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<\/a>\nBiological processes play major roles in many aspects of environmental science and engineering. We strive to attain a better fundamental understanding of environmentally relevant biological processes<\/strong> to inform the scientific and non-scientific communities and to facilitate environmental decision-making at all levels.<\/p>\n
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\nResearch Goals<\/span> \n <\/p>\n \nIndustrial Collaborators<\/span> Research Overview Biological processes play major roles in many aspects of environmental science and engineering. We strive to attain a better fundamental understanding of environmentally relevant biological processes to inform the scientific and non-scientific communities and to facilitate environmental decision-making at all levels. Research Goals A primary research goal is to fundamentally understand […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.labs.chem-eng.utoronto.ca\/edwards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.labs.chem-eng.utoronto.ca\/edwards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.labs.chem-eng.utoronto.ca\/edwards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.labs.chem-eng.utoronto.ca\/edwards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.labs.chem-eng.utoronto.ca\/edwards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":130,"href":"https:\/\/www.labs.chem-eng.utoronto.ca\/edwards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":667,"href":"https:\/\/www.labs.chem-eng.utoronto.ca\/edwards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.labs.chem-eng.utoronto.ca\/edwards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nA primary research goal is to fundamentally understand how specific organic contaminants<\/strong> are biotransformed by microorganisms<\/strong> in subsurface environments. Over the past several years, we have discovered novel biodegradation<\/strong> pathways, characterized novel bacterial cultures and have demonstrated the efficacy of bioremediation in field trials.
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\nTo facilitate this endeavor, we apply new technologies in molecular biology, microbiology, analytical chemistry and genomics to the field of environmental engineering. Biological processes play a major role in the attenuation and detoxification of organic contaminants in the environment, and a better fundamental understanding of these processes is crucial to judicial choice of wastewater treatment and groundwater cleanup strategies.\n<\/p>\n<\/a>
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\nWe have on-going collaborations with GeoSyntec Consultants Inc.<\/a> and SiREM Labs<\/a> in Guelph Ontario to further develop and deploy bioremediation strategies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"