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Goebes M. D. , Hildemann L.M., Kujundzic, E., and Hernandez, M.  (2007)  “Real-Time PCR for Detection of Airborne Aspergillus”, Journal of Environmental Monitoring,  9:599-609.

Kujundzic, E., Miller S., and Hernandez, M.  (2007). Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation Inactivation of Airborne Fungal Spores and Bacteria in Upper-Room Air and HVAC In-Duct Configurations. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science, 6:1-9.

Fonseca, A.C., Summers, R.S., Greenberg, A.R. and  Hernandez, M.  (2007)  “ Modeling Associations of Extra-Cellular Polysaccharides, Natural Organic Matter and Soluble Microbial Products with Membrane Biofouling”, Environmental Science and Technology., 41 (7), 2491-2497.

Kujundzic, E., Evans, E., Fonseca, C.M., Greenberg, A.R., Hernandez, M.  (2007)  “Ultrasonic Monitoring of Early-Stage Biofilm Growth on Polymeric Surfaces” Journal of Microbiological Methods,  68 (3): 458-467.

Kujundzic, E., Hernandez, M., and  Miller, S.L. (2006). UV Air Cleaners and Upper-Room Air UV Germicidal Irradiation for Controlling Airborne Bacteria and Fungal Spores. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene,  3(10):536.

Peccia, J. and Hernandez, M.  (2006)  Incorporating polymerase chain reaction-based identification, population characterization, and quantification of microorganisms into aerosol science: A review. Atmospheric Environment, 40:3941.

Kujundzic, E., Hernandez M., and Miller, S.L. (2006) Particle size distributions and concentrations of airborne endotoxin using novel collection methods in homes during the winter and summer seasons.  Indoor Air, 16:216.

Dow S.M., von Gunten U., Lively, G., Chandrakanth, M, Amy, G., and  Hernandez  M.  (2006) The Impact of Selected Water Quality Parameters on the Inactivation of Bacillus subtilis Spores Using Monochloramine and Ozone, Water Research, 40:373.

Angenent, L., Kelly, S., St. Amand, A., Pace, N., and Hernandez, M. (2005)  Molecular identification of potential Pathogens in the air and water of  a hospital therapy pool.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102: 4860.

Xu, P., Kujundzic, E., J.  Peccia, Schafer, M. P., .Moss, G., Hernandez., M., and Miller S. L.  (2005) Impact of Environmental Factors on Efficacy of Upper-Room Air Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation for Inactivating Airborne Mycobacteria, Environmental Science and Technology, 39: 9656.

Bilgin, A.A., Silverstein S., and Hernandez, M. (2005)  The Effects of Soluble Ferri-Hydroxide Complexes on Microbial Neutralization of Acid Mine Drainage.  Environmental Science and Technology, 39: 7826.

Fabian, M.P., Miller, S.L., Reponen, T., and  Hernandez, M. (2005)   Ambient bioaerosol indices for indoor air quality assessments of flood reclamation. Journal of Aerosol Science. 36: 763.

Kujundzic, E., Angenent, L., Zander, D., Henderson, D., Miller, S.L., and  Hernandez, M (2005)   Effects of Hybrid HEPA-UV on Airborne Bacteria Concentrations in an Indoor Therapy Pool Building.  Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association.  55:210.

Peccia J. and Hernandez M. (2004)  UV-induced inactivation rates for airborne Mycobacterium bovis BCG”. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. 1:430.

Xu, P., J.  Peccia, M P. Fabian, A. Barker, J. Martyny,  K. Fennelly, Hernandez., M., and S. L. Miller. (2003) "Inactivation of Bacteria and Mycobacteria  Using Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation of Upper-Room Air". Atmsopheric Environment.  37(3):405.

Gruden, C. L., Abu-Dalo, M., Fevig, S. and  Hernandez, M. (2003) CTC (5-cyano-2,3-ditolyl tetrazolium chloride) reduction in  mesophilic anaerobic digesters: measuring redox behavior, differentiating abiotic reduction, and comparing FISH response as an activity indicator. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 52(1):59.

