Gina Shreve
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Contact
- 313-577-3874
- gshreve@eng.wayne.edu
Gina Shreve
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Biography
Research Interests
General Areas of Research Interest: Biocatalysis in multiphase systems and multiphase reactor design; Sensor Design for Quantitation of Environmental and Biological Analytes, Transport and Reaction in membrane bioreactors; Influence of Biosurfactants on Microbial Transformation of Insoluble Substrates; Environmental Microbiology.
- Biosurfactant specificity and influence on microbial transformation of insoluble hydrocarbons.
- Factors influencing microbial degradation kinetics of chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons in natural anaerobic systems.
- Transport and reaction of solutes in ultrafiltration membrane bioreactors for environmental and biosynthetic applications.
- Multiphase reactors for biosynthesis of pharmaceuticals.
- Molecular Dynamic Simulation of Surfactant and Biosurfactant Micelle Structures
- Novel Sensor Development for Pathogens and Environmental Toxins
- Protein Structure/Function Relationship Modeling for Serine Proteases
While micellar solubilization of hydrocarbon has obvious practial applications such as cleaning, drug and cosmetic formulation, drug delivery, several natural systems employ plan or microbial surfactants for nutrient transport. MD simulations have been used in my group to provide a more detailed microscopic understanding of surfactant and biosurfactant micelle properties. Laboratory measurements of aggregation numbers obtained using pyrene fluorescence quenching then MD simulations were performed on specific systems including surfactant, hydrocarbon solute, and counterion in an aqueous system. The target hydrocarbons are chosen as dodecane and benzene since the structure DBS is just a combination of dodecane, one aromatic ring and asulfonate hydrophilic head group. From the experimental result, several micelle parameters describing the physical micelle size can be obtained. The interfacial properties of the specific hydrocarbon/water have been determined separately. Such combined experimental and simulation results can be used to explain solubilization behavior in simple hydrocarbon:detergent systems.
Related Publications: Shreve, G., and R. Makula. Characterization of a new Rhamnolipid Biosurfactant Complex from Pseudomonas Isolate DYNA270". Biomolecules, 9(885), 1-11, 2019, Huang-chin Hung and Gina S. Shreve. "Effect of Hydrocarbon Phase on Interfacial and Thermodynamic Properties of Two Anionic Glycolipid Biosurfactants." The Journal of Physical Chemistry B105, 12596-12600, 2001, Sekelsky, A., Shreve, G.S.: Kinetic Model of Biosurfactant Enhanced Hexadecane Biodegradation by Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 63(4):401-409,1999.
In order to better understand various conditions caused by specific point mutations in proteins, it is often desirable to be able to predict the effect of the point mutation on the protein secondary structure and tertiary structure. This research involves molecular dynamic (MD) computer simulations of various amino acid substituted forms of human serine protease FIX. Further analysis of these minimized structures are performed including analysis of the solvent accessible (SSA) surface area and the number of hydrogen bonds to assess the stability of the mutant and native forms. Comparison of these parameters for the native and mutant forms of FIX are correlated with clinical data on reduced activity and examined as the basis for this reduced activity. This approach has general importance for examining the effect of single nucleotide substitutions (SNP) on protein structure/function and activity.
Research Projects
"Development of Remote Sensor Microsystems for Environmental Monitoring". National Institute of Health, NBIB, award through 2006.
"Development of Remote Sensor Microsystems for Environmental Monitoring". National Science Foundation,
"Biosurfactant Specificity and Influence on Microbial Degradation by Microbial Consortia in the Field". Environmental Protection Agency, 2002.
"Containment and Remediation of Mixed Waste Streams Resulting from Landfill Failure", National Science Foundation, 1997.
"Comparison of the Effect of Synthetic Surfactant and Biosurfactant on Contaminant Partitioning and Biological Transformation of Contaminants". Office of Exploratory Research, Environmental Protection Agency.
