Robert Nerenberg CV April 2, 2019
ROBERT NERENBERG, Ph.D., PE, BCEE
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences University of Notre Dame 163 Fitzpatrick Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 Phone: (574) 631-4098 Fax: (574) 631-9236 E-mail: [email protected]
1. HIGHER EDUCATION
2003 Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 1992 M.S. in Civil Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 1990 B.S. in Civil Engineering, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
2. CURRENT AND PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2017- present Kellogg faculty fellow, Kellogg Institute for International Studies 2011- 2012 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Hydraulics and Environmental Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile 2011 Visiting Professor, Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Dübendorf, Switzerland (5/2011 – 6/2011) 2010 – 2015 Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame 2010 - present Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame 2004-2010 Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame 2007-present Member of Energy Center, University of Notre Dame 2004-2009 Member of Environmental Molecular Science Institute, University of Notre Dame 6/2003-12/2003 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Northwestern University (6 months) 1998-2003 Research Assistant, Northwestern University 1992-1997 Environmental Engineer, Harza Engineering Company (now Stantec, Inc.), Chicago, IL 1990-1992 Assistant Engineer, Ayres, Lewis, Norris & May, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI 1990 Engineering Assistant, City of Ann Arbor Wastewater Treatment Plant, Ann Arbor, MI
3. SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Visiting professor fellowship, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (2011) Scholarship for “E.C.–U.S. Molecular Biology for the Environment.” Competitively selected by U.S. Biotechnology Task Force for 2-week course in Madrid. Sponsored by DOE and the European Union, 2003 Abel Wolman Doctoral Fellowship, American Water Works Association, 2001-2003 Graduate Student Scholarship, ASCE, IL Chapter, 2001 Murphy Fellowship, Northwestern University, 1997
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4. DISTINCTIONS AND AWARDS
WEF Academic Design Competition 2018, runner up (academic adviser for undergraduate team) WERF Paul Busch Award, 2012 ($100,000) NSF CAREER Award, 2010 ($400,000) Paper selected as “spotlight article” featured in December 15, 2008 issue of Biotechnology and Bioengineering (Biotechnology and Bioengineering 101:6:1193-1204) Metcalf & Eddy Academic Design Competition, 2005/2006, First Place (academic advisor) ($5,500 cash prize for students, department, and advisor) Metcalf & Eddy Academic Design Competition, 2004/2005, Second Place (academic advisor) ($1,000 cash prize for students) Battelle Student Paper Award, Battelle Bioremediation Symposium, Orlando, 2003 Research Poster Award, Northwestern University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, 2003
5. BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS
Author of chapter in book on Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactors (IWA Publishing) (in writing) Co-author on chapter on biological treatment of drinking water for ASCE/AWWA Water Treatment Design handbook (McGraw-Hill) (2017). Co-author on chapter on biological treatment of drinking water for ASCE/AWWA Water Treatment Design handbook (McGraw-Hill) (2012). Author on Water Environment Federation (WEF) chapter on “Emerging Technologies” in special publication “Fixed–Growth (Biofilm) Reactors” (2010). Contributing author to Water Environment Federation (WEF) Manual of Practice No. 8, Chapter 14, “Biofilm Reactor Technology and Design” (2009).
6. REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
ORCID: 0000-0003-2203-5004 ResearchID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/L-7560-2016 H-index: 23, sum of citations: 1412 (per Researcher ID, accessed 12-20-18)
*Advised graduate student/post-doc, **Advised undergraduate student
Submitted R. Marks, J. Seaman, P. Perez-Calleja*, J. Kim, R. Nerenberg, K. Doudrick (under revision). Catalytic hydrogel membrane reactor for treatment of aqueous contaminants. Environmental Science & Technology. Y. Wang*, F. Sabba*, C. Bott, R. Nerenberg (under revision). Using Kinetics and Modeling to Predict Denitrification Fluxes in Elemental So-Based Biofilms. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Patricio Walker, Robert Nerenberg, Gonzalo Pizarro, Marcelo Aybar*, Juan Pablo Pavissich*, Bernardo González and Pablo Pastén (submitted). Nitrate increases the capacity of an aerobic moving-bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) for winery wastewater treatment
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Published
1. C. Zhou, A. Ontiveros-Valencia, R. Nerenberg, Y. Tang, D. Friese, R. Krajmalnik-Brown, and B. E. Rittmann (2019). Microbial Reduction of Oxyanions Using Hydrogen Gas as the Electron Donor. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03268 2. T. Seviour; N. Derlon, M. Dueholm, H-C. Flemming, E. Girbal-Neuhauser, H. Horn, S. Kjelleberg, M.C. van Loosdrecht, T. Lotti, F.M. Malpei, R. Nerenberg, T.R. Neu, E. Paul, Y. Han-qing, Y. Lin (2019). Extracellular polymeric substances of biofilms: suffering from an identity crisis. Water Research. doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2018.11.020 3. M. Aybar*, P. Perez-Calleja*, M. Li*, J.P. Pavissich,* R. Nerenberg (2018). Predation Creates Unique Void Layer in Membrane-Aerated Biofilms. Water Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2018.10.084 4. F. Sabba*, A. Terada, G. Wells, Barth Smets, R. Nerenberg (2018). Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Biofilm Processes for Wastewater Treatment. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. doi: 10.1007/s00253-018-9332-7 5. Marcela Vega*, Robert Nerenberg, Ignacio T. Vargas (2018). Perchlorate Contamination in Chile: Legacy, Challenges, and Potential Solutions. Environmental Research 164:316-326. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.02.034. * 6. F. Sabba , C. Picioreanu, R. Nerenberg (2017). Mechanisms of Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Formation and Reduction in Denitrifying Biofilms. Biotech and Bioeng. volume 114, issue 12. https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.26399 7. P. Perez-Calleja*, M. Aybar*, C. Picioreanu, A.L. Esteban-Garcia, K.J. Martin, R. Nerenberg (2017). Periodic Venting of Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactors (MABRs) Allows High Removal Rates and High Gas-Transfer Efficiencies. Water Research. Volume 121, 15 September 2017, Pages 349–360. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.05.042 8. M. McFadden**, J. Loconsole**, A. J. Schockling**, R. Nerenberg, J. P. Pavissich* (2017). Comparing Peracetic Acid and Hypochlorite for Disinfection of Combined Sewer Overflows: Effects of Suspended-Solids and pH. Science of the Total Environment. Volumes 599–600, 1 December 2017, Pages 533–539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.04.179 * 9. Sabba, F. ; Picioreanu, C.; Boltz, J.; Nerenberg, R. (2017). Predicting N2O emissions from nitrifying and denitrifying biofilms: a modeling study. Water Science & Technology. Volume: 75 Issue: 3 Pages: 530-538 Published: FEB 2017. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2016.484 10. Fabrizio Sabba*, Andrew DeVries*, Mario Vera Véliz, Gregory Druschel, Charles Bott, Robert Nerenberg (2016). Potential of Sulfite as a Supplemental Electron Donor for Wastewater Denitrification. Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology. 15:4:563–572. DOI:10.1007/s11157-016-9413-y * 11. F. Sabba , Cristian Picioreanu, Joshua P. Boltz, Robert Nerenberg (2016). Predicting N2O Emissions from Nitrifying and Denitrifying Biofilms: A Modeling Study. Water Science & Technology. DOI: 10.2166/wst.2016.484 12. B.L. Read-Daily*, F. Sabba*, J.P. Pavissich*, R. Nerenberg (2016). Kinetics of Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Reduction by Paracoccus pantotrophus. AMB Express 2016 6:85. DOI: 10.1186/s13568- 016-0258-0 13. Yue Wang*, Charles Bott, Robert Nerenberg (2016). Sulfur-Based Denitrification: Effect of Biofilm Development on Denitrification Fluxes. Water Research. 100: 184–193. DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2016.05.020 14. R. Nerenberg (2016). The Membrane Biofilm Reactor as a Counter-Diffusional Biofilm. Current Opinions in Biotechnology. Volume 38, April 2016, Pages 131–136. DOI:10.1016/j.copbio.2016.01.015 15. Martin, KJ*; Picioreanu, C; Nerenberg, R. (2015). Assessing microbial competition in a hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR) using multidimensional modeling. Biotech and Bioeng. 112:9:1843-1853. DOI: 10.1002/bit.25607
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16. G. Tierra, J. P. Pavissich*, R. Nerenberg, Z. Xu, M. S. Alber (2015). Mechanical role of EPS in biofilm deformation and detachment: a modelling study. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 12: 20150045. DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2015.0045. 17. F. Sabba*, C. Picioreanu, J. Pérez, R. Nerenberg (2015). Hydroxylamine Diffusion Can Enhance N2O Emissions in Nitrifying Biofilms: A Modeling Study. Environmental Science & Technology. DOI: 10.1021/es5046919. 18. M. Aybar*, G. Pizarro, J. Boltz, L. Downing, R. Nerenberg (2014). Energy-Efficient Wastewater Treatment via the Air-based, Hybrid Membrane Biofilm Reactor (Hybrid-MBfR). Water Science & Technology. Vol. 69 Issue 8, p1735. doi: 10.2166/wst.2014.086. 19. J. P. Pavissich*, M. Aybar*, K. J. Martin* and R. Nerenberg (2014). Assessing the activity of rough biofilms using image analysis, substrate profiling, and mathematical modeling. Water Science & Technology. Vol 69 No 9 pp 1932–1941. doi:10.2166/wst.2014.103 20. K. J. Martin*, N. Derlon, E. Morgenroth, D. Bolster, R. Nerenberg (2014). Effect of fouling- layer roughness on hydraulic resistance in membrane filtration. Journal of Membrane Science. Volume 471, 130–137. DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.07.045 21. K. Martin*, Picioreanu, C., Nerenberg, R. (2013). Modeling Biofilm Development and Fluid Dynamics in a Hydrogen-Based, Membrane Biofilm Reactor (MBfR). Water Research. 47: 4739 -4751. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.04.031 22. Robert Nerenberg (2013). Breathing Perchlorate. Science. 340 (6128), 38-39. DOI:10.1126/science.1236336 23. K. Martin*, Nerenberg, R. (2012). The Membrane Biofilm Reactor (MBfR) for Water and Wastewater Treatment: Principles, Applications, and Recent Developments. Bioresource Technology. DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.02.110 24. Shrout, J.D. and R. Nerenberg (2012) Monitoring Bacterial Twitter: Does Quorum Sensing Determine the Behavior of Water and Wastewater Treatment Biofilms? Environ. Sci. Technol. 46(4) 1995-2005. DOI: 10.1021/es203933h 25. Brenda Read*, Jennifer Tank, and Robert Nerenberg (2011). Stimulating In-Stream Denitrification with Elemental Sulfur. Ecological Engineering. 37:4:580-588. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.12.007 26. Caitlyn Shea*, Peter Clauwaert, Stefan Green, Willy Verstraete, and Robert Nerenberg (2010. Bioelectrochemical Perchlorate Reduction in a Microbial Fuel Cell. Environmental Science & Technology. 44:12:4685-4691. DOI: 10.1021/es901758z. 27. Caitlyn Shea* and Robert Nerenberg (2010). Performance and Microbial Ecology of Air- Cathode Microbial Fuel Cells with Layered Electrode Assemblies. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 86:5: 1399-1408. DOI: 10.1007/s00253-009-2421-x 28. Leon S. Downing*, Kyle J. Bibby**, Kathleen Esposito, Tom Fascianella, Ryujiro Tsuchihashi, and Robert Nerenberg (2010). Nitrogen Removal from Wastewater using the Hybrid Membrane-Biofilm Process (HMBP): Pilot Scale Studies. Water Environment Research 82:3: 195-201. DOI: 10.2175/106143009X426103 29. Peter Clauwaert, Joachim Desloover, Caitlyn Shea*, Robert Nerenberg, Nico Boon, and Willy Verstraete (2009). Enhanced Nitrogen Removal in Bio-Electrochemical Systems by pH Control Biotechnology Letters 31:10:1537-1543. DOI 10.1007/s10529-009-0048-8 30. Bhoopesh Mishra, Maxim Boyanov, Shelly D. Kelly, Kenneth M. Kemner, Bruce A. Bunker, Brenda L. Read*, Robert Nerenberg, and Jeremy B. Fein (2009). X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Study of Cd Adsorption onto Bacterial Consortia. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73:15:4311-4325. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.11.032. 31. Kelly Martin*, Leon Downing* and Robert Nerenberg (2009). Evidence of Specialized Bromate-Reducing Bacteria in a Hollow Fiber Membrane Biofilm Reactor. Water Science & Technology 59:10:1969-1974. DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.216.
