Trevor Beard, Graduate student

Contact Information:

Montana State University

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

224 Chemistry and Biochemistry & Building

Bozeman, MT 59717

Email: trevor.beard@gmail.com

Research Interests

I joined the Laboratory of Dr. John Peters in 2007 as a reseach technician, but quickly joined the lab as a graduate student beginning in fall of 2008. My recent work has been in characterizing the activities of hydrogenase maturase HydG and HydE on the the scaffold protein HydF. My work has largely been in the spectroscopic characterization of HydF after it has been acted on by HydE or HydG. My other areas of research are in examining the arguements made on various theories pertaining to the origin of life. I have been working on weighing these arguements both for their scientific merit as well as their logical standing.

Education

2008

B.S. in Microbiology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

Research Experience

2008-

2007-2008

2006-2007

2005-2006

2004-2005

IGERT Fellowship

Research TechnicianLaboratory of Dr. John Peters

Undergraduate Research Assistant Laboratory of Dr. James Burritt

Undergraduate Research Assistant Laboratory of Dr. Gill Geesey

Laboratory Technician Laboratory director Dr. Heidi Hickes

Publications

Boyd, E.S., R.A. Jackson, G. Encarnacion, J.A. Zahn, T.E. Beard, W.D. Leavitt, Y. Pi, C.L. Zhang, A. Pearson, and G.G. Geesey. 2007. Isolation, characterization, and ecology of sulfur-respiring Crenarchaeota inhabiting acid-sulfate-chloride geothermal springs in Yellowstone National Park. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73 (20): 6669-6677.

S. E. McGlynn, T. E. Beard, J. B. Broderick, and J. W. Peters. “Life's Origins: Potential for Radical Mediated Cyanide Production on the Early Earth” (2010.). Journal of Cosmology

K.D. Swanson, B.R. Duffus, T.E. Beard, J.W. Peters, and J.B. Broderick. “Cyanide and Carbon Monoxide Ligand Formation in Hydrogenase Biosynthesis” (2011) European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

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