Research Interests

• Micropollutant impacts on microbial communities
• Fate and removal of micropollutants
• Antibiotic Resistance
• Residuals and Biosolids
• Pyrolysis
  
  

Professional Preparation

• Postdoctoral Research, 2013, Quantify Energy and Syngas from Pyrolysis of Biosolids, Marquette University
  
• Ph.D., 2012, Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
  
• M.S., 2008, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
  
• B.S., 2006, Civil Engineering, Marquette University

Peer Reviewed (Refereed) Archival Publications

2013

• McNamara, P.J.,Krzmarzick, M.J. (2013). “Triclosan Enriches for Dehalococcoides-like Chloroflexi in Anaerobic Soil at Environmentally Relevant Concentrations,” FEMS Microbiology Letters, (in-press) DOI:10.1111/1574-6968.12153.
• Wood, B.M., Jade, L.R., Schendel, F.J., Hahn, N.J., Valentas, K.J., McNamara, P.J., Novak, P.J., Heilmann, S.M. (2013) “Industrial Symbiosis: Corn Ethanol Fermentation, Hydrothermal Carbonization, and Anaerobic Digestion”, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, (in-press) DOI: 10.1002/bit.24924.
• Krzmarzick, M., McNamara, P., Crary, B., Novak, P. (2013). “Abundance and Diversity of Organohalide-Respiring bacteria in Lake Sediments Across a Geographical  Sulfur Gradient,” FEMS Microbiology Ecology,  84(2), 248-258.

2012

• McNamara, P.J., Wilson, C., Wogen, M.W., Murthy, S., Novak, J.T., Novak, P.J. (2012) “The Effect of Thermal Hydrolysis Pretreatment on the Anaerobic Degradation of Nonylphenol and Short-Chain Nonylphenol Ethoxylates in Digested Biosolids,” Water Research, 46(9), 2937-2946.
  
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2011

• LaPara, T, Burch, T., McNamara, P., Tan, D., Mi, Y., Eichmiller, J. (2011) “Tertiary-Treated Municipal Wastewater is a Significant Point Source of Antibiotic Resistance Genes into Duluth-Superior Harbor,” Environmental Science & Technology  45 (22), 9543-9549.

2009

• McNamara, P.J, Wogen, M.T., Wilson, C.A., Novak, J.T., Murthy, S.N., Novak, P.J. (2009) “Optimizing Removal of Estorgenic Compounds in Biosolids: A comparison of Anaerobic, Post-aerobic, and Cambi Digestion Processes,” Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation (12), 3944-3949.
• McNamara, P., Lawler, D.F. (2009) “A Comprehensive Study to Reduce Polymer Usage at Austin’s Biosolids Management Plant,” Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation (3), 782-800.