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32. Caitlyn Shea*, Peter Clauwaert, Willy Verstraete, and Robert Nerenberg (2008). Adapting a Denitrifying Biocathode for Perchlorate Reduction. Water Science and Technology 58:10:1941- 1946. DOI: 10.2166/wst.2008.551. 33. Leon Downing* and Robert Nerenberg (2008). Sustainable Nitrogen Removal from Wastewater with the Hybrid Membrane Biofilm Process (HMBP): Bench-Scale Studies. Water Science and Technology 58:9:473-479. DOI: 10.2166/wst.2008.550. 34. Leon Downing* and Robert Nerenberg (2008). Effect of Bulk Liquid BOD Concentration on Activity and Microbial Community Structure of a Nitrifying, Membrane-Aerated Biofilm. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 81:153-162. DOI: 10.1007/s00253-008-1705-x. 35. Leon Downing* and Robert Nerenberg (2008). Effect of Oxygen Gradients on the Activity and Microbial Community Structure of Nitrifying, Membrane-Aerated Biofilm. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 101:6:1193-1204. DOI: 10.1002/bit.22018. 36. Leon Downing* and Robert Nerenberg (2008). Total Nitrogen Removal in a Hybrid, Membrane- Aerated Activated Sludge Process. Water Research 42:14: 3697-3708. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.06.006. 37. Margaret Dudley*, Anna Salamone*, and Robert Nerenberg (2008). Kinetics of a Novel Chlorate Accumulating, Perchlorate-Reducing Bacterium. Water Research. 42:10-11:2403-2410. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.01.009. 38. Robert Nerenberg, Yasunori Kawagoshi, and Bruce E. Rittmann (2008). Microbial Ecology of a Perchlorate-Reducing, Hydrogen-Based Membrane Biofilm Reactor. Water Research. 42:4- 5:1151-1159. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.08.033. 39. Leon S. Downing* and Robert Nerenberg (2007). Kinetics of Microbial Bromate Reduction in a Hydrogen-Oxidizing, Denitrifying Biofilm Reactor. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 98:3:543-550. DOI: 10.1002/bit.21442. 40. Leon Downing* and Robert Nerenberg (2007). Performance and Microbial Ecology of the Hybrid Membrane Biofilm Process (HMBP) for Concurrent Nitrification and Denitrification of Wastewater. Water Science & Technology 55:8-9:355-362. DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.277 41. Jinwook Chung, Robert Nerenberg, and Bruce E. Rittmann (2007). Evaluation for biological reduction of nitrate and perchlorate in brine water using the hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor. Journal of Environmental Engineering-ASCE 133 (2): 157-164 FEB 2007. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2007)133:2(157). 42. Robert Nerenberg, Yasunori Kawagoshi, and Bruce E. Rittmann (2006). Kinetics of a Hydrogen-Oxidizing Perchlorate-Reducing Bacterium. Water Research, 40:17:3290-3296. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.06.035. 43. Jinwook Chung, Robert Nerenberg, and Bruce E. Rittmann (2006). Bio-reduction of Selenate Using a Hydrogen-Based Membrane Biofilm Reactor. Environmental Science & Technology, 40:5:1164-1671. DOI: 10.1021/es051251g. 44. Jinwook Chung, Robert Nerenberg, César, I. Torres, and Bruce E. Rittmann (2006). Bio- reduction of Soluble Chromate Using a Hydrogen-based Membrane Biofilm Reactor. Water Research, 40 (8): 1634-1642. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.01.049. 45. Bruce E. Rittmann, Robert Nerenberg, Kuan-Chun Lee, Issam Najm, Thomas E. Gillogly, Geno E. Lehman, and Samer S. Adham (2004). Hydrogen-Based Hollow-Fiber Membrane Biofilm Reactor (MBfR) for Removing Oxidized Contaminants. Water Science & Technology 4:1:127-133. 46. Robert Nerenberg and Bruce E. Rittmann (2004). Reduction of Oxidized Water Contaminants with a Hydrogen-Based, Hollow-Fiber Membrane Biofilm Reactor. Water Science & Technology. 49:11-21 47. Robert Nerenberg, Bruce E. Rittmann, and Issam Najm (2002). Perchlorate Reduction in a Hydrogen Based Membrane-Biofilm Reactor. Journal of the American Water Works Association 94:11:103-114 48. Robert Nerenberg and Bruce E. Rittmann (2002). Perchlorate as a Secondary Substrate in a Denitrifying Hollow-Fiber Membrane Biofilm Reactor. Water Science & Technology: Water
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Supply 2:2:259-265 49. Robert Nerenberg, Bruce E. Rittmann, and William Soucie (2000). Ozone/Biofiltration for Removing MIB and Geosmin. Journal of the American Water Works Association 92:12:85-95
Impact statistics for peer-reviewed publications since 2010
Journal No. pubs IF 2017 5-yr IF Rank Quartile Current Opinions in Biotechnology 1 8.38 8.18 3/79 Q1 Water Research 5 7.051 7.621 2/50 Q1 Environmental Science & Technology 3 6.653 7.25 4/50 Q1 Journal of Membrane Science. 1 6.578 6.656 9/137 Q1 Bioresource Technology 1 5.807 5.978 13/161 Q1 Reviews in Env. Science and Bio/Technology. 1 5.716 5.961 14/161 Q1 Environmental Research 1 4.732 4.744 24/242 Q1 Science of the Total Environment. 1 4.61 4.984 27/242 Q1
Frontiers in Microbiology 1 4.019 4.557 32/126 Q2 Biotech. and Bioeng. 2 3.952 4.206 32/161 Q1 Journal of the Royal Society Interface 1 3.355 4.216 13/64 Q1 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2 3.34 3.602 48/161 Q2 Ecological Engineering. 1 3.023 3.43 20/50 Q2 AMB Express 1 1.719 2.427 107/161 Q3 Water Science & Technology 4 1.247 1.312 40/50 Q4 Water Environment Research 1 0.825 0.852 43/50 Q4
7. UNREFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Publications 1. Robert Nerenberg (2013). Breathing Perchlorate. Science. (Invited “Perspectives” article) 2. April Gu, Robert Nerenberg, Belinda Sturm, Park Chul, Ramesh Goel (2010). Molecular methods in biological systems. Water Environment Research. 82:10:908-930. DOI: 10.2175/106143010X12756668800735 3. Katherine D. McMahon, April Z. Gu, Robert Nerenberg, and Belinda Sturm (2009). Molecular methods in biological systems. Water Environment Research 81:10 : 986-1002. DOI: 10.2175/106143009X12445568399370 4. Katherine D. McMahon, April Z. Gu, Robert Nerenberg, and Belinda Sturm (2008). Molecular methods in biological systems. Water Environment Research. 80:10:929-961. DOI: 10.2175/106143008X328536. 5. Katherine D. McMahon, April Z. Gu, Robert Nerenberg, and Largus T. Angenent (2007). Molecular methods in biological systems. Water Environment Research, 79:10:1109-1151. DOI: 10.2175/106143007X218368 6. Lars Angenent, Katherine McMahon, April Gu. and Robert Nerenberg (2006). Molecular methods in biological systems. Water Environment Research, 78:6:1084-1115. DOI: 10.2175/106143006X119170
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Conference Papers/Abstracts
1. M. Aybar*, P. Perez-Calleja*, M. Li*, J.P. Pavissich,* R. Nerenberg Effects of Predation on Membrane-aerated Biofilm Reactors. WEFTEC, Chicago Sept. 2017 2. M. Aybar*, L. Grotz*, P. Perez-Calleja*, J.P. Pavissich,* R. Nerenberg Bench and Pilot Studies on the Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactor (MABR). WEFTEC, Chicago Sept. 2017. 3. M. Aybar, P. Perez-Calleja and R. Nerenberg (2017). Unique Mechanisms of Pore Formation in MABR Biofilms and Its Effects on Process Performance. 14th IWA Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies, Florianopolis, Brazil, 29 May – 02 June (oral presentation). 4. P. Perez-Calleja, A. Gavryliuk, M. Aybar, R. Nerenberg (2017). Impact of Membrane Configuration on The Performance of Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactors (MABRs). 10th IWA International Conference on Biofilm Reactors, Dublin, Ireland, 9-12 May (oral presentation). 5. P. Perez-Calleja, M. Aybar, R. Nerenberg (2017). Venting of Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactors (MABRs) Allows High Removal Rates and High Gas-Transfer Efficiencies. 10th IWA International Conference on Biofilm Reactors, Dublin, Ireland, 9-12 May (oral presentation). 6. M.Aybar, P. Perez-Calleja, R. Nerenberg (2017). Mechanism of Pore Formation in MABR Biofilms and its Effects on System Performance. 10th IWA International Conference on Biofilm Reactors, Dublin, Ireland, 9-12 May (oral presentation). 7. F. Kazemifar, G. Blois, M. Aybar, P. Perez Calleja, R. Nerenberg, S. Sinha, R. Hardy, J. L. Best, G. Sambrook Smith & K. Christensen, “Hydrodynamic interactions between biofilms and flow”, 8th Int’l Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics (River Flow 2016), St. Louis, MO, Jul 12–15, 2016. 8. Pérez-Calleja, P.; Aybar, M.; Picioreanu, C.; Esteban-García, A.L.; Nerenberg, R. (2016) Enhanced operation of Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactors (MABRs) For Waste Water Treatment by Managing Gas Back-Diffusion. 3rd IWA Specialized International Conference: Ecotechnologies for Wastewater Treatment 2016 (ecoSTP16). Invited platform presentation. Cambridge, UK, 27-30 June (Oral presentation). 9. P. Perez-Calleja, M. Aybar, C. Picioreanu, L. Esteban Garcia, R. Nerenberg (2015). Membrane- Biofilm Reactors (MBfR) For Water Treatment: Overcoming Gas Back Diffusion Effects. AEESP Research and Education Conference, Yale University, New Haven, USA (poster). 10. M. Aybar, P. Perez-Calleja, C. Picioreanu, L. Esteban Garcia, R. Nerenberg (2015). Effects of Gas Back-diffusion on the Membrane-Biofilm Reactor (MBfR) for Water Treatment. IWA Specialized Conference, Biofilms in drinking water systems - From treatment to tap, Arosa, Switzerland (poster) 11. P. Perez-Calleja, M.Aybar, C. Picioreanu, A.L. Esteban-Garcia, R. Nerenberg (2015). Enhanced Operation of Membrane-Biofilm Reactor (MBfR) for Waste Water Treatment by Mitigation of Gas Back-Diffusion Effect. WEFTEC 2015, Chicago, USA. (Oral presentation) 12. K. Martin, M. Aybar, P. Perez-Calleja, C. Picioreanu and R. Nerenberg (2016) Informing the Development of the Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactor (MABR) through Multidimensional Biofilm Modeling. WWTmod 2016, Annecy, France. (accepted) 13. M. Aybar, P. Perez-Calleja, C. Picioreanu, A.L. Esteban-Garcia and R. Nerenberg (2016). Enhancing Energy Efficiency of Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactors (MABRs) by Managing of Gas Back Diffusion. 13th IWA Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain (oral presentation). 14. M. Aybar, G. Pizarro, J. Boltz and R. Nerenberg (2015). Energy Efficient Wastewater Treatment via the Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactor (MABR): Effect of Membrane Fluxes on Performances. WEFTEC 2015, Chicago, USA (Oral presentation). 15. M. Aybar and R. Nerenberg (2015).Modeling of Biofilm Deformation and Detachment Considering Viscoelastic Material Properties. 2015 AEESP Research and Education Conference. Yale University, New Haven, USA (poster)
