Engineering Project

DONNA E. FENNELL

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Education

1998 Cornell University, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ithaca, NY

Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering. Dissertation Comparison of Alternate

Hydrogen Donors for Anaerobic Reductive Dechlorination

Advisor: Professor James M. Gossett

1988 Cornell University, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Ithaca, NY

M.S. Agricultural and Biological Engineering. Thesis Kinetic Phase Separation of

Anaerobic Digestion of Sorghum

Advisor: Professor William J. Jewell

1985 University of Arkansas, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Fayetteville, AR

B.S. Agricultural Engineering, with honors

Research and Teaching Experience

2002-present Assistant Professor

Department of Environmental Sciences, Bioenvironmental Engineering Program,

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

2001-2002 Research Associate

Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

1999-2001 Postdoctoral Associate

Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

1999 Research Associate

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

1998-1999 Postdoctoral Associate

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

1993-1998 Graduate Assistant

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

1987-1992 Research Support Specialist

Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

1985-1987 Graduate Assistant

Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Awards and Recognitions

2006 Best Paper Award, American Society for Engineering Education, Environmental

Engineering Division (Jones, S., Bhandari, A., Clapp, L., Fennell, D., LaPara, T. and Tull, K.

Diversity in environmental engineering: The good and bad. In Proceedings of the Annual

Conference for the American Society of Engineering Education, Chicago, IL, June 2006.)

1996 -1997 AAUW Educational Foundation Engineering Dissertation Fellowship

1996 NUFFIC (Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education) Scholarship

1995 The Alice H. Cook and Constance E. Cook Award, Cornell University

1985 Outstanding Senior, Dept. Agricultural Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

1984 Tau Beta Pi

1984 Alpha Epsilon

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Reviewer for Professional Journals

2004-present Applied and Environmental Microbiology

2004-present Biotechnology and Bioengineering

2003-present Biodegradation

2002-present Soil and Sediment Contamination Journal

2002-present FEMS Microbiology Ecology

2001-present Environmental Science and Technology

2000-present Water Research

2000-present Bioremediation Journal

Grant/Document Reviewer

2007 National Science Foundation, Environmental Engineering Panel Review

2006 U.S. DOE Environmental Remediation and Science Program Panel Review

2005 U.S. EPA NRML GWESR Document Review

2005 U.S. EPA SBIR I Panel Review

2005 Ad Hoc reviewer, Texas Sea Grant

2004 Ad Hoc reviewer, National Science Foundation, Microbial Interactions and Processes Program

2000 Ad Hoc Proposal reviewer, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of

Canada

Professional Memberships and Committees

2007-present Member at Large Envionmental Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society

2006-present American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

2006-present Member Science Advisory Board Dupont Chambers Works

2004-present AEESP Diversity and Demographics Committee, Member

2003 AEESP Distinguished Speaker Committee, Member

2003-present Theobald Smith Society, Local Councilor

2002-present Water Environment Federation, Member

2002-present Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, Member

2000-present American Society for Microbiology, Member

1997-present Member, American Chemical Society

Professional Service

2005-present Panelist Douglass College Science Career Exploration Day

2004-2006 Project SUPER

Developed and ran a hands-on workshop for entering Douglas College Freshmen women

attending the Douglass Project for Women in Math, Science and Engineering Orientation,

Rutgers University

2003 New Jersey Water Environment Association Annual Meeting

Judge, Student Poster Competition, May 2004, Atlantic City, NJ

2001 Sixth International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium

Reviewer, Student Paper Competition, May 2001, San Diego, CA

1998 American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting

Judge, Student Poster Competition, May 26-29, Boston, MA

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Conference Organization

Symposium Organizer (with Professor Lisa Totten, Rutgers University) for the 234th

2007

American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, Boston MA, August 19-23.

Symposium entitled, Fate of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Urban Systems, Division

of Environmental Chemistry in conjunction with AEESP.

2004 Symposium Organizer (with Professor Paige Novak, University of Minnesota) for the

228th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August

22-27. Symposium entitled, Environmental Fate and Treatment of Persistent

Halogenated Compounds, Division of Environmental Chemistry in conjunction with

AEESP.

Conference Co-Organizer for the 34th Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste

2002

Conference September 20-21, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Conference Session Moderator

2007 Session Moderator for PCBs and Dioxins at the Ninth International In Situ and On-

Site Bioreclamation Symposium, May 6-10, Baltimore, MD

2005 Session Moderator for PCBs and Dioxins at the Eighth International In Situ and On-

Site Bioreclamation Symposium, June 1-6, Baltimore, MD

2004 Session Moderator for Environmental Fate and Treatment of Persistent Halogenated

Compounds: Distribution and Fate in Natural Environments, Division of Environmental

Chemistry in conjunction with AEESP, the 228th American Chemical Society (ACS)

National Meeting, August 22-27, Philadelphia, PA

2004 Session Moderator for Environmental Fate and Treatment of Persistent Halogenated

Compounds : Biotransformation and Treatment, Division of Environmental Chemistry

in conjunction with AEESP, the 228th American Chemical Society (ACS) National

Meeting, August 22-27, Philadelphia, PA

2003 Session Moderator for Enhanced Reductive Dechlorination II at the Seventh

International In Situ and On-Site Bioreclamation Symposium, June 1-6, Orlando, FL

2001 Session Moderator for Enhanced Reductive Dechlorination II at the Sixth International

In Situ and On-Site Bioreclamation Symposium, June 4-7, San Diego, CA

1999 Session Moderator for Enhanced Anaerobic Dechlorination at the Fifth International

In Situ and On-Site Bioreclamation Symposium, April 19-22, San Diego, CA

University Service

2006-present Member, Diversity Committee, Cook College

2006-present Member, Seminar Committee, Rutgers Energy Institute

2005-present Member, Recruitment and Outreach Committee, Department of Environmental

Sciences

2003-2006 Reporter, Department of Environmental Sciences

2003 Member, Physico-Chemical Process Engineer Search Committee, Department of

Environmental Sciences

2003-present Ad-Hoc Co-Organizer in bringing the American Association of Environmental

Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) annual Distinguished Speaker to a Joint

Princeton-Rutgers Seminar (with Catherine Peters of Princeton University).

2002-present Member, Bioenvironmental Engineering Curriculum Committee

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Graduate Student Committees

Major Advisor

2007-present Yun Li

M.S. student, Environmental Sciences. Project: Combined Biological and Physical-

Chemical Degradation of Aniline and Parachloroaniline. Major Advisor. Expected

Graduation 2009.

2006-present Wen Liu

Ph.D. student, Environmental Sciences. Project: Dechlorination with Bimetallic

Catalytic Particles. Co-Advisor with Weilin Huang. Expected Graduation 2010.

2006-present Jennifer Louden

M.S. student, Environmental Sciences. Project: Bioreactor Landfills Dectection and

Enhancement of the Anammox Process. Major Advisor. Expected Graduation 2008.

