<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><b>Understanding the Biofilm Anode in Microbial Fuel/Electrolysis Cells (MXCs)</b><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Dr. Bruce Rittman<br></b><div><br></div><div><b>Thursday, October 15</b></div><div><br></div><div><b>11:30 AM - 12:30 PM</b></div><div><br></div><div><b>McGovern Auditorium</b></div><div>Whitehead Institute</div><div>Nine Cambridge Center (Kendall Square)</div><div>Cambridge, MA</div><div><br></div><div><b>Abstract</b></div><div><br></div><div>Dr. Rittmann's research program seeks to develop and utilize biofilms (complex assemblages of microorganisms) as reactors for the simultaneous detoxification of oxidized contaminants in wastewater and production of electricity and hydrogen gas. His work combines phylogenetic approaches to characterizing bacterial communities with engineering methods to optimize the thermodynamic efficiency of the reactor.</div><div><br></div><div><b>About the Speaker</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>Dr. Bruce Rittmann, Director of the Center for Environmental
Biotechnology in the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, is an international
leader in the use of microbial communities to provide services to
society. Those services include pollution clean up, treatment of water
and wastewater, capture of renewable energy, and directly improving
human health. Dr. Rittmann was elected to the National Academy of
Engineering in 2004. He is a Fellow of the AAAS, a recipient of the
Clarke Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Water Science and
Technology, a winner of the Huber Research Prize from ASCE, and one of
the world's most highly cited researchers, according to ISI.<img height="797" width="650" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:BD5DE69F-779F-4332-A5D2-4D141261DBA0@mit.edu"></div></div></body></html>