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16. M. Aybar and R. Nerenberg (2015). Biofilm Morphology in an Air-Based Membrane Biofilm Reactor (MBFR). 2015 AEESP Research and Education Conference. Yale University, New Haven, USA (poster) 17. Marcelo Aybar, Gonzalo Pizarro and Robert Nerenberg (2013). Energy Efficient Wastewater Treatment via the Hollow-Fiber Aerated Membrane Biofilm Reactor (HF-MBfR). 7th IWA Specialized Membrane Technology Conference and Exhibition for Water and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse. Toronto, Canada (Oral presentation) 18. Aybar, M and R. Nerenberg. 2014. Biofilm Morphology and EPS Chemical Composition in an Air-base Membrane Biofilm Reactor (MBfR): Potential Effects on Substrate Mass Transfer. IWA Conference, The Perfect Slime – Nature, Properties, Regulation and Dynamics of EPS. Essen, Germany (Poster). 19. M. A. Aybar, J. P. Pavissich, G. Tierra, C. Picioreanu, G. Pizarro, and R. Nerenberg. 2014 A Phase-Field Model of Biofilm Deformation and Detachment Considering EPS Viscoelastic Properties. IWA Conference, The Perfect Slime – Nature, Properties, Regulation and Dynamics of EPS. Essen, Germany (Oral presentation). 20. Aybar, M and R. Nerenberg. 2014. Biofilm Morphology and Chemical Composition in an Air- base Membrane Biofilm Reactor (MBfR): Potential Effects on Substrate Mass Transfer. Borchardt Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (Poster). 21. M. Aybar, P. Perez-Calleja, K. Martin, C. Picioreanu, A.L. Esteban-Garcia, Gonzalo Pizarro, R. Nerenberg. 2015. Effects of gas back-diffusion and membrane bundling on the Membrane- Aerated Biofilm Reactor (MABR). IWA 3rd Wter Research Conference, Shenzhen, China (Oral presentation). 22. P. Pavissich, M. McFadden, A. J. Schockling, J. Loconsole, R. Schaefer, A. Greek, R. Nerenberg (2015). Peracetic Acid (PAA) for Disinfection of Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs): Effect of Suspended Solids Size on Bacterial Inactivation. WEFTEC 2015, Chicago, IL. 23. M. Aybar, G. Pizarro, Joshua Boltz, R. Nerenberg (2015). Energy Efficient Wastewater Treatment via the Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactor (MABR): Effect of Membrane Fluxes on Performance. WEFTEC 2015, Chicago, IL. 24. Sabba Fabrizio, Picioreanu Cristian, Perez Julio, and Nerenberg Robert (2015). Predicting Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Emissions From Biofilm Systems. WEFTEC 2015, Chicago, IL. 25. Effects of gas back-diffusion and membrane bundling on the Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactor (MABR) (2015). M. Aybar, P. Perez-Calleja, K. Martin, C. Picioreanu, A.L. Esteban-Garcia, Gonzalo Pizarro, R. Nerenberg. IWA Water Research conference, Shenzhen, China 26. Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Emissions from Suspended Growth and Biofilm Systems (2014). Fabrizio Sabba, Cristian Picioreanu, Brenda Read, Rob Nerenberg. (2014) IWA Wastewater Sustainability conference, Kathmandu, Nepal. 27. Peracetic Acid (PAA) for Disinfection of Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs): Effect of Suspended Solids Size on Bacterial Inactivation (2014). Pavissich, J.P., Schockling, A.J., Loconsole, J., Schaefer, R., Greek, A., and Nerenberg, R. IWEA Annual Conference, Indianapolis. 28. Aerobic Granulation in Continuous Activated Sludge Systems (2014). Bruce, S., Picioreanu, C.2, Downing, L., Young, M., Nerenberg, R. IWEA Annual Conference, Indianapolis. 29. Floc or Granule? Evidence of Granulation in a Continuous Flow System (2014). Samuel C.R. Bruce, Leon Downing, Mike Young and Robert Nerenberg. WEFTEC, New Orleans. 30. Elemental Sulfur (So) as a Supplemental Electron Donor for Wastewater Denitrification: Denitrification Filter Studies (2014). Yue Wang*, Charles Bott, Robert Nerenberg. WEFTEC, New Orleans. 31. Biofilm Morphology and EPS Chemical Composition in an Air-base Membrane Biofilm Reactor (MBfR): Potential Effects on Substrate Mass Transfer (2014). Marcelo Aybar and Robert Nerenberg. IWA Perfect Slime conference, Essen, Germany.
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32. A Phase-Field Model of Biofilm Deformation and Detachment Considering EPS Viscoelastic Properties (2014). M. A. Aybar, J. P. Pavissich, G. Tierra, C. Picioreanu, G. Pizarro, and R. Nerenberg. IWA Perfect Slime conference, Essen, Germany. 33. Biofilm Morphology and Chemical Composition in an Air-base Membrane Biofilm Reactor (MBfR): Potential Effects on Substrate Mass Transfer (2014). Marcelo Aybar and Robert Nerenberg. Borchardt Conference, University of Michigan. 34. Elemental Sulfur (So) as a Supplemental Electron Donor for Wastewater Denitrification: Denitrification Filter Studies (2014). Yue Wang, Charles Bott, Robert Nerenberg. Borchardt Conference, University of Michigan. 35. Aerobic Granulation in Continuous Flow Systems? (2014). Bruce, S., Downing, L., Young, M., Nerenberg, R. Borchardt Conference, University of Michigan. 36. Using Modeling to Compare Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Emissions in Suspended Growth and Biofilm Systems. B.L. Read-Daily, Claire Szieradzki, R. Nerenberg. Borchardt Conference, University of Michigan. 37. The Use of Peracetic Acid for Disinfection of Combined Sewer Overflows: Effect of Suspended Solids Size on Bacterial Inactivation (2014). Pavissich, J.P., Schockling, A.J., Loconsole, J., Nerenberg, R. Borchardt Conference, University of Michigan. 38. Yue Wang, Charles Bott, Robert Nerenberg (2013). Elemental Sulfur (So) as a Supplemental Electron Donor for Wastewater Denitrification: Denitrification Filter Studies. WEFTEC, Chicago. 39. K. J. Martin, N. Derlon, E. Morgenroth, and R. Nerenberg (2013). Fouling Layer Surface Heterogeneity Improves Permeate Flux. WEFTEC, Chicago. 40. M. Aybar, G. Pizarro, R. Nerenberg (2013). Energy Efficient Wastewater Treatment via the Hollow-Fiber Aerated Membrane Biofilm Reactor (HF-MBfR). IWA Membrane Technology Conference, Aug. 25-29, Toronto, CA. 41. P. Pavissich, K. J. Martin and R. Nerenberg (2013). Effect of Biofilm Structural Heterogeneity on Conversion Rates in Membrane Biofilm Reactors. IWA Membrane Technology Conference, Aug. 25-29, Toronto, CA. 42. K. J. Martin, C. Picioreanu and R. Nerenberg (2013). Multidimensional Modeling of Denitrification, Sulfate-Reduction, and Methanogenesis in a Hydrogen-Based, Membrane- Supported Biofilm Reactor (MBfR). IWA Membrane Technology Conference, Aug. 25-29, Toronto, CA. 43. K. J. Martin, N. Derlon, E. Morgenroth and R. Nerenberg (2013). Fouling Layer Surface Heterogeneity Improves Permeate Flux. IWA Membrane Technology Conference, Aug. 25-29, Toronto, CA. 44. J. P. Pavissich, K. J. Martin and R. Nerenberg (2013). Effect of Biofilm Structural Heterogeneity on Conversion Rates in Membrane Biofilm Reactors. IWA Biofilm Reactor Technology Conference, Paris, May 28-31. 45. K. J. Martin, C. Picioreanu, and R. Nerenberg (2013). Modeling Biofilm Development and Fluid Dynamics in a Hydrogen-Based, Membrane-Supported Biofilm Reactor (MBfR) . IWA Biofilm Reactor Technology Conference, Paris, May 28-31. 46. K. J. Martin, N. Derlon, E. Morgenroth, and R. Nerenberg (2013). Fouling Layer Surface Heterogeneity Improves Permeate Flux. IWA Biofilm Reactor Technology Conference, Paris, May 28-31. 47. Y. Wang, C. Bott, R. Nerenberg (2013). Elemental sulfur (So) as a supplemental electron donor for Wastewater denitrification. IWA Biofilm Reactor Technology Conference, Paris, May 28-31. 48. Kelly J. Martin*, Joshua P. Boltz, Robert Nerenberg (2012). The Membrane Biofilm Reactor (MBfR) for Wastewater Treatment: Applications, Design Considerations, and Technology Outlook. WEFTEC 2012, New Orleans.
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49. Marcelo Aybar*, Gonzalo Pizarro, Kelly Martin*, Joshua Boltz, Leon Downing, Robert Nerenberg (2012). The Air-Based Membrane Biofilm Reactor (MNFR) For Energy Efficient Wastewater Treatment. WEFTEC 2012, New Orleans. 50. J.P. Pavissich*, B.L. Read-Daily*, K. Sandberg**, F. Sabba*, R. Nerenberg (2012). Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Reduction by Denitrifying Bacteria: Relating Kinetics and Gene Expression. WEFTEC 2012, New Orleans. 51. Yue Wang*, Pablo Pasten, Charles Bott, Robert Nerenberg (2012). Elemental Sulfur (So) as a Supplemental Electron Donor for Wastewater Denitrification: Batch and Column Studies. WEFTEC 2012, New Orleans. 52. B.L. Read-Daily* and R. Nerenberg (2011). Modeling Nitric and Nitrous Oxide Production in Biofilm Systems. IWA Leading Edge Technology Conference, Amsterdam, NL 53. B.L. Read-Daily*, R. Nerenberg (2011). Kinetics and Microbial Ecology of Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Reduction by Denitrifying Bacteria. IWA Leading Edge Technology Conference, Amsterdam, NL 54. Kelly J. Martin*, Cristian Picioreanu, David Friese, Ryan Overstreet, Robert Nerenberg (2011). Multidimensional Modeling of the Hollow-Fiber Membrane Biofilm Reactor. WEFTEC, Los Angeles CA. 55. B.L. Read-Daily* and R. Nerenberg (2011). Modeling Nitric and Nitrous Oxide Production in Biofilm Systems. WEFTEC, Los Angeles CA. 56. K. J. Martin*, C. Picioreanu, D. Friese, R. Overstreet, R. Nerenberg (2011). Optimizing the Design and Operation of the Hollow-Fiber Membrane Biofilm Reactor Using Multidimensional Biofilm Modeling. IWA Leading Edge Technology Conference, Amsterdam, NL 57. Yue Wang*, Juan Pablo Pavissich*, Fabrizio Sabba*, Charles Bott, Robert Nerenberg (2011). Elemental Sulfur (So) as a Supplemental Electron Donor for Wastewater Denitrification. WEFTEC, Los Angeles CA. 58. Kelly J. Martin*, Cristian Picioreanu, David Friese, Ryan Overstreet, Robert Nerenberg (2011). Multidimensional Modeling of the Hollow-Fiber Membrane Biofilm Reactor. WEFTEC, Los Angeles CA. 59. B.L. Read-Daily*, R. Nerenberg (2011). Kinetics and Microbial Ecology of Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Reduction by Denitrifying Bacteria. WEFTEC, Los Angeles CA. 60. Caitlyn Shea Butler* and Robert Nerenberg (2010). Effects of Oxygen Crossover on Microbial Fuel Cell Performance and Microbial Community Structure. IWA Leading Edge Technology Conference, Phoenix, AZ 61. Caitlyn Shea Butler*, Peter Clauwaert, Willy Verstraete, and Robert Nerenberg (2010). Bioelectrochemical Perchlorate Reduction in a Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC): Optimizing Biocathode pH and Potential IWA Leading Edge Technology Conference, Phoenix, AZ 62. K. J. Martin* and R. Nerenberg (2010). Guiding the Development of Membrane-Supported Biofilm Processes through Modeling Studies. IWA/WEF Biofilm Reactor Technology Conference 2010, Portland, August 2010. 63. B.L. Read-Daily* and R. Nerenberg (2010). Nitric and Nitrous Oxide Production and Consumption in Biofilm Processes. IWA/WEF Biofilm Reactor Technology Conference 2010, Portland, August 2010. 64. C. Shea Butler* and R. Nerenberg (2010). Effects of Oxygen Crossover on Layered, Microbial Fuel Cell Assemblies. IWA/WEF Biofilm Reactor Technology Conference 2010, Portland, August 2010. 65. C. Shea Butler*, P. Clauwaert, S. Green, W. Verstraete, and R. Nerenberg (2010). Bioelectrochemical Perchlorate Reduction in a Microbial Fuel Cell: Optimizing Cathode pH and Cathode Potential. IWA/WEF Biofilm Reactor Technology Conference 2010, Portland, August 2010.
