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> > > > > > > # Dr. Kjellerup's
research and teaching interests focus on biofilms in
complex systems such as environmental and industrial
systems. Dr. Kjellerup has trained as an environmental
engineer and microbiologist specializing in beneficial and
detrimental aspects of microbial communities for over 25
years. She has pioneered the application of biofilms on
sorptive materials for bioremediation and used them to
develop novel bioremediation strategies. Dr. Kjellerup is
also researching the formation of biofilms causing human
infections on orthopedic implants and has developed
strategies for viral detection in wastewater. As an
indication of her expertise on the subjects of microbial
communities and their relation to complex systems, she has
presented her scientific findings at 75+ meetings and has
orally presented at 80+ national and international
meetings.
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Dr. Birthe Veno Kjellerup, PhD
Professor in biofilm microbiology and engineering (Biotechnology) at University of Maryland, College Park
Research Expertise
Biofilm
Persistent organic pollutants
Bioremediation
Stormwater treatment
Wastewater Surveillance
About
> > > > > > > # Dr.
Kjellerup's research and teaching interests
focus on biofilms in complex systems such as
environmental and industrial systems. Dr.
Kjellerup has trained as an environmental
engineer and microbiologist specializing in
beneficial and detrimental aspects of
microbial communities for over 25 years. She
has pioneered the application of biofilms on
sorptive materials for bioremediation and used
them to develop novel bioremediation
strategies. Dr. Kjellerup is also researching
the formation of biofilms causing human
infections on orthopedic implants and has
developed strategies for viral detection in
wastewater. As an indication of her expertise
on the subjects of microbial communities and
their relation to complex systems, she has
presented her scientific findings at 75+
meetings and has orally presented at 80+
national and international meetings.
Publications
Applications of biofilms in bioremediation
and biotransformation of persistent
organic pollutants,
pharmaceuticals/personal care products,
and heavy metals
Applied Microbiology and
Biotechnology
2013
Viable but nonculturable (VBNC) state, an
underestimated and controversial microbial
survival strategy
Trends in Microbiology
2023
Dehalorespiration with Polychlorinated
Biphenyls by an Anaerobic
Ultramicrobacterium
Applied and Environmental
Microbiology
2008
Remediation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls
(PCBs) in Contaminated Soils and Sediment:
State of Knowledge and Perspectives
Frontiers in Environmental
Science
2018
Chemical characterization of urban
stormwater: Traditional and emerging
contaminants
Science of The Total Environment
2022
Biogeochemical cycling of metals impacting
by microbial mobilization and
immobilization
Journal of Environmental Sciences
2018
Monitoring of microbial souring in
chemically treated, produced-water biofilm
systems using molecular techniques
Journal of Industrial Microbiology
& Biotechnology
2005
In situ studies of the phylogeny
and physiology of filamentous bacteria
with attached growth
Environmental Microbiology
2002
Evaluation of multiple analytical methods
for SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in wastewater
samples
Science of The Total Environment
2022
Site‐specific microbial communities in
three PCB‐impacted sediments are
associated with different
in situ
dechlorinating activities
Environmental Microbiology
2008
Polymicrobial interaction between
Lactobacillus and
Saccharomyces cerevisiae:
coexistence-relevant mechanisms
Critical Reviews in Microbiology
2021
