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Elizabeth Edwards

ResearcherChemical Engineering and Applied ChemistryUniversity of Toronto

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Elizabeth Edwards

Researcher

Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry

Engineering

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
9 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 30 research grants (30 NSERC), most recently in 2023.

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Research

Anaerobic microbiology Chlorinated solvents Environmental biotechnology Enzyme characterization Groundwater bioremediation Heterologous expression Metagenomics Organohalide respiring bacteria

Latest papers

Isotopic Fractionation and Masking Effects during Biotransformation of Chlorinated Ethanes.
Environmental science & technology · 2026
Pain Self-Management Behaviors in Breast Cancer Survivors Six Months Post-Primary Treatment: A Mixed-Methods, Descriptive Study.
Cancers · 2025
Metagenome from ACT-3/CF: an anaerobic chloroform-degrading microbial community.
Microbiology resource announcements · 2024 · senior author

All 17 publications

Latest funding

Identification of key genes and metabolic pathways in a sulfolane degrading culture
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Inductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectroscopy System
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$123,804
Integration of microbial, stable isotope, and modeling tools to identify natural and enhanced pollutant bioattenuation processes at complex contaminated sites
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$270,000

All 56 grants and awards

17 publications.

Isotopic Fractionation and Masking Effects during Biotransformation of Chlorinated Ethanes.

Phillips E, De Vera J, Kümmel S, Bulka O, Chen W, Edwards E, Nijenhuis I, Gehre M, Sherwood Lollar B

Environmental science & technology2026

DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c14089 PMID: 42207979

Pain Self-Management Behaviors in Breast Cancer Survivors Six Months Post-Primary Treatment: A Mixed-Methods, Descriptive Study.

McGarragle KM, Zheng S, Gagliese L, Howell D, Edwards E, Pritlove C, McCready D, Elser C, Jones JM, Gauthier LR

Cancers2025

DOI: 10.3390/cancers17071087 PMID: 40227575

Metagenome from ACT-3/CF: an anaerobic chloroform-degrading microbial community.

Bulka O, Edwards E

Microbiology resource announcements2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1128/mra.00674-24 PMID: 39297677

Changes in microbial communities during high-rate microbial selenate reduction in an up-flow anaerobic fluidized bed reactor.

Yan S, Cheng KY, Bohu T, Ginige MP, Morris C, Lomheim L, Yang I, Edwards E, Zheng G, Zhou L, Kaksonen AH

Chemosphere2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143224 PMID: 39218266

Vitamin B12 as a source of variability in isotope effects for chloroform biotransformation by Dehalobacter.

Phillips E, Picott K, Kümmel S, Bulka O, Edwards E, Wang PH, Gehre M, Nijenhuis I, Lollar BS

MicrobiologyOpen2024

DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.1433 PMID: 39190020

Compound-Specific Carbon, Nitrogen, and Hydrogen Isotope Analysis to Characterize Aerobic Biodegradation of 2,3-Dichloroaniline by a Mixed Enrichment Culture.

Suchana S, Araujo SP, Lomheim L, Mack EE, Spain JC, Edwards E, Passeport E

Environmental science & technology2024

DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c02173 PMID: 38934904

SARS-CoV-2 viral titer measurements in Ontario, Canada wastewaters throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

D'Aoust PM, Hegazy N, Ramsay NT, Yang MI, Dhiyebi HA, Edwards E, Servos MR, Ybazeta G, Habash M, Goodridge L, Poon A, Arts E, Brown RS, Payne SJ, Kirkwood A, Simmons D, Desaulniers JP, Ormeci B, Kyle C, Bulir D, Charles T, McKay RM, Gilbride K, Oswald C, Peng H, Pileggi V, Wang ML, Tong A, Orellano D, WSI Consortium, DeGroot CT, Delatolla R

Scientific data2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-03414-w PMID: 38906875

Compatibility of polar organic chemical integrative sampler (POCIS) with compound specific isotope analysis (CSIA) of substituted chlorobenzenes.

Suchana S, Edwards E, Mack EE, Lomheim L, Melo N, Gavazza S, Passeport E

The Science of the total environment2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167628 PMID: 37804973

Correspondence on "Defluorination of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) by Acidimicrobium sp. Strain A6".

Liu J, Edwards E, Van Hamme J, Manefield M, Higgins CP, Blotevogel J, Liu J, Lee LS

Environmental science & technology2023

DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c06681 PMID: 37948637

Electrokinetically-enhanced emplacement of lactate in a chlorinated solvent contaminated clay site to promote bioremediation.

