{"id":35,"date":"2020-11-25T17:58:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T17:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/bischel\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2021-07-16T16:29:04","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T16:29:04","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/bischel\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Interests"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"35\" class=\"elementor elementor-35\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-662e9a79 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"662e9a79\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5911656b\" data-id=\"5911656b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f502f93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-page-title\" data-id=\"7f502f93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"page-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"hfe-page-title hfe-page-title-wrapper elementor-widget-heading\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tResearch Interests  \n\t\t\t<\/h2 > \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66cc0bb3 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"66cc0bb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a535095 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a535095\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Bischel\u2019s research aims to protect and improve human and environmental health by developing and evaluating water and wastewater treatment systems for emerging contaminants, including organic micropollutants and waterborne pathogens.<\/p><p>Current research in Dr. Bischel\u2019s laboratory includes\u00a0characterizing <b>bioaccumulation and biotransformation dynamics of pesticides and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)<\/b> through <i>in vitro<\/i> assessments of protein-ligand relationships. Her laboratory adapts biochemical insights from these studies into engineered systems by developing lab-scale treatment reactors that harness biological processes while integrating environmental complexities.<\/p><p>Dr. Bischel&#8217;s team also conducts research to understand how how viruses and their biomacromolecular components (i.e., proteins, lipoproteins, and nucleic acids) interact with complex organics in the environment to inform the development of new methods to <b>rapidly detect viruses in water and wastewater<\/b> as well as models of virus transport and treatment.\u00a0Through the Healthy Davis Together (HDT) and Healthy Yolo Together (HYT) Initiatives, Dr. Bischel directs Environmental Monitoring effort to survey SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater, surface samples, and HVAC systems with the City of Davis, the UC Davis campus, and partners throughout California&#8217;s Central Valley.<\/p><p>More information on Dr. Bischel\u2019s research is available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hbischel.faculty.ucdavis.edu\/publications\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Interests Dr. Bischel\u2019s research aims to protect and improve human and environmental health by developing and evaluating water and wastewater treatment systems for emerging contaminants, including organic micropollutants and waterborne pathogens. 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