Professor

Professional Summary

• 2023 – present: Professor, Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Dr. Nonnenmann is an industrial hygienist who specializes in measuring and controlling dust and bioaerosols. His long-term goal is to protect the public health through research that advances the science of exposure assessment and advances the science of characterization and control of bioaerosols. Dr. Nonnenmann has 25 years of experience working as an industrial hygienist in the agricultural and health care sectors primarily funded through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Education

• PhD, Industrial Hygiene/Ergonomics, University of Iowa, 2005
• MS, Industrial Hygiene, University of Iowa, 1999
• BS, Biology, St. Ambrose University, 1996

Research Interests

Dr. Nonnenmann is interested in using unique tools to characterize and control exposures to bioaerosols using engineering, administrative and personal protection solutions. He is also interested in characterizing the transmission dynamics of bioaerosols during animal-human interactions to prevent pathogen spillover.

Selected Publications

• Nonnenmann, M.W., Bextine, B., Gilmore, K., Levin JL. (2010) Culture-Independent Characterization of Bacteria and Fungi in a Poultry Bioaerosol Using Pyrosequencing: A New Approach. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 7(12), 693-699. PubMed PMID: 21058154.
• Nonnenmann, M.W., Coronado, G, Thompson, B, Griffith, WC, Delton Hanson, J, Vesper, S, Faustman, EM. (2012) Utilizing pyrosequencing and quantitative PCR to characterize fungal populations among house dust samples. Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 14, 2038-2043. PMCID: PMC4079115.
• O’Brien, K.M., Nonnenmann, M.W. (2016) Airborne Influenza A Is Detected in the Personal Breathing Zone of Swine Veterinarians. PloS one, 11(2), e0149083. PubMed PMID: 26867129, PMC4750959.
• O’Brien, K, Chimenti, M, Farnell, M, Tabler, T, Bair, T, Bray, J, Nonnenmann, M.W. (2016) High Throughput Genomic Sequencing of Bioaerosols in Broiler Chicken Production Facilities. Microbial Biotechnology. (DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12380), PMID
• Nonnenmann, M.W., Gimeno, D.R.P, Levin, J, Douphrate, D, Boggaram, V, Schaffer, J, Gallagher, M, Hornick, M, Reynolds, S. (2017) Pulmonary function and airway inflammation among dairy parlor workers after exposure to inhalable aerosols. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 60 (3), 255-263
• Ischer, S, Farnell, M, Tabler, T, O’Shaughnessy, P, Nonnenmann, M.W. (2017) Evaluation of a Sprinkler Cooling System on Inhalable Dust and Ammonia Concentrations in Broiler Chicken Production. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 14 (1), 40-48. PMID https://doi.org/10.1080/15459624.2016.1211285
• Knowlton, S.D., Boles, C.L., Perencevich, E.N., Diekema, D.J., Nonnenmann, M.W. (2018) Bioaerosol concentrations generated from toilet flushing in a hospital-based patient care setting. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 7:16. PMC5787296.
• Wilson, G, Jackson, V, Boyken, L, Schweizer, M, Diekema, D, Petersen, C, Breheny, P, Nonnenmann, M.W. and Perencevich, E. (2020) Bioaerosols Generated from Toilet Flushing in rooms of Clostridioides difficile Infected Patients. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. Vol. 41, 5 pp. 517-521 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.11
• Boles, C, Brown, G, Park, J.H., Nonnenmann, MW. (2020). The Optimization of Methods for the Collection of Aerosolized Murine Norovirus. Food Environ Virol. 12 (3), 199-208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12560-020-09430-4
• Hoffman, H, Walsh, J, Pratt, A, Miller, R, Schwalje, A, Stegall, H, Nonnenmann, MW. (2021) Laser Plume Containment during Flexible Transnasal Laryngoscopy. Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 6 (2), 234-243. https://doi.org/10.1002/lio2.526

Professional Affiliations

• American Industrial Hygiene Association
• International Society for Agricultural Safety and Health