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Schuler Laboratory - University of New Mexico

Curriculum Vitae

CONTACT INFORMATION
Andrew J. Schuler, Ph.D.
Department of Civil Engineering
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001
(505)277-4556 / schuler@unm.edu

EDUCATION
University of California at Berkeley, Civil and Environmental Engineering. Ph.D., 1998.
University of California at Berkeley, Civil and Environmental Engineering. M.S., 1993.
University of Colorado at Boulder, Civil and Environmental Engineering. B.S., 1987.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2007-present.

Assistant Professor, Duke University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Durham, North Carolina, 2000-2007.

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Tokyo, Department of Urban Engineering, Tokyo, Japan, 1999.

Visiting Researcher, University of Queensland, Department of Microbiology, Brisbane, Australia, January 1998.

Engineer, City of San Francisco Department of Public Works, Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant, San Francisco, California, 1994-98.

Engineer, CH2M HILL, Inc., Oakland, California, 1988-92. Projects included hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, construction inspection, design and construction of pipelines, landfill design, wetland design and mitigation studies, and waste minimization studies.

Land surveyor and junior Civil Engineer, Rocky Mountain Consultants, Inc., Denver and Boulder, Colorado, 1984-1987.

MAJOR FUNDING
CAREER - Microbial Storage Products and Density: Overlooked Fundamentals and Promising Opportunities in Biological Solids Separation (PI)
Source: National Science Foundation
Project period: 9/01/04 - 8/30/09
Amount: $400,000

Development of distributed state simulators: A critical new approach to modeling biological reactor systems. (PI)
Source: National Science Foundation
Duration: 9/01/06 - 8/30/08
Amount: $210,000

Microbial and Photolytic Transformations of Superfund Chemicals, (PI for this Subproject),
Source: NIEHS
Project Period: 4/01/05-3/31/09
Amount: $1,090,000 (Amount for this Subproject)

Development of integrated fixed film activated sludge technologies for biological wastewater treatment in North Carolina. (PI), W. Flournoy, S. Hubbel (Entex Technologies, Co-PIs)
Participants: Hazen and Sawyer, CH2M HILL, Ashbrook Technologies, City of Durham Source: North Carolina Biotechnology Center and Entex Technologies
Duration: 7/01/06 - 6/30/08
Amount: $120,000

HONORS AND AWARDS
National Science Foundation CAREER Award recipient, 2004.
AEESP/CH2M HILL Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, 1999.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1999.
US Environmental Protection Agency Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Graduate Research Fellowship, 1995-98.
Graduation with Honors (M.S.), University of California at Berkeley.1993.
Regents Fellowship, University of California at Berkeley, 1992-1993.
Eckel Award (top departmental graduate), University of Colorado, 1987.
Graduation with Special Honors (B.S.), University of Colorado, Boulder, 1987.
Boettcher Scholar (Boettcher Foundation, Denver, Colorado), 1983-1987.
National Merit Scholar, 1983.

PUBLICATIONS (please contact me for reprints)

