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Dissertation Title: Microbial Health Risks to Sanitation Workers in Low-Resource Settings: Incorporation of Field, Molecular, and Modeling ApproachesFocus Areas: Microbial exposure and risk assessment; Risk modeling of infection by ingested and inhaled pathogens; Quantification of pathogens in environmental samples (air, water, wastewater); Occupational health; Sanitation worker dignity and health.

Designing a business model for providing low income customers with a safe and affordable fecal sludge management services.

Managed field operations and data collection for a Gates funded pilot project which deployed a household container based sanitation (CBS ) service in a dense urban slum home to 11,000 inhabitants

Designed and conducted molecular biology, cell culture, and tissue transplantation experiments that supported group research objectives.

Conducted a survey to establish diarrheal disease prevalence and the need for improved sanitation infrastructure in an peri-urban community.

Performed a variety of routine tasks including animal husbandry, preparing reagents, data cleaning, and two-photon imaging of live tissue.