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FULL-TIME FACULTY

	Krishna R. Pagilla Professor of Environmental Engineering Room 234 Perlstein Hall Tel.: 312.567.5717 Fax: 312.567.8874 Email: pagilla [at] iit.edu

� Education
B.E. from Osmania University, India (Civil Engineering, 1987) M.S. from University of Oklahoma, Norman (Civil Engineering, 1989) Ph.D. from University of Calfornia, Berkeley (Civil Engineering, 1994) P.E. Illinois (062-054771) and California (C 52669)

� Research Interests
Professor Pagilla is interested in physicochemical and biological methods of water pollution control. His current research is in developing sustainable technologies for nutrient control, aerobic and anaerobic membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment, and improving bacteria for bioremediation of organic pollutants. Other work related to remediation of soil contaminated by organics and metals is also being pursued in his laboratory. Professor Pagilla currently teaches courses in physicochemical and biochemical processes for water and wastewater treatment, design of treatment plants, and chemical and biological aspects of environmental engineering.

� Professional Activities
Editor, Water Environment Research, Water Environment Federation, Alexandria, VA Program Committee Chair, Innovative Uses of Biosolids and Animal Manure, USEPA-WEF Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, June 30-July 02, 2004.

� Selected Recent Publications
Urgun-Demirtas, M., Pagilla, K.R., and Stark, B.C. (2004). Enhanced Kinetics of Genetically Engineered Burkholderia cepacia: The Role of vgb in the Hypoxic Cometabolism of 2-CBA, Biotech. Bioeng., 87(1), 110-118. So, J., Stark, B.C., and Webster, D.A., and Pagilla, K.R. (2004). Enhancement of 2,4-Dinitrotuluene Biodegradation by Burkholderia sp. in Sand Bioreactors Using Bacterial Hemoglobin Technology, Biodegradation, 15, pp 161-171. Stark, B.C., Webster, D.A., and Pagilla, K.R. (2004). Engineering of Bacteria Using the Vitreoscilla Hemoglobin Gene to Enhance Bioremediation of Aromatic Compounds, Environmental Biology: Methods and Protocols, < Ed. J.F.T. Spencer and A.L. Ragout de Spencer, Humana Press, Totowa, NJ, 381-390. Martins, M.P., Pagilla, K.R., Heijnen, J.J., and van Loosdrecht, M.C.M. (2004). Bulking Filamentous Sludge- A Critical Review, Water Research, 38, pp 793-817. Pagilla, K.R. and Kim, H. (2003). Competitive Growth of Gordonia and Acinetobacter in Continuous Flow Aerobic and Anaerobic/Aerobic Reactors. J. Biosci. Bioeng., 95(6), pp. 577-582. Urgun-Demirtas, M., Pagilla, K.R., Stark, B.C., and Webster, D.A., (2003). Biodegradation of 2-Chlorobenzoate by Recombinant Burkholderia cepacia Expressing Vitreoscilla Hemoglobin under Hypoxic Conditions. Biodegradation,14, pp 357-365. Moschandreas, D.J., Pagilla, K.R., and Storino, L.V. (2003). Time and Space Uniformity of Indoor Bacteria Concentrations in Chicago Area Residences. Aerosol Sci. Technol., 37, pp. 899-906. Lai, M.H., Moschandreas, D.J., and Pagilla, K.R. (2003). Airborne Bacteria Control Under Chamber and Test-Home Conditions, J. Environ. Eng., 129(3), pp. 202-209.