Lauchnor, Ellen
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering
Office: 220 Cobleigh
Specialty: Wastewater treatment processes
E-mail: ellen.lauchnor@montana.edu
Professional Preparation
- Ph.D. – Chemical Engineering 2011
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Dissertation: Inhibition, gene expression, and modeling of ammonia oxidation in biofilms ofNitrosomonas europaea - B. S. – Chemical and Biological Engineering 2005
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Current Research Areas
- Biofilms in wastewater treatment and biological nitrogen removal
- Impact of emerging contaminants on wastewater treatment processes
- Fundamentals and applications of microbially induced mineral formation
- Reactive transport in biofilm systems
Memberships
- American Geophysical Union
- American Chemical Society
- Tau Beta Pi – Engineering Honor Society inducted 2005 (as Ellen Swogger)
Courses, Grants, Outreach
Lauchnor CV
Biofilm related publications searchable via the CBE Publications Database
Related News
"Montana State engineering students help researcher find water quality solution" MSU News Dec. 8, 2022
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“CBE researchers, lab featured in women in engineering commercial” MSU News October 30, 2018
“MSU researchers receive $1.8 million to study methane-converting microbes” MSU News Service October 18, 2017
