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Publications 

*Corresponding author when not last author, Students/Mentees

1. Ochoa, L., Chan, J., August, C., Arbuckle-Keil, G., Fahrenfeld, N.L.  2024.  Stormwater runoff microplastics: polymer types, particle size, and factors controlling loading rates.  Science of the Total Environment.  172485. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172485

2. Fahrenfeld, N.L., Blaney, L., Good, K.D., Liu, L., Tehrani, R., Selvaratnam, T.  2024.  Lessons learned from a cross-institutional environmental engineering and science faculty to faculty mentoring program.  Environmental Engineering Science. 41(2)  doi: doi.org/10.1089/ees.2023.0234.

3. Deshpande, A.S., Ehasz, G., Eramo, A., Fahrenfeld, N.  2023. Changes in prevalence but not hosts of antibiotic resistance genes during the COVID-19 pandemic versus pre-pandemic in wastewater influent.  ACS ES&T Water. 3(11): 3626–3638.  doi: 10.1021/acsestwater.3c00384

4. Sipps, K., Patil, S., Ochoa, L., Chan, J., Auguste, C. Arbuckle-Keil, G.A., Fahrenfeld, N.L.  2023.  Quantitative and qualitative impacts of nitric acid digestion on microplastic identification via FTIR and Raman spectroscopy, implications for environmental samples.  Analytical & Bioanalytical Chemistry. 415(27):6809-6823.  doi: 10.1007/s00216-023-04960-9

5. Parmar, S., Arbuckle-Keil, G.A., Kumi, G., Fahrenfeld, N.L.  2023.  Urban stormwater microplastic size distribution and impact of subsampling on polymer diversity. Environmental Sciences Processes & Impacts. 25, 1374-1384.  doi: 10.1039/D3EM00172E

6. Morales Medina, W.R., To, P., Taylor, M, Nguyen, C., Fahrenfeld, N.L.  2023.  Acclimation, manganese removal, and backwash impact on full-scale drinking water biofilter microbiome.  AWWA Water Science.  5(2): e1334.  doi: 10.1002/aws2.1334

7. Deshpande, A.S., Fahrenfeld, N.L.  2023.  Influence of DNA from non-viable sources on the riverine water and biofilm microbiome, resistome, mobilome, and resistance gene host assignments.  Journal of Hazardous Materials. 130743. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.130743 

8. *Odonkor, S.T., Simpson, S.V., Morales Medina, W.R., Fahrenfeld, N.L.  2022.  Antibiotic resistant bacteria and resistance genes in isolates from Ghanaian drinking water sources.  Journal of Environmental & Public Health.  2850165  doi: 10.1155/2022/2850165 

9. Andrews, T. P., Hoyer, J. S., Fahrenfeld, N. L., Boyd, J. M., & Duffy, S. (2022). Complete Genome Sequences of Five Phietaviruses Infecting Staphylococcus aureus. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 11(10), e00855-22.  doi: 10.1128/mra.00855-22

10. Fahrenfeld, N.L.*, Morales Medina, W.R., D'Elia, S., Deshpande, A., Ehasz, G.  2022.  Year-long wastewater monitoring for SARS-CoV-2 signals in combined and separate sanitary sewers.  Water Environment Research.  94: e10768.  doi: 10.1002/wer.10768

11. Deshpande, A.S.,  Fahrenfeld, N.L.  2022. Abundance, diversity, and host assignment of total, intracellular, and extracellular antibiotic resistance genes in riverbed sediments.  Water Research.  217 (15):  118363.  doi:  10.1016/j.watres.2022.118363

12. Morales Medina, W.R., D'Elia, S., Fahrenfeld, N.L.  2022.  Accumulation of SARS-CoV-2 in sewer biofilms.  ACS ES&T Water.  doi: 10.1021/acsestwater.1c00345 

13. Sipps, K., Walsh, K., Arbuckle-Keil, G., Chant, R. Fahrenfeld, N.L., Garzio, L., Walsh, K., Saba, G.  2022. Pervasive occurrence of microplastics in Raritan-Hudson estuary zooplankton. Science of the Total Environment.  817: 152812   doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152812 

14. Fahrenfeld, N.L.*, Morales Medina, W.R., D'Elia, S., Modica, M., Ruiz, A., McLane, M.   2022.  Comparison of residential dormitory COVID-19 monitoring via weekly saliva testing and sewage monitoring.  Science of the Total Environment.  151947. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151947 

15. Boni, W., Arbuckle-Keil, G., Fahrenfeld, N.L. 2022.  Inter-storm variation in microplastic concentration and polymer type at stormwater outfalls and a bioretention basin.  Science of the Total Environment.  809: 151104.  doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151104

16. Blanc, S.,* Robinson, D., Fahrenfeld, N.L.  2021.  Potential for nontuberculous mycobacteria proliferation in natural and engineered water systems due to climate change: a literature review.  City and Environment Interactions.  11: 100070. doi: 10.1016/j.cacint.2021.100070

