[LETTEROFAPPLICATION–MGKLOTZ] 1 Sea Cliff, September 2016 Dear Members of the Search Committee, I am writing to express my enthusiastic interest in the position of Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Washington State University Tri-Cities that prides itself to be a vibrant campus in the Washington State University System that aims to promote dynamic student engagement, research experiences, and community engagement scholarship. My record of scholarly and administrative accomplishments demonstrates that I have a strong background in teaching, funded research and leadership. As a faculty member, I have been passionately active at various levels of participatory engagement and leadership in shared governance, and I have worked in environments with and without collective bargaining. I believe that my prior service in institutions with academic degree programs in the liberal arts and sciences as well as professional programs in agriculture & natural resources, business & public affairs, computing & informatics, education, engineering as well as nursing, allied & public health, has prepared me well to lead the Academic Affairs of an institution that is committed to student success and improved retention and graduation rates, and that has a strategic plan and the vision to be a campus that creates career-ready graduates. As recorded in my curriculum vitae and an accompanying narrative, I have experience in all academic ranks, having served as an Assistant Professor at several institutions and moved through the ranks to full Professor at the University of Louisville, where I also held an affiliate appointment in the School of Medicine. I have gained significant leadership experience in faculty governance (as Senator; as member or Chair of senate executive, research, planning & budget committees) and I have been part of many searches from beginning faculty to Dean positions. I have been Chair of a large Department during the process of its rebuilding and am presently serving as Dean of Faculty, leading the Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences at Queens College of the City University of New York. Queens College is located in a residential area of Flushing in the Borough of Queens, which is home to approximately one quarter of New York City’s residents and considered America’s most ethnically diverse county due to oncoming waves of immigration from all over the globe. This diversity reflects itself in the demographics of our students who speak over 110 languages other than English and more than one third of the students are Hispanic or African American.

As Department Chair at UNC Charlotte, I directed an academic unit with a large student population, some as pre-majors who went on to major in the Colleges of Health & Human Services, Education, or Computing & Informatics. In addition, I also oversaw matters of regulatory and institutional compliance for Biosafety and Biosecurity in general (including an AAALAC-accredited vivarium) and four start-up companies in particular, two of which with an emerging national profile. The PhD in Biology with interdisciplinary training Program I directed, included 50 participating faculty from 7 academic Departments in 3 UNC Charlotte Colleges (Liberal Arts & Sciences, Health & Human Services, Engineering) and from the Carolinas Medical Center. I have actively participated in revision and development of curricula and academic programs as well as their articulation both as a faculty member and an administrator. At UNC Charlotte, I have participated in ADVANCE program activities that focused on subconscious biases in administrative decisions from hiring to allocating resources to mentoring

2 [LETTEROFAPPLICATION–MGKLOTZ] faculty development, instilling that inclusiveness and openness are key aspects of successful administrative leadership. In my present capacity as Dean, I am overseeing the academic, fiscal and logistic affairs of a unit that includes 8 academic Departments, Health Professions Advisory Services, an Honors Program in the Mathematical & Natural Sciences, a Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program, a Psychological Center with Clinic, and a Laboratory Animal Care Facility. All departments offer Bachelor, Master’s, combined Bachelor/Master’s and advanced certificate programs and 7 departments provide doctoral education. The more than 160 full time and approximately 250 adjunct faculty in DMNS presently serve ~42% of the institutional undergraduate student enrollment, including nearly 2,000 Psychology majors (clinical and neuropsychology, behavioral analysis), >1,000 majors in Computer Science (the largest program of its kind in NYC and >1000 students in the Department of Family (& Consumer), Nutrition & Exercise Sciences (“FNES”). The FNES faculty connect their graduates to significant partners in the community including the NYS & NYC Departments of Education and the many major healthcare providers in NYC and on Long Island that provide customer service in Dietetics & Nutrition Science. Hence, my position as Dean of Faculty requires leadership and broad attention to matters that go beyond education & hands-on training of students and research in Mathematics and the traditional bench sciences and include collaborative efforts in liberal arts and teacher education (and licensing), in the social and allied health sciences and, facilitated by the increasing importance of computing and data management, there are many cross-cutting projects with faculty and students in the arts & humanities, education and social sciences divisions. As an administrator at UNC Charlotte and now here at CUNY, I actively participate/d in strategic planning, assessment and the preparation at the academic unit and institutional levels for affirmation of accreditation by the pertinent accrediting organizations: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) for UNC and the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) for CUNY. As a professorial member of pertinent faculty governance committees and as an administrator I have gained significant experience in strategic development of curricula relevant to admission, retention and graduation of undergraduate students, to recruitment of students and their success in Master’s and doctoral programs, and to institutional collaboration regionally and internationally.

During my career, my perspective developed from one that focused on my own advancement as a scholar to a partner who puts first the success of his team, to a leader who takes pride in the success and advancement of those who he leads. It is this perspective that affords me to not take things personally, to say what I mean while always striving to do my best. I have gained experience in the evaluation of faculty, staff and students, practiced and oversaw evaluations for merit, tenure and promotion, directed hiring and negotiations in response to counter offers, and I have been required to make difficult decisions regarding personnel, budget and its prioritization, salary adjustments and space allocation. Therefore, I believe that my present experience in administration and in matters of faculty governance have afforded me broad training for continued successful institutional leadership. My vision is for an institution that encourages innovation, develops its faculty and staff, engages its students, and builds a broad coalition of partners within and outside the University. I view my role at the helm of the Faculty as that of a Chief Academic Officer being ultimately responsible

[LETTEROFAPPLICATION–MGKLOTZ] 3 for the rules of engagement, quality and resources, as a Colleague providing mentorship and guidance, as a Facilitator providing empowerment for teams and individuals to succeed, as a Partner helping Deans to lead their faculties, as a Communicator ensuring unabridged information flow and, last but not least, as a Champion of the Faculty’s successes for recognition both inside and outside the University, creating new opportunities through partnership activities with external constituencies.

Washington State University Tri-Cities is an innovative, fast-growing, young institution whose academic success and potential as a transformative institution of higher learning is intricately connected with the success of the Tri-City business community; foremost, the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, a world-renowned leader in basic and translational research in science, engineering and technology as it pertains to the health and safety of society and our environment. The physical connection between both partners exists as the Bioproducts, Sciences, and Engineering Laboratory (BSEL) on the WSU-TC campus, which provides opportunities for interdisciplinary programs, faculty research, and career-oriented student training. With ongoing shifts in the needs of the local, national and international economies, continued and future success of WSU-TC will depend on increased enrollments and degree completion programs, increasing internationalization and globalization, and how its academic programming will combine quality in liberal arts and professional (Business, Education, Nursing) education with continuing excellence in teaching, research and training in STEM disciplines. This ambitious perspective is articulated in WSU-TC’s Academic Master Plan. It is thus with excitement and enthusiasm that I submit my interest in the position of Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Washington State University Tri-Cities. I am not applying for this position because I have to leave Queens College and my position as Dean of Faculty. I am grateful for the collegial atmosphere in my division and the throughout positive collaboration I engage in daily with other administrators including my fellow deans, the Provost, the President and his cabinet. My motivation for looking for academic leadership opportunities at this point of my career is that my children are raising their families in the Western part of the country as well as consideration of geography and climate. My selective motivation for applying to become WSU-TC’s next Chief Academic Officer is based on the institution’s reputation for excellence in student career-focused academics, its focus on diversity and internationalization, its inclusion in WSU’s land-grant heritage and tradition, as well as its location and intellectual inclusion in one of the world’s hubs of STEM research. I am excited about the potential and the extraordinary leadership opportunity of your Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs position and hope to bring my open and collaborative approach to Richland. I would welcome the opportunity to learn more about this exciting position. I appreciate your consideration of my application in confidence.

Sincerely, Martin G. Klotz http://mgkmicro.com

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Martin Günter Klotz Dean of Faculty, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences • 125 Remsen Hall

Queens College of the City University of New York 65-30 Kissena Boulevard • Flushing / Queens, NY 11367-1597, USA

Tel: 718.997.4105 • Fax: 718.997.4103 • http://mgkmicro.com

EDUCATION • Postdoctoral Research Experience

Department of Plant Pathology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA 1989 Department of Plant Physiology, University of Lund, Sweden 1988 Department of Technical Microbiology, University of Jena, Germany 1987-1988 Institute of Biophysics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary 1986-1987

• PhD in Biology Department of Biophysics, University of Jena, Germany 1982-1986

• MS in Physics / Biophysics Departments of Physics and Biophysics, University of Jena, Germany 1980-1982

• BS (magna cum laude) in Physics Department of Physics, University of Rostock, Germany 1976-1980

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS and EXPERIENCE

Ø Queens College of The City University of New York Queens College is one of the Senior Research Colleges of the City University of New York, with over 600 full-time faculty in four academic divisions, about 16,000 undergraduate students in >140 academic majors, and more than 4,000 graduate students in 200+ Master’s and Advanced Certificate programs. Although Queens College itself is not a PhD granting institution, its faculty participates in >25 doctoral programs housed in the CUNY Graduate School and University Center. Its annual external research funding from federal agencies, foundations and corporate sponsors exceeds $30 Million (AY15-16), to which the Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences contributed ~87%. Queens College offers a rigorous education in the Arts and Sciences under the guidance of a faculty dedicated to both teaching and research. Students graduate with the ability to think critically, address complex problems, explore various cultures, and use modern technologies and information resources. Located in a residential area of Flushing in the Borough of Queens - America’s most ethnically diverse county - the college has students from more than 150 nations; more than 55% of the students have parents who did not complete a college degree. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Queens College is consistently ranked among the leading institutions in the nation for the quality of its academic programs and for student achievement. Recognized as one of the most affordable public colleges in the country, Queens College offers a first-rate education to talented people of all backgrounds and financial means. The Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences is home to 8 degree-granting academic departments: Biology • Chemistry and Biochemistry • Computer Science • Earth and Environmental Sciences • Family, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences • Mathematics • Physics • Psychology, all of which together offer Undergraduate and Graduate degree programs to approximately 42% of QC’s student population.

⇒ Dean of Faculty, Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences 7/2015 - present (Member of the President’s Council, Academic Deans Council) • Lead the Faculty (>160 full time; >250 adjunct), Staff and Students in a Division of 8 academic

Departments, Health Professions Advisory Services, an Honors Program in the Mathematical & Natural Sciences, a Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program, a Psychological Center with Clinic, and a Laboratory Animal Care Facility.

