Expert Source: Jann M. Ichida, M.S.

Jann Ichida is an environmental health scientist and serves as Ohio Wesleyan’s Environmental Health and Safety Administrative Manager. She is the university’s laboratory biosafety and chemical hygiene officer. Her microbiological research specializes in water quality, microbial ecology, and applied bacteriology. She holds two patents for research using bacteria to break down bird feathers and poultry waste.

Education:

• B.S., University of Wisconsin/Madison
• M.S., The Ohio State University

Areas of Microbiological Expertise:

• Salmonella in surface and ground water
• Bacteria and disease
• Bacteria and the degradation of bird feathers and poultry waste

Selected Publications:

• Tiquia, S.M., J.M. Ichida, H.M. Keener, D.L. Elwell, E.H. Burtt, Jr., and F.C. Michel, Jr. 2005. Bacterial community profiles on feathers during composting as determined by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of 16S rDNA genes. Appl. Microbial Biotechnol 67:412-419.
• Burtt, E.H., Jr. and J.M. Ichida. 2004 Gloger’s Rule, feather-degrading bacteria, and color variation among Song Sparrows. The Condor 106:681-686.
• Goldstein, G., K. Flory, B.A. Browne, S. Majid, J.M. Ichida, and E.H. Burtt, Jr. 2004. Bacterial degradation of black and white feathers. Au: 121(3):656-659.
• Ichida, J.M., L. Krizova, C.A. LeFevre, H.M. Keener, D.L. Elwell, and E.H. Burtt, Jr. 2001. Bacterial inoculum enhances keratin degradation and biofilm formation in poultry compost. J. Microbiol. Methods 47:199-208.