Henry E. Voegeli
Professor of Biology and Environmental Science

Email: henryv@charger.newhaven.edu Phone: (203) 932-7106 Fax: (203) 931-6097

Educational Background:

• Ph.D., Biological Sciences, Univ. of Rhode Island, 1970
• B.A., Bacteriology, Univ. of Connecticut, 1966

Fields of Specialization:

• Microbiology
• Bacteriology
• Immunology
• Bioremediation
• Biodeterioration
• Single-Cell Protein
• Biochemistry

Associations:

• Member, CT Underground Storage Tank Review Board
• Member, American Society for Microbiology
• Connecticut Bioremediation Services, Inc.

Current Research Interests:

• Pilot study of rubber-utilizing bacteria for protein production
• Investigating use of single-cell fertilizer of plant growth
• Involved with numerous environmental cleanups of sites containing gasoline, heating oil, diesel fuel, chlorinated solvent and metal contaminants

Selected Publications:

Voegeli, H. Restriction Endonuclease Cleavage and Fragment Electrophoresis of ØX174 DNA, presented Annual Society for Microbiology meetings, May, 1990.

Voegeli, H. Microbiology Laboratory Manual, copyright 1989.

Voegeli, H. Immunology Laboratory Manual, copyright 1989.

Vigue, C., C. Bogucki, B. Staugaard, and H. Voegeli. Exercises in the Biological Sciences, Burgess, 1989.

Voegeli, H. Method for producing protein. U.S. Patent No. 4,473,641, 1979. Granted 1984.

Voegeli, H. Degradation of styrene-butadiene rubber, natural rubber, and vulcanized rubber in automobile tire by bacteria with concomitant production of protein (unpublished), 1979.

Voegeli, H. Production of single-cell protein by Pseudomonas spp. using vulcanized tire rubber, acrylonitrile-butadiene, natural rubber, and/or styrene-butadiene rubber, urea, and inorganic salts as substrate (unpublished), 1979.

Voegeli, H. and J. Cousminer. Protein production by a mixed bacterial culture using Paracril 1880 and selected nitrogen sources. Internat. Biodeter. Bull. 14(4):119-122, 1978.