Irene Xagoraraki
Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
Engr Rsch Complex, 1449 Engineering Research CT Rm A124
Biography
Dr. Irene Xagoraraki is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Her research focuses on microbial water quality emphasizing prevention of disease and protection of public health. She and her students have been studying: (1) environmental surveillance approaches for identification and prediction of viral outbreaks, (2) the fate of viruses and antibiotic- resistant bacteria in the built environment and in natural systems, (3) virus inactivation and removal with membra
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Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2001
M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1995
B.S., Environmental Studies, University of the Aegean, Greece 1993
Awards
William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award, Michigan State University (2023)
Wesley W. Horner Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Environmental & Water Resources Institute (2022)
State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), (2021)
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Miyani B., Li Y., Guzman H., Briceno R., Vieyra S. Hinojosa R., Xagoraraki I. (2024) Bioinformatics-based screening tool identifies a wide variety of human and zoonotic viruses in Trujillo-Peru wastewater. One Health 18: 100756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2024.100756
Li Y., Miyani B., Faust R.A., David R.E., Xagoraraki I. (2024) A broad wastewater screening and clinical data surveillance for virus-related diseases in the metropolitan Detroit Area in Michigan. Human Genomics, 18:14. http://doi.org/10.1186/s40246-024-00581-0
Zhao L., Geng Q., Corchis-Scott R., McKay R.M., Norton J., Xagoraraki I. (2023) Targeting a free viral fraction enhances the early alert potential of wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2: a methods comparison spanning the transition between delta and omicron variants in a large urban center. Frontiers in Public Health, 11: 1140441. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1140441
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