Hazel Barton

Hazel A. Barton (born 1972 in Bristol) is a professor of microbiology at Northern Kentucky University and renowned cave researcher.

Life and work

Born in Bristol, Barton grew up in Brislington Village, a suburb on. Your teacher Martin Upson at the Brislington Comprehensive School encouraged her early interest in science, especially biology. At 14, she first visited a cave and developed an interest in caving and cave animals. Barton studied Applied Biological Sciences at the University of the West of England. After graduating as a Bachelor, she moved to Colorado and continued her studies there at the Health Sciences Center Denver continues, they 1997 with the Ph.D. graduated of Microbiology and Immunology. After that, she spent two years at the Surgical Department operates. Barton took a position as Professor of Integrative Science at Northern Kentucky University and is also an associate professor of biological sciences.

Hazel Barton is also known as avid caver. She examined caves on five continents, won several awards for the mapping of caves and was director of the National Speleological Society (NSS ) and the Quintana Roo Speleological Survey.

She had several appearances on television, including the CBS morning show, before she was nominated in 2007 by Phil Koeghan as " Koeghan Hero". Performances with Barton showed the research in caves and the microbiological life that contain these harsh environments. She has published numerous publications on caving and extremophile bacteria and was co-author with Nancy Aulenbach of 2001 published IMAX film Journey Into Amazing Caves (produced by Liam Neeson ). The result was a children's book that she published.

Writings (selection )

  • Bull HA, Oehrle SA, Bennett AF, Taylor NM, Barton HA: Use of attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to identify microbial metabolic products on carbonate mineral surfaces. Appl Environ Microbiol 74 (2008), 4553-9, doi: 10.1128/AEM.02936-07, PMID 18502924
  • Spear JR, HA Barton, CE Robertson, CA Francis, Pace NR: Microbial community in a geothermal mine adit biofabrics '' Appl Environ Microbiol 73 (2007), 6172-80, doi:. 10.1128/AEM.00393-07, PMID 17693567
  • Barton HA, Luiszer F: Microbial metabolic structure in a sulphidic cave hot spring: potential mechanisms of biospeleogenesis. (PDF file, 458 kB) Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 67 (2005), 28-38.
  • Barton HA, Taylor NM, Lubbers BR, Pemberton AC: DNA extraction from low- biomass carbonate rock: an improved method with Reduced contamination and the low- biomass contaminant database. J Microbiol Methods 66 (2006), 21-31, doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2005.10.005, PMID 16305811
  • Barton HA, Spear JR, Pace NR: Microbial life in the underworld: Biogenicity in secondary mineral formations. Geomicrobiology Journal 18 (2001), 359-368, doi: 10.1080/01490450152467840
  • Barton HA, Northup DE: Geomicrobiology in cave environments: past, current and future perspectives. (PDF file, 1001 kB) Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 69 (2007), 163-178
  • Barton HA, Jurado V: What's Up Down There? Microbial Diversity in Caves. Microbe - American Society for Microbiology 2 (2007), 132

Swell

  • Portrait of Hazel A. Barton of the Kentucky Academy of Science
  • Personal information
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