Bhupathiraju, V.K., Krauter, P. Holman, H-Y N., Conrad, M.E., Daley, P.F., Templeton, A.S., Hunt, J.R., Hernandez, M, and Alvarez-Cohen, L. (2002) Assessment of in-situ bioremediation at a refinery waste-contaminated site and an aviation gasoline contaminated site. Journal of Biodegradation. 13(2):79.

Peccia, J. and Hernandez, M. (2002)  "Rapid Immunoassays for Detection of UV-Induced Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimers in Whole Bacterial Cells”.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology: 68:2542.

Hernandez M., Marchand E.A., Roberts D.J., and Peccia J. (2002) "In-Situ Assessment of Active Thiobacillus Species in Corroding Concrete Sewers using Fluorescent RNA Probes".  Biodeterioration and Biodegration 49(4):274.

Gruden, C. L., and Hernandez, M. (2002) Anaerobic Digestion of Aircraft Deicing Fluids: Interactions and toxicity of corrosion inhibitors and surfactants. Water Environment Research. 74(2):149.

Hernandez M. and Swartz M. (2001)  “Review of Airborne Microbiological Contamination on Commercial Aircraft.”   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes for Occupational Health and Safety, US Govt. Report (CDC/NIOSH DO # 0009936697).

Peccia, J., Werth, H., Miller, S. L., and Hernandez., M. (2001) “The Effect of Relative Humidity on the UV-induced Induced Inactivation of Airborne Bacteria”.  Aerosol Science and Technology 35(3):728.

Peccia, J., and  Hernandez, M. (2001) Photoreactivation in Airborne Mycobacterium parafortuitum. Applied and Environmental Microbiology: 67(9):4225.

Gruden, C. L., Dow S. M., and Hernandez, M. (2001)  “Fate and Toxicity of Aircraft Deicing Fluid Additives through Anaerobic Digestion”.  Water Environment Research. 73(1):72.

Fonseca, A.C., Summers, R.S., and Hernandez, M. (2001)  "Comparative Measures of  Microbial Biomass, Activity, and Community Structure in Drinking Water Biofilters Under Different Operating Conditions".  Water Research 35(16):3817.

Pillard, D.A., Cornell, J. S., DuFresne, D.U., and Hernandez, M., (2001)  “Toxicity of Benzotriazole and Benzotriazole Derivatives to Three Aquatic Species”. Water Research  35(2):557.

Biesterfeld  S., Figueroa, L., Hernandez,  M. and Russell, P. (2001)  “Correlation of Ammonia Removal Rates To Nitrifying Bacterial Populations In A Full-Scale Nitrifying Trickling Filter Using Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization”. Water Environment Research. 73(3):329.

Cornell, J. S., Pillard, D.A., and Hernandez, M., (2000)  “Comparative Measures of the Toxicity of Component Chemicals in Aircraft Deicing Fluids”.  Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology.19(6):1465.

Peccia, J., Marchand, E.A., Silverstein, J. and Hernandez, M. (2000)  "Development and Application of Small-Subunit rRNA Probes for Assessment of  Selected Thiobacillus Species and Members of the Genus Acidiphilium". Applied and Environmental Microbiology.  66(7):3065.

Hernandez, M., Miller, S.L., Landfear, D., and Macher, J.M.  (1999)   “A Combined Fluorochrome Method for Quantitation of Metabolically Active and Inactive Airborne Bacteria”. Aerosol Science and Technology, 30:145.

Oerther, D.B., De Los Reyes, F., Hernandez, M. and Raskin, L.  (1999)  “Simultaneous Olignucleotide Probe Hybridization and Immunostaining for the In Situ Detection of Gordona Species in Activated Sludge”.  Journal of the Federation of European Microbiological Sciences, 29:129.

Bupathiraju, V.K., Hernandez, M., Krauter, P., and  Alvarez-Cohen, L. (1999)  “A New Direct Microscopy Based Method for Evaluating In-Situ Bioremediation”. Journal of Hazardous MaterialsB67: 299.

Bupathiraju, V.K., Hernandez, M. Landfear, D. and Alvarez-Cohen, L. (1999)  “Application of a Tetrazolium Dye as an Indicator of Anaerobic Microbiological Activity”. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 37:231.