2006-present David Babson

Ph.D. student, Environmental Sciences. Project: Bioreactor Landfills Operation and

Biogeochemistry. Major Advisor. Expected Graduation 2009.

2005-present Sarat Kannepali

Ph.D. student, Environmental Sciences. Project: Environmental uses of carbon

nanotubes. Major Advisor. Expected Graduation 2009.

2003-2006 Matthew Giacalone

M.S. Student, plan B, Environmental Sciences. Project: Polybrominated Diphenyl

Ether Flame Retardants in Sewage and Sludges. Major Advisor. Graduated 2006.

2003-present Eun-Kyeu Son

Ph.D. student, Environmental Sciences. Project: Identification of Dehalogenating

Bacteria in a Fractured Rock Aquifer. Major Advisor. Expected Graduation 2008.

Passed qualifying exam Summer 2005

2002-present Fang Liu

Ph.D. candidate, Environmental Sciences. Project: Dehalogenation of Polychlorinated

Dibenzo-p-Dioxins and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans. Major Advisor. Expected

Graduation 2007. Passed qualifying exam Spring 2004.

Undergraduate Students

2007-present Bryan Schwab. Bioenvironmental Engineering undergraduate researcher. Project:

Anaerobic digestion of horse manure.

2007-present Kathleen Kang. Bioenvironmental Engineering undergraduate researcher. Project:

Anaerobic digestion of horse manure.

2007 Jeffery Alt. Bioenvironmental Engineering undergraduate researcher. Project: Anaerobic

digestion of horse manure.

2006 Angelica Cardon, Environmental Sciences undergraduate researcher. Project: Detection

of bacteria in air.

2006-2007 Robin George, Biomedical Engineering undergraduate researcher. Project: Anaerobic

digestion of horse manure.

2005-2006 Danielle Amari, Bioenvironmental Engineering undergraduate researcher. Project:

Dechlorination of PCE and PCDD/Fs.

2005-2006 Alexandra Caluseriu, Bioenvironmental Engineering undergraduate researcher. Project:

Dechlorination of PCE in groundwater.

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2005 Kevin D Egidio, Bioenvironmental Engineering undergraduate researcher. Project: Fate

of PBDEs in wastewater treatment plants.

2004-2006 Jillian Thompson, Bioenvironmental Engineering undergraduate researcher. Project:

Effect of heavy metals on reductive dechlorination.

2003-2006 David Berry, Bioresource Engineering undergraduate researcher. Project:

Characterization of Bioaerosols in occupational and controlled agricultural spaces. (co-

advised with Dr. Gediminas Mainelis).

2002-2003 Christopher Hopp, Chemistry undergraduate researcher. Project: Effect of heavy metals

on reductive dechlorination.

High School Students

2006-present Yanting Wang, Freehold High School. Anaerobic digestion optimization.

2005 Stacy Ng, Polybrominated biphenyl ethers in sewage. Currently an undergraduate at

Cornell University.

Certifications/Training

2005 NSF Summer Institute on Nanotechnology, Biotechnology and Sustainable Engineering

2005 President s Traveling Faculty Seminar

2003 Bioremediation System Design Using Visual MODFLOW and RT3D, 8 instruction hours

2003 NJ Department of Environmental Protection The Triad Approach

2001 Practical Reactive Transport Modeling For Evaluating In Situ Bioremediation, Battelle

Bioremediation Symposium

1998 U.S. EPA. Hazardous Materials Incident Response Operations Training Course (40 hr

HAZWOPER)

1997 Certificate of Dutch as a Foreign Language, intermediate level in reading and listening

1984 Engineer in Training, State of Arkansas, Engineer-Intern Certificate Number 3624

Grants/Projects

Current

2006-present Fennell, D.E., Krumins, V., Both, A.J., Obropta, C. and Westendorf, M. Horse Manure to

Bioenergy Technology for On-Farm or Regional Application. Rutgers University Equine

Science Center, $50,000, 9/1/2006-8/31/2007, $50,000, 9/1/2007-8/31/2008, role: PI

2006-present Fennell, D.E. and Mainelis, G. Is Air an Active Microbial Ecosystem? National Science

Foundation, SGER. 04/01/06-03/31/07 ($94,811) role: PI

2006-present Fennell, D.E. and Huang, W. Combined Physical-Chemical-Biological Treatment of 4-

Chloroaniline and Aniline. DuPont Corporation. $325,010, 07/01/06-06/30/09, role: PI

2006-present Fennell, D.E. Enhancing Watershed Protection with Development of Economical Manure

Management Technology: Horse Manure to BioEnergy. USDA CSREES Region 2 Water

Quality Coordination Project / NJWRRI Undergraduate Student Stipend Program. $4,000,

5/2006-9/2006, role: PI

2006-present Fennell, D.E. Environmental. Nanobiotechnology: Use and Effect of Carbon Nanotubes.

Cook College-NJAES Pre-Tenure Faculty Career Development Awards, 6/1/06-5/31/07,

$30,000, role: PI

2006-present Ravit, B., Fennell, D.E., Krogmann, U., A Study to Improve the Operation of the Burlington

County Bioreactor Landfill and to Investigate Landfill Biogeochemical Processes in this

Bioreactor, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station EcoComplex, $100,000, 7/1/06-

6/30/09, role: co-PI

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2006-present Gimenez, D., Fennell, D.E, Robock, A.R., Interdisciplinary Graduate Education in

Environmental Science and Engineering, Department of Education Grants in Areas of

National Needs (GAANN), $910,815, 6/01/06-5/31/09, role: co-PI

2006-present H ggblom, M.M., Fennell, D.E., Kerkhof, L.J., Totten L.A. and Sowers K. Quantifying

Enhanced Microbial Dehalogenation Impacting the Fate and Transport of Organohalide

Mixtures in Contaminated Sediments. Strategic Environmental Research and

Development Program (DoD). 3/2006-12/2009 ($1,883,000) Role: co-PI

2005-present Totten, L.A. and Fennell, D.E.Source Apportionment of Organic Contaminants in the

NY/NJ Harbor Estuary. Hudson River Foundation. 7/1/2005-6/30/2006 ($95,364). Role:

co-PI

2003-2006 D.E. Fennell. A Mass Balance on Dioxins and Dioxin-Like Compounds in the NY-NJ

Harbor Estuary. (6/2003-12/2006) New York Academy of Sciences. ($7000)

2002-present D.E. Fennell. Bioremediation of Dioxin/Furan Contaminated Sediments: Fundamental

Studies for Technology Development. Hatch CSREES NJ. 10/1/2002-11/30/2007. (2003,

$1500; 2004, $1500; 2005, $1500; 2006, $1500) Role: PI

Completed

2005-2006 Anaerobic Dehalogenating Bacteria in Engineered Systems, D.E. Fennell, Rutgers

University Research Council Grant, 06/01/2005-5/31/2006, $2500

2005-2006 Bioremediation of Heavy Metal and Chlorinated Solvent Co-Contaminants in Groundwater,

Jillian Thompson, Undergraduate Research Fellows Award $2000, Advisor: Donna

Fennell (07/2005)

2005-2006 Resistance of fractured rock dechlorinating bacteria to pressure from heavy metals. New

Jersey Water Resources Research Institute, Student Grant in Aid. 3/1/2005 - 2/29/2006.

