School of Geographical and Earth Sciences

Dr Dominique Tobler

Dominique Tobler
  • Research Assistant (School of Geographical and Earth Sciences)

email: Dominique.Tobler@glasgow.ac.uk


Biography

2009 – present: EPSRC Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Geographical and Earth Sicences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.

Feb. – Jul. 2009: Visiting Research Assistant, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland, USA.

Sept. – Dec. 2008: WUN (Worldwide Universities Network) exchange visit, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, USA.

2005 – 2008: PhD in Experimental Biogeochemistry, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, UK.

1999 – 2004: ETH Diploma in Earth Sciences, Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

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Number of items: 10.

2012

Tobler, D.J., Maclachlan, E., and Phoenix, V.R. (2012) Microbially mediated plugging of porous media and the impact of differing injection strategies. Ecological Engineering, 42 . pp. 270-278. ISSN 0925-8574 (doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.02.027)

Cuthbert, M.O., Riley, M.S., Handley-Sidhu, S., Renshaw, J.C., Tobler, D.J. , Phoenix, V.R. , and Mackay, R. (2012) Controls on the rate of ureolysis and the morphology of carbonate precipitated by S. Pasteurii biofilms and limits due to bacterial encapsulation. Ecological Engineering, 41 . pp. 32-40. ISSN 0925-8574 (doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.01.008)

2011

Tobler, D.J., and Benning, L.G. (2011) Bacterial diversity in five Icelandic geothermal waters: temperature and sinter growth rate effects. Extremophiles, 15 (4). pp. 473-485. ISSN 1431-0651 (doi:10.1007/s00792-011-0378-z)

Tobler, D.J., Cuthbert, M.O., Greswell, R.B., Riley, M.S., Renshaw, J.C., Handley-Sidhu, S., and Phoenix, V.R. (2011) Comparison of rates of ureolysis between Sporosarcina pasteurii and an indigenous groundwater community under conditions required to precipitate large volumes of calcite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75 (11). pp. 3290-3301. ISSN 0016-7037 (doi:10.1016/j.gca.2011.03.023)

2010

Jones, D.S., Tobler, D.J. , Schaperdoth, I., Mainiero, M., and Macalady, J.L. (2010) Community structure of subsurface biofilms in the thermal sulfidic caves of Acquasanta Terme, Italy. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 76 (17). pp. 5902-5910. ISSN 0099-2240 (doi:10.1128/AEM.00647-10)

2009

Tobler, D.J., Shaw, S., and Benning, L.G. (2009) Quantification of initial steps of nucleation and growth of silica nanoparticles: an in-situ SAXS and DLS study. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73 (18). pp. 5377-5393. ISSN 0016-7037 (doi:10.1016/j.gca.2009.06.002)

2008

Tobler, D.J., Andri, S., and Benning, L.G. (2008) In-situgrown silica sinters in Icelandic geothermal areas. Geobiology, 6 (5). pp. 481-502. ISSN 1472-4677 (doi:10.1111/j.1472-4669.2008.00179.x)

Benning, L.G., and Tobler, D.J. (2008) The metagenomics of biosilicification: causes and effects. Mineralogical Magazine, 72 (1). pp. 221-225. ISSN 0026-461X (doi:10.1180/minmag.2008.072.1.221)

Moisescu, C., Bonneville, S., Tobler, D.J. , Ardelean, I., and Benning, L.G. (2008) Controlled biomineralization of magnetite (Fe3O4) by Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense. Mineralogical Magazine, 72 (1). pp. 333-336. ISSN 0026-461X (doi:10.1180/minmag.2008.072.1.333)

Tobler, D.J., Benning, L.G., and Knapp, J. (2008) The size and polydispersity of silica nanoparticles under simulated hot spring conditions. Mineralogical Magazine, 72 (1). pp. 287-290. ISSN 0026-461X (doi:10.1180/minmag.2008.072.1.287)

This list was generated on Sat May 26 18:03:37 2012 BST.

Tobler, D.J. 2008. Composition and Distribution of Hydrocarbons in arctic near-surface glacial ice, £ 4800. EAOG (European Association of Organic Geochemists) travel scholarship.

Tobler, D.J. 2008. Diversity of extremophile microbial communities in the sulfidic caves of Acquasanta Terme, Italy, £ 3900. WUN (Worldwide Universities Network) research mobility grant, University of Leeds, UK.

Tobler, D.J. 2008. GS/NSF Student Travel Grant Award (Can$ 1000) to attend 18th V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, Switzerland.

Tobler, D.J. 2006. Biosilicification processes in Icelandic hot springs, £1400. Thomas Jefferson Field Research Fund from Geological Society of London, UK.

Tobler, D.J. 2006. GS/NSF Student Travel Grant Award (US$ 1000) to attend 16th V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Melbourne, Australia.