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Jennifer Fung

 

Jennifer received her Ph.D. in Microbiology from Cornell University in 2008 where she worked with Dr. Stephen Zinder on the anaerobic degradation of halogenated pollutants (reductive dehalogenation). Her thesis work examined reductive dehalogenase gene expression and activity in Dehalococcoides ethenogenes strain 195 as well as isolating novel dehalogenating microbes from contaminated sediments. After graduating Jennifer worked for Lanzatech Ltd., a biofuel company in New Zealand, characterizing bacteria that convert carbon monoxide to ethanol. Her research interests include understanding how bacteria manipulate their physiology in response to environmental cues and applying such knowledge to technological processes. Currently, Jennifer is studying lignocellulose degradation by the endosymbionts in wood-boring shipworms. This work involves understanding microbial diversity in and amongst shipworms and characterizing enzymes involved in the break down of lignocellulose.

Education


2008 Ph.D., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
2001 B.S., University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA.

 

Publications

Fung, J.M., Weisenstein, B.P., Mack, E.E., Vidumsky, J.E., Ei, T.A., and Zinder, S.H. 2009. Reductive dehalogenation of dichlorobenzene to monochlorobenzene and benzene in microcosms. Environmental Science and Technology 43(4): 2302-2307.

Fung, J.M., Morris, R., Adrian, L., and Zinder, S. 2007. Dehalogenase gene expression of Dehalococcoides ethenogenes strain 195 growing on various chlorinated compounds. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73 (14): 4439-4445.

Morris, R.M, Fung, J.M., Rahmn, B.G., Zhang, S., Freedman, D.L., Zinder, S.H., and Richardson, R.E. 2007. Comparative proteomics of Dehalococcoides spp. reveals strain-specific peptides associated with activity. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73(3): 320-326.

Adrian, L., Hansen, S.K., Fung, J.M., Gorisch, H., and Zinder, S.H. 2007. Growth of Dehalococcoides strains with chlorophenols as electron acceptors. Environmental Science and Technology 41(7): 2318-2323.

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