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Dr. Gunsch awarded a $26 million Engineering Research Center Grant through NSF

Congratulations Dr. Gunsch on being awarded the Engineering Research Center for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr) via National Science Foundation (NSF). The multidisciplinary center will endeavor to deepen our understanding of the microbiome in...

Paige Varner wins K.C. Donnelly Externship Award

Paige Varner is one of the 2020 K.C. Donnelly Externship Awardees. She will spent the fall semester at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, working with Dr. Joshua Michener. Through her externship, she will develop methods to measure horizontal gene...

Paige Varner and Dr. Savannah Volkoff Present at SRP Conference

Dr. Savannah Volkoff and Paige Varner attended the Superfund Research Program 2019 Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Volkoff, who completed her PhD in 2019 with Dr. Gunsch as her advisor, presented a talk titled "Developing a Bioamendment for...

Alex McCumber Selected to Intern at Becton Dickinson Technologies

Alex McCumber is interning at Becton Dickinson Technologies this summer in the Life Sciences Innovation section as a Bioinformatics/Data Science Intern. 

Savannah Volkoff Successfully Defends Dissertation

Congratulations to former PhD candidate Savannah Volkoff for successfully defending her dissertation entitled "Engineering a Biofilm for the Biodegradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Estuarine Sediment" in June. She has now begun work as a...

Paige Varner wins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Paige Varner was recently awarded the prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. This fellowship provides three years' worth of full tuition and stipend funding as well as partial research expenses. She will be studying horizontal gene transfer and...

Paige Bippus and Daniel Rodriguez Pass Preliminary Exams

Congratulations to Paige Bippus (CEE) and Daniel Rodriguez (BME) for passing their preliminary exams and becoming PhD Candidates!

Savannah Volkoff and Billy Gerhard Give Seminar Presentations at Washington State University

Savannah and Billy presented their dissertation research to graduate students from the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Washington State University. The invitation to speak was extended by former Gunsch Lab member (and current WSU...

Paige Bippus and Savannah Volkoff Attend SRP Conference

Paige and Savannah each presented a poster at the Superfund Research Program 2018 Annual Meeting in Sacramento, California. Paige presented a poster entitled "Utilizing horizontal gene transfer to model and promote a framework for precision...

Savannah Volkoff Presents Research Update to Elizabeth River Project Sediment Remediation Partnership

Savannah Volkoff provided a research update at a biannual meeting of the Elizabeth River Project Sediment Remediation Partnership (ERPSRP). ERPSRP is comprised of various non-profit, industry, and government stakeholders who are working to remediate the...

Billy Gerhard Presents at Prevention First 2018

Billy Gerhard presented his research titled "Examining Trends in Vessel Movement and Characterizing the Microbiome of Arriving Ballast Water" at Prevention First 2018. This bi-annual conference brings together industry, government, and academics to...

Billy Gerhard Presents at NEOBIOTA 2018

Billy Gerhard presented his research at the AquaInvad-ED section of the NEOBIOTA 2018 conference in Dublin, Ireland. This conference brought together researchers from around the world who examine biological invasions. His presentation was titled "...

Savannah Volkoff Presents at ACS Conference in Boston

Savannah Volkoff attended the 2018 American Chemical Society conference in Boston, MA. She gave a presentation entitled, "Mycoremediation: Evaluating Fungal Metagenomics and Biofilm Associated in PAH-contaminated Estuarine Sediments." This conference was...

Alex McCumber Earns Recognition for Excellent Digital Poster Presentation

Alex McCumber was recognized for his excellent digital poster presentation at the Southeastern NIH Biotechnology Training Grant Career Development Workshop. Alex was chosen from among 30 other presenters to give a more detailed presentation of his...

Savannah Volkoff Wins K.C. Donnelly Externship

The KC Donnelly Externship Award Supplement is a competitive award that enables fellows to extend their studies to other SRP-funded centers, government laboratories, or state, local, or tribal government agencies. The award honors the legacy of longtime...