Faculty - Jean D. MacRae
Jean
D. MacRae, Ph.D.
Associate
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
319 Boardman Hall
University of Maine
Orono, Maine 04469-5711
Phone: (207) 581-2137
Fax: (207) 581-3888
Email:
Jean_MacRae@umit.maine.edu
Education:
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 1997.
M.S. in Microbiology
University of British Columbia Vancouver,
B.C., 1991.
B.S. in Life Sciences
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario,
Canada, 1988.
Courses:
CIE 231 Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering
CIE 432 Water and Wastewater Process Design
CIE 498 Industrial Process Waste
CIE 534 Environmental Microbiology
CIE 535 Water Pollution
CIE 598 Biological Processes
Research Interest:
Dr. MacRae interests lie in Arsenic in
drinking water, Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) that act in
the environment. Resource recovery protein and chitin from crab
processing waste.
Current Research:
Dr. MacRae's teaching responsibilities include Introduction to
Environmental Engineering, Wastewater Process Design and special
topics courses at the undergraduate level; and Environmental
Microbiology, Water Pollution and Advanced Biological Processes at
the graduate level. Building on her background in life sciences
and microbiology, her research interests focus on the ways that
microorganisms affect pollutants. Areas of particular interest are
arsenic cycling in the environment, anaerobic microbial processes
for waste treatment and resource recovery, and biodegradation and
bioavailability. She joined the department in May of 1999.
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