Dr. James Campbell, PhD

Dr. James Campbell holds a Ph.D. in Biology from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX. He received a MS and BS in Biology from Angelo State University in San Angelo, TX. His research career began at the undergraduate level at ASU, where he studied gene flow of collared lizards.

At Texas Tech University, he worked primarily with oligotrophic bacteria that he isolated from desert soils of Big Bend National Park. Additionally, he has isolated, identified and characterized several perchlorate- and iodate-respiring bacterial strains.

While iodate is a normal and important component of marine environments, perchlorate has been identified as a toxic chemical associated with some sources of drinking water. Perchlorate-respiring bacteria completely detoxify the compound and hold great remediation potential.

Dr. Campbell has joined the R&D division of Clean Air Labs and will work closely with Dr. Sobek to develop new diagnostic technologies to rapidly identify microbial contamination in indoor environments. Contamination with pathogenic bacteria and molds is of considerable importance because many of these microbes are known to, or may potentially, pose a significant health risks to occupants of these dwellings.