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Williams, Maggie

Assistant Professor

FACULTY

Biography

Dr. Maggie Williams earned her Ph.D. from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan State University in 2017. During her final year, she was the first-place award winner during the annual Fitch Beach competition, given for the most outstanding research record in the College of Engineering. She joined Central Michigan University as an Assistant Professor in Environmental Engineering in 2020.

Her research interests lie at the intersection of environmental engineering, molecular microbial ecology, and human health. Her specialty is identifying, developing and utilizing novel molecular genomics tools to best answer scientific questions related to the complex interactions between microbes and their environment. To date, she has authored a total of 28 peer-reviewed publications, and her current h-index per Google scholar is 13.

More about Maggie Williams

  • Waseem H., Williams M. R., Jameel S., Hashsham S. A. Antimicrobial resistance in the environment, Water Environment Research. 2018 Literature Review, 90, 865-884. 
  • Stedtfeld R. D., Guo X., Stedtfeld T. M., Sheng H., Williams M. R., Hauschild K., Gunturu S., Tift L., Wang F., Howe A., Chai B., Yin D., Cole J. R., Tiedje J. M., Hashsham S. A. Primer set 2.0 for highly parallel qPCR array targeting antibiotic resistance genes and mobile genetic elements, FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2018, 94, 1-8. 
  • Williams M. R., Stedtfeld R. D., Engle C., Salach P., Fakher U., Stedtfeld T., Dreelin E., Stevenson R. J., Latimore J., Hashsham S. A. Isothermal amplification of environmental DNA (eDNA) for direct field-based monitoring and laboratory confirmation of Dreissena sp., PLOS ONE. 2017, 12, e0186462.
  • Waseem H., Williams M. R., Stedtfeld R. D., Hashsham S. A. Antimicrobial resistance in the environment, Water Environment Research. 2017 Literature Review, 89, 921-941.
  • Williams M. R., Stedtfeld R. D., Tiedje J. M., Hashsham S. A. MicroRNAs- based inter-domain communication between the host and members of the gut microbiome, Frontiers in Microbiology. 2017, 8, 1896.
  • Stedtfeld R. D., Chai B., Crawford R. B., Stedtfeld T. M., Williams M. R., Xiangwen S., Kuwahara T., Cole J. R., Kaminski N., Tiedje J. M., Hashsham S. A. Modulatory influence of segmented filamentous bacteria on transcriptomic response of gnotobiotic mice exposed to TCDD, Frontiers in Microbiology. 2017, 8, 1708.
  • Stedtfeld R. D., Sallach J. B., Crawford R. B., Stedtfeld T. M., Williams M. R., Waseem H., Johnston C. T., Li H., Teppen B. J., Kaminski N., Boyd S. A., Tiedje J. M., Hashsham S. A. TCDD administered on activated carbon eliminates bioavailability and subsequent shifts to a key murine gut commensal, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 2017, 101, 7409-7415. 
  • Williams M. R., Stedtfeld R. D., Stedtfeld T. M., Tiedje J. M., Hashsham S. A. Quantification of microRNAs directly from body fluids using a base-stacking isothermal amplification method in a point-of-care device, Biomedical Microdevices. 2017, 19, 45.
  • Munir A., Waseem H., Williams M. R., Stedtfeld R. D., Gulari E., Tiedje J. M., Hashsham S. A. Modeling hybridization kinetics of gene probes in a DNA biochip using FEMLAB, Microarrays. 2017, 6, 9.
  • Stedtfeld R. D., Stedtfeld T. M., Fader K., Williams M. R., Bhaduri P., Quensen J., Zacharewski T., Tiedje J. M., Hashsham S. A. TCDD influences reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes in murine gut microbiome, FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2017, 95, 5, 1-8. 
  • Waseem H.*, Williams M. R.*, Stedtfeld T., Chai B., Stedtfeld R. D., Cole J. R., Tiedje J. M., Hashsham S. A. Virulence factor activity relationships (VFARs): A bioinformatics perspective, Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 2017, 19, 247-260.
  • Williams M. R., Stedtfeld R. D., Waseem H., Stedtfeld T., Upham B., Khalife W., Etchebarne B., Hughes M., Tiedje J. M., Hashsham S. A. Implications of direct amplification for measuring antimicrobial resistance using point-of-care devices, Analytical Methods. 2017, 9, 1229-1241.
  • Williams M. R., Stedtfeld R. D., Guo X., Hashsham S. A. Antibiotic resistance in the environment, Water Environment Research. 2016 Literature Review, 17, 1951-1967.
  • Stedtfeld R. D.*, Williams M. R.*, Fakher U., Johnson T., Stedtfeld T., Wang F., Khalife W., Hughes M., Etchebarne B., Tiedje J., Hashsham S. A. Antimicrobial resistance (AR) dashboard application for mapping environmental occurrence and resistant pathogens, FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2016, 92, 3, 1-9.
  • Kostic T., Ellis M., Williams M. R., Stedtfeld T. M., Kaneene J. B., Stedtfeld R. D., Hashsham S. A. Thirty-minute screening of antibiotic resistance genes in bacterial isolates with minimal sample preparation in static self-dispensing 64 and 384 assay cards, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 2015, 99, 18, 7711-7722.
  • Samhan F. A., Kronlein M. R., Fakher U., Kronlein C., Stedtfeld R. D., Hashsham S. A. Detection and occurrence of indicator organisms and pathogens, Water Environment Research. 2015, 87, 10, 883-900.
  • Kronlein M. R., Stedtfeld R. D., Samhan F., Kronlein C., Hashsham S. A. Detection and occurrence of indicator organisms and pathogens, Water Environment Research. 2014 Literature Review, 86, 882-897.
  • Stedtfeld R. D., Stedtfeld T. M., Kronlein M., Seyrig G., Steffan R. J., Cupples A. M., Hashsham S. A. DNA extraction-free quantification of Dehalococcoides spp. in groundwater using a hand-held device, Environmental Science and Technology. 2014, 48, 13855-13863.
  • Kronlein M. R., Stedtfeld R. D., Sorensen J., Bhaduri P., Stedtfeld T., Eanes S., Harichandran V., Haynes K., Stevens M., Hashsham S. A. Detection and occurrence of indicator organisms and pathogens, Water Environment Research. 2013 Literature Review, 85, 889-912.
  • Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University
  • 2017 M.S. Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University
  • 2013 B.S. Civil Engineering, Michigan State University, 2010
  • Molecular microbial ecology and environmental microbiology
  • Antimicrobial resistance tracking
  • Rate enhancement in biodegradation of toxicants
  • Communication of microbial communities and their host or environment
  • High-throughput functional genomics tools development

Courses Taught

  • Biological Processes in Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering Laboratory