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Publications
Valkanas, M.M. and Trun, N.J. (2018) A seasonal study of a passive abandoned coalmine drainage remediation system reveals three distinct zones of contaminant levels and microbial communities. MicrobiologyOpen. 2018:e585. https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.585
Truc Ly, Justin R. Wright, Nicholas Weit, Christopher J. McLimans, Nikea Ulrich, Michelle M. Valkanas, Nancy Trun, Shawn Rummel, Christopher J. Grant, Regina Lamendella. (2019) Microbial Communities Associated with Passive Acidic Abandoned Coal Mine Remediation. Frontiers in Microbiology. (In Press).
M.M. Valkanas, A. Michalski, and N. J. Trun. The reproducibility of bacterial community composition in environmental samples collected over geographical distances. (In Preparation).
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
2016 to present Ph.D. graduate student in Biology, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
2014 Bachelor of Science in Biology, Minor in Mathematics, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
2018 Student Symposium on the Environment (December, Westminster College)
Oral presentation discussing the negative impacts natural forming communities haveon passive remediation systems built to treat AMD: The Impacts of Naturally Forming Microbial Communities Found in Passive Remediation Systems
2018 ABASM Meeting (November, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA)
Awarded first place for my oral presentation discussing the impact naturally forming microbial communities have on passive remediation systems: Characterization of Microbial Communities in Passive Remediation Systems Designed to Treat Abandoned Mine Drainage
2017 ABASM Meeting (November, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA)
Oral presentation discussing the in vitro system developed to study microbial communities in passive remediation systems: An in vitro system to study the microbial impacts on a passive remediation system
2016 ABASM Meeting (November, Penn State Behrend, Erie, PA)
Oral presentation on completed study of the seasonal effects on a passive coalmine remediation: A seasonal comparison of a passive abandoned coal mine remediation system
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
2018 American Society of Mining and Reclamation Annual Conference (June, St. Louis, MO)
Awarded first place for my presentation on a lab-based system to study microbial communities in passive remediation systems: Lab-Based System to Study the Microbial Impacts on Passive Remediation Systems Built to Treat AMD
2018 Graduate Research Symposium (March, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA)
Presented a lab-based system to study microbial communities found in passive systems: A Lab-Based System to Study the Microbial Impacts on Passive Remediation Systems Built to Treat AMD
2018 Pittsburgh Bacterial Meeting (March, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA)
Presented a lab-based system to study microbial communities found in passive systems: A Lab-Based System to Study the Microbial Impacts on Passive Remediation Systems Built to Treat AMD
2017 Task Force-ASMR-ARRI Conference (April, Morgantown, WV)
Awarded third place for presentation on research identifying the seasonal impacts on geochemical and biological factors in AMD passive remediation systems: A seasonal comparison of the passive abandoned coal mine remediation at Wingfield Pines
2017 Northeast/Northcentral Geological Society of America (March, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Presented the completed seasonal study on changes in passive remediation system efficiencies due to the change in seasons: A seasonal comparison of the passive abandoned coal mine remediation at Wingfield Pines
2017 Graduate Research Symposium (March, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA)
Presented the completed seasonal study on changes in passive remediation system efficiencies due to seasonal changes: A seasonal comparison of the passive abandoned coal mine remediation at Wingfield Pines
2016 Metals Symposium (September, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA)
Poster presentation of current research on AMD and the effects weather change has on a passive remediation site: A seasonal comparison of the passive abandoned coal mine remediation at Wingfield Pines
2015 ABASM Meeting (November, University of Pittsburgh, Greensburg, PA)
Awarded first place for presentation on current research involving AMD and the effects weather change has on a passive remediation system: A seasonal comparison of the passive abandoned coal mine remediation system at Wingfield Pines
GRANTS
2019 National Center for Science Education Science Outreach Fellowship ($9000)
2018 Allegheny Branch of American Society for Microbiology Travel Award ($100)
2018 American Society of Mine and Reclamation Travel Award ($250)
2017 Geological Society of America, Graduate Student Research Grant ($1325)
Full CV
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