17. Morales Medina, W.R., Eramo, A., Fahrenfeld, N.L.  2021.  Metabolically active prokaryotes and actively transcribed antibiotic resistance genes in sewers systems: Implications for public health and microbially induced corrosion.  Microbial Ecology.  doi: 10.1007/s00248-021-01775-y 

18. Blanc, S., Pender, D., Gennaro, M., Vinnard, C., Fahrenfeld, N.L.  2021.  Nontuberculous mycobacteria in the biofilm microbiome of private well and premise plumbing.  Environmental Engineering Science.  doi: 10.1089/ees.2020.0528

19. Bailey, K., Sipps, K., Saba, G.K., Arbuckle-Keil, G., Chant, R.J., Fahrenfeld, N.L.  2021.  Quantification and composition of microplastics in the Raritan Hudson Estuary: comparison to pathways of entry and implications for fate.  Chemosphere. 272: 129886. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129886

20. Boni, W., Parrish, K., Patil, S., Fahrenfeld, N.  2021.  Fecal coliform and E. coli in microplastic biofilms grown in wastewater and inactivation by peracetic acid.  Water Environment Research.  93 (3) 334-342.  doi: 10.1002/wer.1434 .

21. Morales Medina, W.R., Eramo, A., Tu, M., Fahrenfeld, N.  2020.  Sewer biofilm microbiome and antibiotic resistance genes as function of pipe material, source of microbes, and disinfection: field and laboratory studies.  Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology.  6, 2122-2137. doi:  10.1039/D0EW00265H 

22. Eramo, A., Morales Medina, W.R., Fahrenfeld, N.L.  2020.  Factors associated with elevated levels of antibiotic resistance genes in sewer sediments and wastewater.  Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology.  6: 1697-1710.  doi:  10.1039/D0EW00230E 

23. Gallego, S., Barkay, T., Fahrenfeld, N.  2020.  Tagging the vanA gene in wastewater microbial communities for cell sorting and taxonomy of vanA carrying cells.  Science of the Total Environment. 732.  doi:  10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138865 

24. Parikh, A., Vinnard, C., Fahrenfeld, N., Davidow, A., Gow, A., Lardizabal, A., Patrawalla, A., Panettieri, R., Gennaro, M.  2019.  Revisiting John Snow to meet the challenge of nontuberculous mycobacterial disease.  International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health.  16(21), 4250.  doi:  10.3390/ijerph16214250 

25. Phelan, S., Soni, D., Morales Medina, W.R., Fahrenfeld, N.L.  2019.  Comparison of qPCR and amplicon sequencing based methods for fecal source tracking in a mixed land use estuarine watershed.  Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology.  5, 2108 - 2123.  doi:  10.1039/C9EW00719A 

26. Eramo, A.,* Blanc, S., Fahrenfeld, N.  2019.  Settling and peracetic acid for end-of-pipe treatment of sul1-carrying indicator organisms and impact on receiving water.  ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering.  145(10): 04019064, 1-9.  doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001573

27. Parrish, K., Fahrenfeld, N.  2019.  Microplastic biofilm communities in fresh and wastewater as a function of microparticle type and size class. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology.  5.  495 - 505.  doi:  10.1039/C8EW00712H

28. Fahrenfeld, N.,* Arbuckle-Keil, G., Naderi, N., Bartelt-Hunt, S.  2019.  Source tracking microplastics in the freshwater environment.  TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry.  112: 248-254.  doi: 10.1016/j.trac.2018.11.030

29. Eramo, A., Morales Medina, W.R. Fahrenfeld, N.  2019.  Viability-based quantitation of antibiotic resistance genes and fecal indicators in wastewater effluent and surface water.  Science of the Total Environment.  656: 495-502.  doi:  10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.325

30. Eramo, A., Delos Reyes, H., Fahrenfeld, N.  2017. Partitioning of antibiotic resistance genes and bacterial community varies intra- and inter-storm during wet weather flows.  Frontiers in Microbiology.  8.  doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02024  

31. Eramo, A. Morales Medina, W.R., and Fahrenfeld, N.  2017.  Peracetic acid disinfection of combined sewer overflows: indicator organisms, antibiotic resistance genes, and microbial community.  Environment Science: Water Research & Technology.  3.  1061-1072.  doi: 10.1039/C7EW00184C

32. *Fahrenfeld, N., Delos Reyes, H., Eramo, A., Akob, D.M., Mumford, A, Cozzarelli, I.M.  2017.  Shifts in microbial community structure and function in unconventional oil and gas waste impacted surface waters revealed by metagenomics.  Science of the Total Environment.  580: 1205-1213.  doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.079 