• Manage a budget of >$20 M (w/o grant F&A, which is administered by the CUNY Research Foundation);

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• Direct the annual process of faculty evaluation for merit, reappointment, promotion and tenure in the division; evaluate direct report staff, and guide the process of faculty hiring in the division.

• Create and oversee the mentoring of untenured and mid-career faculty members in the division. • Contribute as a member of the planning team to refocus the Queens College 2015-2020 Strategic Plan. • Participate in the activities for institutional re-accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher

Education (MSCHE) by representing a significant component and constituency of Queens College. • Direct efforts to articulate QC academic programs in STEM with pertinent 2-year programs in the NYC

Borough of Queens and Nassau County in general and as an HSI-eligible institution in particular. • Provide guidance to the QC Office of Undergraduate Research (research opportunity day, research fair) • Act as the liaison for QC to the CUNY Graduate Center for doctoral programs in STEM disciplines. • Create a divisional Center for Graduate Life, to provide resident QC Master’s students space and

programs as a resource for professional development, career advice and more. • Serve as the academic liaison to the QC Office for Environmental Health and Safety • Convene the institutional Science & Technology Advisory Council to QC • Assist the President with local, national and international (i.e., HK, China & Japan) outreach Ø The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

UNC Charlotte is North Carolina's urban research university. Located in the state's largest metropolitan area, UNC Charlotte is the fastest growing university in the UNC System (contributed to 46% of all growth in the system during the past 6 years). UNC Charlotte was established in 1946 and currently has ~1,300 academic staff serving ~30,000 students of which ~23,000 are undergraduates. 42% of students are first generation college students. UNC Charlotte offers 79 Bachelor’s, 64 Master’s and 21 Doctoral programs. The 2014 research grant awards topped $36M. The Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has 35 faculty and 11 associated support staff and - with a budget of nearly $4M/year - serves ~1,200 undergraduates and 50 graduate students with 50% pursuing a PhD.

⇒ Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences 7/2014 – 7/2015 ⇒ Chair of the Department of Biology 7/2011 – 6/2014 (Member of the CLAS Administrative Council and the Provost’s Administrative Council) • Lead a Faculty of 35 (tenure-track, Lecturers & Research) and 11 staff, who deliver the department’s

educational mission to ~1,200 UG and 50 graduate students in Biology, and to ~800 non-major students/semester to satisfy their General Education science requirement.

• Manage a departmental budget of ~$4 M (Payroll, State appropriations, Summer School, Indirect cost) and restructured the department budget to better support professional development & (inter)-national networking of faculty; Negotiated successfully deserved salary increases for office staff and faculty.

• Managed the Department’s contributions to institutional re-accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).

• Worked successfully with faculty committees on implementation of the 2014 NC Comprehensive Articulation Agreement by providing measures (i.e., placement test) for integrating transfer students into the revamped first and second year experience curriculum including entrance into the major.

• Engaged the faculty in strategic discussions about present and future priorities of the Department’s research mission, which led to the definition of 3 research foci and a successful transformation of the Department of Biology into a Department of Biological Sciences (completed in AY2013-14).

• Worked successfully with faculty committees on the revision of Department Bylaws, RPT and Workload policies to provide a fair & transparent platform for administration, assessment & evaluation;

• Facilitated mentoring for probationary tenure-track and midcareer faculty. • Worked successfully with the upper administration on the renovation and assignment of new space,

which created significant wet lab space for research (~4,000 sf), new faculty offices, a department office suite for 4 staff and the chair, conference rooms, additional meeting space for Graduate TA – UG student

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interactions, smart classrooms for advanced UG and graduate instruction in the Biology Major and a departmental computer lab.

• In absence of an institutional BSO, initiated a comprehensive biosafety & biosecurity overhaul in the department including a teaching lab safety initiative, a revision of access to IBC, IACUC and IRB-restricted work spaces, and mandatory training as an element of the department research seminar series.

• Worked successfully with the Compliance and Legal Offices on safeguards for the compliant operation of 4 incubator companies directed by Principal Investigators from the Department.

• Worked successfully with faculty committees on restructuring the undergraduate program to deal with significant bottlenecks in the lower division and entrance into the Biology major, which before have led to high numbers of pre-major students in the academic purgatory (students who are underprepared, under-informed, or ineligible to make the transition into the major).

• Supported the conversion of first year Biology courses for majors and non-majors to flipped classroom instruction; Supported faculty (TT and lecturers) participation in NAS-HHMI-supported Summer Institutes on UG education in Biology.

• Facilitated the revision of the MS program curriculum including the initiation of a written candidacy exam, developed comprehensive learning outcomes, terminated the under-utilized MA degree program and, instead, established a non-thesis MS track.

⇒ Director, PhD in Biology Program with Interdisciplinary Training 7/2011 – 7/2015

• Appoint and direct a Program Faculty (>50) from 7 academic Departments in 3 UNC Charlotte colleges and from the Carolinas Healthcare System’s “Charlotte Cannon Research Center,” Updated the appointment criteria for PhD in Biology program faculty.

• Facilitated general changes to the pay structure for graduate student assistants in the department. • Facilitated the revision of the doctoral program curriculum including the o Initiation of a mandatory written candidacy exam; o Formulation of comprehensive core coursework on advanced biological knowledge; o Creation of concentrations in MCD and EEE Biology with pertinent curricular requirements to facilitate

student recruitment, advising and success; o Development of comprehensive learning outcomes for the PhD program; o Creation of a non-thesis MS track with requirements equivalent to doctoral candidacy; and o Creation of an incentive pay increase for doctoral candidates; o which has led to higher quality and a significantly shorter pre-candidacy period in the doctoral program.

⇒ Administrative Leadership Development • CUNY Central, NYC, NY; 2015 - present Leadership training on Tech Workforce Development (with emphasis on underrepresented groups),

Academic program articulation, Export Control and Research Compliance • UNC System Biology Chair Conferences (Instigator, Co-organizer and Participant): 2013 - 2015 Meetings at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; UNC Greensboro, Greensboro, NC; Appalachian State University, Boone, NC. • UNC Charlotte ADVANCE Faculty Affairs & NC A&T State University, Greensboro, NC “Charting Your Path 2012: Strategies for Success in Academe: A Conference for STEM Women

Associate Professors and Their Administrators” (Participant) 5/14/2012 • Council of Colleges of Arts & Science, Hyatt Regency Savannah, GA "Seminar for Department Chairs" (Participant) 2/23-2/25/2012 • UNC Center for School Leadership Development, Chapel Hill, NC "UNC System Department Chairs Workshop" (Participant) 1/26-1/27/2012 • UNC Charlotte ADVANCE Faculty Affairs and Academic Affairs, Charlotte, NC 9/15/2011-5/9/2012

"2011-2012 Leadership UNC Charlotte - A Program for Department Chairs & Emerging Leaders"

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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Professor, Department of Biology and School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Queens College, The City University of New York, Flushing, NY 2015 - present Professor & Chair, Department of Biological Sciences, UNC, Charlotte, NC 2014 - 2015 Professor & Chair, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC 2011 - 2014 Professor, Department of Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 2009 - 2011 Faculty Associate, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology, UofL, Louisville, KY 2005 - 2011 Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 2004 - 2009 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 1998 - 2003 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Colorado, Denver, CO 1995 - 1998 Research Asst. Professor, Biology Department, Utah State University, Logan, UT 1991 - 1995 Research Associate; Department of Botany, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 1990 - 1991 Assistant Professor; Department of Technical Microbiology, Univ. of Jena, Germany 1988 - 1990

SERVICE TO INSTITUTION Queens College of The City University of New York (CUNY) • Provide institutional leadership for academics & engagement in STEM (see above) 2015 - present • Facilitate QC’s role as a Hispanic Serving Institution: Pending HIS-STEM grant 2016 - present

Application with the US Department of Education (P031C160208; $5.6M/5 years) • Serve as the institutional liaison for QC to the “NYC Alliance for Minority Participation” • Serve as the institutional liaison for QC to the CUNY Tech Consortium • Serve as the institutional liaison for QC to “HHMI”

UNC Charlotte • Member on the UNC Charlotte Graduate Faculty 2011 - 2016

• Dean of Libraries Search Committee, Member 2014 - 2015 • Center for Professional and Applied Ethics, Associate 2011 - 2015 • Infrastructure, Design, Environment & Sustainability Center, Fellow 2011 - 2015

University of Louisville (UofL)

• Faculty Senate, Planning and Budget Committee, Elected Chair 2010 - 2011 • Dean of Libraries Search Committee, Member 2010 - 2011 • Provost-appointed Committee “Open Access to UofL Scholarship”, Chair 2010 - 2011 • Faculty Senate, Executive Committee, at-large elected Member 2008 - 2011 • Ad Hoc Committee on “Administrative Policies for Collegial Governance” 2008 - 2009 • Centers and Institutes Review Committee, Faculty Senate-appointed Member 2007 - 2011 • Faculty Senate, Member (elected in the College of Arts & Sciences) 2006 - 2011 UofL College of Arts and Sciences

• Research Committee, Elected Chair 2008 - 2010 • Research Committee, Elected Member 2007 - 2008 • Planning & Budget Committee, Elected Chair 2004 - 2007 • Planning & Budget Committee, Elected Member 2003 - 2004

UofL Department of Biology • Academic advisor, microbiology area 2004 - 2011 • Chair Advisory / Long Range Planning Committee, Member 1999 - 2011 • Support Resources Coordinator 1999 - 2011 • Graduate Committee, Member 1998 - 2011 • Member or Chair of Search Committees for 10+ Faculty positions 1998 - 2009

University of Colorado at Denver

• Faculty Senate, Member (elected in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences) 1996 - 1998

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SERVICE TO PROFESSION AND COMMUNITY Professional Leadership:

• Ocean Carbon Chair Professor, Institute of Marine Microbes & Ecospheres, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China 2014 - present • American Society for Microbiology General Meeting Program Committee Member 2013 - present • Founding Editor-in-Chief, Frontiers in Microbiology (IF 4.16) 2010 - present • Guest Professor, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, China 2009 - 2014 • Founding & Steering Committee member, The Nitrification Network 2007 - present