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66. Kelly Martin*, Joshua Boltz, Sarah Keithley**, and R. Nerenberg (2010). Using Modeling to Guide the Development of Membrane-Supported Biofilm (MBf) Processes. IWA Wastewater Modeling 2010, Quebec City, Canada, March 2010. 67. Caitlyn Shea* and Robert Nerenberg (2009). Effect of oxygen crossover on microbial fuel cell biofilms. IWA Biofilm Processes: Fundamentals to Applications 2009. 9/13-16/2009, Davis, CA. (Platform) 68. Caitlyn Shea*, Peter Clauwaert, Stefan Green, Willy Verstraete, and Robert Nerenberg (2009). Bioelectrochemical perchlorate reduction in a microbial fuel cell. IWA Biofilm Processes: Fundamentals to Applications 2009. 9/13-16/2009, Davis, CA. (Poster) 69. Kelly J. Martin*, Sarah Keithley**, Joshua Bolz, and R. Nerenberg (2009). Unique Behavior of Counter-Diffusional Biofilms Grown on Hollow-Fiber Membranes. IWA Biofilm Processes: Fundamentals to Applications 2009. 9/13-16/2009, Davis, CA. (Poster) 70. Leon S. Downing* and Robert Nerenberg (2009). Membrane-Aerated Biofilms: Who is There, What are They Doing, and Why are They Beneficial. WEF Nutrient Removal 2009. 6/28- 7/1/2009. Washington, DC. 71. Brenda Read-Daily*, Jennifer Tank, and Robert Nerenberg (2009). Stimulating Denitrification of Agricultural Drainage Using Elemental Sulfur: Denitrification Rates and Microbial Community Structure. WEF Nutrient Removal 2009. 6/28-7/1/2009. Washington, DC. 72. Caitlyn Shea* and Robert Nerenberg (2009). BOD and Total Nitrogen Removal from Wastewater Using Microbial Fuel Cells. WEF Nutrient Removal 2009. 6/28-7/1/2009. Washington, DC. 73. Leon S. Downing* and Robert Nerenberg (2008). A Hybrid Membrane-Biofilm Process for Concurrent Nitrification and Denitrification. AIChE Annual Meeting 2008. Philadelphia, PA (11/16-21/2008) 74. Robert Nerenberg (2008). Reduction of Perchlorate and Other Micropollutants in a Hydrogen- Based, Hollow-Fiber Membrane Biofilm Reactor. AIChE Annual Meeting 2008. Philadelphia, PA (11/16-21/2008) 75. Caitlyn Shea* and Robert Nerenberg (2008). A High-Performance, Air-Cathode Microbial Fuel Cell with Potential for Retrofitting into Activated Sludge Plants. WEFTEC. 10/18-22/2008. Chicago, IL. 76. Leon Downing*, Kyle Bibby**, Kathleen Esposito, Tom Fascianella, Robert Nerenberg (2008). Pilot-Scale Testing of the Hybrid Membrane Biofilm Process (HMBP) for Total Nitrogen Removal from Municipal Wastewater. WEFTEC. 10/18-22/2008. Chicago, IL. 77. Brenda Read-Daily*, Jennifer Tank, and Robert Nerenberg (2008). Stimulating Denitrification in Agricultural Headwater Streams by Amending with Elemental Sulfur. WEFTEC. 10/18- 22/2008. Chicago, IL. 78. Kelly Martin*, Leon Downing*, Robert Nerenberg (2008). Evidence of Specialized Bromate- Reducing Bacteria in a Hollow Fiber Membrane Bioreactor. IWA World Water Congress 2008. 9/7-12/2008 Vienna, Austria. 79. Leon S. Downing* and Robert Nerenberg (2008). Performance of a Bench-Scale Hybrid Membrane Biofilm Process (HMBP) for Total Nitrogen Removal from Wastewater. IWA World Water Congress 2008. 9/7-12/2008 Vienna, Austria. 80. Robert Nerenberg, Leon Downing*, Kyle Bibby**, Kathleen Esposito, Tom Fascianella (2008). A hybrid membrane-biofilm process for concurrent nitrification and denitrification: bench and pilot-scale studies. IWA North American Membranes Research Conference. August 2008. Amherst, MA. 81. Caitlyn Shea*, Peter Clauwaert, Willy Verstraete, and Robert Nerenberg (2008). Adapting a Denitrifying Biocathode for Perchlorate Reduction. IWA Leading Edge Technology Conference. June 2008. Zurich, Switzerland. 82. Caitlyn Shea* and Robert Nerenberg (2008). Microbial Fuel Cells for Total Nitrogen Removal. IWA Leading Edge Technology Conference. June 2008. Zurich, Switzerland.
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83. Leon S. Downing*, Robert Nerenberg (2008). Sustainable Nitrogen Removal from Wastewater with the Hybrid Membrane Biofilm Process (HMBP): Bench-Scale Studies. IWA Leading Edge Technology Conference. June 2008. Zurich, Switzerland. 84. Kelly Martin*, Leon Downing*, and Robert Nerenberg (2008). Evidence of Specialized Bromate-Reducing Bacteria in a Hollow Fiber Membrane Bioreactor. IWA Leading Edge Technology Conference. June 2008. Zurich, Switzerland. 85. Leon S. Downing*, Kyle J. Bibby**, Tom Fascianella, Kathleen Esposito, and Robert Nerenberg (2008). The Hybrid Membrane Biofilm Process for TN Removal from Wastewater: Bench and Pilot Scale Studies. EWRI World Environmental & Water Resources Congress. May 2008. Honolulu, HI. 86. Caitlyn Shea* and Robert Nerenberg (2008). Performance of Air-Cathode Microbial Fuel Cells with Layered-Electrode Assemblies. IWA Young Professionals Research Conference. June 2008. Berkeley, CA. 87. Kelly Martin*, Leon Downing*, and Robert Nerenberg (2008) Evidence of Specialized Bromate- Reducing Bacteria in a Hollow Fiber Membrane Bioreactor. IWA Young Professionals Research Conference. June 2008. Berkeley, CA. 88. Leon S. Downing* and Robert Nerenberg (2007). The Hybrid Membrane Biofilm Process (HMBP): A Novel Technology for Upgrading Activated Sludge Plants to Achieve Biological Nitrogen Removal WEFTEC 2007. October 2007. San Diego, CA. 89. Leon Downing* and Robert Nerenberg (2007). The Hybrid Membrane Biofilm Process (HMBP): A Novel Technology for Upgrading Activated Sludge Plants to Achieve Biological Nitrogen Removal IWA/WEF Nutrient Removal 2007: The State of the Art. Baltimore, MD. CD ROM, 12 pages. 90. Leon Downing* and Robert Nerenberg (2006). Microbial Ecology and Performance of the Hybrid Membrane Biofilm Reactor (HMBP) for Concurrent Nitrification and Denitrification. Proceedings of IWA Biofilm Systems VI, Amsterdam. CD ROM, seven pages. 91. Leon Downing* and Robert Nerenberg (2006). Bromate Reduction in a Hydrogen-Based, Hollow-fiber Membrane-Biofilm Reactor. Proceedings of IWA Biofilm Systems VI, Amsterdam. CD ROM, eight pages. 92. Leon Downing* and Robert Nerenberg (2006). Concurrent Nitrification, Denitrification, and BOD Removal in a Hybrid Membrane Biofilm Reactor. Proceedings of IWA World Water Congress, Beijing, CD-ROM, eight pages 93. Leon Downing* and Robert Nerenberg (2006). Microbial Bromate Reduction in a Hydrogen- Based, Membrane Biofilm Reactor: Inhibitory Mechanisms. Proceedings of AWWA Annual Conference and Exposition, San Antonio TX. 11 pages. 94. Leon Downing* and Robert Nerenberg (2006). Reduction of Bromate to Bromide via Hydrogen Oxidizing Bacteria. Proceedings of American Water Works Association Inorganic Contaminants Workshop, Austin, TX. Nine pages. 95. Robert Nerenberg (2006). Challenges and Opportunities in Working with Minority/Overseas REU Students. Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Chicago. Five pages. 96. Robert Nerenberg (2005). Membrane Biofilm Reactor for Water and Wastewater Treatment. Proceedings of Borchardt Conference, University of Michigan. CD-ROM, 20 pages. 97. Bruce Rittmann, Robert Nerenberg, Beverley Stinson, Dimitrios Katehis, Echo Leong, and James Anderson (2004). Hydrogen-Based Membrane Biofilm Reactor for Wastewater Treatment. Proceedings of IWA Leading Edge Technologies Conference, Prague, Czechoslovakia. Eight pages. 98. James Anderson, Beverley Stinson, Bruce Rittmann, and Robert Nerenberg (2004). Innovative Biofilm Membrane Reactor for Emerging Contaminants and Nitrogen Removal from Wastewater. Proceedings of New York Water Environment Association Annual Conference. New York, NY. Eight pages.
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99. Robert Nerenberg, Bruce E. Rittmann, Yasunori Kawagoshi, Thomas E. Gillogly, Geno E. Lehman, Samer S. Adham (2003). Microbial Ecology of a Perchlorate-Reducing, Hollow-Fiber Membrane Biofilm Reactor. Proceedings of American Society for Microbiology Biofilms 2003 Conference. Victoria, Canada. Abstract. 100. Robert Nerenberg, Bruce E. Rittmann (2003). Reduction of Oxidized Water Contaminants with a Hydrogen-Based, Hollow-Fiber Membrane Biofilm Reactor. Proceedings of IWA Biofilm Congress, Cape Town, South Africa. Eight pages. 101. Robert Nerenberg and Bruce E. Rittmann, Thomas E. Gillogly, Geno E. Lehman, and Samer S. Adham (2003). Perchlorate Reduction using the Hollow-Fiber Membrane Biofilm Reactor: Kinetics, Microbial Ecology, and Pilot-Scale Studies. Proceedings of Battelle In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium. Orlando, FL. CD-ROM, Eight pages. 102. Bruce E. Rittmann and Robert Nerenberg, Kuan-Chun Lee, Issam Najm, Thomas E. Gillogly, Geno E. Lehman, and Samer S. Adham (2002). Hydrogen-based, Hollow Fiber Membrane Biofilm Reactor (HFMBfR) for Removing Oxidized Contaminants. International Specialized Conference for Densely Populated Urban Areas, Hong Kong, China. Nine Pages. 103. Robert Nerenberg and Bruce E. Rittmann (2001). Perchlorate as a Secondary Substrate in a Denitrifying Hollow-Fiber Membrane Biofilm Reactor. Proceedings of International Water Association Berlin 2001 Conference, Berlin, German. CD-ROM, Eight pages. 104. Robert Nerenberg and Bruce E. Rittmann (2001). Concurrent Perchlorate and Nitrate Reduction in a Novel, Hollow Fiber Membrane Biofilm Reactor. Proceedings of American Water Works Association Annual Conference, Washington, DC. CD-ROM, 19 pages. 105. Bruce E. Rittmann, Robert Nerenberg, and Issam Najm (2000). Autohydrogenotrophic Perchlorate Reduction. Proceedings of the American Water Works Association Inorganic Contaminants Workshop, Albuquerque, NM, conference proceedings, Eight Pages. 106. Robert Nerenberg, Carol J. Miller, and Carrie Turner (1997). Spreadsheet Models for Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport. Proceedings of AWRA Symposium on Water Resources Education, Training, and Practice, Keystone, CO, 10 pages. 107. Robert Nerenberg and Robert Butterworth (1996). Using Chicago's Distribution/Tunnel Model for Practical Regional Decisions. Proceedings of AWWA Computer Conference, Chicago, IL, pg. 233-237. 108. Robert Nerenberg and Krishna Mayenkar (1996). The Environmental Audit - First Step Towards Strategic Environmental Management. Proceedings of Power-Gen International Conference, Orlando, FL, pg. 121-145.
