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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 phytoremediation,
plant stress responses and water quality. Dr. Cammarata also teaches
cell biology, molecular biology of proteins, genetics, plant form
and function, bioremediation and applications of molecular biology.
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
