Professor Mary Jo Kirisits
J. Neils Thompson Centennial Teaching Fellowship in Civil Engineering
Area(s) of Expertise:
Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Technical Interests:
Biological water treatment processes; application of molecular biology to biological water treatment processes; biofilms; quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms.
Educational Qualifications:
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Civil Engineering, 2000
M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Civil Engineering, 1997
B.S., State University of New York, Civil Engineering, 1995
2024 Group Meetings: GLT 3.106 unless otherwise noted*
1/29
- Introductions
- Setting goals for the semester
2/5
- OH102 Lab Safety Presentation
2/12
- *Meet in EER 6.704
- Everyone will present their semester goals (bring written copy for MJ to keep)
- Lan will review protocols in Box, discuss what protocols need to be added and scheduled for live training, and present “life timeline”
2/19
- Kate will present her UC-Davis talk and “life timeline”
2/26
- Nowrina will present her PhD plan and “life timeline”
3/4
- Lan will lead a discussion of a journal publication (journal club)
3/18
- Nowrina will lead a discussion of a journal publication (journal club)
3/25
- Research roundtable (everyone)
- Review of everyone’s progress on semester goals
4/1
- Lan will present her Texas Water conference talk
4/8
- Kate will lead a discussion of a journal publication (journal club) or her research
4/15
- Everyone join on Zoom (see Box for link)
- Matt will present productivity tips as our project manager and “life timeline”
- Research roundtable (everyone)
4/22
- Adhira and Carlo will present reflections on semester work and “life timelines”
4/29
- Review of everyone’s progress on semester goals
- Set summer goals