ZBIGNIEW LEWANDOWSKI 

 

Professor - Civil Engineering
Center for Biofilm Engineering
Montana State University-Bozeman
366 EPS - P.O. Box 173980
Bozeman, MT 59717
Phone: 406-994-4770/Fax: 406-994-6098

e-mail: zl@erc.montana.edu


 

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION

 

INSTITUTIONS FIELD OF STUDY DEGREE  YEARS
Polish National Academy of Sciences Environmental Engineering Ph.D. 1971-1976
Technical University of Gliwice, Poland Sanitary Engineering M.S. 1964-1969
APPOINTMENTS

 

1996-present Professor Dept. of Civil Engineering, Montana State University
1992-1996 Associate Professor Dept. of Civil Engineering, Montana State University
1990-1992 Associate Director for Research and Research Professor Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University
1986-1990 Senior Research Engineer Institute for Biological & Chemical Process Analysis, Montana State University
1985-1986 Visiting Scientist U.S. National Academy of Sciences
1970-1985 Various research and administrative positions Polish Academy of Sciences

 

BOOKS

 

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
 

PAPERS

 

Lewandowski, Z. and H. Beyenal, "Fundamentals of Biofilm Research," CRC Press Inc. Lewis Publishers. Boca Raton, 2007 (Available for purchase at CRC Press)  Abstract 07-014

 

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., Mar 2007; [Epub ahead of print]  Abstract 07-005

 
Menicucci, J., H. Beyenal, E. Marsili, R. Angathevar Veluchamy, G. Demir and Z. Lewandowski, "Procedure for Determining Maximum Sustainable Power Generated by Microbial Fuel Cells," Environ. Sci. Technol., 40(3):1062-1068 (2006)
 
Beyenal, H. and Z. Lewandowski, "Dynamics of Lead Immobilization in Sulfate Reducing Biofilms," Water Research, 38:2726-2736  (2004)

 

Beyenal, H., C. Yakymyshyn, J. Hyungnak, C.C. Davis and Z. Lewandowski, "An Optical Microsensor to Measure Fluorescent Light Intensity in Biofilms," J. Microbiol. Methods., 58(3):367-374 (2004) 

 

Beyenal, H., C.C. Davis, and Z. Lewandowski, "An Improved Severinghaus-type Carbon Dioxide Microelectrode for Use in Biofilms," Sensors and Actuators, B 97:202-210 (2004) 

 

Beyenal, H., R.K. Sani, B.M. Peyton, A.C. Dohnalkova, J.E. Amonette, and Z. Lewandowski, "Uranium Immobilization by Sulfate-Reducing Biofilms," Environ. Sci. Technol., 38(7):2067-2074  A

 

Beyenal, H., Z. Lewandowski, and G. Harkin, "Quantifying Biofilms Structure: Facts and Fiction," Biofouling; 20(1): 1-23 (2004). 

 

Campbell, S., G. Geesey, Z. Lewandowski, and G. Jackson, "Influence of the Distribution of the Manganese-Oxidizing Bacterium, Leptothrix Discophora, on Ennoblement of Type 316L Stainless Steel," Corrosion, 60(7):670-680 

 

Beyenal, H., S.N. Chen and Z. Lewandowski, "The Double Substrate Growth Kinetics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa," Enzyme Microbial Tech., 32(1):92-98 (2003). 

 

Jesaitis, A.J., M.J. Franklin, D. Berglund, M. Sasaki, C.I. Lord, Bleazard, J.E. Duffy, H. Beyenal and Z. Lewandowski, "Compromised Host Defense on Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms: Characterization of Neutrophil and Biofilm Interactions," J. Immunol., 171:4329-4339 (2003). 

 

Lewandowski, Z. and H. Beyenal, "Biofilm Monitoring: A Perfect Solution in Search of a Problem," Wat. Sci., 47(5): 1251-1256 (2003). 

 

Lewandowski, Z. and H. Beyenal, "Use of Microsensors to Study Biofilms," In Biofilms in Industry, Medicine and Environmental Biotechnology - Characteristics, Analysis and Control. Lens, P., O’Flaherty, V., Moran, A., Stoodley, P., Mahony, T. (eds.) IWA Publishing, London. (2003). 

 

Lewandowski, Z. and H. Beyenal, "Mass Transport in Heterogeneous Biofilms," In Biofilms in Wastewater Treatment: An Interdisciplinary Approach. S. Wuertz, P. Bishop, and P. Wilderer. (eds.) pp. 147-175. IWA Publishing, London. (2003). 

 

Lewandowski, Z.L., T.E. Cloete, S.C. Dexter, W.H. Dickinson, Y. Kikuchi, B. Little, F. Mansfeld, H. Rossmoore, W. Sand, and HA. Videla, "MIC Issues: Commentary from the Corrosion 2002 MIC Panel Discussion," Paper No. 03560, NACE International, Houston, TX, 2003, MIC Symposium at NACE 2002, Denver, Colorado, 2002. 

 

Shi, X., R. Avci, M. Geiser, and Z. Lewandowski, "Comparative Study in Chemistry of Microbially and Electrochemically Induced Pitting of 316L Stainless Steel," Corrosion Science, 45(11):2577-2595 (2003). 

 

Webb, D., M.A. Hamilton, G.J. Harkin, S. Lawrence, A.K. Camper, and Z. Lewandowski, "Assessing Technician Effects when Extracting Quantities from Microscope Images," J. Microbiol. Methods, 53(1):97-106 (2003). 

 

Yurt, N., H. Beyenal, J. Sears and Z. Lewandowski, "Quantifying Selected Growth Parameters of Leptothrix discophora SP-6 in Biofilms from Oxygen Concentration Profiles," Chemical Engineering Science, 58:4557-4566 (2003). 