($5000). Son, E.-K., PhD Student (D.E. Fennell, advisor).

2004-2006 Investigation of bacterially-mediated dechlorination in dioxin-contaminated sediments. in

New Jersey. New Jersey Water Resources Research Institute, Student Grant in Aid.

3/1/2004 - 2/29/2006. ($5000). Liu, F., PhD Student (D.E. Fennell, advisor).

2004-2005 Fate of Brominated Flame Retardants in New Jersey Wastewater Treatment Facilities.

NJWRRI. 3/1/2004-2/29/2005 ($30,000) D.E. Fennell, P.I., L.A. Totten and U. Krogmann,

co-P.I.s.

2004-2005 Triple Quadrupole GC/MS For Analysis of Trace Organics in Environmental Matrixes.

(Instrumentation Grant). Academic Excellence Fund, Rutgers University. 2004-2005

($175,000). LA Totten, DE Fennell, JR Reinfelder, W Huang, BJ Turpin, RM Sherrell, EL

Sikes, LA White.

2004-2005 Investigation of Ionic Air Cleaner Efficiency in Reducing Indoor Particulates and

Bioaerosols. Rutgers University Undergraduate Research Fellows Award. 06/2004-

06/2005. ($1500) David Berry (student) [Faculty Advisors G. Mainelis and D.E. Fennell].

2001-2005 In Situ Enhancement of Anaerobic Microbial Dechlorination of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-

dioxins and Dibenzofurans in Marine and Estuarine Sediments. Strategic Environmental

Research and Development Program (DoD). 3/2001-12/2004 ($556,975) M. M. H ggblom,

P.I., D.E. Fennell, and L.J. Kerkhof, co-P.I.s.

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2003-2004 Control of Biological Air Quality in Residential and Occupational Indoor Air Environments.

New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Planning Grant. 7/1/2003-6/30/2004. ($4000)

D.E. Fennell, G. Mainelis, A.J. Both, J.T. Ponessa, J.A. White, B. Marshall, E. Reiss.

2004 Design and installation of a microbial biomat. GeoSyntec Inc. and US Geological Survey.

6/1/2004-8/30/2004. ($4500) D.E. Fennell

2003 AEESP Travel Grant. August, 2003. ($500) D.E. Fennell. Frontiers in Assessment

Methods for the Environment Symposium

Courses Taught

2003-present Assistant Professor, Rutgers University, Water and Wastewater Treatment

2002-present Assistant Professor, Rutgers University, Unit Processes in Bioenvironmental Engineering

Lecture and Laboratory

2002-present Assistant Professor, Guest Lecturer in Introduction to Bioresource Engineering and

Lectures in Freshman Engineering Orientation, 2002 to present

2001 Lecturer. Rutgers University. Team-taught Applied Microbiology. 2001

2001-present Guest Lecturer. Rutgers University. Biodegradation and Bioremediation

2001 Guest Lecturer. Rutgers Universiy, Microbial Ecology. 2001

2000 Part-Time Lecturer. Rutgers University. Microbial Technology. 2000

1998-1999 Guest Lecturer. Cornell University. Chemistry for Environmental Engineers,

Environmental Quality Engineering, Microbiology for Environmental Engineers, 1998 and

1999

1993 Teaching Assistant. Cornell University. Environmental Quality Engineering

1995 Teaching Assistant. Cornell University. Environmental Quality Engineering

Graduate Faculty Membership

2003-present Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University

2003-present Bioresource Engineering, Rutgers University

Patent Application

2003 Methods for Remediating Materials Contaminated with Halogenated Aromatic

Compounds. U.S. patent application Serial No. 60/464,348, RU-224, filed April 22, 2003.

Book Chapters

H ggblom MM, Fennell DE, Ahn Y-B, Ravit B & Kerkhof LJ (2006) Anaerobic dehalogenation of

halogenated organic compounds: Novel strategies for bioremediation of contaminated

sediments. In: Twardowska I, Allen HE, H ggblom MM (eds) Viable Methods of Soil and

Water Pollution Monitoring, Protection and Remediation, Springer, pp. 505-521.

H ggblom MM, Fennell DE, Ahn Y-B, Kerkhof LJ, Liu F & Ravit B (2006) Microbial dehalogenation of

organohalide pollutants in marine sediments. In: Canepa P, Fava F (eds) Proceedings of

International Summer School Biomonitoring, bioavailability and microbial transformation

of pollutants in sediments and approaches to stimulate their biodegradation, Genoa, Italy,

September 12-14, 2005, pp. 109-122.

H ggblom, M.M.; Ahn, Y.B.; Fennell, D.E.; Kerkhof, L.J.; & Rhee, S.-K. 2004. Anaerobic dehalogenation

of organohalide contaminants in the marine environment. Advances in Applied

Microbiology. Volume 53. Elsevier, Inc.

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Fennell, D.E. & Gossett, J.M. 2003. Chapter 16. Microcosms For Site-Specific Evaluation of Enhanced

Biological Reductive Dehalogenation. In, Dehalogenation: Microbial Processes and

Environmental Applications, H ggblom, M.M. and Bossert, I.D., Eds. Kluwer Academic

Publishers.

Books Edited

Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference, On Compact

Disc. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 2002. Eds. M.M H ggblom, D.E. Fennell and K.Y.

Lee.

Anaerobic Degradation of Chlorinated Solvents. Sixth International In Situ and On-Site Bioreclamation

Symposium. Magar, V.S., Fennell, D.E., Morse, J.J., Alleman, B.C., and Leeson, A., Eds. San

Diego, CA. June 4-7. 2001. Battelle Press, Columbus, OH.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Berry, D.; Mainelis, G.; & Fennell, D.E. 2007. Effect of an Ionic Air Cleaner on Indoor/Outdoor Particle

Ratios in a Residential Environment, in press, Aerosol Science and Technology

Ahn, Y.B.; H ggblom, M.M.; & Fennell, D.E.. 2005. Co-amendment with halogenated compounds

enhances anaerobic microbial dechlorination of 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin and 1,2,3,4-

tetrachlorodibenzofuran in estuarine sediments. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 24,

2775-2784.

