CURRICULUM VITAE
Lucas J. Beversdorf
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Joseph J Zilber School of Public Health
236 Lapham Hall, 3209 N Maryland Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53207
Email: lucasb@uwm.edu
Phone: +1 808-292-6064
Website: lucasbeversdorf.com
ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD
2015-pres.
Adjunct Faculty: University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Biological Sciences
Department. January 2015 – present.
2014-pres.
Postdoctoral Research Associate: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Joseph Zilber School of Public Health, Laboratory of Dr. Todd Miller.
September 2013 – Present.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. 2013, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI: Civil and
Environmental Engineering, Advisor: Katherine D. McMahon
M.S. 2008, University of Hawaii-Manoa, Honolulu, HI: Oceanography,
Advisor: David M. Karl
B.S. 2002, Marian University, Fond du Lac, WI: Biology and Chemistry,
Summa cum laude
2002, Harlaxton College, Grantham, Lincolnshire, UK: Art and British History,
study abroad
2001, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA: Howard Hughes Fellow (REU), Medical
Microbiology, Advisor: Lacy Daniels
PUBLICATIONS
1.
Beversdorf, L. J., T. R. Miller, and K. D. McMahon. 2015. Long-term monitoring
reveals carbon-nitrogen metabolism key to microcystin production in eutrophic
lakes. Frontiers in Aquatic Microbiology 6. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00456.
2.
Beversdorf, L. J., S. Chaston, T.R. Miller, and T.D. McMahon. 2015. Microcystin
mcyA and mcyE gene abundances are not appropriate indicators of microcystin
concentrations in lakes. PLOS ONE 10(5): e0125353. DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0125353.
CURRICULUM VITAE
3.
Fey, S. B, Mertens, A. N. Mertens, Beversdorf, L. J., McMahon, K. D., Cottingham,
K. L. 2014. Recognizing cross-ecosystem responses to changing temperatures: soil
warming impacts pelagic food webs. Oikos. DOI: 10.1111/oik.01939.
4.
Miller, T. R., L. J. Beversdorf, S. D. Chaston, and T. D. McMahon. 2013. Temporal
and spatial variability in cyanobacterial community composition across a
eutrophic watershed reveals Aphanizomenon-Microcystis interactions. PLOS ONE
8: e74933.
5.
Beversdorf, L. J., T. R. Miller, and K. D. McMahon. 2012. The role of nitrogen
fixation in cyanobacterial bloom toxicity in a temperate, eutrophic lake. PLOS
ONE 8(2): e56103.
6.
Kara, E. L., P. Hanson, D. Hamilton, M. Hipsey, K. McMahon, J. Read, L.
Winslow, J. Dedrick, K. Rose, C. Carey, S. Bertilsson, D. d. M. Marques, L.
Beversdorf, T. Miller, C. Wu, Y.F. Hsieh, E. Gaiser, and T. Kratz. 2012. Time-scale
dependence in numerical simulations: Assessment of physical, chemical, and
biological predictions in a stratified lake at temporal from scales of hours to
months. Environmental Modelling and Software 35: 104-121.
7.
Beversdorf, L. J., A. E. White, K. M. Björkman, R. L. Letelier, and D. M. Karl. 2010.
Phosphonate metabolism by Trichodesmium IMS101 and the production of
greenhouse gases. Limnology and Oceanography 55(4): 1768-1778.
8.
White, A. E., D. M. Karl, K. M. Björkman, L. J. Beversdorf, and R. L. Letelier. 2010.
Production of organic matter by Trichodesmium IMS101 as a function of
phosphorus source. Limnology and Oceanography 55(4): 1755-1767.
9.
Karl, D. M., L. J. Beversdorf, K. M. Björkman, M. J. Church, A. Martinez, and E. F.
Delong. 2008. Aerobic production of methane in the sea. Nature Geosciences 1:
473–478.
10.
Beversdorf, L. J., S. M. Bornstein-Forst and S. L. McLellan. 2007. The potential for
beach sand to serve as a reservoir for Escherichia coli and the physical influences
on cell die—off. Journal of Applied Microbiology 102(5): 1372–1381.
