Earth Sciences Division Logo
Resource Departments
Research Programs
Other Resources
ESD Home
Berkeley Lab Home Page
Berkeley Lab Logo
[Hit the 'Back' Button to Return to Previous Page]

Academic Education

1997-2000 CalPoly State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
M.S. (Biological Sciences),  Advisor: Dr. S. Elrod
1988-1992 University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
B.A. (Biological Sciences)

Research Interests and Experience

2000 – date, Developing DNA analysis software and designing laboratory microarray tests for the rapid and quantitative detection of microorganisms in complex environmental and medical samples.

Other Interests

  • Wave Sliding
  • Home Construction
  • Offspring Generation
  • Perl Programming Instruction

Professional Appointments

2003 – date Principal Research Associate, Microbial Ecology & Environmental Engineering, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA
2000-2003 Biomedical Scientist, Biology and Biotechnology Research Program, Biodefense Division, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, CA
1997-1999  Graduate Research Assistant, Environmental Biotechnology Institute, San Luis Obispo, CA

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  1. DeSantis, T. Z., Dubosarskiy, I., Murray, S. R., and Andersen, G. L., (2003) Comprehensive aligned sequence construction for automated design of effective probes (CASCADE-P) using 16S rDNA. Bioinformatics 19: 1461-1468

  2. Wilson, K. H., Wilson, W. J., Radosevich, J. L., DeSantis, T. Z., Viswanathan, V. S., Kuczmarski, T. A., and Andersen, G. L. (2002) High density microarray of small subunit ribosomal DNA probes. Appl. Env. Micro. 68: (5) 2535-2541.

  3. Wilson, W. J., Strout, C. L., DeSantis, T. Z., Stilwell, J. L., Carrano, A. V., and Andersen, G. L. (2002) Sequence specific identification of 18 pathogenic microorganisms using microarray technology. Molecular and Cellular Probes 16: (2) 119-127.

  4. Radosevich, J. L., Wilson, W. J., Shinn, J. H., DeSantis, T. Z., and Andersen, G. L. (2002) Development of a high-volume aerosol collection system for the identification of airborne microorganisms. Letters in Applied Microbiology 34: (3) 162-167.

 

 

Todd Z. DeSantis

Todd Z. DeSantis
Principal Research Associate

Ecology Department

Phone: 510-486-4010
Email: tdesantis@lbl.gov