Q. Faber, C. C. M. Baker, J. R. West, S. J. Doherty, J. G. Ernakovich, R. A. Barbato. 2026. Antimicrobial resistance varies with warming in active layer soil and permafrost. Scientific Reports. 16. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-46295-2
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
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
J. R. West, Q. Faber, A. Shepherd, R. A. Barbato. Genome-based predictions of metabolic preferences and substrate phenotypes in psychrotrophic bacteria from permafrost environments. Accepted at Microbiology Spectrum.
Q. Faber, G. K. Davis, A. B. Michaud. A structured approach to onboarding undergraduate researchers in environmental microbiology laboratories. In review at the Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education.
H. C. Lemus-Cisneros, R. A. Barbato, A. McCarthy, S. Blisard, J. Compton, Q. Faber, D. Leary, V. A. Roman, Blake Stamps. Complete genome sequence of Cryobacterium sp. AP23 isolated from ancient Alaskan permafrost. In review at Microbial Resource Announcements.
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
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