Research Summary
Research interests include biological processes with an emphasis on nutrient removal, regrowth in drinking water distribution systems, fermentative biological hydrogen production, microbial fuel cells, methanogenic systems and molecular microbial ecology.
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Recent Publications
Enhancing anaerobic digestion of lignocellulosic biomass by mechanical cotreatment
Bharadwaj, A., Holwerda, E. K., Regan, J. M., Lynd, L. R. & Richard, T. L., Dec 2024, In: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts. 17, 1, 76.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Microbial diversity and gene abundance in denitrifying bioreactors: A comparison of the woodchip surface biofilm versus the interior wood matrix
Duggan DiDominic, K. L., Shapleigh, J. P., Walter, M. T., Wang, Y. S., Reid, M. C. & Regan, J. M., Sep 1 2024, In: Journal of Environmental Quality. 53, 5, p. 565-576 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Using fixed-potential electrodes to quantify iron and manganese redox cycling in upland soils
Hodges, C., Regan, J. M., Forsythe, B., Oakley, D., Kaye, J. & Brantley, S. L., Jan 2023, In: Biogeochemistry. 162, 1, p. 25-42 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus Inoculation of Two Lettuce Cultivars Affects Leaf and Root Growth under Hydroponic Conditions
Sebring, R. L., Duiker, S. W., Berghage, R. D., Regan, J. M., Lambert, J. D. & Bryant, R. B., Feb 1 2022, In: Applied Sciences (Switzerland). 12, 3, 1585.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Polyphosphate Accumulation Tracks Incremental P-Enrichment in a Temperate Watershed (Pennsylvania, United States) as an Indicator of Stream Ecosystem Legacy P
Taylor, S., Saia, S. M., Buda, A. R., Regan, J. M., Walter, M. T. & Carrick, H. J., Jul 6 2022, In: Frontiers in Environmental Science. 10, 920733.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Rumen Inoculum Enhances Cathode Performance in Single-Chamber Air-Cathode Microbial Fuel Cells
Vargas, I. T., Tapia, N. & Regan, J. M., Jan 1 2022, In: Materials. 15, 1, 379.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Enumeration of exoelectrogens in microbial fuel cell effluents fed acetate or wastewater substrates
Kim, K. Y., Rossi, R., Regan, J. M. & Logan, B. E., Jan 15 2021, In: Biochemical Engineering Journal. 165, 107816.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Critical review of polyphosphate and polyphosphate accumulating organisms for agricultural water quality management
Saia, S. M., Carrick, H. J., Buda, A. R., Regan, J. M. & Todd Walter, M., Mar 2 2021, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 55, 5, p. 2722-2742 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Impact of cathodic electron acceptor on microbial fuel cell internal resistance
Lawson, K., Rossi, R., Regan, J. M. & Logan, B. E., Nov 2020, In: Bioresource technology. 316, 123919.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Quantifying the factors limiting performance and rates in microbial fuel cells using the electrode potential slope analysis combined with electrical impedance spectroscopy
Rossi, R., Hall, D. M., Wang, X., Regan, J. M. & Logan, B. E., Jul 10 2020, In: Electrochimica Acta. 348, 136330.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Organotrophic acid-tolerant microorganisms enriched from an acid mine drainage affected environment as inoculum for microbial fuel cells
Leiva-Aravena, E., Leiva, E., Zamorano, V., Rojas, C., Regan, J. M. & Vargas, I. T., Aug 15 2019, In: Science of the Total Environment. 678, p. 639-646 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Full cell simulation and the evaluation of the buffer system on air-cathode microbial fuel cell
Ou, S., Kashima, H., Aaron, D. S., Regan, J. M. & Mench, M. M., 2017, In: Journal of Power Sources. 347, p. 159-169 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Electrochemically active microorganisms from an acid mine drainage-affected site promote cathode oxidation in microbial fuel cells
Rojas, C., Vargas, I. T., Bruns, M. A. & Regan, J. M., Dec 2017, In: Bioelectrochemistry. 118, p. 139-146 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Evidence for polyphosphate accumulating organism (PAO)-mediated phosphorus cycling in stream biofilms under alternating aerobic/anaerobic conditions
Saia, S. M., Sullivan, P. J., Regan, J. M., Carrick, H. J., Buda, A. R., Locke, N. A. & Walter, M. T., Jun 2017, In: Freshwater Science. 36, 2, p. 284-296 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Kinetic study on anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to denitrification
Yu, H., Kashima, H., Regan, J. M., Hussain, A., Elbeshbishy, E. & Lee, H. S., Sep 2017, In: Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 104, p. 47-55 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review