Kjellerup, Birthe

Professor
Chair of Civil Empowerment

Civil and Environmental Engineering
Fischell Department of Bioengineering

1147 Glenn L. Martin Hall

bvk@umd.edu

301-314-1535

Website(s):
Environmental Engineering Laboratories

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Aalborg University, 2004
M.Sc., Aalborg University, 1997

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Association for Women in Science
International Society for Microbial Ecology
The Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
American Society for Microbiology (Maryland Branch)
American Society for Microbiology

Diversity and activity of microbial biofilms in complex microbial systems such as sediment, stormwater, soil, groundwater, and the human body
Biodegradation and bioremediation of persistent organic pollutants incl. polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Chlorinated solvents (PCR/TCE) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Wastewater Based Epidemiology (WBE): SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater
Biocorrosion in drinking water and oil distribution pipelines
Invertebrate host-pathogen model Caenorhabditis elegans for in vivo biofilm infections

Maryland Engineers Awarded Grants to Address Humanity's Grand Challenges

Twelve projects led by or involving Maryland Engineering faculty have been awarded funding through the Grand Challenges Grants Program, the largest and most comprehensive program of its kind ever introduced at the University of Maryland.