Research Interests for Claudia Gunsch

Identifying genetic adaptation mechanisms resulting from anthropogenic contaminant exposure; developing biosensors capable of pathogen and contaminant detection in water and air; studying the impact of emerging contaminants on aquatic microbial ecology; and the development of novel techniques for controlling pathogen proliferation

Recent Publications

1. S. Wang, R. Holzem and C.K. Gunsch, Effects of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds on a Mixed Microbial Community Originating from a Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant, Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 42 no. 4 (2008), pp. 1091-1095 [html]
2. C.K. Gunsch, K.A. Kinney, P.J. Szaniszlo and C.P. Whitman, Relative gene expression quantification in a fungal gas-phase biofilter., Bioengineering and Biotechnology, vol. 98 no. 1 (2007), pp. 101-111 [abs]
3. C.K. Gunsch, K.A. Kinney, P.J. Szaniszlo and C.P. Whitman, Quantification of homogentisate-1,2-dioxygenase expression in a fungus degrading ethylbenzene., Journal of Microbiological Methods, vol. 67 no. 2 (2006), pp. 257-265. [abs]
4. Gunsch, Claudia K. and Cheng, Qiang and Kinney, Kerry A. and Szaniszlo, Paul J. and Whitman, Christian P., Identification of a homogentisate-1,2-dioxygenase gene in the fungus Exophiala lecanii-corni: Analysis and implications, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, vol. 68 no. 3 (2005), pp. 405 - 411 [s00253-005-1899-0] [abs]
5. Verce, Matthew F. and Gunsch, Claudia K. and Danko, Anthony S. and Freedman, David L., Cometabolism of cis-1,2-dichloroethene by aerobic cultures grown on vinyl chloride as the primary substrate, Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 36 no. 10 (2002), pp. 2171 - 2177 [es011220v] [abs]