Conference Abstracts
*Advised graduate student, **Advised undergraduate student 1. F. Kazemifar, G. Blois, M. Aybar*, P. Perez Calleja*, R. Nerenberg, S. Sinha, R. Hardy, J. L. Best, G. Sambrook Smith & K. Christensen, “Biofilm Effect on Flow Structure over a Permeable Bed.” American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Dec 2017 2. F. Kazemifar, G. Blois, M. Aybar*, P. Perez Calleja*, R. Nerenberg, S. Sinha, R. Hardy, J. L. Best, G. Sambrook Smith & K. Christensen, “Effects of biofilm on flow over and through a permeable bed American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 2016 3. F. Kazemifar, G. Blois, M. Aybar*, P. Perez Calleja*, R. Nerenberg, S. Sinha, R. Hardy, J. L. Best, G. Sambrook Smith & K. Christensen, “Effects of biofilm on flow over and through a permeable bed” APS DFD 69th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, Nov 2016 4. F. Kazemifar, G. Blois, M. Aybar*, P. Perez Calleja, R. Nerenberg, S. Sinha, R. Hardy, J. L. Best, G. Sambrook Smith & K. Christensen, “Hydrodynamic interactions between biofilms and flow”8th International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics (River Flow 2016), St. Louis, MO, Jul 2016
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5. F. Kazemifar, G. Blois, M. Aybar*, P. Perez Calleja*, R. Nerenberg, S. Sinha, R. Hardy, J. L. Best, G. Sambrook Smith & K. Christensen, “Effect of biofilms on bed permeability” 8th International Conference on Porous Media (InterPore 2016). Cincinnati, OH, May 2016 6. F. Kazemifar, M. Aybar, P. Perez Calleja, R. Nerenberg, S. Sinha, R. Hardy, J. L. Best, G. Sambrook Smith & K. Christensen, “Biofilm-flow interactions in aquatic environments.” American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 2015 7. F. Kazemifar, M. Aybar, P. Perez Calleja, R. Nerenberg, S. Sinha, R. Hardy, J. L. Best, G. Sambrook Smith & K. Christensen, “PIV measurements of hydrodynamic interactions between biofilms and flow.” APS DFD 68th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, Nov 2015 8. M. A. Aybar and R. Nerenberg (2015). Modeling of Biofilm Deformation and Detachment Considering Viscoelastic Material Properties. AEESP, Yale. 9. M. A. Aybar and R. Nerenberg (2015). Biofilm Morphology and Ecological Diversity in an Air- base Membrane Biofilm Reactor (MBfR). AEESP, Yale. 10. Yue Wang, Charles Bott, Robert Nerenberg (2015). Elemental Sulfur (So) as a Supplemental Electron Donor for Wastewater Denitrification. AEESP, Yale. 11. F. Sabba, C. Picioreanu, R. Nerenberg (2015). Predicting Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Emissions From Biofilm Systems. AEESP, Yale. 12. M. Aybar, P. Perez-Calleja, K. Martin, C. Picioreanu, A.L. Esteban-Garcia, R. Nerenberg (2015). Effects of gas back-diffusion and membrane bundling on the Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactor (MABR). IWA Biofilm Reactor Technology Conference, Arosa, Switzerland 13. Sabba F, Perez J.P., Picioreanu C. and Nerenberg R. (2015). Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Emissions in Suspended-Growth and Biofilm Systems: A modeling study. IWA Nutrients Conference, Gdansk, Poland. 14. Yue Wang, Charles Bott, Robert Nerenberg (2015). Wastewater Denitrification with Elemental Sulfur: Determining Process Rates. IWEA Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN 2- 15. Fabrizio Sabba, Charles Bott, Robert Nerenberg (2013). Sulfite (SO3 ) as an Electron Donor for Denitrification. AEESP Annual Conference, July 14-16, Golden Colorado. 16. Kelly Martin, Cristian Picioreanu, Robert Nerenberg (2013). Modeling Denitrification, Sulfate- Reduction, and Methanogenesis in a Hydrogen-Based Membrane Biofilm Reactor. IWA Microbial Ecology and Wastewater Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, July 7-10, 2013 17. Brenda Read-Daily, Stefan Green, and R. Nerenberg (2013). Kinetics and Microbial Ecology of Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Reduction by Denitrifying Bacteria. IWA Microbial Ecology and Wastewater Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, July 7-10, 2013 18. Marcelo Aybar*, Gonzalo Pizarro, Kelly Martin, Joshua Boltz, Leon Downing, Robert Nerenberg (2012). The Air-Based Membrane Biofilm Reactor (MBfR) For Energy Efficient Wastewater Treatment. IWA 3rd Regional Conference on Membrane Technology, Buenos Aires, Argentina 19. Kelly J. Martin*, Cristian Picioreanu, Robert Nerenberg (2012). Modeling Biofilm Development and Fluid Dynamics in a Hydrogen-Based, Membrane-Supported Biofilm Reactor (MBfR) in a Spiral-Wound Configuration. IWA 3rd Regional Conference on Membrane Technology, Buenos Aires, Argentina 20. Marcelo Aybar*, Gonzalo Pizarro, Kelly J Martin*, Robert Nerenberg (2012). Air-based membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR) for energy efficient wastewater treatment. 244th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA 21. Kelly J Martin*, Robert Nerenberg (2012). Membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR) for wastewater treatment: Principles, applications, and recent developments. 244th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA 22. Robert Nerenberg, Leon Downing, Kelly Martin*, Caitlyn Butler*, and Brenda Read-Daily* (2011). Advances in Hollow-Fiber Membrane Biofilm Reactor (MBfR) Technology for Water and Wastewater Treatment. Borchardt Conference on Water and Wastewater Technology, Ann Arbor, MI.
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23. Yue Wang*, Juan Pablo Pavissich*, and Robert Nerenberg (2010). Elemental sulfur (So) as a supplemental electron donor for wastewater denitrification. IWEA, Indianapolis, IN 24. Downing, L.*, Martin, K.*, and Nerenberg, R. (2009). The who, what, and how of biological bromate removal AWWA ACE 2009. 25. Caitlyn Shea* and Robert Nerenberg (2008). Air-Cathode Microbial Fuel Cells with Layered- Electrode Assemblies. Microbial Fuel Cells First International Symposium. Penn State University (5/27-29/2008) 26. Caitlyn Shea and Robert Nerenberg (2008). Microbial Fuel Cells for Total Nitrogen Removal. Microbial Fuel Cells First International Symposium. Penn State University (5/27-29/2008) 27. Caitlyn Shea*, Peter Clauwaert, Willy Verstraete, and Robert Nerenberg (2008). Adapting a Denitrifying Biocathode for Perchlorate Reduction. Microbial Fuel Cells First International Symposium. Penn State University (5/27-29/2008) 28. Leon S. Downing*, Stefan J. Green, and Robert Nerenberg (2007). Performance and Microbial Ecology of the Hybrid Membrane Biofilm Process (HMBP) for concurrent nitrification and denitrification of wastewater. AEESP Annual Conference, August 7, 2007. Blacksburg, VA. Abstract, oral presentation. 29. Caitlyn Shea* and Robert Nerenberg (2007). Hollow-Fiber Membrane Microbial Fuel Cells: Retrofitting Activated Sludge for Direct Production of Electricity. Indiana Water Environment Association Annual Conference 2007, November 13, 2007. 30. Brenda Read*, Stefan Green, and Robert Nerenberg (2007). Stimulating Denitrification in Agricultural Headwater Streams. ASM General Conference, May 2007, Toronto. (Poster) 31. Caitlyn. Shea*, Stefan Green, and Robert Nerenberg (2007). Microbial Fuel Cells: Changes in Microbial Community Structure as a Function of Anode Potential. 4th ASM Conference on Biofilms. March 2007, Quebec City. (Poster). 32. Kelly Martin*, Leon Downing*, Stefan Green, and Robert Nerenberg (2007). Microbial Ecology of Bromate Reduction in a Hydrogen-Oxidizing Biofilm. 4th ASM Conference on Biofilms. March 2007, Quebec City. (Poster). 33. Leon Downing*, Stefan Green, and Robert Nerenberg (2007). Performance and Microbial Ecology of the Hybrid Membrane Biofilm Process (HMBP) for Concurrent Nitrification and Denitrification of Wastewater. 4th ASM Conference on Biofilms. March 2007, Quebec City. (Poster). 34. Leon S. Downing* and Robert Nerenberg (2007). Concurrent Nitrification and Denitrification with a Hybrid Membrane Biofilm Process. North American Membrane Society 2007. May 16, 2007. Orlando, FL. Abstract, oral presentation. 35. Margaret Dudley*, Stefan Green, and Robert Nerenberg (2007). Determining the Cause of Chlorate Accumulation in Dechlorosoma HCAP-C, a Novel Perchlorate-Reducing Bacterium. ASM General Conference, May 2007, Toronto. (Poster). 36. Robert Nerenberg and Caitlyn Shea* (2007). Microbial Fuel Cells for Sustainable Energy Production from Wastewater. Purdue University 2007 Bioenergy Symposium. May 2007, West Lafayette, IN. Abstract, oral presentation. 37. Leon Downing* and Robert Nerenberg (2006). Concurrent Nitrification, Denitrification, and BOD Removal in a Hybrid Membrane-Biofilm Reactor. IWEA Annual Conference. Indianapolis, IN. (Abstract) 38. Robert Nerenberg (2006). Membrane Biofilm Reactors for Water and Wastewater Treatment. IWEA Annual Conference. Indianapolis, IN. (Abstract) 39. Anna Salamone* and Robert Nerenberg (2006). Novel Perchlorate-Reducing Bacteria Accumulate High Levels of Chlorate. Proceedings of ASM General Meeting, Orlando. Abstract. 40. Beverley Stinson, Bruce Rittmann, Robert Nerenberg, Dimitrios Katehis, Echo Leong, and James Anderson (2005). Innovative Membrane Biofilm Reactor for Emerging Contaminant and Nitrogen Removal from Wastewater. Proceedings of New England Water Environmental Association Annual Conference, Boston. Three pages.
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41. Robert Nerenberg, Yasunori Kawagoshi, and Bruce Rittmann (2004). Microbial Ecology of a Perchlorate-Reducing Biofilm Reactor with Nitrate as a Primary Electron Acceptor. Proceedings of 10th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology ISME 10. Cancun, Mexico. Abstract. 42. Robert Nerenberg, Yasunori Kawagoshi, and Bruce E. Rittmann (2004). Kinetics and Microbial Ecology of Perchlorate-Reducing Bacteria: Implications for Remediation. Proceedings of AEHS Conference, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Abstract. 43. Yasunori Kawagoshi, Robert Nerenberg, and Bruce E. Rittmann. Bacterial Community of Perchlorate Reducing, Denitrifying Hollow-Fiber Membrane Biofilm Reactor (2003). Proceedings of Japan Society on Water Environment. Prefectural University of Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan. Abstract. 44. Robert Nerenberg and Bruce E. Rittmann (2002). Hydrogen-Based, Hollow-Fiber Membrane Biofilm Reactor for Reduction of Oxidized Contaminants. Proceedings of AEESP 2002 Education and Research Conference. Toronto, Canada. Abstract. 45. Bruce E. Rittmann, Robert Nerenberg, Thomas E. Gillogly, Geno E. Lehman, and Samer S. Adham (2002). Membrane Biofilm Reactors for Perchlorate Removal. Proceedings of Microfiltration III Conference, Contra Costa, CA. Abstract.
