Dr. Chris Cox is the Director of the Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment (ISSE) at the University of Tennessee (UT), where he is also Professor and Associate Head in Civil & Environmental Engineering. He has been on the faculty of the University of Tennessee since 1991, and is a registered professional engineer in the State of Tennessee.
Education
- PhD, Pennsylvania State University, Environmental Engineering, 1993
- MS, University of Missouri, Columbia, Environmental Engineering, 1984
- BS, University of Missouri, Columbia, Chemical Engineering, 1983
Research Areas
Bioenergy Production
Mathematical Modeling of Metabolic and Genetic Regulatory Systems
Modeling of Engineered Pollution Control and Remediation Systems
Research Sponsors
Particating researcher in the Bioenergy Science Center at Oak Ridge National Lab.
Selected Publications
- C.D. Cox, J.M. McCollum, M.S. Allen, R.D. Dar, and M.L. Simpson. 2008. Using Noise to Probe and Characterize Gene Circuits. Proc. National Acad. Sci. USA 105(31): 10809-10814.
- M.L. Simpson, C.D. Cox, M.S. Allen, J.M. McCollum, R.D. Dar, D.K. Karig, and J.F. Cooke. 2009. Noise in biological circuits. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology 1(2): 214-225..
- J. Huo, C.D. Cox, W.L. Seaver, RB Robinson, and Y. Jiang. 2010. Application of Two-Directional Time Series Model to Replace Missing Data. Journal of Environmental Engineering-ASCE 136(4): 435-443.
- A. Singh, B. Razooky, C.D. Cox, M.L. Simpson, and L.S. Weinberger. 2010. Transcriptional Bursting from the HIV-1 Promoter is a Significant Source of Stochastic Noise in HIV-1 Gene Expression. Biophysical Journal 98(8): L32-L34.
- R.D. Dar, D.K. Karig, J.F. Cooke, C.D. Cox, and M.L. Simpson. 2010. Distribution and regulation of stochasticity and plasticity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Chaos 20(3): 037106.
- P.A. Dobbs, C.D. Cox, J.S. Tyner, and J.R. Buchanan. 2010. Using risk analysis to predict design flow exceedance of decentralized wastewater management systems. Water Environment Research 82(12): 2357-2361.
Professional Service
Chi Epsilon Faculty Advisor
Chair Department Curriculum Committee
Chair Department Assessment Ccommittee
Chris D. Cox