Mainelis, G.; Berry, D.; An, H.R.; Yao, M.; DeVoe, K.; Fennell, D.E.; & Jaeger, R. 2005. Performance and

design of a single-pass bubbling bioaerosol generator. Atmospheric Environment, 39, 3521-

3533.

Lee, K.Y.; Kostarelos, K.; & Fennell, D.E. 2004. Modeling the transport of dissolved contaminants

originating from a NAPL source containing PAH compounds in groundwater. Journal of

Environmental Engineering and Science, 3, 541-548.

Fennell, D.E.; Nijenhuis, I.; Wilson, S.F.; Zinder, S.H.; & Haggblom, M.M. 2004. Dehalococcoides

ethenogenes strain 195 reductively dechlorinates diverse chlorinated aromatic pollutants.

Environmental Science and Technology, 38, 2075-2081.

Fennell, D.E.; Rhee; S.-K.; Ahn, Y.B.; H ggblom, M.M.; & Kerkhof, L.J. Detecting the dehalogenating

microorganism in a sulfidogenic, 2-bromophenol-utilizing enrichment by T-RFLP fingerprinting of

ribosomes. 2004. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 70: 1169-1175.

Ahn, Y.B.; Rhee; S.-K., Fennell, D.E.; Kerkhof, L.J.; Hentschel, U.; & H ggblom, M.M. 2003. Reductive

dehalogenation of brominated phenolic compounds by microorganisms associated with the

marine sponge Aplysina aerophoba. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 66:4159-4166.

Rhee, S.-K.; Fennell, D.E.; H ggblom, M.M.; & Kerkhof, L.J. 2003. Detection by PCR of reductive

dehalogenase motifs in a sulfidogenic 2-bromophenol-degrading consortium enriched from

estuarine sediment. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 43:317-324.

Voordeckers, J.W.; Fennell, D.E.; Jones, K.; & H ggblom; M.M. 2001. Anaerobic biotransformation of

Tetrabromobisphenol A, Tetrachlorobisphenol A and Bisphenol A in estuarine sediments.

Environmental Science and Technology, 36(4): 696-701.

Vargas, C.; Fennell, D.E.; & H ggblom, M.M. 2001. Anaerobic reductive dechlorination of chlorinated

dioxins in estuarine sediments. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 57:786-790.

Fennell, D.E.; Carroll, A.B.; Zinder, S.H.; & Gossett, J.M. 2001. Assessment of indigenous reductive

dechlorinating potential at a TCE-contaminated site using microcosms, polymerase chain reaction

analysis, and site data. Environmental Science and Technology, 35(9): 1830-1839.

Fennell, D.E. & Gossett, J.M. 1998. Modeling the production of and competition for hydrogen in a

dechlorinating culture. Environmental Science and Technology, 32(16):2450-2460.

Fennell, D.E.; Gossett, J.M.; & Zinder, S.H. 1997. Comparison of butyric acid, ethanol, lactic acid, and

propionic acid as hydrogen donors for the reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethene.

Environmental Science and Technology, 31(3): 918-926.

Fennell, D.E.; Nelson, Y.M.; Underhill, S.E.; White, T.E.; & Jewell, W.J. 1992. TCE degradation in a

methanotrophic attached-film bioreactor. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 42: 859-872.

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Fennell, D.E.; Underhill, S.E.; & Jewell, W.J. 1992. Methanotrophic attached-film reactor development

and biofilm characteristics. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 40: 1218-1232.

Non-Refereed Articles and Conference Proceedings

Jones, S., Bhandari, A., Clapp, L., Fennell, D., LaPara, T. and Tull, K. 2006. Diversity in

environmental engineering: The good and bad. In Proceedings of the Annual Conference for

the American Society of Engineering Education, Chicago, IL, June 2006.

Gossett, J., and D. Fennell. 2004. "A Model for Describing Remediation Processes for Groundwater

Polluted With Chlorinated Organic Compounds - Part 1," Ma'im U'Svivah (Water &

Environment, Israeli journal in Hebrew), 61, pp. 7-10.

Gossett, J., and D. Fennell. 2004. "A Model for Describing Remediation Processes for Groundwater

Polluted With Chlorinated Organic Compounds - Part 2," Ma'im U'Svivah (Water &

Environment, Israeli journal in Hebrew), 62, pp. 29, 57-59.

Gossett, J., and D. Fennell. 2004. "A Comparison Between Experimental and Numerical Modeling

Results of Remediation of Polluted Groundwater," Ma'im U'Svivah (Water & Environment,

Israeli journal in Hebrew), 62, pp. 21-28.

Fennell, D.E.; Son, E.-K.; & Lee, K.Y. 2004. Identification of dechlorinating bacteria in a New Jersey

fractured rock aquifer. Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Division of

Environmental Chemistry, accepted, 228th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August

22-26, 2004.

Fennell, D.E.; Liu, F.; & Giacalone, M. 2004. Dehalogenation of polyhalogenated aromatics in cultures

and enrichments. Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental

Chemistry, accepted, 228th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 22-26, 2004.

Zarnadze, A.; Totten, L.; Fennell, D.E.; Giacalone, M.; $ Krogmann, U. 2004. PBDEs in the NY/NJ

Harbor estuary. Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental

Chemistry, accepted, 228th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 22-26, 2004.

Ahn, Y.-B.; Fennell, D.E.; Kerkhof, L.J.; & H ggblom, M.M. 2004. Strategies for enhancing anaerobic

reductive dechlorination of 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in estuarine sediments.

Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry,

accepted, 228th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 22-26, 2004.

Fennell, D.E.; Liu, F.; Ahn, Y.B.; & H ggblom; M.M. 2003. Polychlorinated dioxin dehalogenation in

cultures and sediments: Results and biokinetic modeling. Proceedings of the American

Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 164-168. 226th

ACS National Meeting, New York, NY

Son, E.-K.; Lee, K.Y.; & Fennell, D.E. 2003. Determining dechlorinating bioremedial potential in a

fractured bedrock aquifer. Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Division of

Environmental Chemistry, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 248-250. 226th ACS National Meeting, New York,

NY

Assaf-Anid, N.M.; Blenner, M.; Totten, L.A.; Ahn, Y.B.; Fennell, D.E.; & H ggblom; M.M. 2003.

Agreement of computational chemistry predictions of reductive dechlorination pathways with

experimental microcosm studies. Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Division of

Environmental Chemistry, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 1181-1185. 226th ACS National Meeting, New

York, NY

Willis, M.; Shoemaker, C.; Gossett, J.; & Fennell, D. 1999. Applications of a competitive

hydrogenotrophic biological dechlorination transport model for groundwater remediation. In:

Engineered Approaches for In Situ Bioremediation of Chlorinated Solvent Contamination.

Proceedings of the Fifth International In Situ and On-Site Bioreclamation Symposium, 5(2): 27-33.

April 19 - 22. San Diego, CA, USA.

