Kjellerup, Birthe
Chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
Associate Professor
Pedro E. Wasmer Professor in Engineering
Associate Professor
Pedro E. Wasmer Professor in Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Fischell Department of Bioengineering
Fischell Department of Bioengineering
1147 Glenn L. Martin Hall
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Aalborg University, 2004
- M.Sc., Aalborg University, 1997
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Association for Women in Science
- International Society for Microbial Ecology
- The Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
- American Society for Microbiology (Maryland Branch)
- American Society for Microbiology
- Diversity and activity of microbial biofilms in complex microbial systems such as sediment, stormwater, soil, groundwater, and the human body
- Biodegradation and bioremediation of persistent organic pollutants incl. polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Chlorinated solvents (PCR/TCE) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
- Wastewater Based Epidemiology (WBE): SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater
- Biocorrosion in drinking water and oil distribution pipelines
- Invertebrate host-pathogen model Caenorhabditis elegans for in vivo biofilm infections