Office:听BESC 340
Research
Dr. Templeton is a Geomicrobiologist with a special focus on听microbe-mineral interactions. At the University of Colorado, Alexis听Templeton has established field and laboratory based studies of biomineralization processes in subsurface terrestrial systems in Colorado, the High Arctic and Oman. These projects include mechanistic studies of water/rock interactions, such as the hydration of mafic and ultramafic rocks, and听the isolation and characterization of Fe, Mn, S and hydrogen cycling bacteria dependent upon geological energy sources. Prof. Templeton听trains students and postdoctoral scholars in the realms of geochemistry, geomicrobiology and astrobiology and supervises the Raman Chemical Imaging laboratory. Prof. Templeton is also the Principal Investigator of the 'Rock-Powered Life' NASA Astrobiology Institute.
Keywords
Geomicrobiology, environmental geochemistry, environmental microbiology, mineral spectroscopy听
Department Topic Areas
- Primary:听Geobiology & Astrobiology,听Geochemistry
- Secondary:听Earth Science Education,听Planetary Geology
Education
- Postdoctoral: Scripps Institution of Oceanography 2002-2005
- Ph.D. Stanford University 2002; M.S. Dartmouth College 1995
- B.A. Dartmouth College 1993