Michael Seibert - Research Fellow and Team Leader
Dr. Michael Seibert's primary research interests are photosynthesis and biohydrogen production, including:
- Structure and function of photosystem II, reaction center energetics, spectroscopy, oxygen evolution
- Hydrogenase structure, function, and molecular biology
- Algal H2 production, sulfur deprivation, and photobioreactor processes
- Enzyme molecular engineering.
Education
| 1971 | Ph.D. Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1966 | B.S. Physics, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA. |
Affiliations
| 1979–present | American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow, 1999; ASES Representative, Biological Sciences Div., 1979–1982) |
| 1969–present | American Society for Photobiology (Charter Member) |
| 1983–present | American Society of Plant Physiologists |
| 1978–1987 | American Solar Energy Society (Division Officer and Board Member, 1978–1982) |
| 1971–present | Biophysical Society. |
Experience
| 1977–present | Senior Scientist, Principal Scientist, Research Fellow, NREL, Golden, CO |
| 2000–present | Research Professor, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO |
| 1985–2000 | Research Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Univ. of Denver, Denver, CO |
| 1971–1977 | Member technical staff, GTE Laboratories, Waltham, MA. |
Selected Publications
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Cohen, J., K. Kim, P. King, M. Seibert, and K. Schulten, "Finding Gas Diffusion Pathways in Proteins: Application to O2 and H2 Gas Transport in CpI [FeFe]-hydrogenase and the Role of Packing Defects," Structure 13, 1321–1329 (2005).
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Semin, B.K., A.B. Rubin, and M. Seibert, "Iron-Blocking of the High-Affinity, Mn-Binding Site in Photosystem II Facilitates Identification of the Type of Hydrogen Bond Participating in Proton-Coupled Electron Transport via YZ·," Biochemisty 44(28), 9746–9757 (2005).
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Posewitz, M.C., P.W. King, S.L. Smolinski, L. Zhang, M. Seibert, and Maria L. Ghirardi, "Discovery of Two Novel Radical SAM Proteins Required for the Assembly of an Active [Fe]-Hydrogenase," J. Biol. Chem. 279, 25711–25720 (2004).
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Antal, T.K., T.E. Krendeleva, A.B. Rubin, T.V. Laurinavichene, A.A. Tsygankov, V.V. Makarova, S. Kosourov, M.L. Ghirardi, and M. Seibert, "The Dependence of Algal H2 Production on Photosystem II and O2-Consumption Activity in Sulfur-Deprived Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Cells," Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1607, 153–160 (2003).
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Wang, J., D. Gosztola, S.V. Ruffle, C. Hemann, M. Seibert, M.R. Wasielewski, R. Hille, T.L. Gustafson, and R.T. Sayre, "Characterization of Photosytem II Peripheral Chlorophyll Mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii," PNAS, USA. 99, 4091–4096 (2002).
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Melis, A., L Zhang, M. Forestier, M.L. Ghirardi, and M. Seibert, "Sustained Photobiological Hydrogen Gas Production upon Reversible Inactivation of Oxygen Evolution in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii," Plant Physiol. 122, 127–136 (2000).
NREL Publications
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