Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz

Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz

Named Professor,
School of Life Sciences
Other ASU affiliations
Affiliated Faculty, Earth Systems Science for the Anthropocene
Associate Faculty, Biodesign Center for Fundamental & Applied Microbiomics
Associate Faculty, Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology
  • hinsby@asu.edu
  • Phone: 480-965-4482
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  • LSE 723 School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University 427 East Tyler Mall Tempe, AZ 85287
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    Campus: Tempe
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Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz studies how microbes participate in an ecosystem and in applied processes. He and his research team are investigating whether microbe-mediated organismal and environmental interactions drive ecosystem processes, particularly carbon cycling. They are also examining how ecosystems, in turn, affects the ecology and evolution of microorganisms and tehir interactions.

Dr Cadillo-Quiroz and his collaborators focus on methane-producing processes from anaerobic, high carbon-content environments, as well as the ecological interactions between Archaea, Bacteria, plants and humans. This knowledge can allow developing small and large scale solutions for current societal or planetary needs. For instance,  Dr Cadillo-Quiroz is strongly committed to natural and engineered solutions to climate change through the power of cooperating with microbes. 

Dr Cadillo-Quiroz’s current research studies processes in landfills, artificial wetlands, lakes and ponds, northern USA forest, and tropical peatlands in the Amazon Basin. He has been recognized with a Fulbright Scholarship, a Presidential Scholarship at Cornell University, a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, and an Honorific Doctorate in Forestry by the National University of the Peruvian Amazon.

Please see team website for updated research and outreach activities

Education
  • PhD Microbiology and minor in Ecology, Cornell University 2008
  • BS Biological Sciences, San Marcos National University, Lima, Peru 1999
CV
Curriculum Vitae
Research Website URL
https://cadillo.lab.asu.edu
Google Scholar URL
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=aePv9fsAAAAJ&view_op=list_works…
Research Interests

Ecology, Evolution, microbial communities, Archaea, methane production, genomics, metagenomics, applied microbiology, microbial ecology, peatlands, amazon rainforest, carbon cycle, methane transformation to bienergy, insect microbiome, astrobiology, microbes and origing of life, life at the edge of energetics

