Faculty Expertise

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Collage of images featuring experiments and tests done at WEST Center

Ian Pepper 

  • Environmental microbiology
  • Wastewater-based epidemiology
  • Pollution science
  • PFAS 
  • Biosolids
  • Soil microbiology
  • Soil biochemistry

Charles Gerba

  • Microbiology
  • Virology 
  • Protozoa
  • Pathogen detection in water and food
  • Pathogen occurrence in households and public facilities
  • Risk assessment 
  • Biosolids
  • Wastewater reuse
  • Disinfection

Andrea Achilli

  • Water reuse
  • Desalination
  • Membrane processes
  • Water and wastewater energy recovery
  • Process modelling and system optimization

Walter Betancourt

  • Microbial source tracking
  • Environmental virology and parasitology 
  • Molecular Microbiology
  • Waterborne pathogens in water reuse applications
  • Microbial risk assessment
  • Enteric pathogens

Kelly Bright

  • Microbial pathogens - occurrence, survival, and fate
  • Pathogen detection
  • Identification of indicator organisms
  • Microbial safety of irrigation waters
  • Antimicrobial development

Kerri Hickenbottom

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Engineered systems for resource recovery
  • Concentrate stream reclamation
  • Membrane processes
  • Water-energy nexus

Luisa Ikner

  • Microbiology 
  • Virology
  • Hygienic intervention
  • Antimicrobial/antiviral efficacy evaluation
  • Water pathogen inactivation and reduction
  • Soil health
  • Cell culture method development