Current OSU Appointments

Associate Professor, School of Earth Sciences

Associate Professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Lower, S.K., Maurice, P.A., and Traina, S.J. 1998. Simultaneous dissolution of hydroxylapatite and precipitation of hydroxypyromorphite: Direct evidence of homogeneous nucleation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. Vol. 62: 1773-1780.

Lower, S.K., Maurice, P.A., Traina, S.J., and Carlson, E.H. 1998. Aqueous Pb sorption by hydroxylapatite: Applications of atomic force microscopy to dissolution, nucleation, and growth studies. American Mineralogist. Vol. 83: 147-158.

Maurice, P.A. and Lower, S.K. 1998. Using atomic force microscopy to study soil mineral reactions. Advances in Agronomy. Vol. 62: 1-43.

Lower, S.K., Tadanier, C.J., and Hochella, M.F., Jr. 2000. Measuring interfacial and adhesion forces between bacteria and mineral surfaces with biological force microscopy. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. Vol. 64: 3133-3139.

Lower, S.K., Beveridge, T.J., and Hochella, M.F., Jr. 2001. Bacterial recognition of mineral surfaces: Nanoscale interactions between Shewanella and a-FeOOH. Science. Vol. 292: 1360-1363.

Lower, S.K., Tadanier, C.J., and Hochella, M.F., Jr. 2001. Dynamics of the mineral-microbe interface: Use of biological force microscopy in biogeochemistry and geomicrobiology. Geomicrobiology Journal. Vol. 18: 63-76.

Lower, S.K., Hochella, M.F., Jr., Banfield, J.F., Rosso, K.M. 2002. Nanogeoscience: From the movement of electrons to lithosphere plates. Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union. Vol. 83: 53-56.

Kendall, T.A. and Lower, S.K. 2004. Forces between minerals and biological surfaces in aqueous solution. Advances in Agronomy. Vol. 82: 1-54.

Lower, B.H., Hochella, M.F., Jr., Lower, S.K. 2005. Putative mineral-specific proteins synthesized by a metal reducing bacterium. American Journal of Science. Vol. 305: 687-710.

Lower, B.H., Yongsunthon, R. F.P. Vellano, III, Lower, S.K. 2005. Simultaneous force and fluorescence measurements of a protein that forms a bond between a living bacterium and a solid surface. Journal of Bacteriology. Vol. 187: 2127-2137.

Lower, S.K. 2005. Directed natural forces of affinity between a bacterium and mineral. American Journal of Science. Vol. 305: 752-765.

Yongsunthon, R. and Lower, S.K. 2006. Force measurements between a bacterium and another surface in situ. Advances in Applied Microbiology. Vol. 58: 97-124.

Yongsunthon, R. and Lower, S.K. 2006. Force spectroscopy of bonds that form between a Staphylococcus bacterium and silica or polystyrene substrates. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena. Vol. 150: 228-234.

Lower, B. H., Shi, L., Yongsunthon, R., Droubay, T.C., McCready, D.E., and Lower, S.K. 2007. Specific bonds between an iron oxide surface and outer membrane cytochromes MtrC and OmcA from Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Journal of Bacteriology. Vol. 189: 4944-4952.

Lower, S.K. 2007. Treating astrology's claims with all due gravity. Nature. Vol. 447: 528-528.

Yongsunthon, R., Fowler, V., Lower, B.H., Alexander, E., Reller, B., Corey, R., Vellano, F.P., and Lower, S.K. 2007. Correlation between binding forces and clinical prognosis of Staphylococcus aureus biofilms on medical implants. Langmuir. Vol. 23: 2289-2292.

Taylor, E.S. and Lower, S.K. 2008. Thickness and surface density of extracellular polymers on Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Vol. 74: 309-311.

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