We are excited to announce that we have an opportunity for a postdoctoral scholar in the Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) research group at The Ohio State University. The postdoctoral scholar will conduct research on allergens in homes of asthmatic children in collaboration with clinicians at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and an interdisciplinary research team. Feel free …
The Ohio State University Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering is excited to announce tenure track hires in the following three areas: Resilient Infrastructure (Assistant/Associate), Environmental Microbiology (Assistant/Associate), and Hydrology (Assistant/Associate). Complete announcements and instructions for application can be found at our departmental website: https://ceg.osu.edu/about-us/faculty-position In each case, the successful candidate is expected to develop …
On January 24, 2017 we held a 90 minute symposium titled “Microbiology of the Built Environment: Implications for Health and Design” at the National Council for Science and the Environment Conference (NCSE) conference in Washington, DC. Thank you to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for sponsoring this event. The NCSE conference integrates science and policy, …
We are excited to announce that the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation will be sponsoring a symposium at the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) Conference and Global Forum in Washington, DC from Jan 24-26, 2017 (http://www.ncseconference.org/). The 2017 conference has the theme “Integrating Environment and Health” and typically brings together between 1,000-1,200 attendees …
Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering and Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, College of Engineering Applications are invited for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the field of Sustainable Buildings with a primary appointment in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering and a joint appointment in the Department of Food, …
Floor dust is an important source of human exposure to microbes due to dust resuspension, especially from carpeted floors. Sources of microbes in floor dust are known to include outdoor air, tracked-in soil, growth on materials, and shedding from occupants or pets, but we wanted to know if growth may also contribute to these microbial …
Are the microbes in our homes alive, or are they dead? If they are alive, what are they doing? We plan to answer these questions during my MoBE Postdoctoral Fellowship, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Bacteria in house dust can originate from places such as the outdoors or from the bodies of humans. …