CHIP BREIER: GEOCHEMISTRY & ENVIRONMENTAL ROBOTICS

PUBLICATIONS (full cv here)


  1. Breier, J.A., Jakuba, M.V., Saito, M.A., Dick, G.J., Grim, S.L., Chan, E.W., McIlvin, M.R., Moran, D.M., Alanis. B.A., Allen, A.E., Dupont. C.L., Johnson, R., 2020, Robotic oceanography: Revealing ocean scale biochemical structure with a deep-diving vertical profiling autonomous vehicle, recently accepted, preprint available at TechRxiv https://doi.org/10.36227/techrxiv.12921530.v1
  2. Zhou, Z., Liua, Y., Pana, J., Cron, B.R., Toner, B.M., Anantharaman, K., Breier, J.A., Dick, G.J., Li, M., 2020, Gammaproteobacteria mediating utilization of methyl-, sulfur- and petroleum organic compounds in deep ocean hydrothermal plumes, The ISME Journal, doi:10.1038/s41396-020-00745-5
  3. Cron, B.R., Sheik, C.S., Kafantaris, F.C.A., Druschel, G.K., Seewald, J.S., German, C.R., Dick, G.J., Breier, J.A. and Toner, B.M., 2019. Dynamic biogeochemistry of the particulate sulfur pool in a buoyant deep-sea hydrothermal plume. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 4(2), pp.168-182.
  4. Chan, E.W., Shiller, A.M., Joung, D.J., Arrington, E.C., Valentine, D.L., Redmond, M.C., Breier, J.A., Socolofsky, S.A. and Kessler, J.D., 2019. Investigations of Aerobic Methane Oxidation in Two Marine Seep Environments: Part 1—Chemical Kinetics. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124(12), pp.8852-8868.
  5. Chan, E.W., Shiller, A.M., Joung, D.J., Arrington, E.C., Valentine, D.L., Redmond, M.C., Breier, J.A., Socolofsky, S.A. and Kessler, J.D., 2019. Investigations of Aerobic Methane Oxidation in Two Marine Seep Environments: Part 1—Chemical Kinetics. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124(12), pp.8852-8868.
  6. Leonte, M., Wang, B., Socolofsky, S.A., Mau, S., Breier, J.A. and Kessler, J.D., 2018. Using Carbon Isotope Fractionation to Constrain the Extent of Methane Dissolution Into the Water Column Surrounding a Natural Hydrocarbon Gas Seep in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 19(11), pp.4459-4475.
  7. Valentine, D., Fisher, G., Pizarro, O., Kaiser, C., Yoerger, D., Breier, J., and J. Tarn, 2016, Autonomous marine robotic technology reveals an expansive benthic bacterial community relevant to regional nitrogen biogeochemistry, Environmental Science & Technology, 50 (20), pp 11057–11065, doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b03584.
  8. Wang, B., Socolofsky, S.A., Breier, J.A., Seewald, J.S., 2016, Observations of bubbles in natural seep flares at MC 118 and GC 600 using in situ quantitative imaging. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121(4), pp.2203-2230
  9. Socolofsky, S.A., Lavery, A., Kessler, J., Wang, B., Breier, J.A., Leonte, M., Chan, E., Raineault, N.A., 2016, Fate and Transport of Gas Bubbles from Sleeping Dragon Seep in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Oceanography 29(1), 26–27.
  10. Breier, C. F., Pike, S. M., Sebesta, F., Tradd, K., Breier, J. A., Buesseler, K. O. 2016, New applications of KNiFC-PAN resin for broad scale monitoring of radiocesium following the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear disaster, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 307(3), 2193-2200.
  11. Li, M., Baker, B.J., Anantharaman, K., Jain, S., Breier, J.A., G.J. Dick, 2015, Genomic and transcriptomic evidence for scavenging of diverse organic compounds by widespread deepsea archaea, Nature Communications 6, Article number: 8933, doi:10.1038/ncomms9933.
  12. Estapa, M.L., Breier, J.A. and German, C.R., 2015. Particle dynamics in the rising plume at Piccard Hydrothermal Field, Mid‐Cayman Rise. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16(8), pp.2762-2774.
  13. Govindarajan, A.F., J. Pineda, M. Purcell, J.A. Breier, 2015, Species- and stage-specific barnacle larval distributions obtained from AUV sampling and genetic analysis in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, USA, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 472, 158-165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2015.07.012.
  14. Anantharaman, K., J.A. Breier, G.J. Dick, 2015. Metagenomic resolution of microbial functions in deep-sea hydrothermal plumes across the Eastern Lau Spreading Center. The ISME Journal, doi:10.1038/ismej.2015.81.
  15. Reed, D.C., Breier, J.A., Jiang, J., Anantharaman, K., Klausmeier, C.A., Toner, B.M., Hancock, C., Speer, K., Thurnherr, A.M., Dick, G.J., Predicting the response of the deep-ocean microbiome to geochemical perturbations by hydrothermal vents, The ISME journal, 2015, doi:10.1038/ismej.2015.4
  16. Sheik, C.S., Anantharaman, K., Breier, J.A., Sylvan, J.B., Edwards, K.J., Dick, G.J., 2015, Spatially resolved sampling reveals dynamics of microbial community assembly in rising hydrothermal plumes across a back-arc basin, The ISME Journal, 9(6), pp.1434-1445