  1. Schuler, A. and Xiao, Y. (Accepted). Predicted distributed state effects on EBPR in a 5-stage Bardenpho wastewater treatment configuration. Water Env. Res.
  1. Schuler, A.J. and Jassby, D. (2007). The filament threshold effect on activated sludge bulking: Artifact or reality? Water Res. 41(19): 4349-4356.
  1. Lautenschlager, S.R., F.A. DiGiano, A.J. Schuler and S.S.F. Filho (2007). Net water production model for ultrafiltration including flow direction reversal and chemically assisted backwashing. Water Environ. Res. 79(8): 877-886.
  1. Schuler, A.J. and D. Jassby (2007). Distributed state simulation of endogenous processes in biological wastewater treatment. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 97(5): 1087-1097.
  1. Schuler, A.J., and H. Jang (2007). Microsphere addition for the study of biomass properties and density effects on settleability in biological wastewater treatment systems. Water Res. 41 (19): 2163-2170.
  1. Schuler, A.J., H. Jang (2007). Causes of variable biomass density and effects on settling in full scale biological wastewater treatment systems. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41(5); 1675-1681.
  1. Schuler, A.J., and H. Jang (2007). Density effects on activated sludge zone settling velocities. Water Res. 41(8): 1814-1822.
  1. Jang, H., A.J. Schuler (2007). The case for variable density: A new perspective on activated sludge settling. Water Environ. Res. 79(11): 2298-2303.
  1. Schuler, A.J. (2006). Process hydraulics, distributed bacterial states, and biological wastewater treatment system performance. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 94(5): 909-920.
  1. Schuler, A.J. (2006). Distributed microbial state effects on competition in enhanced biological phosphorus removal systems. Water Sci. Technol. 54(1): 199-207.
  1. Schuler, A.J. (2005). Diversity matters: Dynamic simulation of distributed bacterial states in suspended growth biological wastewater treatment systems. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 91(1): 62-74.
  1. Schuler, A.J. and D. Jenkins (2003a). Enhanced biological phosphorus removal from wastewater by biomass with varying phosphorus contents, Part I: Experimental methods and results. Water Environ. Res. 75(6): 485-498.
  1. Schuler, A.J. and D. Jenkins (2003b). Enhanced biological phosphorus removal from wastewater by biomass with varying phosphorus contents, Part II: Anaerobic ATP utilization and acetate uptake rates. Water Environ. Res. 75(6): 499-512.
  1. Schuler, A.J. and D. Jenkins (2003c). Enhanced biological phosphorus removal from wastewater by biomass with varying phosphorus contents, Part III: Anaerobic sources of reducing equivalents. Water Environ. Res. 75(6): 512-522.
  1. Schuler, A.J., M. Onuki, H. Satoh, and T. Mino (2002). Density separation and molecular methods to characterize enhanced biological phosphorus removal system populations. Water Sci. Technol. 46(1-2): 195-198.
  1. Schuler, A.J. and D. Jenkins (2002). Effects of pH on enhanced biological phosphorus removal metabolisms. Water Sci. Technol. 46(4-5): 171-178.
  1. Schuler, A.J., D. Jenkins, and P. Ronen (2001). Microbial storage products, biomass density, and settling properties of enhanced biological phosphorus removal activated sludge. Water Sci. Technol., 43(1): 173-180.
  1. Crocetti, G.R., P. Hugenholtz, P.L. Bond, A.J. Schuler, J. Keller, D. Jenkins, and L.L. Blackall (2000). Identification of polyphosphate accumulating organisms and the design of 16S rRNA-directed probes for their detection and quantitation. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66(3): 1175-1182.
  1. Pramanik, J., P.L. Trelstad, A.J. Schuler, D. Jenkins, and J.D. Keasling (1999). Development and validation of a flux-based stoichiometric model for enhanced biological phosphorus removal metabolism. Water Res. 33(2): 462-476.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
 Schuler, A.J. (2007). Improving predictions of complex EBPR configuration performance using the distributed state approach. Proceedings of Nutrient Removal 2007: The State of the Art (Water Environment Federation, International Water Association), Baltimore, Maryland, March 4-7, 2007.

Schuler, A.J. (2006). Simulations of distributed PAO behaviors and competition in A2O systems. Proceedings of the International Water Association Fifth World Congress, Beijing, China, September 10-14, 2006.

Schuler, A.J. (2006). What are distributed states and when are they important to EBPR? Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation Annual Conference (WEFTEC), Dallas, Texas, October 22-25, 2006.

Jang, H., A.J. Schuler (2006). The case for variable density: a new perspective on activated sludge settling. Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation Annual Conference (WEFTEC), Dallas, Texas, October 22-25, 2006.

Hubbell, S.B., R. Pehrson, A.J. Schuler (2006). Eight years of successful cold weather nitrification with integrated fixed-film/activated sludge. Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation Annual Conference (WEFTEC), Dallas, Texas, October 22-25, 2006.

Cooper, E., A.J. Schuler (2006). Microbial population dynamics of dibenzothiophene biodegradation in enrichment cultures. Proceedings of the Battelle Fifth International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Monterey, California, May 22-25, 2006.

