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Kate Scow M.S., Soil Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Ph.D., Soil Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Research Interests: Microbial ecology; biodegradation of pollutants (perchlorate, chlorinated solvents, MTBE); bioremediation of contaminated soil, vadose, and groundwater; coupling of physical and microbiological processes; microbial ecology of agroecosystems; microbial ecology of nitrogen cycling in soils; quantitative molecular tools for environmental microbiology. Phone:     530-752-4632 Fax: 530-752-1552 |
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Krassimira Hristova Research Assistant Soil Microbiologist B.S., Molecular Biology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria M.S., Microbiology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria Ph.D., Microbiology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria Research Interests: Genomics, proteomics, and genetics of MTBE degrading strain M. petroleiphilum PM1; Microbial Ecology of contaminated environments; Genomic and metagenomic approaches to study microbial communities; Biodegradation of organic pollutants; Se bioremediation; Biofuels; Nanobiotechnology and biosensors Detailed CV (pdf) krhristova@ucdavis.edu Phone: 530-752-2412 Fax: 530-752-1552 |
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Irina Chakraborty
Research interests: microbiology of anaerobic degradation of methyl tert butyl ether (MTBE), groundwater contaminant modeling, degradation products of petroleum in the environment, microbial community fingerprinting Phone: |
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Michael Matiasek B.A., Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder Research interests: Characterization of the bacteria that are responsible for N2O production in agricultural soils. Also interested in linking specific microbial species to functions, such as nitrogen cycling, in the evironment. A project description can be found here. |
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Radomir Schmidt Ph.D., Bacterial Genetics, University of Queensland, Australia Research interests: Genetics of novel environmental bacteria; Plasmid vector construction; Chemotaxis and motility; Two-component sensor-regulators; Developing site directed mutagenesis and complementation systems for the genetic analysis of Methylibium petroleiphilum PM1. |
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Laleh Rastegarzadeh Research interests: Petroleum compounds biotreatability, TBA and MTBE biodegradation, Biodiesel biodegradatio and its impact on fate and transport of other contaminants |
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Reef Holland Graduate Student in Microbiology B.S. Biology with a concentration in Zoology from San Francisco State University 2007 Research interests: MTBE degradation, Nanoparticles and Biodegradation, Nanoparticles and environmental impacts rbholland@ucdavis.edu |
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M.S., Zoology , Chulalongkorn University, Thailand 2005 tantayotai@ucdavis.edu |
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Geetika Joshi Graduate Student in Soils and Biogeochemistry with Designated Emphasis in Biotechnology M.S. Microbiology, University of Delhi, India (2007) B.S. Microbiology, University of Delhi, India (2005) Research interests: PM1 genetics, regulation of MTBE degradation pathway in PM1. |
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Graduate Student in Environmental Engineering MS, Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, 2008 Research interests: Ehsan's research interests are: groundwater and contaminated soil bioremediation and biodegradation, Biofuels and their impact on environment and groundwater, groundwater and subsurface contaminant transport modeling, numerical methods and statistical analysishttp://scowlab.lawr.ucdavis.edu/Members/erasa http://biofuel.ucdavis.edu/ |
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Inmyoung Park Post-doctoral researcher Ph.D., Agriculture & Environmental Chemistry Graduate Group, University of California at Davis, USA ipark@ucdavis.edu inmpark@gmail.com |
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Nannan Zhang Visiting Graduate Student in Microbiology Ph.D., Microbiology, China Agriculture University, China, 2004-present Research interests: Effects of intercropping and Rhizobium inoculation on microbial biomass and diversity in Rhizosphere |
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Jennifer Denbow Graduate Student in Soil Science |
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Katharine North Graduate Student in Hydrology |
Former Scow lab members
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2008 Adriana Ortegon, Yolo County Landfill, Davis
2008 Lianhua Dong, Beijing, China
2008 Julian Kayne, SCS Engineers, Santa Rosa, CA
2008 Ahjeong Son, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
2008 Jenny Bradford, VT
2007 Ana Lucia Cordova-Kreylos, Marrone Organic Innovations, Davis, CA
2007 Mamie Nozawa-Inoue, Senior Project Scientist, Environmental Resolutions Inc., Lake Forest, CA
2007 Kristin Hicks, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of North Carolina, Research Triangle, NC
2007 Kun Yang
2006 Vince Battaglia, Geologist, Environmental Resolutions Inc., Petaluma, CA
2005 Kevin Feris, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Boise State University, Boise, ID
2005 Rebecca Drenovsky, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH
2005 Janice Wu, Student, UC Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA
2005 Shira DeGrood
2004 Banu Inceoglu, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Berkeley, CA
2003 Isaac Wood, CH2MHill, Honolulu, HI
2001 Deepa Gandhi, Geomatrix Consultants, Inc.
Binyam Gebreyesus
Deborah Bossio, Senior Soil Scientist, International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri LankaMary Ann Bruns, Assistant Professor of Soil Science/Microbial Ecology, Penn State University, University Park, PA
Margaret Edwards, Faculty Research Assistant, College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Geoff Elliott, Post-doctoral Researcher, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK
Ken Graham, Staff Research Associate, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Davis
Jessica Hanson, Math and Science Teacher, Oxbow School, Napa, CA
Mara Johnson
David LeBauer, Research Assistant, Mushroom Biology and Fungal Biotechnology Laboratory, North Carolina A & T University, NC
Jenn Macalady, Assistant Professor, Geology Department, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Yutaka Okano, Toyota Corporation, Toyoda City, Japan
Jim Rowe
Egbert Schwartz, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Denver, Denver, CO
Stephanie Smith, Desert Research Institute (DRI), Reno, NVKatherine Batten, AAA Congressional Fellow in the office of Senator Joseph Lieberman, Washington, DC