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Jim C. Spain

Professor

Affinity Group: Environmental Engineering
Office: EST 3202
Phone: 404/894-0628
Email: jspain@ce.gatech.edu

Biography

Jim Spain joined the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology at the beginning of 2005. Dr. Spain received his PhD in microbiology from The University of Texas at Austin and a BS in Biology from the University of Texas at Arlington. He studied the biodegradation of pesticides in the marine environment for five years as a post doctoral fellow and [Read More]

Research Interests

  • Environmental distribution, persistence, and biodegradation of chemical pollutants
  • Green chemistry synthesis of organic compounds by biocatalysis
  • Biodegradation pathways in bacteria for application to bioremediation
  • Environmental biotechnology related to marine, freshwater and subsurface ecosystems
  • Evolution and adaptation of microbial communities
  • Biochemistry, ecology, and molecular biology of environmentally relevant microbes
  • Discovery and characterization of bacteria that degrade synthetic organic compounds
  • Photobiological hydrogen production by cyanobacteria

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, Microbiology and Biochemistry, 1979
  • B.S., University of Texas at Arlington, Biology and Chemistry, 1973