bound Fe. Journal of Membrane Science 288:247-254.
Fuller, Nicholas J., Glen A. Tarran, Denise G. Cummings, E. Malcom S. Woodward, Karen M. Orcutt , Marian Yallop, Florence Le Gall, and David J. Scanlan. (2006) Molecular analysis of photosynthetic picoeukaryote community structure along an Arabian Sea transect. Limnology and Oceanography 51: 2502-2514.
Fuller, Nicholas J., Glen A. Tarran, Marian Yallop, Karen M. Orcutt and David J. Scanlan. (2006) Molecular analysis of picocyanobacterial community structure along an Arabian Sea transect reveals distinct spatial separation of lineages. Limnology and Oceanography 51: 2515-2526.
Mazard, S.L., N.J. Fuller, K.M. Orcutt , O. Bridle and D.J. Scanlan. (2004) Distribution of unicellular cyanobacterial diazotrophs in the Arabian Sea using the PCR. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70:7355-7364.
Orcutt , K.M., U. Rasmussen, E. A. Webb, J.W. Waterbury, K. Gundersen and B. Bergman. (2002) Characterization of Trichodesmium spp. by genetic techniques. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68:2236-2245.
Gallon, J. R., A.M. Evans, D.A. Jones, P. Albertano, R. Congresti, B. Bergman, K. Gundersen, K.M. Orcutt , K. von Brockel, P. Fritsche, M. Meyerhoffer, K. Nachtigall, U. Ohlendieck, S. te Lintel Hekkert, K. Sivonen, S. RepkaL. J. Stal, L. J., and M. Staal (2002) Maximum rates of N 2 fixation and primary production are out of phase in a developing cyanobacterial bloom in the Baltic Sea . Limnology and Oceanography 47:1514-1521.
Orcutt , K.M., F. Lipschultz, K. Gundersen, R. Arimoto, A.F. Michaels, A.H. Knap and J.R. Gallon. (2001) A seasonal study of the significance of N 2 fixation by Trichodesmium spp. at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site. Deep-Sea Research I I 48:1583-1608.
Gundersen, K., K.M. Orcutt , D.A. Purdie, A.F. Michaels and A.H. Knap. (2001) Particulate organic carbon mass distribution at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site. Deep-Sea Research II 48:1697-1718.
