Phillip Scheuerman

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EDUCATION

Ph.D., Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (1984) 
M.S., Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (1978) 
B.S., Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (1975)

COURSES TAUGHT

RESEARCH FOCUS

• Environmental Microbiology & Water Quality
• Fate and Transport of Pathogens in Soil and Water
• Indicators of Fecal Pollution in Soil and Water
• Environmental exposure assessment and Risk Analysis of Pathogen
• Environmental monitoring and remediation using microbial activity.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

1. Pokhrel, L. R., P. R. Scheuerman, and B. Dubey. 2013 "Evaluation of Experimental Design Options in Environmental Nano-Science Research." Expert Opin Environ Biol 2 (1): 2.
2. Pokhrel, L. R., Dubey, B., & Scheuerman, P. R. (2013). Impacts of Select Organic Ligands on the Colloidal Stability, Dissolution Dynamics, and Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles. Environmental science & technology, 47(22), 12877-12885.
3. Pokhrel, L. R., Dubey, B., & Scheuerman, P. R. (2014). Natural water chemistry (dissolved organic carbon, pH, and hardness) modulates colloidal stability, dissolution, and antimicrobial activity of citrate functionalized silver nanoparticles. Environmental Science: Nano, 1(1), 45-54.
4. Hall, K. K., Evanshen, B. G., Maier, K. J., & Scheuerman, P. R. (2014). Application of Multivariate Statistical Methodology to Model Factors Influencing Fate and Transport of Fecal Pollution in Surface Waters. Journal of Environmental Quality, 43(1), 358-370.
5. Pokhrel, L. R., Ettore, N., Jacobs, Z. L., Zarr, A., Weir, M. H., Scheuerman, P. R., ... & Dubey, B. (2017). Novel carbon nanotube (CNT)-based ultrasensitive sensors for trace mercury (II) detection in water: A review. Science of The Total Environment, 574, 1379-1388.
6. O’Connell B.J., Quinn M., Scheuerman P. 2017. Risk factors of diarrheal disease among children in the East African countries of Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania. Global Journal of Medicine and Public Health 6:1–8. http://www.gjmedph.com/uploads/O2-Vo6No1.pdf
7. Hall, K.K and Scheuerman, P.R. 2017. Development of Multiple Regression Models to Predict Sources of Fecal Pollution. Water Environment Research, 89(11), pp.1961-1969.
8. Gilfillan, Dennis. Hall, Kimberlee, Joyner, Timothy Andrew, and Scheuerman, Phillip. 2018. Canonical Variable Selection for Ecological Modeling of Fecal Indicators. Journal of Environmental Quality. 47(5), pp.974-984.
9. Gilfillan, D., Joyner, T.A. and Scheuerman, P., 2018. Maxent estimation of aquatic Escherichia coli stream impairment. PeerJ, 6, p.e5610.
10. O’Connell, Bethesda J., Slawson, Deborah, Quinn, Megan, Scheuerman, Phillip, and Ogunleye, Olushola O. 2018. Biosand Water Filter Evaluation: Pilot Study of Field Use Indicators in Cyegera, Rwanda. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-Aqua, 67(6), pp.607-614.
11. Kusi, J, Scheuerman, PR, Maier, KJ. 2020. Antimicrobial properties of silver nanoparticles may interfere with fecal indicator bacteria detection in pathogen impaired streams. Environmental Pollution 263:114536.
12. Kusi, Joseph, Phillip R Scheuerman, and Kurt J Maier (2020), Emerging environmental contaminants (silver nanoparticles) altered the catabolic capability and metabolic fingerprinting of microbial communities, Aquatic Toxicology, 228 105633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2020.105633.
13. Ntakirutimana, T., O’Connell, B.J., Quinn, M., Scheuerman, P., Xavier, F.S., Ozodiegwu, I. Mbarushimana, V., Franck, G. and Felix, R. 2021. Linkage Between Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Child Health In Bugesera District, Rwanda: A Cross-Sectional Study Waterlines, 40:1, 1–17 http://dx.doi.org/10.3362/1756-3488.20-00008.
14. O'Connell, B., Olomofe, C., Quinn, M., Slawson, D., Ntakirutimana, T. and Scheuerman, P., 2023. Seven-year performance of biosand filters in rural Rwanda. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 13(5), pp.333-338.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS

1. Hall, K.K. and P.R. Scheuerman. Development of multiple regression models to predict sources of fecal pollution in the Watauga River watershed in Northeast Tennessee. Abstract, American Society for Microbiology, 2013, 113th General Meeting, Denver, Colorado.
2. Farris, J.L., P.R. Scheuerman, and D. Cherry. 2013. Patterns of macroinvertebrate responses in South Indian Creek and tributaries receiving mineral contributions throughout an elaborate interstate construction project for Tennessee and North Carolina. Presented at the Entomology Society of America Annual Meeting. November 10 – 13, 2013 Austin Texas.
3. Gilfillan, Dennis, Scheuerman, P. R., and Joyner, T.A. 2016 Seasonal and Spatial Variations in the Probability of Pathogenic Stream Impairment. Abstract presented at the 2016 Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting.
4. Stiltner, Bridgett and Garretson, Emily. 2016. A Comparison of Microbial Enzyme Activity and Fecal Coliform Bacteria to Characterize Fecal Pollution in Surface Water. Abstract presented at the 2016 National Council on Undergraduate Research Conference Annual Meeting.
5. Stiltner, Bridgett. 2016 Microbial Enzyme Activity in Surface Water and Sediments. East Tennessee State University 2016 Boland Undergraduate Research Symposium.
6. Stiltner, Bridgett, Garretson, Emily, and Scheuerman, Phillip. 2016. The Use of Microbial Enzyme Activities to Identify Fecal Pollution Sources in Surface Waters. Poster presented at the 2016 Appalachian Student Research Forum.

FUNDING 

1. Town of Jonesborough, TN - E. coli & water chemistry analyses, Little Limestone Creek, Jonesborough Town Limits 2013 - $8418.00
2. Washington County, TN - MS4 Project: E. coli and Siltation for Specific Streams in the Nolichucky Watershed  2014 – 2015  - $18,121
3. Washington County, TN - Concentration of E.coli in Possum Creek, and for Degree of Siltation in Cedar Creek, Ford Creek, and Possum Creek in the South Fork of the Holston River Watershed in Washington County, TN 2015 -  2016 $21,948
4. Washington County, TN - Determination of E. coli, Sedimentation, and Nitrates/Nitrites in Selected Streams in the Watauga River Watershed, Washington County, TN 2018 - 2019 $24,104
5. Mountain Home Veterans Administration Dental Clinic – Heterotrophic Plate Count Enumeration in Dental Unit Water Lines (2017 – 2022) $2000 per year.
6. City of Johnson City, Tennessee Impact Assessment of Chlorine Spill in Brush Creek. (2020 – 2021) $10,000
7. Wingfield Environmental. Johnson City TN Impact Assessment of Little Limestone Creek and Brush Creek, Washington County TN. 2021 – 2022 $28,961.00

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Backpacking; Mountain Biking; Music