Peer Reviewed Publications

Sweetman, A.K., Smith, A.J., de Jonge, D.S.W., Hahn, T., Schroedl, P., Silverstein, M., Andrade, C., Edwards, R.L., Lough, A.J.M., Woulds, C., Homoky, W.B., Koschinsky, A., Fuchs, S., Kuhn, T., Geiger, F., and J.J. Marlow, (2024), Evidence of Dark Oxygen Production at the Abyssal Seafloor. Nature Geoscience.

Schroedl, P., Silverstein, M., DiGregorio, D., Blättler, C.L., Loyd, S., Bradbury, H.J., Edwards, R.L., and J.J. Marlow, (2024), Carbonate Chimneys at the Highly Productive Point Dume Methane Seep: Fine-Scale Mineralogical, Geochemical, and Microbiological Heterogeneity Reflects Dynamic and Long-Lived Methane-Metabolizing Habitats. Geobiology.

Frates, E.S., Spietz, R.L., Silverstein, M., Girguis, P., Hatzenpichler, R., and J.J. Marlow, (2023), Natural and Anthropogenic Carbon Input Affect Microbial Activity in Salt Marsh Sediment. Frontiers in Microbiology.

Marlow, J.J., Anderson, R.E., Reysenbach, A.L., Seewald, J.S., Shank, T.M., Teske, A.P., Wanless, V.D. and S.A. Soule, (2022), New Opportunities and Untapped Scientific Potential in the Abyssal Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science.

Marlow, J., Spietz, R., Kim, K.Y., Ellisman, M., Girguis, P., and R. Hatzenpichler (2021), Spatially-resolved correlative microscopy and microbial identification reveals dynamic depth- and mineral-dependent anabolic activity in salt marsh sediment, Environmental Microbiology.

Chou, L., Mahaffy, P., Trainer, M., Eigenbrode, J., Arevalo, R., Brinckerhoff, W., Getty, S., Grefenstette, N., Da Poian, V., Fricke, M., Kempes, C., Marlow, J., Sherwood Lollar, B., Graham, H., and S. Johnson, (2021), Planetary Mass Spectrometry for Agnostic Life Detection in the Solar System. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences.

Marlow, J., Hoer, D., Jungbluth, S., Reynard, L., Gartman, A., Chavez, M., El-Naggar, M., Tuross, N., Orphan, V., and P. Girguis, (2021), Carbonate-hosted Microbial Communities are Prolific and Pervasive Methane Oxidizers at Geologically Diverse Marine Methane Seep Sites, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Leprich, D., Flood, B., Schroedl, P., Ricci, E., Marlow, J., Girguis, P., and J. Bailey, (2021), Sulfur Bacteria Promote Dissolution of Authigenic Carbonates at Marine Methane Seeps, The ISME Journal.

Seyler, L., Kujawinski, E., Azua-Bustos, A., Lee, M., Marlow, J., Perl, S., and J. Henderson, (2020), Metabolomics As an Emerging Tool in the Search for Astrobiologically Relevant Biomarkers. Astrobiology.

Lyra, W., Rice, M., Adler-Belendez, D., Jacobson, N., Pantelic, A., Garcia, K., Cassara, L., Crow, C., Hayne, P., and J. Marlow, (2020), Ad Astra Academy: Using Space Exploration to Promote Student Learning and Motivation in the City of God, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Communicating Astronomy with the Public Journal.

Marlow, J., Colocci, I., Jungbluth, S., Weber, N., Gartman, A., and J. Kallmeyer, (2020), Mapping Metabolic Activity at Single Cell Resolution in Intact Volcanic Fumarole Sediment, FEMS Microbiology Letters.

Orcutt, B., Bradley, J., Brazelton, W.J., Estes, E.J., Goordial, J.M., Huber, J.A., Jones, R.M., Mahmoudi, N., Marlow, J.J., Murdock, S., and M. Pachiadaki, (2020), Impacts of Deep-Sea Mining on Microbial Ecosystem Services, Limnology and Oceanography.

Onstott, T.C., Ehlmann, B.L., Sapers, H., Coleman, M., Ivarsson, M., Marlow, J.J., Neubeck, A., and P. Niles, (2019), Paleo-Rock-Hosted Life on Earth and the Search on Mars: a Review and Strategy for Exploration, Astrobiology.