Publications
  1. Reynolds, M.C. *, Delkash, M., Karimi, S., Pandit, G., Winston, J., Lopez, J.G., Allen, R., Krajmalnik-Brown,R., Cadillo-Quiroz, H. 2023. Improved CH4 production from solid waste under zero valent metal amendments. Environ. Sci. Technol. Engineering (submitted)
  2. Pavia, M.J. *, Garber, A. I., Cole, S., Macedo-Tafur, F., Tello-Espinoza,R., Cadillo-Quiroz, H. 2023. New clusters and putative roles of Bathyarchaeota in Tropical Peatlands of the Peruvian Amazon. Microorganisms Journal (in submission).
  3. Pérez-Castillo, G., Monge-Muñoz, M., Durán-Quesada, A.M., Giraldo-Sanclemente,, W., Méndez-Esquivel, A.C., Briceño, N., Cadillo-Quiroz, H. 2023. State and carbon loss of the Medio Queso Wetland, a fire degraded tropical fluvial peatland in Costa Rica. Wetlands (in submission).
  4. Yuan, F., Ricciuto, D. M., Xu, X., Roman, D. T., Lilleskov, E., Wood, J. D., Cadillo-Quiroz, H., Lafuente, A., Kolka, R., Fachin, L., Hergoualc’h, K., Chimner, R. A., Frie, A., Griffis, T. J. 2022. Evaluation and improvement of the E3SM land model for simulating energy and carbon fluxes in an Amazonian peatland. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (Accepted)
  5. Pavia, M.J.*, Finn, D., Macedo-Tafur, F., Tello-Espinoza, R., Pennaccio, C., Bouskill, N., Cadillo-Quiroz, H. 2022. Genes and genome-resolved metagenomics reveal the microbial functional make up of Amazon peatlands under geochemical gradients. Environmental Microbiology Journal (In revision). 
  6. Cadillo-Quiroz, H. and Reynolds, M.* 2022. Microbial DNA sample preservation and possible artifacts for field-based research in remote tropical peatlands. Methods X (submitted). 
  7. Pavia, M.J. *, Chede, A., Wu, Z., Cadillo-Quiroz, H., & Zhu, Q. 2022. Binarena: a dedicated interactive platform for human-guided exploration and binning of metagenomes. Microbiomes Journal (In Review) 
  8. Pavlopoulos,G., Baltoumas, F., Liu, S., Selvitopi, O., Nayfach, S., Azad, A., Call, L., Camargo, A., Ivanova, N., Chen, I., Paez-Espino, D., Karatzas, E., Novel Metagenome Protein Families Consortium- Cadillo-Quiroz, H. et. al. 2022. Discovery, diversity and distribution of functional dark matter through global metagenomics. Nature Biotechnology (submitted)
  9. Buessecker, S.*, H. Imanaka, T. Ely, R. Hu, S.J. Romaniello and H. Cadillo-Quiroz. 2022. Marine mineral-catalyzed NO and N2O formation on the anoxic early Earth. Nature Goesciences (Accepted). 
  10. Buessecker, S. *, Ostrom, N., Gücker, B., Urquiza-Muñoz, J., Penton, R., Pérez, A., Boëchat, I., Holbert, K., Panduro Pisco, G., Sarno, A. Fontanez Ortiz, M. and Reynolds, M. Cadillo-Quiroz, H. 2022. Coupled abiotic-biotic cycling of nitrous oxide in tropical peatlands. Nature Ecology and Evolution (online)
  11. Melton, Joe., Ed Chan, Koreen Millard, Matthew Fortier, Scott Winton, Javier M. Martín-López, Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz, Darren Kidd, and Louis V. Verchot. 2022. A map of global peatland extent created using machine learning. Geoscientific Model Development , 15 (12): 4709–4738
  12. Reynolds, M. *, Finn, D., Sarno. A., Allen, R., Deathrage, D., Krajmalnik-Brown, Cadillo-Quiroz, H*. 2022. Delineating the drivers and functionality of methanogenic niches within an arid landfill. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 88(9): e02438-21
