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Timothy M. LaPara
Associate Professor
Contact Information
- Office: CivE 146
- Phone: (612)624-6028
- Fax: (612)626-7750
- E-mail: lapar001@umn.edu
Web: http://personal.ce.umn.edu/~lapara/
Research Interests
Biological wastewater treatment, wastewater microbiology, environmental
microbiology, structure-function relationships in mixed microbial communities,
microbial ecology, microbial evolution, antibiotic resistance.
Selected Publications
Yan T, TM LaPara, and PJ Novak. 2006. The effect of varying levels of
sodium bicarbonate on PCB dechlorination in Hudson River sediment cultures.
Environmental Microbiology 8(7):1288-1298.
LaPara TM, AC Cole, JW Shanahan and MJ Semmens. 2006. The effects of organic
carbon, ammoniacal-nitrogen, and oxygen partial pressure on the stratification
of membrane-aerated biofilms. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology
33(4):315-323.
Chen R, and TM LaPara. 2006. Aerobic biological treatment of low-strength
synthetic wastewater in membrane-coupled bioreactors: The structure and
function of bacterial enrichment cultures as the net growth rate approaches
zero. Microbial Ecology 51(1):99-108.
Yan T, TM LaPara and PJ Novak. 2006. The reductive dechlorination of 2,3,4,5-chlorobiphenyl
in three different sediment cultures: Evidence for the involvement of phylogenetically
similar Dehalococcoides-like bacterial populations. FEMS Microbiology Ecology
55(2):248-261.
LaPara TM, CG Klatt and R Chen. 2006. Adaptations in bacterial catabolic
enzyme activity and community structure in membrane-coupled bioreactors
fed simple synthetic wastewater. Journal of Biotechnology 121(3):368-380.
Kappell AS, MJ Semmens, PJ Novak and TM LaPara. 2005. A novel application
of oxygen-transferring membranes to improve anaerobic wastewater treatment.
Biotechnology and Bioengineering 89(4):373-380.
Ghosh S and TM LaPara. 2004. Removal of carbonaceous and nitrogenous pollutants
from a synthetic wastewater using a membrane coupled bioreactor. Journal
of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 31(8):353-361.
Cole AC, MJ Semmens and TM LaPara. 2004. The stratification of activity
and bacterial community structure in biofilms grown on membranes transferring
oxygen. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70(4):1982-1989.
McRae BM, TM LaPara and RM Hozalski. 2004. Biodegradation of haloacetic
acids by bacterial enrichment cultures. Chemosphere 55(6):915-925.
Onan LJ and TM LaPara. 2003. Tylosin-resistant bacteria cultivated from
agricultural soil. FEMS Microbiology Letters 220(1):15-20.
Education
- Ph.D., 1999, Environmental Engineering, Purdue University
- B.S.C.E., 1995, University of Notre Dame
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