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CAREER: Quorum enhanced sustainable treatment of nitrogen (QuEST-N) — NSF Award to Duke University (NC, $455,029)

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). Environmental engineers have used microorganisms over a century to treat wastewater and protect public health. Biological wastewater treatment (WWT) also plays a critical role in ecosystem and environmental protectio

Award titleCAREER: Quorum enhanced sustainable treatment of nitrogen (QuEST-N)
Award ID2349328
AwardeeDuke University
CityDURHAM
StateNC
Amount obligated$455,029
Principal investigatorJeseth Delgado Vela
ProgramCAREER: FACULTY EARLY CAR DEV, EnvE-Environmental Engineering
Start date10/01/2023
AbstractThis award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). Environmental engineers have used microorganisms over a century to treat wastewater and protect public health. Biological wastewater treatment (WWT) also plays a critical role in ecosystem and environmental protection including the use of nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria to remove and convert excess nitrogen from wastewater to harmless nitrogen (N2) gas. Advances in environmental metagenom
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