The effect of co-substrate activation on
indigenous and bioaugmented PCB
dechlorinating bacterial communities in
sediment microcosms
Applied Microbiology and
Biotechnology
2010
The future of biofilm research – Report on
the ‘2019 Biofilm Bash’
Biofilm
2020
Elimination of Bloodstream Infections
Associated with Candida albicans Biofilm
in Intravascular Catheters
Pathogens
2015
Overcoming floc formation limitations in
high-rate activated sludge systems
Chemosphere
2019
Microbial phyto-power systems – A
sustainable integration of
phytoremediation and microbial fuel cells
Bioelectrochemistry
2019
Toxicological effects of polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs) on freshwater turtles in
the United States
Chemosphere
2016
Effects of activated carbon on reductive
dechlorination of PCBs by organohalide
respiring bacteria indigenous to sediments
Water Research
2014
Spoilage Lactic Acid Bacteria in the
Brewing Industry
Journal of Microbiology and
Biotechnology
2020
Dispersal and inhibition of biofilms
associated with infections
Journal of Applied Microbiology
2020
Understanding urban stormwater
denitrification in bioretention internal
water storage zones
Water Environment Research
2019
Electricity generation from wastewater
using a floating air cathode microbial
fuel cell
Water-Energy Nexus
2018
Eco-friendly bio-electro-degradation of
textile dyes wastewater
Bioresource Technology Reports
2021
Current and novel diagnostics for
orthopedic implant biofilm infections: a
review
APMIS
2021
Monitoring and characterisation of
bacteria in corroding district heating
systems using fluorescence in situ
hybridisation and microautoradiography
Water Science and Technology
2003
Exploring the applications of invertebrate
host-pathogen models forin vivobiofilm infections: Table 1
FEMS Immunology & Medical
Microbiology
2012
Polychlorinated biphenyls in stormwater
sediments: Relationships with land use and
particle characteristics
Water Research
2019
Microbial Interaction between
Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and
Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Transcriptome
Level Mechanism of Cell-Cell Antagonism
Microbiology Spectrum
2022
Regulatory network controls microbial
biofilm development, with
Candida albicans
as a representative: from adhesion to
dispersal
Bioengineered
2022
Presence of organohalide-respiring
bacteria in and around a permeable
reactive barrier at a
trichloroethylene-contaminated Superfund
site
Environmental Pollution
2018
Phylogenetic and functional diversity of
bacteria in biofilms from metal surfaces
of an alkaline district heating system
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
2007
Microbial diversity in biofilms from
corroding heating systems
Biofouling
2005
Role of extracellular polymeric substances
in polymicrobial biofilm infections of
Staphylococcus epidermidis and Candida
albicans modelled in the nematode
Caenorhabditis elegans
Pathogens and Disease
2017
Evaluation of PCB dechlorination pathways
in anaerobic sediment microcosms using an
anaerobic dechlorination model
Journal of Hazardous Materials
2015
Spatial Distribution of PCB Dechlorinating
Bacteria and Activities in Contaminated
Soil
Applied and Environmental Soil
Science
2012
Identification of Bacteria Causing Souring
and Biocorrosion in the Halfdan Field by
Application of New Molecular Techniques
CORROSION 2005
2005
Kinetics and Threshold Level of
2,3,4,5-Tetrachlorobiphenyl Dechlorination
by an Organohalide Respiring Bacterium
Environmental Science &
Technology
2014
Impact of Fixed Nitrogen Availability on
Dehalococcoides mccartyi Reductive
Dechlorination Activity
Environmental Science &
Technology
2019
Distribution of polychlorinated biphenyls
in effluent from a large municipal
wastewater treatment plant: Potential for
bioremediation?