Affiliations / professional societies:

• American Society for Microbiologists (ASM, USA) • Society for Applied Microbiology (SfAM, UK)

External Review for Promotion and Tenure (since 2010):

• Connecticut College (Promotion to Full Professor) 2015 • Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences (tenure and promotion to Associate Professor) 2014 • University of New Mexico (Promotion to Full Professor) 2014 • University of Salzburg, Austria (External reviewer and discussant, PhD Defensio) 2013 • Oregon Health & Sciences University (tenure and promotion to Associate Professor) 2012 • University of Louisville (Tenured Faculty Performance Review) 2012 • University of Calgary (tenure and promotion to Associate Professor) 2011 • University of Texas @ Tyler (promotion to Full Professor) 2011 • Clemson University (tenure and promotion to Associate Professor) 2010 • University of Vienna, Austria (External reviewer and discussant, PhD Defensio) 2010

Conferences, Professional Organizations and Mentoring

• Co-Organizer, 4th International Conference on Nitrification 2015, in Edmonton, Canada 2014 - 2015 • Co-Organizer, 3rd International Conference on Nitrification 2013, in Tokyo, Japan 2012 - 2013 • Co-Organizer, 2nd International Conference on Nitrification in Nijmegen, Netherlands 2010 - 2011 • Co-Organizer and speaker: Darwin 2009, University of Louisville, KY 2009 • Organizer, 1st International Conference on Nitrification in Louisville, KY 2008 - 2009 • ASM Councilor, Representing Division R “Evolutionary & Genomic Microbiology” 2007 - 2009 • Invited speaker & Panelist; 4th Okazaki Biology Conference, Okazaki City, Japan 2006 • Chair-elect, Chair & Advisor, ASM Div. R “Evolutionary & Genomic Microbiology” 2002 - 2007 • Mentoring of (UG & grad) students from groups underrepresented in the Sciences 1995 - 2015

Reviewing of International & National Grant Proposals and Journal Manuscripts:

• Reviewer, Austrian Science Fund, Austrian Doctoral Programmes, Vienna, Austria 2014 - present • Reviewer, Chilean National Commission for Scientific & Technological Research, Chile 2013 - present • Reviewer, Austrian Science Fund, Life Science Division, Vienna, Austria 2011 - present • Reviewer, European Res. Council; ERC Advanced Grants Program, Brussels, Belgium 2011 - present • Reviewer, The Netherlands Genomics Initiative, Horizon Breakthrough Projects 2008

• Reviewer, Oak Ridge Assoc. Universities, NASA Postdoc Program, Oak Ridge, TN 2014 - present • Panelist, DOE-OBER Biosystems Design & Sustainable Bioenergy Review panels 2012 - present • Panelist, DOE JGI, Community Sequencing Program (CSP) Panel, Walnut Creek, CA 2008 - present • Panelist, NSF Microbial Sequencing Program Panel, Washington, DC 2006 - 2008 • Panelist, DOE Office of Science, “Genomes to Life” Panel, Washington, DC 2004 • Reviewer (ad hoc) of grant proposals submitted to NSF, USDA and DOE 1995 - present

• Member, Editorial Board for Environmental Microbiology (Blackwell-Wiley) 2011 - present • Member, Editorial Board for Frontiers in Microbiology 2010 - present • Member, Editorial Board for Applied & Environmental Microbiology (AEM) 2003 - 14, 2016 - present

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• Reviewer (ad hoc) of manuscripts for the following international peer-reviewed journals 1995 - present American Journal of Enology & Viticulture, Applied & Environmental Microbiology, Bioresource Technology, Bioremediation Journal, BMC Evolutionary Biology, Canadian Journal of Biochemistry, Ecotoxicology, Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Reports, Environmental Science & Technology, Eukaryotic Cell, FEMS Microbiology Letters, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, FEMS Microbiology Reviews, Frontiers in Microbiology, Genome Research, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Journal of Applied Microbiology, Journal of Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology, Journal of Bacteriology, Journal of Molecular Evolution, Letter in Applied Microbiology, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Marine Environmental Research, mBIO (ASM), Methods in Enzymology, Microbial Ecology, Microbiology (UK), Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Microbiology, Nature, Nature Communications, Nature Geoscience, PNAS, Science, The ISME Journal (NPG), Trends in Biotechnology.

Outreach to the community:

• Presentation and discussions at UNCC College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Advisory Council meetings • Judge at State Junior Science and Humanities Symposia, Science Fairs at the High School, County and

Metropolitan Area regional levels in KY and NC. • Supervision of High School Student Science Fair projects, Presentations in High School Science classes

PUBLICATIONS (since 2010)

(All listed at: http://mgkmicro.com/pubs.html) Edited Books

• MG Klotz, and LY Stein (Eds). 2011. Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 496, Research on Nitrification and Related Processes, Part B, pp. 2-524. Academic Press, Oxford ISBN 978-0-12-386489-5.

• MG Klotz, and LY Stein. 2011. Preface. In: Research on Nitrification and Related Processes, Part B. Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 496 (M.G. Klotz, L.Y. Stein, eds), pp. xix-xx. AP (Elsevier Inc.)

• MG Klotz (Ed). 2011. Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 486, Research on Nitrification and Related Processes, Part A, pp. 2-548. Academic Press (Elsevier Inc.), Oxford ISBN 978-0-12-381294-0.

• MG Klotz. 2011. Preface. In: Research on Nitrification and Related Processes, Part A. Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 486 (M.G. Klotz, ed), pp. xix-xx. AP (Elsevier Inc.),

• BB Ward, DJ Arp, MG Klotz (Eds). 2011. Nitrification, pp. 1-416. ASM Press, Washington, DC. ISBN: 978-1-55581-481-6.

Peer-reviewed Book Chapters and Journal Publications: 100. Marlen C. Rice, Jeanette M. Norton, Frederica Valois, Annette Bollmann, Peter J. Bottomley, Martin

G. Klotz, Hendrikus J. Laanbroek, Yuichi Suwa, Lisa Y. Stein, Luis Sayavedra-Soto, Tanja Woyke, Nicole Shapiro, Lynne A. Goodwin, Marcel Huntemann, Alicia Clum, Manoj Pillay, Nikos Kyrpides, Neha Varghese, Natalia Mikhailova, Victor Markowitz, Krishna Palaniappan, Natalia Ivanova, Dimitrios Stamatis, T.B.K. Reddy, Chew Yee Ngan, Chris Daum. 2016. Complete genome of Nitrosospira briensis C-128, an ammonia-oxidizing bacterium from agricultural soil. Standards in Genomic Sciences 11:e46

99. Haixia Zhou, Hongyue Dang and Martin G. Klotz. 2016. Environmental conditions outweigh geographical contiguity in determining the similarity of nifH-harboring microbial communities in sediments of two disconnected marginal seas. Frontiers in Microbiology 7: e01111.

98. Lin Wang, Chee K. Lim, Hongyue Dang, Thomas E. Hanson, and, Martin G. Klotz. 2016. D1FHS, the type strain of the ammonia-oxidizing bacterium Nitrosococcus wardiae spec. nov.: Enrichment, isolation, phylogenetic and growth physiological characterization. Frontiers in Microbiology 7:e00512

97. Jessica A. Kozlowski, Michaela Stieglmeier, Christa Schleper, Martin G. Klotz, and Lisa Y. Stein. 2016. Pathways and key intermediates required for obligate aerobic ammonia-dependent chemolithotrophy in Bacteria and Thaumarchaeota. The ISME Journal 10: (doi:10.1038/ismej.2016.2).

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96. Lisa Y. Stein and Martin G. Klotz. 2016. Primer: The Nitrogen Cycle. Current Biology 26(3): R94-R98.

95. Martin G. Klotz, Donald A. Bryant, Jim K. Fredrickson, William P. Inskeep, and Michael Kuhl. 2016. Editorial: Systems biology and ecology of microbial mat communities. Frontiers in Microbiology 7:e00115.

94. James Flynn, Hisako Hirayama, Yasuyoshi Sakai, Peter F. Dunfield, Martin G. Klotz, Claudia Knief, Huub J.M. Op den Camp, Mike S.M. Jetten, Valentina N. Khmelenina, Yuri A. Trotsenko, J. Colin Murrell, Jeremy D. Semrau, Mette M. Svenning, Lisa Y. Stein, Nikos Kyrpides, Nicole Shapiro, Tanja Woyke, Francoise Bringel, Stephane Vuilleumier, Alan A. DiSpirito, Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya. 2016. Draft genomes of gammaproteobacterial methanotrophs isolated from marine ecosystems. Genome Announcements 4(1):e01629-15.

93. Christine E. Sharp, Angela V. Smirnova, Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya, Francoise Bringel, Hisako Hirayama, Mike S.M. Jetten, Valentina N. Khmelenina, Martin G. Klotz, Claudia Knief, Nikos Kyrpides, Huub J.M. Op den Camp, Aleksandr S. Reshetnikov, Yasuyoshi Sakai, Nicole Shapiro, Yuri A. Trotsenko, Stephane Vuilleumier, Tanja Woyke, and Peter F. Dunfield. 2015. Draft genome sequence of the moderately halophilic methanotroph, Methylohalobius crimeensis strain 10Ki. Genome Announcements 3(3):e00644-15.

92. Richard Hamilton, Kerim D. Kits, Victoria Ramonovskaya, Olga Rozova, Hiroya Yurimoto, Hiroyuki Iguchi, Valentina N. Khmelenina, Yasuyoshi Sakai, Peter F. Dunfield, Martin G. Klotz, Claudia Knief, Huub J.M. Op den Camp, Mike S.M. Jetten, Francoise Bringel, Stephane Vuilleumier, Mette Svenning, Nicole Shapiro, Tanja Woyke, Yuri A. Trotsenko, Lisa Y. Stein, and Marina Kalyuzhnaya. 2015. Draft genomes of gammaproteobacterial methanotrophs isolated from terrestrial ecosystems. Genome Announcements 3: eA00515-15

91. K. Dimitri Kits, Martin G. Klotz, and Lisa Y. Stein. 2015. Methane oxidation coupled to nitrate reduction under hypoxia by the Gammaproteobacterium Methylomonas denitrificans, sp. nov. Type Strain FJG1. Environmental Microbiology 10.1111/1462-2920.12772

90. Hidetoshi Urakawa, Juan C. Garcia, Jeppe L. Nielsen, Vang Q. Le, Jessica A. Kozlowski, Lisa Y. Stein, Chee Kent Lim Andreas Pommerening-Roser, Willm Martens-Habbena, David A. Stahl, Martin G. Klotz. 2015. Nitrosospira lacus sp. nov., a psychrotolerant ammonia-oxidizing bacterium from sandy lake sediment. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 65:242-250

89. Fuyan Li, Chuanlun L. Zhang, Shang Wang, Yufei Chen, Chijun Sun, Hailiang Dong, Wenjun Li, Martin G. Klotz, and Brian P. Hedlund. 2014. Production of branched tetraether lipids in Tibetan hot springs: a possible linkage to nitrite reduction by thermotolerant or thermophilic bacteria? Chemical Geology 386:209-217.