33. Fahrenfeld, N., Pruden, A., Widdowson, M.A. 2017. Kinetic and microbial community analysis of methyl ethyl ketone biodegradation in aquifer sediments.  Biodegradation.  28(1): 27-36.  10.1007/s10532-016-9775-4 

34. Garner, E. Wallace, J.S., Argoty, G.A., Wilkinson, C., Fahrenfeld, N., Heath, L., Zhang, L., Arabi, M., Aga, D.S., Pruden, A. 2016.  Metagenomic profiling of historic Colorado Front Range flood impact on distribution of riverine antibiotic resistance genes. Scientific Reports.  6: 8432. doi:10.1038/srep38432 

35. *Fahrenfeld, N., Biscelgia, K.  2016 Sewer surveillance for monitoring antibiotic use and prevalence of antibiotic resistance: urban sewer epidemiology.  Environmental Science Water Research & Technology. 2: 788-799.  doi: 10.0.4.15/C6EW00158K 

36. Estahbanati, S., Fahrenfeld, N.  Influence of wastewater treatment plants on microplastics concentrations in surface waters.  2016.  Chemosphere.  162: 277-284.  doi:  10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.07.083 

37. *Fahrenfeld, N., Del Monaco, N., Coates, J.T., Elzerman, A.W.  2016.  Fecal sterol and runoff analysis for nonpoint source tracking.  Journal of Environmental Quality.  45(1): 315-322.  doi:  10.2134/jeq2015.06.0312 

38. Olonitola, O.S., Fahrenfeld, N., Pruden, A.  2015.  Antibiotic resistance profiles among mesophilic aerobic bacteria in Nigerian chicken litter and associated antibiotic resistance genes.  Poultry Science.  94(5):867-74 doi: 10.3382/ps/pev069 

39. Fahrenfeld, N., Pruden, A., Widdowson, M.A.  2015.  Kinetic and pathway modeling of reductive 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) biodegradation with different electron donors.  ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering.  doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000947 

40. *Fahrenfeld, N., Cozzarelli, I.M., Bailey, Z., Pruden, A. 2014. Insights into biodegradation through depth-resolved microbial community functional and structural profiling of a crude-oil contaminant plume.  Microbial Ecology.  68(3): 453-462.  doi: 10.1007/s00248-014-0421-6 

41. Fahrenfeld, N., Knowlton, K. Krometis, L.A., Hession, W.C., Xia, K., Lipscomb, E. Libuit, K., Green, B.L., Pruden, A.  2014. Effect of manure application on abundance of antibiotic resistance genes and their attenuation rates in soil: Field-scale mass balance approach.  Environmental Science and Technology. 48(5): 2643–2650.  doi: 10.1021/es404988k 

42. Fahrenfeld, N., Ma, Y., O’Brien, M., Pruden, A.  2013.  Reclaimed water as a reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes: distribution systems and irrigation scenarios.  Frontiers in Microbiology.  4.  doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00130 

43. Fahrenfeld, N., Zoeckler, J., Widdowson, M., Pruden, A.  2013.  Effect of biostimulants on TNT degradation and bacterial community composition in contaminated aquifer sediment enrichments.  Biodegradation. 24(2):179-90.  doi: 10.1007/s10532-012-9569-2 

 Papers presented at professional meetings 

Students/Mentees

1.       Bryne, J., Deshpande, A.S., Han, T., Mainelis, G., Fahrenfeld, N.L. (Poster) Antibiotic resistance genes in water and air at a wastewater treatment plant.  NJ Water Environment Association.  Atlantic City, NJ.  May 6-8, 2024.  (won 1st place for graduate posters)

2.       Ehasz, G., Ahamed, P., Fahrenfeld, N.L.  (Oral)  Advancing methods for fecal source tracking to ensure clean water and sanitation for all in a changing climate.  NJ Water Environment Association.  Atlantic City, NJ.  May 6-8, 2024.

3.       Deshpande, A.S., Han, T., Ehasz, G., Bryne, J., Mainelis, G., Fahrenfeld, N.L.  (Oral)  Potential hazards posed by antibiotic resistance genes and bacteria at wastewater treatment plants.  NJ Water Environment Association.  Atlantic City, NJ.  May 6-8, 2024.

4.       Chan, J., Ochoa, L., Arbuckle-Keil, G., Fahrenfeld, N.L.  (Oral)  Understanding stormwater and wastewater as pathways of entry for microplastic into surface waters.  NJ Water Environment Association.  Atlantic City, NJ.  May 6-8, 2024.

5.       Fahrenfeld, N.L.  (Invited Oral)  Stormwater microplastic occurrence, subsampling, and controlling factors.  Hudson Delaware Chapter of Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC).  Princeton, NJ.  4/9/2024.

6.       Antoine, D., Chan, J., Arbuckle-Keil, G., Fahrenfeld, N.L.  (Oral)  Microplastics in our water: monitoring, occurrence, and recommendations from WRF 5088 database.  NJ American Water Works Association Annual Meeting.  Atlantic City, NJ.  11/20/2024.

