David Kafkewitz

Professor, Rutgers
Graduate Program Coordinator, Rutgers

Contact Info

Office: 431 Boyden Hall
Office Phone: 973-353-5865
Lab: 431 Boyden Hall
Lab Phone:
E-mail: kafkwtz@andromeda.rutgers.edu

Personal/Lab Web Sites

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Educational Background

Year Degree Institution Field of Study
1964 BS Brooklyn College Biology
1969 PhD Cornell University Microbiology

Research Interests

  • Physiology and metabolism of anaerobic bacteria
  • Microbial degradation of xenobiotics
  • Hazardous waste microbiology

Selected Publications

  • Armenante, P. M. D. Kafkewitz, G. Lewandowski, and C. M. Kung, 1992. Integrated Anaerobic-Aerobic Process for the Biodegradation of Chlorinated Aromatic Compounds, Environmental Progress, 11:113-122.
  • Kafkewitz, D. P. M. Armenante, G. Lewandowski, and C. M. Kung, 1992. Dehalogenation and Mineralization of 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol by the Sequential Activity of Anaerobic and Aerobic Microbial Populations, Biotechnol. Lett. 14:143-148.
  • Armenante,. P. M., D. Kafkewitz, C. J. Jou, and G. Lewandowski, 1993. Effect of pH on the Anaerobic Dechlorination of Chlorophenols in a Defined Medium, Appl. Microb. Biotechnol. 39:772-777.
  • Kafkewitz, D. and J.J. Su. 1994. Aerobic Denitrification ( technical comment). Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 9(4): 149.
  • Su J.J. and D.Kafkewitz 1994 Utilization of toluene and xylenes by a nitrate-reducing strain of Pseudomonas maltophilia under low oxygen and anoxic conditions. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, , 15: 249-258.
  • Kafkewitz, D., P. M. Armenante, G. Hinshalwood, and G. San Agustin. 1994 Immobilization of Heavy Metals in Incinerator Ash by the Activity of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans. Hazard. Waste Hazard. Materials, 11(4) 519- 527.
  • Togna, M. T., D Kafkewitz, and P.M Armenante,.1995 “Rapid Dehalogenation of 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol at Alkaline pH by an Anaerobic Enrichment Culture, Lett. Appl. Microbiol., 20: 113-116.
  • Fava, F., P. M. Armenante, D. Kafkewitz, and L. Marchetti, 1995 Influence of Organic and Inorganic Growth Supplements on the Aerobic Biodegradation of Chlorobenzoic Acids, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 43:171-177.
  • Armenante, P. M., F. Fava, and D. Kafkewitz, 1995. Effect of Yeast Extract on Growth Kinetics During Aerobic Biodegradation of Chlorobenzoic Acids, Biotechnology and Bioengineering.47:227-233.
  • Armenante, P.M., H.Y. Shu, C.R. Huang, C.M. Kung and D. Kafkewitz,1995 Kinetics of the sequential dechlorination of 2,4, 6-trichlorphenol by an anaerobic population. Biotechnology Letters, 17: 663-668.
  • Fava, F., P.M. Armenante, and D. Kafkewitz. 1995 Aerobic degradation and dechlorination of 2-chlorophenol, 3-chlorophenol, and 4-chlorphenol by a strain of Pseudomonas picketti. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 21, 307-312.
  • Allen,S.J., V. Balasundaram, P.M. Armenante, L.Thom and D Kafkewitz. 1995 Contrasting adsorption exhibited by lognite-based activated carbons. J. Chem. Tech. Biotechnol. 64, 261-268.
  • Su, J.J. and D.Kafkewitz 1996 Toluene and xylene degradation by a denitrifying strain of Xanthamonas maltophilia with limited or no oxygen. Chemosphere 32:1843-1850.
  • Kafkewitz, D., Fava, F., and Armenante, P. M. 1996. Effect of Vitamins in the Aerobic Degradation of 2-Chlorophenol, 4-Chlorophenol, and 4-Chlorobiphenyl, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 46(4): 414-421.
  • Armenante, P. M., Colella, L. S., Kafkewitz, D., and Larkin, M. J., “Effect of a Biofilm on Activated Carbon Adsorption,” Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 1996, 46(5): 667-672.
  • Armenante, P. M., D. Kafkewitz, G. A. Lewandowski and C. j. Jou. 1999 anaerobic-aerobic treatment of halogenated phenolic compounds. Water Research , 33: 681-692.
  • Colella, L. S., Armenante, P. M., Kafkewitz, D., Allen, S. J., and Balasundaram, V., “Adsorption Isotherms for Chlorinated Phenols on Activated Carbons,” J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1998, 43: 573-579.
  • Kafkewitz, D. and M.T. Togna. 1998: Microbes in the Muck: a look into the anaerobic world. Chapter 12 in Biological Treatment of Hazardous Waste by G. A. Lewandowski and L. J. DeFilippi (editors), pp. 327-357 John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY.
  • Villarante N. R., Armenante, P. M., Quibuyen, T. A. O., Fava, F, and Kafkewitz, D., 2001 Dehalogenation of Dichloroethene in a Contaminated Soil: Fatty Acids and Alcohols as Electron Donors and an Apparent Requirement for Tetrachloroethene, Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology. 55(2):239-47