Peter Lammers
Research Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
Arizona Center for Algae Technology and Innovation
Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus
7418 Innovation Way South
Mesa, AZ 85212
Titles
- Senior Global Futures Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
- Research Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
Biography
Peter Lammers is research professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University. Current funded research addresses renewable energy production with an emphasis on a mixotrophic extremophile known as Galdieria sulphuraria. A second focus area is for mixotrophic wastewater treatment. Lammers is Principal Investigator for two Department of Energy awards: “Realization of Algae Potential” (2014-2016) and “A Novel Platform for Algal Biomass Production using Cellulosic Mixotrophy (2016-2018). Lammers is also the chief scientist for the Algae Testbed Public Private Partnership (ATP3). He serves as associate editor of the journal Algal Research. Previous positions include Vice President for Biotechnology at Solix Biosystems (2009-2010), Research Professor at New Mexico State University (2010-2014) and Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor of Biochemistry at New Mexico State University (1985-2009).
Education
- Postdoctoral, Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, 1985
- PhD, Environmental Science-Chemistry, Portland State University, 1982
- BS, Zoology, University of Idaho, 1976
Expertise
- renewable energy
- wastewater treatment
- biotechnology
- microbiology
- biochemistry
- Clean Water and Sanitation
External Links
Journal Articles
2017
Henkanatte-Gedera, S. M., T. Selvaratnam, M. Karbakhshravan, M. Myint, N. Nirmalakhandan, W. V. Voorhies and P. J. Lammers. 2017. Removal of dissolved organic carbon and nutrients from urban wastewaters by Galdieria sulphuraria: Laboratory to field scale demonstration. Algal Research 24(Part B):450-456. DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2016.08.001. (link )
2016
Reddy, H. K., T. Muppaneni, S. Ponnusamy, N. Sudasinghe, A. Pegallapati, T. Selvaratnam, M. Seger, B. Dungan, N. Nirmalakhandan, T. Schaub, F. O. Holguin, P. J. Lammers, W. Voorhies and S. Deng. 2016. Temperature effect on hydrothermal liquefaction of Nannochloropsis gaditana and Chlorella sp.. Appled Energy 165(Mar):943-951. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.11.067. (link )
Selvaratnam, T., S. M. Henkanatte-Gedera, T. Muppaneni, N. Nirmalakhandan, S. Deng and P. J. Lammers. 2016. Maximizing recovery of energy and nutrients from urban wastewaters. Energy 104(Jun):16-23. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.03.102. (link )
2015
Henkanatte-Gedera, S. M., T. Selvaratnam, N. Caskan, N. Nirmalakhandan, W. V. Voorhies and P. J. Lammers. 2015. Algal-based, single-step treatment of urban wastewaters. Bioresource Technology 189(Aug):273-278. DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.03.120. (link )
Selvaratnam, T., A. Pegallapati, H. K. Reddy, N. Kanapathipillai, N. Nirmalakhandan, S. Deng and P. J. Lammers. 2015. Algal biofuels from urban wastewaters: Maximizing biomass yield using nutrients recycled from hydrothermal processing of biomass. Biosource Technology 182(Apr):232-238. DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.01.134. (link )
Selvaratnam, T., H. K. Reddy, T. Muppaneni, F. O. Holguin, N. Nirmalakhandan, P. J. Lammers and S. Deng. 2015. Optimizing energy yields from nutrient recycling using sequential hydrothermal liquefaction with Galdieria sulphuraria. Algal Research 12(Nov):74-79. DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2015.07.007. (link )
Sudasinghe, N., H. K. Reddy, N. Caskan, S. Deng, P. J. Lammers and T. Schaub. 2015. Temperature-dependent lipid conversion and non-lipid composition of microalgal hydrothermal liquefaction oils monitored by Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. BioEnergy Research 8(4):1962-1972. DOI: 10.1007/s12155-015-9635-9. (link )
2014
Archambault, S., C. M. Starbuck Downes, W. V. Voorhies, C. A. Erickson and P. Lammers. 2014. Nannochloropsis sp. algae for use as biofuel: Analyzing a translog production function using data from multiple sites in the southwestern United States. Algal Research 6(Part B, Oct):124-131. DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2014.10.005. (link )
Fulbright, S. P., M. K. Dean, G. Wardle, P. J. Lammers and S. Chisholm. 2014. Molecular diagnostics for monitoring contaminants in algal cultivation. Algal Research 4(Apr):41-51. DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2013.11.008. (link )