7.       Ochoa, L., Chan, J., Auguste, C., Arbuckle-Keil, G., Fahrenfeld, N.  (Poster)  Microplastics in stormwater runoff: A comprehensive analysis of the size, morphology, polymer composition from the urbanized Raritan River watershed.  NY NJ Harbor Estuary Annual Conference.  New York, NY. 11/28/2023.

8.       Fahrenfeld, N.  (Invited Oral)  Microplastics in our waters.  EPA Region 3 Source Water Protection Leadership Meeting.  Philadelphia, PA.  11/15/2023. 

9.       Amurrio, F. Suresh, N., Chan, J., Antoine, D., Ochoa, L. Arbuckle-Keil, G., Fahrenfeld, N.L. (Oral) Factors controlling MP concentrations in wastewater, stormwater, and surface water.  WEFTEC 2023.  Chicago, IL.

10.    Almosd, L., Ehasz, G., Ahamed, P., Fahrenfeld, N.L.  (Poster)  Microbial source tracking technologies to identify sources of fecal contamination in the Raritan River, NJ.  NJ Theobald Smith Society (NJ ASM Chapter) Fall Meeting.  Seton Hall University.  South Orange, NJ.  10/27/2023. (Invited to give lightening talk)

11. Fahrenfeld. N.L.  An Overview of WRF's Latest Research on Microplastics: 5088 Update.  California-Nevada Section of the American Water Works Association (CA-NV AWWA).  Annual Fall Conference.  Las Vegas, NV.  11/25/2023.

12. Fahrenfeld, N.L.  (Invited Oral).  Metagenomics for Understanding the Full-Scale Biofilter Microbiome.  AWWA Potable Reuse and Biological Treatment Summit.  Salt Lake City, UT. 7/25/2023.

13. Ochoa, L., Chan, J., Auguste, C., Arbuckle Keil, G., Fahrenfeld, N.L.,  Microplastic concentration, particle size, and composition in urban stormwater runoff.  AEESP Research & Education Conference.  Northeastern University.  Boston, M.A.  6/20-23/2023.

14. Deshpande, A.S., Fahrenfeld, N.L.  How does removing extracellular and "non-viable" cell DNA impact environmental antimicrobial resistance gene host assignment and hazard assessment? AEESP Research & Education Conference.  Northeastern University.  Boston, M.A.  6/20-23/2023.

15. Ehasz, G., Fahrenfeld, N.L.  (Poster)  Detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants in wastewater by multiplex qPCR.  108h NJ Water Environment Association.  Atlantic City, NJ.  5/8-12/2023.  (won 1st place for undergraduate posters)

16. Ochoa, L., Chan, J., Auguste, C., Arbuckle Keil, G., Fahrenfeld, N.L., (Poster) Microplastic concentration, particle size, and composition in urban stormwater runoff.  108h NJ Water Environment Association.  Atlantic City, NJ.  5/8-12/2023.  (won 2nd place for MS student posters)

17. Chan, J., Amurrio, F., Suresh, N., Ochoa, L., Antoine, D., Gilvey, C. Arbuckle-Keil, G., Fahrenfeld, N.  (Poster)  Lessons Learned from Creating Database of Environmental Microplastic Observations (DEMO).  108h NJ Water Environment Association.  Atlantic City, NJ.  5/8-12/2023. 

18. Deshpande, A.S., Fahrenfeld, N.L. (Invited Oral)  Which bacteria carry antibiotic resistance genes in our rivers and how mobile are these genes?  108h NJ Water Environment Association Annual Conference.  Atlantic City, NJ.  5/8-12/2023. 

19. Fahrenfeld, N.L.  (Invited Oral)  Microplastics in Our Water: Issues, Techniques, and Case Studies.  Virginia AWWA Drinking Water Quality and Research Committee.  Richmond, VA.  4/19/2023.

20. Sipps, K., Fahrenfeld, N.L., Arbuckle Keil, G.  (Oral) Complementary polymer identification of microplastics via thermal analysis.  PittCon.  Philadelphia, PA.  3/29/2023.

21.    Fahrenfeld, N.L.  (Invited oral) Microplastics in our waters.  NJ Environmental Health Association Educational Conference & Exhibit.  Atlantic City, NJ.  3/6/2023.

22.    Fahrenfeld, N.L. Boni., W., Parmar, S., Bailey, K., Arbuckle-Keil, G.  (Oral).  Inter-Storm Variation in Microplastic Occurrence and Composition in Urban Stormwater.  Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition & Conference (WEFTEC).  New Orleans, LA.  10/11/2022.

23. Deshpande AS, Fahrenfeld NL. 2022. (Oral) Influence of non-viable cell DNA on riverine water and biofilm microbiome, resistome, and mobilome. Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB) Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA.  8/7-10/2022.

