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Jennifer G. Becker, Ph.D.

Department of Environmental Science and Technology

1433 Animal Science/Ag. Engineering (Bldg. 142)

University of Maryland

College Park, MD 20742

Tel (301) 405-1179

Fax (301) 314-9023

Education

• Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University (1998) Advisors: Bruce Rittmann and David Stahl. Dissertation: Characterization of Anaerobic Microbial Communities That Adapt to 3-Chlorobenzoate and 2-Chlorophenol:  An Integrated Approach of Chemical Measurements and Molecular Evaluations. 

• M.S., Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana (1992) Advisor: David Freedman. Thesis: Biodegradation of Chloroform Under Methanogenic Conditions.

• B.S., Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technological University (1989)

Research Interests

• Biodegradation, microbial ecology, and bioremediation of chlorinated organic groundwater contaminants

• Improved management and reuse of agricultural, municipal, and industrial residuals

• Methods for improving nitrogen conservation and reducing ammonia emissions from animal production facilities

Extension Interests

• Management of manure and agricultural ammonia emissions

• Treatment and disposal of mortalities and other residuals

• Clean-up of pollutants and nutrients in groundwater and storm water

Awards

• Junior Faculty Award, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland, 2007

• Merit Award for Extension, University of Maryland-National Capital Area Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society of Agriculture, 2007

• Presidential Council of Alumnae, Michigan Technological University, 2007

• Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)/Montgomery Watson Harza Master's Thesis Award, Second Place (with Ilisa Tawney), 2006

• Young Engineer of the Year, Northeast Agricultural and Biological Engineering Conference (NABEC), 2005

• Sloan Pre-Tenure Leave Fellowship, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2004

• Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2002

• National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2002

• National Science Foundation Engineering Education Scholar, 1998

• Sustaining Member Student Travel Grant Award, American Society for Microbiology, 1997

• First Place Master's Thesis Award, Montgomery-Watson and Association of Environmental Engineering Professors, 1993

• Robert A. Canham Award, Water Environment Federation, 1993

• Walter P. Murphy Fellowship, Northwestern University, 1993-1994

• Department of Education Fellowship, University of Michigan, 1992-1993

• First Place Student Paper Award, Illinois Water Environment Association, 1992
  

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