CURRICULUM VITAE
ELIZABETH KATE COSTELLO
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, Colorado 80309-0334
Phone: (303) 492-6248
Fax: (303) 492-8699
Email: costelle@colorado.edu
Education
University of Colorado
Cornell University
Marine Biological Laboratory
Ph.D. candidate, Biology
B.S., Biology
Microbial Diversity course
1999-Present
1995-1999
2003
Positions
Graduate Research Assistant
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
University of Colorado
University of Colorado
Cornell University
Cornell University
2001-2003
1999-2000
1996-1999
1998-1999
Honors and Awards
Marine Biological Laboratory John and Elisabeth Buck Scholarship
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Departmental Grant
Beverly Sears Graduate Student Research Grant
NSF Predoctoral Fellowship, Honorable Mention
GE Undergraduate Future Researchers Grant
NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates
2003
2002, 2003
2002
2000
1999
1998
Professional Society
American Society for Microbiology
Abstracts
E. K. Costello and S. K. Schmidt (2003). Alpine Tundra Soil at Spring Snow Melt
Harbors Novel and Abundant Groups of Chloroflexi Bacteria. American Society for
Microbiology Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C.
S. K. Schmidt, A. P. Martin, C. W. Schadt, D. A. Lipson, A. F. Meyer, E. K. Costello,
D. R. Nemergut, D. K. Oline, A. E. West, and J. L. Metcalf (2002). Profound Seasonal
Changes in Microbial Diversity and Function in an Alpine Ecosystem. Microbial
Observatories/LExEn Principle Investigators’ Workshop. Arlington, VA.
Y. M. Nelson, L. W. Lion, E. K. Costello, P. G. Koster van Groos, M. L. Shuler (1999).
Influence of Mineral Formation Mechanisms on the Trace Metal Adsorption Properties of
Iron and Manganese Oxides. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Santa Fe, NM.