  13. Dwivedi, D., A.L.D. Santos, M.A. Barnard, T.M. Crimmins, A. Malhotra, K.A. Rod, K.S. Aho, S.M. Bell, B. Bomfim, F.Q. Brearley, H. Cadillo-Quiroz, J. Chen, C.M. Gough, E.B. Graham, C.R. Hakkenberg, L. Haygood, G. Koren, E. Lilleskov, L.K. Meredith, S. Naeher, Z.L. Nickerson, O. Pourret, H.-S. Song, M. Stahl, N. Tas, R. Vargas, and S. Weintraub-Leff. 2022. Biogeosciences Perspectives on Integrated, Coordinated,Open, Networked (ICON) Science. Earth and Space Science, 9, e2021EA002119.
  14. Reed MS, Young DM, Andersen R, Bell NGA, Cadillo-Quiroz, H, Grainger M, Heinemeyer A, Hergoualc’h K, Gerrand AM, Kieft J, Krisnawati H, Lilleskov EA, Melling L, Sjogersten S, Taylor NG, Walker JS, Stewart G, 2022. Peatland core common outcomes: developing a consensus on what should be measured in research and monitoring. Peat and Mire, 28, 26, 21pp 
  15. Glaser, D., Hartnett, H., Finn, D., Perez-Montaño, S., Cadillo-Quiroz, H. and Desch S. 2022. Water Vapor Adsorption Provides Daily, Sustainable Water to Soils of the Hyperarid Atacama Desert. Astrobiology. 22 (10)
  16. Saatchi, S., Longo, M., Xu, L., Yang, Y., Abe, H., Andre, M Aukema, J., Carlvahais, N., Cadillo-Quiroz, H., …et al. 2021. Detecting vulnerability of humid tropical forests to multiple stressors. One Earth 4(7): 988-1003.
  17. van Haren, J., Brewer, P*., Kurtzberg, L., Weiss, R., Springer, V., Tello-Espinoza, R., Solignac Ruiz, J., Cadillo-Quiroz H. 2021. A versatile gas flux chamber reveals high tree stem methane emissions in Amazonian peatland. Agricultural Forestry and Meteorology 307: 108504 
  18. Buessecker, S*, Zamora , Z., Sarno, A.,  D. R. Finn , A. M. Hoyt , J. van Haren , J. D. Urquiza Muñoz , and Cadillo-Quiroz, H.* 2021. Microbial communities and interactions of nitrogen oxides with methanogenesis in diverse peatlands of the Amazon basin. Frontiers in Microbiology 12(1564).
  19. Neri, U., Wolf, Y.I.,...... RNA Virus Discovery Consortium: H. Cadillo-Quiroz....Gophna, U. 2020. Expansion of the global RNA virome reveals diverse clades of bacteriophages. Cell, 185 (21), 4023-4037.e18
  20. Nayfach, S. Roux S......IMG/M Data Consortium: H. Cadillo-Quiroz....Eloe-Fadrosh, E. 2020. A genomic catalog of Earth's microbiomes. Nature Biotechnology 39(4): 499-509 
  21. Griffis, T., Roman, T., Wood, J., Deventer, J., Malaverri, L., Rengifo, M., del Castillo, Torres, J., Lilleskov,E., Kolka, R., Chimner, R., Wayson, C., Hergoualc'h, K., Baker, J., Ricciuto, D., Cadillo-Quiroz, H. Ricciouto D.M.. 2020.  Hydrometeorological sensitivities of net ecosystem carbon dioxide and methane exchange of an Amazonian palm swamp peatland. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 295: 108167. 
  22. Finn D. *, Ziv-El M. *, van Haren J., Park J., del Aguila Pasquel, J.,Urquiza-Muñoz, D.,Cadillo- Quiroz H. 2020. Methanogens and Methanotrophs Show Nutrient-Dependent Community Assemblage Patterns Across Tropical Peatlands of the Pastaza-Marañón Basin, Peruvian Amazonia. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020, 11:746
  23. Apai, D., Banzatti, A., Ballering, N. P., Bergin, E. A., Bixel, A., Birnstiel, T., Bose, M., Brittain, S., Cadillo-Quiroz, H., … Young, P. 2019. Planetary Habitability Informed by Planet Formation and Exoplanet Demographics. Bulletin of the AAS. Retrieved from https://baas.aas.org/pub/2020n3i475 
  24. Buessecker*, S.,Tylor, K., Nye, J., Holbert, H.K., Urquiza, J.D., Hartnett, H.E., Glass, J.B., and H. Cadillo-Quiroz*.  2019. The effects of sterilization and inhibition methods on abiotic N2O production from organic-rich tropical soils. Biogeosciences, 16:4601–4612

