PNNL

Bachelors of Science in Biology, Washington State University, 2018

• Outstanding Performance Award, Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, PNNL (2020)
• Outstanding Performance Award, Energy and Environmental Directorate, PNNL (2018)

2025

• Stegen J.C., V.A. Garayburu-Caruso, R.E. Danczak, R.K. Chu, A.E. Goldman, S.A. McKever, and L. Renteria, et al. 2025. "Organic Molecules are Deterministically Assembled in Variably Inundated River Sediments, but Drivers Remain Unclear." Scientific Reports 15:Art No. 4332. PNNL-SA-189953. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-76675-5

2024

• Chen Y., J. Bao, R. Chen, B. Li, Y. Yang, L. Renteria, and D.J. Delgado Paredes, et al. 2024. "Quantifying streambed grain size, uncertainty, and hydrobiogeochemical parameters using machine learning model YOLO." Water Resources Research 60, no. 11:Art. No. e2023WR036456. PNNL-SA-191201. doi:10.1029/2023WR036456
• Roebuck, Jr. J.A., K.A. Rod, V.A. Garayburu-Caruso, R.K. Chu, A.E. Goldman, L. Renteria, and M.S. Taylor, et al. 2024. "Linkages between mineral element composition of soils and sediments with hyporheic zone dissolved organic matter chemistry across the contiguous United States." Geophysical Research Letters 51, no. 6:Art. No. e2023GL106220. PNNL-SA-189743. doi:10.1029/2023GL106220
• Smith P., K.A. Rod, T.P. Campbell, K.F. Patel, A. Dohnalkova, M.M. Tfaily, and L. Renteria, et al. 2024. "Moisture-mineral interactions drive bacterial and organic matter turnover in glacier-sourced riparian sediments undergoing pedogenesis." Soil Biology and Biochemistry 199, no. _:Art No. 109617. PNNL-SA-190100. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2024.109617

2023

• Danczak R.E., V.A. Garayburu-Caruso, L. Renteria, S.A. McKever, O.C. Otenburg, S.R. Grieger, and K. Son, et al. 2023. "Riverine organic matter functional diversity increases with catchment size." Frontiers in Water 5. PNNL-SA-179439. doi:10.3389/frwa.2023.1087108
• Stegen J.C., V.A. Garayburu-Caruso, R.E. Danczak, A.E. Goldman, L. Renteria, J.M. Torgeson, and J.R. Hager. 2023. "Maximum respiration rates in hyporheic zone sediments are primarily constrained by organic carbon concentration and secondarily by organic matter chemistry." Biogeosciences 20, no. 14:2857-2867. PNNL-SA-167766. doi:10.5194/bg-20-2857-2023

2022

• Borton M.A., S. Collins, E.B. Graham, V.A. Garayburu-Caruso, A.E. Goldman, M. De Melo, and L. Renteria, et al. 2022. "It takes a village: using a crowdsourced approach to investigate organic matter composition in global rivers through the lens of ecological theory." Frontiers in Water 4. PNNL-SA-169359. doi:10.3389/frwa.2022.870453
• Danczak R.E., A. Sengupta, S.J. Fansler, R.K. Chu, V.A. Garayburu-Caruso, L. Renteria, and J.G. Toyoda, et al. 2022. "Inferring the contribution of microbial taxa and organic matter molecular formulas to ecological assembly." Frontiers in Microbiology 13. PNNL-SA-169670. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2022.803420
• Roebuck, Jr. J.A., K. Bladon, D. Donahue, E.B. Graham, S.R. Grieger, K. Morgenstern, and M. Norwood, et al. 2022. "Spatiotemporal controls on the delivery of dissolved organic matter to streams following a wildfire." Geophysical Research Letters 49, no. 16:e2022GL099535. PNNL-SA-173675. doi:10.1029/2022GL099535
• Stegen J.C., S.J. Fansler, M.M. Tfaily, V.A. Garayburu-Caruso, A.E. Goldman, R.E. Danczak, and R.K. Chu, et al. 2022. "Organic Matter Transformations are Disconnected Between Surface Water and the Hyporheic Zone." Biogeosciences 19, no. 12:3099-3110. PNNL-SA-170026. doi:10.5194/bg-19-3099-2022

