Anca Delgado
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Phone: 480-727-0046
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Mail code: 3005Campus: Tempe
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Anca G. Delgado is an Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University. She is also a graduate faculty in the Biological Design program in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy. The Delgado Lab, part of the Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, focuses on microbiological processes that remove contaminants or provide high-value chemicals to society. Our research employs natural and synthetic microbiomes to 1) transform, degrade, or sequester chemical contaminants, 2) improve soil and water quality, and 3) produce bioproducts from waste streams. Our main research topics are bioremediation, microbial chain elongation, bioweathering and biomining, and environmental analytical chemistry.
Ph.D., Microbiology, Arizona State University, 2013
B.S., Microbiology, Arizona State University, 2008
Current advisees
Ph.D. students
Briana Paiz, Biological Design, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, and Energy, expected graduation Fall 2026
Dorsa Daeizadeh, Biological Design, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, and Energy, expected graduation Fall 2026 (co-advised with Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown)
Kelsie Herzer, Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, expected graduation Fall 2025
Justin P. Skinner, Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, expected graduation Fall 2024
Aide Robles, Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, expected graduation Fall 2023
Evelyn M. Miranda, Biological Design, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, and Energy, expected graduation Fall 2022
Srivatsan Mohana Rangan, Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, Ira A. School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, expected graduation Fall 2022 (co-advised with Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown)
M.S. students
Maxwell Silverman, Environmental Engineering, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, expected graduation Fall 2023
Caleb Mclaughlin, Environmental Engineering, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, expected graduation Spring 2024
Undergraduate students
Alex Gaura, Environmental Engineering, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, expected graduation Fall 2023
Riley Berg, Environmental Engineering, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, expected graduation Fall 2023
Ryan Koenig-Vinicombe, Environmental Engineering, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, expected graduation Fall 2023
Refereed journal publications
Meinel M, Delgado AG, Ilhan E, Luna Aguero M, Aguiar S, Krajmalnik-Brown R, Torres CI, 2022. Organic carbon metabolism is a main determinant of hydrogen demand and dynamics in anaerobic soils. Chemosphere 303, 134877. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134877
Apul OG, Arrowsmith S, Hall CA, Miranda EM, Alam F, Dahlen P, Sra K, Kamath R, McMillen SJ, Sihota N, Westerhoff P, Krajmalnik-Brown R, Delgado AG, 2022. Biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in a weathered, unsaturated soil is inhibited by peroxide oxidants. Journal of Hazardous Materials 433, 128770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128770.
Miranda EM, Severson C, Reep JK, Hood D, Hansen S, Santisteban L, Hamdan N, Delgado AG, 2022. Continuous-mode acclimation and operation of lignocellulosic sulfate-reducing bioreactors for enhanced metal immobilization from acidic mining-influenced water. Journal of Hazardous Materials 425, 128054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.128054. Part of Special Issue Pollution Control and Resource Recovery for Metals-Bearing Hazardous Wastes.
Robles A, Yellowman TL, Joshi S, Mohana Rangan S, Delgado AG, 2021. Microbial chain elongation and subsequent fermentation of elongated carboxylates as H2-producing processes for sustained reductive dechlorination of chlorinated ethenes. Environmental Science & Technology 55(15), 10398-10410. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c01319.
Mohana Rangan S, Krajmalnik-Brown R, Delgado AG, 2021. An ion chromatography method for simultaneous quantification of chromate, arsenate, selenate, perchlorate, and other inorganic anions in environmental media. Environmental Engineering Science 38(7). https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2020.0347.
Joshi S, Robles A, Aguiar S, Delgado AG, 2021. The occurrence and ecology of microbial chain elongation of carboxylates in soils. ISME Journal 15(7), 1907-1918. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-00893-2.
Kabir SF, Zheng R, Delgado AG, Fini EH, 2021. Use of microbially desulfurized rubber to produce sustainable rubberized bitumen. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105144.