24. Bailey, K., Sipps, K., Walsh, K., Garzio, L., Saba, G., Chant, R., Arbuckle-Keil, G., Fahrenfeld, N.  (Oral)  Plastics from pathways of entry to copepods: A case study in the Hudson-Raritan estuary.  AEESP Research & Education Conference.  University of Washington, St. Louis, MO.  6/28-30/2022. 

25. Tehrani, R., Bartelt-Hunt, S., Fahrenfeld, N., Blaney, L.  (Oral)  Global Faculty Mentorship Initiative: Lessons Learned, Trends, and Continuous Improvements AEESP Research & Education Conference.  University of Washington, St. Louis, MO.  6/28-30/2022. 

26. Deshpande AS, Fahrenfeld NL.  (Poster) Abundance, diversity, and host assignment of total, intracellular, and extracellular antibiotic resistance genes in riverbed sediments. ASM Microbe, Washington, D.C.  6/9-13/2022.

27. Deshpande AS, Fahrenfeld NL. (Poster) Influence of non-viable cell DNA on riverine water and biofilm Microbiome, Resistome, and Mobilome. Gordon Research Conference: Microbiology of the Built Environment, Waterville Valley, NH.  6/19-24/2022.

28. Bakacs, M., Fenyk, H. Fahrenfeld, N., Deshpande, A., Palomino, J.  (Poster)  Building an effective volunteer pathogen water monitoring program on the Lower Raritan River in Central New Jersey.  National Urban Extension Conference.  Camden, NJ.  5/23/2022.

29.    Fahrenfeld, N.L.  (Invited Oral)  COVID-19 monitoring in wastewater: lessons learned.  NJ Water Environment Association Annual Meeting.  Atlantic City, NJ.  5/10/2022.

30. Patil, S., Sipps, K., Ochoa, L., Arbuckle-Keil, G., Fahrenfeld, N.L.  (Oral)  Effect of nitric acid weathering on microplastic spectral identification.  American Water Works Association NJ (AWWA) Student Research Dinner.  New Brunswick, NJ.  4/27/2022. 

31. Deshpande, A., Fahrenfeld, N.L.  (Poster)  Differentiating intracellular and extracellular antibiotic resistance genes across a land use gradient.  American Society of Microbiology NJ Theobald Smith Society Fall Symposium.  Virtual.  12/8/2021. (poster award winner)

32. Amurrio, F., Ochoa, L., Antoine, D., Suresh, H., Arbuckle-Keil, G., Fahrenfeld, N.L.  (Poster)  Microplastics in water matrices: metadata analysis and occurrence trends.  American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) annual meeting.  Boston, MA.  11/7-11/2021.

33. Morales Medina, W., D’Elia, S. Fahrenfeld, N.  (Oral)  SARS-CoV-2 accumulation in sewer biofilms and Outbreak Surveillance through Wastewater-Based Epidemiology in the State of New Jersey.  89th Annual Water Environment Federation's Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference.  Chicago, IL.  10/9-10/16/2021.

34. Sipps, K., Fahrenfeld, N., Arbuckle-Keil, G.  (Poster)  Investigating the use of DSC and TGA-IR as complementary techniques to spectroscopic analyses in the identification of microplastics in environmental samples.  Thermal Analysis Forum of Delaware Valley. Virtual conference. 12/15/2020.  (poster award winner)

35. Morales Medina, W., Eramo, A., Fahrenfeld, N.  (Oral)  Sewer biofilm microbiome and antibiotic resistance genes as function of pipe material, source of microbes, and disinfection: field and laboratory studies.  Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS).  Virtual conference.  10/22/2020.

36. Fahrenfeld, N.  (Oral)  Microplastics: Should we be concerned?  Knowledge Development Forum.  WEFTEC.  Virtual conference.  10/8/2020. 

37. Morales Medina, W., To, P., Taylor, M., Nguyen, C, Fahrenfeld, N.  Microbiology of biofilters: A pilot study for disinfection by-products precursor and manganese bio-removal from drinking water.  AWWA ACE2020.  Orlando, FL.  6/14-17/2020.  [Meeting cancelled due to COVID]

38. Sipps, K., Bailey, K., Walsh, K., Chant, B., Saba, G., Fahrenfeld, N., Arbuckle Keil, G. Geospatial distribution and fate of microplastics in the Hudson-Raritan estuary.  ACS.  Philadelphia, PA.  Spring 2020.  [Meeting cancelled due to COVID]

39. Morales Medina, W., Eramo, A., Fahrenfeld, N.  (Oral)  Understanding Antibiotic Resistance in Sewer Biofilm, Sewer Sediments, & Wastewater: Field & Lab Studies.  WEFTEC.  Virtual conference.  10/5/2020. 

