Staff Profile
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Biography

Research Interests 

I am a biogeochemist and microbial ecologist with special interest in mercury. My group focuses on the microbial mercury methylation process in cultures, sediments and soils. Our research includes mercury fate and transport at multiple scales and in many types of environments, isolation and characterization of Hg-methylating microbes, the bioavailability of Hg for microbial methylation, and novel approaches to remediation of contaminated sites.  

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Publications

  • Aiken, George R. ; Gilmour, Cynthia C. ; Krabbenhoft, David P. ; Orem, William. (2011). Dissolved Organic Matter in the Florida Everglades: Implications for Ecosystem Restoration. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 41 (6) , 217-248. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2010.530934
  • Brown, Steven D. ; Gilmour, Cynthia C. ; Kucken, Amy M. ; Wall, Judy D. ; Elias, Dwayne A. ; Podar, Mircea ; Chertkov, Olga ; Held, Brittany ; Bruce, David C. ; Detter, John C. ; Tapia, Roxanne ; Han, Cliff S. ; Goodwin, Lynne A. ; Cheng, Jan-Fang ; Pitluck, Samuel ; Woyke, Tanja ; Mikhailova, Natalia ; Ivanova, Natalia N. ; Han, James ; Lucas, Susan ; Lapidus, Alla L. ; Land, Miriam L. ; Hauser, Loren J. ; Palumbo, Anthony V. (2011). [node:title] . Journal of Bacteriology, 193 (8) , 2078-2079. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.00170-11
  • Brown, Steven D. ; Wall, Judy D. ; Kucken, Amy M. ; Gilmour, Cynthia C. ; Podar, Mircea ; Brandt, Craig C. ; Teshima, Hazuki ; Detter, John C. ; Han, Cliff S. ; Land, Miriam L. ; Lucas, Susan ; Han, James ; Pennacchio, Len ; Nolan, Matt ; Pitluck, Sam ; Woyke, Tanja ; Goodwin, Lynne ; Palumbo, Anthony V. ; Elias, Dwayne A. (2011). [node:title] . Journal of Bacteriology, 193 (15) , 4037-4038. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.05223-11
  • Gilmour, Cynthia C. ; Elias, Dwayne A. ; Kucken, Amy M. ; Brown, Steven D. ; Palumbo, Anthony V. ; Schadt, Christopher W. ; Wall, Judy D. (2011). [node:title] . Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 77 (12) , 3938-3951. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02993-10
  • Orem, William ; Gilmour, Cynthia C. ; Axelrad, Donald ; Krabbenhoft, David ; Scheidt, Daniel ; Kalla, Peter ; McCormick, Paul ; Gabriel, Mark ; Aiken, George R. (2011). [node:title] . Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 41 , 249-288. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2010.531201
  • Hollweg, T. A. ; Gilmour, Cynthia C. ; Mason, R. P. (2010). [node:title] . Limnology and Oceanography, 55 (6) , 2703-2722. http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.2010.55.6.2703
  • Dolor, Marvourneen K. ; Gilmour, Cynthia C. ; Helz, George R. (2009). Distinct Microbial Behavior of Re Compared to Tc: Evidence Against Microbial Re Fixation in Aquatic Sediments. Geomicrobiology Journal, 26 (7) , 470-483. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01490450903060822
  • Hollweg, T. A. ; Gilmour, Cynthia C. ; Mason, R. P. (2009). [node:title] . Marine Chemistry, 114 (3-4) , 86-101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2009.04.004
  • Mitchell, C. P. J. ; Gilmour, Cynthia C. (2008). Methylmercury production in a Chesapeake Bay salt marsh. Journal of Geophysical Research. G. Biogeosciences, 113 , G00C04. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2008JG000765
  • Orihel, D. M. ; Blainchfield, P. J. ; Bodaly, R. A. ; Gilmour, Cynthia C. ; Hintelmann, H. (2008). Temporal changes in the distribution, methylation, and bioaccumulation of newly deposited mercury in an aquatic ecossytem. Environmental Pollution, 154 (1) , 77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2007.12.030
  • Orihel, D. M. ; Paterson, M. J. ; Blainchfield, P. J. ; Bodaly, R. A. ; Gilmour, Cynthia C. ; Hintelmann, H. (2008). Temporal changes in the distribution, methylation, and bioaccumulation of newly deposited mercury in an aquatic ecosystem. Environmental Pollution, 154 (1) , 77-88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2007.12.030
  • Harris, Reed C. ; Rudd, John W. M. ; Almyot, Marc ; Babiarz, Christopher L. ; Beaty, Ken G. ; Blanchfield, Paul J. ; Bodaly, R. A. ; Branfireun, Brian A. ; Gilmour, Cynthia C. ; Graydon, Jennifer A. ; Heyes, Andrew ; Hintelmann, Holger ; Hurley, James P. ; Kelly, Carol A. ; Krabbenhoft, David P. ; Lindberg, Steven E. ; Mason, Robert P. ; Paterson, Michael J. ; Podemski, Cheryl L. ; Robinson, Art ; Sandilands, Ken A. ; Southworth, George R. ; St. Louis, Vincent L. ; Tate, Michael T. (2007). [node:title] . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104 , 16586-16591.
  • Krabbenhoft, D. ; Engstrom, D. ; Gilmour, Cynthia C. ; Harris, R. ; Hurley, J. ; Mason, R. (2007). Monitoring and evaluating trends in sediment and water. Ecosystem responses to mercury contamination: Indicators of change (47-86) CRC Press .
  • Miller, Carrie L. ; Mason, Robert P. ; Gilmour, Cynthia C. ; Heyes, Andrew. (2007). [node:title] . Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 26 (4) , 624-633. http://dx.doi.org/10.1897/06-375R.1
  • Munthe, J. ; Bodaly, R. A. Drew ; Branfireun, Brian A. ; Driscoll, C. T. ; Gilmour, Cynthia C. ; Harris, R. ; Horvat, M. ; Lucotte, M. ; Malm, O. (2007). [node:title] . Ambio, 36 , 33-44.

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