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Alexis S. Templeton is a researcher affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Environmental Chemistry, Geophysics, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, and Mechanics of Materials.

The main topics addressed in their research include Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Science Goals and Mission Architecture of the Europa Lander Mission Concept," 2022, The Planetary Science Journal
  • "Hydrogen generation and iron partitioning during experimental serpentinization of an olivine-pyroxene mixture," 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • "Formation and loss of metastable brucite: does Fe(II)-bearing brucite support microbial activity in serpentinizing ecosystems?" 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "Low-Temperature Hydrogen Formation During Aqueous Alteration of Serpentinized Peridotite in the Samail Ophiolite," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Accessing the Subsurface Biosphere Within Rocks Undergoing Active Low-Temperature Serpentinization in the Samail Ophiolite (Oman Drilling Project)," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences

Templeton frequently publishes in journals such as Frontiers in Microbiology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences.

Their collaborative work often involves several coauthors, including Eric S. Boyd, John R. Spear, Eric T. Ellison, Juerg Matter, and Daniel B. Nothaft, reflecting interdisciplinary cooperation across multiple aspects of environmental and geological sciences.

Best Publications

  • Geomicrobiology of manganese(II) oxidation

    Bradley M. Tebo;Hope A. Johnson;James K. McCarthy;Alexis S. Templeton

  • Hydrogen generation from low-temperature water-rock reactions

    L. E. Mayhew;E. T. Ellison;T. M. McCollom;T. P. Trainor

  • Diverse Mn(II)-Oxidizing Bacteria Isolated from Submarine Basalts at Loihi Seamount

    Alexis S. Templeton;Hubert Staudigel;Bradley M. Tebo

  • Variable carbon isotope fractionation expressed by aerobic CH4-oxidizing bacteria

    Alexis S. Templeton;Kung-Hui Chu;Kung-Hui Chu;Lisa Alvarez-Cohen;Mark E. Conrad

  • 3.5 billion years of glass bioalteration: Volcanic rocks as a basis for microbial life?

    Hubert Staudigel;Harald Furnes;Nicola McLoughlin;Neil R. Banerjee

  • Temperature trends for reaction rates, hydrogen generation, and partitioning of iron during experimental serpentinization of olivine

    Thomas M. McCollom;Frieder Klein;Mark Robbins;Bruce Moskowitz

  • Pb(II) distributions at biofilm–metal oxide interfaces

    Alexis S. Templeton;Thomas P. Trainor;Samuel J. Traina;Alfred M. Spormann

  • Geological and Geochemical Controls on Subsurface Microbial Life in the Samail Ophiolite, Oman.

    Kaitlin R. Rempfert;Hannah M. Miller;Nicolas Bompard;Daniel Nothaft

  • Subsurface Microbial Diversity in Deep-Granitic-Fracture Water in Colorado

    Jason W. Sahl;Raleigh Schmidt;Elizabeth D. Swanner;Kevin W. Mandernack

  • Modern water/rock reactions in Oman hyperalkaline peridotite aquifers and implications for microbial habitability

    Hannah M. Miller;Jürg M. Matter;Jürg M. Matter;Peter Kelemen;Eric T. Ellison

  • Fluid flow during active oblique convergence: A Southern Alps model from mechanical and geochemical observations

    P. O. Koons;D. Craw;S. C. Cox;P. Upton

  • Loihichelins A−F, a Suite of Amphiphilic Siderophores Produced by the Marine Bacterium Halomonas LOB-5

    Vanessa V. Homann;Moriah Sandy;J. Andy Tincu;Alexis S. Templeton

  • Speciation of Pb(II) sorbed by Burkholderia cepacia/goethite composites.

    Alexis S Templeton;Alfred M Spormann;Gordon E Brown

  • Vailulu’u Seamount, Samoa: Life and death on an active submarine volcano

    Hubert Staudigel;Stanley R. Hart;Adele Pile;Bradley E. Bailey

  • A seafloor microbial biome hosted within incipient ferromanganese crusts

    A. S. Templeton;E. J. Knowles;D. L. Eldridge;B. W. Arey

  • Sorption versus Biomineralization of Pb(II) within Burkholderia cepacia Biofilms

    Alexis S. Templeton;Thomas P. Trainor;Alfred M. Spormann;Mathew Newville

  • Fungal Diversity Associated with an Active Deep Sea Volcano: Vailulu'u Seamount, Samoa

    Laurie Connell;Anne Barrett;Alexis Templeton;Hubert Staudigel

  • Microbial Ecology of Fe (hydr)oxide Mats and Basaltic Rock from Vailulu'u Seamount, American Samoa

    Lisa A. Sudek;Alexis S. Templeton;Bradley M. Tebo;Hubert Staudigel

  • Mineralogy of Iron Microbial Mats from Loihi Seamount

    Brandy Marie Toner;Thelma S Berquó;Thelma S Berquó;F. Marc Michel;F. Marc Michel;Jeffry Sorensen

  • Stable isotopic evidence for mixing between metamorphic fluids and surface-derived waters during recent uplift of the Southern Alps, New Zealand

    A.S. Templeton;C.P. Chamberlain;P.O. Koons;D. Craw

  • Methane on Mars and Habitability: Challenges and Responses

    Yuk L. Yung;Pin Chen;Kenneth Nealson;Sushil Atreya

  • Microscale Imaging and Identification of Fe Speciation and Distribution during Fluid–Mineral Reactions under Highly Reducing Conditions

    L. E. Mayhew;S. M. Webb;A. S. Templeton

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Spear
John R. Spear Colorado School of Mines
Hubert Staudigel
Hubert Staudigel University of California, San Diego
Eric S. Boyd
Eric S. Boyd Montana State University
Bradley M. Tebo
Bradley M. Tebo Oregon Health & Science University
Peter B. Kelemen
Peter B. Kelemen Columbia University
Tori M. Hoehler
Tori M. Hoehler Ames Research Center
Stephen E. Grasby
Stephen E. Grasby Geological Survey of Canada
Mark E. Conrad
Mark E. Conrad Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Gordon E. Brown
Gordon E. Brown Stanford University
Alfred M. Spormann
Alfred M. Spormann Stanford University

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