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Martin Klotz

  1. Professor Emeritus
Email Addressmartin.g.klotz@wsu.edu
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Biography

After serving in faculty positions at Utah State, U Colorado, U Louisville, UNC-Charlotte, CUNY-Queens and WSU (CVM-SMB), Martin G. Klotz continues to be affiliated with SMB as an Emeritus Professor (2022). Over several decades, Klotz directed a research program with focus on evolution and genome-informed analyses of molecular inventory key to N-oxide transformations. He was one of the initiators of a genome sequencing initiative for N-cycle bacteria (starting in 1999) focusing on metabolic reconstruction with a specific interest in bioenergetics and the role of cytochrome c proteins. Klotz was actively involved in microbiology education through scholarly teaching and professional outreach locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally, facilitating progress of the next generation and gender equity. He has served his professional society, ASM, as a division officer & councilor, and continues to serve on editorial boards of several microbiology journals. Klotz is the founding Editor-in-Chief (2010-2022) of Frontiers in Microbiology.

Department Affiliations

  • School of Molecular Biosciences

Education

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Hung. Acad. of Sciences, Biological Research Centre Szeged, 1986-87
  • PhD, Biology, University of Jena, Germany, 1986
  • MS, Biophysics, University of Jena, Germany, 1982
  • BS, Physics, University of Rostock, Germany, 1980

Research Interest

  • Genomics & Genetics
  • Physiology & Ecology of bacteria that facilitate the global Nitrogen and Carbon cycles

Publications

Professional Service

  • ASM Editorial Board, Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 2003-2014; 2016- present
  • Editorial Board, The ISME Journal (Springer-Nature), 2020-present
  • Editorial Board, Environmental Microbiology, 2011-2017
  • Founding Editor-in-Chief, Frontiers in Microbiology, 2010-2022
  • Co-editor, “Nitrification”, ASM Press, 2009-2010
  • Hosting Editor, Methods in Enzymology vols. 486, 496: “Research on nitrification and related processes”, AP-Elsevier, 2010-2011
  • Founder & Steering Committee Member, The Nitrification Network, 2006-2021
  • Officer & Councilor, ASM Division R “Evolutionary & Genomic Microbiology”, 2002-2009
  • Journal Reviewer: American Journal of Enology and Viticulture, Applied & Environmental Microbiology, Bioresource Technology, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, Bioremediation Journal, BMC Evolutionary Biology, Canadian Journal of Biochemistry, Ecotoxicology, Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Reports, Environmental Science and Technology, Eukaryotic Cell, FEMS Microbiology Letters, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, FEMS Microbiology Reviews, Frontiers in Environmental Science, Frontiers in Genetics, Frontiers in Microbiology, Genome Research, Journal of Applied Microbiology, Journal of Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology, Journal of Bacteriology, Journal of Molecular Evolution, Marine Environmental Research, Methods in Enzymology, Microbial Ecology, Microbiology (UK), Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Microbiology, Nature, Nature Communications, Nature Geoscience, PNAS, Science, Scientific Reports, The ISME Journal (NPG), Trends in Biotechnology.
  • Grants Reviewer: US National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy, US Department of Agriculture, Austrian Science Fund, Estonian Science Foundation, European Research Council, FONDECYT Chile, The Netherlands Genomics Initiative, The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)

Honors and Awards

  • Elected Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology (FAAM), American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, USA, 2019
  • Ocean Carbon Chair, IME & State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science (MEL), Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, 2014-2019
  • Kentucky Colonel, Commissioned by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, 2006