Fundamentals of Biofilm Research. Z. Lewandowski and H. Beyenal. CRC Press Inc. Lewis Publishers. Boca Raton, 2007

Special Edition of Water Science and Technology on Biofilm Structure ad Activity (2005). Editors: Z. Lewandowski and H. Beyenal. 52,7,2005. ISSN 0273-1223

Biofouling and Biocorrosion in Industrial Water Systems. G.Geesey, Z. Lewandowski, H-C.Flemming (Ed.). CRC Press Inc. Lewis Publishers. Boca Raton, 1994
 

Dewan A., Beyenal H., Lewandowski Z. Scaling up microbial fuel cells. Environmental Science and Technology. 42:7643 – 7648 (2008).

Angathevar Veluchamy R. R., Beyenal H. Lewandowski Z. Characterizing temporal development of biofilm porosity using artificial neural networks. Water Science and Technology. 57:1867 – 1872 (2008).

Lewandowski Z., Beyenal H., Myers J., Stookey D. (2007). The effect of detachment on biofilm structure and activity: the oscillating pattern of biofilm accumulation. Water Science and Technology. 55:429-436 (2007).

Marsili, E., Beyenal, H., Di Palma, L., Merli, C., Dohnalkova, A., Amonette, J.E., Lewandowski, Z. (2007). Uranium immobilization by sulfate reducing biofilm grown on hematite, dolomite, and calcite. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41:8349–8354 (2007).

Rani, S.A., B. Pitts, H. Beyenal, R.A. Veluchamy, Z. Lewandowski, W.M. Davison, K. Buckingham-Meyer, and P.S. Stewart, "Spatial Patterns of DNA Replication, Protein Synthesis and Oxygen Concentration Within Bacterial Biofilms Reveal Diverse Physiological States," J. Bacteriol., 189(11):4223-4233 (2007)

Menicucci J., Beyenal H., Marsili E., Angathevar Veluchamy R.R , Demir G. and Lewandowski Z. (2006) A procedure for determining maximum sustainable power generated by microbial fuel cells. Environmental Science and Technology 40:1062 – 1068.

Marsili E., Beyenal H., De Palma L., Merli C., Dohnalkova A., Amotette J., Lewandowski Z. (2005) Uranium removal by sulfate reducing biofilms in the presence of carbonates. Wat. Sci. Tech. 52:49-58.

Shantaram A., Beyenal H., Angathevar Veluchamy R., Lewandowski Z. (2005). Wireless sensors powered by microbial fuel cells. Environmental Science and Technology. 39:5037-5042.

Rhoads A., Beyenal H., Lewandowski Z. (2005). A Microbial Fuel Cell Using Anaerobic Respiration As An Anodic Reaction And Biomineralized Manganese As A Cathodic Reactant. Environmental Science and Technology. 39:4666 – 4671.

Lewandowski Z., Beyenal H. (2005). Biofilms: Their structure, activity, and effect on membrane filtration. Water Science and Technology. 51:181-192.

Beyenal H., Lewandowski Z. (2005). Modeling mass transport and microbial activity in stratified biofilms. Chemical Engineering Science. 60:4337-4348

Campbell S. Geesey G., Lewandowski Z., Jackson G. (2004) Influence of the distribution of the manganese oxidizing bacterium, Leptothrix discophora, on ennoblement of type 316L stainless steel. Corrosion, 60:670-680

Beyenal, H., Donovan, C., Lewandowski, Z., and Harkin, G. (2004) Three-dimensional biofilm structure quantification. Journal of Microbiological Methods 59 (3), 395-413.

Beyenal H., Lewandowski Z.(2004). Dynamics of lead immobilization in sulfate reducing biofilms. Water Research. 38:2726-2736.

Beyenal H., Sani R.K., Peyton B., Dohnalkova A.C., Amonette J., Lewandowski Z. (2004). Uranium immobilization by sulfate reducing biofilms. Environmental Science and Technology. 38:2067-2074.

Beyenal H., Lewandowski Z., Harkin G. (2004). Quantifying biofilm structure: facts and fiction. Biofouling. 20:1-23.

Beyenal H., Davis C.C., Lewandowski Z. (2004). An improved Severinghaus-type carbon dioxide microelectrode for use in biofilms. Sensors and Actuators. B97, 202-210.

Z. Lewandowski, H. Beyenal and D. Stookey. (2004). Reproducibility of Biofilm Processes and the Meaning of Steady State in Biofilm Reactors. Water Science and Technology 2004; 49(11):359–364.

Jesaitis J.J., Franklin M.J. Berglund D., Sasaki M., Connie I.L., Bleazard J.B., Duffy J.E., Beyenal H., Lewandowski Z. (2003). Compromised host Defense on Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms: Characterization of neutrophil and biofilm interactions. The Journal of Immunology, 2003, 171:4329-4339.

