Environmental Microbiology Research Lab - Belinda McSwain Sturm, PhD

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In September, 2006, I joined KU as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering. My research centers on biological processes in environmental engineering, including biological reactor operation and the application of molecular biology tools in water quality analysis. I currently have research projects regarding the cultivation of algae as a source of lipids for biodiesel production, the transfer of antibiotic resistant DNA in biofilm systems, and the fate of synthetic estrogens in wastewater reactors. I am also collaborating with a visitor from Ecuador to test silver-lined ceramic filters for low-cost, decentralized water filtration.

Please browse this website to learn more about my lab group and research at KU.

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bmcswain "at" ku.edu

Page last updated on May 5, 2011.

News

2011.05.04
Jodi Gentry, a PhD student with Dr. Sturm, was accepted into the Vespucci Initiative on Geographic Information Science. The program is part of the IGERT program in Geographic Information Science at the University at Buffalo. Jodi will spend part of her summer studying GIS in Fiesole, near Florence, Italy. Click here to read more news.