 

Beyenal, H. and Z. Lewandowski, "Internal and External Mass Transfer in Biofilms Grown at Various Flow Velocities," Biotechnol. Prog., 18:55-61 (2002).

 

Geiser, M., R. Avci, and Z. Lewandowski, “Microbially Initiated Pitting on 316L Stainless Steel,” Int’l Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 49:235-243 (2002).

 

Lewandowski, Z., R. Avci, M. Geiser, X. Shi, K. Braughton and N. Yurt, "Biofouling and Corrosion of Stainless Steels in Natural Waters," Wat. Sci. Tech.: Wat. Sup., 2(4):65–72 (2002).

 

Lewandowski, L. and A. Hamilton, "MIC of Stainless Steels as a Model System to Study Metal-Microbe Interactions," CORROSION 2002, Paper 02474:1-14 (2002).

 

Lewandowski, Z., G. Harkin, and H. Beyenal, "Author's Response," Water Research, 36(3): 807 (2002).

 

Shi, X., R. Avci, and Z. Lewandowksi, "Electrochemistry of Passive Metals Modified by Manganse Oxides Deposited by Leptothrix discophora: Two-Step Model Verified by ToF-SIMS," Corrosion Science, 44:1027-1045 (2002).

 

Shi, X., R. Avci, and Z. Lewandowksi, "Microbially Deposited Manganese and Iron Oxides on Passive Metals - Their Chemistry, Distribution, and Consequences for Material Performance," CORROSION 2002, Paper 02456:1-16 (2002).

 

Shi, X., R. Avci, and Z. Lewandowksi, "Microbially Deposited Manganese and Iron Oxides on Passive Metals - Their Chemistry and Consequences for Material Performance," CORROSION 2002, 58 (9):728-738 (2002).

 

Yurt, N., R. Avci, Z. Lewandowski, and J. Sears, "Passive Film Chemistry on 316L Stainless Steel Ennobled by Biomineralized Manganese," CORROSION 2002, Paper 024551:1-6 (2002).

 

Yurt, N., J. Sears, and Z. Lewandowski, "Multiple Substrate Growth Kinetics of Leptothrix discophora SP-6," Biotechnol. Prog., 18:994-1002 (2002).

 

Beyenal, H. and Z. Lewandowski, "Mass-Transport Dynamics, Activity, and Structure of Sulfate-Reducing Biofilms," AIChE Journal, 47(7):1689-1697 (2001).

 

Braughton, K., R.L. Lafond, and Z. Lewandowski, "The Influence of Environmental Factors on the Rate and Extent of Stainless Steel Ennoblement Mediated by Manganese-Oxidizing Biofilms," Biofouling, 17:241-251 (2001).

 

Christensen B.E., H. Ertesvag, H. Beyenal, and Z. Lewandowski, "Resistance of Biofilms Containing Alginate-Producing Bacteria to Disintegration by an Alginate Degrading Enzyme (AlgL)," Biofouling, 17:203-210 (2001). 

 

Jackson, G., H. Beyenal, W.M. Rees, and Z. Lewandowski, "Growing Reproducible Biofilms with Respect to Structure and Viable Cell Counts," J Microbiol Meth, 47(1):1-10 (2001). 

 

Lewandowski, Z and H. Beyenal, "Limiting-Current-Type Microelectrodes for Quantifying Mass Transport Dynamics in Biofilms," In: Microbial Growth in Biofilms: Part B (R.J. Doyle, Ed.): Methods Enzymol., 337:339-359 (2001). Abstract 01-024

 

Olesen, B. H., N. Yurt, Z. Lewandowski., "Effect of Biomineralized Manganese on Pitting Corrosion of Type 304L Stainless Steel," Materials and Corrosion - Werkstoffe und Korrosion, 52 (11):827-832 (2001). Abstract 01-037

Yang, X., H. Beyenal, G. Harkin, Z. Lewandowski, “Evaluation of Biofilm Image Thresholding Methods,” Wat. Res., 35(5): 1149-1158 (2001). Abstract 01-004

 

Xinmin, Y., H. Beyenal, G. Harkin, Z. Lewandowski, "Evaluation of Biofilm Image Thresholding Methods," Wat. Res., 35(5):1149-1158 (2001).

 

Beyenal H, Lewandowski Z. (2000). Combined effect of substrate concentration and flow velocity on effective diffusivity in biofilms  Water Res., 34: 528-538.

 

Beyenal, H., Z. Lewandowski, C. Yakymyshyn, B. Lemley, and J. Wehri, "Fiber-optic Microsensors to Measure Backscattered Light Intensity in Biofilms," Appl. Optics, 39(19):3408-3412 (2000).

 

Lewandowski, Z.,  "Rapid Communication:  Notes on Biofilm Porosity," Wat.Res., 34(9):2620-2624 (2000).

 

Olesen, B.H., R. Avci, and Z. Lewandowski, "Manganese Dioxide as a Potential Cathodic Reactant in Corrosion of Stainless Steels," Corrosion Science, 42:211-227 (2000).

 

Olesen, B.H., P.H. Nielsen, and Z. Lewandowksi, "Effect of Biomineralized Manganese on the Corrosion Behavior of C1008 Mild Steel," Corrosion, 56(1):80-89 (2000).

 

Yang X., Beyenal H., Harkin G., Lewandowski Z. (2000). Quantifying biofilm structure using image analysis  J. of Microbiol. Meth., 39: 109-119.

 

 

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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

 

Collaborators

Montana State University:

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

 

Other Universities:

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

 

 

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