Lev, E., Ruprecht, P., Oppenheimer, C., Peters, N., Patrick, M., Hernandez, P., Spampinato, L., and J. Marlow, (2019), A Global Synthesis of Lava Lake Dynamics, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.

Bell, K., Brennan, M., Cormier, M., Legg, M., Conrad, J., Castillo, C., Raineault, N., Lubetkin, M., Marlow, J., and C. Caldow, (2019), Initial Observations and Preliminary Interpretations from Telepresence-Enabled Exploration of the Southern California Borderland, In: From the Mountains to the Abyss: The California Borderland as an Archive of Southern California Geologic Evolution.

Marlow, J., Kumar, A., Enalls, B., Reynard, L., Tuross, N., Stephanopoulous, G., and P. Girguis, (2018), Harnessing a Methane-Fueled, Sediment-Free Mixed Microbial Community for Utilization of Distributed Sources of Natural Gas, Biotechnology and Bioengineering. [Link]

McVeigh, D., Skarke, A., Dekas, A., Borelli, C., Hong, W., Marlow, J., Pasulka, A., Jungbluth, S., Barco, R., and A. Djurhuus, (2018), Characterization of Benthic Biogeochemistry and Ecology at Three Methane Seep Sites on the Northern U.S. Atlantic Margin, Deep-Sea Research II. [Link]

Marlow, J., and R. Hatzenpichler, (2017), Assessing Metabolic Activity at Methane Seeps: A Testing Ground for Slow-Growing Environmental Systems. In: Kallmeyer, J. (Ed.), Microbiology at Methane Seeps & Hydrothermal Vents (Life in Extreme Environments Book Series), Berlin: De Gruyter. [Link]

Marlow, J., Steele, J., Ziebis, W., Scheller, S., Case, D., Reynard, L., and V. Orphan, (2017), Monodeuterated Methane: An Isotopic Probe to Measure Biological Methane Metabolism Rates, mSphere. [Link]

Marlow, J., Borrelli, C., Jungbluth, S., Hoffman, C., Marlow, J., and P. Girguis, (2017), Telepresence is a Potentially Transformative Tool for Field Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. [Link]

Raineault, N., Marlow, J., Everett, M., Etnoyer, P., Cormier, M., Knutson, V., and G. Giribet, (2017), Nautilus Samples 2016: New Techniques and Partnerships, Oceanography.

Raineault, N., Girguis, P., Auscavitch, S., Castillo, C., Lubetkin, M., Marlow, J., Pak, D., Myhre, S., Kennett, J., Netburn, A., and R. Kane, (2017), Exploration of Central California Basins, Cold Seeps, and San Juan Seamount, Oceanography.

Loyd, S., Sample, J., Tripati, R., Defliese, W., Brooks, K., Hovland, M., Torres, M., Marlow, J., Hancock, L., Martin, R., Lyons, T., and A. Tripati, (2016), Methane seep carbonates yield clumped isotope signatures out of equilibrium with formation temperatures, Nature Communications. [Link]

Press Coverage: UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability [Link]

Marlow, J., Skennerton, C., Li, Z., Chourey, K., Hettich, R., Pan, C., and V. Orphan, (2016), Proteomic Stable Isotope Probing Reveals Biosynthesis Dynamics of Slow-Growing Methane-Based Microbial Communities, Frontiers in Microbiology. [Link]

Case, D., Pasulka, A., Marlow, J., Grupe, B., Levin, L., and V. Orphan, (2015), Methane Seep Carbonates Host Distinct, Diverse, and Dynamic Microbial Assemblages, mBio. [Link]

Marlow, J., Peckmann, J., and V. Orphan (2015), Autoendoliths: A Distinct Class of Rock-Hosted Microbial Life, Geobiology. [Link]

Press Coverage: WIRED Magazine, August 2015 Issue, Jargon Watch // Microbe Magazine, August 2015 Issue, Research Advances [Link] // Small Things Considered, May 2015 [Link] // New Scientist Magazine, May 9 2015 Issue [Link]

Marlow, J., Steele, J., Thurber, A., Ziebis, W., Levin, L., and V. Orphan, (2014), Carbonate Hosted Methanotrophy: An Unrecognized Methane Sink in the Deep Sea, Nature Communications. [Link]