 

 

  1. Wang, S., Zhuang, Q., Lähteenoja, O.*, Draper, F. and Cadillo-Quiroz, H*. 2018. A potential shift from a carbon sink to a source in Amazonian peatlands under a changing climate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115: 12407-12412. 
  2. Zhang, G., Browne, P. *, Geng, Z., Cadillo-Quiroz, H., Franz, F. 2017. Diversity and evolution of bacterial symbionts of weevils (Insecta: Curculionoidea). BioXrv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/171181. 
  3. Chapman, E.J., Cadillo-Quiroz, H., Childers, D.L., Turetsky, M.R., and. Waldrop, M. 2017. Soil microbial community composition is correlated to soil carbon processing along a boreal wetland formation gradient European Journal of Soil Biology 82: 17-26. 
  4. C.X. She, Z.C. Zeng, H. Cadillo-Quiroz*, C. Tong*. 2017. Changes of community structure and abundance of methanogens in soils along a freshwater–brackish water gradient in subtropical estuarine marshes. Geoderma 299: 101:110.
  5. Browne, P., Kyrpides, N., Woyke, T., Goodwin, L., Detter, C., Tamaki, H., Liu, W., Zinder, S., Cadillo-Quiroz, H. 2017. Genomic composition and dynamics among Methanomicrobiales predict adaptation to contrasting environments. The ISME Journal: 11:87-99.
  6. Zinder S. and Cadillo-Quiroz*, H. 2016. Methanosphaerula. Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. 1-5 p, Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., in association with Bergey's Manual Trust.
  7. C.X. She, Z.C. Zhang, H. Cadillo-Quiroz*, C. Tong*. 2016. Factors regulating community composition of methanogens and sulfate-reducing bacteria in brackish marsh sediments in the Min River estuary, southeastern China. Estuaries, Coasts and Shelf Sciences 181: 27-38                                        
  8. Cadillo-Quiroz, H.*, Browne, P*., Kyrpides, N., Woyke, T., Goodwin, L., Detter, C., Yavitt, J. and Zinder, S. 2015. Complete genome sequence of Methanosphaerula palustris E1-9CT, a hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated from a minerotrophic fen peatland. Genome Announcements 3 (6), e01280-15. 
  9. Baran, R., Brodie, E., Mayberry-Lewis, M.*, Hummel, E*. Nunes Da Rocha, U., Chakraborty, R., Bowen, B., Karaoz, U., Cadillo-Quiroz, H., Garcia-Pichel, F., Northen, T. 2015. Exometabolite niche partitioning among sympatric soil bacteria. Nature communications 6: 8289
  10. Brauer S., Cadillo-Quiroz, H., Kyrpides, H., Woyke, T., Goodwin, L., Podell, S., Yavitt, J., Zinder, H. 2015. Genome of Methanoregula boonei reveals adaptation to oligotrophic peatlands environments. SGM Microbiology 161:1572-1581. [
  11. Nunes da Rocha, U., Cadillo-Quiroz, H., Karaoz, U., Rajeev, Lara., Klitgord, N., Dunn, S. *, Truong, V. *, Buenrostro, M. *, Bowen, B., Garcia-Pichel, F., Mukhopadhyay, A., Northen, T. and Brodie, E. 2015. Isolation of a significant fraction of non-phototroph diversity from a desert Biological Soil Crust. Frontiers in Microbiology 6: 277 
  12. Krause D., Didelot, X., Cadillo-Quiroz, H., Whitaker, R. 2014. Recombination shapes genome architecture in an organism from the Archaeal domain. Genome Biology and Evolution 6(1): 170-178.          
  13. Cadillo-Quiroz, H*., Brauer, S. Goodson, N. Yavitt, J., and Zinder, S.H. 2014. Methanobacterium paludis sp. nov., and a novel strain of Methanobacterium lacus isolated from northern peatlands. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 5: 1473-1480
  14. Yamamoto, K., Tamaki, H., Cadillo-Quiroz, H., Imachi, H., Kyrpides, N., Woyke, T., Goodwin, T., Zinder, S., Kamagata, Y., Wen-Tso, L. 2014. Complete genome sequence of Methanoregula formicica SMSPT, a mesophilic hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated from a methanogenic upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor. Genome Announcements 2(5): e00870-14.
  15. Yamamoto, K., Tamaki, H., Cadillo-Quiroz, H., Imachi, H., Kyrpides, N., Woyke, T., Goodwin, T., Zinder, S., Kamagata, Y., Wen-Tso, L. 2014. Complete genome sequence of Methanolinea tarda NOBI-1T, a hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated from methanogenic digester sludge. Genome Announcements 2(5): e00876-14.
  16. Browne, P. and Cadillo-Quiroz, H. 2013. Contribution of transcriptomics to systems-level understanding of methanogenic Archaea. Archaea, Vol 2013: 11 p, Article ID 586369, DOI: 10.1155/2013/586369
  17. Bridgham, S., Cadillo-Quiroz, H., Keller, J., Zhuang, Q. 2013. Methane emissions from wetlands: biogeochemical, microbial, and modeling perspectives from local to global scales. Global Change Biology 19:1325-1346

 

