Dr. Jeremy Rentz
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Assistant Professor |
EDUCATION
- Ph.D, Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2004 - The University of Iowa
- B.S., Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, 1999 - The University of Iowa
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Assistant Professor, Washington State University, 2006 to present
- Post-Doctoral Fellow, Northwestern University & Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, IL, 2005 - 2006,
- Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, VA, 2004 - 2005
AWARDS
- WSU, Civil & Environmental Engineering Outstanding Advisor, 2007-2008
- Excellence in Civil Engineering Education Teaching Workshop (ExCEEd), American Society of Civil Engineers, July 25-30, 2007
RESEARCH
- Bioremediation - Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Emerging contaminants and Antibiotics
- Innovative Treatment Strategies - Biogenic iron oxides for phosphorus and heavy metals removal.
- Center for Environmental, Sediment and Aquatic Research (CESAR)
TEACHING
- CE 315 Fluid Mechanics
- CE 542 Biological Treatment Processes
- CE 584 Environmental Microbiology
- CE 586 Bioremediation
PUBLICATIONS
- Rentz, J. A., Turner, I. P. & Ullman, J. L. 2008. Phosphorus removal using biogenic iron oxides, a regenerable sorbent. Water Research (Submitted).
- Emerson, D. & Rentz, J. A. 2008. Sideroxydans lithotrophicus, gen. nov., sp. nov. and Gallionella capsiferriformans sp. nov., oxygen-dependent ferrous iron-oxidizing bacteria that grow at circumneutral pH. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (Accepted).
- Rentz, J. A., Alvarez, P. J. J., & Schnoor, J. L. 2008. Benzo[a]pyrene degradation by Sphingomonas yanoikuyae JAR02. Environmental Pollution 151, 669-677. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2007.02.018
- Emerson, D., Rentz, J. A., Lilburn, T., Davis, R., Aldrich, H., Chan, C, & Moyer, C. 2007. A novel lineage of proteobacteria involved in formation of marine iron-oxidizing microbial mat communities. PLOS One 2, e667.
- Rentz, J. A., Charoenkwan, K., Luther, G. W., & Emerson, D. 2007. Control of ferrous iron oxidation within circumneutral microbial iron mats by cellular activity and autocatalysis. Environmental Science and Technology 41, 6084-6089.
- Weiss, J. V., Rentz, J. A., Plaia, T. W., Neubauer, S., Floyd, M. M., Lilburn, T., Bradburne, C., Megonigal, J. P., & Emerson, D. 2007. Characterization of neutrophilic Fe(II)-oxidizing bacteria isolated from the rhizosphere of wetland plants and description of Ferritrophicum radicicola gen. nov. sp. nov., and Sideroxydans paludicola sp. nov. Geomicrobiology Journal 24, 559-570.
- Rentz, J. A., Alvarez, P. J. J., & Schnoor, J. L. 2005. Benzo[a]pyrene co-metabolism in the presence of plant root extracts and exudates: Implications for phytoremediation. Environmental Pollution 136, 477-484.
- Rentz, J. A., Alvarez, P. J. J., & Schnoor, J. L. 2004. Repression of Pseudomonas putida phenanthrene-degrading activity by plant root extracts and exudates. Environmental Microbiology. 6, 574-583.
- Rentz, J. A., Chapman, B., Alvarez, P. J. J., & Schnoor, J. L. 2003. Stimulation of hybrid poplar growth in petroleum-contaminated soils through oxygen and soil nutrient amendments. International Journal of Phytoremediation. 5, 57-72.
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