Fennell, D.E.; Stover, M.A.; Zinder, S.H.; & Gossett, J.M. 1995. Comparison of alternative electron

donors for sustaining anaerobic reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethene. Proceedings of the

Third International In Situ and On-Site Bioreclamation Symposium, 3(4): 9-16. April 24 - 27. San

Diego, CA, USA.

Invited Presentations

2007 Remediation of Sediments Contaminated by Dioxins and PCBs: Is there a role for

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bioremediation? Presented at Microbiology Mini-Symposium at Rutgers University: cultivating

traditions, current strength, and future frontiers Jan. 25 26, 2007

2007 Anaerobic Digestion: A Primer. Presentation to the BioEnergy Committee of the New Jersey

Department of Agriculture. Trenton NJ. January 19, 2007.

2006 Making the Leap: Can Dehalorespiring Bacteria Be Used to Remediate PCDD/F- and PCB-

Contaminated Sediments? Rutgers University, Fermentation Club, Department of Biochemicstry

and Microbiology, November 3, 2006.

2006 Making the Leap: Can Dehalorespiring Bacteria Be Used to Remediate PCDD/F- and PCB-

Contaminated Sediments? Cornell University, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering,

October 19, 2006.

2006 Using Dehalorespiring Bacteria to Remediate Contaminated Sediments: Stimulation, Pathways

and Monitoring Tools. UFZ Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig-Halle, Leipzig Germany.

October 13, 2006.

2006 Manure to Bioenergy: A Watershed Management Solution for New Jersey? presented at the

USDA CSREES Regional Water Quality Project for EPA Region 2 at the Annual Meeting in

Puerto Rico on June 15, 2006.

2005 A Mass Balance on PCDD/Fs and Dioxin-Like PCBs for the New York-New Jersey Harbor.

Invited platform presentation at the SETAC North America 26th Annual Meeting, 13 - 17

November 2005, in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

2005 Exploitation of Dehalococcoides sp. for Dechlorination of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins and

Dibenzofurans. Invited platform presentation at the SETAC North America 26th Annual Meeting,

13 - 17 November 2005, in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

2004 Anaerobic Reductive Dechlorination of Chlorinated Solvents: State of the Science and

Preliminary Results from the Passaic Formation at Rutgers Busch Campus Site. Invited talk at

the Newark Basin Workshop, November 12, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

2004 An Assessment of Inputs and Outputs of Dioxins and Dioxin-Like Compounds for the New York

New Jersey Harbor and Its Watershed. Invited lecture at the New York Academy of Sciences

Harbor Consortium, New York, NY, June, 29, 2004.

2003 An Assessment of Inputs and Outputs of Dioxins and Dioxin-Like Compounds for the New York

New Jersey Harbor and Its Watershed. Invited lecture at the New York Academy of Sciences

Harbor Consortium, New York, NY, December 12, 2003.

2003 An Assessment of Inputs and Outputs of Dioxins and Dioxin-Like Compounds for the New York

New Jersey Harbor and Its Watershed. Invited lecture at the New York Academy of Sciences

PCBs-Dioxins Action Group, New York, NY, November 14, 2003.

2002 In-Situ Enhancement of Anaerobic Microbial Dechlorination of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins

and Dibenzofurans in Marine and Estuarine Sediments, Department of Microbiology, Wageningen

University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, June, 2002.

2002 Life in the Slow Lane: Dioxin Dehalogenation in Sediments and Enrichment Cultures.

Distinguished Seminar Series, Dept. of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, New

Brunswick, NJ, October 14, 2002.

2002 Engineering and Modeling Anaerobic Processes for Site Cleanup:

How Knowledge of Dehalorespiring Organisms Altered Approaches for Remediation. Department

of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, March 2002.

2002 Engineering and Modeling Anaerobic Processes for Site Cleanup:

How Knowledge of Dehalorespiring Organisms Altered Approaches for Remediation.

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA,

February 2002.

2001 Biodehalogenation for Bioremediation: Physiological and Molecular Characterization of Native

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Microbial Communities as Tools for Site Assessment. Drexel University, School of Environmental

Science, Engineering and Policy, Philadelphia, PA, May 30, 2001.

2000 In-Situ Enhancement of Anaerobic Microbial Dechlorination of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins

and Dibenzofurans in Marine and Estuarine Sediments, School of Civil and Environmental

Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, October 2000.

1999 Comparison of Hydrogen Donors for Anaerobic Reductive Dechlorination of Tetrachloroethene

(PCE), Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, May 2, 1999.

1999 Comparison of Hydrogen Donors for Anaerobic Reductive Dechlorination of Tetrachloroethene

(PCE), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Worchester Polytechnic Institute,

Worchester, MA, February 15, 1999.

1999 Comparison of Hydrogen Donors for Anaerobic Reductive Dechlorination of Tetrachloroethene

(PCE), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME,

October 23, 1998.

1992 Methanotrophic bacteria for TCE degradation, Department of Microbiology, Wageningen

University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, June 1992.

Invited Conference Presentations

Fennell, D.E. and Liu, F. 2004. Dehalogenation of chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans by

Dehalococcoides ethenogenes strain 195. Invited platform presentation at the 4th World

Congress and 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry,

November 14-18, 2004, Portland, Oregon USA

Fennell, D.E.; Ahn, Y.B.; H ggblom, M.M.; and Kerkhof, L.J. 2002. Potential for dehalogenation of

dioxins in marine and estuarine sediments. Invited platform presentation at the 18th Annual

International Conference on Contaminated Soils, Sediments, and Water. University of

Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. October 21-24.

Fennell, D.E.; Kerkhof, L.J.; Ahn, Y.B.; Rhee, S.K.; and H ggblom, M.M. 2001. Stimulation of

organohalide transformation in marine sediments via redox manipulation and haloprimer addition.

Invited platform presentation at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Environmental

Toxicology and Chemistry. November 11-15. Baltimore, MD.

Fennell, D.E.; Carroll, A.B.; Zinder, S.H.; and Gossett, J.M. 2000. Assessment of indigenous reductive

dechlorinating potential at a TCE-contaminated site using microcosms, polymerase chain reaction

analysis, and site data. Invited platform presentation at the Northeastern Microbiologists:

Physiology, Ecology, Taxonomy, June, 2000, Blue Mountain Lake, NY.

Conference Presentations

Fennell, D.E., Liu, F. and Son, E.-K. 2006. Reductive detoxification of chlorinated dioxin and furan

contaminants as a bioremediation approach. Abstract 067061. Presentation at the American

Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering Annual International Meeting. July 9-12, 2006,

Portland, Oregon.

