Irene Xagoraraki, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor
Civil and Environmental
Engineering
Michigan State University

The Water Quality Engineering Laboratory:

Principal Investigator:

• Irene Xagoraraki
Lab Research Team:

• David Kuo (Postdoctoral Researcher)
  
• Kelvin Wong (PhD Student)
  
• Rebecca Hullman (MS Student)
  
Research Focus:

• Water Quality and Water Treatment
• Public Health and Prevention of Waterborne Disease
• Emerging Water Contaminants: Detection, Occurrence, Fate, Removal and Inactivation
Current Research Projects:

• Pathogens in Biosolids - Risk Assessment
• Removal of Viruses by Membrane Bioreactors
• Human Adenoviruses in Recreational Waters at the Great Lakes
• Fate of Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water and Wastewater Chlorination
Past Research Projects:

• Biofilm in Water Distribution Systems
• Inactivation of Cyanobacterial Toxins by Free Chlorine
• Emerging Pathogen Removal in Conventional Pilot-Scale Water Treatment
• Coagulation and Sedimentation of Cryptosporidium parvum
Facilities:

• Detection of microbiological contaminants
• Detection of chemical contaminants
• Simulation of water treatment processes