Journal of Chemical Engineering & Process Technology

Journal of Chemical Engineering & Process Technology
Open Access

ISSN: 2157-7048

Sarina J Ergas

Sarina J Ergas

Graduate Program Coordinator, Dept. Civil & Environmental Engineering, USFProfessional Engineer, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Civil Engineering, 1995-presentMember, Association of Environmental Engineering & Science Professors Board of DirectorsInternational Water Association, Board Member, Membrane Specialist Committee

Biography
Dr. Ergas is a professor and graduate program coordinator in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida.  She received a BS in Environmental Engineering from Humboldt State University and MS and PhD degrees from the University of California, Davis.  She was a 2007 Fulbright Fellow at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology and a 1995 ASCE Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd) Fellow.  She teaches classes in Biological Principles, Air Pollution Control and Environmental/Water Resources Capstone Design.  Dr. Ergas is a registered professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Research Interest

Sustainable algal biofuel production from wastewater nutrients,

Bioretention systems for nitrogen removal from stormwater,

Treatment of perchlorate contaminated groundwater using sulfur oxidizing bacteria,

Biological treatment of ion exchange brines,

Bioremediation of acid mine drainage sites,

Sulfur oxidizing and hydrogenotrophic denitrification.

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