Publications
- Shreve, G., and R. Makula. Characterization of a new Rhamnolipid Biosurfactant Complex from Pseudomonas Isolate DYNA270". Biomolecules, 9(885), 1-11, 2019
- Yurko, G., Roostaei, J., Ditrrich, T., Xu, L, Ewing, M., Zhang, and Shreve, G. "Real-Time Sensor Response Characteristics of 3 Commercial MOx Sensors for BTEX and Chlorinated Aliphatic Hydrocarbon Vapors", Chemosensors, 7(40), 1-11. 2019.
- L. Rosenberger, R. Baird, E. McCullen, G. Auner and G. Shreve. "XPS Analysis of Aluminum Nitride Films Deposited by Plasma Source Molecular Beam Epitaxy". Surface and Interfacial Analysis, 40, 1254-1261. 2008
- Thangamani, S., Shreve, G.S.: "Effect of Anionic Biosurfactant on Hexadecane Partitioning in Multiphase Systems", Environmental Science and Technology, 28(12):1993-2000,1994.
- Georgiev, D., Rosenberg,er Y. Danylyuk, R. Baird, G. Newaz, G. Shreve and G. Auner. "Exicimer-Laser Modification of Thin AlN Films". Applied Surface Science, 15 Aug., 2005.
- Huang-chin Hung and Gina S. Shreve. "Effect of Hydrocarbon Phase on Interfacial and Thermodynamic Properties of Two Anionic Glycolipid Biosurfactants." The Journal of Physical Chemistry B105, 12596-12600, 2001.
- Perooly, S, V. Garg, M. Rahman, L. Rosenberger, G. Shreve, R. Gibson and G. Auner. "Determination of Elastic Modulus of Piezoelectric Aluminum Nitride Coating" Materials Research Society Proceedings, 888, 2006.
- J. Leahy and G. Shreve. "The Effect of Organic Carbon on Sequential Reductive Dehalogenation of Tetrachloroethylene in Landfill Leachates". Water Research 34(8), 2290-2296. 2000
- Degraffenreid, N., Shreve, G.S.: Kinetics of Trichloroethylene Biodegradation by Pseudomonas (Burkolderia) Picketti PKO1 under Denitrifying Conditions, Water Research, 32(11):3398-3402,1998.
- Royal, C., Sekelsky, A., Preston, D. and G. Shreve. "Reductive Dechlorination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Landfill Leachate". Intl. J. of Biodet. & Biodeg. 51, 61-66. 2003
- Inguva S., Melissa Boensch and G. Shreve. "Microbial Enhancement of Trichloroethylene and 1,2 Dichloroethane Solute Flux in Ultrafiltration Membrane Bioreactors." AIChE Journal 44(9), 2112-2123, 1998.
- Suresh Innakolu and Gina S. Shreve. "Mechanistic Model of Biosurfactant Enhancement of Hydrocarbon Uptake by Microorganisms for Various Structurlal Classes of Hydrocarbon." Environmental Engineering Science, 2004.
- Sekelsky, A., and G.S. Shreve. "Kinetic Model of Biosurfactant Enhanced Hexadecane Biodegradation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa." Biotechnology and Bioengineering 63(4), 401-409, 1999.
- Inguva, S., Boensch, M., Shreve, G.S.: Microbial Enhancement of Trichloroethylene and 1.2-Dichloroethane Solute Flux in Ultrafiltration Membrane Bioreactors, AIChE Journal, 44(9):2112-2123,1998.
- Shreve, G.S., Inguva, S., Gunnam, S.: "Rhamnolipid Biosurfactant Enhancement of Hexadecane Biodegradation by Pseudomonas Aeruginosa", Molecular Marine Biotechnology, 4(4):331-337,1995.
- Santhanaman, H., Shreve. G.S.: "Solvent Selection and Productivity in Multiphase Biotransformation Systems", Biotechnology Progress, 10(2):187-192,1994.
Patents
US Patent #6,848,295 B2 "Accoustic Wave Sensor Apparatus, Method and System using Wide BandGap Materials". Auner, G. Hughes, C., Shreve, G., and Yang, HY.
Education
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan (1991)
M.S., Microbiology & Immunology, University of Michigan (1986)
B.S., Biochemistry