40. Parrish, K., Bailey, K., Sipps, K., Chant, R., Saba, G., Arbuckle-Keil, G., Fahrenfeld, N.  (Invited Oral)  Microplastics and their biofilm microbiomes in fresh- and wastewaters.  American Chemical Society Fall 2020 Virtual Meeting.  Virtual conference.  8/18/2020.

41. Patel, H., Eramo, A., Blanc, S., Fahrenfeld, N., Brazil, B., Zhao, R.  (Oral)  Impact of landfill leachate matrix on nitrogen removal process with heterogeneous community of heterotrophs and autotrophs in a lab-scale reactor.  Global Waste Management Summit.  Indian Wells, CA.  2/23-26/2020.

42. Walsh, K., Saba, G., Chant, B., Arbuckle-Keil, G., Sipps, K., Fahrenfeld, N.  (Poster) Examination of microplastic consumption of zooplankton collected in an urban estuary and pristine Antarctic coastal system: approaches, challenges, and outcomes.  Ocean Sciences Meeting.  San Diego, CA.  2/21/2020.

43. Morales Medina, W., Fahrenfeld, N., To, P., Taylor, M., *Nguyen, C.  (Oral)  Comparing the Microbial Community and Water Quality Changes During Biofilters Acclimation Period.  Chesapeake Tri-Association Conference.  Ocean City, MD.  8/29/2019.

44. Morales Medina, W., Tu, M., Fahrenfeld, N.  (Poster)  The effect of sewer pipe materials on biofilm growth, persistence of antibiotic resistance genes and susceptibility to disinfection.  ASM Microbe.  San Francisco, CA.  6/22/2019.

45. Fahrenfeld, N.  (Invited Oral)  Microplastics and biofilm in river and wastewater systems.  ASM Microbe.  San Francisco, CA.  6/22/2019.

46. Parker, K., Sipps, K., Arbuckle Keil, G., Fahrenfeld, N.  (Poster)  Analysis of Microplastics in Sediment and Surface Water with Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy.  AEESP Research and Education Conference.  Tempe, AZ.  6/15/2019.

47. Arbuckle-Keil, G., Sipps, K., Parker, K., Fahrenfeld, N.  (Oral)  Identification of microplastics via FTIR micro-spectroscopy for potential source tracking in freshwater.  255th American Chemical Society (ACS).  Orlando, FL.  4/1/2019.

48. Parker, K., Sipps, K., Arbuckle-Keil, G., Fahrenfeld, N.L.  (Poster)  Fourier-Transform infrared spectroscopy analysis of microplastics in sediment and surface water.  Microplastics in the Urban Environment.  New Brunswick, NJ.  3/28/3019.

49. Blanc, S., Eramo, A., Fahrenfeld, N.  (Poster)  End-of-pipe treatment and regrowth of sulfonamide resistant E. coli in combined sewer overflows. American Water Works Association NJ (AWWA) 2019 Annual Conference.  Atlantic City, NJ.  3/20/2019.  (won 1st place for undergraduate posters)

50. Morales Medina, W., To, P., Taylor, M., Nguyen, C., Fahrenfeld, N.  (Poster)  Pilot scale biofiltration for disinfection by-product precursor and manganese bioremoval from drinking water.  American Water Works Association NJ (AWWA) 2019 Annual Conference.  Atlantic City, NJ.  3/20/2019.  (won 2nd place for graduate posters)

51. Arbuckle-Keil, G., Fahrenfeld, N.L.  (Invited Oral)  Use of spectral analysis to identify microplastics in the freshwater environment.  KnowItAll User Group Meeting.  PittCon.  Philadelphia, PA. 3/17-21/2019.

52. Morales Medina, W., Fahrenfeld, N.  (Poster)  Antibiotic resistance in sewer biofilms and susceptibility to disinfection as a function of pipe material.  8th American Society of Microbiology Conference on Biofilms.  Washington, DC.  10/7-11/2018.

53. Elsaker, S., Parrish, K., Fahrenfeld, N.  (Oral) Role of bed sediments as a sink for microplastics.  256th ACS.  Boston, MA.  8/20/2018.

54. Fahrenfeld, N., Gallego, S., Eramo, A., Barkay, T.  (Invited Oral)  Viability and ecology-based tools to improve hazard characterization for environmental antibiotic resistance.  256th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition.  Boston, MA.  8/20/2018.

55. Gallego, S., Barkay, T., Fahrenfeld, N.  (Poster)  Unlocking the microbial ecology of antibiotic resistance.  Environmental Sciences: Water.  Gordon Conference.  Holderness, NH.  6/24-28/2018.

