Projects

City of Toledo Bayview Water Reclaimation Plant Pathogen Study Funding Organization: City of ToledoProject Duration: 2011-2021 During storm events in areas with combined sewers, the volume of water entering the sewage treatment systems…

Studying the Historical Record of Pollution using Molecular Tools and Great Lakes Cores Funding Organization: National Science FoundationProject Duration: Ongoing since 2011 Investigations and comparisons of large scale historic water quality…

Assessing inactivation of pathogens by a halogen delivery device (HaloPure(R)) Funding Organization: HaloSource, Inc.Project Duration: Ongoing since 2008 Household water treatment (HWT) is an important means of decontaminating drinking water for people…

Advancing next generation genomic tools for discovery of the food microbiome from the field to the store Funding Organization: USDA / NIFAProject Duration: Ongoing since 2013 Description: An increasingly number of foodborne outbreaks associated…

Development of new molecular tools for detecting human pathogenic viruses to study ballast water quality Funding Organization: National Science Foundation / PIREProject Duration: Ongoing since 2013 Metagenomic study of the virome to…