88. Wei Xie, Chuanlun L. Zhang, Jinxiang Wang, Yufei Chen, Yuanqing Zhu, José R. de la Torre, Hailiang Dong, Hilairy E. Hartnett, Brian P. Hedlund, and Martin G. Klotz. 2014. Distribution of ether lipids and composition of the archaeal community in terrestrial geothermal springs: impact of environmental variables. Environmental Microbiology 10.1111/1462-2920.12595

87. Beate Kraft, Halina E. Tegetmeyer, Ritin Sharma, Martin G. Klotz, Timothy G. Ferdelman, Robert L. Hettich, Jeanine S. Geelhoed, Marc Strous. 2014. The environmental controls that govern the end product of bacterial nitrate respiration. Science 345 (6197):676-679.

86. Tatiana V. Karpinets, Byung H. Park, Mustafa H. Syed, Martin G. Klotz, and Edward C. Uberbacher. 2014. Metabolic environments and genomic features associated with pathogenic and mutualistic interactions between bacteria and plants. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 27:664-677.

85. Sudong Shao, Xiwu Luan, Hongyue Dang, Haixia Zhou, Yakun Zhao, Haitao Liu, Yunbo Zhang, Lingqing Dai, Ying Ye, and Martin G. Klotz. 2014. Deep-sea methane seep sediments in the Okhotsk Sea sustain diverse and abundant anammox bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 87:503-516.

84. Juan Garcia, Hidetoshi Urakawa, Vang Le, Lisa Y. Stein, Martin G. Klotz, and Jeppe L. Nielsen. 2013. Draft Genome of Nitrosospira sp. strain APG3, a psychrotolerant ammonia-oxidizing bacterium isolated from sandy lake sediment. Genome Announcements 1(6): e00930-13.

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83. Lisa Y. Stein, Mark A. Campbell, and Martin G. Klotz. 2013. Energy-mediated versus ammonium-regulated gene expression in the obligate ammonia-oxidizing bacterium, Nitrosococcus oceani. Frontiers in Microbiology 4:00277.

82. Thomas E. Hanson, Barbara J. Campbell, Katie M. Kalis, Mark A. Campbell, and Martin G. Klotz. 2013. Nitrate ammonification by Nautilia profundicola AmH: experimental evidence consistent with a free hydroxylamine intermediate. Frontiers in Microbiology 4:00180.

81. Valentina Khmelenina, David Beck, Christine Munk, Karen Davenport, Hajnalka Daligault, Tracy Erkkila, Lynne Goodwin, Wei Gu, Chien-Chi Lo, Mattew Scholz, Hazuki Teshima, Yan Xu, Patrick Chain, Fran�oise Bringel, Stéphane Vuilleumier, Alan DiSpirito, Peter Dunfield, Mike Jetten, Martin G. Klotz, Claudia Knief, Colin Murrell, Huub Op den Camp, Yasuyoshi Sakai, Jeremy Semrau, Mette Svenning, Lisa Stein, Yuri Trotsenko, and Marina Kalyuzhnaya. 2013. Draft genome sequence of Methylomicrobium buryatense 5G, a haloalkaline-tolerant methanotrophic bacterium. Genome Announcements 1(4): e00053-13.

80. Kerim Kits, Marina Kalyuzhnaya, Martin Klotz, Mike Jetten, Huub Op den Camp, Stéphane Vuilleumier, Francoise Bringel, Alan DiSpirito, Colin Murrell, David Bruce, Jan-Fang Cheng, Alex Copeland, Lynne Goodwin, Loren Hauser, Aurelie Lajus, Miriam Land, Alla Lapidus, Susan Lucas, Claudine Medigue, Sam Pitluck, Tanja Woyke, Ahmet Zeytun, and Lisa Stein. 2013. Genome sequence of the obligate gammaproteobacterial methanotroph Methylomicrobium album strain BG8. Genome Announcements 1(2): e00170-13.

79. Annette Bollmann, Christopher J. Sedlacek, Jeanette Norton, Hendrikus J. Laanbroek, Yuichi Suwa, Lisa Y. Stein, Martin G. Klotz, Daniel Arp, Luis Sayavedra-Soto, Megan Lu, David Bruce, Chris Detter, Roxanne Tapia, James Han, Tanja Woyke, Susan M. Lucas, Sam Pitluck, Len Pennacchio, Matt Nolan, Miriam L. Land, Marcel Huntemann, Shweta Deshpande, Cliff Han, Amy Chen, Nikos Kyrpides, Konstantinos Mavromatis, Victor Markowitz, Ernest Szeto, Natalia Ivanova, Natalia Mikhailova, Ioanna Pagani, Amrita Pati, Lin Peters, Galina Ovchinnikova , and Lynne A. Goodwin. 2013. Complete genome sequence of Nitrosomonas sp. Is79 - an ammonia oxidizing bacterium adapted to low ammonium concentrations. Standards in Genomic Sciences 7(3):351/896.

78. M. Li, Y. Hong, H. Cao, M.G. Klotz and J.-D. Gu. 2013. Diversity, abundance, and distribution of NO-forming nitrite reductase-encoding genes in deep-sea subsurface sediments of the South China Sea. Geomicrobiology 11:170-179.

77. Martin G. Klotz. 2013. Crystal ball 2013 Ð Adopting modularity of metabolism as a guiding paradigm may lead to better accounting and understanding of the unseen majority of life: exercised with focus on the nitrogen cycle. Environ. Microbiol. Reports 5:6-10.

76. Hongyue Dang, Haixia Zhou, Jinying Yang, Huangmin Ge, Nianzhi Jiao, Xiwu Luan, Chuanlun Zhang, and Martin G. Klotz. 2013. Thaumarchaeotal signature gene distribution in sediments of the Northern South China Sea - an indicator for the metabolic intersection of the marine carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycles? Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 79:2137-2147.

75. Patricia L. Tavormina1, William Ussler III, Joshua A. Steele, Stephanie A. Connon, Martin Gunter Klotz, and Victoria J. Orphan. 2013. Abundance and distribution of diverse membrane-bound monooxygenase (Cu-MMO) genes within the Costa Rica oxygen minimum zone. Environ. Microbiol. Reports 5(3):414-423.

74. Hongyue Dang, Jingying Yang, Jing Li, Xiwu Luan, Yunbo Zhang, Guizhou Gu, Rongrong Xue, Mingyue Zong, Martin G. Klotz. 2013. Environment-dependent distribution of sediment nifH-harboring microbiota in the Northern South China Sea. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 79:121-132.

73. Jörg Simon and Martin G. Klotz. 2013. Diversity and evolution of bioenergetic systems involved in microbial nitrogen compound transformations. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1827:114-135.

72. Ahmad Khadem, Adam Wieczorek, Arjan Pol, Stephane Vuilleumier, Harry Harhangi, Peter Dunfield, Marina Kalyuzhnaya, Colin Murrell, Kees-Jan Francoijs, Henk Stunnenberg, Lisa Stein, Alan DiSpirito, Jeremy Semrau, Aurelie Lajus, Claudine Medigue, Martin Klotz, Mike Jetten, and Huub Op den Camp. 2012. Draft genome sequence of the volcano-inhabiting thermoacidophilic methanotroph Methylacidiphilum fumariolicum strain SolV. J. Bacteriol. 194:3729-3730.

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71. Boran Kartal, Hans J.C.T. Wessels, Erwin van der Biezen, Kees-Jan Francoijs, Mike S.M. Jetten, Martin G. Klotz, and Lisa Y. Stein. 2012. Effects of nitrogen dioxide and anoxia on global gene and protein expression in long-term continuous cultures of Nitrosomonas eutropha C91. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 78:4788-4794.

70. Stephane Vuilleumier, Valentina Khmelenina, Francoise Bringel, Aleksandr Reshetnikov, Aurelie Lajus, Sophie Mangenot, Zoe Rouy, Huub Op den Camp, Mike Jetten, Alan DiSpirito, Peter Dunfield, Martin Klotz, Jeremy Semrau, Lisa Stein, Valerie Barbe, Claudine Medigue, Yuri Trotsenko, and Marina Kalyuzhnaya. 2012. Genome sequence of the haloalkaliphilic methanotrophic bacterium Methylomicrobium alcaliphilum 20z. J. Bacteriol. 194:551-552.

69. Melanie Kern, Martin G. Klotz, and Jorg Simon. 2011. The Wolinella succinogenes mcc gene cluster encodes an unconventional respiratory sulfite reduction system. Mol. Microbiol. 82:1515-1530.

68. Rich Boden, Michael Cunliffe, Julie Scanlan, Helene Moussard, K Kitz, Martin Klotz, Mike Jetten, Stephane Vuilleumier, James Han, Lin Peters, Natalia Mikhailova, Hazuki Teshima, Roxanne Tapia, Nikos Kyrpides, Natalia Ivanova, Ioanna Pagani, Jan-Fang Cheng, Lynne Goodwin, Cliff Han, Loren Hauser, Miriam Land, Alla Lapidus, Susan Lucas, Sam Pitluck, Tanja Woyke, Lisa Stein, and Colin Murrell. 2011. Complete genome sequence of the aerobic marine methanotroph Methylomonas methanica MC09. J. Bacteriol. 193:7001-7002.

67. Kartik Chandran, Lisa Y. Stein, Martin G. Klotz, Mark C. M. van Loosdrecht. 2011. Nitrous oxide production by lithotrophic ammonia oxidizing bacteria and implications for engineered nitrogen removal system. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 39:1832-1837.

