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Education

Ph.D. Earth and Environmental Sciences

University of Illinois Chicago

Thesis: Diversity and Adaptive Responses of Microorganisms in Extreme Environments

2024

B.S. Environmental Science

Loyola University Chicago

2018

Research Positions

Postdoctoral Research Associate.

   2024-Present

Biological Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago.

Doctoral Research Assistant.

2018-2024

Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago

Undergraduate Research Fellow.

2017

National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates.

Department of Geography. SUNY Buffalo.

Publications

• Malas J, Khoury S, Tanzillo M, Fischer GA, Bogner J, Meyer-Dombard DR. (2025). Impact of antibiotics, iron oxide, and sodium sulfate on microbial community composition in laboratory-built municipal solid waste microcosms. PloS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318351
• Meyer-Dombard DR, Malas J, Russo DC, Kenig F. (2025).“Astrobiology of Titan’s subglacial, high-pressure ocean: A review and introduction of a relevant experimental system” in: Titan After Cassini Huygens, (Lopes, Elachi, Mueller-Wodarg, Solomonidou, eds). Elsevier
• Malas J, Russo DC, Bollengier O, Malaska MJ, Lopes RMC, Kenig F, Meyer-Dombard DR. (2024). Biological functions at high pressure: Transcriptome response of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 to hydrostatic pressure relevant to Titan and other icy ocean worlds. Frontiers in Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1293928
• Meyer-Dombard DR, Malas J. (2022). Advances in defining ecosystem functions in the terrestrial subsurface biosphere. Frontiers in Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.891528