Bio

Degree

PhD in Microbiology

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

BA in Biology

McDaniel College (founded as Western Maryland College)

Published Works

• Pai, K., Stout, G., Zimmer, T., Jacobs, C., Ver Eecke, H. (2022). Increased rate of yeast cultivation from packaged beer with environmentally relevant anaerobic handling . Microbiology Spectrumhttps://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02656-22.
• Ver Eecke, H. (2022). Microbial Concrete Jungle: Biogeographical Comparisons of Microbes in Concrete. ISME,
• Futz, M., Ver Eecke, H. (2021). Viral Art and Scientific Communication. SciArt Magazine,
• Ver Eecke, H. (2018). Microbial Communities from Hydrocarbon Influenced Habitats; A Hunt for Biodegradators of Polyethylene. ,
• Lambert, J., Fetter, L., Spindler, M., Stout, G., Ver Eecke, H. (2017). Purposeful Pichia Pitching: Analyzing Beer Deliberately Fermented with Pichia, a Yeast Genus That May Be Unknowingly Prevalent in Barrel-aged Beer.. Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology,
• Lambert, J., Fetter, L., Spindler, M., Stout, G., Ver Eecke, H. (2017). Purposeful Pichia Pitching: Analyzing Beer Deliberately Fermented with Pichia, a Yeast Genus That May Be Unknowingly Prevalent in Barrel-aged Beer.. Gordon Research Conferences, Applied and Environmental Microbiology (AEM),
• Tapia, F., Russell, J., Oviatt, M., Ver Eecke, H. (2016). Microbial variance between commercial and noncommercial cave ecosystems. International Society of Microbial Ecology,
• Stout, G., Rippe, A., Ver Eecke, H. (2016). Protocol optimization of recovering and culturing yeast from bottled beer. The World Brewing Congress,
• Lin, J. T., Ver Eecke, H., Breves, A. E., Dyar, D. M., Jamieson, W. J., Hannington, D. M., Dahle, H., Bishop, L. J., Lane, D. M., Butterfield, A. D., Kelley, S. D., Lilley, D. M., Baross, A. J., Holden, F. J. (2016). Linkages between mineralogy, fluid chemistry and microbial communities within hydrothermal chimneys from the Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G-Cubed), 17(2), 300-323. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GC006091.
• Ver Eecke, H., Rippe, A., Richardson, J., DuMoulin, D., Ferber, S., Ver Eecke, H. (2015). Culture Dependent and Culture Independent Analysis of Microbial Communities in Barrel-Aged Berliner-Weisse Beer. Gordon Research Conferences, Applied and Environmental Microbiology (AEM),
• Ver Eecke, H., Topçuoğlu, D. B., Holden, F. J. (2014). Diffuse fluid samples from various deep-sea hydrothermal venting sites of Axial Seamount assessed with culture-based techniques. International Society of Microbial Ecology,
• Lin, T. J., Breves, A. E., Dyar, D. M., Ver Eecke, H., Jamieson, W. J., Holden, F. J. (2014). Magnetite formation from ferrihydrite by hyperthermophilic archaea from Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge hydrothermal vent chimneys. Geobiology, 1200-211. https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12083.
• Ver Eecke, H., Akerman, H. N., Huber, A. J., Butterfield, A. D., Holden, F. J. (2013). Growth kinetics and energetics of a deep-sea hyperthermophilic methanogen under varying environmental conditions. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 5(5), 665-671. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12065.
• Ver Eecke, H., Huber, A. J., Lilley, D. M., Olson, J. E., Roe, K. K., Evans, J. L., Merkel, Y. A., Cantin, V. H., Holden, F. J. (2012). H₂ -limited growth of hyperthermophilic methanogens in deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 109(34), 13674-13679. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1206632109.
• Ver Eecke, H., Kelley, S. D., Holden, F. J. (2009). Abundances of Hyperthermophilic Autotrophic Fe(III) Oxide Reducers and Heterotrophs in Hydrothermal Sulfide Chimneys of the Northeastern Pacific Ocean. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75(1), 242-245. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01462-08.

Research Interests

Applied Environmental Microbiology:
Extreme Microbiology, Fermentation Science, Industrial Microbiology

Additional Information

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