66. Lisa Y. Stein and Martin G. Klotz. 2011. Nitrifying and denitrifying pathways of methanotrophic bacteria. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 39:1826-1831.

65. Hongyue Dang, Ruipeng Chen, Lin Wang, Sudong Shao, Lingqing Dai, Ying Ye, Lizhong Guo, Guiqiao Huang and Martin G. Klotz. 2011. Molecular characterization of putative biocorroding microbiota with a novel niche detection of Epsilon- and Zetaproteobacteria in Pacific Ocean coastal seawaters. Environ. Microbiol. 13:3059-3074.

64. Mette M. Svenning, Anne Grethe Hestnes, Ingvild Wartiainen, Lisa Y. Stein, Martin G. Klotz, Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya, Anja Spang, Stephane Vuilleumier, Francoise Bringel, Aurelie Lajus, Claudine Medigue, David C. Bruce, Jan-Fang Cheng, Lynne Goodwin, Natalia Ivanova, James Han, Cliff S. Han, Loren Hauser, Brittany Held, Miriam L. Land, Alla Lapidus, Susan Lucas, Matt Nolan, Sam Pitluck, and Tanja Woyke. 2011. Genome sequence of the arctic methanotroph Methylobacter tundripaludum SV96. J. Bacteriol. 193:6418-6419.

63. Patricia L. Tavormina, Victoria J. Orphan, Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya, Mike S.M. Jetten, and Martin G. Klotz. 2011. A novel family of functional operons encoding methane/ammonia monooxygenase-related proteins in gammaproteobacterial methanotrophs. Environ. Microbiol. Reports 3:91-100.

62. Martin G. Klotz and Lisa Y. Stein. 2011. Genomics of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and insights to their evolution. In: Nitrification(B.B. Ward, D.J. Arp and M.G. Klotz, eds), pp. 57-93. ASM Press, Washington, DC. ISBN:978-1-55581-481-6.

61. Yuichi Suwa, , Jeanette M. Norton, Annette Bollmann, Martin G. Klotz, Lisa Y. Stein, Hendrikus J. Laanbroek, Daniel J. Arp, Lynne Goodwin, Olga Chertkov, Brittany Held, David Bruce, J. Chris Detter, Janine C. Detter, Roxanne Tapia, and Cliff S. Han. 2011. Genome sequence of Nitrosomonas sp. AL212, an ammonia-oxidizing bacterium sensitive to high-levels of ammonia. J. Bacteriol. 193: 5047-5048.

60. Mark A. Campbell, Gyorgyi Nyerges, Jessica Kozlowski, Amisha T. Poret-Peterson, Lisa Y. Stein, and Martin G. Klotz. 2011. Model of the molecular basis for hydroxylamine oxidation and nitrous oxide production in methanotrophic bacteria. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 322:82-89.

59. James E. Graham, Nicholas B. Wantland, Mark A. Campbell, and Martin G. Klotz. 2011. Characterizing bacterial gene expression in nitrogen cycle metabolism with RT-qPCR. In: Research on Nitrification and Related Processes, Part B. Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 496 (Klotz M.G. & Stein L.Y. eds.), pp. 345-372. Academic Press (Elsevier Inc.), Oxford. ISBN: 978-0-12-386489-5.

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58. Lisa Y. Stein, Francoise Bringel, Alan A. DiSpirito, Sukkyun Han, Mike S.M. Jetten, Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya, K. Dimitri Kits, Martin G. Klotz, Huub J.M. Op den Camp, Jeremy D. Semrau, Stephane Vuilleumier, David C. Bruce, Jan-Fang Cheng, Karen W. Davenport, Lynne Goodwin, Shunsheng Han, Loren Hauser, Aurelie Lajus, Miriam L. Land, Alla Lapidus, Susan Lucas, Claudine Medigue, Sam Pitluck, and Tanja Woyke. 2011. Genome Announcement: Genome sequence of the methanotrophic Alphaproteobacterium, Methylocystis sp. Rockwell (ATCC 49242). J. Bacteriol. 193:2668-2669.

57. Mark A. Campbell, Patrick S.G. Chain, Hongyue Dang, Amal F. El Sheikh, Jeanette M. Norton, Naomi L. Ward, Bess B. Ward and Martin G. Klotz. 2011. Nitrosococcus watsonii sp. nov., a new species of marine obligate ammonia-oxidizing bacteria that is not omnipresent in the world s oceans. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 76:39-48.

56. Lisa Y. Stein, Sukhwan Yoon, Jeremy D. Semrau, Alan A. DiSpirito, J. Colin Murrell, Stephane Vuilleumier, Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya, Huub J.M. Op den Camp, Francoise Bringel, D. Bruce, J-F. Cheng, A. Copeland, Lynne Goodwin, Shunsheng Han, Loren Hauser, Mike S.M. Jetten, Aurelie Lajus, M.L. Land, A. Lapidus, S. Lucas, Claudine Medigue, S. Pitluck, Tanja Woyke, Ahmet Zeytun, and Martin G. Klotz. 2010. Genome Announcement: Genome sequence of the obligate methanotroph, Methylosinus trichosporium strain OB3b. J. Bacteriol. 192:6497-6498.

55. Hongyue Dang, Ruipeng Chen, Lin Wang, Lizhong Guo, Pingping Chen, Zuwang Tang, Fang Tian, Shaozheng Li and Martin G. Klotz. 2010. Environmental factors shape sediment anammox bacterial communities in hypernutrified Jiaozhou Bay, China. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 76:7036-7047.

54. Hongyue Dang, Jing Li, Ruipeng Chen, Lin Wang, Lizhong Guo, Zhinan Zhang, and Martin G. Klotz. 2010. Diversity, abundance, and spatial distribution of sediment ammonia-oxidizing Betaproteobacteria in response to environmental gradients and coastal eutrophication in Jiaozhou Bay, China. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 76:4691-4702.

53. C.B. Walker, J.R. de la Torre, M.G. Klotz, H. Urakawa, N. Pinel, D.J. Arp, C. Brochier-Armanet, P.S.G. Chain, P.P. Chan, A. Gollabgir, J. Hemp, M. Hugler, E.A. Karr, M. Konneke, D. Lang, T.J. Lawton, T. Lowe, W. Martens-Habbena, L.A. Sayavedra-Soto, M. Shin, S.M. Sievert, A.C. Rosenzweig, G. Manning, and D.A. Stahl. 2010. Nitrosopumilus maritimus genome reveals unique mechanisms for nitrification and autotrophy in globally distributed marine crenarchaea. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 107:8818-8823.

52. Hongyue Dang, Xi-Wu Luan, Ruipeng Chen, Xiaoxia Zhang, Lizhong Guo, and Martin G. Klotz. 2010. Diversity, abundance, distribution and potential ecophysiology and environmental history of amoA-encoding archaea in deep-sea methane seep sediments of the Okhotsk Sea. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 72:370-385

51. Meng Li, Yiguo Hong, Martin Gunter Klotz and Ji-Dong Gu. 2010. A comparison of primer sets for detecting 16S rRNA and hydroxylamine oxidoreductase genes of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria in marine sediments. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 86:781-790.

50. Naomi L Ward and Martin G Klotz. 2010. Harnessing the power of microbial genomics for exploring exceptions and shifting perceptions. Front. Microbiol. 1:146.

49. Martin G. Klotz. 2010. The grand challenge of microbiology: to know better, protect, utilize and celebrate the unseen majority on our planet. Front. Microbiol. 1:1-3 .

PRESENTATIONS AT SCHOLARLY MEETINGS AND INVITED LECTURES (since 2010)

M.G. Klotz. 2016. Invited Lecture: The modular design of the N-cycle. 16th International Symposium on

Microbial Ecology; Montréal, Canada, 8/21-26, 2016 J.B. Glass, J.A. Kozlowski, L.Y. Stein, M.G. Klotz, F.J. Stewart, C.L. Dupont, G.P. Fournier. 2016.

Thaumarchaeotal Metalloenzymes: Evolutionary History, Influence of Oxygen and Role in Nitrogen and Greenhouse Gas Cycles. Annual Meeting, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, Queensland, Australia

H. Dang, H. Zhou, L. Dai, and M.G. Klotz. 2015. Comparison of anammox and nitrogen-fixing microbial communities in three environmentally distinct marginal seas of the Western Pacific Ocean.

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4th International Conference on Nitrification and related Processes, Edmonton, Canada, 6/28-7/1, 2015 J.A. Kozlowski, M. Stieglmeier, C. Schleper, M.G. Klotz, and L.Y. Stein. 2015. Comparison of pathways

and intermediates required for aerobic ammonia-dependent chemolithotrophy in Bacteria and Archaea. 4th International Conference on Nitrification and related Processes, Edmonton, Canada, 6/28-7/1, 2015

M.G. Klotz. 2014. So, you want to be a ‘famous’ scientist? What publishing platform is best for sharing your work with your peers? Invited talk at the ASM SC Branch meeting, Columbia, SC, 11/15/2014

M.G. Klotz. 2014. What’s new in the N-cycle? How the concept of modularity is ending our thinking in process terms! Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, 10/20/ 2014.

M.G. Klotz. 2014. Diversity, Evolution and Interaction of Chemolithotrophic Bioenergetic Systems: from C to S to N. State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science (MEL), Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China, 9/13/2014.

M.G. Klotz. 2014. What do we really know about the extant Nitrogen cycle? State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science (MEL), Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China, 9/11/2014.

