Michelle M. Scherer

Complete Curriculum Vitae (PDF File)

Joined the College of Engineering: 1998 

Education: Ph.D., Environmental Science and Engineering, Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology, 1998
M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut, 1994
B.S. Systems Engineering, University of Virginia, 1989

Special Fields of Knowledge: Fe redox cycling and biogeochemistry, nanoscience in geochemistry, environmental chemistry, ground water remediation, Mössbauer spectroscopy and electrochemistry.

Present Research Interests:Fe redox cycling and biogeochemistry; nanoscience in geochemistry: reactions of environmental contaminants, such as TCE and Uranium with Fe minerals formed from chemical and biological pathways; behavior of nanoparticle iron minerals in air, water, and soil

Selected Publications:

• Shrout, J.D., P. Larese-Casanova, M.M. Scherer and P.J. Alvarez. (2005) Sustained 1,3,5-Hexahydro-1,3,5-Triazine (RDX) Degradation in Zero-Valent Iron Simulated Barriers under Different Microbial Conditions. Environ. Technol. 26(10):1115-1126.
• Williams, A. G. B., K. B. Gregory, G.F. Parkin, and M.M. Scherer. (2005) Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine transformation by biologically reduced ferrihydrite: Evolution of Fe Mineralogy, Surface Area, and Reaction Rates. Environ. Sci. & Technol. 39(14): 5183-5189
• Shrout J. D., Williams, A.G.B, Scherer, M.M., and G.F. Parkin. (2005) Inhibition of microbial perchlorate reduction by zero-valent iron. Biodegradation 16, 23-32.
• Williams A. G. B. and Scherer M. M. (2004) Spectroscopic Evidence for Fe(II)-Fe(III) Electron Transfer at the Fe Oxide-Water Interface. Environ. Sci. & Technol. 38(18), 4782-4790.
• Ginner, J.L., Alvarez, P.J.J., Smith, S.L., and Scherer, M.M. (2004). Nitrate and nitrite reduction by Fe(0): Influence of mass transport, temperature, and denitrifying microbes. Environmental Engineering Science. 219-229.
• Gregory, K.B., Larese-Casanova, P., Parkin, G.F., and Scherer, M.M. (2004). Abiotic transformation of hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine by FeII bound to magnetite. Environ. Sci. & Technol. 38(5):1408-1414.

Active Scientific and Professional Society Memberships: American Chemical Society; Geochemical Society of America; Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors. Associate Editor, Aquatic Sciences; Editorial Review Board, Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation and Geochemical Transactions.