David A. Stahl is an American

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and Professor of

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. He is best known for the application of molecular microbial ecology to environmental engineering.

Biography

Stahl received his B.S. in

microbiology Microbiology () is the branches of science, scientific study of microorganisms, those being of unicellular organism, unicellular (single-celled), multicellular organism, multicellular (consisting of complex cells), or non-cellular life, acellula ...

from the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the Uni ...

, ''cum laude'', in 1971. He earned his M.S. and his Ph.D. in microbiology at the

University of Illinois The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, U of I, Illinois, or University of Illinois) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, Illinois, United ...

in 1975 and 1978, respectively. From 1978 to 1980, he completed postdoctoral training at the National Jewish Hospital and Research Center, where he was a Senior Research Associate from 1980 to 1984. From 1984 to 1994, he was on the faculty of the University of Illinois. From 1994 to 2000, he was on the faculty of

Northwestern University Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in ...

. Since 2000, he has been a member of the faculty of the University of Washington. Stahl is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2012. He was the editor of

FEMS Microbiology Letters ''FEMS Microbiology Letters'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of microbiology, including virology. The journal was established in 1977 and is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Federation of European ...

from 1990 to 1996, editor of

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from 1997 to 2003, editor of

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews Microbiology () is the branches of science, scientific study of microorganisms, those being of unicellular organism, unicellular (single-celled), multicellular organism, multicellular (consisting of complex cells), or non-cellular life, acellula ...

from 1998 to 2003, and founding co-editor of Environmental Microbiology from 1998 to 2012. In 2006, Stahl was awarded the

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Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology by the

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