Research Activity
  • DOE BER. Biophysical processes and feedback mechanisms controlling the methane budget of an Amazonian peatland. Co-Investigator. Team Lead by Timothy Griffiths at Minnesota State University.  09/2019-08/2023
  • Industrial Partner Funded project within the Center for Bio-mediated & Bio-inspired Geotechnics (CBBG). Title “Monitoring the changes in methane (CH4) emissions and microbes of manipulated cells of the Salt River Landfill, an Arid Zone Landfill case study (SRL)”. Awarded. PI. 10/2019-10/2023.
  • NSF-CAREER: Geochemical and functional controls of methane-mediating microbes in Amazon peatlands. PI. Awarded. 2/1/2018- 1/31/2023
  • NSF LTER: CAP IV - Investigating urban ecology and sustainability through the lens of Urban Ecological Infrastructure. Investigator. 12/1/2018 - 11/30/2022. Awarded. 
  • NSF- Engineering Research center. Center for Bio-mediated & Bio-inspired Geotechnics. Co-I. 08/01/2015-07/31/2025. Awarded. 
  • USAID-NAS: PEER: Multi-Scale, Interdisciplinary Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Values ​​or Peruvian Amazon Peatlands. International project partner. 
  • NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: The hydrologic effects of alluvial gold mining in western Amazonia and their implications for mercury and greenhouse gas. PI. 04-2022/05-2024.
  •  NSF-DEB. Collaborative Research: Understanding biophysical drivers of the CH4 source sink transition in Northern Forest. Co-Investigator. Proposed period 08/2022-07/2025. 