2021

• Danczak R.E., A.E. Goldman, R.K. Chu, J.G. Toyoda, V.A. Garayburu-Caruso, N. Tolic, and E.B. Graham, et al. 2021. "Ecological theory applied to environmental metabolomes reveals compositional divergence despite conserved molecular properties." Science of the Total Environment 788. PNNL-SA-156110. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147409
• Sengupta A., S.J. Fansler, R.K. Chu, R.E. Danczak, V.A. Garayburu-Caruso, L. Renteria, and H. Song, et al. 2021. "Disturbance triggers non-linear microbe-environment feedbacks." Biogeosciences 18, no. 16:4773-4789. PNNL-SA-157144. doi:10.5194/bg-18-4773-2021

2020

• Garayburu-Caruso V.A., J.C. Stegen, H. Song, L. Renteria, J.R. Wells, W.L. Garcia, and C.T. Resch, et al. 2020. "Carbon limitation leads to thermodynamic regulation of aerobic metabolism." Environmental Science & Technology Letters 7, no. 7:517-524. PNNL-SA-150146. doi:10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00258
• Danczak RE, AE Goldman, RK Chu, JG Toyoda, VA Garayburu-Caruso, et al. 2020. “Ecological theory applied to environmental metabolomes reveals compositional divergence despite conserved molecular properties.” bioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2020.02.12.946459
• Villa JA, GJ Smith, Y Ju, L Renteria, JC Angle, E Arntzen, SF Harding, H Ren, X Chen, AH Sawyer, EB Graham, JC Stegen, KC Wrighton, and G Bohrer. 2020. “Methane and nitrous oxide porewater concentrations and surface fluxes of a regulated river.” Science of The Total Environment, 715, 136920; doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136920.

