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Andrzej J. Paszczynski, Ph.D.

Professor – Food Science

Adjunct Professor
in Environmental Science

Adjunct Professor in Microbiology,
Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry Graduate Programs

 

OFFICE: Food Research Center, Room 103A; 1052
PHONE: (208) 885-6318
E-MAIL: andrzej@uidaho.edu
FAX: (208) 885-5741

see full Curriculum Vitae

Research Interest

Dr. Paszczynski use an emerging proteomic approaches to discern and verify the unique proteins (biomarkers) that infer directly or indirectly the functional aspects of microbial tolerance of the extreme environmental conditions. The focus of his research is to identify unique factors – biomarkers present in different classes of extremophiles including species with following phenotypes: thermophiles, psychrophiles, desiccation tolerant, microorganisms that can survive exposure to ionizing radiation and near vacuum conditions encountered during food processing, storage and transport. Identified biomarkers can be used for rapid and sensitive detection of food contaminating microbes and will give food industry new tool to access risk of food contamination in early stages of production and storage thus preventing contaminated food from reaching consumers.

Education

University of Marie Curie-Sklodowska, Lublin, Poland	Ph.D., Biochemistry	1980
University of Marie Curie-Sklodowska, Lublin, Poland	M.S., Biochemistry	1973

Experience

Teaching, Research and Extension Appointments

2011-	Professor, University of Idaho and Washington State University
2011-	Adjunct Professor, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry Program
2004 -	Adjunct Professor, Environmental Science Program, University of Idaho
2000-2011	Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry/Environmental Biotechnology Institute (EBI) and Associate Director of Environmental Biotechnology Institute, University of Idaho.
1991-2000	Research and Teaching Associate, Institute for Molecular and Agricultural Genetic Engineering, University of Idaho, Moscow.
1987-1991	Visiting Assistant Professor; on leave from University of Marie Curie-Sk?odowska, Lublin, Poland; Department of Bacteriology and Biochemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow
1984-1986	Research Scientist, College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota, Navarre, MN.
1980-1984	Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Department of Applied Microbiology, University of Marie Curie-Sklodowska, Lublin, Poland

Academic Administrative Appointments

2000-

Associate Director, Environmental Biotechnology Institute, University of Idaho, Moscow

Non-Academic Employment

1992-	Co-founder, Innovative Biosystems, Inc., Moscow, Idaho. IBS is a small business specializing in design of novel bioreactors and production of biological agents (bio-herbicides) for control of plant disease.
1984-1986	Research Scientist, ChemGen Corporation, Boston, MA

Consulting

2011-	Consultant, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratory, Pullman WA. Electronic equipment corrosion study.
2008-2009	Consulting, Western Polymer Corporation. Help to eliminate bacterial contamination in chemically modified starches that Western Polymer Corporation produces.
1997-1998	Consultant, J.R. Simplot. Worked with the Simplot Company to solve technological problems in phosphate fertilizer-producing plants.

Recent Publications

• Checinska, A., Burbank, M. and Paszczynski, A.J. 2012. Protection of Bacillus pumilus spores by catalases. Applied Environ. Microbiol. 78:6413-6422.
• Kucharzyk, K.H., Crawford, R.L., Paszczynski A.J., Soule, T., Hess T.F. 2012. Maximizing microbial degradation of perchlorate using a genetic algorithm: media optimization. J. Biotechnol. 157:189-197.
• Checinska, A., Fruth, I.A., Green, T.L., Crawford, R.L., Paszczynski, A.J. 2011. Sterilization of biological pathogens using supercritical fluid carbon dioxide containing water and hydrogen peroxide. J. Microbiol. Methods. 87: 70-75.
• Johnson, A., Kaczor, J., Qiang, Y., Han, H., Kaur, M., Tian, G., Rao, L. and Paszczynski, A. 2011. Synthesis of a magnetic hydrogel for use as high capacity carrier of organic and biological molecules. J. Nanopart. Res. 13: 4881-4895
• Østergaard, M.E., Kumar, P., Baral1, B., Guenther, D.C., Anderson, B.A., Ytreberg, M., Deobald, L., Paszczynski, A.J., Sharma, P.K., Hrdlicka, P.J. 2011. C5-Functionalized DNA, LNA, and -L-LNA: positional control of polarity-sensitive fluorophores leads to improved SNP-typing. Chem. European J. 17: 3157-3165.
• Bansal, R., Crawford, L.R. and Paszczynski, A.J. 2011. Peptide biomarkers as evidence of perchlorate biodegradation. Applied Environ. Microbiol. 77: 810-820.
• Paszczynski, A.J., Paidisetti, Johnson, A.K., Crawford, R.L., Colwell, F.S., Green, T., Delwiche, M., Lee, H., Newby, D., Brodie, E.L. and Conrad, M. 2011. Proteomic and targeted qPCR analyses of subsurface Microbial communities for presence of methane monooxygenase. Biodegradation. 22: 1045-1059.
• Østergaard, M.E., Guenther, D.C, Kumar, P., Baral, B., Deobald, L., Paszczynski, A.J., Sharma P.K, and Hrdlicka. P.J. 2010. Pyrene-functionalized triazole-linked 2’-deoxyuridines – probes for discrimination of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Chem. Comm. 210: 4929-4931.
• Magnuson, T.S., Swenson, M.W., Paszczynski, A.J., Deobald, L.A., Kerk, D. and Cummings, D.A. 2010. Proteogenomic and functional analysis of chromate reduction in Acidiphilium cryptum JF-5, an Fe(III)-respiring acidophile. Biometals. 23: 1129-1138.
• Han, H., Kaczor, J., Kaur, M., Johnson, A., Paszczynski, A.J. and Qiang, Y. 2010. Silica coated magnetic nanoparticles for separation of nuclear acidic waste”, J. Appl. Phys. 107: 09B520.
• Kucharzyk, K.H., Crawford, R.L, Paszczynski, A.J., Hess T.F. 2010. A method for assaying perchlorate concentration in microbial cultures using the fluorescent dye resazurin. J. Microbiol. Methods. 81: 26-32.
• Sau, P.S., Kumar, P., Anderson, B.A., Østergaard, M.E., Deobald, L., Paszczynski, A.J., Sharma, P.K and Hrdlicka, P.J. 2009. Optimized DNA-targeting using triplex forming C5-alkynyl functionalized LNA. Chem. Comm. 44: 6756-6758.
• Østergaard, M.E., Kumar, P., Baral, B., Raible, D.J., Kumar, T.S., Anderson, B.A., Guenther, D.C., Deobald, L., Paszczynski, A.J., Sharma P.K. and Hrdlicka P.J. 2009. C5-Functionalized LNA: unparalleled hybridization properties and enzymatic stability. ChemBioChem. 10: 2740-2743.

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