Pending 

  • NSF BII-Implementation: BioGas: the BioInstitute for the Biological Production of Greenhouse gases. Co-PI. Proposed Period 09/2023-08/2029. 
  • DOE BER: Developing a methane-centered classification of Amazon peatlands to assess the effects of hydro geochemical variation in a key regional CH4 hotspot in the wester Amazonia. Lead PI. Proposed period 09/2023-08/2026. 
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number Course Title
BCH 392 Intro to Research Techniques
BCH 492 Honors Directed Study
BCH 493 Honors Thesis
BIO 493 Honors Thesis
CHM 392 Intro to Research Techniques
CHM 492 Honors Directed Study
CHM 493 Honors Thesis
MIC 493 Honors Thesis
MIC 495 Undergraduate Research
MIC 220 Biology of Microorganisms
MBB 495 Undergraduate Research
BIO 495 Undergraduate Research
BDE 799 Dissertation
MIC 220 Biology of Microorganisms
CHM 392 Intro to Research Techniques
BCH 392 Intro to Research Techniques
BDE 795 Continuing Registration
BDE 799 Dissertation
BCH 392 Intro to Research Techniques
BDE 792 Research
2024 Fall
Course Number Course Title
BCH 392 Intro to Research Techniques
BCH 492 Honors Directed Study
BCH 493 Honors Thesis
BIO 492 Honors Directed Study
BIO 493 Honors Thesis
CHM 392 Intro to Research Techniques
CHM 492 Honors Directed Study
MBB 492 Honors Directed Study
MIC 492 Honors Directed Study
MIC 495 Undergraduate Research
BIO 495 Undergraduate Research
MBB 495 Undergraduate Research
CHM 493 Honors Thesis
BCH 392 Intro to Research Techniques
CHM 392 Intro to Research Techniques
MIC 470 Bacterial Diversity/Systematic
MIC 470 Bacterial Diversity/Systematic
MIC 598 Special Topics
MIC 598 Special Topics
2024 Summer
Course Number Course Title
BDE 792 Research
BIO 495 Undergraduate Research
2024 Spring
Course Number Course Title
BIO 493 Honors Thesis
MIC 493 Honors Thesis
MIC 495 Undergraduate Research
MIC 220 Biology of Microorganisms
MBB 495 Undergraduate Research
BIO 495 Undergraduate Research
BDE 799 Dissertation
MIC 220 Biology of Microorganisms
BDE 792 Research
BDE 795 Continuing Registration
BDE 799 Dissertation
2023 Fall
Course Number Course Title
BIO 492 Honors Directed Study
BIO 493 Honors Thesis
MBB 492 Honors Directed Study
MIC 492 Honors Directed Study
MIC 495 Undergraduate Research
BIO 495 Undergraduate Research
MBB 495 Undergraduate Research
MIC 494 Special Topics
2023 Summer
Course Number Course Title
BDE 792 Research
BIO 495 Undergraduate Research
MIC 495 Undergraduate Research
2023 Spring
Course Number Course Title
BIO 493 Honors Thesis
MIC 493 Honors Thesis
MIC 495 Undergraduate Research
MIC 220 Biology of Microorganisms
MBB 495 Undergraduate Research
BIO 495 Undergraduate Research
BDE 799 Dissertation
MIC 220 Biology of Microorganisms
BDE 792 Research
MIC 494 Special Topics
BDE 795 Continuing Registration
BDE 799 Dissertation
2022 Fall
Course Number Course Title
BIO 492 Honors Directed Study
BIO 493 Honors Thesis
MBB 492 Honors Directed Study
MIC 492 Honors Directed Study
MIC 495 Undergraduate Research
BIO 495 Undergraduate Research
MBB 495 Undergraduate Research
MIC 470 Bacterial Diversity/Systematic
MIC 470 Bacterial Diversity/Systematic
MIC 598 Special Topics
MIC 598 Special Topics
2022 Summer
Course Number Course Title
BDE 792 Research
BIO 495 Undergraduate Research
2022 Spring
Course Number Course Title
BIO 493 Honors Thesis
MIC 493 Honors Thesis
MIC 495 Undergraduate Research
MIC 220 Biology of Microorganisms
MBB 495 Undergraduate Research
BIO 495 Undergraduate Research
BDE 799 Dissertation
MIC 220 Biology of Microorganisms
BDE 792 Research
MIC 494 Special Topics
BDE 792 Research
BDE 795 Continuing Registration
BDE 799 Dissertation
2021 Fall
Course Number Course Title
BIO 492 Honors Directed Study
BIO 493 Honors Thesis
MBB 492 Honors Directed Study
MIC 492 Honors Directed Study
MIC 495 Undergraduate Research
BIO 495 Undergraduate Research
MBB 495 Undergraduate Research
MIC 470 Bacterial Diversity/Systematic
MIC 470 Bacterial Diversity/Systematic
MIC 598 Special Topics
2021 Summer
Course Number Course Title
BDE 792 Research
BIO 495 Undergraduate Research
2021 Spring
Course Number Course Title
BIO 493 Honors Thesis
MIC 493 Honors Thesis
MIC 495 Undergraduate Research
MIC 220 Biology of Microorganisms
MBB 495 Undergraduate Research
BIO 495 Undergraduate Research
BDE 799 Dissertation
MIC 220 Biology of Microorganisms
BDE 792 Research
MIC 494 Special Topics
2020 Fall
Course Number Course Title
BIO 492 Honors Directed Study
BIO 493 Honors Thesis
MBB 492 Honors Directed Study
MIC 495 Undergraduate Research
BIO 495 Undergraduate Research
MBB 495 Undergraduate Research
MIC 494 Special Topics
2020 Summer
Course Number Course Title
BDE 792 Research
BIO 495 Undergraduate Research
MIC 495 Undergraduate Research
2020 Spring
Course Number Course Title
BIO 493 Honors Thesis
MIC 492 Honors Directed Study
MIC 493 Honors Thesis
MIC 495 Undergraduate Research
MIC 220 Biology of Microorganisms
MBB 495 Undergraduate Research
BIO 495 Undergraduate Research
BDE 799 Dissertation
MIC 220 Biology of Microorganisms
BDE 792 Research
MIC 494 Special Topics
Professional Associations

American Society for Microbiology (and ASM mentor for international students)

Biogeochemistry and Environmental Complexity – Cornell University

Ecological Society of America 

International Society of Microbial Ecology 

Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science

Society of Wetlands Scientist 

Expertise Areas
Biogeochemistry
Ecology
Ecosystem Ecology
Energy
Genomics
Microbes
Microbiology
Soil
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