Inglis AM, Head NA, Chowdhury AIA, Nunez Garcia A, Reynolds DA, Hogberg D, Edwards E, Lomheim L, Weber K, Wallace SJ, Austrins LM, Hayman J, Auger M, Sidebottom A, Eimers J, Gerhard JI, O'Carroll DM

Water research2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117305 PMID: 34119968

Identification of key genes and metabolic pathways in a sulfolane degrading culture

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Edwards, Elizabeth EA

Keywords: gene markers; groundwater contamination; metabolism; natural gas; proteomics; quantitative pcr; sulfolane

$100,000

Inductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectroscopy System

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Papangelakis, Vladimiros

$123,804

Integration of microbial, stable isotope, and modeling tools to identify natural and enhanced pollutant bioattenuation processes at complex contaminated sites

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Passeport, Elodie E

Keywords: groundwater; microbiology; pollution; remediation; semi-volatile organic compounds; stable isotope analysis

$270,000

Probing the mechanism of enzyme-catalyzed reductive dehalogenation for bioremediation

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Edwards, Elizabeth

Keywords: anaerobic microbiology; environmental biotechnology; enzyme characterization; vitamin b12 cofactor; chlorinated solvents; organohalide respiring bacteria; groundwater bioremediation; metagenomics; heterologous expression; perfluorinated compounds

$270,000

Advanced Analytical Platform for SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Surveillance

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Peng, Hui H

Keywords: early warning system; mass spectrometry; RNA stability; SARS-COV2; variants of concern; wastewater surveillance

$300,000

Anaerobic Biotechnology

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Edwards, Elizabeth

Keywords: Biotechnology; Genomics; Environment; Bioremediation; ; Bioprocess; Anaerobic Digestion; Anaerobic microbiology; ; Molecular biology; Fermentation

$650,000

Improving Evaluation of Anaerobic Digestion Processes

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Edwards, Elizabeth

$147,785

BioZone: An Open Bioscience and Bioengineering Research and Training Environment

Co-investigatorNSERC2019Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Master, Emma ER

Keywords: biomanufacturing; bioproducts; computational biology; intellectual property; machine learning; microbial biochemistry; open science; public policy; synthetic biology; technoeconnomics assessment

$1,650,000

Field Testing of Novel Technologies for Restoring Challenging Contaminated Sites_x000d_

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Gerhard, Jason

$315,104

Anaerobic digestion of solid wastes: process enhancements; synergistic effect of food waste on digestibility of lignocellulosic fibres

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Edwards, Elizabeth

$171,425

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Elizabeth Edwards

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Isotopic Fractionation and Masking Effects during Biotransformation of Chlorinated Ethanes.

Pain Self-Management Behaviors in Breast Cancer Survivors Six Months Post-Primary Treatment: A Mixed-Methods, Descriptive Study.

Metagenome from ACT-3/CF: an anaerobic chloroform-degrading microbial community.

Changes in microbial communities during high-rate microbial selenate reduction in an up-flow anaerobic fluidized bed reactor.

Vitamin B12 as a source of variability in isotope effects for chloroform biotransformation by Dehalobacter.

Compound-Specific Carbon, Nitrogen, and Hydrogen Isotope Analysis to Characterize Aerobic Biodegradation of 2,3-Dichloroaniline by a Mixed Enrichment Culture.

SARS-CoV-2 viral titer measurements in Ontario, Canada wastewaters throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Compatibility of polar organic chemical integrative sampler (POCIS) with compound specific isotope analysis (CSIA) of substituted chlorobenzenes.

Correspondence on "Defluorination of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) by Acidimicrobium sp. Strain A6".

Electrokinetically-enhanced emplacement of lactate in a chlorinated solvent contaminated clay site to promote bioremediation.

Identification of key genes and metabolic pathways in a sulfolane degrading culture

Inductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectroscopy System

Integration of microbial, stable isotope, and modeling tools to identify natural and enhanced pollutant bioattenuation processes at complex contaminated sites

Probing the mechanism of enzyme-catalyzed reductive dehalogenation for bioremediation

Advanced Analytical Platform for SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Surveillance

Anaerobic Biotechnology

Improving Evaluation of Anaerobic Digestion Processes

BioZone: An Open Bioscience and Bioengineering Research and Training Environment

Field Testing of Novel Technologies for Restoring Challenging Contaminated Sites_x000d_

Anaerobic digestion of solid wastes: process enhancements; synergistic effect of food waste on digestibility of lignocellulosic fibres

Frequent collaborators

Doris Howell

Elodie Passeport

Vladimiros Papangelakis

Jinxia Liu

Kela Weber

Sarah Ferguson

Radhakrishnan Mahadevan

Cheryl Pritlove

Robert Delatolla

Hui Peng

Denina Simmons

Art Poon

Eric Arts

Banu Ormeci