Michelle Lorah

Michelle Lorah

4 articles
United States U.S. Geological Survey

Biography

Dr. Lorah is a Research Hydrologist at the USGS Maryland-Delaware-District of Columbia Water Science Center where she leads the Fate and Bioremediation Team and associated research laboratory. She has extensive experience in studying biodegradation processes and microbial communities controlling fate of organic contaminants, with research leading to development of bioremediation technologies. She developed the anaerobic WBC-2 culture over 20 years ago, which has been applied to degrade a range of recalcitrant compounds. Dr. Lorah co-leads a national USGS team focused on PFAS researching under the Environmental Health Program. She received a Ph.D. in Environmental Chemistry through the Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences Program at the University of Maryland, M.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Virginia, and B.S. in Geosciences with a minor in Marine Science from Penn State.

Publications by Year
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(Group 2, Poster Board #86) Enhanced Anaerobic Biodegradation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Semi-Arid Region Soils in Areas of Aqueous Film-Forming Foam Release
Michelle Lorah U.S. Geological Survey
Adam Mumford U.S. Geological Survey
Denise Akob U.S. Geological Survey
Cassandra Harris U.S. Geological Survey
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E7. PFAS and Bugs: The Search Continues (Poster) Poster
E7.: PFAS and Bugs: The Search Continues (Poster)
13th International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds
Anaerobic Biodegradation of PFAS by a Dehalogenating Culture: Implications for Subsurface Fate and Bioremediation
Michelle Lorah U.S. Geological Survey
Adam Mumford U.S. Geological Survey
Denise Akob U.S. Geological Survey
Andrea Tokranov U.S. Geological Survey
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C3. Emerging Contaminants: Detection, Degradation, Fate and Transport (Platforms) Platform
C3.: Emerging Contaminants: Detection, Degradation, Fate and Transport (Platforms)
2025 Bioremediation Symposium
Panel Discussion: Believe or Not to Believe Biodegradation of Emerging Contaminants
Dora Chiang Jacobs
Michelle Lorah U.S. Geological Survey
Shaily Mahendra UCLA
Maggie Radford Jacobs
Panel Discussion Attachment
2025 Bioremediation Symposium
Biotransformation Potentials of FTS and Other PFAS Precursors at an AFFF-Impacted Site, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Manish Baskota New Jersey Institute of Technology
Mengyan Li New Jersey Institute of Technology
Michelle Lorah U.S. Geological Survey
A7. PFAS and Bugs: The Search Continues (Platforms) Platform Attachment
A7.: PFAS and Bugs: The Search Continues (Platforms)
14th International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds