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Julia M. Foght

Julia M. Foght

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
11821
World Ranking
13830
National Ranking
480

Overview

Julia M. Foght is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of engineering and environmental science. The scientist's work spans multiple subfields, including ocean engineering, mechanics of materials, analytical chemistry, pollution, and environmental chemistry.

Their research covers a range of topics related to hydrocarbons and microbial processes. Key areas include hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, enhanced oil recovery techniques, petroleum processing and analysis, microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, methane hydrates and related phenomena, and microbial fuel cells and bioremediation.

Julia M. Foght has contributed to numerous publications, with recent papers including:

  • Anaerobic Microbial Activity May Affect Development and Sustainability of End-Pit Lakes: A Laboratory Study of Biogeochemical Aspects of Oil Sands Mine Tailings (2023, ACS ES&T Water)
  • Methanogenic Biodegradation of iso-Alkanes by Indigenous Microbes from Two Different Oil Sands Tailings Ponds (2021, Microorganisms)
  • Accelerated consolidation of oil sands tailings using an anaerobic bioreactor (2020, Bioresource Technology Reports)
  • Microbial transformation of solid phase impacts quality of recovered water during consolidation of bioreactor-treated oil sands tailings (2020, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering)
  • Crystalline iron oxide mineral (magnetite) accelerates methane production from petroleum hydrocarbon biodegradation (2024, Environmental Pollution)

Their frequent coauthors include Tariq Siddique, Alsu Kuznetsova, Ania C. Ulrich, Iram Afzal, and Petr Kuznetsov.

Julia M. Foght has published in several venues multiple times. These include ACS ES&T Water, SSRN Electronic Journal, Environmental Pollution, Microorganisms, and Chemosphere.

Best Publications

  • Microbial life beneath a high arctic glacier.

    Mark L. Skidmore;Julia M. Foght;Martin J. Sharp

  • Anaerobic biodegradation of aromatic hydrocarbons: pathways and prospects.

    Julia Foght

  • Comparison of oil composition changes due to biodegradation and physical weathering in different oils.

    Zhendi Wang;Merv Fingas;Sandra Blenkinsopp;Gary Sergy

  • Bioremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated polar soils

    Jackie Aislabie;David J. Saul;Julia M. Foght

  • Biological souring and mitigation in oil reservoirs.

    Lisa M. Gieg;Tom R. Jack;Julia M. Foght

  • Culturable Bacteria in Subglacial Sediments and Ice from Two Southern Hemisphere Glaciers

    J. Foght;J. Aislabie;S. Turner;C. E. Brown

  • Hydrocarbon contamination changes the bacterial diversity of soil from around Scott base, Antarctica

    David J. Saul;Jackie M. Aislabie;Caroline E. Brown;Lisa Harris

  • Hydrocarbon spills on Antarctic soils: effects and management.

    Jackie M. Aislabie;Megan R. Balks;Julia M. Foght;Emma J. Waterhouse

  • Comparison of Microbial Community Compositions of Two Subglacial Environments Reveals a Possible Role for Microbes in Chemical Weathering Processes

    Mark Skidmore;Suzanne P. Anderson;Martin Sharp;Julia Foght

  • Stabilization of Oil-Water Emulsions by Hydrophobic Bacteria

    Loredana S. Dorobantu;Anthony K. C. Yeung;Julia M. Foght;Murray R. Gray

  • Microbial diversity of western Canadian subsurface coal beds and methanogenic coal enrichment cultures

    Tara J. Penner;Julia M. Foght;Karen Budwill

  • Hydrocarbon-degrading filamentous fungi isolated from flare pit soils in northern and western Canada

    T M April;J M Foght;R S Currah

  • Metagenomics of Hydrocarbon Resource Environments Indicates Aerobic Taxa and Genes to be Unexpectedly Common

    Dongshan An;Sean Caffrey;Jung Soh;Akhil Agrawal

  • Degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and aromatic heterocycles by a Pseudomonas species.

    J. M. Foght;D. W. S. Westlake

  • Biodegradation of short-chain n-alkanes in oil sands tailings under methanogenic conditions.

    Tariq Siddique;Phillip M. Fedorak;Julia M. Foght

  • Effect of Nitrate Injection on the Microbial Community in an Oil Field as Monitored by Reverse Sample Genome Probing

    A. J. Telang;S. Ebert;J. M. Foght;D. W. S. Westlake

  • Anaerobic biodegradation of longer-chain n-alkanes coupled to methane production in oil sands tailings

    Tariq Siddique;Tara Penner;Kathleen Semple;Julia M. Foght

  • Mature fine tailings from oil sands processing harbour diverse methanogenic communities.

    Tara J. PennerT.J. Penner;Julia M. FoghtJ.M. Foght

  • Bioremediation of DDT-Contaminated Soils: A Review

    Julia Foght;Trevor April;Kevin Biggar;Jackie Aislabie

  • Aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria from soil near Scott Base, Antarctica

    Jackie Aislabie;Julia Foght;David Saul

Frequent Co-Authors

Murray R. Gray
Murray R. Gray University of Alberta
Phillip M. Fedorak
Phillip M. Fedorak University of Alberta
Gerrit Voordouw
Gerrit Voordouw University of Calgary
Christoph Wilhelm Sensen
Christoph Wilhelm Sensen Graz University of Technology
W. Ford Doolittle
W. Ford Doolittle Dalhousie University
Zhendi Wang
Zhendi Wang Environment and Climate Change Canada
Martin Sharp
Martin Sharp University of Alberta
Peter F. Dunfield
Peter F. Dunfield University of Calgary
Merv Fingas
Merv Fingas Environment and Climate Change Canada
Alexander Eiler
Alexander Eiler University of Oslo

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