  17. Toner, B.M., German, C.R., Dick, G.J., Breier, J.A., 2015, Deciphering the complex chemistry of deep-ocean particles using complementary synchrotron x-ray microscope and microprobe instruments, Accounts of Chemical Research, 49(1), pp.128-137
  18. Scott, J. J., Breier, J. A., Luther III, G. W., Emerson, D. Microbial iron mats at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and evidence that Zetaproteobacteria may be restricted to iron-oxidizing marine systems, PLoS One, 2015, 10.1371/journal.pone.0119284.
  19. Bennett, S. A., Dover, C. V., Breier, J. A., Coleman, M. Effect of depth and vent fluid composition on the carbon sources at two neighboring deep-sea hydrothermal vent fields (Mid-Cayman Rise), Deep-Sea Research Part I, 2015, 104, 122-133.
  20. Breier, J.A., Sheik, C.S., Gomez-Ibanez, D., Sayre-McCord, R.T., Sanger, R., Rauch, Colemam, C.M., Bennett, S.A., Cron, B.R., Li, M., German, C.R., Toner, B.M., Dick, G.J., A large volume particulate and water multi-sampler with in situ preservation for microbial and biogeochemical studies, Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, published online 6 September 2014, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2014.08.008.
  21. Jiang, H., Breier, J., Physical controls on mixing and transport within rising submarine hydrothermal plumes: A numerical simulation study, Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, published online 27 June 2014, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2014.06.006.
  22. Anantharaman, K. Duhaime, M.B., Breier, J.A., Wendt, K., Toner, B.M., Dick, G.J., 2014. Sulfur oxidation genes in diverse deep-sea viruses, Science, published online 1 May 2014 doi:10.1126/science.1252229.
  23. Li, M., Toner, B., Baker, B., Breier, J., Sheik, C., Dick, G., 2014. Microbial iron uptake as a mechanism for dispersing iron from deep-sea hydrothermal vents, Nature Communications, 5: 3192, doi:10.1038/ncomms4192.
  24. Anantharaman, K., Breier, J.A., Sheik, C.S., Dick, G.J., 2013. Evidence for hydrogen oxidation and metabolic plasticity in widespread deep-sea sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110, 330-335, doi:10.1073/PNAS.1215340110.
  25. Peterson, R.N., Breier, J.A, Harmon, L.R., Brusa, J., Hutchins, P.R., 2013. Development of a sparging chamber for field radon analysis. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 298, 1347-1357, doi:10.1007/s10967-013-2589-5.
  26. Breier, J.A., Gomez-Ibanez, D., Reddington, E., Huber, J.A., Emerson, D., 2012. A precision multi-sampler for deep-sea hydrothermal microbial mat studies. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 70, 83-90, doi:/10.1016/J.DSR.2012.10.006.
  27. Breier, J.A., B.M. Toner, S.C, Fakra, M.A. Marcus, S.N. White, A.M. Thurnherr, and C.R. German, 2012, Sulfur, sulfides, oxides, and organic matter aggregated in submarine hydrothermal plumes at 9° 50' N East Pacific Rise, Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 88, 216-236, doi:10.1016/J.GCA.2012.04.003.
  28. Holden, J.F., J.A. Breier, K.L. Rogers, M.D. Schulte, and B.M. Toner, 2012, Biogeochemical processes at hydrothermal vents: Microbes and minerals, bioenergetics, and carbon fluxes. Oceanography 25(1), 196–208, doi:/10.5670/OCEANOG.2012.18.
  29. Breier, J.A., C.F. Breier, and H.N. Edmonds, 2010, Seasonal dynamics of dissolved Ra isotopes in the semi-arid bays of south Texas, Marine Chemistry, 122, 39-50, doi:/10.1016/J.MARCHEM.2010.08.008,
  30. Breier, J.A., S.N. White, and C.R. German, 2010, Mineral–microbe interactions in deep-sea hydrothermal systems: a challenge for Raman spectroscopy, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 368, 3067-3086, doi:10.1098/RSTA.2010.0024.
  31. Breier, J.A., C.R. German, and S.N. White, 2009, Mineral phase analysis of deep-sea hydrothermal particulates by a Raman spectroscopy expert algorithm: Towards autonomous in situ exploration and experimentation, Geochemistry, Geophysics, and Geosystems, 10, Q05T05, doi:/10.1029/2008GC002314.
  32. Breier, J.A., N. Nidzieko, S. Monismith, W. Moore, and A. Paytan, 2009, Tidally regulated chemical fluxes across the sediment–water interface in Elkhorn Slough, California: Evidence from a coupled geochemical and hydrodynamic approach, Limnology & Oceanography, 54(6), 1964-1980, doi:/10.4319/LO.2009.54.6.1964
  33. Breier, J.A., C.R. Rauch, K. McCartney, B.M. Toner, S. Fakra, S.N. White, and C.R. German, 2009, A suspended-particle rosette multi-sampler for discrete biogeochemical sampling in low-particle-density waters, Deep Sea Research I, 56, 1579-1589, doi:/10.1016/J.DSR.2009.04.005.
  34. Breier, J.A. and H.N. Edmonds, 2007, High 226Ra and 228Ra activities in Nueces Bay, Texas indicate large submarine saline discharges, Marine Chemistry, 103, 131-145, doi:/10.1016/J.MARCHEM.2006.06.015
  35. Breier, J.A., C.F. Breier, and H.N. Edmonds, 2005, Detecting submarine groundwater discharge with synoptic surveys of sediment resistivity, radium, and salinity, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L23612, doi:/10.1029/2005GL024639.

