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Jeff Lodge
Associate Professor
Email: JSLSBI@rit.edu
Phone 585-475-2489
Office: 75-3141
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Degrees
- Ph.D University of Mississippi Medical Center
- B.S. University of Delaware
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Areas of Interest
- Bioremediation of crude and refined oils
- Bioremediation of other xenobiotic compounds
- Industrial production of Xanthum gum
- Industrial production of polyhydroxyalkoanates
- survival of E. coli O157:H7 and Listeria monocytogenes in various foods
- isolation and characterization of hydrocarbon degrading bacteria from soil and sediment samples from Western New York
- optimization of fermentation processes for the production of recombinant proteins in Pichia pastoris and Aspergillus niger
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Current research projects
- Degradation of crude oils by Acinetobacter/Rhodococcus/and Arthrobacter
- Degradation of polyaromatic compounds by Pseudomonus
- Optimization of Xanthum gum production by Xanthomonas campestris
- Production of Thermoplastics in Alcaligenes eutrophis
- Isolation and characterization of hydrocarbon degrading bacteria from soils and sediments found in Western New York
- Optimization of biomass yields in Pichia pastoris and Aspergillus niger fermentations
- Survival of E. coli O157:H7 and Listeria monocytogenes exposed to various preservatives and survival in various foods
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Courses
- Industrial Microbiology
- Introduction to Infectious Diseases
- Advanced Microbial Fermentations
- Environmental Microbiology
- Bioremediation: A Practical Approach
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