2019

• Ward A.S., S.M. Wondzell, N.M. Schmadel, S. Herzog, J.P. Zarnetske, V. Baranov, and P. Blaen, et al. 2019. "Spatial and temporal variation in river corridor exchange across a 5th order mountain stream network." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 23, no. 12:5199-5225. PNNL-SA-140824. doi:10.5194/hess-23-5199-2019
• Ward AS, JP Zarnetske, V Baranov, PJ Blaen, N Brekenfeld, R Chu, R Derelle, J Drummond, JH Fleckenstein, V Garayburu-Caruso, E Graham, D Hannah, CJ Harman, S Herzog, J Hixson, JLA Knapp, S Krause. MJ, Kurz, J Lewandowski, A Li, E Martí, M Miller, AM Milner, K Neil, L Orsini, AI Packman, S Plont, L Renteria, K Roche, T Royer, NM Schmadel, C Segura, J Stegen, J Toyoda, J Wells, NI Wisnoski, and SM Wondzell. 2019. “Co-located contemporaneous mapping of morphological, hydrological, chemical, and biological conditions in a 5th-order mountain stream network, Oregon, USA.” Earth System Science Data, 11, 1567-1581; doi: 10.5194/essd-11-1567-2019.
• Chu R, A Goldman, SC Brooks, R Danczak, V Garayburu-Caruso, E Graham, M Jones, X Lin, JW Morad, H Ren, L Renteria, C Resch, M Tfaily, M Tolic, J Toyoda, J Wells, and J Stegen. 2019. “WHONDRS 48 Hour Diel Cycling Study at the East Fork Poplar Creek in Tennessee, USA.” ESS-DIVE Dataset, Worldwide Hydrobiogeochemistry Observation Network for Dynamic River Systems (WHONDRS); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA; doi: 10.15485/1577278.
• Danczak R, A Goldman, R Chu, V Garayburu-Caruso, E Graham, X He, X Lin, C Meile, JW Morad, H Ren, L Renteria, C Resch, J Rooze, J Schalles, M Tfaily, J Thomle, H Tolic, J Toyoda, J Wells, and J Stegen. 2019. “WHONDRS 48 Hour Diel Cycling Study at the Altamaha River in Georgia, USA. ESS-DIVE Dataset.” Worldwide Hydrobiogeochemistry Observation Network for Dynamic River Systems (WHONDRS); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA; doi: 10.15485/1577263.
• Garayburu-Caruso V, A Goldman, R Chu, RE Danczak, E Graham, X Lin, JW Morad, H Ren, L Renteria, C Resch, M Tfaily, H Tolic, J Toyoda, J Wells, and J Stegen. 2019. “WHONDRS 48 Hour Diel Cycling Study at the Columbia River in Washington, USA.” ESS-DIVE Dataset, Worldwide Hydrobiogeochemistry Observation Network for Dynamic River Systems (WHONDRS); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA; doi: 10.15485/1577265.
• Goldman A, S Arnon, E Bar-Zeev, R Chu, R Danczak, V Garayburu-Caruso, E Graham, X Lin, JW Morad, H Ren, L Renteria, C Resch, M Tfaily, H Tolic, J Toyoda, J Wells, and J Stegen. 2019. “WHONDRS 48 Hour Diel Cycling Study at the Jordan River, Israel.” ESS-DIVE Dataset, Worldwide Hydrobiogeochemistry Observation Network for Dynamic River Systems (WHONDRS); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA; doi: 10.15485/1577266.
• Renteria L, A Goldman, R Chu, R Danczak, V Garayburu-Caruso, E Graham, X Lin, JW Morad, H Ren, C Resch, M Tfaily, H Tolic, J Toyoda, J Wells, K Znotinas, and J Stegen. 2019. “WHONDRS 48 Hour Diel Cycling Study at the Nisqually River, Washington, USA.” ESS-DIVE Dataset, Worldwide Hydrobiogeochemistry Observation Network for Dynamic River Systems (WHONDRS); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA; doi: 10.15485/1576995.
• Stegen J., Goldman A., Blackburn S. E., Chu R., Danczak R., Garayburu-Caruso V., Graham E., Grieshauber C., Lin X., Morad J. W., Ren H., Renteria L., Resch C., Tfaily M., Tolic N., Toyoda J. G., Wells J. R. and Znotinas K. (2019) WHONDRS Surface Water Sampling for Metabolite Biogeography. ESS-DIVE Dataset, Worldwide Hydrobiogeochemistry Observation Network for Dynamic River Systems (WHONDRS); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA; doi: 10.15485/1484811.
• Stegen J, A Goldman, R Chu, R Danczak, V Garayburu-Caruso, E Graham, X Lin, JW Morad, H Ren, L Renteria, C Resch, M Tfaily, N Tolic, JG Toyoda, and JR Wells. 2019. “WHONDRS 48 Hour Diel Cycling Study at HJ Andrews Experimental Forest Watershed 1 (WS1).” ESS-DIVE Dataset, Worldwide Hydrobiogeochemistry Observation Network for Dynamic River Systems (WHONDRS); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA; doi: 10.15485/1509695.
• Wells J, A Goldman, R Chu, R Danczak, V Garayburu-Caruso, E Graham, J Lewandowski, X Lin, K Meinikmann, JW Morad, B Muller B, H Ren, L Renteria, C Resch, H Schulz, M Tfaily, H Tolic H, J Toyoda, and J Stegen. 2019 “WHONDRS 48 Hour Diel Cycling Study at the Erpe River, Germany.” ESS-DIVE Dataset, Worldwide Hydrobiogeochemistry Observation Network for Dynamic River Systems (WHONDRS); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA; doi: 10.15485/1577260.