PUBLICATIONS in REVIEW, PREPARATION or SUBMITTED
1.
Beversdorf, L. J., K. Rude, C. Weirich, S. Bartlett, M. Seaman, J. Piatt, and T. R.
Miller. Indicators of cyanobacterial toxin dynamics at drinking water treatment
plant intakes within a eutrophic lake.
2.
Bartlett, S. L., C. A. Weirich, L. J. Beversdorf, and T. R. Miller. High resolution
monitoring of microcystins shows significant subdaily variation.
CURRICULUM VITAE
3.
Beversdorf, L. J., T. R. Miller, and T. D. McMahon. Vertical heterogeneity of
cyanobacterial taxa and cyanotoxins in the upper mixed layer of an eutrophic
lake.
4.
Crawford, J, S. M. Powers, and L. J. Beversdorf. Coupled cycling of biologically
essential elements and their neighbors in the periodic table: examples with
respect to human-altered biogeochemical cycles.
SELECT POSTERS and PRESENTATIONS
1.
American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Madison, WI (2005): Beach sand as a
reservoir for Escherichia coli
2.
University of Hawaii-Manoa, Microbial Grand Rounds (2006): Phosphonate
metabolism and methane production in surface seawater
3.
University of Hawaii-Manoa, STAR Symposium (2006): Phosphonate metabolism
and methane production in surface seawater
4.
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), Ocean Sciences
Meeting, Orlando, FL (2008): Aerobic production of methane in the sea
5.
Biogeochemistry Environmental Research Initiative (BERI), W. K. Kellogg
Biological Station, Hickory Corners, MI (2009): Growth of cyanobacteria on
synthetic herbicides as a phosphorus source
6.
Raper Symposium, Madison, WI (2009): Cyanobacteria: four season microbes for
one season graduate students
7.
Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON 9), Boulder Junction, WI
(2009): Monitoring toxic cyanobacteria: from microcosms to buoycosms and
modelcosms
8.
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), Santa Fe, NM
(2010): Monitoring toxic cyanobacteria: Integrating diverse disciplines for the
development of predictive water quality tools
9.
Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON 11), Nanjing, China
(2010): Nitrogen fixation structures cyanobacterial community composition in
Lake Mendota, WI, USA
10.
Ecological Society of America (ESA), Austin, TX (2011): Identifying linkages
between the nitrogen cycle, cyanobacterial community structure, and cyanotoxin
production in a eutrophic lake
11.
Wisconsin Ecology 15th Annual Spring Symposium, Madison, WI (2012):
Nitrogen drives harmful algal blooms in eutrophic lakes
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12.
International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME 14), Copenhagen, Denmark
(2012): The role of nitrogen limitation in shaping toxic cyanobacterial blooms in a
temperate, eutrophic lake
13.
Long Term Ecological Research All Scientists Meeting (LTER-ASM), Estes Park,
CO (2012): Long term assessment of nitrogen cycling and harmful algal blooms
in Lake Mendota, WI, USA
14.
North American Lake Management Society (NALMS), Madison, WI (2012): Long
term assessment of nitrogen cycling and harmful algal blooms in Lake Mendota,
WI, USA
15.
Gordon Research Conference (GRC), Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins, Stonehill
College, MA (2013): Predicting toxic lakes: toward a more mechanistic
understanding of cyanobacterial population dynamics and microcystin
production
16.
Oceans and Human Health Grantee Conference, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, La Jolla, CA (2014): Eliciting the ecological mechanism for
microcystin production in eutrophic lakes
17.
Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON 16), Orford, Canada
(2014): Eliciting the factors that control microcystin production in Microcystis
aeruginosa
AWARDS
2013
Gordon Research Conference. Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins Conference,
Stonehill College, MA: Hot Topic Award and Best Poster Presentation
2008-13
University of Wisconsin-Madison —Becker Engineering
Travel Award ($1500)
2008-11
University of Wisconsin–Madison — Biotechnology Training
Program trainee (National Institutes of Health fellowship; $156,000)
2011 University of Wisconsin-Madison — Anna Grant Birge Award
($1,550)
2006 University of Hawaii — Student Travel Award for Research (STAR;
$1,500)
1998-2002
Marian College — Presidential Scholar ($20,000)
1998-2002
Marian College — Recipient of Dale R. Michels Memorial
Scholarship ($6,000)
CURRICULUM VITAE
1998-2002
Marian College — National Scholastic Honor Society (Delta
Epsilon Sigma), Summa cum laude
2001
University of Iowa — Howard Hughes Fellow ($3,600)
PREVIOUS RESEARCH
Marian University — Nematode/bacterial symbiosis and heat shock proteins
Marian University — Human anatomical dissection (independent study of
cadavers)
University of Iowa, Howard Hughes Fellow, Department of Medical
Microbiology — Senior thesis: “Enzyme kinetics and virulence factors of
Mycobacterium phlei and Mycobacterium smegmatis coenzyme F420”
Great Lakes WATER Institute — The potential for beach sand to serve as a
reservoir for Escherichia coli and the physical influences on cell die–off
University of Hawaii-Manoa, Department of Microbiology — Characterization of
genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa fatty acid degradation (fad) and biosynthesis
(fab)
University of Hawaii-Manoa, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
— Master’s thesis: “Microbial phosphonate metabolism and the aerobic
production of methane”
Sapelo Island, GA — Interactions between Littoraria irrorata and Spartina: the role
of fungal farming across contrasting landscapes of a saltmarsh
Primorigen Biosciences, Madison, WI — Development of a multiplexed
microarray for induced pluripotent stem cell biomarkers
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering — PhD thesis: “Spatial and temporal variation in cyanobacterial
population dynamics and microcystin production in eutrophic lakes”
OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH CRUISES
Hawaii Ocean Time–series (HOT)
1) Cruise 170: June12–17, 2005
2) Cruise 171: July 14–19, 2005
3) Cruise 172: August 11–16, 2005
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4) Cruise 192: June 7–12, 2007
5) Cruise 193: July 5–10, 2007
6) Cruise 195: September 1–5, 2007
7) Cruise 196: October 1–5, 2007
Agouron Summer Course, University of Hawaii at Manoa
8) Cruise 1: July 4–10, 2006
Center for Microbial Oceanography Research and Education (C–MORE)
9) Bloom Ecological Reconnaissance (BloomER) Cruise: August 9–21, 2007
TEACHING, OUTREACH, and SERVICE
Graduate courses taught
2015-pres.
University of Wisconsin-Parkside: Molecular Biology/Biostatistics 381
2015-pres.
University of Wisconsin-Parkside: Molecular Biology 731
Wisconsin allegiance for minority participation (WiscAMP)
2014-pres.
Mentor
Milwaukee Health Department Beach Monitoring Program
2014-pres.
Lead
Teaching outreach
2011
College for Kids Limnology Instructor
2010-11
Grandparent’s University Limnology Instructor
Student mentoring
2008-09
Sam Matthews: Microbes in and under ice
2008-09
Alex Binder: Microbes in and under ice
2009
Brint Schwerbel: Cyanobacterial culture experiments
2009
Katie Waugh: Cyanobacterial culture experiments
2009-10
Rebecca Gilsdorf: Cyanobacterial community analysis
2010-11
Samantha Reuter: In situ N2 fixation
2010-12
Matthew Marcott: Cyanotoxins, in situ N2 fixation
Teaching assisstant
CURRICULUM VITAE
2006
University of Hawaii-Manoa — Agouron International Summer Course in
Microbial Oceanography
2005
University of Hawaii-Manoa — Microbiology 140
Professional societies
American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Ecological Society of America (ESA)
Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON)
International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME)
Long Term Ecological Research (LTER)
North American Lake Management Society (NALMS)
Peer reviewer for
Journal of Applied Microbiology
Letters in Applied Microbiology
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
PLOS ONE
Environmental Science and Research Pollution