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Welcome to the homepage of Amy Pruden
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 Amy J. Pruden
Title : Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Program Area : Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Address : 403 Durham Hall
E-mail : apruden(at)vt.edu
Telephone : (540) 231-3980
Alternate URL for this homepage : http://www.cee.vt.edu/people/pruden.html
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| Areas of Interest : |
| | - Applied environmental microbiology, antibiotic resistance, mine drainage remediation, molecular microbial ecology, wastewater treatment
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| Education : |
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- Ph.D. Environmental Science, University of Cincinnati, 2002
- B.S. Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, 1997
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| Professional Honors, Awards, and Recognitions : |
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- 2008 Selected to attend Frontiers of Engineering Symposium by the National Academy of Engineers
- 2007 Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering (PECASE) from the Executive Office of the President of the U.S.A.
- 2006 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF)
- 2006 Editor's Choice Award (2nd Runner Up) for paper published in Environmental Science & Technology.
- 2006 Faculty Award for Excellence in Research from the Department of Civil Engineering at Colorado State University.
- 1999, John David Eye Most Outstanding First Year Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
- 1997 Most Outstanding Student in Overall Academic Achievement from the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Cincinnati.
- 1997 C-Ring Award: Most Outstanding Woman of Class of 1997 at the University of Cincinnati
- 1996 selected for Phi Beta Kappa by the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
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| Courses Taught : |
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- Environmental Engineering Microbiology
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| Selected Research Projects : |
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- NSF. Advancing Genome-Enabled Tools: Guiding Inoculum Design for Sulfate-Reducing Mine Drainage Treatment Systems, 2007-2010, $330,000, with Co-PI Kenneth F. Reardon
- Colorado Water Resources Research Institute. Developing a GIS Database for Source-Tracking of Antibiotic Resistance Genes, 2008, $15,280, with Co-PI Mazdak Arabi
- NSF. CAREER: Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARG) as Emerging Pollutants in Our Water: Pathways, Mitigation, and Treatment, 2006-2011, $400,000
- USDA Agricultural Experiment Station. Best Management Practices for Antibiotic Resistance Gene (ARG) Treatment in Livestock Lagoons, 2007-2011, $105,000
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency & Golder Associates. Microbial Analysis of Peerless Jenny King and National Tunnel Bioreactors and Microbial Stress Studies, 2006-2008, $90,000.
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| Selected Publications : |
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- Hiibel, S.R., Pereyra, L.P., Inman, L.Y., Tischer, A., Reisman, D.J., Reardon, K.F., and A. Pruden. (2008). Microbial Community Analysis of Two Field-Scale Sulfate-Reducing Bioreactors Treating Mine Drainage. Environmental Microbiology 10(8):2087-2097.
- Raynal, M., and A. Pruden. (2008). Aerobic MTBE Biodegradation in the Presence of BTEX by Two Consortia Under Batch and Semi-Batch Conditions. Biodegradation. 19(2):269-282.
- Storteboom, H.N., Kim, S.C., Doesken, K., Davis, J., Carlson, K.H., and A. Pruden. (2007). Response of Antibiotics and Resistance Genes to High-Intensity and Low-Intensity Manure Management. J. Environ. Qual. 36: 1695-1703.
- Pei, R., Cha, J-M., Carlson, K.H., and A. Pruden. (2007). Biological Treatment of Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARG) in Dairy Lagoon Water. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41(14):5108-5113.
- Hong, H., Inman, L.Y., Pruden, A., and K.F. Reardon. (2007).Comparison of CE-SSCP and DGGE for Monitoring a Complex Microbial Community Remediating Mine Drainage. J. Microbiol. Meth. 69:52-64.
- Pruden, A., Pei, R., Storteboom, H.N., and K.H. Carlson. (2006). Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARG) as Emerging Contaminants: Studies in Northeastern Colorado. Environ. Sci. Technol. 40(23): 7445-7450. Second runner up for Editor's Choice Award, 2006
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