Mohana Rangan S, Mouti A, Lapat-Polasko L, Lowry GV, Krajmalnik-Brown R, Delgado AG, 2020. Synergistic zerovalent iron (Fe0) and microbiological trichloroethene and perchlorate reductions are determined by the concentration and speciation of Fe. Environmental Science & Technology 54(22), 14422-14431. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c05052.
Chen T, Yavuz BM, Delgado AG, Januszewski B, Zuo Y, Westerhoff P, Krajmalnik-Brown R, Rittmann BE, 2019. Multi-cycle ozonation + bioremediation for soils containing residual petroleum. Environmental Engineering Science 36(12), 1443-1451. https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2019.0195.
Lanzarini-Lopes M, Delgado AG, Guo YM, Dahlen P, Westerhoff P, 2018. Optical fiber-mediated photosynthesis for enhanced subsurface oxygen delivery. Chemosphere 195, 742-748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.12.089.
Chen T, Yavuz BM, Delgado AG, Montoya G, Van Winkle D#, Zuo Y, Kamath R, Westerhoff P, Krajmalnik-Brown R, Rittmann BE, 2018. Impacts of moisture content during ozonation of soils containing residual petroleum. Journal of Hazardous Materials 344, 1101-1108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.11.060.
Esquivel-Elizondo S, Delgado AG, Rittmann BE, Krajmalnik-Brown R, 2017. The effects of CO2 and H2 on CO metabolism by pure and mixed microbial cultures. Biotechnology for Biofuels 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-017-0910-1.
Delgado AG, Fajardo-Williams D, Bondank E, Esquivel-Elizondo S, Krajmalnik-Brown R, 2017. Coupling bioflocculation of Dehalococcoides mccartyi to high-rate reductive dehalogenation of chlorinated ethenes. Environmental Science & Technology 51(19), 11297-11307. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b03097.
Esquivel-Elizondo S, Delgado AG, Krajmalnik-Brown R, 2017. Evolution of microbial communities growing with carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 93(6). https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fix076.
Chen TF, Delgado AG, Yavuz BM, Maldonado J, Zuo Y, Kamath R, Westerhoff P, Krajmalnik-Brown R, Rittmann BE, 2017. Interpreting interactions between ozone and residual petroleum hydrocarbons in soil. Environmental Science & Technology 51(1), 506-513. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b04534.
Apul OG, Dahlen P, Delgado AG, Sharif F, Westerhoff P, 2016. Treatment of heavy, long-chain petroleum-hydrocarbon impacted soils using chemical oxidation. Journal of Environmental Engineering 142(12). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001139.
Chen T, Delgado AG, Yazuz BM, Proctor AJ, Maldonado J, Zuo Y, Westerhoff P, Krajmalnik-Brown R, Rittmann BE, 2016. Ozone enhances biodegradability of heavy hydrocarbons in soil. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science 11(1), 7-17. https://doi.org/10.1680/jenes.16.00002.
Delgado AG, Fajardo-Williams D, Kegerreis KL, Parameswaran P, Krajmalnik-Brown R, 2016. Impact of ammonium on syntrophic organohalide-respiring and fermenting microbial communities. mSphere 1(2). https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00053-16.
Esquivel-Elizondo S, Parameswaran P, Delgado AG, Maldonado J, Rittmann BE, Krajmalnik-Brown R, 2016. Archaea and Bacteria acclimate to high total ammonia in a methanogenic reactor treating swine waste. Archaea. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/4089684.
Apul OG, Delgado AG, Kidd J, Alam F, Dahlen P, Westerhoff P, 2016. Carbonaceous nano-additives augment microwave-enabled thermal remediation of soils containing petroleum hydrocarbons. Environmental Science: Nano 3(5), 997-1002. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6en00261g.
