Anca Delgado

Validating High-Throughput Kinetics Methods for Diverse Chain Elongating Microbes

Studying productive capabilities of diverse pure and mixed chain elongating cultures for efficient creation of industrially useful products.

Program: FURI

Investigating the Impact of Product Inhibition, Substrate Ratios, and Temperature on Microbial Chain Elongation to Support In Situ Dechlorination

Characterizing impacts of substrates and inhibition on microbial chain elongating cultures will optimize chlorinated solvent bioremediation.

Program: FURI

Cometabolic Degradation of Chlorinated Solvents in Cultures Grown on Propane and Methanol

Comparing primary growth substrates used in aerobic cometabolism to more effectively clean up contaminated groundwater.

Program: MORE

Applications of Sulfate Reduction as a Bioremediation Treatment for Mining-Influenced Water Streams

Exploring sulfate reduction as treatment within mining-impacted water can have applications in improving water quality of affected streams.

Program: FURI

Microaerobic Tolerance and Growth Analysis of Organohalide-Respiration and Uranium-Reducing Geobacter lovleyi Strain SZ

Studying Geobacter lovleyi's oxygen tolerance to optimize remedial strategies will help provide cleaner water, healthier soil and improved public health.

Program: MORE

Assessing the Dynamics of Microbial Sulfate and Perchlorate Reduction in Environments Relevant to Mars

Exploring sulfate's impact on microbial perchlorate reduction in Martian regolith will help interplanetary exploration and bioremediation.

Program: FURI

Comparative Study of Sodium, Magnesium, and Calcium Perchlorate Reduction by Microbial Cultures for Bioweathering of Martian Regolith

Studying the effects of salt on reducing toxic perchlorate in Martian regolith will help facilitate plant growth on Mars.

Program: FURI

Comparative Study of Sodium, Magnesium, and Calcium Perchlorate Reduction by Microbial Cultures for Bioweathering of Martian Regolith

Studying the effects of salt on reducing toxic perchlorate in Martian regolith will help facilitate plant growth on Mars.

Program: FURI

Background Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) in Soils: Quantification and Implication for TPH Regulation

Studying how natural processes in soils contribute to apparent total petroleum hydrocarbon concentrations can help better understand pollution sources.

Program: MORE

Tracking the Metabolic Respiration of Geobacter lovleyi, a Dechlorinating and Metal Reducing Bacterium Relevant to Bioremediation

Studying the metabolic pathways of Geobacter lovelyi will help groundwater remediation projects be more effective with optimal conditions.

Program: FURI

Composition and Dynamics of Microbiomes Involved in Chain Elongation Driven Reductive Dehalogenation

Analyzing bacterial species involved in novel treatment processes will guide more effective treatment of contaminated soil and groundwater.

Program: FURI

Investigating Microbial Biodegradation of 6PPD and 6PPD-quinone

Studying the feasibility of using microorganisms to break down 6PPD and 6PPDQ is key in protecting aquatic ecosystems.

Program: FURI

Assessment of Native Chain-Elongating Microorganisms in Aquifer Materials from a Superfund Site

Exploring the potential to stimulate native microbiota for detoxification will assist industry and government entities in future microbially driven remediation.

Program: FURI

Enhanced Control of Microbial Cometabolism of Organic Pollutants

Studying cometabolism of the groundwater contaminant trichloroethylene in the presence of other substances will help enhance the effectiveness of bioremediation approaches.

Program: FURI

Lignocellulosic Characterization of a Sulfate-Reducing Biochemical Reactor Treating Mining-Influenced Water

Understanding how a substance is degraded in a sulfate-reducing biochemical reactor will provide new insight into the pathways by which microbial communities bioremediate mine-influenced water.

Program: FURI

Reductive Dechlorination of Trichloroethene(TCE) Sustained by Microbial Chain Elongation

Program: MORE

Reductive Dechlorination of Trichloroethene Sustained by Microbial Chain Elongation

Program: MORE