Dawn Dechand
Contact Information
Phone:
(517) 432-7732
Email:
dechand@msu.edu
Associate Professor
Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
Biography
Research
- Wetlands and vegetated technologies for protection of water quality
- Plants for remediation of emerging organic pollutants and hazardous wastes
- Fate of emerging pollutants and pesticides in vegetated systems
- Plant tissue culture and genetic engineering to enhance plants' capabilities to address water quality problems
Education
- Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology in 2007
- B.S. in Biological and Agricultural Engineering and Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (secondary major) at Kansas State University in 2002
Research Lab
Engineering Ecological Treatment SystemsSelected Publications
- Stuber, J., A. Thode, and D. Reinhold. (in review: Landscape and Urban Planning). "Improving bioretention technology for nutrient and metal removal through vegetation and soil media selection."
- Aryal, N. and D. Reinhold. (in review: Environmental Experimental Botany) "Use of hydroponic studies to assess uptake of antimicrobials by pumpkin and zucchini."
- Henderson, S., P. Triscari, and D. Reinhold. (in review: Transactions of ASABE). "Anaerobic Digestion of Dairy Manure Combined with Duckweed (Lemnaceae)."
- Aryal, N. and D. Reinhold (2011). "Phytoaccumulation of antimicrobials from biosolids: Impacts on environmental fate and relevance to human exposure." Water Research. 45(17): 5545-5552.
- 45(17): 5545-5552. Reinhold, D., L. Handell, and F. M. Saunders (2011). "Callus cultures for phytometabolism studies: Phytometabolites of 3-trifluoromethylphenol in Lemnaceae plants and callus cultures." International Journal of Phytoremediation 13(07): 642 - 656
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Courses Taught
- BE 332 Engineering Properties of Biological Materials
- BE 482 Non-point Source Pollution Control
