Dr. David Singleton

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Biography

David Singleton is an Executive Residence in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Duke University. His research interests lie in microbial ecology and environmental microbiology, with a particular focus on soils and sediments. He has a keen interest in bioremediation, specifically the identification, isolation, and description of novel species of bacteria related to contaminants. Singleton has served on the editorial board of Applied Environmental Microbiology and maintains an adjunct faculty appointment in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, where he has taught and performed research. Currently, he serves as the Executive Administrative Director of the NSF-funded Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr), which aims to improve health outcomes for people in indoor spaces through the manipulation of microbial communities.

Research Interests

Requirements for Duke University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.2
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:24
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Multivariable Calculus Introduction to Physics (mechanics) Introduction to Chemistry
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Specialization Notes

Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)