Contact Information
605 E Springfield Ave.
M/C 235
Biography
Craig Bethke has stepped down from teaching in the Department of Geology, and now devotes full-time efforts toward his geochemical software development company located right here in Champaign-Urbana. Many geochemists and environmental professionals have used The Geochemist's Workbench™ software to help address questions related to aqueous chemistry and microbial activity. TheGeochemist's Workbench™ web site can be found at:
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor Emeritus, Earth Science and Environmental Change
Recent Publications
Flynn, T. M., Sanford, R. A., Ryu, H., Bethke, C. M., Levine, A. D., Ashbolt, N. J., & Santo Domingo, J. W. (2013). Functional microbial diversity explains groundwater chemistry in a pristine aquifer. BMC microbiology, 13(1), Article 146. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-13-146
Flynn, T. M., Sanford, R. A., Santo Domingo, J. W., Ashbolt, N. J., Levine, A. D., & Bethke, C. M. (2012). The active bacterial community in a pristine confined aquifer. Water Resources Research, 48(9), Article W09510. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011WR011568
Bethke, C. M., Sanford, R. A., Kirk, M. F., Jin, Q., & Flynn, T. M. (2011). The thermodynamic ladder in geomicrobiology. American Journal of Science, 311(3), 183-210. https://doi.org/10.2475/03.2011.01
Jin, Q., & Bethke, C. M. (2009). Cellular energy conservation and the rate of microbial sulfate reduction. Geology, 37(11), 1027-1030. https://doi.org/10.1130/G30185A.1
Park, J., Sanford, R. A., & Bethke, C. M. (2009). Microbial activity and chemical weathering in the Middendorf aquifer, South Carolina. Chemical Geology, 258(3-4), 232-241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.10.011