J.M. Norton, H. Urakawa, A. Bollmann, L.Y. Stein, L. Sayavedra-Soto, M.G. Klotz, M.C. Rice, C.K. Lim, C.J. Sedlacek, J. Kozlowski, L.E. Lehtovirta, J.L. Nielsen, N. Shapiro, L.A. Goodwin. 2014. Comparative Genomics of Nitrosospira, Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria from Diverse Environments. 114th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology; Boston, MA, 5/17-20/2014

Lin Wang, Chee Kent Lim, Hongyue Dang, Luis A. Sayavedra-Soto, Luis-Miguel Rodrigues Rojas, Kostas Konstantinidis, and Martin G. Klotz. 2014. Enrichment, sequencing and ongoing analysis of an ammonia-oxidizing bacterial community from sediments in Jiaozhou Bay, China. 1st Annual Southeastern Biogeochemistry Symposium, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 4/5-6/2014

M.G. Klotz 2013. Let the electrons flow – do quinone-reactive proteins obligate chemolithotrophy? Plenary lecture. 18th European Nitrogen Cycle meeting, University of Darmstadt, Germany, 9/18-21/2013

M.G. Klotz 2013. Keynote address: Tox or detox, what drove the evolution of the nitrogen cycle? Third International Conference on Nitrification (ICoN3), Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan, 9/2-5/2013

M. G. Klotz 2013. Diversity, evolution and interaction of chemolithotrophic bioenergetic systems - from C to S to N. Symposium “Evolution of Bioenergetic Systems” (Conveners M.G. Klotz and D.A. Bryant). 113th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology; Denver, CO, 5/18-21/2013

J.M. Norton, Annette Bollmann, Yuichi Suwa, Lisa. Y. Stein, M.G. Klotz, H.J. Laanbroek, Luis Savavedra Soto, and L.A. Goodwin. Comparative Genomics of Nitrosomonas, Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria with Distinct Ecophysiological Niches. 113th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology; Denver, CO, 5/18-21/2013

L.Y. Stein, K.D. Kits and M.G. Klotz. Comparative genomics of N-oxide transformation modules in methanotrophic Bacteria. 113th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology; Denver, CO

H. Urakawa, J.C. Garcia, J.L. Nielsen, J. Kozlowski, L.Y. Stein, C.K. Lim, M.G. Klotz. Physiology, phylogeny and genomics of a newly isolated ammonia-oxidizing bacterium in the “Nitrosospira cluster 0” lineage. 113th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology; Denver, CO, 5/18-21/2013

M.G. Klotz. 2013. “Microbes mislabeled and misunderstood - a new perspective on the Nitrogen cycle” Invited seminar 2/13. TongJi University, School of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Shanghai, PR China

M.G. Klotz and J. Simon. 2012. On the Evolution of bioenergetiuc systems with relevance to nitrogen transfromations.” “ Gordon Research Conference “Molecular basis of microbial one-carbon metabolism”, Bates College, August 5-10, 2012. Lewis, ME

H. Urakawa, J.C. Garcia, P.D. Barreto, G.A. Molina, M.G. Klotz, J.C. Barreto. 2012. Differential Responses of Archaeal and Bacterial Nitrifiers to Spilled Oil in the Gulf of Mexico. American Society for Microbiology 112th General Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 6/16-19

M.G. Klotz. 2012. “Microbes mislabeled and misunderstood - a new perspective on the Nitrogen cycle” Invited seminar 4/12. University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC.

M.G. Klotz. 2012. “Microbes mislabeled and misunderstood - a new perspective on the Nitrogen cycle” Invited seminar 3/12. University of North Carolina, Chemistry, Charlotte, NC

M.G. Klotz. 2011. “NITROgenOMICS – a new perspective on the Nitrogen cycle” Invited Lecture,

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Second International Conference on Nitrification, 07/2011, Nijmegen, The Netherlands M.G. Klotz. 2011. “NITROgenOMICS - what do we know about the Nitrogen cycle?” Invited seminar

4/11. Columbia University, New York City, NY. M.G. Klotz. 2011. “NITROgenOMICS - what do we know about the Nitrogen cycle?” Invited seminar

3/11. Thermal Biology, Institute Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. M.G. Klotz. 2011. “NITROgenOMICS - what do we know about the Nitrogen cycle?” Invited seminar

2/11. Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH. M.G. Klotz. 2011. “NITROgenOMICS - what do we know about the Nitrogen cycle?” Invited seminar

1/11. University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Charlotte, NC. M.G. Klotz. 2010. “NITROgenOMICS - what do we know about the Nitrogen cycle?” Invited seminar

12/10. University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. M.G. Klotz. 2010. “The RCN ‘Nitrification’ – the challenge of interdisciplinary international research.”

Presentation 12/10 at the Annual PI meeting, US-NSF, Arlington, VA. M.G. Klotz. 2010. “NITROgenOMICS - what do we know about the Nitrogen cycle?” Invited seminar

11/10. University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY. M.G. Klotz. 2010. “NITROgenOMICS - what do we know about the Nitrogen cycle?” Invited seminar

9/10. Oregon Health & Sciences University, Institute for Environmental Health, Portland, OR. M.G. Klotz. 2010. “The ever more complex NITROGEN cycle - a genome-informed assessment.” Invited

seminar 9/10. Oregon Health & Sciences University, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Portland, OR.

B.J. Campbell, T.E. Hanson and M.G. Klotz. 2010. A novel pathway for respiratory nitrate ammonification and assimilation that lacks a classical nitrite reductase found in diverse members of the Epsilonproteobacteria.” Poster - Gordon Research Conference “Molecular Basis Of Microbial One-Carbon Metabolism”, 08/2010; Bates College, Lewiston, ME.

M.G. Klotz. 2010. “Methanotroph genomics - a first comparative assessment of inventory.”Invited Lecture - Gordon Research Conference “Molecular Basis Of Microbial One-Carbon Metabolism”, 08/2010; Bates College, Lewiston, ME.

M.G. Klotz. 2010. “Differential regulation of NOx transformation inventory – key to niche adaptation of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria?” Invited seminar 7/10. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong China.

M.G. Klotz. 2010. “On the beginnings of the extant nitrogen cycle – a genome-informed analysis.” Invited seminar 7/10. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong China.

M.G. Klotz. 2010. “Differential regulation of NOx transformation inventory – key to niche adaptation of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria?” Invited seminar 6/10. Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

M.G. Klotz. 2010. “On the beginnings of the extant nitrogen cycle – a genome-informed analysis.” Invited seminar 6/10. Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

M.G. Klotz. 2010. “Differential regulation of NOx transformation inventory – key to niche adaptation of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria? Invited seminar 6/10. China Univ. of Petroleum, Qingdao, China.

M.G. Klotz. 2010. “On the beginnings of the extant nitrogen cycle – a genome-informed analysis.” Invited seminar 6/10. East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.

M.G. Klotz. 2010. “On the beginnings of the extant nitrogen cycle – a genome-informed analysis.” Invited seminar 6/10. China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, China.

RESEARCH SUPPORT

1) United States National Science Foundation (US-NSF):

Ø Prior awards: • MCB-0948202:“Collaborative Research: Extreme transcriptome profiling in Nautila profundicola, a

model deep-sea hydrothermal vent Epsilonproteobacterium.” PI: MG Klotz. Award: $213,744; Award period: 03/15/2010 - 3/31/2015

• EF-0541797; “RCN: Nitrification, a Bacterial Process at the Interface of the Carbon & Nitrogen Cycles”; PI: DJ Arp; Co-PIs: W.J. Hickey, MG Klotz, JM Norton, and BB Ward. Award: $500,000; Award period: 01/01/2007 -12/31/2013

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• EF-0412129: “The complete genome sequence of a mini consortium of marine ammonia oxidizers.” PI: MG Klotz; Co-PIs: P.S.G. Chain, K.L. Casciotti, and B.B. Ward. Award: $807,922; Award period: 10/01/2004 - 10/31/2009

• NIB-EEP Program: "Collaborative Research: Diversity of ammonia monooxygenase genes from autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing soil bacteria." PI: Klotz, M.G.; Award: $75K; Award period: 1996-2001

• MCB Division: “Modulation of active oxygen during pathogenesis of Pseudomonas syringae." PI: Klotz, M.G.; Award: $135K; Award period: 1992 - 1995

2) China National Science Foundation (NSF_C: Marine Sciences Department): Ø Current awards: o NSFC-91328209: ” Studies on Inorganic Carbon Fixation Processes and Mechanisms by

Chemoautotrophic Microorganisms in the South China Sea.” PI: Hongyue Dang; Co-PIs: MG Klotz, P Noble, and 7 Chinese colleagues. Award: RMB 3,200,000. Award period: 1/01/2014 - 12/31/2017

Ø Prior awards: • NSFC-41076091: ”Molecular ecological study of key functional groups of N biogeochemical cycling

microbes of Yellow River estuary.” Award: RMB 420,000. Award period: 1/01/2011 - 12/31/2013; PI: Hongyue Dang; Co-PI: MG Klotz

3) Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation Ø Prior awards: • $10,000; Award to support the Forth International Conference on Nitrification and Related Processes

(ICoN4) and Workshop for Graduate Students & Early Investigators, 6/2015, Edmonton, Canada. Recipient: MG Klotz, ICoN4 co-organizer

• $10,000; Award to support the Second International Conference on Nitrification and Related processes (ICoN2) and Workshop for Graduate Students & Early Investigators, 7/2011, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Recipient: MG Klotz, ICoN2 co-organizer

• $5,000; Award to support the First International Conference on Nitrification and related Processes (ICoN1) and Workshop for Graduate Students & Early Investigators, 7/2009, Louisville, KY, USA. Recipient: MG Klotz, ICoN1 organizer

4) United States Department of Energy (Office of Science) Ø Prior awards: ü DoE_BER-217526 (DE-FOA-0001204): “Proposal to support the 4th International Conference on

Nitrification and Related Processes (ICoN4).” PI: MG Klotz. Award: $12,540; Funding period: 6/01/2015 - 9/30/2015

ü Biological and Environmental Research Program and the University of California (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract No. W-7405-Eng-48, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory under contract No. DE-AC03-76SF00098 and Los Alamos National Laboratory under contract No. W-7405-ENG-36). Award equivalents ranging from $600K to $1.8M; Funds are expended at the pertinent DoE National Laboratories. All of the these projects produced completed and annotated sequences of the genomes from nitrifying and methane-oxidizing bacteria that have crucial roles in the terrestrial, oceanic and freshwater nitrogen and carbon cycles. The overarching goal was to interpret these genomes for metabolic reconstruction and further study of the biology of these organisms.