8. OTHER PUBLICATIONS
None.
9. INVITED LECTURES AND ADDRESSES
1. Invited keynote speaker to the 2019 IWA Biofilm Conference, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (conference 11/2019) 2. Unique Behavior of the Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactor (MABR) as a Counter-Diffusional Biofilm. Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Lyngby, Denmark. February 7, 2018 3. Urban Sustainability: Basic Concepts and Opportunities via Environmental Biotechnology. Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago campus, Chile. November 24, 2017 4. Unique Behavior of Counter-Diffusional Biofilms in Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactors. Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago Campus, Chile. November 24, 2017 5. Sustentabilidad urbana: conceptos básicos y oportunidades con la biotecnología ambiental. Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Viña del Mar campus, Chile. November 23, 2017 6. Concepts of Sustainability and Basics of Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactors. Universidad de Concepión, Chile. November 20, 2017 7. Unique Behavior of Counter-Diffusional Biofilms in Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactors. Purdue University, October 17, 2017 8. Urban Sustainability: Basic Concepts, and Opportunities via Environmental Biotechnology, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain, Jul 20, 2017 9. Keynote speaker to the 2017 IWA Biofilm Reactor Technology Conference, University College of Dublin. Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactors (5/2017) 10. Sulfur-Based Denitrification as a Counter-Diffusional Biofilm Process. Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indianapolis (1/20/17). 11. ND panel on “Water and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Nexus” at GHG@ND, University of Notre Dame (4/14/16) 12. Enhancing the Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactor (MABR) by Managing Gas Back-Diffusion. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (PUC) (3/9/16)
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13. The Membrane-Biofilm Reactor (MBfR): Effects of Biofilm Properties on Reactor Performance. Invited keynote speaker for the 2015 IWA Leading-Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies 2015, 30 May to 3 June 2015 in Hong Kong, China. 14. Invited speaker for “Environmental Biotechnology for Urban Sustainability.” PUC CEDEUS workshop on Urban Sustainability. Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, (3/12/14) 15. Membrane-Aerated Biofilms Reactors: Effects of Biofilm Morphology, Fluid Dynamics, and Detachment. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan (10/24/13) 16. Relating Biofilm Morphology, Fluid Dynamics, and Detachment to Performance in Counter- Diffusional Biofilms. Kumamoto University, Japan (10/21/13) 17. Relating Biofilm Morphology, Fluid Dynamics, and Detachment to Performance in Counter- Diffusional Biofilms. Arizona State University (3/19/13), 18. Novel Biofilm Processes for Sustainable Water and Wastewater Treatment. Northwestern University (2/28/13) 19. Counter-diffusional biofilms: unique behavior, and role in novel water and wastewater treatment processes. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (PUC). (3/14/12) 20. Counter-diffusional biofilms: unique behavior, and role in novel water and wastewater treatment processes. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland. (5/20/2011). 21. Counter-diffusional biofilms: unique behavior, and role in novel water and wastewater treatment processes. Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Dübendorf, Switzerland. (5/15/2011) 22. Hollow-Fiber Membrane Processes for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment. Seminar, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (11/20/09). 23. Hollow-Fiber Membrane Processes for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment. Seminar, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University (6/22/09). 24. Sustainable Nitrogen Removal from Wastewater using Membrane-aerated Biofilms. Presentation at Purdue University – Petroleum Environmental Research Forum (PERF) Workshop (5/21/09) 25. Hollow-Fiber Membrane Processes for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment. UNESCO-IHE, Delft, The Netherlands (5/14/09) 26. Hollow-Fiber Membrane Processes for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment. Kluyer Lecture at Technical University of Delft, Delft, The Netherlands (5/13/09) 27. Hollow-Fiber Membrane Processes for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment. Seminar at Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET), Ghent University, Belgium (5/11/09) 28. Hollow-Fiber Membrane Processes for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment. Seminar at EAWAG, Zurich, Switzerland (5/8/09) 29. Total Nitrogen Removal in the Hybrid Membrane-Biofilm Process. Takashi Asano Seminar, University of California at Davis (01/12/09) 30. Reduction of Perchlorate and Other Micropollutants in a Hydrogen-Based, Hollow-Fiber Membrane Biofilm Reactor. AIChE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA (11/16-21/2008) 31. A Hybrid Membrane-Biofilm Process for Concurrent Nitrification and Denitrification: Bench and Pilot-Scale Studies. IWA North American Membrane Research Conference, Amherst, MA, (8/2008). 32. Total Nitrogen Removal in the Hybrid Membrane-Biofilm Process. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago seminar (8/22/08). 33. Total Nitrogen Removal in the Hybrid Membrane-Biofilm Process. Seminar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University (5/2/2008). 34. Total Nitrogen Removal in the Hybrid Membrane Biofilm Process. Seminar, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin (5/1/2008).
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35. Hollow-Fiber Membrane Biofilm Reactors for Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment. Warren Lecture at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (1/2008). 36. Hollow-Fiber Membrane Biofilm Processes for Environmental Remediation. Department of Biology, Loyola University, Chicago (2007). 37. Microbial Fuel Cells for Sustainable Energy Production from Wastewater. Purdue Energy Symposium, Purdue University (2007). 38. Hollow-Fiber Membrane Biofilm Reactors for Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment. Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET), University of Ghent, Belgium (2006). 39. Membrane Biofilm Reactors for Water and Wastewater Treatment. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA (2006). 40. Membrane Biofilm Reactors for Water and Wastewater Treatment. Borchardt Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan (2005). 41. Biological Reduction of Perchlorate in Drinking Water Using a Hollow-Fiber Membrane Biofilm Reactor. Environmental Engineering seminar, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign (2004) 42. Kinetics and Microbial Ecology of Perchlorate-Reducing Bacteria: Implications for Remediation. AEHS Conference, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. (2004).
10. GRANTS AND SPONSORED PROGRAMS
1. Cross training on advanced biofilm research tools to promote ND-PUC research collaborations. Luksic foundation grant from NDI, $9K. R. Nerenberg, PI. 2018. 2. NSF GOALI #1605177: Effect of Hydroxylamine on the Structure and Function of Nitrifying Biofilms. $330K. R. Nerenberg, PI, Kyle Bibby, co-PI, Dwight Houweling, co-PI. 2018. 3. IDEA Center, COE, and NDI seed funding for MABR-MF research. $25K. R. Nerenberg, PI. 2018. 4. Notre Dame International (NDI) Mexico seed grant, $10K. R. Nerenberg, PI. 2017 5. NSF Workshop #1632982: The Mechanical Properties of Biofilms: State-of-the-Art and Research Needs. $72K. R. Nerenberg, PI. 6. NSF GOALI #1805406: Predicting Biofilm Deformation and Detachment using In-Situ Micro- Rheology and Phase-Field Modeling. $330K. R. Nerenberg, PI; Nick Adams, co-PI; Josh Shrout, co-PI. 7/15/2016- 6/30/2019 7. The hydrodynamics of microbial landscapes, supplemental funding. Sponsor: University of Birmingham, UK. Ken Christensen, PI. R. Nerenberg, co-PI. Nerenberg support $25K. 2016 - 2017 8. Workshop and Course on Urban Sustainability. Luksic foundation grant from NDI. $19K. Nerenberg, PI. 2016. 9. EXTENSION for Quantifying Fugitive Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Biofilm Systems. Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF). $62K. R. Nerenberg, PI; Kartik Chandran co-PI. 2015 – 2016 10. Bench and pilot studies of the membrane-aerated biofilm reactor (MABR) for energy-efficient wastewater treatment. Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF). $245K. R. Nerenberg, PI. 2015-2017. 11. Bench-Scale Studies of Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactors (MABRs) for Energy-Efficient Wastewater Treatment. GE Water and Power. $20K. R. Nerenberg, PI. 9/2014 – 2/2015. 12. Enhanced Perchlorate Reduction using Microbial Isolates from Extreme Environments in Chile. $30K, R. Nerenberg and I. Vargas, co-PIs. 2014 - 2015 13. The Use of Peracetic Acid for Disinfection of Combined Sewer Overflows. Ganey Award for Community –Based Research. $7K, R. Nerenberg, PI. 2013.
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14. Feasibility of Sulfite and Sulfur as Supplemental Electron Donors for Wastewater Denitrification – Bench-Scale Studies. Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD). $60K. R. Nerenberg, PI. 2013 – 2014 15. Inorganic and Gaseous Electron Donors for Cost-Effective Nitrogen Removal. WERF Paul Busch Award. $100K. R. Nerenberg, PI. 2012 - 2014 16. Feasibility of Sulfite and Sulfur as Supplemental Electron Donors for Wastewater Denitrification – Bench-Scale Studies. Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD). $100K. R. Nerenberg, PI. 2011 – 2012. 17. Low-Energy Wastewater Treatment via Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactors (MABRs). WateReuse Foundation. $25K. R. Nerenberg, PI. 2011 - 2012. 18. Quantifying Fugitive Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Biofilm Systems. Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF). $122K. R. Nerenberg, PI, Kartik Chandran co-PI. 2011 – 2015 19. Feasibility of Sulfite as a Supplemental Electron Donor for Wastewater Denitrification. 20. Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD). $47K. R. Nerenberg, PI. 2010 – 2011. 21. Elemental Sulfur (So) as a Supplemental Electron Donor for Wastewater Denitrification. Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD). $70K. R. Nerenberg, PI. 2010 – 2011. 22. Mathematical Modeling and Experimental Studies on Membrane-Supported Biofilm Reactors (MBfRs) in Spiral Assemblies. Applied Process Technology, Inc. $46K. R. Nerenberg, PI. 4/2010 – 12/2010. 23. Energy efficient and sustainable aquaculture water treatment using microbial fuel cells and membrane-supported biofilms – Seed Grant. Illinois Indiana Sea Grant. $10K. R. Nerenberg, P.I. 2010 – 2011. 24. Supplement to NSF CAREER: Dynamic Structure and Function of Biofilms for Wastewater Treatment to purchase Optical Coherence Tomography unit. $50K. R. Nerenberg, PI, 2015. 25. NSF CAREER: Dynamic Structure and Function of Biofilms for Wastewater Treatment. National Science Foundation. $400K. R. Nerenberg, PI. 2010 – 2015. 26. The Hybrid Membrane Biofilm Process (HMBP) for Wastewater Treatment: Research on Membrane Materials and Configurations. Applied Process Technology, Inc., $65K. R. Nerenberg, PI. 2008 – 2010. 27. Novel Membrane-aerated Anammox Process for Nitrogen Removal from Wastewater. Notre Dame Faculty Research Program. University of Notre Dame, $10K. R. Nerenberg, PI. (1/1/08 – 12/31/08) 28. Hollow-Fiber Membrane Microbial Fuel Cells (HFM-MFCs) for Electricity Production from Wastewater. (National Science Foundation SGER), $75K. R. Nerenberg, PI (7/1/07-6/30/08). 29. Integrated Membrane Biofilm Reactor for Total Nitrogen Removal from Wastewater. Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology (CICEET - NOAA), $260K. R. Nerenberg, PI; J. Anderson (Metcalf & Eddy), subconsultant; Reid Bowman (Applied Process Technology), subcontractor (2005- 2008). 30. Nitrogen removal from headwater streams using elemental sulfur. CICEET - NOAA, $24K. R. Nerenberg, PI, Jennifer Tank, Co-PI (Biological Sciences) (2005- 2006). 31. Laboratory and Field Tests on an Oxygen-based Membrane Biofilm Reactor for Total-Nitrogen Removal from Wastewater. Metcalf & Eddy, $14K. R. Nerenberg, PI. (June- December 2005).
