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Kostas Konstantinidis

Georgia Institute of Technology

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Mason Building
790 Atlantic Drive
Atlanta, GA  30332  

kostas@ce.gatech.edu

Project List:

A systems approach to improve predictions of biodegradation and ecosystem recovery in coastal marine sediments impacted by oil spill

Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Lead, Task Co-Lead, Task Co-Lead, Task Data Contact, Outreach Team, Data Team

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 5

2020

Karthikeyan, S., Kim, M., Heritier-Robbins, P., Hatt, J. K., Spain, J. C., Overholt, W. A., et al. (2020). Integrated Omics Elucidate the Mechanisms Driving the Rapid Biodegradation of Deepwater Horizon Oil in Intertidal Sediments Undergoing Oxic-Anoxic Cycles. Environ. Sci. Technol., 54(16), 10088–10099.
Karthikeyan, S., Rodriguez-R, L. M., Heritier-Robbins, P., Hatt, J. K., Huettel, M., Kostka, J. E., et al. (2020). Genome repository of oil systems: An interactive and searchable database that expands the catalogued diversity of crude oil-associated microbes. Environ Microbiol, 22(6), 2094–2106.

2019

Bociu, I., Shin, B., Wells, W. B., Kostka, J. E., Konstantinidis, K. T., & Huettel, M. (2019). Decomposition of sediment-oil-agglomerates in a Gulf of Mexico sandy beach. Sci Rep, 9(1).
Karthikeyan, S., Rodriguez-R, L. M., Heritier-Robbins, P., Kim, M., Overholt, W. A., Gaby, J. C., et al. (2019). Candidatus Macondimonas diazotrophica, a novel gammaproteobacterial genus dominating crude-oil-contaminated coastal sediments. The ISME Journal, 13(5), 2129–2134.
Shin, B., Kim, M., Zengler, K., Chin, K. - J., Overholt, W. A., Gieg, L. M., et al. (2019). Anaerobic degradation of hexadecane and phenanthrene coupled to sulfate reduction by enriched consortia from northern Gulf of Mexico seafloor sediment. Sci Rep, 9(1).

Book Chapter - 1

2019

Kostka, J. E., Overholt, W. A., Rodriguez-R., L. M., Huettel, M., & Konstantinidis, K. (2019). Toward a predictive understanding of the benthic microbial community response to oiling on the northern Gulf of Mexico coast. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills: Fighting the Next War (pp. 182–202). Springer International.

Conference Presentations - 15

2020

Karthikeyan, S., Rodriguez-R, M., Heritier-Robbins, P., Hatt, J. K., Huettel, M., Kostka, J. E., et al. (2020). The Oil Microbiome webserver: An interactive (meta-)genome repository that expands the catalogued diversity of oil-associated microbes. In 2020 AGU Ocean Science Meeting. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20.
Kostka, J. E., Konstantinidis, K., Joye, S., & Colwell, R. (2020). Microbial Genomics to Improve Predictive Understanding of Disturbance in the Global Ocean System. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2019

Huettel, M., Bociu, I., Shin, B., Kostka, J. E., & Konstantinidis, K. (2019). Degradation of Sand Oil Agglomerates in a Sandy Florida Beach. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Kostka, J., Overholt, W., Rodriguez-R, L., Huettel, M., & Konstantinidis, K. (2019). Toward a Predictive Understanding of Biodegradation and its Impacts on the Fate of Oil Deposited on the Northern Gulf of Mexico Coast. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Kostka, J., Overholt, W., Sun, X., Romero, I., Hollander, D., Konstantinidis, K., et al. (2019). Weathered Crude Oil From the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill was Rapidly Biodegraded but Altered Nutrient Cycles in Permeable Nearshore Sediments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.

2018

Bociu, I., Wells, B., Kaba, J., Shin, B., Konstantinidis, K. T., Kostka, J. E., et al. (2018). Three-Year Time Series Monitoring Deepwater Horizon Oil Degradation in Pensacola Beach Sand. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Heritier-Robbins, P., Karthikeyan, S., Kim, M., Hatt, J. K., Overholt, W. A., Kostka, J. E., et al. (2018). Oxygen Oscillation Effects on Microbial Community Activity and Nitrogen Metabolism in Oil Contaminated Beachsands. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Huettel, M., Konstantinidis, K., & Kostka, J. E. (2018). Water and Air Flows Affecting Degradation of Buried Crude Oil. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Karthikeyan, S., Kim, M., Heritier-Robbins, P., Rodriguez-R, L. M., Hatt, J. K., Overholt, W. A., et al. (2018). Macondimonas diazotrophicus: A Novel Hydrocarbonoclastic Gammaproteobacterium as a Potential Biomarker for Ecosystem Recovery from Oil Spills. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Karthikeyan, S., Rodriguez-R, L. M., Heritier-Robbins, P., Overholt, W. A., Hatt, J. K., Spain, J. C., et al. (2018). Macondimonas Diazotrophicus: A Representative of A Novel Gammaproteobacterial Family of Globally-Distributed, Sediment-Associated, Keystone Oil Degrader. In ASM Microbe 2018. Atlanta, GA : 06/07/18-06/11/18.

2017

Huettel, M., Berg, P., Kostka, J. E., & Konstantinidis, K. (2017). Coastal sand beds: biogeochemical hot spots in the inner shelf. In International Workshop on Marine Geomicrobiology â?? A Matter of Energy. Sandbjerg, Denmark : 08/28/17-09/01/17.
Karthikeyan, S., Heritier-Robbins, P., Kim, M., Rodriguez-R, L. M., Hatt, J. K., Overholt, W. A., et al. (2017). Metagenome-guided isolation of Macondimonas diazotrophicus: A novel keystone species of oil biodegradation in beach sands affected by Macondo oil. In 11th International Conference on Bioinformatics. Atlanta, GA : 11/03/17-11/04/17.
Overholt, W. A., Mercando, E., Sun, X., Romero, I. C., Hollander, D. J., Konstantinidis, K., et al. (2017). Microbial Processes in Submerged Coastal Sands Impacted with Weathered Oil. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.

2016

Huettel, M., Konstantinidis, K., & Kostka, J. E. (2016). A systems approach to improve predictions of biodegradation and ecosystem recovery in coastal marine sediments impacted by oil spills.. Tampa, FL , : 02/01/16-02/07/16: Poster.
Konstantinidis, K., & Rodriguez-R, M. (2016). Successional patterns in beach sand microbial communities during and after the Macondo oil spill: Testing the specialization-disturbance hypothesis. In Annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America (ESA). Fort Lauderdale, FL : 08/07/16-08/21/16.