Liu, F.; Nijenhuis, I.; Richnow, H.H. and Fennell, D.E. 2006. Microbial Dechlorination of Polychlorinated

Dibenzo-p-Dioxins by Dehalococcoides sp. and the Use of Carbon Stable Isotope Fractionation

as a Possible Monitoring Tool. Platform presentation at the International Symposium on

Environmental Biotechnology 2006, July 2006, Leipzig, Germany

Liu, F.; Nijenhuis, I.; Richnow, H.H. and Fennell, D.E. 2006. Investigation of Carbon Stable Isotope

Fractionation of 1,2,3,4-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin During Reductive Dechlorination by

Dehalococcoides sp. Poster presentation at the American Society for Microbiology 106th General

Meeting, May 2006, Orlando, FL.

Fennell, D.E., Liu, F.; and Eun-Kyeu Son. 2006. Investigation of PCDD/F Dechlorination Using a

Competitive Dechlorination Model. Poster presentation at the American Society for Microbiology

106th General Meeting, May 2006, Orlando, FL.

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Son E.-K., Lee. K.Y. and Fennell D.E. 2005. Identification of tetrachloroethene- and vinyl chloride-

dechlorinating bacteria enriched from tetrachloroethane-contaminated groundwater and

sediments. Platform presentation at the 21th Annual International Conference on Contaminated

Soils, Sediments, and Water. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. October 17-20.

Liu, F.; Son, E.-K. and Fennell, D.E. 2005. Dechlorination and Detoxification of 1,2,3,4,7,8-

Hexachlorodibenzofuran by a Dehalococcoides-Containing Mixed Culture. Poster Presentation at

the International Summer School "Biomonitoring, bioavailability and microbial transformation of

pollutants in sediments and approaches to stimulate their biodegradation", September 2005,

Genoa, Italy.

Liu, F. and Fennell, D.E. 2005. Dechlorination of polychlorinated dioxins and furans by Dehalococcides.

Platform Presentation at the Eighth International In Situ and On-Site Bioreclamation Symposium,

June 1-6, Baltimore, MD

Fennell, D.E.; Liu, F.; and Giacalone, M. 2004. Dehalogenation of polyhalogenated aromatics in cultures

and enrichments. Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental

Chemistry, Platform presentation at the 228th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August

22-26, 2004.

Ahn, Y.-B.; Fennell, D.E.; Kerkhof, L.J.; and H ggblom, M.M. 2004. Strategies for enhancing anaerobic

reductive dechlorination of 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in estuarine sediments.

Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry, Platform

presentation at the 228th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 22-26, 2004.

Fennell, D.E. and Liu, F. 2004. Dechlorination of polychlorinated dioxins in pure cultures and stimulated

sediments. Platform Presentation at the Fourth International Conference on Remediation of

Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, May 24-27, 2004, Monterey, CA.

Assaf-Anid, N.M.; Blenner, M.; Totten, L.A.; Ahn, Y.B.; Fennell, D.E.; and H ggblom; M.M. 2003.

Agreement of computational chemistry predictions of reductive dechlorination pathways with

experimental microcosm studies. Platform Presentation at the American Chemical Society,

Division of Environmental Chemistry, 226th ACS National Meeting, New York, NY. ENVR 281.

Fennell, D.E.; Nijenhuis, I., Wilson, S.F.; Haggblom, M.M.; and Zinder, S.H. 2003. Dioxin dehalogenation

in sediments and cultures. Platform presentation at the Seventh International In Situ and On-Site

Bioreclamation Symposium. June 1-5, Orlando, FL

Fennell, D.E.; Voordeckers, J.M.; Jones, K.; Vargas, C.; H ggblom, M.M.; and Kerkhof, L.J. 2001.

Organohalide transformation in marine sediments stimulation via redox manipulation and

haloprimer addition. Platform presentation at the Sixth International In Situ and On-Site

Bioreclamation Symposium. June 4-7, San Diego, CA.

Alleman, B. E.; Morse, J. M.; Snyder, F.; Ackert, L.; Sewell, G.; Gossett, J. M.; and Fennell, D.E. 2001.

Reductive anaerobic biological in situ treatment technology (RABITT) treatability test: Results

from Fort Lewis, WA: Platform presentation at the Sixth International In Situ and On-Site

Bioreclamation Symposium. June 4-7, San Diego, CA.

Fennell, D.E.; Voordeckers, J.; Knight, V.K.; H ggblom, M.M.; and Kerkhof, L.J. 2000. Molecular and

biochemical characterization of dehalogenating consortia in marine sediments. Platform

presentation at the 17th Annual International Conference on Contaminated Soils, Sediments, and

Water. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. October 16-19.

Alleman, B. E.; Morse, J. M.; Snyder, F.; Ackert, L.; Sewell, G.; Gossett, J. M.; and Fennell, D.E. 2000.

Reductive anaerobic biological in situ treatment technology (RABITT) treatability test: Results

from Cape Canaveral Air Station: Platform presentation at the Second International Conference

on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds. Monterey, CA, May 22-25.

Fennell, D.E. and Gossett, J.M. 1999. Modeling of microbial competition and dechlorination in aquifer

microcosms. Platform presentation at the Fifth International In Situ and On-Site Bioreclamation

Symposium. April 19-22. San Diego, CA.

Gossett, J.M. and Fennell, D.E. 1999. Microcosm studies for evaluating reductive anaerobic in situ

treatment technology. Platform presentation at the SERDP-ESTCP Partners for Environmental

Technology Symposium. November. Washington, DC.

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Fennell, D.E. and Gossett, J.M. 1998. Modeling the production and competitive uses of hydrogen in a

PCE-dechlorinating mixed culture. Platform presentation at the American Geophysical Union

Spring Meeting. May 26-29, Boston, MA. Abstract H51D-11.

Fennell, D.E.; Zinder, S.H.; and Gossett, J.M. 1997. Comparative studies of hydrogen donors for

stimulation of tetrachloroethene dechlorination. Platform presentation at the Fourth International

In Situ and On-Site Bioreclamation Symposium. April 28-May 1, New Orleans, LA.

Gossett, J.M.; Smatlak, C.R.; Fennell, D.E.; and Zinder, S.H. 1996. Reductive dehalogenation of

chlorinated ethenes: competition and interdependence among microorganisms in mixed-culture

systems. Platform presentation at the Mallorca Conference on Degradation of Organic

Pollutants. June 29-July 3, Mallorca, Spain.

Conference Poster Presentations

Eun-Kyeu Son, Gediminas Mainelis, Valdis Krumins, and Donna E. Fennell. Is Air an Active Microbial

Ecosystem? 4th Annual Microbial Observatories/Microbial Interactions and Processes Principal

Investigators Meeting and Workshop. National Science Foundation. Washington DC. 1st to 3rd

March, 2007.

