[1] His work couples molecular biological approaches and geochemical analyses to investigate microbial ecosystems.
Schrenk investigates high pH environments fueled by underground serpentinization reactions between water and certain rock types[2] and hydrothermal vent systems along the ocean floor that are driven by volcanic activity.
[3] Schrenk earned his master's degree in 2001 and PhD in 2005 from the School of Oceanography at the University of Washington.
He completed his postdoctoral research in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism and the Geophysical Laboratory at the Carnegie Institution of Washington from 2005 to 2008 before becoming an assistant professor at Michigan State University.
[6] MSU researchers make new discoveries in the underwater world of ‘Lost City' The 19 superbugs that rule Earth’s hidden depths