Delgado AG, Kang D-W, Nelson KG, Fajardo-Williams D, Miceli JF, III, Done HY, Popat SC, Krajmalnik-Brown R, 2014. Selective enrichment yields robust ethene-producing dechlorinating cultures from microcosms stalled at cis-dichloroethene. Plos One 9(6). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100654.
Delgado AG, Fajardo-Williams D, Popat SC, Torres CI, Krajmalnik-Brown R, 2014. Successful operation of continuous reactors at short retention times results in high-density, fast-rate Dehalococcoides dechlorinating cultures. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 98(6), 2729-2737. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-013-5263-5.
Delgado AG, Parameswaran P, Fajardo-Williams D, Halden RU, Krajmalnik-Brown R, 2012. Role of bicarbonate as a pH buffer and electron sink in microbial dechlorination of chloroethenes. Microbial Cell Factories 11(128). https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2859-11-128.
Ziv-El M, Delgado AG, Yao Y, Kang DW, Nelson KG, Halden RU, Krajmalnik-Brown R, 2011. Development and characterization of DehaloR^2, a novel anaerobic microbial consortium performing rapid dechlorination of TCE to ethene. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 92(5), 1063-1071. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-011-3388-y.
Refereed Conference Publications
Santisteban L, Miranda EM, McLaughlin C, Delgado A, Chaerun SK, Hansen S, Ramey D, Hamdan N. Evaluating novel organic substrates for sulfate-reducing biochemical reactors treating mine water. Mine Water Solutions 2022.
Blogs/Non-Refereed Publications
Delgado AG, 2021. Microbial chain elongation of carboxylates – a mud and soil business. Behind the Paper, Nature Portfolio Microbiology Community. https://go.nature.com/2LYDDgq
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 599 | Thesis |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
CEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
CEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 592 | Research |
CEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
CEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
CEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
CEE 593 | Applied Project |
BDE 799 | Dissertation |
CEE 792 | Research |
BDE 792 | Research |
CEE 592 | Research |
CEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
EVE 261 | Intro to Environmental Process |
EVE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EVE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EVE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BDE 792 | Research |
BDE 795 | Continuing Registration |
BDE 799 | Dissertation |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
CEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 592 | Research |
CEE 599 | Thesis |
CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
BDE 792 | Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BDE 799 | Dissertation |
CEE 593 | Applied Project |
CEE 599 | Thesis |
CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EVE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EVE 493 | Honors Thesis |
BDE 795 | Continuing Registration |
2024 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
BDE 792 | Research |
CEE 599 | Thesis |
CEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
BDE 792 | Research |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 599 | Thesis |
CEE 591 | Seminar |
CEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
CEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 592 | Research |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
CEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
CEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
CEE 593 | Applied Project |
BDE 799 | Dissertation |
CEE 792 | Research |
BDE 792 | Research |
CEE 592 | Research |
CEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
EVE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EVE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EVE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BDE 792 | Research |
BDE 795 | Continuing Registration |
BDE 799 | Dissertation |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
CEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 591 | Seminar |
CEE 592 | Research |
CEE 599 | Thesis |
CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
BDE 792 | Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BDE 799 | Dissertation |
CEE 593 | Applied Project |
CEE 599 | Thesis |
EVE 303 | Envrn Engr Fund: Microbio Proc |
CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EVE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EVE 493 | Honors Thesis |
BDE 795 | Continuing Registration |
BDE 795 | Continuing Registration |
2023 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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BDE 792 | Research |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
CEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 599 | Thesis |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
CEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
CEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 592 | Research |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
CEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
CEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
CEE 593 | Applied Project |
BDE 799 | Dissertation |
CEE 792 | Research |
BDE 792 | Research |
CEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EVE 303 | Envrn Engr Fund: Microbio Proc |
EVE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EVE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EVE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BDE 792 | Research |
BDE 795 | Continuing Registration |
BDE 799 | Dissertation |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
CEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 592 | Research |
CEE 599 | Thesis |
CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
