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EDUCATION:
1998: Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology, Oregon State University
1991: B.A., Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Magna cum laude, 1991
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2016-present: Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
2008-2016: Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
2001-2008: Assistant Professor and Assistant Environmental Microbiologist, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside
1998-2001: Postdoctoral Scholar, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology and Center for Life Detection, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
1993-1998: Graduate Research Assistant, Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, Oregon State University, Corvallis
1991-1993: Professional Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder
SELECT PUBLICATIONS:
Kits, K.D., C.J. Sedlacek, E.V. Lebedeva, P. Han, A. Bulaev, P. Pjevac, A. Daebeler, S. Romano, M. Albertsen, L.Y. Stein, H. Daims, M. Wagner. 2017. Kinetic analysis of a complete nitrifier reveals competitiveness in oligotrophic habitats. Nature. 549:269-272. doi: 10.1038/nature23679. Epub 2017 Aug 23.
Kozlowski, J.A., M. Stieglmeier, C. Schleper, M.G. Klotz and L.Y. Stein. 2016. Pathways and key intermediates required for obligate ammonia-dependent chemolithotrophy. ISME J. 10:1836-1845.
Stein, L.Y. and M.G. Klotz. 2016. The Nitrogen Cycle. Curr. Biol. 26:R94–R98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.12.021
Kits, K.D., D.J. Campbell, A. Remus-Rosana, L.Y. Stein. Hypoxia and nitrite control denitrification activity and expression of denitrification genes in the obligate methanotroph Methylomicrobium album strain BG8. 2015. Front. Microbiol. 6:1072. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01072
Kits, K.D., M.G. Klotz and L.Y. Stein. 2015. Methane oxidation coupled to nitrate reduction under hypoxia by the gammaproteobacterium Methylomonas denitrificans sp. nov. Type Strain FJG1. Environ. Microbiol. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.12772.
Cua, L.S. and L.Y. Stein. 2014. Characterization of denitrifying activity by the alphaproteobacterium, Sphingomonas wittichii RW1. Front. Microbiol. 5:404. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00404
Kozlowski, J.A., J. Price and L.Y. Stein. 2014. Revision of N2O-producing pathways in the ammonia-oxidizing bacterium, Nitrosomonas europaea ATCC 19718. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 80:4930-4935. doi:10.1128/AEM.01061-14
Prosser, J.I., I. Head and L.Y. Stein. 2014. The family Nitrosomonaceae. In The Prokaryotes, Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria 4th ed. E. Rosenberg, E.F. Delong, S. Lory, E. Stackebrandt & F. Thompson (eds). Heidelberg: Springer Science. pp. 901-918
Stein, L.Y., M.A. Campbell and M.G. Klotz. 2013. Energy-mediated versus ammonium-regulated gene expression in the obligate ammonia-oxidizing bacterium, Nitrosococcus oceani. Front. Microbiol. 4:277. doi:10.3389/fmicb. 2013.00277
Kartal, B. H.J.C.T. Wessels, E. van der Biezen, K.-J. Francoijs, M.S.M. Jetten, M.G. Klotz, and L.Y. Stein. 2012. Effects of nitrogen dioxide and anoxia on global gene and protein expression in long-term continuous cultures of Nitrosomonas eutropha C91. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 78:4788-4794.
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
2016: Invited participant for ASM-AGU Collaborative Colloquium on the Effects of Climate Change on Microbial Ecosystems
2015: Invited chair for Nitrification section of NSF INFEWS workshop on the Nitrogen Cycle
2015: Chair and Organizer of 4th International Conference on Nitrification and Related Processes (ICoN4)
2011-present: Member, Editorial Board, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2010-present: Member, Editorial Board, Environmental Microbiology
2010-2016: Specialty Chief Editor, Frontiers in Terrestrial Microbiology
2016-2017: Associate Editor, Frontiers in Microbial Physiology & Metabolism
2010-2011: Co-Editor for “Nitrification and Related Processes.” Meth. Enzymol. Vol 496
2010: Founder of Organization for Methanotroph Genome Analysis (OMeGA)
2010, 2013, 2016: US Dept. of Energy grant review panel for Systems Biology Carbon Cycling
2009-2013: Nitrification Network Steering Committee
COLLABORATORS AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS
Collaborators: Martin G. Klotz (Wash State Univ.), Dominic Sauvageau (Univ. Alberta), Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya (San Diego State), Michael Wagner (Univ. Vienna), Holger Daims (Univ. Vienna), Stéphane Vuilleumier (Univ. Strasbourg), Christa Schleper (Univ. Vienna), Jeanette Norton (Utah State Univ.), James I. Prosser (Univ. Aberdeen)
Advisors: Dr. Daniel J. Arp (PhD), Dr. Kenneth H. Nealson (Postdoc)
Completed Students: Dr. Györgyi Nyerges (PhD), Dr. Lynnie Cua (PhD), Jessica Kozlowski (PhD), Kerim D. Kits (PhD), Miyuki Yamamoto (MSc), Jennifer Lobel (MSc), Mohammad Ghashghavi (MSc), Misha Miazga-Rodriguez (MSc)
Current Students: Catherine Tays (PhD), Shibashis Das (MSc), Marc Waddingham (MSc), Phillip Sun (MSc), Scott Sugden (MSc)