Research Collaborations

I work on collaborative research projects with people and institutions trying to solve renewable resource, environmental restoration, peak phosphorus, food security, and energy & resource sustainability problems.  

Arizona Center for Algae Technology & Innovation

Arizona State University

Mesa, AZ 2018-Present

Direct Air Capture Integration with Algae Carbon Biocatalysis
  • Investigating Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence models utilizing real-time bio-sensor, microscopy, spectroscopy, weather, and operational data.
  • Expanding open source and open architecture platform to support imagery from various miscroscopy and spectroscopy systems.
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Decision-Model Supported Algal Cultivation Process Enhancement
  • Developing open architecture to merge real-time sensor telemetry and lab data for accelerating analytical insights
  • Developing real-time pond-crash detection utilizing automated statistical analyses and novel microbial sensors (MiProbe)
  • General collaboration across multiple areas of project
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Project funding is provided by the U.S. Department of Energy and in collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory, Colorado State University's Energy Institude, Burge Environmental, Inc., Quantitative Biosciences, Inc., and Diversified Technologies, Inc.  

Center for Contaminant Hydrology

Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO 2019-Present

  • Helped develop cloud strategy for real-time monitoring of contaminated sites
  • Helped develop near real-time Natural Source Zone Depletion algorithms API's for algorithms developed by CSU research team  

Burge Environmental, Inc.

Tempe, AZ 2017-Present

Member of core R&D team for environmental sensor technology development. Burge Environmental, Inc. is in the top 0.2% of all SBIR award winning companies as a 5-person research team.

  • Developing novel applications of real-time microbial sensor technology in water, wastewater, plant & soil health, hazardous remediation, and algae cultivation.  

The Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes

Center for Nanotechnology in Society

Tempe, AZ 2010-2015

A top ranked Science & Technology think tank focusing on anticipatory governance and sustainability research around emerging nanotechnologies and responsible innovation. Extensively worked with Dr. Arnim Wiek & Dr. Rider Foley on TRC2 "Nano in the City"

  • Developed Public-facing Nanotechnology meta-research database focusing on peer-reviewed interdisciplinary analysis of on-market, emerging, and theoretical nano-technology applications for solving urban sustainability challenges.

Publications related to CSPO/CNS research activities:

Talk, Papers, and Publications

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@Article{Journal,
author    = {Scott Burge, Kiril Hristovski, Russell Burge, David A. Hoffman, Daniel Saboe, PengFei Chao, Evan Taylor, Stephen Koenigsberg},
title     = {Microbial potentiometric sensor: A new approach to longstanding challenges},
year      = {2020},
journal    = {Science of The Total Environment},
volume = {742},
url       = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896972034050X},
},
@Article{Journal,
author    = {Daniel Saboe, Kiril D. Hristovski, Scott R. Burge, Russell Burge, Evan Taylor, David A. Hoffman},
title     = {Measurement of Free Chlorine Levels in Water using Potentiometric Responses of Biofilms and Applications for Monitoring and Managing the Quality of Potable Water},
year      = {2020},
journal    = {Science of The Total Environment},
url       = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969720379559},
},
@Article{Journal,
author    = {Frank C. Brown, Scott R. Burge, Kiril D. Hristovski, Russell G. Burge, Evan Taylor, David A. Hoffman },
title     = {Microbial potentiometric sensor technology for real-time detecting and monitoring of toxic metals in aquatic matrices},
year      = {2020},
journal    = {Macedonian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering},
volume = {39},
url       = {https://www.mjcce.org.mk/index.php/MJCCE/article/download/2088/799},
},
@conference{Talk,
author    = {Evan Taylor},
title     = {Real-Time Microbial Sensing - TMA Bluetech},
year      = {2020},
url       = {https://www.evantaylor.pro/user/pages/02.Projects/Real-Time_Microbial_Sensing.pdf},
},
@conference{Talk,
author    = {Evan Taylor},
title     = {The convergence of novel Microbial Sensors & Open Source tools - TMA Bluetech},
year      = {2019},
url       = {https://www.evantaylor.pro/user/pages/02.Projects/Bluetech_Week_IoT_Water.pdf},
},
@conference{Talk,
author    = {Evan Taylor},
title     = {A real-time cloud-based microbial sensor platform - Argonne National Laboratory},
year      = {2019},
url       = {https://www.evantaylor.pro/user/pages/02.Projects/beto-18-biorestore-wkshp-sep-2019-taylor.pdf},
},
@conference{Poster,
author = {James Studer, Scott Burge, Krista Polansky, Stephen S. Koenigsberg},
title    = {MiProbe: Recent Test Results for a (Bio)Electrochemical Sensor System for Continuous Redox Surrogace Monitoring - Batelle Chlorinaed Conference},
year   = {2018},
month = 4,
day = 11,
organization = {Eleventh (11th) International Conference on the Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds},
other = {Presented MiProbe technology and results of redox investigation}
},
@conference{Poster,
author    = {Evan Taylor, Rider Foley, Arnim Wiek, and Catherine Hoke},
title    = {NICE Database: Nanotechnology in City Environments},
year    = {2013},
organization = {S.Net 2013, Center for Nanotechnology in Society},
month = 5,
day = 6,
url    = {https://www.evantaylor.pro/user/pages/02.Projects/Snet_v4.pdf},
},
@conference{Presentation,
author    = {Evan Taylor},
title   = {reNature},
year   = {2014},
month = 4,
day = 14,
organization   = {Arizona Nano Cluster},
abstract    = {reNature creates sustainable fertilizer from organic waste material using advanced biotechnology. The bio-digestion technology reNature has developed reduces the environmental impact and liability of waste disposal while producing a concentrated fertilizer to replace petrochemical derived fertilizers.  The presentation will include an overview of the macro-economic, social, and environmental drivers for starting reNature, as well as more in-depth explanation of some of the applied microbiology principles that power reNature’s technology.},
},
@misc{Talk,
author    = {Evan Taylor},
title  = {reNature: Sustainable Biofertilizers at NCIIA Open 2015},
year = {2015},
month = 2,
day = 18,
organization  = {NCIIA Open, San Jose},
},
@misc{Presentation,
author    = {Evan Taylor},
title  = {reNature: Sustainable Biofertilizers at UC Davis},
year = {2015},
month = 2,
day = 20,
organization  = {University of California, Davis},
}

 

Patents

Pending

Tunable method and system for producing nutrient-rich material from organic material

System and method of treating organic material

Biodigestion reactor, system including the reactor, and methods of using same  

Education

B.S. Sustainability, Arizona State University, 2009-2016

M.S. Environmental Resource Management, Arizona State University, 2018-2022

Visiting Scholar Contact Info

Arizona State Universiry E-Mail

Arizona Center for Algae Technology and Innovation

Interdisciplinary Science & Technology Building 3

Arizona State University Polytechnic Campus

Suite 109/109A