Chris Trivedi

Chris is a geomicrobiologist with special interests in astro- and polar microbiology. His graduate research has focused on the microbial characterization and understanding of a low temperature sulfide spring system, Borup Fiord Pass, in the Canadian High Arctic. He works to determine how microorganisms play a role in sulfur cycling at such a cold and extreme locale. Chris hopes this research will help to inform how scientists might approach studying microorganisms that could be found on extreme worlds such as Europa. Chris is focusing his efforts on using molecular and bioinformatic techniques to address these topics.