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- Natural Ecosystems
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- Ecosystem Health
Natural Ecosystems
Research Topics
River corridor carbon & material cycles • fate & speciation of metals microbial ecology of soils & waters • hydrology-microbial ecology interactions • wetlands • metal-microbe interactions • aquatic system connectivity • Great Lakes • coral reefs • arid ecosystems
Faculty
- Ludmilla Aristilde
- Neal Blair
- Jean-François Gaillard
- Kimberly Gray
- Erica Hartmann
- Luisa Marcelino
- Aaron Packman
- George Wells
Engineered Ecosystems
Research Topics
Contaminated sediments (metal, organic, pathogens) • environmental biotechnology for treatment & resource recovery • wetland restoration • green infrastructure • urban waterways • microbial electrochemical systems • microbial ecology at the food-energy-water nexus • microbial systems for a circular bioeconomy
Faculty
- Ludmilla Aristilde
- Neal Blair
- Jean-François Gaillard
- Kimberly Gray
- Erica Hartmann
- Luisa Marcelino
- Aaron Packman
- George Wells
Microbial Processes
Research Topics
Agricultural carbon cycle • biogeochemical cycling of C, N, P • aquatic foodweb structure & function • periphyton structure & function • metabolomics of carbon cycle • phosphorus recycling • microbial metabolism of engineered processes • carbon and nutrient recovery
Faculty
Biofilms & Biological Interfaces
Research Topics
Biofilm reactors • anti-biofilm agents • biofilm structure-mechanical property • flow-biofilm interactions • bioinspired & bio-sourced materials for structural use -function relationships • antibiotic/antimicrobial resistance • biofilm reactors
Faculty
- Ludmilla Aristilde
- Oluwaseyi Balogun
- Kimberly Gray
- Erica Hartmann
- Sinan Keten
- Aaron Packman
- George Wells
Microbiome in Living and Built Systems
Research Topics
Built environment microbiome • gut & lung microbiome • soil microbiome • human • microbiome bacteriophage therapy • ocean microbiome • wastewater microbiome
Faculty
Ecological Health
Research Topics
Biotransformation of contaminant compounds • fate & impact of persistent organic chemicals • bioaccumulation & biomagnification of contaminants • water security • river system management • urban biodiversity • climate change impacts • health of coral reefs