Journal of Environmental Sciences
2019
Bioelectrical power generation coupled
with high-strength nitrogen removal using
a photo-bioelectrochemical fuel cell under
oxytetracycline stress
Electrochimica Acta
2019
Capacity of existing wastewater treatment
plants to treat SARS-CoV-2. A review
Bioresource Technology Reports
2021
Considerations for evaluating innovative
stormwater treatment media for removal of
dissolved contaminants of concern with
focus on biochar
Chemosphere
2022
Impact of pmrA on Cronobacter sakazakii
planktonic and biofilm cells: A
comprehensive transcriptomic study
Food Microbiology
2021
Intense pulsed light for inactivation of
foodborne gram-positive bacteria in
planktonic cultures and bacterial biofilms
LWT
2021
Assessment of PCB contamination, the
potential for in situ microbial
dechlorination and natural attenuation in
an urban watershed at the East Coast of
the United States
Science of The Total Environment
2019
Mitigation and use of biofilms in space
for the benefit of human space exploration
Biofilm
2023
Simultaneous biotreatment of hexavalent
chromium Cr(VI) and polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs) by indigenous bacteria of
Co-polluted wastewater
International Biodeterioration &
Biodegradation
2021
Interactions of particulate- and
dissolved-phase heavy metals in a mature
stormwater bioretention cell
Journal of Environmental
Management
2024
Anode amendment with kaolin and activated
carbon increases electricity generation in
a microbial fuel cell
Bioelectrochemistry
2023
A novel procedure in combination of
genomic sequencing, flow cytometry and
routine culturing for confirmation of beer
spoilage caused by Pediococcus damnosus in
viable but nonculturable state
LWT
2022
Monitoring and troubleshooting of
non-filamentous settling and dewatering
problems in an industrial activated sludge
treatment plant
Water Science and Technology
2001
Distribution and biodegradation potential
of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
accumulated in media of a stormwater
bioretention
Chemosphere
2023
Biofilm structure, dynamics, and ecology
of an upscaled biocathode wastewater
microbial fuel cell
Biotechnology and Bioengineering
2020
Evaluation of analytical methods for
determining the distribution of biofilm
and active bacteria in a commercial
heating system
Biofouling
2006
Development and application of multiple
polymerase spiral reaction (PSR) assays
for rapid detection of methicillin
resistant Staphylococcus aureus and toxins
from rice and flour products
LWT
2023
Implementing wastewater surveillance for
SARS‐CoV‐2 on a university campus: Lessons
learned
Water Environment Research
2022
Poor Agreement Between Next-Generation DNA
Sequencing and Bacterial Cultures in
Orthopaedic Trauma Procedures
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
2022
The survival and enterotoxin gene
expression of Staphylococcus aureus
planktonic and biofilm cells in
quick-frozen food
LWT
2023
Genomic analysis of a hop-resistance
Lactobacillus brevis strain responsible
for food spoilage and capable of entering
into the VBNC state
Microbial Pathogenesis
2020
Positive Matrix Factorization analysis
shows dechlorination of polychlorinated
biphenyls during domestic wastewater
collection and treatment
Chemosphere
2019
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in
Dissolved and Particulate Phases of Urban
Stormwater before and after Bioretention
Treatment
ACS ES&T Water
2023
Relationship between SARS-CoV-2 in
wastewater and clinical data from five
wastewater sheds
Journal of Hazardous Materials
Advances
2022
Establishment and application of a rapid
visual detection method for
Listeria monocytogenes
based on polymerase spiral reaction (PSR)
Bioengineered
2022
Predicting the potential for organohalide
respiration in wastewater: Comparison of
intestinal and wastewater microbiomes
Science of The Total Environment
2020
Review for "Magnetically recoverable
bagasse-activated carbon composite anodes
for sediment microbial fuel cells:
enhanced performance in
chromium-contaminated soil remediation"
Unknown Venue
2025
Treatment of polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs) in stormwater using
polishing columns with biochar and
granular activated carbon
Chemosphere
2025
Presence of bacteria capable of PCB
biotransformation in stormwater
bioretention cells
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
2021
Colonization and growth of dehalorespiring
biofilms on carbonaceous sorptive
amendments
Biofouling
2019
A propidium monoazide-polymerase spiral
reaction (PMA-PSR) designed for direct
detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7
viable cell
LWT
2023
Persistent organic pollutants in wood
fiber–contaminated sediments from the
Baltic Sea
Journal of Soils and Sediments
2020
Assessing the performance of polyphosphate
accumulating organisms in a full‐scale
side‐stream enhanced biological
phosphorous removal
Water Environment Research
2024
Use of organic amendments derived from
biosolids for groundwater remediation of
TCE
Chemosphere
2023
Using adaptive management to guide
multiple partners in TCE remediation using
a permeable reactive barrier
Environmental Research
Communications
2019
Implementation of Upscaled Microbial Fuel
Cells for Optimized Net Energy Benefit in
Wastewater Treatment Systems
Journal of Environmental
Engineering
2019
In situdetection of bacteria
involved in cathodic depolarization and
stainless steel surface corrosion using
microautoradiography
Journal of Applied Microbiology
2008
Impact of Carbon Sources Application in
Enhanced Biological Phosphorous Removal
(EBPR) Improvement: A Review
Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
2024
Bio- and Phytoremediation of Persistent
Organic Pollutants in Stormwater
Containment Systems and Soil
Microbial Biofilms in Bioremediation
and Wastewater Treatment
2019
Biofilms at work: Bio-, phyto- and
rhizoremediation approaches for soils
contaminated with polychlorinated
biphenyls
AIMS Bioengineering
2015
Potential of biocorrosion in Danish
district heatings sytems
Materials and Corrosion
2004
MIC mitigation in a 100 MW district
heating peak load unit
Water Science and Technology
2004
Differential alteration in
Lactiplantibacillus plantarum
subsp.
