Heather Bischel

Heather Bischel

Professor

  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
3109 Ghausi

Dr. Bischel's research interests are water sustainability; pathogens and micropollutants; resource-oriented sanitation; water quality and reuse.

Honors and Awards
  • 2017 EPFL/Zeno Karl Schindler Prize for Environmental Science & Sustainability
  • 2017 American Chemical Society Certificate of Merit
  • 2012 National Science Foundation International Research Fellowship
  • 2012 Rotary Foundation Palo Alto University District Scholar
Publications
  • Assessing methodological variability in wastewater surveillance: A wavelet decomposition approach
    Journal Article | Daza-Torres, M., Montesinos-López, J., Olson, R., Bess, C., Naughton, C., Bischel, H., Nuño, M. Epidemics, 54, 100897. 10.1016/j.epidem.2026.100897
  • Bioactivity Classification of 2,649 Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) via Quantitative Structure–Activity Relationships and Molecular Docking to Health-Relevant Proteins
    Journal Article | Li, W., Bischel, H. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 13, 670-676. 10.1021/acs.estlett.6c00172
  • Cross-Regional and Seasonal Investigation of Somatic and F‑Specific Coliphage Log-Removal Credits in Six U.S. Wastewater Treatment Plants
    Journal Article | Khatib, L., Brenner, K., Allen, B., Johnson, M., Sohrab, A., Bravo, L., Solomon, T., Baral, R., Nwaubani, D., Yan, T., Bischel, H., Goel, R., Solo-Gabriele, H., Sherchan, S., Rosso, D., Jiang, S. ACS ES&T Water, 6, 783-792. 10.1021/acsestwater.5c00890
  • Estimating effective reproduction numbers using wastewater data from multiple sewersheds for SARS-CoV-2 in California counties
    Journal Article | Ravuri, S., Burnor, E., Routledge, I., Linton, N., Thakur, M., Boehm, A., Wolfe, M., Bischel, H., Naughton, C., Yu, A., White, L., León, T. Epidemics, 50, 100803. 10.1016/j.epidem.2024.100803
  • Flow Virometry in Wastewater Monitoring: Comparison of Virus-like Particles to Coliphage, Pepper Mild Mottle Virus, CrAssphage, and Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus
    Journal Article | Johnson, M., Bess, C., Olson, R., Bischel, H. Viruses, 17, 575. 10.3390/v17040575
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Tags

Environmental Engineering