Shane Rogers

Assistant Professor
230 Rowley Laboratories
Clarkson University
PO Box 5710,
Potsdam, NY 13699-5710

Phone: 315-268-6501
FAX: 315-268-7985
E-mail: srogers@clarkson.edu

Education

B.S., Iowa State University (1996)
M.S., Iowa State University (1999)
Ph.D., Iowa State University (2004)

Teaching Interests

Courses taught include introduction to environmental engineering for undergraduate students and a graduate-level course in molecular microbiology and methodology for environmental engineers.

Research Interests
Dr. Rogers' research interests include (1) the development and application of genome-enabled molecular technologies as tools to identify and trace the origin and fate of pollutants in engineered, agricultural, and natural systems; (2) fundamentally understanding and improving management practices and treatment technologies for pollution abatement and remediation; and (3) sustainability of surface and groundwater resources through appropriate development of engineered and agricultural systems.  Recent research has centered on rapid detection of water quality indicator organisms, fecal pathogens, and antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in surface waters and livestock wastewaters, tracking the origin of fecal pathogens in polluted waters for watershed management, and evaluation of treatment technologies and landscape controls for mitigation of pathogen release from large-scale animal feedlots and manured crop fields.  Other research has involved the development and application of molecular tools for tracking the selective uptake of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by members of the indigenous microbial community in coal-tar impacted soils systems to better quantify natural attenuation processes.

Recent Publications

Rogers, S.W., S.K. Ong, and T.B. Moorman. "Mineralization of PAHs in coal-tar impacted aquifer sediments and associated microbial community structure investigated with FISH," Chemosphere (in press), doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.05.058.

Rogers, S.W., T.B. Moorman, and S.K. Ong.  "Application of FISH and Microautoradiography to Determine Microbial Community Structure and Activity in Soil," Soil Science Society of America Journal, 71(2), 620-631. 2007.

Rogers, S.W., S.K. Ong, G. Stenback, J. Golchin, and B.H. Kjartanson. "Assessment of Intrinsic Bioremediation of a Coal-Tar Impacted Aquifer using 2-D Reactive Transport and Biogeochemical Mass Balance Approaches," Water Environment Research, 79(1):13-28. 2007.

Rogers, S. and J. Haines. "Preliminary assessment of the effectiveness of a feedlot waste management system with regard to pathogens", U.S. EPA, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, September, 2006.

Rogers, S. and J. Haines. "Detecting and Mitigating the Environmental Impact of Fecal Pathogens Originating from Confined Animal Feeding Operations: Review", U.S. EPA, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, EPA/600/R-06/021, September 2005.

Rogers, S.W. "Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, in Natural Attenuation of Hazardous Wastes", in S. Rao, S.K. Ong, J. Barnajee, and E. Seagren (Eds), Natural Attenuation of Hazardous Wastes, p. 182-199, American Society of Civil Engineers, Washington, D.C., 2004.

Stenback, G.A., S.K. Ong, S.W. Rogers, and B.H. Kjartanson.  "Impact of transverse and longitudinal dispersion on first-order degradation rate constant estimation," Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 73(1-4), 3-14. 2004.

Rogers, S.W., S.K. Ong, K. Chao.  "Benzene Nonaqueous Phase Liquids Removal Under Air-Sparged Conditions," ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 130(7), 751-758. 2004.

Rogers, S.W., S.K. Ong, B. Kjartanson, J. Golchin, G. A. Stenback.  "Natural Attenuation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Sites: A Review," ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management, 6(3), 141-155. 2002.