Christon J. Hurst

About the author

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 1979 by Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, for studies in Virology and Epidemiology.

Christon currently works as a Consulting Microbiologist in Cincinnati, Ohio, plus is affiliated 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.

He previously has taught intensive undergraduate, graduate and professional level courses in several Latin American countries. Those courses were: Engineering and Public Health at the Meléndez and San Fernando campuses of the Universidad del Valle in Santiago de Cali, Colombia; Engineering at the Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia; Engineering at the Universidad del Magdalena in Santa Marta, Colombia; Biology at the Universidad del Zulia in Maracaibo, Venezuela; and participated in teaching Virology at the Universidad de Costa Rica in San Juan, Costa Rica.

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. He has been awarded fellowship in both the American Academy of Microbiology and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

He was the founding Editor-in-Chief for Manual of Environmental Microbiology. He was the founding Series Editor for Advances in Environmental Microbiology.

His hobbies include creating sculpture in ceramic by the use of modeling techniques. He served as a sailing instructor for the American Red Cross from 1994-1996. He was a professional ballroom dancer from 2007-2019 and taught ballroom dance for that time period.

He authored and privately published a geometry workbook titled The Family of Regular Polyhedrons, copyrighted in 1987 by Library of Congress (United States Copyright Office 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, United States, ISBN 9781555810313.

Modeling the Metabolic and Physiologic Activities of Microorganisms, published in 1992 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, United States, ISBN 9780471542711.

Modeling Disease Transmission and Its Prevention by Disinfection, published in 1996, reprinted in 2004, by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ISBN 9780521481311.

Manual of Environmental Microbiology (Editor in Chief), published in 1996, reprinted in 1999, by American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, United States, ISBN 9781555810870.

Viral Ecology, published in 2000 by Academic Press, San Diego, United States, ISBN 9780123626752.

Manual of Environmental Microbiology 2nd Edition (Editor in Chief), published in 2002 by ASM Press, Washington, DC, United States, ISBN 9781555811990.

Manual of Environmental Microbiology 3rd Edition (Editor in Chief), published in 2007 by ASM Press, Washington, DC, United States, ISBN 9781555813796.

Studies in Viral Ecology, Volume 1, Microbial and Botanical Host Systems, published in 2011 by Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, New Jersey, United States, ISBN 9780470623961.

Studies in Viral Ecology, Volume 2, Animal Host Systems, published in 2011 by Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, New Jersey, United States, ISBN 9780470624296.

Advances in Environmental Microbiology, Volume 1, Their World: A Diversity of Microbial Environments, published in 2016 by Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Switzerland, ISBN 9783319280691.

Advances in Environmental Microbiology, Volume 2, The Mechanistic Benefits of Microbial Symbionts, published in 2016 by Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Switzerland, ISBN 9783319280660.

Advances in Environmental Microbiology, Volume 3, The Rasputin Effect: When Commensals and Symbionts Become Parasitic, published in 2016 by Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Switzerland, ISBN 9783319281681.

Advances in Environmental Microbiology, Volume 4, Modeling the Transmission and Prevention of Infectious Disease, published in 2017 by Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Switzerland, ISBN 9783319606149.

Advances in Environmental Microbiology, Volume 5, The Connections Between Ecology and Infectious Disease, published in 2018 by Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Switzerland, ISBN 9783319923710.

Advances in Environmental Microbiology, Volume 6, Understanding Terrestrial Microbial Communities, published in 2019 by Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Switzerland, ISBN 9783030107758.

Advances in Environmental Microbiology, Volume 7, The Structure and Function of Aquatic Microbial Communities, published in 2019 by Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Switzerland, ISBN 9783030167738.

Advances in Environmental Microbiology, Volume 8, Microbes: The Foundation Stone of the Biosphere, published in 2021 by Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Switzerland, ISBN 9783030635114.

Studies in Viral Ecology 2nd Edition, published in 2021 by Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, United Kingdom, ISBN 9781119608363.

Advances in Environmental Microbiology, Volume 9, The Biological Role of a Virus, published in 2022 by Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Switzerland, ISBN 9783030853938.

Advances in Environmental Microbiology, Volume 10, Microbial Metabolism of Metals and Metalloids, published in 2022 by Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Switzerland, ISBN 9783030971847.

Assessing the Microbiological Health of Ecosystems, published in 2022 by John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, United Kingdom, ISBN 9781119678328.

Microbial Fermentations in Nature and as Designed Processes, published in 2023 by John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Hoboken, United States, ISBN 9781119849971.

He authored the following science fiction books:

Project Sasquatch and a History of the Bonoban Era, published in 2025 by Dorrance, Pittsburgh, United States, ISBN 9798892112062, eISBN 139798892117043.

Proyecto Sasquatch y Una Historia de la Época Bonobana, published in 2025 by Dorrance, Pittsburgh, United States, ISBN 9798892112079, eISBN 139798892117050.