Karen L. Skubal

Assistant Professor

Department of Civil Engineering

Case Western Reserve University

10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7201

Ph. 216-368-6938

Research interests

· Heavy metal uptake, resistance and transformation by soil bacteria as a function of cell surface properties and metabolic characteristics

· Biotransformation processes in environments co-contaminated by heavy metals and organics

· Effect of redox zonation and biogeochemistry on the intrinsic biodegradation of contaminants in aquifers and the vadose zone

Education

Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

M.S., Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Teaching

· ECIV 464 Environmental Engineering Microbiology (graduate)

· ECIV 368 Environmental Engineering (undergraduate)

· ECIV 460 Remediation (graduate)

Memberships

· American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

· American Geophysical Union (AGU)

· American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)