Environmental Microbiology
Fall Semester only
| 3 credits
| Elective
Majors:
Biology,
Environmental Science,
Microbiology,
and
Sustainability
This course will equip students with the knowledge and tools necessary to identify, interpret, and analyze microbes and microbial processes in engineered environmental systems and anthropogenically disturbed natural environments.
This is a Technical University of Denmark course open to DIS students. Please ensure you read the full details on taking external courses through DIS.
Prerequisites
One year of biology and one year of chemistry at the university level.
Instructors
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Barth F. Smets
Ph.D. (Environmental Engineering Science, University of Illinois, 1993). M.Sc. (Applied Biological Science, Ghent University, 1987). Assistant Professor/Research Associate, Clemson University, 1993-1994. Assistant to Associate Professor, University of Connecticut, 1995-2004. With DIS since 2009.
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Hans-Jørgen Albrechtsen
Ph.D. (Groundwater microbiology, University of Copenhagen). M.Sc. (Microbial ecology, University of Copenhagen, 1986). Employed at DTU since 1999. Professor of Public Health Engineering at DTU. Research interests: health aspects of bacteria in warm water and drinking water systems, interactions between biofilms and drinking water supplies.
