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Petroleum Hydrocarbon Biodegradation: Tools & Lessons from the Field

Date: Thursday, April 24th, 2025
Time: 11am pacific / 2pm eastern

In this webinar we are pleased to have special guest speakers Jack Sheldon, Senior Consultant at Antea Group and Dora Taggart, President and CEO of Microbial Insights, Inc. Their presentation will address the science of petroleum hydrocarbon biodegradation including the complexity of PHC mixtures and biodegradative pathways, and lessons learned from field applications of micron-scale activated carbon.

Highlights of this free webinar:

  • The science of petroleum hydrocarbon biodegradation – complexity of PHC mixtures and biodegradative pathways
  • Lessons learned – Field applications using colloidal activated carbon to treat petroleum hydrocarbons
  • Performance data and best pratices – for collecting secondary parameters, including microbial profiling
  • Latest advances – Tools including QuantArray-Petro, QuantArray-NSZD and Stable Isotope Probing (SIP)
  • Sample collection and preservation – Practical and cost effective shared

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About the Presenters:

REGENESIS Remediation SolutionsJack Sheldon
Senior Consultant, Antea Group
Jack Sheldon is a Senior Consultant with Antea Group leading the firm’s Site Assessment & Remediation service line. He has over 40 years of experience in environmental microbiology and remediation. Jack has a BS in Bacteriology & Public Health and an MS in Environmental/Industrial Microbiology from Wagner College in Staten Island, NY. In his current role, he advises on remediation technology selection, performance, and optimization across the US and abroad. He is also a subject matter expert on PFAS risk management. Jack has authored numerous papers and posters, co-authored two best-selling books on bioremediation, and given hundreds of presentations and webinars around the world on remediation technologies and PFAS topics.

 

 

REGENESIS Webinar with special guest presenterDora Taggart
President and CEO, Microbial Insights
Since joining Microbial Insights in 2001, Dora Taggart has advanced the field of Molecular Biological Tools, including pioneering work in qPCR analysis and stable isotope probing. Dora continues to propel MI forward by collaborating with leading researchers in academia and federal agencies to keep MI at the forefront of the industry. As CEO, Dora has become a global ambassador for MBTs, regularly presenting as an invited speaker at environmental and corrosion conferences, leading hundreds of technical workshops worldwide, and co-authoring guidance documents. In 2011, Dora was named the most valuable team member for the ITRC EMD team, in 2016 received the woman-owned business of the year, in 2017 was honored as Business Person of the Year and in 2022 received the National Groundwater Association Technology Award. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Boys and Girls Club of the Cumberland Plateau as well as serves on the town council committee of Farragut, and the Board of Visitors for the University of Tennessee Department of Microbiology. For 2022-2024, Dora served as chair for the National Institute of Health MCST (12) section. Dora received her degree in Biomedical Engineering from Vanderbilt University.

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