Amanda Achberger

Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Oceanongraphy & Coastal Sciences 

Email: amanda.achberger@lsu.edu

Office: 2201 Energy, Coast and Environment Building

Lab: 2196 Energy, Coast and Environment Building

Bachelor's degree: BS, Louisiana State University

PhD(s): PhD, Louisiana State University

Research Interests:

Microbial ecology, environmental microbiology, biogeochemical cycling, seafloor ecosystems

Recent Publications: 

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Mullineaux LS, Beaulieu SE, Mills SW, Jones R, Weston JN, Best AC, Mouret RZ, Meneses MJ, Tivey MK, Harris MJ, Achberger AM. Unique gastropods dominate the fauna on inactive vent sulfide features in the eastern Pacific. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 2025; 219:104475.

Achberger AM, Jones R, Jamieson J, Holmes CP, Schubotz F, Meyer NR, Dekas AE, Moriarty S, Reeves EP, Manthey A, Brünjes J. Inactive hydrothermal vent microbial communities are important contributors to deep ocean primary productivity. Nature Microbiology. 2024; 9(3):657-68.

Davis CL, Venturelli RA, Michaud AB, Hawkings JR, Achberger AM, Vick-Majors TJ, Rosenheim BE, Dore JE, Steigmeyer A, Skidmore ML, Barker JD. Biogeochemical and historical drivers of microbial community composition and structure in sediments from Mercer Subglacial Lake, West Antarctica. Isme Communications. 2023; 3(1):8.

Achberger AM, Doyle SM, Mills MI, Holmes CP, Quigg A, Sylvan JB. Bacteria-oil microaggregates are an important mechanism for hydrocarbon degradation in the marine water column. Msystems. 2021; 6(5):10-128.

Michaud AB, Vick-Majors TJ, Achberger AM, Skidmore ML, Christner BC, Tranter M, Priscu JC. Environmentally clean access to Antarctic subglacial aquatic environments. Antarctic Science. 2020; 32(5):329-40.

Vick‐Majors TJ, Michaud AB, Skidmore ML, Turetta C, Barbante C, Christner BC, Dore JE, Christianson K, Mitchell AC, Achberger AM, Mikucki JA. Biogeochemical connectivity between freshwater ecosystems beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and the sub‐ice marine environment. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 2020; 34(3).