Reddy, H. K., T. Muppaneni, Y. Sun, Y. Li, S. Ponnusamy, P. D. Patil, P. Dailey, T. Schaub, F. O. Holguin, B. Dungan, P. Lammers, W. V. Voorhies, X. Lu and S. Deng. 2014. Subcritical water extraction of lipids from wet algae for biodiesel production. Fuel 133(Oct):73-81. DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2014.04.081. (link )
Selvaratnam, T., A. Pegallapati, F. Montelya, G. Rodriguez, N. Nirmalakhandan, W. V. Voorhies and P. J. Lammers. 2014. Evaluation of a thermo-tolerant acidophilic alga, Galdieria sulphuraria, for nutrient removal from urban wastewaters. Biosource Technology 156(Mar):395-399. DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.01.075. (link )
Sudasinghe, N., B. Dungan, P. Lammers, K. Albrecht, D. Elliott, R. Hallen and T. Schaub. 2014. High resolution FT-ICR mass spectral analysis of bio-oil and residual water soluble organics produced by hydrothermal liquefaction of the marine microalga Nannochloropsis salina. Fuel 119(Mar):47-56. DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2013.11.019. (link )
2013
Patil, P. D., H. K. Reddy, T. Muppaneni, T. Schaub, F. O. Holguin, P. Cooke, P. Lammers, N. Nirmalakhandan, Y. Li, X. Lu and S. Deng. 2013. In situ ethyl ester production from wet algal biomass under microwave-mediated supercritical ethanol conditions. Bioresource Technology 139(Jul):308-315. DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.04.045. (link )
Tisserant, E., M. Malbriel, A. Kuo, A. Kohler, A. Symeonidi, R. Balestrini, P. Charron, N. Duensing, N. Frei dit Frey, V. Gianinazzi-Pearson, L. Gilbert, Y. Handa, J. R. Herr, M. Hijri, R. Koul, M. Kawaguch, F. Krajinski, P. J. Lammers, F. G. Masclaux, C. Murat, E. Morin, S. Ndikumana, M. Pagni, D. Petitpierre, N. Requena, P. Rosikiewicz, R. Riley, K. Saito, H. San Clemente, H. Shapiro, D. van Tuinen, J. W. Young, I. R. Sanders, B. Henrissat, S. A. Rensing, I. V. Grigoriev, N. Corradi, C. Roux and F. Martin. 2013. Genome of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus provides insight into the oldest plant symbiosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110(50):20117-20122. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1313452110. (link )
2012
Patil, P. D., V. G. Gude, A. Mannarswamy, P. Cooke, N. Nirmalakhandan, P. J. Lammers and S. Deng. 2012. Comparison of direct transesterification of algal biomass under supercritical methanol and microwave irradiation conditions. Fuel 97(Jul):822-831. DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2012.02.037. (link )
Patil, P. D., H. K. Reddy, T. Muppaneni, A. Mannarswamy, T. Schaub, F. O. Holguin, P. Lammers, N. Nirmalakhandan, P. Cooke and S. Deng. 2012. Power dissipation in microwave-enhanced in situ transesterification of algal biomass to biodiesel. Green Chemistry 14:809-818. DOI: 10.1039/C2GC16195H. (link )
Quinn, J. C., T. Yates, N. Douglas, K. Weyer, J. Butler, T. H. Bradley and P. J. Lammers. 2012. Nannochloropsis production metrics in a scalable outdoor photobioreactor for commercial applications. Bioresource Technology 117(Aug):164-171. DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.04.073. (link )
Tisserant, E., A. Kohler, P. Dozolme-Seddas, R. Balestrini, K. Benabdellah, A. Colard, D. Croll, C. Da Silva, S. K. Gomez, R. Koul, N. Ferrol, V. Fiorilli, D. Formey, P. Franken, N. Helber, M. Hijri, L. Lanfranco, E. Lindquist, Y. Liu, M. Malbreil, E. Morin, J. Poulain, H. Shapiro, D. van Tuinen, A. Waschke, C. Azcon-Aguilar, G. Becard, P. Bonfante, M. J. Harrison, H. Kuster, P. Lammers, U. Paszkowski, N. Requena, S. A. Rensing, C. Roux, I. R. Sanders, Y. Shachar-Hill, G. Tuskan, J. W. Young, V. Gianinazzi-Pearson and F. Martin. 2012. The transcriptome of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices (DAOM 197198) reveals functional tradeoffs in an obligate symbiont. New Phytologist 193(3):755-769. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03948.x. (link )
2011
Patil, P. D., V. G. Gude, A. Mannarswamy, S. Deng, P. Cooke, S. Munson-McGee, I. Rhodes, P. Lammers and N. Nirmalakhandan. 2011. Optimization of direct conversion of wet algae to biodiesel under supercritical methanol conditions. Bioresource Technology 102(1):118-122. DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.06.031. (link )
2010
Patil, P., S. Deng, J. I. Rhodes and P. J. Lammers. 2010. Conversion of waste cooking oil to biodiesel using ferric sulfate and supercritical methanol processes. Fuel 89(2):360-364. DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2009.05.024. (link )
