Luisa Ikner

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WEST Center

Teaching:

• Pollution Science (ENVS 305)
• Environmental Microbiology Laboratory (ENVS 426/526)

My Research Interests:

• Antimicrobial effectiveness
• Best practices for effective research partnerships
• Emerging bacterial and viral pathogens (BSL-2, BSL-3)
• Microbial decay/removal in natural and human-made systems
• Method development/optimization
• Pandemic preparedness
• Pathogen detection in water
• Wastewater treatment and advanced water purification

Degrees

• PhD in Soil, Water and Environmental Science from the University of Arizona