Current Research Interests

Microbial degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons, PAHs and organochlorine pesticides.
Development of bioremediation strategies including natural attenuation, enhanced natural attenuation and bioaugmentation.
Prediction of bioremediaiton efficacy using bioavailability assays.
Assessment of arsenic, cadmium and lead bioaccessibility using in vitro chemical assays (for human health exposure assessment).
Assessment of arsenic, cadmium and lead bioavailability using in vivo animal assays (for human health exposure assessment).
Biosorption of recalcitrant organic contaminants
Development of in vitro assays for the determination of PAH and DDT bioaccessibility in contaminated soils. 

Research Expertise

• Bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons, PAHs and organochlorine pesticides
• In vitro assessment of contaminant bioaccessibility
• In vivo assessment of contaminant bioavailability
• Biosorption of recalcitrant organic contaminants

Recent Professional Experience

• 2003-present: Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation, University of South Australia
• 2000-2001: Science and Technology Agency Research Fellow, Geological Survey of Japan, Tsubuka, Japan
• 1997-2003: Senior Research Scientist, Remediation of Contaminated Environments Program, CSIRO Land and Water
• 1992-1994: Experimental Scientist, Microbiology Research Unit, University of Canberra
• 1991-1992: Environmental Microbiologist, Australian Antarctic Division, Davis Station, Antarctica

Academic Qualifications

• 1988-1990: Bachelor of Applied Science (Biotechnology), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
• 1991-1991: Graduate Diploma of Science (Honours), University of Tasmania
• 1994-1997: Ph.D (Environmental Microbiology), Victoria University of Technology

Professional Society Memberships

• Member of the Australian Society of Microbiology
• Member of the International Society for Environmental Biotechnology
• Member of the International Society for Trace Element Biogeochemistry

Publications Summary

1. Juhasz, A. L., G. A Stanley and M. L Britz (2000). Microbial Degradation and Detoxification of High Molecular Weight Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Strain VUN 10,003. Letters in Applied Microbiology 30: 396-401.
2. Juhasz, A. L., M. L Britz and G. A Stanley (2000). Evaluation of a Creosote-Based Medium for the Growth and Preparation of a PAH-Degrading Bacterial Community for Bioaugmentation. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 24: 277-284.
3. Juhasz, A. L., G. A Stanley and M. L Britz (2000). Degradation of PAHs in Contaminated Soil by a Bacterial Consortium: Effects on Microtox and Mutagenicity Bioassays. Bioremediation Journal 4: 271-283.
4. Juhasz, A. L. and R. Naidu (2000). Enrichment and Isolation of Non-Specific Aromatic Degraders from Unique Uncontaminated (plant and faecal material) Sources and Contaminated Soils. Journal of Applied Microbiology 89: 642-650
5. Juhasz, A. L. and R. Naidu (2000). Bioremediation of High Molecular Weight Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: A Review of the Microbial Degradation of Benzo[a]pyrene. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 45: 57-88.
6. Juhasz, A. L., E. Smith, J. Smith and R. Naidu (2000).  Biosorption of Persistent Organic Pollutants: An Overlooked Aspect of Biosorption. Microbiology Australia 21: 15-16.
7. Juhasz, A. L., M. L Britz and G. A Stanley (2002). Metabolite Repression Inhibits the Degradation of Benzo[a]pyrene and Dibenz[a,h]anthracene by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Strain VUN 10,003.  Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 28: 88-96
8. Juhasz, A. L., E. Smith, J. Smith and R. Naidu (2002). Biosorption of Organochlorine Pesticides Using Fungal Biomass. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 29: 163-169. 
9. Juhasz, A. L., E. Smith, J. Smith and R. Naidu (2003). Remediation of Persistent Organic Pollutants Using a Novel Two-Phase Soil Washing Biosorption Process. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, Focus. 3: 233-242
10. Juhasz, A. L., E. Smith and R. Naidu (2003). Estimation of Human Bioavailability of Arsenic in Contaminated Soil.  In: Langley, A., Gilbet, M. and Kennedy, B. (ed) Proceedings of the Fifth National Workshop on Assessment of Site Contamination. National Environmental Protection Council Service Corporation 2003, pp183-194.
11. Juhasz, A. L., E. Smith, J. Smith and R. Naidu (2003). Development of a two-phase cosolvent washing-fungal biosorption process for the remediation of DDT-contaminated soil.  Water, Air and Soil Pollution 146: 111-126.
12. Juhasz, A. L., E. Smith, J. Smith and R. Naidu (2003). In situ remediation of DDT-contaminated soil using a two-phase cosolvent flushing-biosorption process. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 147: 263-274.
13. Juhasz, A. L., R. Naidu, Y. G. Zhu, L. S. Wang, J. Y. Jiang and Z. H. Cao (2003) Toxicity Issues Associated with Geogenic Arsenic in the Groundwater-Soil-Plant-Human Continuum. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 71:1100-1107
14. Smith, E., J. Smith, R. Naidu and A. L. Juhasz (2004). Effect of Cosolvent and Surfactant Washing on the Desorption of DDT from Contaminated Soil. Water, Air and Soil Pollution. 151: 71-86.
15. Juhasz, A. L., N. Waller and R. Stewart (2005). Predicting the Efficacy of PAH Bioremediation in Creosote-Contaminated Soil Using Bioavailability Assays.  Bioremediation Journal 9: 99-114.
16. Juhasz, A. L., N. Waller, C. Lease, R. Bentham and R. Stewart (2005). Pilot Scale Bioremediation of Creosote-Contaminated Soil – Efficacy of Enhanced Natural Attenuation and Bioaugmentation Strategies. Bioremediation Journal 9: 139-154
17. Juhasz, A. L., E. Smith, J. Weber, M. Rees, A. Rofe, T. Kuchel, L. Sansom and R. Naidu (2006). In vivo Assessment of Arsenic Bioavailability in Rice and its Impact on Human Health Risk Assessment. Environmental Health Perspectives 114: 1826-1831.
18. Juhasz, A. L. and R. Naidu. (2007). Explosives: Fate, Dynamics and Ecological Impact in Terrestrial and Marine Environments. Reviews in Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 191: 163-215.
19. Juhasz, A. L., E. Smith, J. Weber, M. Rees, A. Rofe, T. Kuchel, L. Sansom and R. Naidu. (2007). In vitro Assessment of Arsenic Bioaccessibility in Contaminated (Anthropogenic and Geogenic) Soils.  Chemosphere 69: 69-78.
20. Juhasz, A. L., E. Smith, J. Weber, M. Rees, A. Rofe, T. Kuchel, L. Sansom and R. Naidu. (2007). Comparison of In Vivo and In Vitro Methodologies for the Assessment of Arsenic Bioavailability in Contaminated Soils.  Chemosphere 69: 961-966.