Tian, C., B. Kasiborski, R. Koul, P. J. Lammers, H. Bucking and Y. Shachar-Hill. 2010. Regulation of the nitrogen transfer pathway in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis: Gene characterization and the coordination of expression with nitrogen flux. Plant Physiology 153(3):1175-1187. DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.156430. (link )
2009
Angeles, J. G., Z. Ouyang, A. M. Aguirre, P. J. Lammers and M. Song. 2009. Identification of gene interactions in fungal-plant symbiosis through discrete dynamical system modeling. IET Systems Biology 5(414-428):. DOI: 10.1049/iet-syb.2008.0164. (link )
Gachomo, E., J. W. Allen, P. E. Pfeffer, M. Govindarajulu, D. D. Douds, H. Jin, G. Nagahashi, P. J. Lammers, Y. Shachar-Hill and H. Bucking. 2009. Germinating spores of Glomus intraradices can use internal and exogenous nitrogen sources for de novo biosynthesis of amino acids. New Phytologist 184(2):399-411. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02968.x. (link )
2008
Bucking, H., J. Abubaker, M. Govindarajulu, M. Tala, P. E. Pfeffer, G. Nagahashi, P. Lammers and Y. Shachar-Hill. 2008. Root exudates stimulate the uptake and metabolism of organic carbon in germinating spores of Glomus intraradices. New Phytologist 180:684-695. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02590.x. (link )
Croll, D., M. Giovannetti, A. M. Koch, C. Sbrana, M. Ehinger, P. J. Lammers and I. R. Sanders. 2008. Nonself vegetative fusion and genetic exchange in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices. New Phytologist 181(4):924-937. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02726.x. (link )
Croll, D., L. Wille, H. A. Gamper, N. Mathimaran, P. J. Lammers, N. Corradi and I. R. Sanders. 2008. Genetic diversity and host plant preferences revealed by simple sequence repeat and mitochondrial markers in a population of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices. New Phytologist 178(3):672-687. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02381.x. (link )
Martin, F., V. Gianinazzi-Pearson, M. Hijri, P. Lammers, N. Requena, I. R. Sanders, Y. Shachar-Hill, H. Shapiro, G. A. Tuskan and J. W. Young. 2008. The long hard road to a completed Glomus intraradices genome. New Phytologist 180(4):747-750. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02671.x. (link )
2005
Govindarajulu, M., P. E. Pfeffer, H. Jin, J. Abubaker, D. D. Douds, J. W. Allen, H. Bucking, P. J. Lammers and Y. Shachar-Hill. 2005. Nitrogen transfer in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Nature 435(JUn):819-823. DOI: 10.1038/nature03610. (link )
Jin, H., P. E. Pfeffer, D. D. Douds, P. Piotrowski, P. J. Lammers and Y. Shachar-Hill. 2005. The uptake, metabolism, transport and transfer of nitrogen in an arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. New Phytologist 168(3):687-696. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01536.x. (link )
Torres, S., C. R. Fjetland and P. J. Lammers. 2005. Alkane-induced expression, substrate binding profile, and immunolocalization of a cytochrome P450 encoded on the nifD excision element of Anabaena7120. BMC Microbiology 5:Art 16. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-5-16. (link )
2004
Martin, F., G. A. Tuskan, S. P. DiFazio, P. Lammers, G. Newcombe and G. K. Podila. 2004. Symbiotic sequencing for the Populus mesocosm. New Phytologist 161(2):330-335. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.00982.x. (link )
Spalding, J. B. and P. J. Lammers. 2004. BLAST Filter and GraphAlign: Rule-based formation and analysis of sets of related DNA and protein sequences. Nucleic Acids Research 32(Supple. 2):W26-W32. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh459. (link )
2003
Bago, B., P. E. Pfeffer, J. Abubaker, J. Jun, J. W. Allen, J. Brouillette, D. D. Douds, P. J. Lammers and Y. Shachar-Hill. 2003. Carbon export from arbuscular mycorrhizal roots involve the translocation of carbohydrate as well as lipid. Plant Physiology 131(3):1496-1507. DOI: 10.1104/pp.102.007765. (link )
Mori, S., A. Castoreno, M. E. Mulligan and P. J. Lammers. 2003. Nitrogen status modulates the expression of RNA-binding proteins in cyanobacteria. FEMS Microbiology Letters 227(2):203-210. DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00682-7. (link )
2002
Bago, B., W. Zipfel, R. M. Williams, J. Jun, R. Arreola, P. J. Lammers, P. E. Pfeffer and Y. Shachar-Hill. 2002. Translocation and utilization of fungal storage lipid in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Plant Physiology 128(1):108-124. DOI: 10.1104/pp.010466. (link )
