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I currently have 19 students working at my lab in the following projects:

Bioremediation of arsenic and copper using algae: Lyndsy Castano (Project in conjunction with Dr. Jahan)


Phylogeny and geographic distribution of desert algae: Stacey Wallace, Jason Kelsey, John Santiago and Amber Peterson (Project in conjunction with Dr. Hecht)


Bioethanol production using microorganisms: Jamie Ginn, Carly Bock, Zachary Kashdan, Chris Chadwick, Mark Manganelli, Richard Pelletier,  Michael Ritchie, and Salim Shaikh (Project in conjunction with Drs Hecht, Lefebvre, and Savelski)


Production of asthaxanthin from Haematococcus pluvialis: Bartos Santos (Project in conjunction with Dr. Otero-Gephard)

Water Quality of the Maurice River, N.J.:  Candice McCarthy, Erin Murphy, Beth Heckmann, Jaylene Quinones, and Jon Duford (Project in conjunction with Dr. Richmond)

My students presented their work at regional, national and international conferences

“Bug Power:  Fueling our Future with Microorganisms” Annual ASEE Conference, Portland, Oregon. 2005 (Jamie Ginn, Carly Bock, Zachary Kashdan, Chris Chadwic)

"Arsenic and Copper removal by Microorganisms". 36th Annual Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference, Storrs, CT 2004 (Lyndsy Castano)

“Water Quality Indicators of two tributaries of the Maurice River, NJ”. Delaware Valley Chapter, Society for Conservation Biology, Annual Meeting. Villanova, PA. 2004 (Rasha Burton, Candance McCarthy, Bill Pitts, Luis Salcedo, Emily Scarpa, Shana Shterban, and Magdalena Szutowska)

“Ecological Indicators of River Health on two tributaries of the Maurice River, NJ”. ESA – Mid Atlantic Ecology Conference, Lancaster, PA, 2004 (Rasha Burton, Candance McCarthy, Bill Pitts, Luis Salcedo, Emily Scarpa, Shana Shterban, and Magdalena Szutowska)

They also present their research at the Seventh STEM symposium at Rowan University - 2004

“Water Quality indicators of river health on two tributaries of the Maurice River, NJ”(Rasha Burton, Candance McCarthy, Bill Pitts, Luis Salcedo, Emily Scarpa, Shana Shterban, and Magdalena Szutowska)

“Haematococcus pluvialis growth for optimum astaxanthin production” (Elizabeth DiPaolo,  Andrea Kornbluh)

“Myth Busters: Do Algae Grow in the Desert?” (Stacey Wallace, John Santiago and Amber Peterson)

“Microbial Uptake of Arsenic” (Lyndsy Castano)

“Isolation of Ethanol-Resistant Mutants of E. coli FBR5 for Fermentation of Corn Stover to Ethanol” (Jamie Ginn, Carly Bock, Zachary Kashdan)