Fang Liu, Ivonne Nijenhuis, Hans-Hermann Richnow and Donna E. Fennell. Carbon Stable Isotope

Fractionation of 1,2,3,4-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin During Reductive Dechlorination by

Dehalococcoides sp. Presented at Microbiology Mini-Symposium at Rutgers University:

cultivating traditions, current strength, and future frontiers Jan. 25 26, 2007

Jeffrey Alt, Alexandra Caluseriu, Kenny Lam, Jillian Thompson, Jianzhong, Song, Yingjun Ma and Donna

E. Fennell. Potential for Methane Production From the Anaerobic Digestion of New Jersey Mixed

Waste Biomass SourcesPresented at Microbiology Mini-Symposium at Rutgers University:

cultivating traditions, current strength, and future frontiers Jan. 25 26, 2007

Donna E. Fennell, Fang Liu, Ivonne Nijenhuis, and Hans-Hermann Richnow. Carbon stable isotope

fractionation during dechlorination of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins by Dehalococcoides

ethenogenes strain 195. Partners in Environmental Technology Technical Symposium &

Workshop sponsored by SERDP and ESTCP. November 28-30, 2006. Washington, D.C.

Donna E. Fennell, Fang Liu, and Valdis Krumins. Effect of system heterogeneity on dechlorination of

polychlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. Partners in Environmental Technology Technical Symposium &

Workshop sponsored by SERDP and ESTCP. November 28-30, 2006. Washington, D.C.

Y-B. Ahn; F. Liu; H. Liu; D. E. Fennell, L. J. Kerkhof, M.M. H ggblom. Effect of Biostimulation and

Bioaugmentation on the Bacterial Community and the Dechlorination of PCDD/Fs in Sediment

from River Kymijoki, Finland. Partners in Environmental Technology Technical Symposium &

Workshop sponsored by SERDP and ESTCP. November 28-30, 2006. Washington, D.C.

H ggblom, M.M.; Fennell, D.E.; Kerkhof, L.J.; Totten, L.A.; Sowers, K.R.; Ahn, Y.-B.; Liu, F.; Liu, H.;

Park, J.-W.; Krumins, V. 2006. Quantifying Enhanced Microbial Dehalogenation of Organohalide

Mixtures in Contaminated Sediments. Partners in Environmental Technology Technical

Symposium & Workshop sponsored by SERDP and ESTCP. November 28-30, 2006.

Washington, D.C.

Fennell, D.E. and Liu, F. 2006. Dechlorination of PCDD/Fs and carbon stable isotope fractionation of

PCDDs by Dehalococcoides ethenogenes strain 195. Poster presented at the 2nd Passaic River

Symposium: Progress and Challenges. October 13, 2006, Montclair, NJ

H ggblom, M.M.; Fennell, D.E.; Kerkhof, L.J.; Totten, L.A.; Sowers, K.R.; Ahn, Y.-B.; Liu, F.; Liu, H.;

Park, J.-W.; Krumins, V. 2006. Quantifying Enhanced Microbial Dehalogenation of Organohalide

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Mixtures in Contaminated Sediments. Poster presented at the 2nd Passaic River Symposium:

Progress and Challenges. October 13, 2006, Montclair, NJ

Liu, F.; Nijenhuis, I.; Richnow, H.H. and Fennell, D.E. 2006. Investigation of Carbon Stable Isotope

Fractionation of 1,2,3,4-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin During Reductive Dechlorination by

Dehalococcoides sp. Poster presentation at the American Society for Microbiology 106th General

Meeting, May 2006, Orlando, FL.

Fennell, D.E., Liu, F.; and Eun-Kyeu Son. 2006. Investigation of PCDD/F Dechlorination Using a

Competitive Dechlorination Model. Poster presentation at the American Society for Microbiology

106th General Meeting, May 2006, Orlando, FL

Fennell, D.E., Liu, F., Son E.-K. 2005. Dechlorination of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and

dibenzofurans by Dehalococcoides. SERDP and ESTCP Partners in Environmental Technology

Technical Symposium & Workshop, Washington, D.C., Nov. 29 - Dec. 1, 2005.

H ggblom M.M., Fennell D.E., Ahn Y.-B., Liu F., Ravit B., Kerkhof L.J. 2005. In situ enhancement of

anaerobic microbial dechlorination: novel strategies for bioremediation of contaminated

sediments. SERDP and ESTCP Partners in Environmental Technology Technical Symposium &

Workshop, Washington, D.C., Nov. 29 - Dec. 1, 2005.

Fennell, D.E., Liu, F., Son, E.-K., Zarnadze, A., Krogmann, U., and Totten, L.A. 2005. Biotransformation

of Halogenated Contaminants in Sludges and Enrichments from Municipal Anaerobic Digesters.

Poster presentation at the SETAC North America 26th Annual Meeting, 13 - 17 November 2005,

Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Liu, F. and Fennell, D.E. 2005. Microbial Dechlorination of 1,2,3,4,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzofuran by a

Dehalococcoides-Containing Culture. Poster Presentation at the 21th International Conference on

Soils, Sediments and Water, October 2005, Amherst, MA.

Liu, F.; Son, E.-K. and Fennell, D.E. 2005. Dechlorination and Detoxification of 1,2,3,4,7,8-

Hexachlorodibenzofuran by a Dehalococcoides-Containing Mixed Culture. Poster Presentation at

the International Summer School "Biomonitoring, bioavailability and microbial transformation of

pollutants in sediments and approaches to stimulate their biodegradation", September 2005,

Genoa, Italy.

Liu, F. and Fennell, D.E. 2005. Microbial dechlorination of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin/furan

congeners by a Dehalococcoides, Poster presentation at the American Society for Microbiology,

105th General Meeting, May 23-27, 2005, Altanta, GA

Son, E.-K.; Lee, K.Y., and Fennell, D.E. 2005. Microbial Reductive Dechlorination in a Fractured Rock

Aquifer, Poster presentation at the American Society for Microbiology, 105th General Meeting,

May 23-27, 2005, Atlanta, GA.

Fennell, D.E.; Son, E.-K.; and Lee, K.Y. 2004. Identification of dechlorinating bacteria in a New Jersey

Fractured Rock Aquifer. Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Division of

Environmental Chemistry, Poster presentation at the 228th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia,

PA, August 22-26, 2004.

Zarnadze, A.; Totten, L.; Fennell, D.E.; Giacalone, M.; and Krogmann, U. 2004. PBDEs in the NY/NJ

Harbor estuary. Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental

Chemistry, Poster presentation at the 228th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 22-

26, 2004.

Fennell, D.E.; Son, E.-K.; and Lee, K.Y. 2004. Potential for Anaerobic Chloroethene Remediation in a

Fractured Rock Aquifer. Poster Presentation at the Fourth International Conference on

Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, May 24-27, 2004, Monterey, CA.

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Liu, F.; Ahn, Y.-B., H ggblom, M.M. and Fennell, D.E. 2004. Investigation of Bacterially-Mediated

Dechlorination in Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxin Contaminated Freshwater Sediments, Poster

presentation at the American Society for Microbiology, 104th General Meeting, May 23-27, 2004,

New Orleans, LA.

