Lily Young

Professor and Dean of International Programs
Exposure Science
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
United States of America

Professor Toxicology
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 Intrest

Exposure Science

List of Publications
Garcia-Dominguez, E, Mumford, A, Rhine, ED, Paschal, A, Young, LY. Novel autotrophic arsenite-oxidizing bacteria isolated from soil and sediments. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 2008;66 (2):401-10. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00569.x. PubMed PMID:18717738
Wang, Y, Wiatrowski, HA, John, R, Lin, CC, Young, LY, Kerkhof, LJ, Yee, N, Barkay, T. Impact of mercury on denitrification and denitrifying microbial communities in nitrate enrichments of subsurface sediments. Biodegradation. 2013;24 (1):33-46. doi: 10.1007/s10532-012-9555-8. PubMed PMID:22678127
Mumford, AC, Yee, N, Young, LY. Precipitation of alacranite (As8S9) by a novel As(V)-respiring anaerobe strain MPA-C3. Environ. Microbiol. 2013;15 (10):2748-60. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.12136. PubMed PMID:23735175
Porter, AW, Young, LY. The bamA gene for anaerobic ring fission is widely distributed in the environment. Front Microbiol. 2013;4 :302. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00302. PubMed PMID:24133487 PubMed Central PMC3794298
Porter, AW, Young, LY. Benzoyl-CoA, a universal biomarker for anaerobic degradation of aromatic compounds. Adv. Appl. Microbiol. 2014;88 :167-203. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800260-5.00005-X. PubMed PMID:24767428