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Program Area: Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Education Ph.D., Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 1994 M.S., University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 1986 B.S., University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 1984 Honors - Virginia Tech Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumni Teaching Excellence Award, 2006. - Virginia Tech Women’s Center Advancing Women Award, 2005. - Virginia Tech College of Engineering Excellence in Research Award, 2005. - Harrison Prescott Eddy Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Wastewater Principles/Process Research, 2003. - Parsons Engineering Science/Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Doctoral Thesis Award for Charles B. Bott (student) and Nancy G. Love (advisor), 2002. - Outstanding Young Alumni, College of Engineering and Science, Clemson University, 2002. - Paul L. Busch Award for Innovation in Applied Water Quality Research, 2001. - National Science Foundation CAREER Award Recipient, 1995. Professional Affiliation and Activities: Member: American Society of Civil Engineers (program committee, sustainability working group), Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (elected to Board of Directors, 2007-2010), International Water Association (Program Committee for Activated Sludge Population Dynamics Subcommittee and Leading Edge Technology 2008 conference), Water Environment Federation. Recently completed gubernatorial (Virginia) appointment to the Chesapeake Bay Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee to the Executive Council. Technical Interests: My research is in the general area of environmental biotechnology. My students and I study biological processes in environmental engineering and science with a focus on engineered wastewater treatment systems and environmental health applications. My specific interests include: the role of molecular stress responses on physiological and structural adaptation of microbial communities or mammalian cells exposed to chemical perturbations; biosensor development; microaerobic and anoxic metabolisms; biodegradation of xenobiotic compounds including nanoparticles, pharmaceuticals, hormones and personal care products; practical design considerations in biological treatment systems (suspended and attached cultures); and nutrient removal processes with an emphasis on nitrogen. My research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Water Environment Research Foundation, The Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology, various utilities and water authorities, and NASA. Selected Publications Henriques, I.D.S., Kelly, R. T. II, Dauphinais, J. L. and Love, N. G. (2007), “Activated sludge inhibition by chemical stressors – a comprehensive study,” Water Environment Research. 79(9):940-951. Henriques, I. D. S., Aga, D. S., Mendes, P. and Love, N. G. (2007), “Metabolic footprinting: A new approach to identify physiological changes in complex microbial communities upon exposure to toxic chemicals,” Environmental Science and Technology 41(11):3945-3951. Muller, J. F., Stevens, A. M., Craig, J. and *Love, N. G. (2007), “Transcriptome analysis reveals multi-drug efflux genes upregulated to protect Pseudomonas aeruginosa from pentachlorophenol stress,” Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73(14):4550-4558. Bott, C. B. and Love, N. G. (2004), “Implicating the glutathione-gated potassium efflux system as a cause of electrophile-induced activated sludge deflocculation,” Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 70(9):5569-5578. Holbrook, R. D., Novak, J. T., Grizzard, T. J., and Love, N. G. (2002), “Estrogen receptor agonist fate during wastewater and biosolids treatment processes: A mass balance analysis.,” Environmental Science and Technology, 36(21):4533-4539. |
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