Press Coverage: Nature [Link] // Science Daily [Link] // IFL Science [Link] // Live Science [Link] // Tech Times 1 [Link] // Tech Times 2 [Link] // United Press International [Link] // Caltech [Link] // Nature World News 1 [Link] // Nature World News 2 [Link] // Scinexx (German) [Link] // Deutschlandfunk (German) [Link]

Sivan, O., Antler, G., Turchyn, A., Marlow, J., and V. Orphan, (2014), Iron Oxides Stimulate Sulfate Driven Anaerobic Methane Oxidation in Seeps, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. [Link]

Marlow, J., Steele, J., Case, D., Levin, L., and V. Orphan, (2014), Microbial Abundance and Diversity Patterns Associated with Sediments and Carbonates from the Methane Seep Environments of Hydrate Ridge, OR, Frontiers in Aquatic Microbiology. [Link]

Marlow, J., LaRowe, D., Ehlmann, B., Amend, J., and V. Orphan, (2014), The Potential for Biologically Catalyzed Anaerobic Methane Oxidation on Ancient Mars, Astrobiology. [Link]

Toner, B., Lesniewski, R., Marlow, J., Santelli, C., Bach, W., Orcutt, B., and K. Edwards, (2013), Mineralogy Selects Microbial Community at Low-Temperature along the Mid-Ocean Ridge, Geomicrobiology Journal. [Link]

Thurber, A., Levin, L., Orphan, V., and J. Marlow, (2012), Archaea in metazoan diets: implications for food webs and biogeochemical cycling, ISME Journal. [Link]

Press Coverage: The Scientist [Link] // io9 [Link] // Oregon State University [Link] // Bits of Science [Link]

Kreamer, N., Wilks, J., Marlow, J., Coleman, M., and D. Newman, (2012), BqsR/BqsS constitute a two-component system that senses extracellular Fe(II) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Journal of Bacteriology. [Link]

Marlow, J., Martins, Z., and M. Sephton, (2011), Organic host analogues and the search for life on Mars, International Journal of Astrobiology. [Link]

Marlow, J., Martins, Z., and M. Sephton, (2008), Mars on Earth: Streamlining the Search for the Perfect Mars Analog Soil, Astronomy and Geophysics. [Link]

Mellon, M., Arvidson, R., Marlow, J., Phillips, R., and E. Asphaug, (2008), Periglacial Landforms at the Phoenix Landing Site and the Northern Plains of Mars, J. Geophys. Res. [Link]

Golombek, M., Huertas, A., Marlow, J., McGrane, B., Klein, C., Martinez, M., Arvidson, R., Heet, T., Barry, L., Seelos, K., Adams, D., Li, W., Matijevic, J., Parker, T., Sizemore, H., Mellon, M., McEwan, Tamppari, L., and Y. Cheng, (2008), Size-Frequency Distributions of Rocks on the Northern Plains of Mars with Special Reference to Phoenix Landing Sites, J. Geophys. Res. [Link]

Additional Research-based publications

Marlow, J., and R. Braakman, (2018), Team Players, Scientific American.

Marlow, J., (2016), Autoendoliths: Architects of the Deep, Microbe Magazine. [Link]

Marlow, J., and J. Amend, (2015), The Real Extremophiles: Life Through an Energetics Lens, The Scientist. [Link]

Marlow, J., (2015), Methane Fuels Rock-Hosted Ecosystem in the Deep Sea, Microbe Magazine. [Link]

Marlow, J., (2012), Exploring the Edge of Metabolic Possibility, Explorers Journal.

Theses & Dissertations

Marlow, J., (2016), Physical, Metabolic, and Energetic Investigations of Methane-Metabolizing Microbial Communities. California Institute of Technology PhD Dissertation. [Link]

Marlow, J., (2010), Detecting Life on Mars Through the Study of Organic Host Mars Analogues and Urey Instrument Development, Imperial College London M. Phil Thesis. [Link]

Marlow, J., (2007), Aqueous Geochemistry and Mineralogical Evolution of the Upper Rio Tinto, Spain: a Two-Year Study, Washington University in St. Louis Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Senior Honors Thesis.