Syed Hashsham
Syed Hashsham
Edwin Willits Professor
Research Biography
Dr. Hashsham's research focuses on environmental molecular biology and mathematical tools to address environmental engineering issues. Current research focuses on the development of DNA biochips for parallel detection of microorganisms important to drinking water and wastewater. Approaches for improved detection limit, sample concentration, probe design, and validation are of special interest. Dr. Hashsham is also interested in developing new tools to manage mixed microbial communities important to environmental biotechnology.
Selected Publications
- Stedtfeld RD, Baushke SW, Tourlousse DM, Miller SM, Stedtfeld TM, Gulari E, Tiedje JM, Hashsham SA. Development and experimental validation of a predictive threshold cycle (Ct) equation for quantification of virulence and marker genes using high-throughput nanoliter PCR on Open Arrays, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 74(12): June 2008.
- Syed A. Hashsham, Erdogan Gulari, and James M. Tiedje. Microfluidic Systems Being Adapted for Microbial and Molecular Biological Analysis. Microbe, 2911):531-536: 2007.
- Lukas M. Wick, Jean Marie Rouillard, Thomas S. Whittam, Erdogan Gulari, James M. Tiedje and Syed A. Hashsham. On-chip non-equilibrium dissociation curves and dissociation rate constants as methods to assess specificity of oligonucleotide probes. Nucleic Acids Research. 34(3):e26; doi:10.1093/nar/gnj024. 2006.
- Dollhopf SL, Pariseau ML, Hashsham SA, Tiedje J.M., Competitive and cooperative interactions affecting a fermentative spirochete in anaerobic chemostats. Microbial Ecology, 46 (1): 1-11. 2003.
Selected Achievements and Awards
- Withrow Distinguished (Junior) Scholar Award (MSU), 2007
- Edwin Willits Associate Professor Award, 2005-2009
- Lilly Teaching Fellowship Award (MSU), 2003-2004