BDE 792 | Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BDE 799 | Dissertation |
CEE 593 | Applied Project |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 564 | Contaminant Fate and Transport |
CEE 599 | Thesis |
EVE 303 | Envrn Engr Fund: Microbio Proc |
CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EVE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EVE 493 | Honors Thesis |
BDE 795 | Continuing Registration |
2022 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
BDE 792 | Research |
CEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 599 | Thesis |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
CEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
CEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 592 | Research |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
CEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
CEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
CEE 593 | Applied Project |
BDE 799 | Dissertation |
CEE 792 | Research |
BDE 792 | Research |
CEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EVE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EVE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EVE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BDE 792 | Research |
BDE 795 | Continuing Registration |
BDE 799 | Dissertation |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
CEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 592 | Research |
CEE 599 | Thesis |
CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 792 | Research |
BDE 792 | Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BDE 799 | Dissertation |
CEE 593 | Applied Project |
CEE 564 | Contaminant Fate and Transport |
CEE 599 | Thesis |
EVE 303 | Envrn Engr Fund: Microbio Proc |
EVE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EVE 493 | Honors Thesis |
BDE 799 | Dissertation |
2021 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 792 | Research |
BDE 792 | Research |
CEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 599 | Thesis |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
CEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
CEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 592 | Research |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
CEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
CEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
CEE 593 | Applied Project |
BDE 799 | Dissertation |
CEE 792 | Research |
BDE 792 | Research |
CEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EVE 303 | Env Engineer Fundamntls Bio |
EVE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EVE 493 | Honors Thesis |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
CEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 592 | Research |
CEE 599 | Thesis |
CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 792 | Research |
BDE 792 | Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BDE 799 | Dissertation |
CEE 593 | Applied Project |
CEE 599 | Thesis |
EVE 303 | Env Engineer Fundamntls Bio |
EVE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EVE 493 | Honors Thesis |
2020 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 792 | Research |
CEE 792 | Research |
BDE 792 | Research |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 599 | Thesis |
CEE 799 | Dissertation |
CEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
CEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 592 | Research |
CEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
CEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
CEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
CEE 593 | Applied Project |
BDE 799 | Dissertation |
CEE 792 | Research |
BDE 792 | Research |
CEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EVE 303 | Env Engineer Fundamntls Bio |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
CEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CEE 592 | Research |
CEE 599 | Thesis |
CEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
BDE 792 | Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BDE 799 | Dissertation |
CEE 593 | Applied Project |
CEE 564 | Contaminant Fate and Transport |
CEE 599 | Thesis |
EVE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EVE 493 | Honors Thesis |
Faculty Fellowship Program in Israel, JNF-USA, 2022
Serving University Needs (SUN) Award for Exemplary Service and Demonstrating Leadership, Arizona State University, 2021
Special Congressional Recognition by U.S. Senator Martha McSally, Arizona, 2019
Quentin Mees Research Award, AZ Water Association, 2019
Graduate College Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award for 2018-2019, Outstanding Master’s Mentor Category, Arizona State University, 2018
ASM Scientific Writing and Publishing Fellowship, American Society for Microbiology, 2016
Chevron International Travel Grant and Appreciation Award, Workshop of Hydrocarbon-Impacted Soils Pretreatment and Oxidants, Bandung, Indonesia, 2015
Top Social Article by Microbial Cell Factories for Delgado et al. “Role of bicarbonate as a pH buffer and electron sink in microbial dechlorination of chloroethenes”, 2014
Student Paper Competition Winner, Eighth International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Monterey, CA, 2012
Edward and Linda Birge Memorial Graduate Travel Award, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, 2012
Best Graduate Student Oral Presentation, 50th Annual Meeting of the Arizona‐Nevada Branch of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Flagstaff, AZ, 2011
Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Arizona State University, 2017-present
Assistant Research Scientist, Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Arizona State University, 2016-2017
Associate Faculty, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University, 2015-2017
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Arizona State University, 2013-2016