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Christon J. Hurst (middle name James) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA in September of 1954 and he currently resides there. His parents were Joy E. and Hubert L. Hurst (patents US4776523 and US4794695), his children are Rachel S. Hurst and Allen C. Hurst. Christon's formal education included receiving a Bachelor of Science degree awarded in Biology from the University of Cincinnati in 1976 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree awarded in Virology and Epidemiology from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.
His current professional affiliations are with the Faculty of Engineering, Universidad del Valle, Ciudad Universitaria Meléndez, in Santiago de Cali, Valle, Colombia, where he holds a life-time appointment as Visiting Professor awarded in 1996; and the Departments of Biology and Music at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he began as a faculty member in 2006. He is a Professional Ballroom Dancer and has been instructing dance in Cincinnati, Ohio, since 2007.
He previously has taught Engineering and also Public Health in Colombia at both the Meléndez and San Fernando campuses of the Universidad del Valle in Santiago de Cali, the Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, and the Universidad de Magdalena in Santa Marta. He has taught Biology at the Universidad de Zulia in Maracaibo, Venezuela; and Virology at the Universidad de Costa Rica in San Juan, Costa Rica. He served as a Microbiologist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
His scientific honors have included the following: a Senior Scientist and two Senior Specialist awards from the Colombian and American Fulbright Commissions; an International Professorship for Latin America award from the American Society for Microbiology; an instructional award from the Institución para la Conservación de Lago Maracaibo, Venezuela; plus an instructional award from the Universidad de Costa Rica.
His hobbies include creating sculpture in ceramic by the use of modeling techniques.
He authored and privately published a geometry workbook titled The Family of Regular Polyhedrons, copyrighted in 1987 by Library of Congress (Registration Number / Date: TX0002204762 / 1987-09-24). He also has numerous scientific publications to his credit and edited the following microbiology books:
Modeling the Environmental Fate of Microorganisms, published in 1991 by American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, ISBN 1-55581-031-4 [ http://lccn.loc.gov/90020775 ].
Modeling the Metabolic and Physiologic Activities of Microorganisms, published in 1992 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, ISBN 0-471-54271-7 [ http://lccn.loc.gov/92003482 ].
Modeling Disease Transmission and Its Prevention by Disinfection, published in 1996, reprinted in 2004, by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, ISBN 0-521-48131-7 [ http://lccn.loc.gov/96013529 ].
Manual of Environmental Microbiology (Editor in Chief), published in 1997, reprinted in 1999, by American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, ISBN 1-55581-087-X [ http://lccn.loc.gov/96018805 ].
Viral Ecology, published in 2000 by Academic Press, San Diego, ISBN 0-12-362675-7 [ http://lccn.loc.gov/00100242 ].
Manual of Environmental Microbiology 2nd Edition (Editor in Chief), published in 2002 by ASM Press, Washington, DC, ISBN 1-55581-199-X [ http://lccn.loc.gov/2001022636 ].
Manual of Environmental Microbiology 3rd Edition (Editor in Chief), published in 2007 by ASM Press, Washington, DC, ISBN-13 1-55581-379-6, ISBN-10 1-55581-379-8 [ http://lccn.loc.gov/2006034637 ].
Studies in Viral Ecology, Volume 1 Microbial and Botanical Host Systems, published in 2011 by Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, New Jersey, ISBN 978-0-470-62396-1 [ 2 volume set is http://lccn.loc.gov/2010046370 ].
Studies in Viral Ecology, Volume 2 Animal Host Systems, published in 2011 by Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, New Jersey, ISBN 978-0-470-62429-6 [ 2 volume set is http://lccn.loc.gov/2010046370 ].
