Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies
Microbiology Division

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Mark P. Buttner, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor
Director, Microbiology Division
buttner@unlv.nevada.edu

Education

• Ph.D.: Environmental Science and Health, University of Nevada, Reno, 2000
• M.S.: Biology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1989
• B.S.: Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1979

Professional Organizations

• American Society for Microbiology
• Indoor Air Quality Council, Las Vegas Chapter
• American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)

Selected Honors and Service

• Editorial Boards:
  • Microbial Ecology, 2002 through 2005
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2004 to present
  • Section Editor, 3rd edition, Manual of Environmental Microbiology, 2007
    
    
• American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers Committee Member, Standing Standard Project Committee for 62.1, Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality, 2005
• National Research Council of the National Academies Member of the Committee on the Review of Testing and Evaluation Methodology for Biological Point Detectors, 2003-2004
• U.S. Patent Awarded, # US 6,733,999 B2. P. Cruz-Perez and M.P. Buttner. Method for detection of Stachybotrys chartarum in pure culture using quantitative polymerase chain reaction

Publications