Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside 

     

    JEAN-PAUL BAQUIRAN

    Phone:   (951) 827-2582

    E-mail: jean-paul.baquiran@email.ucr.edu

    UCR Major Professor: David Crowley

    Program : PhD

    EDUCATION

    2002 B.S. in Environmental Sciences with an emphasis in Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Riverside

    RESEARCH FOCUS

    The microbial ecology and diversity of the La Brea Tar Pits, in Los Angeles, California. I am bioprospecting for genes, enzymes and/or microorganisms for application in the bioremediation of organopollutants.

    PUBLICATIONS

    Schlenk, Daniel, Sapozhinikova, Yelena, Baquiran, Jean-Paul, Mason, Andrew (2002) Predicting Chemical Contaminants in Freshwater Sediments Through the Use of Historical Biochemical Endpoints in Resident Fish Species. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 21: 2138-2145.