Education

• Ph.D., Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
• B.S., Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University

Research Interests

• Microbial Ecology
• Water Quality
• Public Health
• Anaerobic Respiration

Select Publications

• Online Strategies To Improve Quantitative Skills in Microbiology Laboratory Classes
• Diversity of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria in an Urbanized River: A Case Study of the Potential Risks from Combined Sewage Overflows 
• Effect of Tidal Cycling Rate on the Distribution and Abundance of Nitrogen-Oxidizing Bacteria in a Bench-Scale Fill-and-Drain Bioreactor
• Metabolic biomarkers for monitoring anaerobic naphthalene biodegradation in situ

Courses

• BIOL 303: Microbiology
• BIOZ 303: Microbiology Lab
• BIOZ 209: Medical Microbiology Lab
• BIOZ 401: Applied and Environmental Microbiology Lab