Lisa Alvarez-Cohen
Leader, E-mail: alvarez@ce.berkeley.edu
Tel: (510) 643-5969
Fax: (510) 642-7483
Mailing address:
University of California at Berkeley
Civil and Environmental Engineering
726 Davis Hall #1710
Berkeley, CA 94720-1710
Web page: http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/~alvcohen/
Research Interests
Lisa Alvarez-Cohen’s research interests are on the microbial degradation of environmental contaminants in natural and engineered systems with focuses on emerging contaminants and application of innovative molecular tools.
Recent Publications
- Zeng, X., S.L. Simonich, K.L. Robrock, P. Korytár, L. Alvarez-Cohen, and D. F. Barofsky. 2008. “Development and validation of a congener specific photodegradation model for PBDEs”. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 27(12): 2427-2435.>
- West, K. A., D. R. Johnson, P. Hu, T. Z. DeSantis, E. L. Brodie, P.K.H. Lee, H. Feil, G. L. Andersen, S. H. Zinder and L. Alvarez-Cohen. 2008. “Comparative Genomics of Dehalococcoides ethenogenes 195 and a Dehalococcoides-Containing Enrichment Culture”, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 74(11): 3533-3540.
- Johnson, D. R., E. L. Brodie, A. E. Hubbard, G. L. Andersen, S. H. Zinder, and L. Alvarez-Cohen . 2008. Temporal Transcriptomic Microarray Analysis of the Adaptation to Growth-Limiting Conditions in Dehalococcoides ethenogenes Strain 195, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 74(9): 2864-2872.
- Robrock, K., P. Korytár and L. Alvarez-Cohen. 2008. “Pathways for the Anaerobic Microbial Debromination of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers”, Environmental Science and Technology, 42(8): 2845-2852.
- Lee, P. K. H., T. W. Macbeth, K. S. Sorenson and L. Alvarez-Cohen. 2008. “Quantifying Genes and Transcripts to Assess the In Situ Physiology of Dehalococcoides spp. in a Trichloroethene-Contaminated Field Site”, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 74(9): 2728-2739.