Yurt N., Beyenal H., Sears J., Lewandowski Z. (2003). Quantifying selected growth parameters of Leptothrix discophora SP-6 in biofilms from oxygen concentration profiles. Chemical Engineering Science. 58:4557-4566

Shi X., Avci R., Geiser M., Lewandowski Z. (2003). Comparative study in chemistry of Microbially and electrochemically induced pitting of 316L stainless steel. Corrosion Science 45 (2003) 2577-2595.

Lewandowski Z., Cloete T.E., Dexter S.C., Dickinson W.H., Kikuchi Y., Little B., Mansfeld F., Rossmoore H., Sand W., Videla H.A. (2003) MIC Issues: Commentary from the Corrosion 2002 MIC Panel Discussion. Corrosion 2003. Paper #03560. NACE International.

Campbell S., Geesey G., Lewandowski Z., Jackson G. (2003). Influence of the Distribution of the Manganese Oxidizing Bacterium, Leptothrix discophora, on Ennoblement of 316L Stainless Steel. Corrosion 2003. Paper #03566. NACE International.

Lewandowski Z., Beyenal H. (2003). Biofilm monitoring: a perfect solution in search of a problem. Water Science & Technology 47:9–18

Webb D, Hamilton M.A., Harkin G.J., Lawrence S, Camper A.K., Lewandowski Z. (2003) Assessing technician effects when extracting quantities from microscope images. J Microbiol Methods. 53:97-106

Beyenal H., Chen S.N., Lewandowski Z. (2003). The double substrate growth kinetics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Enzyme and Microbial Technology: 32:92-98.

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SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES

Offered a new course at Montana State University, ENVE 545, Chemical Sensors for Environmental Biotechnology.

Organized a Microsensors Laboratory at Montana State University

Developed several novel microelectrodes and techniques to measure chemical gradients in biofilms at microscale.

Applied Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging to visualize flow velocity near biofilms.

Developed a software for quantifying biofilm heterogeneity from microscope images.

COLLABORATORS & OTHER AFFILIATIONS

Marty Hamilton, Professor, Department of Mathematics

William Costerton, Director, Center for Biofilm Engineering

Al Jesaitis, Professor, Department of Microbiology

Gill Geesey, Professor, Department of Microbiology

Richard Geer, Professor, Department of Chemistry

Gary Harkin, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science

Chris Yakymyshyn, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering

Eiichi Fukushima, Director, New Mexico Resonance [Nuclear Magnetic Resonance facilities], Albuquerque, NM

Bruce Rittmann, Professor, Northwestern University, Evanstone

Brenda Little, Senior Scientist, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center. Mississippi

Brent Peyton, Assistant Professor, Washington State University

James Amonette, Scientist, Pacific Northwest Laboratories

Allan Hamilton, University of Aberdeen, Scotland

Santiago Villaverde, University of Valladolid, Spain

Bjoern Christensen, University of Trondheim, Norway

Janine Flood, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Per Nielsen, Professor, University of Aalborg, Denmark

Graduate and Post-doctoral Advisors:

PhD advisors: Professors Zbigniew Brulinski and Jan Paluch, both deceased

Post-doctoral adviser at the Technical University of Vienna, Austria Professor Wilhelm von der Emde, retired

Thesis Advisor and Post-graduate-Scholar Sponsor:

Abrahamson Michael, GRA (MS, Environmental Engineering)

Dickinson Wayne, GRA (PhD, Chemistry)

Huang Wei, GRA (MS, Computer Science)

Nguyen Duy, GRA (MS, Chemical Eng.)

Yang Shunong, GRA (MS, Environmental Eng.)

Ramu Kallepali (Environmental Engineering)

Rasmussen Kjetil (MS, Environmental Engineering)

Fuchu Xia (PhD, Environmental Engineering)

Tripathi Vijay (MS, Environmental Engineering)

Lu Xiofeng (MS, Microbiology)

Mirpuri Raj (PhD, Chemical Engineering)

Tripp Dusty (MS, Environmental Engineering)

Lafond Rene (MS, Environmental Engineering)

Billings-Sandoval Kathy (Ph.D., Microbiology)

Ximing Yang (MS, Computer Science)

Gronenboom Mark (Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering)

Kenk Charis (MS Chemical Engineering)

Oleson Bo (PhD Environmental Engineering – University of Aalborg, Denmark)

Beyenal Nurdan (MS Chemical Engineeering)

Scott Campbell (MS Microbiology)

Funk Tom, GRA (MS, Electrical Eng.)

Morrison Mike, GRA (PhD, Chemistry)

Yang Shunong, GRA (MS, Environmental Eng.)

Rush Theresa (Environmental Engineering)

Post-doctoral Associates:

Dirk de Beer presently with Max Planck Institute for Marine Biology, Bremen, Germany

Santiago Villaverde, presently Assistant Professor, University of Valladolid, Spain

Haluk Beyenal, presently a Post-doctoral Associate, Center for Biofilm Engineering