• Microbial Community Sequencing Program #1029359-65: "Regulatory interplay between C & N metabolism of methanotrophic bacteria (Microbial Transcriptome Annotation)." Award period: 01/01/2013 - 12/31/2014 PIs: LY Stein (Univ. of Alberta, Canada), MG Klotz (UNC Charlotte, USA)

• Microbial Community Sequencing Program CSP 2011 (#1001378): “Revising methanotrophy: a comprehensive genomic probing of the unexpected genetic and metabolic diversity of aerobic methane-consuming bacteria (17 genomes).”Award period: 01/01/2012 - 12/31/2013. PIs: MG Kalyuzhnaya (University of Washington, Seattle, USA), Francoise Bringel (Université de Strasbourg, France), S Dedysh (Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia), AA DiSpirito

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(Iowa State University, USA), P Dunfield (University of Calgary, Calgary AB Canada), MSM Jetten (Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands), MG Klotz (University of Louisville, Louisville, USA), C Knief (Institute of Microbiology, ETH, Switzerland), JC Murrell (The University of Warwick, Warwick UK), HJM Op den Camp (Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands), Y Sakai (Kyoto University, Japan), JD Semrau (University of Michigan, USA), LY Stein (University of Alberta, Canada), MM Svenning (University of Tromsø, Norway), YA Trotsenko (G. K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia), J Vorholt (Institute of Microbiology, ETH, Switzerland), S Vuilleumier (Université de Strasbourg, France)

• Microbial Community Sequencing Program CSP 2010: “Genome Sequencing of Nitrosomonas cryotolerans and Nitrosospira briensis, missing pieces for comparative phylogenomics of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria.” Award period: 01/01/2011 - 12/31/2012. PIs: JM Norton (Utah State Univ.), MG Klotz (Univ. Louisville), BB Ward (Princeton Univ.) & LY Stein (Univ. Alberta-Edmonton).

• Microbial Community Sequencing Program CSP 2010 (#401877-81): “Whole Genome Sequencing of Methanotrophic Bacteria Representative of Diverse Environments.”

• Award period: 09/012009 – 08/31/2011. PIs: LY Stein (Univ. Alberta, Canada), MG Klotz (Univ. Louisville), AA DiSpirito (Iowa State Univ.), JC Murrell (Univ. Warwick, UK), P Dunfield (Univ. of Calgary, Canada), MG Kalyuzhnaya (Univ. Washington), MM Svenning (Univ. Tromsø, Norway), YA Trotsenko (Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia).

• Microbial Community Sequencing Program CSP 2008 (#786864): “Genome Sequencing of Representative Type I and Type II Methanotrophic Bacteria.” Award period: 09/01/2007 - 08/31/2009. PIs: LY Stein (Univ. Alberta, Canada), AA DiSpirito (Iowa State Univ.), MG Klotz (Univ. Louisville), and JC Murrell (Univ. Warwick, UK).

• Microbial Community Sequencing Program, CSP 2006 (#0083-060710): “Draft Level Sequencing of Nitrosomonas oligotropha and Isolate IS-79; Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria Adapted for Growth at low Ammonia Concentrations.” Award period: 09/01/2007 - 08/31/2009. PIs: JM Norton (Utah State Univ.), DJ Arp (Oregon State Univ.), A Bollmann (Miami Univ., Oxford, OH), MG Klotz (Univ. Louisville), H Laanbroek (Utrecht Univ., The Netherlands), LY Stein (Univ. California-Riverside) and Y Suwa (Chuo University Tokyo, Japan).

ü Genomes to Life Microbial Genome Sequencing Program o FY2004: “The complete genome sequence of five nitrifiying bacteria.” Co-PIs: DJ Arp, WJ Hickey, MG Klotz, JM Norton, and BB Ward. Award equivalent: $2,000K. Award period: 09/01/2003 - 08/31/2007. o FY1999 (one of the first three microbial genomes to be sequenced by the JGI): “The complete genome sequence of Nitrosomonas europaea.” PIs: DJ Arp, AB Hooper, MG Klotz, & JM Norton. Award equivalent: $800K. Award period: 09/01/1999 – 08/31/2003.

ü Division of Biosciences: "Understanding the Genetic and Metabolic Controls of CO2 Assimilation and NH3 Oxidation in Nitrosomonas europaea." PIs: DJ Arp, J Zhou, and MG Klotz. Award $900K to DOE-ORNL (Zhou), $300K through Oregon State University (Arp, Klotz). Award period: 2001 - 2004.

5) US Department of Agriculture Ø Prior awards: ü National Research Initiative-Competitive Grants Program; Soil Biology Program: “Linking ammonia oxidizer communities to nitrification kinetics in soils treated with dairy waste.” Subcontract PI: MG Klotz. Award: $15,000 (Lead: Utah State Univ., 252K, PI: JM Norton); Funding period: 1999-2002. ü National Research Initiative-Competitive Grants Program; Soil Biology Program: "Molecular Analysis of Ammonia Oxidizer Communities in Contrasting Animal Waste Treatment Systems." PI: MG Klotz. Award: $59,000; Award period: 1996–2000. 6) KY Science & Technology Corporation Ø Prior awards:

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ü KESF-04-RDE-007: “Bacterial methane and ammonia oxidation: a model for the development of heterotrophy from chemolithoautotrophy in a planetary context.” PI: MG Klotz, Award $58,000; Award period: 06/01/2005 - 05/31/2007. 7) Prior intramural support ü Klotz, M.G. (PI) “Are nitrifying and methanotrophic bacteria suited for studying the evolution of chemolithoautotrophy into chemoorgano-heterotrophy?” 07/03 – 12/2004. UofL IRIG, $3,900.

>>Resulted in funding of project by KSEF 2005 ü Klotz, M.G. (PI). “Genome analysis of the autotrophic nitrifying bacterium Nitrosomonas europaea.” UofL AS Research Award; 1999; $2,904

>>Resulted in funding of N. europaea genome project by DOE JGI.

TEACHING AND MENTORING Courses Taught: • University of North Carolina-Charlotte (2011-2015): Undergraduate Research; Graduate Tutorial; Dissertation Research. • University of Louisville (1998 – 2011): Introduction to Microbiology and Introduction to Microbiology Laboratory; General Microbiology and Advanced Microbiology Laboratory; Bacteriology; Microbial Physiology; Advanced Concepts of Physiology; Biotechnology Methods; Molecular Evolution; Undergraduate Seminar; Independent Undergraduate Research; Independent Graduate Research; Thesis Research; Dissertation Research • University of Colorado – Denver (1995-1998): General Microbiology with Lab; Molecular Genetics, Molecular Genetics Lab; Immunology; Microbial Physiology Mentor for 2 Postdoctoral fellows Dissertation Mentor for 4 doctoral students; Member on 12 Committees (3 international) Thesis Mentor for 2 MS students; Member on 16 Committees (MA, MBS, MES, MS) Research Mentor for >30 Undergraduate students

HONORS • The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels: Commissioned, The Governor of Kentucky (2006) • Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars, Mu Chapter Member (2012) • Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China (2014)

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The following narrative is supplementary to my curriculum vitae:

Academic training: After a beginning training in Physics (B.S.), I found my home in the Biological Sciences (M.S., Ph.D.). My graduate and post-doctoral studies in membrane biology working with plants (Jena, Szeged, Lund), molecular studies of plant-microbe interactions (Jena, Columbia, College Park, Logan, Denver) and continuing molecular genetic and evolutionary studies of microbial processes in the global nitrogen cycle as a faculty member and principal investigator (Denver, Louisville, Charlotte) afforded me integrative insight in and appreciation of Math and the Natural Sciences as the foundation of a complex "big picture." My personal motivation since the early days in graduate school is built on the slogan “academia cum praxi” coined by physical chemist Nobel laureate Wilhelm Ostwald. This means to me that scholarly pursuit without sharing its outcome in the form of teaching, communication, engagement and translational application is incomplete.

Maturing as a faculty member: I have always felt strongly about consensus, teamwork as well as welfare and rights of faculty, and this is why I have been active in faculty governance. At the Department level, I have served nearly continuously on the graduate committee and have been elected to serve on seminar, resources and personnel committees. At the college level, I was a member of and chaired the research and the planning & budget committees, the latter during major restructuring, caused by continuing budget cuts, dwindling appropriations and earmarks. In addition, I have been a university faculty Senator (elected at-large by the College of Arts & Sciences) at the University of Louisville since 2006 until my departure to UNC Charlotte. In this capacity, I served on numerous ad hoc and standing committees such as the “Ad Hoc Committee on Administrative Policies for Collegial Governance,” to which I was appointed by the University Provost in 2008. The charge of this committee was to “initiate a meaningful review of managerial and administrative practices that affect collegial governance within units.” Our review of and report on administrative policies, procedures and practices concerning shared/collegial governance within the units and across the university was followed with several policy changes and the writing of a Faculty booklet on Shared Governance. Since 2008, I was also a member of the University Faculty Senate Executive Committee, which worked closely with the offices of the President and Provost and the Board of Trustees to represent faculty input in all administrative and policy matters, ensure the rights and welfare of the university faculty and foster good relationships with the Staff Senate, the Student Government Association and the associations of alumni and retired university employees. Since the summer of 2010 and until my departure to UNC Charlotte, I chaired the University Faculty Senate Planning & Budget Committee. In addition, I spearheaded the University initiative on “Open Access to Scholarship,” which examined how we access and contribute to scholarship locally, regionally and globally. All these activities have afforded me insight into a University's administration at many levels, which has been immensely beneficial to my present administrative duties.

Training as an administrator amidst faculty colleagues: As incoming Chair of Biology at UNC Charlotte, I inherited a department three years interim-chaired by a seasoned former Dean and Department Chair with expertise in English composition who took the helm after a decade with biologist chairs absorbed in selfish turf building. Many senior, well-funded PIs were disengaged from teaching but active in departmental governance thereby ensuring the status quo. Lecturers in special faculty appointments constituted about one third of the faculty and were in charge of the undergraduate curriculum. Most of the younger faculty, minority and female colleagues in

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particular were without mentoring despite the prominent presence of an NSF-ADVANCE faculty affairs office on campus. It took only a few weeks on the job for me to realize that my Dean’s expectations could have been summarized with only two words: “fix it!” Therefore my main administrative task was to overcome the stratification of the Department, to encourage team building and outreach in the research arena, and to work through faculty governance towards unified faculty ownership of our undergraduate and graduate curricula.

