Dr. Jeremy Rentz
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Assistant Professor Phone: (509) 335-6411 |
EDUCATION
- Ph.D, Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2004 - The University of Iowa
- B.S., Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, 1999 - The University of Iowa
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 2006 to present, Assistant Professor, Washington State University
- 2005 - 2006, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Northwestern University & Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, IL
- 2004 - 2005, Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, VA
RESEARCH
- Environmental microbiology of aerobic and microaerobic processes, with a particular focus on PAH-degrading bacteria & iron-oxidizing bacteria
- Alternative treatment systems, including in situ bioremediation & phytoremediation
PUBLICATIONS
- Rentz, J.A., Charoenkwan, K., Luther, G.W., & Emerson, D. (2006) "Control of ferrous iron oxidation within circumnetral microbial iron mats by cellular activity and autocatalysis" Environmental Science and Technology (Submitted).
- Emerson, D., Rentz, J.A., & Plaia, T.W. (2006) "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 (Submitted)
- Rentz, J.A., Alvarez, P.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, 477-84
- Rentz, J.A., Alvarez, P.J., & Schnoor, J.L. (2004) "Repression of Pseudomonas putida phenanthrene-degrading activity by plant root extracts and exudates" Environmental Microbiology 6, 574-83
- Kamath, R., Rentz, J.A., Schnoor, J.L., & Alvarez, P.J. (2004) "Phytoremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated soils: Principles and application". In Petroleum Biotechnology: Developments and Perspectives Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis. R. Vazquez-Duhalt and R. Quintero-Ramirez (eds). Elsevier Science, Oxford, UK. pp. 447-478.
- Rentz, J.A., Chapman, B., Alvarez, P.J., & Schnoor, J.L. (2003) "Stimulation of hybrid popular growth in petroleum-contaminated soils through oxygen addition and soil nutrient amendments." International Journal of Phytoremediation 5, 57-72.
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