Tao Yan


Yan Tao

Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office: Post 203E
Phone: (808) 956-6024
E-mail:  taoyan@hawaii.edu
Personal Homepage: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~taoyan

Areas of Specialty and Research Interest:
Environmental microbiology, molecular microbial ecology, environmental genomics, soil/sediment bioremediation, fate and transport of waterborne pathogens

Education:

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 2004
  • M.S., Environmental Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China 2000
  • B.S., Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China 1997

Experience:

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, August 2007-present
  • Post Doctoral Researcher, BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota,  October 2004 - July 2007

Professional Activities:

  • Member, American Society of Microbiology, ASM

Selected Publications:
Refereed Journal Articles

  1. Yan, T. and M. J. Sadowsky. (2007) Determining sources of microorganisms in waterways. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. Online first (DOI:10.1007/s10661-006-9426-z).
  2. Yan, T., M. J. Hamilton, and M. J. Sadowsky. (2007) High-throughput and quantitative procedure for determining sources of Escherichia coli in waterways using host-specific DNA marker genes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73(3), 890-896.
  3. Yan, T., T. M. LaPara, and P. J. Novak. (2006) The impact of sediment characteristics on PCB-dechlorinating cultures: Implications for bioaugmentation. Bioremediation Journal. 10(4), 143-151.
  4. Ishii, S., T. Yan, D. A. Shively, M. N. Byappanahalli, R. L. Whitman, and M. J. Sadowsky. (2006) Cladophora (Chlorophyta) harbor pathogenic bacteria in the nearshore water of Lake Michigan. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72(7), 4545-4553.
  5. Hamilton, M. J., T. Yan, and M. J. Sadowsky. (2006) Development and evaluation of goose- and duck-specific DNA markers to determine sources of Escherichia coli in waterways. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72(6), 4012-4019.
  6. Yan, T., T. M. LaPara, and P. J. Novak. (2006) The effect of varying levels of sodium bicarbonate on polychlorinated biphenyl dechlorination in Hudson River sediment cultures.  Environmental Microbiology. 8(7), 1288-1298.
  7. Yan, T., T. M. LaPara, and P. J. Novak.  (2006) The reductive dechlorination of 2,3,4,5-chlorobiphenyl in three different sediment cultures: Evidence for the involvement of phylogenetically similar Dehalococcoides-like bacterial populations. FEMS Microbial Ecology. 55(2), 248-261.
  8. Rysavy, J. P., T. Yan, and P. J. Novak. (2005) Enhancement of anaerobic polychlorinated biphenyl dechlorinators from sediment with iron as hydrogen source. Water Research, 39(4), 569-578.

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