Donna E. Fennell

•    2016, 2017 Professor of the Year, Bioenvironmental Engineering, Engineering Governing Council, School of Engineering, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
•    2011-2012 Fellowship, Wageningen Institute for Environment and Climate Research, in conjunction with Professor Hauke Smidt of Wageningen University and Research Center
•    2009 Excellence in Review Award, Environmental Science and Technology
•    2009 Rutgers University, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Excellence in Teaching Award
•    2006 Best Paper Award, American Society for Engineering Education, Environmental Engineering Division. Jones, S., Bhandari, A., Clapp, L., Fennell, D., LaPara, T. and Tull, K. Diversity in environmental engineering: The good and bad. In Proceedings of the Annual Conference for the American Society of Engineering Education, Chicago, IL, June 2006
•    1996-1997 American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational Foundation Engineering Dissertation Fellowship
•    1995 The Alice H. Cook and Constance E. Cook Award, Cornell University, 1995.  “In recognition of efforts on behalf of women at Cornell and beyond.”
•    1985 Outstanding Senior, Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
•    1984 Tau Beta Pi, The Engineering Honor Society

•    American Association for Aerosol Research
•    Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors
•    American Chemical Society
•    American Geophysical Union
•    American Society for Microbiology
•    Theobald Smith Society, New Jersey Chapter of the American Society for Microbiology

•    Krumins, V.; Sun, W.; Guo, J.; Capozzi, S.; Fennell, D.E.; and Rodenburg, L.A. 2018. Sewer sediment bacterial communities suggest potential to transform persistent organic pollutants. Water Environment Research, 90(12), 2022-2029.
•    Zhong, Y.; Wang, H.; Yu, Z.; Geng, X.; Chen, C.; Li, D.; Zhu, X.; Zhen, H.; Huang, W.; Fennell, D.E.; and Young, L. 2018. Diastereoisomer-specific biotransformation of hexabromocyclododecanes by a mixed culture containing Dehalococcoides mccartyi strain 195. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, 1713.
•    Capozzi, S.L.; Rodenburg, L.A.; Krumins, V.; Fennell, D.E.; and Mack, E.E. 2018. Using positive matrix factorization to investigate microbial dehalogenation of chlorinated benzenes in groundwater at a historically contaminated site.  Chemosphere, 211, 515-523.
•    Rodenburg, L.A.; Dewani, Y.; Häggblom, M.M.; Kerkhof, L.J.; and Fennell, D.E. 2017. Forensic analysis of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and furan fingerprints to elucidate dechlorination pathways. Environmental Science & Technology, 51(18), 10485-10493.
•    Luther, A.K.; Desloover, J.; Fennell, D.E.; and Rabaey, K. 2015. Electrochemically driven extraction and recovery of ammonia from human urine.  Water Research, 87, 367–377.
•    Zhen, H.; Krumins, V.; Fennell, D.E.; and Mainelis G. 2015. Development of a dual-internal-reference technique to improve accuracy when determining bacterial 16S rRNA:16S rRNA gene ratio with application to Escherichia coli liquid and aerosol samples. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 117, 113-121.
•    Sun, W.; Li, Y.; McGuinness, L.; Luo, S.; Huang, W.; Kerkhof, L.; Mack, E.E.; Häggblom, M.M.; and Fennell, D.E. 2015. Identification of anaerobic aniline-degrading bacteria at a contaminated industrial site. Environmental Science and Technology, 49, 11079–11088.
•    Krumins, V.; Mainelis G., Kerkhof, L.J.; and Fennell, D.E. 2014. Substrate-dependent rRNA production in an airborne bacterium. Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 9, 376-381.
•    Zhen, H.; Du, S.; Rodenburg, L.A.; Mainelis, G.; and Fennell, D.E. 2014. Reductive dechlorination of 1,2,3,7,8-pentachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin and Aroclor 1260, 1254 and 1242 by a mixed culture containing Dehalococcoides mccartyi strain 195. Water Research, 52, 51-62.
•    Babson, D., Bellman K.; Prakash, S.; Fennell, D.E.  2013.  Anaerobic digestion for methane generation and ammonia reforming for hydrogen production: A thermodynamic energy balance of a model system to demonstrate net energy feasibility. Biomass and Bioenergy, 56, 493-505.

•    PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1998
•    MS, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1988                
•    BS, Agricultural Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 1985