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Microbiologist and Environmental Engineer Loeffler Named Sixth UT-ORNL Governor's Chair

	Frank Loeffler has been named the sixth UT-ORNL Governor's Chair. (hi-res image)

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 9, 2009 — Frank Loeffler, a leading expert in environmental microbiology and the use of bacteria to clean and protect environmental resources, has been named the sixth University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor's Chair.

Loeffler will serve in the departments of microbiology and civil and environmental engineering at UT Knoxville and in ORNL's biological and environmental sciences directorate.

For the full story, see http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2009/11/10/loeffler-ut-ornl-governors-chair/.