BOOK CHAPTERS
  1. Saito, M. A., Breier, C., Jakuba, M., McIlvin, M., Moran, D. In The Chemistry of Microbiomes, Envisioning a chemical metaproteomics capability for biochemical research and diagnosis of global ocean microbiomes, National Academies Press, 2017; pp 29-36.

CONFERENCE PAPERS
  1. Jakuba, M.V., Breier, J.A., Gómez-Ibáñez, D., Tradd, K., and M. A. Saito, 2018, Clio: An Autonomous Vertical Sampling Vehicle for Global Ocean Biogeochemical Mapping, IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Workshop (AUV), Porto, Portugal, 2018, doi: 10.1109/AUV.2018.8729797.
  2. Yoerger, D. R., Curran, M., Fujii, J., German, C. R., Gomez-Ibanez, D., Govindarajan, A. F., Howland, J. C., Llopiz, J. K., Wiebe, P. H., Hobson, B. W., Katija, K., Risi, M., Robison, B. H., Wilkinson, C. J., Rock, S. M., Breier, J. A., 2018, Mesobot: An Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Tracking and Sampling Midwater Targets; IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Workshop (AUV), Porto, Portugal, 2018, 10.1109/AUV.2018.8729822.
  3. Breier, J. A., C. G. Rauch, and C. R. German, 2007, A suspended particle rosette sampler for investigating hydrothermal plumes, OCEANS 2007 IEEE Press, Vancouver, Canada.
  4. Breier J. A., 2006, The impact of groundwater flows on estuaries, In Aquifers of the Gulf Coast of Texas, Report 365, Texas Water Development Board, Austin, Texas, pp. 165-172.

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