Rubelmann, Haydn

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Education

2005 The University of South Florida, B.S.
2005 The University of South Florida, B.A.
2014 The University of South Florida, Ph.D.

Courses Taught

Microbiology for Allied Health
Biology I

Career Specialties

Haydn Rubelmann's academic interests currently lie in the fields of environmental microbiology and in STEM education.

Professional and Community Activities

Peer Reviewed Publications:

Rubelmann, H., Karlen, D. J. and J. Garey. (2017). Changes in Eukaryotic and Bacterial Communities along a 120 m Transect Associated with a Shallow Marine Hydrothermal Vent. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4(177). doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00177

Quasem, Ishtiaque, Achille, Alexandra N., Caddick, Brittany A., Carter, Travis A., Daniels, Camille, Delaney, Jennifer A., . . . Scott, Kathleen M. (2017). Peculiar citric acid cycle of hydrothermal vent chemolithoautotroph Hydrogenovibrio crunogenus, and insights into carbon metabolism by obligate autotrophs. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 364(14), fnx148-fnx148. doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnx148

Garman, K.M., Rubelmann, H., Karlen, D.J., Wu, T.H. and J. Garey, Comparison of an inactive submarine spring with an active nearshore anchialine spring in Florida. (2011). Hydrobiologia, 677(1): p. 65-87.

Publications In Progress:

Rubelmann, H., and J. Garey. Cline partitioning of microbial communities and turnover disruption in the water column of an anoxic marine basin.

Select Conference Presentations From Undergraduates Mentored:

Brown, C. M., Rubelmann, H., Franck, A., and J. Garey. The diversity of sulfur oxidizing bacteria utilizing the Sox pathway in a Winogradsky Column. University of South Florida Undergraduate Research Symposium. Honors Thesis.

Trinidad, M. L., Rubelmann, H., Franck, A., and J. Garey. Diversity of sulfur reducing prokaryotes using the dissimilatory sulfite reductase (DSR) pathway in complex microbial communities. University of South Florida Undergraduate Research Symposium. 1st Place Award.

Gauthier, G., Rubelmann, H. and J. Garey. Designing primers to probe for prokaryotic species utilizing adenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (APS) reductase in a marine environment. University of South Florida Undergraduate Research Symposium. Honors Thesis.

Zimmerman, A., Rubelmann, H. and J. Garey. Tetrathionate reductase: primer design and metabolite monitoring. University of South Florida Undergraduate Research Symposium. 1st Place Award.

Spencer, W., Rubelmann, H. and J. Garey. Monitoring changes in the microbial communities of plaque and saliva in conjunction with changing to a low pH diet using DGGE. University of South Florida Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Lazaro, M., Rubelmann, H. and J. Garey. Glowing up the Gulf; fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to shed light on marine caves. University of South Florida Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Jarvis, S.D., Rubelmann, H. and J. Garey. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) probes for detecting the tetrathionate reductase gene in bacteria. University of South Florida Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Patel, U., Rubelmann, H. and J. Garey. Culturing a complex environmental sample from Jewfish Sink using a Winogradsky column. University of South Florida Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Kuhns, M., Rubelmann, H. and J. Garey. Dissimilatory sulfate reductase (dsr) profiling over two years of an anoxic feature in the Gulf of Mexico. University of South Florida Undergraduate Research Symposium

Honors and Awards

2008 Attendance Grant Florence Conference on Phenotype Microarray Analysis of Microorganisms, Dip. di Biotecnologie Agrarie sezione Micriobiologia, Università degli Studi di Firenze

2009 Travel Grant to attend Second Symposium Fronteirs in Environmental Microbiology: a Carribean Perspective, University of South Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Information Seeking Behavior of Science Researchers

2009 Certificate of Participation at Second Symposium Fronteirs in Environmental Microbiology: a Carribean Perspective, Universidad del Turabo, Gurabo, Puerto Rico

2010 Fred L and Helen M Tharp Endowed Scholarship

2010 New Researcher Grant, Established Researcher Grant, Creative Scholarship Grant, USF Division of Sponsored Research

2011 Excellent Service Award, INTO USF

2012 Richard and Patricia Wood Endowment in Natural Sciences Scholarship

2013 Travel Grant to Attend Sixth Symposium Frontiers in Environmental Microbiology: the transforming legacy

2013 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of South Florida Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

2013 Inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

2017 Winner best game at the University of South Florida Summer Teaching Symposium: Gamificiation