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Research Interests
- The application of microbiology to understand and treat soil and water contamination
- The identification of the microorganisms & functional genes involved in biodegradation of traditional, problematic contaminants (chlorinated solvents, BTEX, MTBE, RDX, 1,4-dioxane) and emerging contaminants (antimicrobials, pharmaceuticals and personal care products)
- The application of molecular methods to environmental microbiology including quantitative PCR, TRFLP, stable isotope probing, LAMP, 16S rRNA gene amplication and shotgun high throughput sequencing, SmartChip platfrom
- The occurrence and fate of emerging contaminants in engineered and natural systems
- The development of microbial cultures capable of 1,4-dioxane biodegradation
- The application of stable isotope probing to identify microorganisms involved in the degradation of legency and emerging contaminants