Kevin Drace

2024 Kleinschmit, A.J., Genne -Bacon, E., Drace, K., Govindan, B., Larson, J.R., Qureshi, A.A., Bascom-Slack, C. Development and Validation of a Student-Sourced Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience Assessment Instrument Through a Network Co-Design Process to Assess Project-Specific Concepts and Science Process Skills. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, April 2024, 25(1).

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- 3 - Kevin Drace, Ph.D. 2022 Drace, K. Hurt, C. and Morris, M. Unlock the CODE: An Undergraduate Research Experience Investigating the Impact of DNA Variations on Human Health. Southeastern Association of Biologists, Little Rock, Arkansas. March 31, 2022. (poster presentation)

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2008 - present 2018 - present 2020 Seney C.S., Bridges, C.C., Aljic, S, Moore, M.E., Orr, S. E., Barnes, M.C., Joshee, L, Uchakina, O.N., Bellott, B.J., McKallip, R.J., Drace, K., Vega, C.M., Kiefer, A.M. Reaction of Cyanide with Hg0-Contaminated Gold Mining Tailings Produces Soluble Mercuric Cyanide Complexes. Chem.

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Res. Toxicol. 2020, 33, 11, 2834-2844.

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Brown, S.T., Hasan, K.M., Moody, K.H., Loving, D.C., Howe, K.E., Dawson, A.G., Drace, K., Hugdahl, J.D., Seney, C.S., Vega, C.M., Fernandez, L.E., Kiefer, A.M. Method for mapping Hg0 emissions from gold shops in artisanal and small-scale gold mining communities. MethodsX, September 2020, 7.

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2019 Drace, K. and Hanson, P.K. A CURE for Civic Engagement. Teaching Tomorrow's Scientists: An ASCB Regional Meeting. Athens, Georgia. May 31, 2019. (poster presentation)

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Hanson, P.K*. and Drace, K. Mine! Microbe ownership as a gateway for project ownership and positive affect in an introductory biology CURE. SABER Conference. St. Paul, Minnesota. July 26, 2019 (*poster presenter)

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2018 Drace, K. Mercury Rising: The Impact of Mercury Use in Small-Scale Gold Mining. University of Alabama at Birmingham Honors Seminar. November 14, 2018. (Invited talk)

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2018 Drace, K., Gibbs, V.K., Styers, M.L. and Hanson, P.K. A model for urban, place-based research in undergraduate biology courses. AAC&U Transforming STEM Higher Education Conference, 2011 Drace, K., Kiefer, A.M., Knapper, K., Coursey, S., Ascari, B., Gottlieb, S., Geist, G., Logan, K., Skidmore, A., Bolt, D. Critical Evaluation of Mining Practices in the Manica Province of Mozambique. Directorate of Mining, Manica, Mozambique. June 4, 2011. (Invited talk)

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2018 Drace, K., Giangiuli S., LeSar C., Kiefer, A.M. Draft Genome Sequence of Mercury Resistant Pseudomonas putida Strain DRA525. Genome Announcements, May 2018, 6 (18) e00370-18.

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2017 Drace, K. Learning Strategies. Review of Teach Students How to Learn: Strategies You Can Incorporate into Any Course to Improve Student Metacognition, Study Skills, and Motivation. The American Biology Teacher. Vol. 79 No. 1, 2017, pp. 71-72. (Book Review)

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2016 Drace, K., Kiefer, A.M., Veiga, M.M. Cyanidation of Mercury-Contaminated Tailings: Potential Health Effects and Environmental Justice. Current Environmental Health Reports, 2016, 3(4): 443- 449.

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2015 Kiefer, A.M. Drace, K., Seney, C., Veiga, M. Challenges Associated with Using Retorts to Limit Mercury Exposure in Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining: Case Studies from Mozambique, Ecuador and Guyana. Trace Materials in Air, Soil, and Water. American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2015. Chapter 3, pp 51-77. (Book Chapter)

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- 2 - Kevin Drace, Ph.D. 2014 Stephenson, B.P., Drace, K. A new report of albinism in the Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis), and a review of existing records: Is there a geographic bias in observations? Herpetological Review, 2014, 45:569-577.

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Kiefer, A.M., Drace, K., Gottlieb, S., Coursey, S., Veiga, M.M., Marrumbe, N., Chapo, M. Evaluation of Mercury Content in Amalgams from Munhena Mine, Mozambique. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2014, 84(1):783-785.

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2013 Drace, K. Gamification of the laboratory experience to encourage student engagement. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, December 2013, 14(2): 273 - 274.

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2012 Drace, K., Kiefer, A.M., Williams, M., Veiga, M.M., Ascari, B., Bolt, D., Geist, G., Skidmore, A., Reidy, L., Cizdziel, J. Mercury-Free, Small-Scale Artisanal Gold Mining in Mozambique: Utilization of Magnets to Isolate Gold at Clean Tech Mine. Journal of Cleaner Production, September 2012, Volume 32:88-95.

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Drace, K., Keeling P.M., Couch, B. Increasing Student Understanding of Microscope Optics by Building and Testing the Limits of Simple, Hand-Made Model Microscopes. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, May 2012, 13(1): 45 - 49.

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2011 Chaston, J., Suen, G., Tucker, S., Anderson, A., Bhasin, A., Bode, H., Drace, K.. Goodrich-Blair, H. The entomopathogenic bacterial endosymbionts Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus: convergent lifestyles from divergent genomes. PLoS ONE, 2011; 6(11): e27909.

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Drace, K. Isolation and Characterization of Mercury Resistant Bacteria from Artisanal Gold Mining Camps in Mozambique. Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique. May 24, 2011. (Invited talk)

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2010 Drace, K. Identifying C. elegans Genes Crucial for Biofilm Attachment. Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique. May 24, 2010. (Invited talk)

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2009 Drace, K., S. McLaughlin, and C. Darby. Caenorhabditis elegans BAH-1 is a DUF23 protein expressed in seam cells and required for microbial biofilm binding to the cuticle. PLoS ONE, 2009; 4(8): e6741.

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2009 Kiefer, A.M., Drace, K. Review of Krebs's Encyclopedia of Scientific Principles, Laws, and Theories. J. Chem. Educ. 2009, 86, 1034. (Book Review)

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2008 Drace, K., Darby, C. The hmsHFRS operon of Xenorhabdus nematophila is required for biofilm attachment to Caenorhabditis elegans. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July, 2008; 74(14): 4509-4515.

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2007 Darby, C., Chakraborti, A., Politz, S. M., Daniels, C. C., Tan, L., Drace, K. Caenorhabditis elegans Mutants Resistant to Attachment of Yersinia Biofilms. Genetics, May 1, 2007; 176(1): 221 - 230.

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2007 Drace, K., and C. Darby. C. elegans Genes Crucial for Attachment of Yersinia pestis Biofilm. 16th International C. elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, California. June 30, 2007. (oral presentation)

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2007 Drace, K., and C. Darby. The C. elegans Gene bah-1 is Necessary for Yersinia pestis Biofilm 2005 Drace, K., and C. Darby. The hmsHFRS operon of Xenorhabdus nematophila. Xenorhabdus Attachment. Bay Area Worm Meeting, Hayward, California. March 6, 2007. (oral presentation)

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Genomics Workshop, St. Louis, Missouri. (oral presentation)

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Faculty Advisor, Beta Beta Beta, Biology Honor Society, Birmingham-Southern College

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