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Resilient Environmental Bioprocess Engineering Lab Using molecular biotechnology to address current challenges in environmental engineering

Publications

  1. Watts, R. J., Teel, A., and C. M. Gardner. Hazardous Wastes: Assessment and Remediation. 2nd Edition. In Press. Expected Publication November 2022.
  2. Un Jan Contreras, S.** and M. Gardner. Environmental Persistence and Impact of RNA Interference Mechanisms in Genetically Engineered Crops. Accepted July 2022. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 
  3. Gardner, C. M., Gerhard, W. A., Redfern, L. K., and Gunsch, C. K. Evaluation of Bacterial and Fungal Microbiomes of Developing Corn and Associations Among Nitrogen Cyclers and Fungal Taxa. Microbiology3(2022): 001155. DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.001155.
  4. Saifur, S.** and M. Gardner. “Loading, Transport, and Treatment of Emerging Chemical and Biological Contaminants of Concern in Stormwater.” Water Science & Technology 83.12 (2021): 2863–2885. DOI: 10.2166/wst.2021.187.
  5. Gardner, C. M., Hoffman, K., Stapleton, H. M., and Gunsch, C. K. Exposures to semi-volatile organic compounds in indoor environments and associations with the gut microbiomes of children. Environmental Science & Technology Letters1 (2020):73–79. DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00776.
  6. Lefevre, E., Gardner, C. M., and C. K. Gunsch. A novel PCR clamping assay reducing plant host DNA amplification significantly improves prokaryotic endo-microbiome community characterization. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 96.7 (2020): fiaa110. DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiaa110.
  7. Gardner, C. M. and Gunsch, C.K. Microbiome Analysis and Manipulation in Water Treatment. “Women in Water Quality: Investigations by Prominent Females.” Springer, Cham, 2020. 113-133.
  8. Gardner, C. M., Volkoff, S. J., and C. K. Gunsch. “Examining the behavior of crop‐derived antibiotic resistance genes in anaerobic sludge batch reactors under thermophilic conditions.”Biotechnology and bioengineering 11 (2019): 3063-3071. DOI:10.1002/bit.27134.
  9. Redfern, L. K., Gardner, C. M., Hodzic, E., Ferguson, P. L., Hsu-Kim, H., and Gunsch, C. K. A New Framework for Approaching Precision Bioremediation of PAH Contaminated Soils. Journal of Hazardous Materials (2019): 120859. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.120859.
  10. Holzem, R. M., Gardner, C. M., Stapleton, H.M., and Gunsch, C.K. Using Laboratory Generated Biosolids to Evaluate the Microbial Toxicity of Triclosan in a Simulated Land Application Scenario. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25:11084-11099. DOI: 0.1007/s11356-017-1147-z
  11. Gardner, C. M., Gwin, C.A., and Gunsch, C. K. Evidence of Transgenic Crop Derived Transgenes in Activated Sludge and Digester Sludge in Wastewater Treatment Plants Across the United States. Water Science & Technology 77:1810-1818. DOI: 10.2166/wst.2018.051.
  12. Farner-Budarz, J., Cooper, E.M., Gardner, C. M., Hodzic, E., Ferguson, P. L., Gunsch, C.K., Wiesner, M. R. Chlorpyrifos Degradation via Photoreactive TiO2 Nanoparticles: Assessing the Impact of a Multi-Component Degradation Scenario. Journal of Hazardous Materials (2017). 372:61-68. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.12.028.
  13. Holzem, R. M., Gardner, C. M., and Gunsch, C. Evaluating the Impacts of Triclosan on Wastewater Treatment Performance During Startup and Acclimation. Water Science & Technology, 77(2): 493-503.
  14. Lefèvre, E., Bossa, N., Gardner, C. M., Gehrke, G. E., Cooper, E., Stapleton, H. M., Hsu-Kim, H., and Gunsch, C. K. Biochar and activated carbon act as promising amendments for promoting the complete microbial debromination of tetrabromobisphenol A. Water Research 128 (2018): 102-110. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.09.047.
  15. Gardner, C. M., and C. K. Gunsch. Adsorption capacity of multiple DNA sources to clay minerals and environmental soil matrices less than previously estimated. Chemosphere 175 (2017): 45-51. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.02.030.
  16. Holzem, R. M., Gardner, C. M., Stapleton, H. M., and C. K. Gunsch. “Impact of emerging contaminants and biosolids aging on ecotoxicity in soils.” Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation3 (2016): 628-631.
  17. Thomson, A. D., Gardner, C. M., Gwin, C. A., and C. K. Gunsch. “Part I: Cocopeat for wastewater treatment in the developing world: comparison to traditional packing media in lab scale biofiltration columns.” ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering.
  18. Thomson, A. D., Gardner, C. M., Gwin, C. A., and Gunsch, C. K. Cocopeat for wastewater treatment in the developing world: comparison to traditional packing media in lab scale biofiltration columns. Journal of Environmental Engineering2 (2015): 04015069.