During my tenure at UNC Charlotte, we completed the revision of our graduate programs (newly structured PhD and thesis MS curricula, a new non-thesis MS) and we had redesigned the structure of our undergraduate program and degree curricula from the bottom up with an emphasis on access to courses that promote progression into and through the major, on assessment to benefit the quality of student experience as well as on retention and graduation. As a result of this revision of our undergraduate curriculum, delivered to approximately 1,200 undergraduate students, “my” faculty had re-taken ownership of the curriculum as a group. Departmental administrative support fostered the set-up of inquiry-based learning community-focused approaches in lecture and laboratory instruction, implementation of joint undergraduate mentoring and pre-entrance advising as well as freshmen engagement programs, all of which led to a significant improvement of our freshmen retention in the Biology major. In Spring 2014 the department reconstituted itself as Department of Biological Science with the goal to pair a very successful focus group engaged in cancer research with research strengths in other areas of the Biological Sciences that had not enjoyed equal recognition and support. Upon my arrival, I initiated a comprehensive biosafety and biosecurity overhaul (including a teaching lab safety initiative) and I reworked the structure of adjuncts and courtesy appointments in the Department. Under my directorship, we revamped the structure of the PhD in Biology Program, constituted of 50 participating faculty from 7 academic Departments in 3 UNC Charlotte Colleges and from the Carolinas Medical Center. I also initiated the process of building a research group with expertise in protein function and biotechnology with the goal to cross-fertilize our research foci and to create more opportunities for increasing collaboration with application-oriented disciplines such as Bioengineering or Bioinformatics in other colleges. The Department housed 4 incubator companies (Sustainable Ethanol Technologies, HepatoSys, SoyMeds, and OncoTAb), all of which are engaged in the local business community and the latter two of which have already achieved state and national accolades for cutting-edge biomedical research and technology transfer. Our level of annual extramural funding rebounded to near the $3 Million mark. My staff (7 permanent office staff, 3 research staff) was highly motivated and the morale in the office was significantly above average on campus. My Department with an average budget of $3.8 million and a multi-layered structure of faculty, staff and students passed an intra-institutional audit in 2012-13 without a ticket. All these activities were accompanied by focused efforts to develop my administrative leadership skills by taking advantage of leadership training workshops offered at the local, regional and national levels. Being an executive academic leader: My coming to Queens College of the City University of New York in 2015 as Dean of Faculty to lead the Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences provided new administrative opportunities and challenges at a broader scale. I learned quickly that being a Dean takes a similarly courageous, motivated, outreaching and level-handed approach that was needed in my prior position to balance the needs of a diversity of students, to be a good steward of precious human and capital resources in multiple departments to ensure that growth continues and that there is readiness for transformation when opportunity knocks or constraints demand. The division I presently lead is diverse and comprised of straight and

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complex departments representing the life, physical, information and allied health sciences (Biology, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Computer Science, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Family & Consumer Science and Nutrition & Exercise Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, and Psychology with strong undergraduate, Master’s and doctoral programs in Neuroscience). The Computer Science Department is the largest academic program of its kind in NYC and the 3rd largest academic program on campus behind Psychology and Accounting. In total, the QC Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences presently offers 24 academic programs leading to a Bachelor degree, 15 programs leading to a Master’s degree, one Professional Science Masters degree program, 5 advanced certificates and the faculties of 7 departments participate in doctoral education and training in the CUNY Graduate Center. We continue to develop combined early entry degrees programs (BA/MA, BS/MS, etc).

Queens College is located in the center of the ethnically most diverse county in the world and the majority of its undergraduate students are 1st and 2nd generation immigrants, 55% with parents who did not complete a college degree and 38% receiving Pell Grants. Their entrepreneurial mindset is infectious and we have just recently embarked on a “TECH” initiative to bring together students interested Business, Economics (Accounting & Finance) and Computer Science with a focus on experiential learning. We have created an incubator to support internships within a “technology talent pipeline”, which is an entity of the collaboration between Queens College/CUNY, NYC’s department of small business services, major technology and financial institutions, members of the local Chamber of Commerce, and non-profit accelerators with a focus on workforce development. As the Dean of Math & Natural Sciences, I am the institutional liaison to these activities as well as the representative to CUNYs Technology Consortium, which is the new umbrella for the City University’s technology initiative sponsored by New York State and the JPMorgan Chase Foundation. Activities are underway to integrate interests and activities of faculty and students in the Arts and pertinent Social Sciences with that of Math & Natural Sciences in digital visualization, data analysis and maker space, an activity in which our Library will play a significant role as well. The Computer Science Department is partnering with the Division of Education (which still provides the majority of teachers and school administrators to NYC’s public schools) to infuse training in computer science at various levels in the curriculum for future elementary, middle and high school teachers. The first academic program proposal (MAEd in Mathematics and Computer Science) is presently pending in the NYS Department of Education and supported by a special initiative of the NYC Major and local tech industry. In collaboration with colleagues in the Economics Department (actuary science, finance and accounting) in the Division of Social Sciences, we (the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences and the Commoner Center for Health and the Environment in the MNS division) have set out to develop a PSM program in Environmental Risk Management and we have plans to develop laboratories in Electronics and Building Materials recycling. Additional avenues for institutional engagement of the faculty and students in the MNS division include our considerable strength in dietetics, nutrition and exercise sciences as well as a Psychological Clinic that focuses on clinical psychology and applied behavioral analysis (i.e., autism, ADHD, substance abuse). Development of a parallel clinic focusing of Nutrition, Dietetics and Wellness is in the works with emphasis to reach out to and serve socio-economically underprivileged clients in the community. The City University of New York with its >250,000 students has a unique structure in that all doctoral education is clustered in a central Graduate Center in Manhattan whereas most training and dissertation research takes place on the Carnegie-classified Master’s level campuses (the “Senior Colleges”) in the 5 Boroughs of NYC. The faculties in all but one department in my

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division participate in the training of doctoral students, which is based on funding from the NIH (R01, R15, R03, R21, SCORE), the NSF (including CAREER numerous awards), the NSA, DOE and EPA, foundations as well as state and local funding. To facilitate the integration between all levels of advanced post-baccalaureate education and training (Master’s, PhD, certificates) and to provide support for student achievement in the MNS division, I have initiated the inauguration of a Center for Graduate Life. In addition, the MNS division is the nucleus for the College Office for Undergraduate Research, which organizes events showcasing opportunities for Undergraduate Student research as well as achievements. By and large, the University’s new strategic plan provides an excellent roadmap for in-depth focus and expansion around existing expertise and strength guided by local, regional and national needs. It enables the MNS division to be the leader in the Institution’s efforts to increase extramural funding for research, and naturally, to take the lead in recruiting talented students into careers in the Science and Math areas of STEM and strive for synergistic collaboration with academic partners in the divisions of Arts & Humanities, Education and Social Sciences. As Dean, I am presently the leader, administrator, and evaluator of the MNS division’s academic and research programs, I supervise, evaluate and reappoint faculty and staff annually and - when applicable – convene the Division’s Personnel & Budget Committee for evaluation of faculty for tenure and promotion. Together with the Department Chairs, I develop and administer the budget for the Division and direct the recruitment of outstanding diverse faculty. I work collaboratively with faculty, other deans, and administrators throughout the College and across CUNY on various development opportunities with local business, community, state, and national agencies. I engage the faculty in review and development of their curricula with the goal to expand experiential learning and career readiness, a process for which we utilize assessment and guidance by the institutional strategic plan. Last but not least and following my passion, I have initiated a divisional mentoring program for junior faculty, which I direct in the spirit of my prior participation in institutional ADVANCE initiatives.

As an administrator, I value realistic effort and workload evaluation that recognizes creative activities as well as Scholarships of Research, Teaching or Engagement, in Teaching, Mentoring & Advising, as well as Service and Outreach. To me the ultimate value of our academic product is evident through recruitment, retention and graduation of students that are prepared to succeed in an increasingly international competition for advanced employment as well as continuing education and training at the graduate, post-graduate and professional levels. Such as success in creative activity may be measured by the impact on its target audience as well as society as a whole, the ultimate product of research and scholarship is the communication of new knowledge and, wherever possible, transitioning this new knowledge for applications having benefit to society. Impact in this process is measured by one’s standing in the peer community, of which reference to or citation of one’s work is a measurable basis for assessment of an individual’s contributions to the field. It is important to me that the outcome of our scholarly and creative pursuits is openly and democratically accessible to all peers in our fields and crafts worldwide, which stretches from educational materials to theses and dissertations to peer-reviewed articles in journals, proceedings, manuals and books, to digital records of creative performances. Each discipline in a comprehensive University has a different platform for demonstrating excellence in scholarly and creative pursuit; nevertheless, these need to be accountable and comparable to peer performance in an academic setting.

Three Confidential Academic References: Nancy A. Gutierrez, PhD (Former Supervisor) Professor (English) and Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Past-President, Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences UNC Charlotte | 430 Fretwell Building | 9201 University City Blvd Charlotte, NC 28223 704-687-0081 | ngutierr@uncc.edu | http://clas.uncc.edu/ Ronald D. Fell, PhD (Former Supervisor) Professor and Chair, Department of Biology, University of Louisville | 139 Life Sciences Building Louisville, KY 40292 502-852-6771| rfell@louisville.edu | http://louisville.edu/biology/ Glenn Boreman, PhD (Former Chair Colleague) Professor and Chair, Department of Physics and Optical Science; Director, Center for Optoelectronics & Optical Communications UNC Charlotte | 279 Grigg Hall; 9201 University City Blvd Charlotte, NC 28223 704-687-8732 | gboreman@uncc.edu | https://clas-pages.uncc.edu/glenn-boreman/ Three additional Professional References (if desired) Lisa Y. Stein, PhD (Professional Colleague) Professor and Assistant Chair, Undergraduate Studies, Department of Biological Sciences University of Alberta | M 528 Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2E9 780-492-4782 | stein1@ualberta.ca | http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/faculty/lisa_stein Daniel J. Arp, PhD (Professional Colleague) Professor (Microbiology) and Dean, College of Agriculture; Director, Ag. Experiment Station Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon 97331-2902 541-737-3451 | dan.j.arp@oregonstate.edu | http://bpp.oregonstate.edu/arp Lee A. Dugatkin, Ph.D. (Professional Colleague) Professor and Distinguished University Scholar, Department of Biology, University of Louisville Louisville, KY 40292 139 Life Sciences Building 502-852-5943 | lee.dugatkin@louisville.edu | http://louisville.edu/faculty/laduga01/