E-mail: jeanders@vcu.edu

VCU departmental affiliation:
Center for Environmental Studies
Department of Biology

External affiliation:
Research Biologist
U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Alexandria, Va.

Degrees:
Ph. D. (Environmental Biology) George Mason University, 1996
M.S. (Environmental Biology) George Mason University, 1992

Courses taught at VCU:
• ENVS/BIOL 654 Environmental Remote Sensing
• BIOL 654 Water Pollution Biology

Research interests:
• Imaging and non-imaging spectroscopy for biological resource monitoring
• Fluorescence detection of pathogens and contaminants
• Rapid assays of pathogens and contaminants using markers and probes
• Wetland ecology and created wetlands for contaminant abatement

Recent publications/abstracts/presentations:
Anderson J., S. Webb, R. Fischer, C. Smith, J. Dennis, and J. Di Benedetto. 2002. In situ detection of the pathogen indicator E. coli using active laser-induced fluorescence imaging and defined substrate conversion. Journal of Fluorescence. (accepted paper, January 2002).

Anderson, J. 2002. Created Wetland Mitigation: Successes or Failures? In Marine Conservation Science and Policy. G.C. Ray and J.M. Ray eds. Blackwell Publishers, England. 312 pages.

Robbins, E.I., J.E. Anderson, M.H. Podwysocki, and G. Nord. 2001. Seasonal Variations in Spectral Reflectance of Microbial Flocculates, Precipitates, and Oil-like films Associated with Neutral and Acid Mine Drainage In Environmental Monitoring and Biodiagnostics of Hazardous Contaminants. M. Healy et al. (eds.) Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 243-266.