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Jacinta C. Conrad

University of Houston

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

S222 Engineering Building 1
Houston , TX  77204  

jcconrad@uh.edu

Project List:

Role of Microbial Motility for Degradation of Dispersed Oil

Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)Role: Principal Investigator, Project Data Point of Contact, Task Lead, Task Data Contact

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 5

2020

Dewangan, N. K., & Conrad, J. C. (2020). Bacterial motility enhances adhesion to oil droplets. Soft Matter, .

2019

Dewangan, N. K., & Conrad, J. C. (2019). Rotating oil droplets driven by motile bacteria at interfaces. Soft Matter, 15(45), 9368–9375.

2018

Conrad, J. C., & Poling-Skutvik, R. (2018). Confined Flow: Consequences and Implications for Bacteria and Biofilms. Annu. Rev. Chem. Biomol. Eng., 9(1).
Dewangan, N. K., & Conrad, J. C. (2018). Adhesion ofMarinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticusto Surfactant-Decorated Dodecane Droplets. Langmuir, 34(46), 14012–14021.
McLay, R. B., Nguyen, H. N., Jaimes-Lizcano, Y. A., Dewangan, N. K., Alexandrova, S., Rodrigues, D. F., et al. (2018). Level of Fimbriation Alters the Adhesion ofEscherichia coliBacteria to Interfaces. Langmuir, 34(3), 1133–1142.

Conference Presentations - 11

2019

Conrad, J. C., & Dewangan, N. K. (2019). Adhesion of Bacteria at Surfactant-Decorated Oil-Water Interfaces. In 2019 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL : 11/10/19-11/15/19.
Conrad, J. C., & Dewangan, N. K. (2019). How Bacteria Adhere to Interefaces. In 2019 EU-US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium. Stockholm, Sweden : 11/18/19-11/20/19: Poster.
Conrad, J. C., & Dewangan, N. K.;. (2019). Adhesion of Bacteria at Surfactant-Decorated Oil-Water Interfaces. In Society for Industrial Microbiology 2019. Washington, D. C. : 7/21/19-07/24/19.
Dewangan, N. K., & Conrad, J. C. (2019). Adhesion of Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus to Surfactant-Decorated Oil Droplets. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Dewangan, N. K., & Conrad, J. C. (2019). Rotation of oil droplets driven by motile bacteria at interfaces. In 93rd ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium. Atlanta, GA : 06/16/19-06/19/19.

2018

Dewangan, N. K., & Conrad, J. C. (2018). Adhesion of bacteria to surfactant-laden oil/water droplets. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Dewangan, N. K., & Conrad, J. C. (2018). Adhesion of bacteria to surfactant-laden oil/water droplets. In 92nd ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium. State College, PA : 06/10/18-06/13/18: Poster.

2017

Dewangan, N. K., Lizcano-Jaimes, Y. A. L., & Conrad, J. C. (2017). Effect of dispersants on motility and adhesion of bacteria on oil/water interfaces. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.

2016

Conrad, J. C. (2016). Flowing, arresting, moving: Nonequilibrium science for challenges in energy and sustainability. In Ciencias y Humanismo II. Academia Mexicana de Ciencias, Ciudad de México, México : 08/26/16-08/26/16.
Conrad, J. C., Ardekani, A. M., Bartlett, D. H., & Ford, R. M. (2016). Role of microbial motility for degradation of dispersed oil. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Dewangan, N. K., Jaimes-Lizcano, Y. A., McLay, R. B., Cirino, P. C., & Conrad, J. C. (2016). Effect of dispersants on motility and adhesion of bacteria on oil/water interfaces. In University of Houston Organization of Chemical Engineering Graduate Students Symposium. Houston, TX : 09/23/2016: Poster.