Drew Gorman-Lewis
  Assistant Professor
  Office: JHN 426
     ESS Mailing Address
  Phone: 206-543-3541
  Fax: 206-543-0489 (shared)
  Email: dgormanl @ u.washington.edu
  Homepage: http://faculty.washington.edu/dgormanl/

  Research Groups: Geomicrobiology

Areas of Interest:
Geomicrobiology, Astrobiology, Low Temperature Aqueous Geochemistry, Thermodynamics of Natural Systems.

Education:
Ph.D. : University of Notre Dame 2006
UG : University of Oregon 2001

Current Research Interests:
Natural and anthropogenic processes such as biogeochemical cycles, mineral dissolution, activities related to industry, mining, and nuclear energy introduce a variety chemical species into the environment. Many processes involving microorganisms, mineral surfaces, and aqueous complexation reactions influence the migration of these species through the environment. To have a better understanding how these processes affect water quality, contaminant migration, and remediation efforts I combine interdisciplinary techniques from microbiology, low temperature aqueous geochemistry, physical chemistry, and thermodynamic modeling to get a quantitative understanding of the processes affecting the movement of chemical species through the environment.

Graduate Students:
Zoe Harold: Geomicrobiology

Selected Publications:

Gorman-Lewis, D.; Jensen, M. P.; Harrold, Z. R. & Hertel, M. R. Complexation of neptunium(V) with Bacillus subtilis endospore surfaces and their exudates Chemical Geology, 2013, 341, 75-83

Harrold, Z. R. & Gorman-Lewis, D. Thermodynamic analysis of Bacillus subtilis endospore protonation using isothermal titration calorimetry Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2013, 109, 296-305

Gorman-Lewis, D., 2011. Enthalpies of proton adsorption onto Bacillus licheniformis at 25, 37, 50, and 75 °C. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 75, 1297-1307.

Gorman-Lewis, D., 2009. Calorimetric measurements of proton adsorption onto Pseudomonas putida. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 337, 390-395.

Gorman-Lewis, D., Shvareva, T., Kubatko, K. A., Burns, P. C., Wellman, D. M., McNamara, B., Szymanowski, J. E. S., Navrotsky, A., and Fein, J. B., 2009. Thermodynamic Properties of Autunite, Uranyl Hydrogen Phosphate, and Uranyl Orthophosphate from Solubility and Calorimetric Measurements. Environ. Sci. Technol. 43, 7416-7422.

Gorman-Lewis, D., S. Skanthakumar, M.P. Jensen, S. Mekki, K.L. Nagy, and L. Soderholm, FTIR characterization of amorphous uranyl-silicates. Chemical Geology, 2008. 253(3-4): p. 136-140.

Jensen, M. P.; Gorman-Lewis, D.; Aryal, B.; Paunesku, T.; Vogt, S.; Rickert, P. G.; Seifert, S.; Lai, B.; Woloschak, G. E. & Soderholm, L. An iron-dependent and transferrin-mediated cellular uptake pathway for plutonium Nat Chem Biol, 2011, 7, 560-565