Ali Saidi-Mehrabad

Dr. Ali Saidi-Mehrabad

Postdoctoral Researcher, Microbial Ecology: Deep Biosphere

E-Mail

Ali.Saidi-Mehrabad@dri.edu

Campus

Las Vegas Campus

Division

Hydrologic Sciences

Keywords

Microbiology, Microbial ecology of extreme environments, Deep biosphere microorganisms, Biotechnology, Microbial ecology of permafrost, Astrobiology, Astromicrobiology, Stable Isotope Probing, Omic' technologies, single cell genome sequencing.

Conference Proceedings

2023

Moser, D. P., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Devlin, M., Wuest, V. R., Robertson, M., Black, C., Hershey, R. L., Becraft, E., D’Angelo, T., Lindsay, M., McGonigle, J., Orcutt, B., Stepanauskas, R., Hedlund, B., Seymour, C., Merino, N., Kersting, A., Zavarin, M., Gumm, J., Feuerbacher, O., Schwemm, M., Oh, E., Jackson, T. (2023). DNA tools for desert ecology and hydrogeology: Updates from DRI’s Environmental Microbiology Lab. Devils Hole Workshop: Amargosa Valley, NV, April 26, 2023

Wuest, V. R., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Devita, M. E., Black, C., Schwemm, M., Moser, D. P. (2023). Environmental DNA (eDNA) for early detection of invasive aquatic species and endemic fish surveillance in desert spring systems. Devils Hole Workshop: Amargosa Valley, NV, April 26, 2023

Devlin, M., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Hershey, R. L., Walker, J., McGonigle, J., Stepanauskas, R., Moser, D. P. (2023). The impact of sampling methodology on obtaining quality microbiological samples from deep subsurface. Devils Hole Workshop: Amargosa Valley, NV, April 26, 2023

Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Robertson, M., Lindsay, M., Becraft, E., Brown, J., Devlin, M., Wuest, V. R., Hedlund, B., Onstott, T., Stepanauskas, R., Moser, D. P. (2023). A decade of evidence for local ecological succession and evolutionary stasis in continental deep subsurface microbial lineages. Devils Hole Workshop: Amargosa Valley, NV, April 26, 2023

Robertson, M., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Moser, D. P. (2023). A tale of two wells: comparing microbial communities from recharge and discharge zones of the Death Valley Regional Flow System. Devils Hole Workshop: Amargosa Valley, NV, April 26, 2023

Wuest, V. R., Moser, D. P., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Schwemm, M. (2023). Environmental DNA (eDNA) for the tracking of endangered and invasive species in the Muddy River, NV, a desert warm spring system. Devils Hole Workshop: Amargosa Valley, NV, April 26, 2023

2022

Sushenko, N., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Hedlund, B., Singh, N., Venkateswaran, K., Moser, D. P. (2022). Resistance of Klebsiella Strains from the International Space Station to Quaternary Ammonium Compound Disinfectants. 2022 Nevada NASA Programs Statewide Meeting: Las Vegas, NV, April 29, 2022

Moser, D. P., Sushenko, N., Devlin, M., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Northup, D., Hedlund, B., Singh, N., Blank, J., Venkateswaran, K. (2022). Deep Biosphere to Deep Space: Microbiome Insights for Life on Rocky Planets and Human Health during Long-Duration Spaceflight. 2022 Nevada NASA Programs Statewide Meeting: Las Vegas, NV, April 29, 2022

Lindsay, M. R., D’Angelo, T., Munson-McGee, J., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Devlin, M., McGonigle, J., Lubelczyk, L. C., Goodell, E., Herring, M., Yousavich, D. J., Liu, J., Hamilton-Brehm, S. D., Treude, T., Poulton, N., Stepanauskas, R., Moser, D. P., Emerson, D., Orcutt, B. (2022). Single cell rates of microbial sulfate reduction in a deep subsurface terrestrial aquifer, AbSciCon: Atlanta, GA, May 17, 2022, Talk.

Moser, D. P., Devlin, M., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Stepanauskas, R., Sackett, J. D., Munson-McGee, J., Lindsay, M., D’Angelo, T., Orcutt, B., Becraft, E., McGonigle, J. (2022). The Death Valley Regional Flow System: an analog for subsurface rock-hosted ecosystems of rocky planted. Death Valley Regional Flow System: an analog for subsurface rock-hosted ecosystems of rocky planets, Geological Society of America: Las Vegas, NV, March 16, 2022, Abstract 14-07. Talk.

Sushenko, N., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Singh, N., Hedlund, B. P., Venkateswaran, K., Moser, D. P. (2022). Resistance of Klebsiella strains from the International Space Station (ISS) to quaternary ammonium compound disinfectants, American Society for Gravitational and Space Research: Houston, TX, September 11, 2022