plantarum
quorum-sensing systems and reduced
Candida albicans
yeast survival and virulence gene
expression in dual-species interaction
Microbiology Spectrum
2024
Do bacteriophages have activity in
synovial fluid and against synovial fluid
induced bacterial aggregates?
Journal of Orthopaedic Research
2023
Thermal Hydrolysis Pretreatment Effects on
Endocrine Disrupting Compounds and
Microbial Communities in Wastewater Sludge
from Anaerobic Digestion
Environmental Engineering Science
2023
Verification and application of a modified
carbapenem inactivation method (mCIM) on
Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a potential
screening methodology on carbapenemases
phenotype in Bacillus cereus
Bioengineered
2022
Prevention of Biofilms in
Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract
Infections (CAUTIs): A Review
Springer Series on Biofilms
2022
Food pathogens
Innovative Food Analysis
2021
The biofilm community resurfaces: new
findings and post-pandemic progress
Journal of Bacteriology
2023
Ensuring the continued success of a mulch
biowall at a
trichloroethylene‐contaminated superfund
site: Lessons learned
Remediation Journal
2023
Processes of Microbial Transformation and
Physical Removal of Polychlorinated
Biphenyls (PCBs) in Wastewater Treatment
Optimization and Applicability of
Bioprocesses
2017
Good Ethical and Laboratory Practices for
Wastewater Surveillance
Water Environment Research
2025
Editorial: Thematic issue on anaerobic
biological dehalogenation
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
2022
Characterizing laboratory‐scale
clinoptilolite bio‐columns for removal and
nitrification of ammoniacal nitrogen in
simulated stormwater
Water Environment Research
2021
Evaluating waste-derived crude glycerol
(CG) as an external carbon source to
enhance biological phosphorus removal
(BPR) in wastewater treatment
Water Science & Technology
2025
Impact of methanogenesis inhibitors on a
mixed dechlorinating community in TCE
contaminated groundwater
Bioremediation Journal
2024
Biofilm and human spaceflight
Biofilm
2023
Biofilm research highlights networked
globally
Biofilm
2023
Resistome and virulome study on pathogenic
Streptococcus agalactiae Guangzhou-SAG036
Microbial Pathogenesis
2020
Biofilm Biodegradation Potential
Aquatic Biofilms: Ecology, Water
Quality and Wastewater Treatment
2016
Education
Ph.D., Environmental Microbiology / November, 2004
Aalborg
Aalborg University
MS, Environmental Engineering / August, 1997
Aalborg
Experience
University of Maryland
Professor / August, 2024 — Present
Professor in Environmental Engineering; Secondary appointments in Chemical and BioEngineering Departments
University of Maryland
Associate Professor / August, 2019 — July, 2024
University of Maryland
Asst Professor / January, 2015 — July, 2019
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