Environmental Biotechnology

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-12-375089-1
Verlag: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc

Buch, Englisch, 750 Seiten, Format (B × H): 226 mm x 282 mm, Gewicht: 2419 g

Environmental Biotechnology: A Biosystems Approach introduces a systems approach to environmental biotechnology and its applications to a range of environmental problems. A systems approach requires a basic understanding of four disciplines: environmental engineering, systems biology, environmental microbiology, and ecology. These disciplines are discussed in the context of their application to achieve specific environmental outcomes and to avoid problems in such applications. The book begins with a discussion of the background and historical context of contemporary issues in biotechnology. It then explains the scientific principles of environmental biotechnologies; environmental biochemodynamic processes; environmental risk assessment; and the reduction and management of biotechnological risks. It describes ways to address environmental problems caused or exacerbated by biotechnologies. It also emphasizes need for professionalism in environmental biotechnological enterprises. This book was designed to serve as a primary text for two full semesters of undergraduate study (e.g., Introduction to Environmental Biotechnology or Advanced Environmental Biotechnology). It will also be a resource text for a graduate-level seminar in environmental biotechnology (e.g., Environmental Implications of Biotechnology).

Zielgruppe

researchers in environmental biology, nanotechnology, systems biology and microbiology; environmental engineers; scientists at engineering and remediation companies and public organizations; practitioners in applied biology fields; graduate and post-doctoral students in these areas of science

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vallero, Daniel

Vallero, Daniel A.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Analytische Chemie Umweltchemie, Lebensmittelchemie
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie Biotechnologie: Mikrotechnologie, Nanobiotechnologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Organische Chemie Biochemie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemie (nichtmedizinisch)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Environmental biotechnology: An overview2 A question of balance: Using versus abusing biological systems 3 Environmental biochemodynamic processes4 Systems5 Environmental risks of biotechnologies6 Reducing biotechnological risks7 Applied microbial ecology: Bioremediation8 Biotechnological implications: a systems approach9 Environmental risks of biotechnologies: economic sector perspectives10 Addressing biotechnological pollutants11 Analyzing the environmental implications of biotechnologies12 Responsible management of biotechnologiesAppendix1 Background information on environmental impact statements2 Cancer slope factors3 Verification method for rapid polymerase chain reaction systems to detect biological agents4 Summary of persistent and toxic organic compounds in North America, identified by the United Nations as highest priorities for regional actions5 Sample retrieval from ECOTOX database for Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) exposed to DDT and its metabolites in freshwater

Über Autor(innen)

Vallero, Daniel A.
Professor Daniel A. Vallero is an internationally recognized author and expert in environmental science and engineering. He has devoted decades to conducting research, teaching, and mentoring future scientists and engineers. He is currently developing tools and models to predict potential exposures to chemicals in consumer products. He is a full adjunct professor of civil and environmental engineering at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering. He has authored 20 environmental textbooks, with the most recent addressing the importance of physical principles in environmental science and engineering. His books have addressed all environmental compartments and media within the earth's atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere.

Dr. Vallero holds a Ph.D. in engineering from Duke University, a Masters in Environmental Health Sciences from the University of Kansas, a Masters in City and Regional Planning from Southern Illinois University, and a Bachelors in the Earth Scie
Dan Vallero is an internationally recognized expert in the transport, chemical transformation and environmental fate of hazardous pollutants. His three decades of professional experience in hazardous waste engineering and management have included research, teaching and regulatory advice related to a wide range of human health risk and ecological issues, from global climate change to the release of hazardous products of incomplete combustion from waste incinerators to the assessment of the risks from exposures to environmental endocrine disruptors. Dr. Vallero recently established the Engineering Ethics program at Duke University. This innovative program introduces students to the complex relationships between science, technology and societal demands on the engineer. The lessons learned from the cases in this book are a fundamental part of Duke’s preparation of ist future engineers to address the ethical dilemmas likely to be encountered during the careers of the next generation engineers.