Dan Colman
Postdoctoral Researcher
Montana State University • Department of Microbiology & Immunology/Thermal Biology Institute • Boyd Geomicrobiology Laboratory

Dan’s ongoing research in the Boyd lab integrates cultivation-independent genomic techniques and experimental microcosm approaches to determine the ecological processes and abiotic parameters that influence chemotrophic microbial community function and structure in Yellowstone National Park hot springs. Other current research includes using genomics data to determine the evolutionary history and diversity of NiFe hydrogenases and investigating the environmental forces that contributed to their diversification.