Dr Ducoste’s current research interests include advanced water/wastewater treatment modeling, computational fluid dynamics modeling, physico-chemical processes in water treatment, experimental fluid dynamics, solid/liquid separation processes, rapid mixing and flocculation design, water treatment process scaleup, water/wastewater process optimization, wastewater sewer collection system sustainability, and biosystems/bioinformatics modeling.
Dr Ducoste’s role in this NSF research project is to lead the effort on the development of a mechanistic-based signaling graph and metabolic flux model for the lignin biosynthesis pathway and its regulation leading to specific lignin structures. This model will reveal regulatory constraints on steady-state flux distributions and show how genes and other process components affect flux activity of lignin precursors, composition, and linkages. I am also involved with the training of a Kenan fellow, who is a K-12 educator that will incorporate lessons learned from this research into the classroom at the high school level. Finally, I will also help coordinate summer undergraduate researchers that will work on both the experimental and modeling aspects of the project.
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