Environmental Microbiology
Fall Semester only
| 3 credits
| Elective
Majors:
Biology,
Environmental Science,
and
Microbiology
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
Masters of Science from Ghent University, Belgium, 1987 Ph.D., University of Illinois, USA, 1993 Assistant Professor/Research Associate at Clemson University, USA, 1993-1994, Assistant to Associate Professor, University of Connecticut, USA, 1995-2004. Research Interests : microbial molecular ecology of polluted habitats, symbioses, and waste treatment systems biodegradation of nitroarenes, nitrate esters, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons bacterial adhesion & biofilm formation horizontal gene transfer in microbial communities, mathematical modeling of microbial interactions and processes.
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Hans-Jørgen Albrechtsen
Professor of Public Health Engineering at DTU Environment in the Department of Environmental Engineering. Hans-Jørgen has a Masters of Science in microbial ecology from the University of Copenhagen, 1986, and in 1991 received his PhD degree in groundwater microbiology. He has been employed at DTU since 1999. In recent years, Hans-Jørgen’s research has increasingly focused on health aspects of growth and proliferation of bacteria in warm water and drinking water systems, interactions between biofilms and supplies drinking water supply. He has been the leader for a number of research projects including leading a Strategic Research Project SENSOWAQ on the development of sensors for water quality.
