Dr Fahrenfeld's research interests lie at the interface of environmental chemistry and environmental microbiology to promote water quality and sustainability, with applications in natural, agricultural, and engineered systems. Previous research projects include remediation of oil and explosives contaminated aquifer sediments, microbial source tracking in mixed land use watersheds, and antibiotic resistance in agricultural soils.
Program Faculty
- Nicole Fahrenfeld
- Associate Professor
- Department: Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Phone: 1.8484458416
- Email: nfahrenf@soe.rutgers.edu
- Rutgers University
- CoRE Building 610
- 96 Frelinghuysen Road
- Piscataway, NJ 08854
- Key Words: Bioremediation, microbial source tracking, antibiotic resistance
- Lab Site URL
- News Items: Harmful Microbes Found on Sewer Pipe Walls, Microplastic Sizes in Hudson-Raritan Estuary and Coastal Ocean Revealed
