Publications

Q.Faber, J. West, E. Corriveau, R. Barbato. 2025. Complete Genomic Sequences of Nine Bacillota isolated from Alaskan permafrost. Microbial Resource Announcements. 14:9. doi: 10.1128/mra.00268-25

Q. Faber, C. Davis, B. C. Christner. 2024. Metagenomic inference of microbial community composition and function in the weathering crust aquifer of a temperate glacier. Frontiers in Microbiomes. 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/frmbi.2024.1488744

Q. Faber Composition, Nutrient Cycling, and Cross-Domain Interactions of Glacial Microbial Communities. Dissertation submitted to the University of Florida in August 2024.

A. Dubnick, Q. Faber, J. R. Hawkings, N. Bramall, B. C. Christner, P. T. Doran, J. Nadeau, C. Snyder, A. M. Kellerman, A. M. McKenna, R. G. M. Spencer, M. L. Skidmore. 2022. Biogeochemical responses to mixing of glacial meltwater and hot spring discharge in the Mount St. Helens crater. JGR Biogeosciences. 127. e2022JG006852. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JG006852

L. M. Jay-Garcia, J. L. Cornell, R. L. Howie, Q. Faber, A. Salas, T. A. Chernova, Y. O. Chernoff. 2023. Yeast Chaperone Hsp70-Ssb Modulates a Variety of Protein-Based Heritable Elements. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 24:10. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24108660

R. L. Howie, L. M. Jay-Garcia, D. A Kiktev, Q. Faber, M. Murphy, K. A. Rees, N. Sachwani, Y. O. Chernoff. 2019. Role of the Cell Asymmetry Apparatus and Ribosome-Associated Chaperones in the Destabilization of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae Prion by Heat Shock. Genetics. 213:3. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.119.302237

Publications in Progress

Q. Faber, C. C. M. Baker, J. R. West, S. J. Doherty, J. G. Ernakovich, R. A. Barbato. Antimicrobial resistance varies with warming in active layer soil and permafrost. In review at Scientific Reports.

Q. Faber, M. Flint, K. Palmer, Y. Shin, M. Cohen, E. E. Martin, J. B. Martin, A. Pain, X. Mayali, P. Weber, B. C. Christner. Microbial Production and Nutrient Transport in Supraglacial Environments on the western margin of the Greenland Ice sheet. In preparation.

Awards and Fellowships

NASA FCSG Dissertation and Thesis Improvement Fellowship

Proposal accepted for Brine Analogs for the Europa Subsurface, $5,000 in research funds


American Geophysical Union Horton Research Grant

Proposal accepted for Glacier Algae in Supraglacial Weathering Crust Ecosystems, $10,000 in research/travel funds


DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program award

Proposal accepted for Biogeochemical cycling by phototrophic consortia in near-surface aquifers of the Greenland Ice Sheet

Water Institute Graduate Fellow

Interdisciplinary team of scientists studying high latitude hydrology with additional training in environmental civics