Civil and Environmental Engineering
A136 Engineering Research Complex
East Lansing, MI 48824

Phone: (517) 353-8539
Fax: (517) 355-0250
E-mail: xagorara@egr.msu.edu
Web: http://www.egr.msu.edu/~xagorara

Courses Taught:

Principles of Environmental Engineering and Science (CE 280)
Water and Wastewater Analysis Laboratory (CE 480)

Recent Research:

• Human Adenoviruses in Recreational Waters at the Great Lakes
• Fate of Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water and Wastewater Chlorination
• Removal of Animal Viruses and Indicators by a Pilot-Scale MBR
• Inactivation of Cyanobacterial Toxins by Free Chlorine
• Emerging Pathogen Removal in Conventional Pilot-Scale Water Treatment
• Coagulation and Sedimentation of Cryptosporidium parvum

My research interests include water quality engineering, drinking water safety and public health. I am mainly interested in the detection, removal and inactivation of emerging biological and chemical contaminants in water systems.

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ph.D. Environmental Engineering

• Xagoraraki, I., Kuo, D., Wong, K., Wong, M., Rose, J.B. (2007) Occurence of Human Adenoviruses in Two Great Lake Recreational Beaches. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 73, No. 24, pp. 7874-7881.
• Wong, M., Xagoraraki, I., Rose, J.B. (2007). Recent Advances and Future Needs in Environmental Virology. In: Human Viruses in Water, (Bosch, A. Editor), Perspectives in Medical Virology Series, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
• Xagoraraki, I., Harrington, G.W., Zulliger, K., Zeier, B., Krick, W., Karner, D.A., Standridge, J.H., Westrick, J. (2006). Inactivation Kinetics of the Cyanobacterial Toxin Microcystin-LR by Free Chlorine. Journal of Environmental Engineering, Vol. 132, No. 7, pp. 818-823.
• Xagoraraki, I., Zulliger, K., Harrington, G.W., Zeier, B., Krick, W., Karner, D.A. (2006). Ct Values Required for Degradation of Microcystin-LR by Free Cholorine, Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology (AQUA), Vol. 55, No. 4, pp. 233-245.
• Xagoraraki, I., Harrington, G.W., (2004). Zeta Potential, Dissolved Organic Carbon and Removal of Cryptosporidium Oocysts by Alum Coagulation, Journal of Environmental Engineering, Vol. 130, No. 12, pp. 1424-1432.
• Xagoraraki, I., Harrington, G.W., Assavasilavasukul, P., Standridge, J.H., (2004). Removal of Emerging Waterborne Pathogens by Pilot-Scale Conventional Treatment, Journal American Water Works Association, Vol. 96, No. 5, pp. 102-113.
• Harrington, G.W., Xagoraraki, I., Assavasilavasukul, P., Standridge, J.H., (2003). Effects of Filtration Conditions on Removal of Emerging Waterborne Pathogens, Journal American Water Works Association, Vol. 95, No. 12, pp. 95-104.
• Harrington, G.W., Chen, H.W., Harris, A.J., Xagoraraki, I., Battigelli, D.A., Standridge, J.H. (2001). Removal of Emerging Waterborne Pathogens. American Water Works Association Research Foundation, Denver, CO.