Son, E.-K.; Ahn, Y.-B., Lee, K.Y., and Fennell, D.E. 2004. Microbial Reductive Dechlorination in a

Fractured Rock Aquifer, Poster presentation at the American Society for Microbiology, 104th

General Meeting, May 23-27, 2004, New Orleans, LA.

Ahn, Y.-B.; Fennell, D.E.; Kerkhof, L.J.; and H ggblom, M.M. 2004. Anaerobic Reductive

Dechlorination of 1,2,3,4-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in Estuarine Sediments is Enhanced by

Various Halogenated Electron Acceptors. Poster Presentation at the American Society for

Microbiology, 104th General Meeting, May 23-27, 2004, New Orleans, LA.

Son, E.-K. and Fennell, D.E. 2004. Microbial Reductive Dechlorination in a Fractured Rock Aquifer.

Poster presented at the New Jersey Water Environment Association Annual Conference. Atlantic

City, NJ. May 7, 2004.

Liu, F; Ahn, Y.B.; H ggblom, M.M.; and Fennell, D.E. 2004. Investigation of Microbiological

Dechlorination of Dioxins in Dioxin-contaminated Sediments. Poster presented at the New

Jersey Water Environment Association Annual Conference. Atlantic City, NJ. May 7, 2004.

H ggblom, M.M., Ahn, Y. -B.; Fennell, D.E.; Kerkhof, L.J. 2003. Various Halogenated Electron

Acceptors Enhance Anaerobic Microbial Dechlorination of 1,2,3,4-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin

and 1,2,3,4-Tetrachlorodibenzofuran in Estuarine Sediments. Poster presented at the Partners in

Environmental Technology Technical Symposium and Workshop, sponsored by SERDP and

ESTCP; Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C. December 2-4, 2003.

Fennell, D.E.; Nijenhuis, I., Wilson, S.F.; Haggblom, M.M.; and Zinder, S.H. 2003. Dehalococcoides

Ethenogenes Strain 195 Dechlorinates a Diverse Suite of Chlorinated Aromatic Compounds

Including Polychlorinated Benzenes, Dioxins, Furans, Naphthalenes, and Biphenyls. Poster

presented at the Partners in Environmental Technology Technical Symposium and Workshop,

sponsored by SERDP and ESTCP; Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C. December

2-4, 2003.

Fennell, D.E.; Nijenhuis, I., Wilson, S.F.; Haggblom, M.M.; and Zinder, S.H. 2003. Dehalococcoides

ethenogenes strain 195 dechlorinates a diverse suite of chlorinated aromatic compounds

including polychlorinated dioxins, furans, naphthalenes and biphenyls. Poster presented at

FAME, Frontiers in Assessment Methods for the Environment Symposium, an AEESP

Symposium. August 10-13. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Fennell, D.E.; Nijenhuis, I., Wilson, S.F.; H ggblom, M.M.; and Zinder, S.H. 2003. Dehalogenation of

Halogenated Aromatic Compounds by Dehalococcoides ethenogenes Strain 195 in Pure and

Mixed Culture. Poster presented at the 103rd General Meeting of the American Society for

Microbiology. May 18-22, 2003, Washington D.C.

Ahn, Y.-B.; Fennell, D.E.; Kerkhof, L.J.; and H ggblom, M.M. 2003. In situ enhancement of anaerobic

microbial dechlorination of 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in estuarine sediments. Poster

presented at the 103rd General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. May 18-22,

2003, Washington D.C.

Fennell, D.E.; Ahn, Y. -B.; Kerkhof, L.J.; and H ggblom, M.M. 2002. Preliminary assessment of a

bioprocess model to describe the dehalogenation of spiked 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in

marine sediments. Poster presentation at the 34th Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste

Conference. September 20-21. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

Ahn, Y.-B.; Fennell, D.E.; Kerkhof, L.J.; and H ggblom, M.M. 2002. Halogenated aromatic compounds

prime anaerobic microbial dechlorination of 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. Poster

presentation at the 34th Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference. September

20-21. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

Ahn, Y.B; Rhee, S.K.; Fennell, D.E.; Kerkhof, L.J.; Hentshel, U.; and H ggblom, M.M. 2002. Reductive

dehalogenation of haloaromatics by microorganisms associated with the marine sponge Aplysina

aerophoba. Poster presented at the 102nd General Meeting of the American Society for

Microbiology. May 19-23, Salt Lake City, UT.

Fennell, D.E.; Ahn, Y.B; Rhee, S.K.; Kerkhof, L.J.; and H ggblom, M.M. 2002. Stimulation of dioxin

dechlorination in marine and estuarine sediments. Poster presented at the 102nd General Meeting

of the American Society for Microbiology. Abstract Q141. May 19-23, Salt Lake City, UT.

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Rhee, S.K.; Fennell, D.E.; H ggblom, M.M.; and Kerkhof, L.J. 2002. Detection of DNA fragments

containing motifs of reductive dehalogenase gene in a sulfidogenic 2-bromophenol-degrading

consortium enriched from estuarine sediment. Poster presented at the 102nd General Meeting of

the American Society for Microbiology. Abstract Q146. May 19-May 23, Salt Lake City, UT.

H ggblom, M.M.; Ahn, Y.B.; Fennell, D.E.; Kerkhof, L.J.; and Rhee, S.K. 2001. Molecular

characterization of anaerobic microbial dehalogenating communities in marine and estuarine

sediments. Poster presentation at the SERDP-ESTCP Partners in Environmental Technology

Symposium. November 27-29. Washington, DC.

H ggblom, M.M.; Ahn, Y.B.; Fennell, D.E.; Kerkhof, L.J.; and Rhee, S.K. 2001. Enhancement of

anaerobic microbial dechlorination of 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in marine and estuarine

sediments. Poster presentation at the SERDP-ESTCP Partners in Environmental Technology

Symposium. November 27-29. Washington, DC.

Carroll, A.B. ; Fennell, D.E.; Anguish, T.W. ; Gossett, J.M.; Zinder, S.H. 2000. Molecular

characterization of TCE-contaminated sites. Poster presented at the 100th General Meeting of the

American Society for Microbiology. May 21-May 25, Los Angeles, CA.

Fennell, D.E. and Gossett, J.M. 2000. TCE dechlorination and competition for donor in aquifer

microcosms. Poster presented at the Second International Conference on Remediation of

Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, May 22-25, Monterey, CA.

Carroll, A.B.; Fennell, D.E.; Gossett, J.M.; and Zinder, S.H. 1999. The molecular detection of

Dehalococcoides ethenogenes" in PCE- and TCE-contaminated sites by PCR amplification of

16S rDNA. Poster presented at the 99th Gen

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