Bourns College of Engineering

B321 Bourns Hall
UC Riverside
Riverside, Ca 92521
Phone: 951-827-2477
FAX: 951-827-5696

Marc Deshusses

Degrees

M.S. Chemical Engineering 1990

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering 1994

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland

Awards

• 1998 College of Engineering Outstanding Teacher's Award
• 2001 Chancellor's Award to the Faculty Mentor for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
• 2003 Featured in Science research highlights, Science magazine, May 7, 2003
• 2003 Quality & Productivity Award of the City of Los Angeles for Environmental Marvels
• 2006 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Research Area

Dr. Deshusses' broad research interests are related to the design, analysis and application of processes for the bioremediation of contaminated air, water and soils. One area of on-going research is bioreactors for air pollution control. Results from this work have resulted among others in a better fundamental understanding of how volatile organics and odors are biodegraded in waste air biofilters and biotrickling filters. It has also been used recently to convert odor control chemical scrubbers to high efficiency biotrickling filters at wastewater treatment plants. Another area of ongoing research is the development of biotreatment processes to treat groundwater contaminated with gasoline additives MTBE and TBA and rocket propellant perchlorate. Results from this work are being applied in the field. Other ongoing research include the development of gas-phase sensors based on functionalized nanomaterials, the use of biomolecular techniques for monitoring microorganisms in complex mixed cultures, fundamental study of biofouling mechanisms, biofilms, combined chemical and biological treatment of wastes, indoor air quality, and mathematical modeling of environmental bioprocesses

Publications

For additional information, please see Professor Deshusses' faculty webpage.

http://www.engr.ucr.edu/~mdeshuss

Former Institution

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Department of Biochemistry

Biography

Research Specialization: Air pollution control using bioreactors, groundwater cleanup, nanomaterials for environmental applications, gas nanosensors, applied microbiology.