About Florence M Rollwagen Expertise I can answer questions in biology, microbiology and immunology on the undergraduate or graduate level. I can also address medical and health concerns regarding alternative medicine, autoimmune diseases (lupus, MS) liver disease and intestinal problems.
Experience I have over 20 years experience in research and teaching at the medical/graduate level, and 5 years teaching college biology and microbiology. My expertise is in microbiology and immunology, specifically the biology of cytokines and soluble immune response modifiers. I also carried out original research in blood substitutes and shock/trauma.
Organizations American Association of Immunologists (AAI)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Publications Journal of Experimental Medicine, Journal of Immunology, Cytokine, Shock, Experimental Hematology
Education/Credentials BS biology 1966
MS biology 1968
PhD immunology 1979
Question QUESTION: does biology help in learning how to clean water, air? i cant decide between molecular biology, and environmental engineering. what would be a good degree to learn to clean water, air, hazardous waste, as well as destroy diseases?
ANSWER: A good undergraduate degree in environmental biology with emphasis on biochemistry will certainly help you decide what career to pursue. When you say "destroy diseases" do you mean get rid of vectors like mosquitoes, or do you mean use bioengineering to get rid of the actual bacteria/parasites? If you're leaning toward the bacteria end of the spectrum, go for microbiology.
Hope this helps.
FM Rollwagen, PhD
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QUESTION: sorry for the misunderstanding. when i say destroy diseases i mean getting rid of bacteria/parasites. what would a degree in environmental engineering do in this area?
Answer Sorry again, what does "getting rid of" mean? Do you want to eradicate all bacteria? (not a good idea)
Do you want to get rid of parasites? Usually this means an understanding in the life cycle of the parasite and interrupting one or more of its vectors (carriers).
Environmental engineering will include chemical/radioactive disposal as well as infectious agents. From your questions, I'm guessing that a degree in environmental microbiology is what you want.
