Residence
1106 Holik Dr.
Apt D
College Station, TX 77840 kmschreiner@tamu.edu
(765)714-2894
Office
Texas A&M University
3146 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Geosciences. 2012 (expected).
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Thesis Advisor : Dr. Thomas Bianchi, Chemical Oceanography
Master of Science in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. 2008.
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Thesis Title : The fungal degradation and potential resulting environmental fates of C fullerene and C
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fullerol
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Thesis Advisor : Dr. Timothy Filley, Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry
Graduation GPA : 3.88/4.00
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Honors, American Chemical Society accredited. 2006.
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Thesis Title : Snow crystal morphology and synthesis
Thesis Advisor : Dr. Paul Shepson, Analytical Atmospheric Chemistry
Graduation GPA : 3.85/4.00
Publications
T. Bianchi, S. DiMarco, R. Smith, and K. Schreiner ( in prep ). For: Marine Chemistry (special issue).
T. Filley, K. Schreiner , B. Beitler Bowen, R. Blanchette, and R. Bolskar ( in prep
). “Brown rot basidiomycete mediated decomposition of C
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fullerene and C
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fullerol.” For:
Environmental Science and Technology.
K. Schreiner , T. Filley, B. Beitler-Bowen, R. Blanchette, and R. Bolskar ( in review ). “White rot basidiomycete mediated decomposition of C
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fullerol. For: Environmental Science and
Technology.
Professional Presentations
235th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2008
Poster Presentation: C. Johnson, K. Schreiner , T. Filley, R. Blanchette, and R. Bolskar.
“Fungal degradation of 13 C-labeled fullerol: Analyzing respiration by TGA-IRMS.”
2007 Fall American Geophysical Union National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2007
Poster Presentation: K. Schreiner , T. Filley, C. Jafvert, R. Blanchette, and R. Bolskar. “The environmental fate of C
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fullerenes: A holistic approach.”
233rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 2007
Poster Presentation: K. Schreiner , T. Filley, R. Blanchette, and B. Held. “Fungal uptake of
C
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fullerenes.”
232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 2006
Poster Presentation: T. Filley, K. Schreiner , B. Held, and R. Blanchette. “No apparent uptake of C
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fullerenes during fungal decay experiments.”
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant, EAS 109: The Dynamic Earth, Fall 2007

EAS 109 is a required course for Earth and Atmospheric Sciences undergraduates, and as a
TA for this course I was required to teach two laboratory sections per week, assist with lectures, and grade homework.
Supplemental Instruction (SI) Leader, CHM 115: General Chemistry I, Fall 2004 to Spring 2006
SI, run by the Purdue University Academic Success Center, is a program offering free study session for historically difficult courses for undergraduates, particularly freshmen. As an SI
Leader, I was required to make lesson plans and run two study sessions per week.
Awards and Honors
Recipient of the Texas A&M University Graduate School Merit Fellowship for Fall 2008 through
Summer 2010, in the total amount of $37,000.
Recipient of the Russell O. Blosser Environmental Travel Grant from the Purdue University Graduate
School for travel related to environmental research, in the amount of $2000, January 2008
Listed on the Fall 2007 Teaching Assistant Honor Roll for the Purdue College of Science based on student ratings for EAS 109
Recipient of the DOE Basic Energy Sciences Graduate Travel Scholarship for the AGU
Environmental Nanomaterials session at the Fall 2007 AGU National Meeting, in the amount of $750, December 2007
2 nd Place winner, Ecological Sciences and Engineering first annual graduate student poster session,
November 2007
Recipient of the Geological Society of America graduate student research grant #8643-07 in the amount of $2800, April 2007
Recipient of the Purdue University College of Science “Outstanding Senior” award for the 2005-2006 school year
Hach Scientific Foundation Scholarship winner, 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 school years
Synergistic Activities and Community Outreach
Co-organizer, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences graduate research expo and prospective student weekend, February 2008
Member, Purdue University Sustainability Council, 2007-2008 school year
Graduate Committee student representative, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, 2007-2008 school year
President and founding member, Carbon Neutrality at Purdue University club, 2007-2008 school year
Contributing author and primary editor, Carbon Neutrality at Purdue University , a carbon emissions footprint calculation and proposed carbon emissions management plan for Purdue University, published August 2007
Participant in a stable isotope biogeochemistry outreach project with area AP Chemistry high school students, including analyzing data for the students and presenting the data to area high schools, May 2007
Professional Affiliations
American Chemical Society, Geochemistry Division
American Geophysical Union
Purdue University Climate Change Research Center
Purdue University Center for the Environment
Research Interests
Biogeochemical cycling of natural and anthropogenic compounds in terrestrial and marine environments.
Fungal decomposition of highly aromatized nanoparticles.

The use of compound specific stable isotopes and related analytical methods to solve a variety of environmental and chemical problems.
Technical Expertise
Highly Compound specific gas chromatography / isotope ratio mass spectrometry
Proficient Instrumentation: Agilent 6890 GC fitted with Gerstel cooled injection system, PDZ
Europa 20/20 IRMS
Structural gas chromatography / mass spectrometry
Instrumentation: HP 5890 GC / HP 5971 quadrapole mass spectrometer
and Shimadzu 5050A quadrapole GC/MS
Elemental analysis / isotope ratio mass spectrometry
Some
Experience
Instrumentation: PDZ Europa 20/20 IRMS
Specific wet chemistry procedures:
Base saponification of lipid extracts from fungal hyphae
Derivitization of lipids with BSTFA for stable isotope analysis
Basic wet chemistry lab technique
Microbalance weighing techniques
High Performance Liquid Chromatography
Flash Chromatography, Thin Layer Chromatography
Infrared spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy; liquid-phase 2 HNMR and 13 CNMR spectroscopy
Trace gas analyzation / isotope ratio mass spectrometry
Instrumentation: PDZ Europa 20/20 IRMS
Various mass spectrometry methods, including electrospray ionization mass spectrometry
(ESI-MS) and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry
(MALDI-MS)