56. Phelan, S., Soni, D., Morales Medina, W., Parker, K., Fahrenfeld, N.  (Poster) Finding the source: towards quantitative methods for microbial source tracking.  NJ Water Environment Association (NJ WEA) 2018 Annual Conference.  Atlantic City, NJ.  5/9/2018.  (won 1st place for graduate posters)

57. Eramo, A., Blanc, S., Fahrenfeld, N.  (Oral) Dynamics of antibiotic resistance in sewers and sewer sediments. 255th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting & Exposition.  New Orleans, LA.  3/18/2018.

58. Eramo, A., Yam, M., Morales Medina, W., Fahrenfeld, N.  (Oral) Differentiating non-viable ARG sources towards improved understanding of hazard. 255th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting & Exposition.  New Orleans, LA.  3/18/2018.

59. Parrish, K., Fahrenfeld, N.  (Oral) Do microplastic biofilm present a unique hazard?  255th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting & Exposition.  New Orleans, LA.  3/20/2018

60. Eramo, A., Yam, M., Fahrenfeld, N.  (Poster) Towards parameterizing the risk of ARG dissemination in waste and surface waters through seasonal sampling and viability PCR.  4th International Symposium on the Environmental Dimensions of Antibiotic Resistance. Lansing, MI.  8/15/2017.

61. Eramo, A., Delos Reyes, H., Blanc, S., Fahrenfeld, N. (Oral) Peracetic acid disinfection of combined sewer overflow effluent: indicators, antibiotic resistance, and microbial communities.  2017 Association for Environmental Engineering & Science Professors (AEESP) Research and Education Conference. Ann Arbor, MI.  6/20/2017.

62. Eramo, A., Delos Reyes, H., Fahrenfeld, N.  (Oral) Flux of microbial agents during wet weather flows: implications for end-of-pipe treatment.  2017 AEESP Research and Education Conference.  Ann Arbor, MI.  6/20/2017.

63. Parrish, K., Estahbanati, S., Fahrenfeld, N.  (Poster) Putting the micro in microplastic.  2017 AEESP Research and Education Conference.  Ann Arbor, MI.  6/20/2017.

64. Eramo, A., Delos Reyes, H., Fahrenfeld, N.  (Poster) Partitioning and flux of indicator and antibiotic resistant microbes in combined sewer overflows: implications for end-of-pipe treatment.  102nd NJ Water Environment Association (NJ WEA).  Atlantic City, NJ.  5/10/2017.  (won 1st place for graduate posters)

65. Parrish, K., Estahbanati, S., Fahrenfeld, N.  (Poster) Putting the micro in microplastic.  102nd NJ Water Environment Association (NJ WEA).  Atlantic City, NJ.  5/10/2017.  (won 1st place for undergraduate posters)

66. Garner, E., Wallace, J.S., Argoty, G.A., Wilkinson, C., Fahrenfeld, N., von Wagoner, E., Benitez, R. Sawyer, R., Shaberg, E., Heath, L. S., Zhang, Krometis, L.A., Hession, C., Arabi, M., D. S. Aga, D.S., Badgley, B., and Pruden, A.  (Poster) The urban water cycle as a key node in the spread of antibiotic resistance: Field studies in Colorado and Virginia.  ASM Microbial Ecology of Antibiotic Resistance and Bacterial Diseases. Crystal City, VA. 3/22/2017.

67. Rodenburg, L. and Fahrenfeld, N.  (Poster) Factors controlling antibiotic levels in biosolids.  SETAC 7th World Congress/37th North American Annual Meeting.  Orlando, FL. 11/9/2016.

68. Eramo, A., Delos Reyes, H.D., and *Fahrenfeld, N.  (Oral) Disinfection of microbial agents in combined sewer overflows using the green disinfectant peracetic acid.  89th Annual Water Environment Federation's Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC).  9/24-28/2016.

69. Blackburne, B., Fahrenfeld, N., Rodenburg, L.  (Oral) Factors controlling antibiotics levels in biosolids.  252nd American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting & Exposition.  Philadelphia, PA.  8/22/2016.

70. Estahbanati, S. and *Fahrenfeld, N. (Oral) Impact of wastewater treatment plants on microplastics in freshwater.  252nd American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting & Exposition.  Philadelphia, PA.  8/22/2016.

71. Fahrenfeld, N.  (Invited panelist)  Emerging contaminants in the Raritan River and Bay.  10th Annual Sustainable Raritan River Conference and Awards Ceremony.  Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.  6/10/2016. 

72. Delos Reyes, H.D., Eramo, A., and Fahrenfeld, N.  (Poster)  Antibiotic resistance genes in wet weather flow: Impact of combined sewer overflows on New Jersey water quality.  101st NJ WEA Annual Conference and Exposition.  Atlantic City, NJ.  5/18/2016.  (won prize for undergraduate posters)

73. Estahbanti, S. and Fahrenfeld, N. (Poster)  Microplastics as emerging contaminants in New Jersey surface waters. 101st NJ WEA Annual Conference and Exposition.  Atlantic City, NJ.  5/18/2016.  (won 1st place for graduate posters)

74. Eramo, A., Delos Reyes, H.D., and Fahrenfeld, N.  (Poster)  Flux and treatment of antibiotic resistance genes in CSO.  101st NJ WEA Annual Conference and Exposition.  Atlantic City, NJ.  5/18/2016.

