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Professor ROONEY-VARGA, JULIETTE N. (Lowell)
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences Department

    Phone: (978) 934-4715
    Email: Juliette_RooneyVarga@uml.edu
    Website: : http://faculty.uml.edu/jrooney/Research

Teaching the following courses:

Environmental Microbiology

**Disclaimer: Condensed CVs for the School of Marine Sciences. For a full CV, please contact the professor.**

Education:
1997 - Ph.D., University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (Microbiology).

1994 - M.S., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (Natural Resources).

1991 - B.A., Colby College, Waterville, ME. (Biology).

Professional History:
1998 - present - Assistant Professor, Environmental Biology, University of Massachusetts Lowell.

1997 - 1998 - Post - Doctoral Associate, Microbiology, University of Massachusetts.

1996 - Teaching Assistant, Microbiology, University of New Hampshire.

1993 - 1997 - Graduate Research Assistant, Microbiology, University of New Hampshire.

1991 - 1993 - Graduate Research Assistant, Natural Resources, Cornell University.

1991 - Teaching Assistant, Natural Resources, Cornell University.

1990 - 1991 - Claire Boothe Luce Research Assistant, Colby College.

1993 - Summer Student Fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.

Current Research Support:
"Relationships between Bacterial Communities and Alexandrium spp. In the Gulf of Maine, " UMass - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration CMER Program, 1999 - 2001, Principle Investigator, $43,208

"Effects of Natural Anti - Microbial Compounds on Biodegradation of Textiles and Plastics Effects of Natural Anti - Microbial Compounds on Biodegradation of Textiles and Plastics," Burlington Scientific, Inc., Principle Investigator, 1998 - 1999, $11,315.

"Influence of marine bacteria on growth and toxin production by Alexandrium sp. str. CB301," UMass Lowell Office of Collaborative Research, Principle Investigator, 2000 - 2001, $15,000.

"Collaborative Research: Acetate biogeochemistry in northern wetlands: Implications for methane formation during climate change," National Science Foundation, Co - Principle Investigator, 2001 - 2004, $350,000.

"Research Experience for Undergraduates: Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Acetate - Accumulating Microbial Communities in Northern Wetlands: Optimization and Initial Characterization," National Science Foundation, Principle Investigator, 2001 - 2002, $4,563.

"Bacteria - Phytoplankton Interactions: The Influence of Marine Bacteria on Alexandrium spp. Blooms in the Gulf of Maine," National Science Foundation, Principle Investigator, 2001 - 2004, $317,884.

Selected Publications:
Anderson, R. T., J. N. Rooney - Varga, C. V. Gaw, and D. R. Lovley. 1998. Anaerobic benzene oxidation in the Fe(III) reduction zone of petroleum - contaminated aquifers. Environ. Sci. Technol. 32:1222 - 1229.

Fahey, T. J., C. W. Williams, J. N. Rooney - Varga, C. C. Cleveland, and K. M. Postek. 1999. Nitrogen deposition in and around an intensive agricultural dsitrict in central New York. J. Environ. Quality. 28:1585 - 1600.

Ferrier, M., J. L. Martin, and J. N. Rooney - Varga. Submitted. Stimulation of Alexandrium fundyense growth by bacterial assemblages from the Bay of Fundy. J. Appl. Microbiol.

Hines, M. E., R. S. Evans, B. R. Sharak Genthner, S. G. Willis, S. Friedman, J. N. Rooney - Varga, and R. Devereux. 1999. Molecular phylogenetic and biogeochemical studies of sulfate - reducing bacteria in the rhizosphere of Spartina alterniflora. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65:2209 - 2216.

Rooney - Varga, J. N., R. Devereux, R. S. Evans, and M. E. Hines. 1997. Seasonal changes in the relative abundance of uncultivated sulfate - reducing bacteria in a salt marsh sediment and rhizosphere of Spartina alterniflora. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63:3895 - 3901.

Rooney - Varga, J. N., B. R. Sharak Genthner, R. Devereux, S. G. Willis, S. D. Friedman, and M. E. Hines. 1998. Phylogenetic and physiological diversity of sulphate - reducing bacteria isolated from a salt marsh sediment. System. Appl. Microbiol. 21:557 - 568.

Rooney - Varga, J. N., R. T. Anderson, J. L. Fraga, D. Ringelberg, and D. R. Lovley. 1999. Microbial communities associated with anaerobic benzene degradation in a petroleum - contaminated aquifer. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65:3056 - 3063