Dr. Jim C. Spain
Professor, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
CESM Co-Director
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Phone: (404) 894-0628
Fax: (404) 894-2278
Office: ES&T 3202
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.