Syed Hashsham
Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), College of Engineering
Engr Rsch Complex, 1449 Engineering Research Ct Room A126
Biography
Dr. Syed Hashsham is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. His research interests lie at the intersection of three closely related areas: (i) understanding how complex microbial communities work; (ii) development of parallel detection tools; and (iii) development/evaluation of processes relevant to environmental biotechnology. For complex communities (e.g., in bioreactors, ... gut, or environment), he studies the abiotic and biotic factors that makes a microbial system stable or unstable with respect to function and community structure. As part of projects funded by NIH, EPA, and MEDC to develop parallel detection tools, his team has developed a low cost hand-held gene analyzer capable of quantifying genetic markers within 30 minutes. Projects related to development of processes relevant to environmental biotechnology encompass a number of activities ranging from studies focusing on chlorinated solvents, methanogenesis, and microbial corrosion. As part of the NIEHS Superfund Research Center, he is leading Project 4 focusing on remediation of polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans.
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Ph.D., Environmental Engineering and Science, University of Illinois 1996
M.S., Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay 1986
B.S., Civil Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University, India 1984
Awards
Distinguished Faculty Award, Michigan State University (2011)
Distinguished Service Award, AEESP Internet Resource Committee member and chair (2007-2010)
Withrow Distinguished (Junior) Scholar Award, Michigan State University (2007)
Edwin Willits Associate Professor Award, One of four chaired Associate Professors in the College of Engineering (2005-2009)
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Tiancong Gao, Haixia Tian, Leilei Xiang, Ziqi Wang, Yuhao Fu, Jing Shi, Xin Wen, Xin Jiang, Wenxiang He, Syed A. Hashsham, and Fang Wang. Characteristics of bacterial community and extracellular enzymes in response to atrazine application in black soil. Environmental Pollution 343 (2024) 123286.
Zhi Mei, Yuhao Fu, Fang Wang, Leilei Xiang, Fang Hu, Jean Damascene Harindintwali, Mingyi Wang, Marko Virta, Syed A. Hashsham, Xin Jiang, James M. Tiedje. Magnetic biochar/quaternary phosphonium salt reduced antibiotic resistome and pathobiome on pakchoi leaves. Journal of Hazardous Materials 460 (2023) 132388.
Yuhao Fu, Qingyuan Dou, Kornelia Smalla, Yu Wang, Timothy A. Johnson, Kristian K. Brandt, Zhi Mei, Maoyuan Liao, Syed A. Hashsham, Andreas Schäffer, Hauke Smidt, Tong Zhang, Hui Li, Robert Stedtfeld, Hongjie Sheng, Benli Chai, Marko Virta, Xin Jiang, Fang Wang, Yong‐Guan Zhu, and James M. Tiedje. Gut Microbiota Research Nexus: One Health Relationship Between Human, Animal, and Environmental Resistomes.mLife. (December 2023 | Volume 2 | Issue 4 | 350–364).
Muhammad Saeed, Muhammad Rais1, Ayesha Akram, Maggie R. Williams, Kenneth F. Kellner, Syed A. Hashsham & Drew R. Davis. Development and validation of an eDNA protocol for monitoring endemic Asian spiny frogs in the Himalayan region of Pakistan. Scientific Reports (2022) 12:5624
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