Supervises and trains lab personnel, manages budget and expenses of instructional labsAssists faculty/graduate students with operation, maintenance and upgrade of research labsAssists in the repair, upgrade and maintenance of CEE facilities

Operated two replicate single-chamber microbial fuel cells on methane-containing synthetic anaerobic effluent under varying hydraulic retention time and ambient temperatures Sequenced microbial samples taken from electrodes, analyzed microbial metagenomic data, proposed and verified interactions between different microbesAdded sulfide into synthetic anaerobic effluent to test its impact on methane-driven microbial fuel cells Reviewed greenhouse gas emissions (i.e., methane & nitrous oxide) from conventional activated sludge and mainstream anaerobic-based wastewater treatment systems, evaluated current effluent dissolved methane mitigation techniques, proposed potential mitigation strategies

Independently taught environmental/wastewater microbiology and molecular microbiology lab Hold office hours, prepared lab manuals, coordinated with lab manager to prepare labs, graded lab reports Assisted arranging field trip to wastewater treatment/water reclamation plants and collected facility treatment data

Mentored high school students, taught them lab techniquesInvolved trainees in research projects, inspired them to develop hypothesis and to build experimental systemsAdvised them on poster preparations and presentation in science contest

Assisted professor to establish new lab, purchased lab supplies and instrumentsIndependently designed, constructed and operated bioreactors to recover energy from wastewaterDeveloped standard operating procedure to measure dissolved methane