De Los Reyes, F., De Los Reyes, L., Hernandez, M. and Raskin, L.  (1998)  “Quantification of Gordona amarae Strains in Foaming Activated Sludge and Anaerobic Digester Systems using Oligonucleotide Hybridization Probes”.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 64(7):2503.

De Los Reyes, F., Oerther, D.B., De Los Reyes, L., Hernandez, M. and Raskin, L.  (1998)  “Characterization of Filamentous Foaming in Activated Sludge Systems using Oligonucleotide Hybridization Probes and Antibody Probes”. Water Science and Technology, 37(4-5):485.

De Los Reyes, F., De Los Reyes, L., Hernandez, M. and Raskin, L.  (1998)  “Identification and Quantification of Gordona amarae Strains in Activated Sludge Systems using Comparative rRNA Sequence Analysis and Phylogenetic Hybridization Probes”.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 37(10):521.

Edwards, M., Courtney, B., Hepler, P. and Hernandez, M. (1997)  “Beneficial Discharge of Iron Coagulation Sludge to Sewers”. ASCE, Journal of Environmental Engineering, 123(10):

Hernandez, M., and Jenkins, D., (1994)  "The Fate of Nocardia in Anaerobic Digestion". Water Environ Research, 66(6): 828.

Hernandez, M., Jenkins, D. and Beaman, B. L., (1994) "Mass and Viability Estimations of Nocardia in Activated Sludge and Anaerobic Digesters Using Conventional Stains and Immunofluorescent Methods". Water Science & Technology, 29(27):249.

ARCHIVAL PUBLICATIONS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW

Dow, S. M. , Berger, C., Egli, T., Köster, W.  Hernandez, M., and von Gunten, U.  (2007) “Bacillus megaterium Spore Inactivation Using Ozone: Implications for Surrogates to Model Disinfection Processes, Submitted to the Journal of Ozone Science and Engineering,  Status: Under Review.

Abu-Dalo, M., and Hernandez M. (2007) “Differential Pulse Polargraphic Determination of Methylbenzotriazole Isomers in Environmental Samples”.  Submitted to Chemosphere, Status Under Review.

Abu -Dalo, M., O’Brien, I.O., Heick, N. and Hernandez M. (2007) “Effects of  Functional Substitutions on the Biodegradation Potential of Commercially Significant Benzotriazole Derivatives.  Submitted to Environmental Science and Technology.  Status: Under Review. 

Abu-Dalo, M., and  Hernandez M.  (2007) Stability of Benzotriazole Derivatives with Free Cu, Zn, Co and Metal-Containing Enzymes: Binding and Interaction of Methylbenzotriazoles with Superoxide Dismutase and Vitamin B-12.  Submitted to  Chemosphere.  Status: under review.

Clark L. M., and Hernandez M. (2007) Primary biopolymers associations of fine particulate matter: carbohydrate and protein content of temperate urban PM2.5 .  Environmental Science and Technology.  Status: Under Review.

Rodriguez, M., Walker, J., Pace, N. and Hernandez M. (2007)  Molecular Source Tracking of Bioaerosols in the Quarantined Katrina Flood Zone.  Submitted to Applied and Environmental Microbiology.  Status: Under Review.

Mair, R., Rota, P.A.,  Tripp, R.A., Thompkins, M.S., and Hernandez, M., (2007) Inactivation Potential of Filter Immobilized Airborne Mammalian and Avian Viruses in Weak Electric Fields.

Hernandez, M., Baumgartner, L., Scarmella, P., Mckinney, P., Kujundzic, E., Avallon, L., Kalnajs, L., Miller, S.L,   Effect of Electrically Enhanced Filtration on Airborne Particulate Matter and Bioaerosols in a Mountain West School.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (US and PCT (Europe) Patents Pending):

Hernandez, M. and Abu-Dalo, M. , Removing Metals from Solutions Using Metal Binding Compounds and Sorbents Therefor,  US Provisional Patent, July 2002,  Full Patent Filed (July, 2003) and Pending (US ENVIRONMENTAL FASTRACK) expected 2007.