75. *Fahrenfeld, N., Eramo, A., Delos Reyes, H., Yam, M.  (Invited panelist)  Controlling pathogens in wet weather flows.  Parasites and Pathogens: Ecological and Medical Impacts of Global Climate Change.  Hofstra University, NY.  10/16/2015.

76. Cordero-Mercado, S. and *Fahrenfeld, N.  Microbial fuel cell for degradation of crude oil.  (Poster) 2015 Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science National Conference (SACNAS).  Washington, D.C.  10/30/2015.

77. Eramo, A., Delos Reyes, H., Cozzarelli, I.M., Mumford, A., Akob, D.M., Fahrenfeld, N.  (Poster)  Metagenomic signatures in unconventional oil and gas impacted surface water.  2015 AEESP Research and Education Conference.  Yale University.  New Haven, CT.  6/15/2015.

78. Delos Reyes, H., Eramo, A., *Fahrenfeld, N., Mumford, A., Akob, D.M., Cozzarelli, I.M.  Does wastewater from energy resource development select for antimicrobial resistant bacteria?  (Oral) 3rd International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies.  Miami, FL.  5/18/2015.

79. Ahmed, N., Fahrenfeld, N.  Reactive transport modeling of branched TNT biodegradation pathway.  (Poster)  American Water Works Association NJ (AWWA) 2015 Annual Conference.  Atlantic City, NJ.  3/18/2015.  (won 1st place for undergraduate posters)

80. Fahrenfeld, N., Pruden, A., Widdowson, M.W.  Kinetic and pathway modeling for anaerobic TNT degradation undergoing biostimulation.   (Poster) 9th International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds. Monterey, CA.  5/19/2014.

81. Delmonaco, N., Fahrenfeld, N.  Integrating chemical fecal nonpoint source tracers with runoff in mixed land use watersheds.  (Poster)  99th NJ WEA.  Atlantic City, NJ: 5/13/2014.

82. Fahrenfeld, N., Hession, W.C., Knowlton, K.F., Pruden, A.  Watershed processes governing dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes.  (Oral)  Microbial Ecology and Water Engineering (MEWE).  Anne Arbor, MI.  7/9/2013.

83. Fahrenfeld, N., Hession, W.C., Knowlton, K.F., Pruden, A.  Watershed processes governing dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes.  (Oral)  AEESP Research & Education Conference.  Colorado School of Mines.  Golden, CO.  6/15/2013.

84. Fahrenfeld, N., Bailey, Z., Pruden, A., McGuire, J., Cozzarelli, I.  (Invited Oral) Role of microbial community structure and function in BTEX biodegradation at the Bemidji, MN crude oil spill site.  2012 Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting & Exposition.  Charlotte, NC.  11/5/2012.

85. Fahrenfeld, N., Cozzarelli, I., Ackison, L., Pruden, A.  Application of biomolecular tools to explore bacterial community structure at Bemidji.  (Poster) Terrestrial Crude Oil Spills Symposium: Decades of Science from the Bemidji, MN Research Site.  St Paul, MN.  6/12/2012.

86. Fahrenfeld, N., Pruden, A., Widdowson, M.  Effect of biostimulation on TNT biodegradation rate and microbial ecology for Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot at bench-scale.  (Poster) International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies. Reno, NV. 6/27/2011. 

87. Fahrenfeld, N., Widdowson, M., Pruden, A.  Effect of biostimulation on indigenous TNT-degrading bacterial community.  (Oral)  AEESP Research & Education Conference.  University of Southern Florida.  Tampa, FL. 7/10/2011. 

88. Ackison, L., Cozzarelli, I., Fahrenfeld, N., Widdowson, M., Pruden, A.  (Poster)  BTEX biodegradation in microcosms containing wetland versus aquifer sediments from a crude-oil contaminated site, Bemidji, MN.  2011 GSA Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN. 10/11/2011.

89. Fahrenfeld, N., Coates, J.T., Elzerman, A.W.  (Poster) Fecal coliform source identification using chemical tracers.  237th ACS, Salt Lake City, UT.  3/25/2009.

90. Huddleston, G.M., Warner, M.B., Jolley, L.W., Fahrenfeld, N.L., Elzerman, A.W., Molina, M., Lee., Y.J., Swank, R.R.  2008. (Proceedings Paper) Fecal coliform bacteria TMDL implementation on Cane Creek and Little Cane Creek in Oconee County, South Carolina.  Proceedings of the 2008 South Carolina Water Resources Conference.  Charleston, S.C.  10/15/2008.