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Office: A129 Bourns Hall
Email: william.frankenberger@ucr.edu

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Academic Degrees:

  • Ph.D., 1980, Iowa State University

  • M.S., 1977, Iowa State University

  • B.A., 1974, Emporia State University
     

Courses Taught:

  • ENSC 155 Principles and Applications in Bioremediation

  • SWSC 111 Microbiology and Biochemistry of Soils

  • SWSC 290 Special Topics: Microbial Production of Plant Hormones
     

Research Interests:

  • Microbial production of phytohormones in soils

  • Bioremediation of selenium and perchlorate
     

Honors and Awards:

  • 1981 Soil Science Society of America Emil Troug Award

  • 1987 American Society of Agronomy Visiting Scientist Award

  • 1991 Fellow, Soil Science Society of America

  • 1991 Fellow, The American Institute of Chemists

  • 1992 Fellow, American Society of Agronomy

  • 1993 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

  • 1993 Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology

  • 1993 Invited Speaker, Gordon Research Conference, Appl. & Environ. Microbiol., July 1993

  • 1995 USDA-CSREES-NRE Certificate of Merit

  • 1995 USDA Secretary's Honor Award for Environmental Protection

  • 1995-96 President-Elect of Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry(Div. S-3), SSSA

  • 1996 Environmental Quality Research Award, American Society of Agronomy

  • 1997 Soil Science Research Award, Soil Science Society of America

  • 1997 Finalist for Inland Empire Entrepreneur of the Year Award

  • 1998 Soil Science Society of America Francis Clark Distinguished Lectureship on Frontiers in Soil Biology

  • 1999 Agronomic Research Award, American Society of Agronomy

  • 2001 Director, UCR Center for Technology Development

  • 2003 ISI Most Highly Cited Researchers Worldwide in Ecology/Environment (www.isihighlycited.com)

Publications:

Authored/edited 6 books, 235 publications, 3 patents, and over 320 presentations.
 

Selected Books:

Frankenberger, W. T. (Editor) 2002. Environmental Chemistry of Arsenic. pp. 410. Marcel Dekker, New York, NY.

Arshad, M., and W. T. Frankenberger. 2002. Ethylene: Agricultural Sources and Applications. pp. 450. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York.

Frankenberger, W. T., and R. A. Engberg. (Editors). 1998. Environmental Chemistry of Selenium. pp. 711. Marcel Dekker, New York, NY.

Frankenberger, W. T., and M. Arshad. 1995. Phytohormones in Soils: Microbial Production and Function. pp. 503. Marcel Dekker, New York, NY.

Frankenberger, W. T., and S. Benson (Editors). 1994. Selenium in the Environment. pp. 456. Marcel Dekker, New York, NY.
 

Selected Publications:

Okeke, B. C., G. Ma, Q. Cheng, M. E. Losi, and W. T. Frankenberger, Jr. 2007. Development of a perchlorate reductase-based biosensor for real time analysis of perchlorate in water. J. Microbiol. Methods. 68: 69-75.

Zhang, Y.Q. and W.T. Frankenberger, Jr. 2006. Removal of selenate in river and drainage waters by Citerobacter braakii enhanced with zero-valent iron. J. Agric. Food Chem. 54: 152-156.

Okeke, B. C. and W. T. Frankenberger, Jr. 2005. Use of starch and potato peel waste for perchlorate bioreduction in water. Sci. Total Environ. 347:35-45.

Siddique, T., B.C. Okeke, Y. Zhang, M. Arshad, and W.T. Frankenberger, Jr. 2005. Bacterial diversity in selenium reduction of agricultural drainage water amended with rice straw. J. Environ. Qual. 34:217-226.

Carmargo, F., B. C. Okeke, F. M. Bento and W. T. Frankenberger, Jr. 2004. Hexavalent chromium reduction by immobilized cells and cell-free extract of Bacillus. sp. ES 29. Bioremediation J. 8:23-30.

Zahir, Z. A., M. Arshad, and W. T. Frankenberger. 2004 Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria: Applications and perspective in agriculture. Adv. Agron. 81:97-168.

Okeke, B. C., and W. T. Frankenberger. 2003. Molecular analysis of a perchlorate reductase from a perchlorate-respiring bacterium Perc1ace. Microbiol. Res. 158:337-344.

Zhang, Y. and W. T. Frankenberger, Jr 2003. Removal of selenate in agricultural drainage water by a rice straw bioreactor channel system. J. Environ. Qual. 32:1650-1657.

Camargo, F.A.O., F.M. Bento, B.C. Okeke and W.T. Frankenberger, Jr. 2003. In vitro reduction of hexavalent chromium by a cell-free extract of Bacillus sp. Es29 Stimulated by Cu . Appl. Microbial Biotech. 62:569-573.

Losi, M. E., T. Giblin, V. Hosangadi, and W. T. Frankenberger. 2002. Bioremediation of perchlorate-contaminated groundwater using a packed bed biological reactor. Bioremediation Journal. 6: 97-104.

Giblin, T., M. E. Losi, V. Hosangadi, and W. T. Frankenberger. 2002. Bacterial perchlorate reduction in simulated reverse osmosis rejectate. Bioremediation Journal. 6:105-111.

Guo, L., W. Jury, and W. T. Frankenberger. 2001. Coupled production and transport of selenium vapor in unsaturated soil; Evaluation by experiments and numerical simulation. J. Contaminant Hydrol. 49: 67-85.
 

Patents:

Frankenberger, W.T., Jr. and D.C. Herman. 2000. Bacterial removal of perchlorate and nitrate. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Patent No. 6,077,429.

Frankenberger, W. T., Jr. and D. A. Martens. 1995. Use of plant hormones for crop improvement. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Patent No. 5,614,467.

Frankenberger, W. T., Jr. and U. Karlson. 1989. Land treatment to detoxify soil of selenium. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.& Patent No. 4,861,482.
 

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Department of Environmental Sciences
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521

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