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Orin C. Shanks is affiliated with the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States and focuses on research in Environmental Science, with particular expertise in Water Science and Technology, Infectious Diseases, Environmental Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Molecular Biology.

Their research topics cover a range of areas related to water quality and contamination, including:

  • Fecal contamination and water quality
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Shanks has contributed to several scientific publications, many appearing in notable journals such as Water Research and The Science of The Total Environment. The frequent venues for publishing include:

  • Water Research (11 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (5 publications)
  • Preprints.org (2 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2 publications)
  • FEMS Microbiology Reviews (1 publication)

Several recent papers highlight the range and focus of Shanks' work:

  • Minimizing errors in RT-PCR detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA for wastewater surveillance, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Variability in RT-qPCR assay parameters indicates unreliable SARS-CoV-2 RNA quantification for wastewater surveillance, 2021, Water Research
  • Fecal pollution source characterization at non-point source impacted beaches under dry and wet weather conditions, 2020, Water Research
  • Have genetic targets for faecal pollution diagnostics and source tracking revolutionized water quality analysis yet?, 2023, FEMS Microbiology Reviews
  • Viral and Bacterial Fecal Indicators in Untreated Wastewater across the Contiguous United States Exhibit Geospatial Trends, 2020, Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Shanks often collaborates with a set of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Mano Sivaganesan (17 joint publications)
  • Jessica R. Willis (13 joint publications)
  • Asja Korajkic (11 joint publications)
  • Brian R. McMinn (11 joint publications)
  • Adam Diedrich (7 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Community structures of fecal bacteria in cattle from different animal feeding operations.

    Orin C. Shanks;Catherine A. Kelty;Shawn Archibeque;Michael Jenkins

  • Quantitative CrAssphage PCR Assays for Human Fecal Pollution Measurement.

    Elyse Stachler;Catherine Kelty;Mano Sivaganesan;Xiang Li

  • Performance of forty-one microbial source tracking methods: a twenty-seven lab evaluation study.

    Alexandria B. Boehm;Laurie C. Van De Werfhorst;John F. Griffith;Patricia A. Holden

  • Improved HF183 quantitative real-time PCR assay for characterization of human fecal pollution in ambient surface water samples

    Hyatt C. Green;Richard A. Haugland;Manju Varma;Hana T. Millen

  • Evaluation of genetic markers from the 16S rRNA gene V2 region for use in quantitative detection of selected Bacteroidales species and human fecal waste by qPCR.

    Richard A. Haugland;Manju Varma;Mano Sivaganesan;Catherine Kelty

  • Minimizing errors in RT-PCR detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA for wastewater surveillance

    Warish Ahmed;Stuart L. Simpson;Paul M. Bertsch;Kyle Bibby

  • Quantitative PCR for Detection and Enumeration of Genetic Markers of Bovine Fecal Pollution

    Orin C. Shanks;Emina Atikovic;A. Denene Blackwood;Jingrang Lu

  • Animal DNA in PCR reagents plagues ancient DNA research

    Jennifer A. Leonard;Jennifer A. Leonard;Jennifer A. Leonard;Orin Shanks;Michael Hofreiter;Eva Kreuz

  • Comparison of the Microbial Community Structures of Untreated Wastewaters from Different Geographic Locales

    Orin C. Shanks;Ryan J. Newton;Catherine A. Kelty;Susan M. Huse;Susan M. Huse

  • Performance of human fecal anaerobe-associated PCR-based assays in a multi-laboratory method evaluation study

    Blythe A. Layton;Yiping Cao;Darcy L. Ebentier;Kaitlyn Hanley

  • Performance of PCR-Based Assays Targeting Bacteroidales Genetic Markers of Human Fecal Pollution in Sewage and Fecal Samples

    Orin C Shanks;Karen White;Catherine A Kelty;Mano Sivaganesan

  • Decay of bacterial pathogens, fecal indicators, and real-time quantitative PCR genetic markers in manure-amended soils.

    Shane W. Rogers;Matthew Donnelly;Lindsay Peed;Catherine A. Kelty

  • Basin-Wide Analysis of the Dynamics of Fecal Contamination and Fecal Source Identification in Tillamook Bay, Oregon

    Orin C. Shanks;Christopher Nietch;Michael Simonich;Melissa Younger

  • Human-Associated Fecal Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Measurements and Simulated Risk of Gastrointestinal Illness in Recreational Waters Contaminated with Raw Sewage

    Alexandria B. Boehm;Jeffrey A. Soller;Orin C. Shanks

  • Sewage reflects the distribution of human faecal Lachnospiraceae

    Sandra L. McLellan;Ryan J. Newton;Jessica L. Vandewalle;Orin C. Shanks

  • Differential decay of human faecal Bacteroides in marine and freshwater

    Hyatt C. Green;Orin C. Shanks;Mano Sivaganesan;Richard A. Haugland

  • Variability in RT-qPCR assay parameters indicates unreliable SARS-CoV-2 RNA quantification for wastewater surveillance.

    Aaron Bivins;Devrim Kaya;Kyle Bibby;Stuart L. Simpson

  • Dramatic improvements in beach water quality following gull removal.

    Reagan R. Converse;Julie L. Kinzelman;Elizabeth A. Sams;Edward Hudgens

  • Competitive Metagenomic DNA Hybridization Identifies Host-Specific Microbial Genetic Markers in Cow Fecal Samples†

    Orin C. Shanks;Jorge W. Santo Domingo;Regina Lamendella;Catherine A. Kelty

  • Improved strategies and optimization of calibration models for real-time PCR absolute quantification.

    Mano Sivaganesan;Richard A. Haugland;Eunice C. Chern;Orin C. Shanks

  • Global Distribution of Human-Associated Fecal Genetic Markers in Reference Samples from Six Continents

    René E. Mayer;Georg H. Reischer;Georg H. Reischer;Simone K. Ixenmaier;Julia Derx

  • Occurrence of Host-Associated Fecal Markers on Child Hands, Household Soil, and Drinking Water in Rural Bangladeshi Households

    Alexandria B. Boehm;Dan Wang;Ayse Ercumen;Meghan Shea

  • Biotic Interactions and Sunlight Affect Persistence of Fecal Indicator Bacteria and Microbial Source Tracking Genetic Markers in the Upper Mississippi River

    Asja Korajkic;Brian R. McMinn;Orin C. Shanks;Mano Sivaganesan

  • Interlaboratory comparison of real-time PCR protocols for quantification of general fecal indicator bacteria

    Orin C. Shanks;Mano Sivaganesan;Lindsay Peed;Catherine A. Kelty

  • Evaluation of the repeatability and reproducibility of a suite of qPCR-based microbial source tracking methods

    Darcy L. Ebentier;Kaitlyn T. Hanley;Yiping Cao;Brian D. Badgley

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Haugland
Richard A. Haugland Environmental Protection Agency
Alexandria B. Boehm
Alexandria B. Boehm Stanford University
Stefan Wuertz
Stefan Wuertz Nanyang Technological University
Jorge W. Santo Domingo
Jorge W. Santo Domingo Environmental Protection Agency
Sandra L. McLellan
Sandra L. McLellan University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Warish Ahmed
Warish Ahmed Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Kyle Bibby
Kyle Bibby University of Notre Dame
Rachel T. Noble
Rachel T. Noble University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Joan B. Rose
Joan B. Rose Michigan State University

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