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Kirk Cammarata, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
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Education
- Ph.D . , Plant Physiology Program , 1987
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Advisor: Professor George M. Cheniae
Dissertation Research Topic: Photosynthesis, plant membrane biochemistry
Coursework: Molecular Genetics
- B . A . Biochemistry , 1979
University of Maryland Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD
Undergraduate research projects: Agrobacterium molecular genetics, photosynthesis and protein biochemistry (Drs. Thomas Marsho, John Golbeck, and Richard Radmer)
Research Interests
Dr.Cammarata is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Texas A&M
University-Corpus Christi. His research interests include Physiology/biochemistry/molecular biology of seagrass stress responses to anthropogenic impacts; epiphyte dynamics and interactions with seagrasses.
Selected Publications and Presentations
Schmid, V., Cammarata, K.V., Bruns, B.U., and Schmidt, G.W. (1997) In vitro Reconstitution of the PSI light-harvesting complex LHCI-730: Heterodimerization is required for antenna pigment organization. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94:7667-7672.
Cammarata, K.V. and Schmidt, G.W. (1992) In Vitro Reconstitution of a light-harvesting Gene Product: Deletion Mutagenesis and Analyses of Pigment Binding. Biochemistry, 31: 2779-2789.
Cammarata, K.V. and Cheniae, G.M. (1987) Studies on 17,24 kD Depleted Photosystem 2 Membranes: I. Evidences For High And Low Affinity Calcium Sites. Plant Physiol. 84:587-595.
Recent Presentations (* denotes undergraduate research participant)
Texas Bays & Estuaries Meeting, Port Aransas, TX, April 20-21, 2006
Development of Procedures for the Analysis of Epiphyte Composition Associated with the Seagrass Thalassia Testudinum, Fikes, R.L., *Coughlin, D., and Cammarata, K.
Emerging Technologies for a Sustainable Environment, South Padre Island, TX, Oct 20-21, 2005 Amino Acid-Induced Tolerance to Arsenic and Molybdenum in Sunflowers: Mechanisms Relevant to Phytoremediation ?, Cammarata, K., *Markley, L., *Campos, A., Riis-Due, S., and McBee, S. (Awarded Best Poster)
TAMU-System Student Research Symposium, Kingsville, TX, Nov 2005. Hybridization of Helianthus cDNA with Arabidopsis Microarrays. *Barr, R. and Cammarata, K. (Awarded 3rd Place Poster)
Plant Biology 2005-American Society of Plant Biologists Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, Jul 16-20, 2005. Integration of Genomics into the Undergraduate Biology Curriculum, Abstract #1168 Cammarata, K. http://abstracts.aspb.org/pb2005/public/P78/8142.html
