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Associate
Professor of
Biology
Station 7
Bibb Graves 108C
(205) 652-3442
bburnes@uwa.edu |
| Degrees: |
Ph.D.,
Applied Biology,
Georgia
Institute of
Technology, 2000
B.S., Applied
Biology, Georgia
Institute of
Technology, 1993 |
| Employment
Date: |
Fall 2008 |
| Professional
Biography: |
Brian S.
Burnes (Ph.D.
Applied Biology
2000, Georgia
Institute of
Technology) has
been teaching
biology and
studying
microbial
pollution for
over 10 years.
He served as the
Senior
Microbiologist
at Soil and
Environmental
Testing
Laboratories in
Atlanta, GA,
then as an
Assistant
Professor of
Biology at
Judson College
in Marion, AL.
He has been
active in
Alabama Water
Watch, the
Alabama Clean
Water
Partnership, and
the Alabama
Academy of
Sciences, where
he is a Trustee
and 2nd Vice
President. He
has recently
directed water
quality
monitoring
projects with
ADEM, the
Alabama Soil and
Water
Conservation
Committee, and,
most recently,
the Weeks Bay
National
Estuarine
Research
Reserve. Dr.
Burnes currently
teaches
microbiology and
genetics at The
University of
West Alabama.
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| Classes
usually taught: |
BY 103, BY
242, BY 380 |
| Additional
UWA Assignments: |
Faculty
Senate |
| Committees: |
Fulbright
Scholars
Committee |
| Academic /
Research
Interests: |
My research
interests are in
the field of
Microbial
ecology.
Although
microbes are
ubiquitous and
abundant, much
remains to be
revealed about
their diversity
and function in
various
habitats.
Surface water
habitats have
been the focus
of my recent
research, in
which the
phenotypic
patterns of
microbes (E.coli
antibiotic
resistance
profiles) are
analyzed to
determine
potential
sources of
pollution.
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| Current
Projects: |
"Identifying
Sources of
Pathogen
Contamination in
Upper Fish
River, Baldwin
County, Alabama"
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| Recent
Publications: |
Burnes, B.
2009.
"Determining
sources of E.
coli pollution
in Crooked
Creek, Alabama."
J Al Acad Sci.
In press.
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| Recent
Presentations: |
Burnes,
Brian. "Host
Origin Analysis
of Fecal
Microbes."
Invited speaker
at 20th Annual
Onsite Sewage
Treatment &
Disposal
Conference,
Auburn, Alabama,
14 January,
2009.
Burnes, Brian.
"You can't get
there from here:
Tales of
nonpoint source
tracking."
Invited speaker
at ADEM Nonpoint
Source
Conference,
Montgomery,
Alabama, 20
January, 2009.
Cupit, Stephen
Anthony and
Brian Burnes.
"Sensitivity of
Staphylococcus
aureus to
penicillin and
ampicillin."
Poster presented
at the annual
meeting of the
Alabama Academy
of Sciences,
Livingston,
Alabama, 26
March, 2009.
Jackson, Molly
L. and Brian
Burnes. "Survey
of soil microbes
of the Black
Belt region of
Alabama." Poster
presented at the
annual meeting
of the Alabama
Academy of
Sciences,
Livingston,
Alabama, 26
March, 2009.
Turner, Michael,
Justin Kelley,
and Brian Burnes.
"Study of
protists in the
Alabama,
Apalachicola,
Choctawhatchee,
Tennessee, and
Tombigbee
Rivers." Poster
presented at the
annual meeting
of the Alabama
Academy of
Sciences,
Livingston,
Alabama, 26
March, 2009.
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| Recent
Grants: |
Mobile Bay
National Estuary
Program Grant
Co-Recipient
with Weeks Bay
National
Estuarine
Research
Reserve,
Identifying
Sources of
Pathogen
Contamination in
Upper Fish
River, Baldwin
County, AL,
$48,000
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| Other recent
notable works: |
Local
Arrangements
Chairperson for
Alabama Academy
of Science
Annual Meeting
Board of
Trustees,
Alabama Academy
of Science
2nd Vice
President,
Alabama Academy
of Science
Reviewer for
Journal of
Biotech Research
Phi Kappa Phi
Honor Society
Inductee
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