Jun, J., J. Abubaker, C. Rehrer, P. E. Pfeffer, Y. Shachar-Hill and P. J. Lammers. 2002. Expression in an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus of genes putatively involved in metabolism, transport, the cytoskeleton and the cell cycle. Plant and Soil 244(1):141-148. DOI: 10.1023/A:1020253525838. (link )
Mori, S., A. Castoreno and P. J. Lammers. 2002. Transcript levels of rbcR1, ntcA, and rbcL/S genes in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 are downregulated in response to cold and osmotic stress. FEMS Microbiology Letters 213(2):167-173. DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2002.tb11301.x. (link )
2001
Lammers, P. J., J. Jun, J. Abubaker, R. Arreola, A. Gopalan, B. Bago, C. Hernandez-Sebastia, J. W. Allen, D. D. Douds, P. E. Pfeffer and Y. Shachar-Hill. 2001. The glyoxylate cycle in an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus, carbon flux and gene expression. Plant Physiology 127(3):1287-1298. DOI: 10.1104/pp.010375. (link )
1993
Close, T. J. and P. J. Lammers. 1993. An osmotic stress protein of cyanobacteria is immunologically related to plant dehydrins. Plant Physiology 101(3):773-779. DOI: 10.1104/pp.101.3.773. (link )
1991
Spence, M. J., M. T. Henzl and P. J. Lammers. 1991. The structure of a Phaseolus vulgaris cDNA encoding the iron storage protein ferritin. Plant Molecular Biology 17(3):499-504. DOI: 10.1007/BF00040644. (link )
1990
Lammers, P. J., S. McLaughlin, S. Papin, C. Trujillo-Provencio and A. J. Ryncarz II. 1990. Development rearrangement of cyanobacterial nif genes: Nucleotide sequence, open reading frames, and cytochrome P-450 homology of the Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 nifD element. Journal of Bacteriology 172(12):6981-6990. (link )
1989
Hapak, R. C., P. J. Lammers, W. A. Palmisano, E. R. Birnbaum and M. T. Henzl. 1989. Site-specific substitution of glutamate for aspartate at position 59 of rat oncomodulin. Journal of Biological Chemistry 264(31):18751-18760. (link )
1987
Haselkorn, R., J. W. Golden, P. J. Lammers and M. E. Mulligan. 1987. Rearrangement of nif genes during cyanobacterial heterocyst differentiation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London: Series B, Biological Sciences 317(1184):173-181. (link )
1986
Lammers, P. J., J. W. Golden and R. Haselkorn. 1986. Identification and sequence of a gene required for a developmentally regulated DNA excision in Anabaena. Cell 44(6):905-911. DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(86)90013-9. (link )
1983
Golden, S. J., P. J. Lammers, M. S. Berman and J. Sanders-Loehr. 1983. Siderophore-mediated iron uptake in different strains of Anabaena sp. Journal of Bacteriology 156(3):1144-150. (link )
Lammers, P. J. and R. Haselkorn. 1983. Sequence of the nifD gene coding for the alpha subunit of dinitrogenase from the cyanobacterium Anabaena. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 80:4723-4727. (link )
1982
Lammers, P. J. and J. Sanders-Loehr. 1982. Active transport of ferric schizokinen in Anabaena sp. Journal of Bacteriology 151(1):288-294. (link )
1978
Sanders-Loehr, J., P. J. Lammers, B. Brimhall and M. A. Hermodson. 1978. Amino acid sequence of hemerythrin from Themiste dyscritum. Journal of Biological Chemistry 253(16):5726-5731. (link )
Book Chapters
2014
Selvaratnam, T., A. Pegallapati, F. Montelya, G. Rodriguez, N. Khandan, P. J. Lammers and W. V. Voorhies. 2014. Feasibility of algal systems for sustainable wastewater treatment. Pp. 37-48 In: Hamdan, M. O., H. A. Hejase, H. M. Noura and A. A. Fardoun eds., ICREGA’14 - Renewable Energy: Generation and Applications. Springer International Publishing. Switzerland. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-05708-8_4. ISBN: 978-3-319-05707-1. (link )
2005
Lammers, P. J., J. Abubaker, M. Govindarajulu, J. Jun, O. Krijgsman and M. de Jong. 2005. Quantitative analysis of gene expression in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Pp. 67-82 In: Podila, G. K. and A. Varma eds., Basic Research and Applications of Mycorrhizae. I K International Publishing House. ISBN: 978-8188237227.
2002
Bago, B., P. E. Pfeffer, W. Zipfel, P. Lammers and Y. Shachar-Hill. 2002. Tracking metabolism and imaging transport in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Metabolism and transport in AM fungi. Pp. 185-197 In: Smith, S. E. and F. A. Smith eds., Diversity and Integration in Mycorrhizas: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Mycorrhizas (ICOM3), Adelaide Australia, 8-13 July 2001. Vol 94. Springer Netherlands. ISBN: 978-90-481-5933-8.