B.Sc., 1983, University of California, Berkeley, Marine Science/Biochemistry, Berkeley, California
Ph. D., 1991, University of California, San Diego/Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California. Marine Biology
Assistant Professor, Marine Microbiology, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, 1994-Date
Post-doctoral fellow, Agouron Institute, La Jolla, CA and Brookhaven National Lab, 1992-1994. Research investigating growth rate regulation of ribosomal RNA promoters from marine bacteria.
Research Assistant, UCSD/SIO 1986-1991. Ph. D. Research developing methods for extracting nucleic acids from bacteria in seawater, targeting a specific rRNA subunit in natural samples, and quantifying the signal from a non-radiolabeled DNA probe.
Research Assistant, Harvard University, 1982-1986. Research characterizing the gene complex involved in imaginal disc formation in Drosophila melanogaster and assessment of aquatic nitrogen transformation rates using heavy isotopes (15N).
Perez-Jimenez, J., L. Young, and L. Kerkhof. 2001. Dissimilatory Sulfite Reductase Genes from Novel Anaerobic Bacteria Capable of PAH Degradation. FEMS Microbial Ecology. 35:145-150 [pdf file]
Scala, D. and L. Kerkhof. 2000. Horizontal Heterogeniety in Denitrifying Bacterial Assemblages in Marine Sediments Using TRFLP Analysis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66: 1980-1986 [pdf file]
Kerkhof, L., Santoro, M., and J. Garland. 2000. Response of Soybean Rhizosphere Communities to Human Hygiene Water Addition as Determined by Community-Level Physiological Profiling (CLPP) and Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (TRFLP) Analysis. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 184: 95-101 [pdf file]
M. Haggblom, V. Knight, and L. Kerkhof. 2000. Anaerobic Decomposition of Halogenated Aromatic Compounds. Environmental Pollution (Special Issue). 107: 199-207
Kerkhof, L. and P. Kemp. 1999. Small Ribosomal RNA Content in Marine Bacteria During Non-Steady State Growth. FEMS Microbial Ecology. 30: 253-260 [pdf file]
Kerkhof, L., Voytek, M. Sherrel, R., Millie, D., and O. Schofield. 1999. Variability in Bacterial Community Structure During Upwelling in the Coastal Ocean. Hydrobiologia. 401: 139-148
Scala, D. and L. Kerkhof. 1999. Diversity of Nitrous Oxide Reductase (nosZ) Genes in Continental Shelf Sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65: 1681-1687 [pdf file]
Sakano, Y. and L. Kerkhof. 1998. Assessing Changes in Microbial Community Structure During Operation of an Ammonia Biofilter using Molecular Tools. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:4877-4882 [pdf file]
Phelps, C., L. Kerkhof, and L. Young. 1998. Molecular Characterization of a Sulfate-Reducing Consortium which Mineralizes Benzene. FEMS Micro. Ecol. 27: 269-279. [pdf file]
Kerkhof, L. and M. Speck. 1997. Ribosomal RNA Gene Dosage in Marine Bacteria. Mol. Mar. Biol. and Biotech. 6: 264-271