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EDUCATION

 

Ph.D., Chemical & Environmental Engineering, University of California Riverside, 2013

Dissertation: From Ideal to Real: Understanding the Role of Pathogens in the Environment

 

B.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2006

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

 

Teaching Postdoc, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA , 2015-Present

Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Research and Interdisciplinarity, Paris, France, 2013-2015

Graduate Research Associate, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 2008-2013

Research Associate, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, 2006-2008

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

Teacher, Mad Science, Laguna Hills, CA, 2015

Science Teacher

 

Teaching Assistant, Center for Research and Interdisciplinarity, Paris, France, 2013

Synthetic Biology Masters Course

 

Teaching Assistant, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 2009                                                                     CHE 160A – Chemical Engineering Lab

 

 

 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

 

Project Manager, Center for Research and Interdisciplinarity, Paris, France, 2014

Citizen Cyberlab Project

 

 

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

 

Taylor, A.A., I.M. Marcus, R. L. Guysi, and S.L. Walker, 2015, Metal oxide nanoparticles induce phenotypic changes in a model colon gut microbiome, Environmental Engineering Science, doi:10.1089/ees.2014.0518

Marcus, I.M., Wilder, H.R., Quazi, S.J., Walker, S.L., 2013, Linking Microbial Structure to Function in Representative Simulated Biological Systems, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, DOI: 10.1128/​AEM.03461-12

Marcus, I.M., Herzberg, M., Walker, S.L., Freger, V., 2012, Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Attachment on QCM-D Sensors: The Role of Cell and Surface Hydrophobicities, Langmuir, DOI: 10.1021/la300333c

Marcus, I.M., Bolster, C.H., Cook, K.L., Opot, S.R., Walker, S.L., 2012, Impact of Growth Conditions on Transport Behavior of E. coli, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, DOI: 10.1039/C2EM10960C

Chin, S., Marcus, I.M., Klevecz, R.R., Li, C.M., 2012, Dynamics of oscillatory phenotypes in S. cerevisiae reveal a network of genome-wide transcriptional oscillators, FEBS Journal, DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08508.x

Bolster, C.H., Cook, K.L., Marcus, I.M., Haznedaroglu, B.Z., Walker, S.L.,2010, Correlating Transport Behavior with Cell Properties for Eight Porcine Escherichia coli Isolates, Environmental Science and Technology, DOI: 10.1021/es1010253

Klevecz, R.R., Li, C.M., Marcus, I.M., Frankel, P.H., 2008, Collective behavior in gene regulation: The cell is an oscillator, the cell cycle a developmental process, FEBS Journal, DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658

Conference Presentations and Posters

Marcus, I.M, “Open teaching through research online platform”, Learning through Research Leadership Workshop, March 23-31, 2014. Paris, France.

Marcus, I.M, “SynBio4all: An open science learning through research online platform”, Citizen Cyberscience Summit, February 20-22, 2014. London, UK.

Marcus, I.M, Wilder, H.A., Quazi, S.J., Walker, S.L., “Linking Microbial Structure to Function in Representative Simulated Biological Systems”, UCR Graduate Student Symposium, September 20-21, 2012. Riverside, CA.

Marcus, I.M., Walker, S.L., “From ideal to real: Understanding the behavior of pathogens in the environment”, Gordon Research Conference, Environmental Sciences: Water, June 23-29, 2012, Holderness, N.H.

Marcus, I.M, Freger, V., Walker, S.L., Herzberg, M., “Hydrophobic Interactions of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa on QCM-D surfaces”, UCR Graduate Student Symposium, September 19-20, 2011. Riverside, CA.

Marcus, I.M., Bolster, C.H., Cook, K.L., Opot, S.R., Walker, S.L., “Impact of Growth Conditions on Transport Behavior of E. coli”, American Society of Microbiology, May 21-25, 2011, New Orleans, LA.

Marcus, I.M, Freger, V., Walker, S.L., Herzberg, M., “Hydrophobic Interactions of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa at the Interface: Molecular Monitoring of Water Leaving The Surface” Israeli Society of Microbiology, April 12, 2011 Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.

Marcus, I.M., Walker, S.L. “Monitoring the change in virulence of pathogenic E. coli through different aquatic environments” Presentation at the UCR Graduate Student Symposium, September 21-22, 2010. Riverside, CA.

Marcus, I.M., Walker, S.L. “Comparing Escherichia coli Isolates Cell Properties Under Different Growth Phase Conditions” poster presented at the UCR Graduate Student Symposium, September 22-23, 2009. Riverside, CA.

 

HONORS & AWARDS

 

Academic

Research featured on PBS, Scientific American, CNET, and The Verge                                       2013

Best Overall Presentation Department’s Graduate Student Symposium                                     2012

Dissertation Year Fellowship                                                                                                       2012-2013

BARD Fellowship                                                                                                                            2010-2011

Whiting School of Engineering Scholarship                                                                            2002-2006