Schuler, A.J. (2005). A step closer to reality: New developments in predicting distributed PAO states for enhanced biological phosphorus removal. Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation Annual Conference (WEFTEC), Washington, D.C., October 29-November 2, 2005.

Schuler, A.J. (2005). Distributed microbial state effects on competition in enhanced biological phosphorus removal systems. Proceedings of the International Water Association Fourth Specialist Conference on Activated Sludge Population Dynamics in Biological Treatment (ASPD4), Gold Coast, Australia, July 17-20, 2005.

Schuler, A.J. (2005). Distributed state simulation and endogenous decay in biological phosphorus removal systems. Proceedings of the International Water Association Specialist Conference on Nutrient Management in Wastewater Treatment Processes and Recycle Streams, Krakow, Poland, September 18-21, 2005.

Jang, H., A.J. Schuler (2005). New factors affecting sludge settling in full scale activated sludge systems. Proceedings of the International Water Association International Conference on Particle Separation, Seoul, South Korea, June 1-5, 2005.

Schuler A.J. 2004. Distributed microbial states in nutrient removing activated sludge systems: Simulation of an important but neglected phenomenon. Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation Annual Conference (WEFTEC), October 2-6, 2004, New Orleans.

Jang, H., Schuler, A.J., Effect of density on   sludge settling in full scale activated sludge process, Poster Presentation at the NC Water Environment Association Annual Conference, Charlotte, NC, Nov. 14-17, 2004.

Chamberlin, J., Schuler, A.J., Combined Photolytic and Microbial Degradation of PAH.   poster presentation at Superfund Basic Research Program Annual Meeting, University of Washington. Seattle, WA November 3-4, 2004.

Schuler, A.J., New molecular approaches to identifying organisms responsible for Bio-P removal from wastewater.   Invited talk at the University of Gent,   Belgium,   June 4, 2003.

Schuler, A.J., Bacterial polyphosphate storage in diverse environments: Clues to an elusive metabolism. Center for Environmental Solutions Seminar Series, Duke University, April 9, 2003.

Schuler, A. J. and D. Jenkins. Effects of pH on enhanced biological phosphorus removal metabolisms. Oral presentation at the International Water Assoc. 2 nd World Water Congress, Berlin, Germany, Oct. 15-18, 2001. (published in Water Science and Technology, see above).

Schuler, A.J., M. Onuki, H. Satoh, T. Mino, Density separation and molecular methods to characterize enhanced biological phosphorus removal system populations, poster presentation at the   International Water Assoc. 3 rd International Specialised Conference on Microorganisms in Activated Sludge and Biofilm Processes, Rome, Italy, June 13-15 2001. (published in Water Science and Technology, see above).

Schuler, A.J., D. Jenkins and P. Ronen,   Microbial storage products, biomass density, and settling properties of enhanced biological phosphorus removal activated sludge.   Oral presentation at the 1 st World Congress of the International Water Association, Paris, France, July 3-7, 2000.

Schuler, A.J., O. Motoharu, T. Mino, Density separation and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis for characterization of phosphate-removing bacteria in wastewater treatment, Oral presentation at the Japan Society for Microbial Ecology Annual Conference, Kochi, Japan, November 6-7, 1999.

Schuler, A.J., Transient influent carbon variations: effects on the enhanced biological phosphorus removal by activated sludge, invited speaker at California Water Environment Federation San Francisco Bay Section Meeting, Oakland, California, March 5, 1998.

Schuler, A.J., and D. Jenkins, The effect of varying activated sludge phosphate content on the enhanced biological phosphate removal metabolism, oral presentation at the Water Environment Federation 70th Annual Conference and Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, October 1997.  

Schuler, A.J., P. Jetmarova, and D. Jenkins, The effect of varying influent phosphate concentrations on the enhanced biological phosphate removal metabolism in wastewater treatment, poster presentation at the Second International Conference on Microorganisms in Activated Sludge and Biofilm Processes, International Association of Water Quality, Berkeley, California, July 21-23, 1997.

Schuler, A.J., P. Jetmarova, and D. Jenkins, Enhanced biological phosphorus removal, poster presentation at the STAR Graduate Fellows Technical Conference, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, June 16-17, 1997.