Title: Assistant Professor

Education:
2002 Ph.D.  Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
Advisor:  Dr. Bridgette Barry

1994 B.S.  Biology, Minor in Chemistry
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

1992 University of Tampa, Tampa, FL

1992 A.A. General Studies
Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL

1987 High School Diploma
Rogers High School, Newport, RI

Area(s) of Specialty: Molecular Biology, Microbial Ecology

Research Interests: molecular microbiology, toxic cyanobacteria

Recent Publications:
A.J.A. Ouellette, S.M. Handy, and S.W. Wilhelm (2006) "Toxic Microcystis is widespread in Lake Erie: PCR detection of toxin genes and molecular characterization of associated cyanobacterial communities" Microbial Ecology 51: 154-165

J.M Rinta-Kanto, A.J.A. Ouellette, G.L. Boyer, M.R. Twiss, T.B. Bridgeman, and S.W. Wilhelm (2005) "Quantification of toxic Microcystis spp. during the 2003 and 2004 blooms in Western Lake Erie using Quantitative Real-Time PCR" Environmental Science & Technology 39: 4198-4205.

L.B. Anderson,  A.J.A. Ouellette, J. Eaton-Rye, M. Maderia, M. J. MacCoss, J.R. Yates III, and B.A. Barry (2004)"Evidence for a Post-Translational Modification, Aspartyl Aldehyde, in a Photosynthetic Membrane Protein" Journal of the American Chemical Society 126: 8399-8405.

A.J.A. Ouellette and S.W. Wilhelm (2003)“Toxic cyanobacteria: the evolving molecular toolbox” Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 1: 359-366.

L.B. Anderson, M. Maderia, A.J.A. Ouellette, C. Putnam-Evans, L. Higgins, T. Krick, M. MacCoss, H. Lim, J.R. Yates III, and B.A. Barry (2002) “Posttranslational modifications in the CP43 subunit of photosystem II” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99: 14676-14681.

A.J.A. Ouellette and B.A. Barry (2002) “Tandem mass spectrometric identification of spinach Photosystem II light-harvesting  components” Photosynthesis Research 72: 159-173.

C.A. Linkous, G.J. Carter, D.B. Locuson, A.J. Ouellette, D.K. Slattery, and L.A. Smitha (2000) “Photocatalytic inhibition of algae growth using TiO2, WO3, and cocatalyst modifications” Environmental Science and Technology 34: 4754-4758.

L.B. Anderson, A.J.A. Ouellette, and B.A. Barry (2000) “Probing the structure of photosystem II with amines and phenylhydrazine"  Journal  of Biological Chemistry 275: 4920-4927.

A.J.A. Ouellette, L.B. Anderson, and B.A. Barry (1998) “Amine binding and oxidation at the catalytic site for photosynthetic water oxidation” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 95: 2204-2209.

C.A. Linkous, D.K. Slattery, A.J.A. Ouellette, G.T. McKaige, and B.C.N. Austin (1996)“Solar photocatalytic H2 from water using a dual bed photosystem” Hydrogen Energy Progress XI: Proceedings of the 11th World Hydrogen Energy Conference:  2545-2550.