DANIEL A. LOWY

Dr. DANIEL A. LOWY

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Academic Career Length

31Years (1996-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 July 2002 in Nature Biotechnology
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LTLeonard M. Tender
Leonard M. Tender
CRClare E. Reimers
Clare E. Reimers
HSHilmar A. Stecher
Hilmar A. Stecher
DHDawn E. Holmes
Dawn E. Holmes
DBDaniel R Bond
Daniel R Bond
DLDerek R. Lovley
Derek R. Lovley

4 February 2009 in Energy & Environmental Science
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HRHanno Richter
Hanno Richter
KNKelly P. Nevin
Kelly P. Nevin
HJHongfei Jia
Hongfei Jia
DLDANIEL A. LOWY
DANIEL A. LOWY
DLDerek R. Lovley
Derek R. Lovley
LTLeonard M. Tender
Leonard M. Tender
Geobacteracea are distinct for their ability to reduce insoluble oxidants including minerals and electrodes without apparent reliance on soluble extracellular electron transfer (ET) mediators. This property makes them important anode catalysts in new generation microbial fuel cells (MFCs) because it obviates the need to replenish ET mediators otherwise necessary to sustain power. Here we report cyclic voltammetry (CV) of biofilms of wild type (WT) and mutant G. sulfurreducens strains grown on graphite cloth anodes acting as electron acceptors with acetate as the electron donor. Our analysis indicates that WT biofilms contain a conductive network of bound ET mediators in which OmcZ (outer membranec-type cytochrome Z) participates in homogeneous ET (through the biofilm bulk) while OmcB mediates heterogeneous ET (across the biofilm/electrode interface); that type IV pili are important in both reactions; that OmcS plays a secondary role in homogenous ET; that OmcE, important in Fe(III) oxide reduction, is not involved in either reaction; that catalytic current is limited overall by the rate of microbial uptake of acetate; that protons generated from acetate oxidation act as charge compensating ions in homogenous ET; and that homogenous ET, when accelerated by fast voltammetric scan rates, is limited by diffusion of protons within the biofilm. These results provide the first direct electrochemical evidence substantiating utilization of bound ET mediators by Geobacter biofilms and the distinct roles of OmcB and OmcZ in the extracellular ET properties of anode-reducing G. sulfurreducens.

1 August 1997 in Journal of Applied Electrochemistry
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MJM. Jitaru
M. Jitaru
DLDANIEL A. LOWY
DANIEL A. LOWY
MTM. Toma
M. Toma
BTB. C. Toma
B. C. Toma
LOL. Oniciu
L. Oniciu

1 May 2006 in Biosensors and Bioelectronics
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DLDANIEL A. LOWY
DANIEL A. LOWY
LTLeonard M. Tender
Leonard M. Tender
JZJ. Gregory Zeikus
J. Gregory Zeikus
DPDoo Hyun Park
Doo Hyun Park
DLDerek R. Lovley
Derek R. Lovley

1 May 2008 in Journal of Power Sources
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LTLeonard M. Tender
Leonard M. Tender
SGSam A. Gray
Sam A. Gray
EGEthan Groveman
Ethan Groveman
DLDANIEL A. LOWY
DANIEL A. LOWY
PKPeter Kauffman
Peter Kauffman
JDJoe Dobarro
Joe Dobarro

1 October 2008 in Journal of Power Sources
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DLDANIEL A. LOWY
DANIEL A. LOWY
LTLeonard M. Tender
Leonard M. Tender