faculty.Andrew Schuler

Andrew J. Schuler, Adjunct Assistant Professor

Professor Andrew J. Schuler received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and his B.S. from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Before coming to Duke, he spent a year as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Tokyo in the laboratory of Professor Takashi Mino. His research interests include biological wastewater treatment processes, with an emphasis on nutrient removal and membrane bioreactors, biochemistry of microbial storage products and their effects on cell density and solids separation, and process simulation. He is also interested in combined photodegration and biodegradation of pesticides and polyaromatic hydrocarbons and the application of molecular methods to characterize microbial communities in bioreactors and the subsurface.

[Visit Professor Schuler's Website]

Education

• Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1998
• M.S. Environmental Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1993
• B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1987

Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, 2000-Present
• Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Urban Engineering, University of Tokyo, 1999
• Engineer, City of San Francisco Department of Public Works, 1994-1998
• Engineer, CH2M HILL, Inc., 1988-1992
• Assistant land surveyor and junior engineer, Rocky Mountain Consultants, Inc., 1985-1987
• Registered Professional Engineer, CA

Sample Publications [complete publication list]

Schuler, A.J. and D. Jenkins (2003). Enhanced biological phosphorus removal from wastewater by biomass with varying phosphorus contents, Part I: Experimental methods and results. Water Environ. Res. 75(6): 485-498.

Schuler, A.J. and D. Jenkins (2003). Enhanced biological phosphorus removal from wastewater by biomass with varying phosphorus contents, Part II: Anaerobic ATP utilization and acetate uptake rates. Water Environ. Res. 75(6): 499-512.

Schuler, A.J. and D. Jenkins (2003). Enhanced biological phosphorus removal from wastewater by biomass with varying phosphorus contents, Part III: Anaerobic sources of reducing equivalents. Water Environ. Res. 75(6): 512-522.

Schuler, A.J. and D. Jenkins (2002). Effects of pH on Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal metabolisms. Water Sci. Technol. 46(4-5): 171-178.

Schuler A.J., Onuki M., Satoh H., and Mino T. (2002) Density separation and molecular methods to characterize enhanced biological phosphorus removal system populations, Water Sci. Technol.. 46(1-2), 195-198.

Courses Taught

• CE120L. Chemistry and Microbiology for Environmental Engineers
• CE 124L. Environmental Engineering
• CE 244. Biological Processes in Environmental Engineering

Honors and Awards

• National Science Foundation CAREER Award Recipient (2004)
• AEESP/CH2M HILL Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award (1999)
• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowship (1999)
• US Environmental Protection Agency Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Graduate Research Fellowship (1995-98)
• Graduation with Honors (M.S.), University of California at Berkeley (1993)
• Regents Fellowship, University of California at Berkeley (1992-1993)
• Eckel Award, University of Colorado (1987)
• Graduation with Special Honors (B.S.), University of Colorado, Boulder (1983)
• Boettcher Scholar, Boettcher Foundation, Denver, (Colorado) (1983-1987)
• National Merit Scholar (1983)

Professional and Service Activities

• American Society for Microbiology
• Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors
• International Water Association
• Water Environment Federation

Current and Ongoing Research

• Roles of microbial storage products in microbial ecosystem dynamics
• Population of molecular methods to characterize microbial populations in wastewater treatment and soil systems
• The effects of bacterial storage products and density on sedimentation processes
• Microbial metabolisms involved in nutrient removal
• Combined photolytic and microbial degradation of organic contaminants