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Lily Young , Ph.D.

Professor and Dean of International Programs Rutgers University, School of Environmental and Biological SciencesEOHSI – Environmental and Population Health Bio-Sciences
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Biography

Dr. Young is a Professor and Chair in Rutgers Department of Environmental Sciences and Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment. She is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the U.S. Department of Defense Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program. She also serves on the EC-US Task Force on Environmental Biotechnology.

Research Areas

Examining the instrinsic ability of anaerobic communities from NY-NJ Harbor sediments todegrade alkanes and PAHs, and environmental factors which affect the activity Determining the novel microbial chemistry of the anaerobic pathways of naphthalene, methylnapthalene and phenanthrene by active consortia, and that of the alkanes by newly isolated pure cultures; Investigating methods to improve or enhance natural rates of biodegradation; Developing biochemical markers for assessing intrinsic biodegradation; Isolating novel anaerobes able to degrade additional petroleum constituents and other aromatic compounds; Characterizing the anaerobic toluene pathway in a denitrifying strain with a molecular genetic approach.

Scholarly Activities

  • 2001 Research Excellence Award, Board of Trustees, Rutgers Univeristy
  • 1999 Research Excellence Award, Cook College, NJ Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University
  • 1996 Invited presentation to the Presidents’ Circle of the National Academy of Sciences (Advisory group to NAS President Bruce Albert, comprised of 100 buisness leaders) – Colloquium on “Water Resources for the 21st Century”; presentation title, “Environmental Biotechnology”

Recent Publications

  1. Tran, JA, Young, LH. Ocular Siderosis. Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2024;64 (2):163-174. doi: 10.1097/IIO.0000000000000500. PubMed PMID:38525989
  2. John, S, Young, LT, Lacro, RV, Hoskoppal, A, Ou, Z, Presson, A, Johnson, JT, Andrade, L, Minich, LL, Menon, S et al.. Extracardiac Manifestations Fail to Predict the Severity of Cardiac Phenotype in Children and Young Adults with Marfan Syndrome. Res Sq. 2024; :. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3994693/v1. PubMed PMID:38496659 PubMed Central PMC10942553
  3. Wang, JY, Michki, NS, Sitaraman, S, Banaschewski, BJ, Lin, SM, Katzen, JB, Basil, MC, Cantu, E, Zepp, JA, Frank, DB et al.. Dysregulated alveolar epithelial cell progenitor function and identity in Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome pulmonary fibrosis. bioRxiv. 2024; :. doi: 10.1101/2023.06.17.545390. PubMed PMID:38496421 PubMed Central PMC10942273
  4. Young, LS. Epstein-Barr virus at 60. Nature. 2024;627 (8004):492-494. doi: 10.1038/d41586-024-00653-0. PubMed PMID:38480942
  5. Woolas, R, Young, L, Brinkmann, D, Gardner, F, Hadwin, R, Woolas, T, Povolotskaya, N. Exploration of Preliminary Objective Triage by Menopause Score and CA 125 Result Prior to Accelerating Fast-Track Booking for Suspected Ovarian Cancer-A Role for the Pathway Navigator?. Diagnostics (Basel). 2024;14 (5):. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics14050541. PubMed PMID:38473013 PubMed Central PMC10931023
  6. Mutlu, D, Rempakos, A, Alexandrou, M, Al-Ogaili, A, Jaffer, FA, Alaswad, K, Khatri, JJ, Young, L, Basir, MB, Krestyaninov, O et al.. Use of plaque modification microcatheters during percutaneous coronary interventions for chronic total occlusion: insights from the PROGRESS-CTO Registry. J Invasive Cardiol. 2024; :. doi: 10.25270/jic/24.00014. PubMed PMID:38471154
  7. Rempakos, A, Alexandrou, M, Mutlu, D, Choi, JW, Poommipanit, P, Khatri, JJ, Young, L, Dattilo, P, Sadek, Y, Davies, R et al.. Predictors of successful primary antegrade wiring in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention. J Invasive Cardiol. 2024; :. doi: 10.25270/jic/23.00305. PubMed PMID:38446022
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