Submitted Proposals
Supplement to NSF Project 1632982: Procurement of a High-Resolution, Field Microsensor System for Assessing Biofilm Activity and Function. Submitted December 14, 2018. $39K. R. Nerenberg, PI.
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NSF PFI-TT: A membrane-based biofilm reactor that enhances energy and cost efficiency of wastewater treatment. Submitted January 17, 2019. $250K. R. Nerenberg, PI, Bill Phillip, co-PI. Around 95% of this funding is for research in the Nerenberg lab.
SERDP: Investigation of Potential Microbial Communities and Enzymes Involved in the Bio-Degradation of Perfluoroalkyl Acids. Pre-proposal accepted. $1.2M. K. Doudrick, PI, R. Nerenberg, co-PI, K. Bibby, co-PI, N. Wei, co-PI, G. Peaslee, co-PI.
Gifts to Research Program
SUEZ, 11/2017. $25K. GE Water and Power, 12/2016. $25K
11. MASTER’S THESES DIRECTED
Current Masters Students (total: 1 masters students) 1. Meenu Garg. Increasing Phototrophic Biofilm Formation Rates with Gas-Transferring Membranes. Expected completion: May 2019 2. Emily Clements. Cost-effective Wastewater Treatment with the BACFEED Process. Expected completion: 2020.
Master’s Theses Directed (Total: 5 M.S. theses) 1. Lara Grotz (2018). Enhancing Nitrification Fluxes in MABRs: Modeling and Experimental Approaches. Current position: ENFOCUS, South Bend, IN 2. Andrew DeVries (2016). Feasibility of Sulfite-Based Autotrophic Denitrification for Wastewater Treatment. Current position: Carollo Engineers, Orlando (TBC). 3. Sam Bruce (2015). Effect of Floc Size on Selection of Phosphate-Accumulating Organisms (PAOs) in Wastewater Treatment Systems without a Strictly Anaerobic Zone. Current position: HDR, Sacramento. 4. Brenda Read-Daily (2007). Stimulating Denitrification in Agricultural Headwater Streams using Elemental Sulfur. Current position: Associate Professor (tenure track) at Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA 5. Margaret Dudley (2007). Microbial Ecology of Perchlorate-Reducing Bacteria that Accumulate High Levels of Chlorate. Current position: unknown. 6. Anna Salamone (2006). Kinetics of a Perchlorate-Reducing Bacterium that Accumulates High Levels of Chlorate. Current position: unknown.
12. DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS DIRECTED
Current Visiting Doctoral Researchers Claudia Sanchez Huerta, PhD student, KAUST, Saudi Arabia, 6/2017-9/2017, 1/2018 – 1/2019. Micropollutant removal in the MABR Minmin Jiang, PhD student Guilin University of Technology, China, 8/2017 – 1/2019. Modeling and experimental approaches to mitigate pH shifts in denitrifying and perchlorate-reducing MBfR biofilms.
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Bruno Garcia Silva, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 3/2019 – 1/2020. Fixed biofilm in polyurethane foam subjected to counter-diffusion for simultaneous nitrification and denitrification
Current Doctoral Students (Total: 5 doctoral students) 1. Jared Johnson. Expected completion: 2019 2. Marcela Vega (dual PhD with PUC). Expected completion 2019. 3. Mengfei Li. Expected completion: 2020 4. Sarajane Roenke, Expected completion: 2021 5. Bumkyu Kim, Expected completion: 2021 6. Yanina Nahum, expected completion: 2022
Doctoral Dissertations Directed (Total: 8 Ph.D. dissertations) 1. Fabrizio Sabba (PhD defense August 2016). Mechanisms of Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Formation in Biofilm Processes. Current position: Post-doctoral researcher, Northwestern University. 2. Marcelo Aybar (PhD defense July 2016). Mechanisms of Gas Transfer and Biofilm Development in Membrane Aerated Biofilms. Current position: Assistant Professor, Universidad de Concepcion, Chile. 3. Yue Wang (PhD defended August 2015). Assessing Elemental-Sulfur Based Denitrification as a Biofilm Process. Current position: The International Fund for China's Environment (IFCE). 4. Juan Pablo Pavissich (Ph.D. defended December 2014). Effects of Biofilm Morphological and Mechanical Heterogeneity on Treatment Systems: an Assessment via Experiments and Modeling. Current position: Assistant Professor, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile. 5. Kelly Martin. (Ph.D. defended May 2013). Effect of Counter-Diffusion, Fluid Dynamics, and Biofilm Morphology on Membrane-Supported Biofilms. Current position: Process Engineer at Black & Veatch, Kansas City, KS. 6. Brenda Read-Daily (Ph.D. defended July 2011). Nitrous Oxide Formation and Consumption by Denitrifying Bacteria in Wastewater Treatment. Current position: Associate Professor (with tenure), Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA 7. Caitlyn Shea Butler. (Ph.D. defended November, 2009). Fundamental and Applied Studies of Microbial Fuel Cells for Sustainable Water and Wastewater Treatment. Current position: Associate Professor (with tenure), University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA. 8. Leon Downing (Ph.D. defended May 2008). The Hybrid Membrane Biofilm Process: A Novel System for Achieving Nitrogen Removal from Wastewater. Current position: Principal Process and Innovation Leader at Black & Veatch, Madison, WI.
Post doctoral researchers Patricia Perez, Ph.D. from University of Cantabria, Spain. Post-doc from 2/2018 - present Aura Ontiveros, Ph.D. from Arizona State University. Post-doc from 6/2017 – 6/2018. Currently assistant professor at Tecnológica de Monterrey, Puebla, Mexico.
Undergraduate Researchers Advised
2019: John Judge, Martha Blatt, Joe Nowak, Jacob Novitch 2018: John Judge, Antonio Grenier, Patrick West, Christian Abraham Arega, Martha Blatt 2017: John Judge, Antonio Grenier, Usa Wongsanguan 2016: Tessa Clarizio, Monica McFadden, Michael McLean, Jimmy Sebold, Jackson Cummings 2015: Tessa Clarizio, Monica McFadden 2014: Jenny Loconsole, Josh Gluch, Tessa Clarizio, Monica McFadden
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2013: Elyse Stachler, Amanda Schockling, Jenny Loconsole, Katherine Lumetta, Sophie Manley, Josh Gluch, Tessa Clarizio, Monica McFadden 2012: Kyle Sandberg, Elyse Stachler, Amanda Schockling, Caroline Dikibo, Jenny Loconsole, Liam Chan, Katherine Lumetta 2011: Kyle Sandberg, Frank Schadt, Caroline Dikibo 2010: Sarah Keithley, Kyle Sandberg, Gabriela Elizondo, Caroline Dikibo 2009: Amanda Martell, Patricia Wilbur, Lauren Lopez, Sarah Keithley 2008: Kyle Bibby, Patricia Wilbur, Chad Knapke 2007: Kyle Bibby, Megan McCullough, Patricia Wilbur 2006: Kyle Bibby, Amanda Martell 2005: Kyle Bibby, Amanda Martell 2004: Amanda Martell
High School Students Advised Student from Trinity High School (fall 2012 - 2013) Hosted female student from Marian High School for microbial fuel cell research – received second/third place award from Indiana Science and Humanities Symposium (2008-2009). Hosted African American high school student through EMSI outreach from Nov. 2004 - May 2006. Received second place in Indiana Academy of Science competition (2005-2006)
High School Teachers (RETs) Advised Nevin Longenecker, Adams High School (summers of 2005, 2006, 2010) John Bogucki, Clay Township High School (summer of 2009)
Distinctions and Awards of Advised Students External “Best of WWTMod” for Fabrizio Sabba platform presentation in WWTMod conference, Annecy, France (2016) Indiana Water Environment Association (IWEA) Besozzi Graduate Scholarship ($2,000). Fabrizio Sabba (2014) Best poster award at Membrane Technology Conference for poster, Toronto, Canada. Awarded to Kelly Martin for Multidimensional Modeling of Denitrification, Sulfate-Reduction, and Methanogenesis in a Hydrogen-Based, Membrane-Supported Biofilm Reactor (MBfR) (2013) Best poster award at IWA Biofilm Reactor Technology Conference, Paris, France. Awarded to Kelly Martin for Fouling Layer Surface Heterogeneity Improves Permeate Flux. IWA Biofilm Reactor Technology Conference, Paris (2013). Scholarship to attend “E.C.–U.S. Molecular Biology for the Environment” awarded to Juan Pablo Pavissich. Competitively selected by U.S. Biotechnology Task Force for 2-week course in Lausanne, Switzerland. Sponsored by DOE and the European Union. (2012). Indiana Water Environment Association (IWEA) Besozzi Graduate Scholarship ($2,000). Kelly Martin (2011) Fellowship to attend Woods Hole Summer Microbial Diversity Course ($4,000). Juan Pablo Pavissich (2010). First-place student paper award, University Forum. Texas Water Association Annual Conference. Leon Downing (2009). U.S. Biotechnology Task Force (DOE) E.C.-U.S. Transatlantic Biotechnology Fellowship (~$5,000) for one-month visit to Willy Verstraete’s lab at the University of Ghent, Belgium. Caitlyn Shea (2007).
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Competitively selected for month-long Hopkins Microbiology Course (Stanford University). Kelly Martin (summer of 2007). Indiana Water Environment Association (IWEA) Besozzi Graduate Scholarship ($2,000). Leon Downing (2007) NSF Graduate Student Fellowship ($160,000). Leon Downing (2005-2008)
Internal Center for Environmental Science and Technology (CEST) Graduate Student Fellowship (~$11,000). Mengfei Li (2018). Center for Environmental Science and Technology (CEST) Graduate Student Fellowship (~$11,000). Fabrizio Sabba (2014, 2015). Slatt Fellowship for Undergraduate Research ($5,000). Amanda Schockling (2013). Kaneb “Excellence in Teaching” award (2012). Kelly Martin. Center for Environmental Science and Technology (CEST) Graduate Student Fellowship (~$11,000). Juan Pablo Pavissich (2013). Center for Environmental Science and Technology (CEST) Graduate Student Fellowship (~$11,000, $18,000). Kelly Martin (2010, 2012). Center for Aquatic Conservation (CAC) Graduate Student Fellowship (~$18,000). Juan Pablo Pavissich (2010). NSF Environmental Molecular Science Institute (EMSI) fellowship (~$10,000). Caitlyn Shea (2009). CEST Graduate Student Fellowship (~$10,000). Brenda Read (2009). CEST Graduate Student Fellowship for (~$10,000). Caitlyn Shea Butler (2008). Center for Aquatic Conservation (CAC) Graduate Student Fellowship (~$8,000). Brenda Read (2007) Slatt Fellowship for Undergraduate Research ($5,000). Kyle Bibby (2006). Kaneb “Excellence in Teaching” award (2006). Caitlyn Shea Butler. Kaneb “Excellence in Teaching” award (2005). Leon Downing.
13. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES) Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) International Water Association (IWA) Water Environment Federation (WEF)
14. OTHER NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
SERVICE
Service to Department
Member, ad hoc committee for professional MS degree (2017 – present) Member, CEEES Undergraduate Committee (2015- present) Member, Ad hoc committee for new minor in Sustainability and Resilience (2016 – present) Professional advisor to undergraduate students (2008 - present) Search committee chair for environmental engineering faculty (Fall 2014/15)
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Faculty adviser for Environmental Engineering student association (Fall 2014 – present) Search committee chair for environmental engineering faculty (Fall 2013/14) Member, Bioengineering program committee (Fall 2013-present) Search committee chair for environmental engineering faculty (Fall 2012/13) Search committee member for searchers for geoscience search (Fall 2012/13) Search committee member for searchers for actinide science searches (Fall 2012/13) Prepared teaching reports for two candidates for renewal and one candidate for promotion (2011, 2012), and research report for one candidate for promotion (2012) CEEES Liaison for dual PhD degree with Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Led effort to develop and implement dual degree agreement between CEGEOS and Department of Hydraulics and Environmental Engineering at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Member, Environmental Fluid Dynamics search committee (2012) Member, ad hoc committee on Graduate Curriculum (2011) Member, ad hoc committee on Departmental Strategic Plan (2011) Member, ad hoc committee for Committee oversight (2011) Director of Graduate Studies (March 2010 – July 2015) Member, ad hoc committee on graduate student recruitment (Fall 2009) Initiated and coordinated/co-coordinated departmental Environmental seminar (Fall 2004 - present) Chair, search committee for Environmental Engineering faculty (2008/2009) Member, search committee for Environmental Engineering faculty (2006/2007) Member, search committee for Massman chair (2007/2008) Member, search committee for Massman chair (2006/2007) Member, search committee for Environmental Faculty (2006 – 2007) Chair, ABET Review Committee, Environmental Engineering concentration (2006 - present) Member, ad hoc Undergraduate Curriculum committee (8/2004 – 10/2004) Member, ad hoc committee on requirements for MS degrees (4/2004 – 6/2004)
Service to College Member, College Council (2016- present) Helped initiate undergraduate REU program via CONICYT in Chile (2013/14) Bioengineering Graduate Program Committee member (2013- present) Coordinated and attended trip to Pontifical Catholic University of Chile with group of engineering faculty to promote dual PhD program (October 2012) Traveled with dean to UNICAMP university in Campinas, Brazil, to explore a dual PhD program (October 2012) Led effort to develop and implement dual degree agreement between Notre Dame Engineering and Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (2010 – present) Member, search committee for Energy for Separations committee for Notre Dame Energy Center (2010 – 2011). Member, search committee for Ecologist position in Department of Biological Sciences (2009- 2010) Member of committee for new Interdisciplinary Design Course (Jay Brockman, chair) (2008 – 2009) Member of committee for forming the Bioengineering program (Mark McCready, chair) (2005 – 2006) Member of committee for new Learning Center design (Steve Silliman, chair) (2006 – 2007)
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Service to University Member, NDI Committee on Internationalization (2016 – present) Member, University Committee on Latin America and the Caribbean (2016 – 2017) Member of Notre Dame Standing Committee on Latin America and the Caribbean (2013 – 2015) Led effort to develop and implement dual degree agreement between Notre Dame Engineering and Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (2010 – 2015) Advisory Board Member for Center for Environmental Science and Technology (CEST) (2010 to present) Mentor for Hispanic engineering students under Notre Dame’s Building Bridges program (2004 – 2006) Judge for Notre Dame’s GSU Graduate Research Symposium (2008) Proposal reviewer for CEST fellowship applicants (2004, 2005)
Service Outside University
Editorial board member for Microbial Biotechnology, Wiley (2016 – present). Impact Factor: 3.913 (2017) 4.243 (5-yr), ISI Journal Citation Reports Ranking: 2017: 33/161 (Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology), 2017: 34/126 (Microbiology) Q1 Editorial Board Member for PLOS ONE (2015 – present). Impact factor 2.766 (2017) 3.352 (5- yr), 15/64, Q1 Editorial Board Member for Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology, Springer (2009 – present).. Impact Factor: 5.716 (2017) 5.961 (5-yr). Rank 14 of 161 in subject category "Environmental sciences," Q1 Core council member for AEESP 2017 conference planning committee, hosted by University of Michigan (2016 – present) Panelist for CAREER award workshop at AEESP 2015 conference, Yale University (2015). Presented in webinar on “Fundamentals and Emerging Advancements in Biofilm Reactor Technologies” offered by Water Environment Federation (2015)
Service to Research Community
Management Committee Member, IWA Biofilms Specialist Group (2013 – present). Chair of Awards Committee for Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP), 2016 - present External letter writer for promotions to associate professors at University of Iowa (2017), University of Massachusetts - Amherst (2017), Elizabethtown College (2017), University of Alaska at Fairbanks (2018) External review committee member for Environmental Engineering and Science program at Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Dayton, OH, 2017 Member of AEESP Awards Committee, 2016 Member of AEESP, Awards Committee, 2011 – 2014 WEF Municipal Wastewater Design Committee, Program Committee member, 2009 - 2013
NSF Review Panels Panel reviewer for NSF’s Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) program (May 2019) Panel reviewer for NSF’s CBET CAREER award, Environmental Engineering program (September 2018)
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Panel reviewer for NSF’s CBET unsolicited proposal, Environmental Engineering program (February 2017) Panel reviewer for NSF’s CBET CAREER award, Environmental Engineering program (September 2017) Panel reviewer for NSF’s CBET CAREER award, Environmental Engineering program (September 2015 Panel reviewer for NSF’s CBET unsolicited proposal, Environmental Engineering program (May 2014) Panel reviewer for NSF’s CBET CAREER award, Environmental Engineering program (November 2013) Panel reviewer for NSF’s CBET unsolicited proposal, Environmental Engineering program (May 2010) Panel reviewer for NSF’s CBET unsolicited proposal, Environmental Engineering program (November 2009) Panel reviewer for NSF’s CBET unsolicited proposal, Energy for Sustainability program (December 2007). Panel reviewer for NSF’s BES unsolicited proposal (February 2006).
Ad-hoc Proposal Reviews Proposal reviewer for NSF CBET unsolicited proposal, Environmental Engineering program (September 2016). Proposal reviewer for CONICYT (Chile) unsolicited proposal (2008, 2009, 2011, 2018) Proposal reviewer for Sawiris Scholarship, by invitation from ETH Zurich (2012). Proposal reviewer for Natural Resource and Applied Sciences Endowment Fund, Canada (October 2009). Proposal reviewer for NSF CBET unsolicited proposal, Energy for Sustainability program (June 2009). Proposal reviewer for New York Sea Grant unsolicited proposal (2008). Proposal reviewer for CICEET unsolicited proposals (2007, 2004). Proposal reviewer for Massachusetts Water Resources Research Center (December 2004).
Project Advisory Committees Technical Advisory Committee member for NYSERDA grant on microbial fuel cells (2009). Member of Project Advisory Committee (PAC) for WateReuse Foundation research project Investigating the Feasibility of an MBfR to Achieve Low Nitrogen Levels for Water Reclamation and Reuse (2006-2009). Project Advisory Committee for AWWARF project #3137 “Biological Destruction of Perchlorate and Nitrate in Ion Exchange Concentrate” (2005).
Conference Organization
Scientific committee member for International Water Association (IWA) Biofilms conference in April 2019 in Santiago, Chile. Co-organizer for session on Biofilm Engineering at ACS National Meeting, Boston 2018 Organized NSF-funded workshop on Biofilm Mechanical Properties (April 22-24, 2018 at University of Notre Dame) Organizing committee member for AEESP 2017 biennial conference, Ann Arbor, MI
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Scientific committee member for International Water Association (IWA) Biofilm Reactor Technology Conference. May 2017, Dublin, Ireland Scientific committee member for International Water Association (IWA) Joint Microbial Ecology and Water Engineering and Biofilms conference. September 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark. Scientific committee member for IWA Biofilms in Drinking Water Systems. August 2015, Arosa, Switzerland. Organizing committee member for International Water Association (IWA) Microbial Ecology and Water Engineering conference. July 2013, Ann Arbor, MI. Program Committee member for IWA Biofilm Reactor Technology Conference. May 2013, Paris, France. Scientific committee member for IWA/WEF Biofilm Reactor Technology Conference, Portland, OR. August 2010. Member of Water Environment Federation (WEF) Municipal Wastewater Treatment Symposium- Program Committee (2008 – 2013) Support group member, submission referee, and session moderator for International Water Association (IWA) 5th World Water Congress, Beijing, China, 2006.
External Member of Doctoral Committees at Other Universities External committee member for Yinjie Ma, PhD student at Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Lyngby, Denmark. Monitoring and modeling of nitrogen conversions in membrane- aerated biofilm reactors: Effects of intermittent aeration (Ph.D. defense February 2018) External committee member for Paticia Perez, PhD student at the University of Cantabria, Spain. Optimization of a biofilm reactor with membrane aeration for wastewater treatment (Ph.D defense July 2017) External committee member for Paula Guerra, Ph.D. student from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC). Research proposal title: Formation of reactive particles in fluvial confluences: chemical-hydrodynamic interactions controlling the fate of arsenic in rivers. Advisor: Pablo Pasten (PhD defense March 2016). External committee member for Euclides Deago, Ph.D. student from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC). Research proposal title: Desnitrificación biológica usando sustratos sólidos orgánicos naturales como donante de electrones y fuente de carbono. Advisor: Gonzalo Pizarro (Defended PhD 2014). External committee member for Paulina Rios, Ph.D. student from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC). Research proposal title: Arsenic geochemistry in the Lluta river: probing the formation, reactivity and fate of arsenic rich sediments. Advisor: Pablo Pasten (November 2010). External committee member for Ph.D. student at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Thesis title: “Two stage membrane-biofilm reactors (MBfRs) for nitrification and hydrogenotrophic denitrification”. Advisor: Jan Oleszkiewicz. (November 2009). External committee member for Ph.D. student at the University of Cincinnati. Thesis title: “Reducing Biofouling in Membrane Bioreactors Treating Synthetic Early Planetary-Base Wastewater”. Advisor: Dan Oerther. (July 2007).
Journal Reviewer Typically review 12 – 18 manuscripts a years for Science, Water Research, Environmental Science & Technology, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME) Journal, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Bioresource Technology, Journal of Membrane Science, Water Environment Research, Environmental Technology, and others (2003 – present).
Service to Local Community
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Two-day workshop “Exploring the Microbial Jungle: an Introduction to Biofilms” delivered to 15 local elementary and high-school teachers on biofilms through Notre Dame’s “Teachers as Scholars” program. (2015) Technical advisor to City of South Bend Public Works on their program to pilot-test the use of peracetic acid as a disinfectant for combined sewer overflows (2013/14). Served as member of City of South Bend’s Green Ribbon Commission to advise City on sustainable energy and carbon footprint issues (2009).
13. OTHER NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
PATENTS AND IP
Disclosure D-0167 (with Kyle Doudrick and Randy Marks): Catalytic hydrogel membrane reactor (2018) Disclosure D-0040: Method to enhance performance of biofilm treatment by supplying chemicals directly to the biofilm (2017) Completed IDEA Center 2-Stroke Report for Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactor, Tech ID 18- 028 (2017). Provisional Patent: A biofilm process that provides biological treatment and filtration of water or waste (2016) Provisional Patent: Sulfite as an electron donor for wastewater denitrification (2014) Provisional Patent: “Hybrid Membrane-Biofilm Process for Total Nitrogen Removal” (University of Notre Dame, March 2008) Provisional Patent: “Hybrid Membrane Biofilm Process for Total Nitrogen Removal from Wastewater” (University of Notre Dame, November 2005). Provisional Patent: “Improved Perchlorate Reduction via Analog Addition.” (University of Notre Dame, March 2004). U.S. Patent No. 7,632,415 (with Dr. Bruce Rittmann and Cesar Torres): “Apparatus and methods for water treatment”, issued December 15, 2009 U.S. Patent No. 7,338,597 (with Dr. Bruce Rittmann and Cesar Torres): “Apparatus for Water Treatment”, issued March 4, 2008 U.S. Patent No. 7,186,340 (with Dr. Bruce Rittmann): “Perchlorate Reduction and Related Water Treatment Methods.” Issued March 6, 2007
HOST FOR VISITING FACULTY Eduardo Leiva, PUC, Chile (September 2018 – August 2019) Cristian Picioreanu, TU Delft, the Netherlands (January-July 2014, April-July 2018) Ana Lorena Garcia, University of Cantabria, Spain (June – September, 2014) Gonzalo Pizarro, PUC, Chile (January-February 2014)
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES
Professional Engineering (PE) license, State of Wisconsin, 1995 – present Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE), American Association of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES), 2017 - present
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