Sustainable Environment Research Lab (SERL)

Sustainable Environment Research Laboratory (SERL) focuses on the development of sustainable biotechnologies for the treatment of liquid and solid waste. His studies provide insight into engineered bioprocesses specifically designed for biological wastewater treatment and value-added bioproducts recovery, with the overarching goal of advancing the environmental engineering research and serving the technical needs of industry stakeholders. 

Laboratory Equipment

Virginia Tech Lab located in the Greater Washington D.C. area:

• SHIMADZU liquid and solid TOC analyzers (TOC-LCSN, SSM-5000A)
• Coy Anaerobic Chamber, Type A, Vinyl
• Sartorius™ MA37 Moisture Analyzer
• Brookfield Engineer Labs LVDV2T VISCOMETER
• 16-Channel Flow Measuring AER-800 Aerobic/Anaerobic Respirometer System with Temp Control between 5-70 °C 
• QuantStudio® 3D Digital PCR
• Eppendorf RealPlex2 96 well Real-Time PCR System
  
• Eppendorf Centrifuge 5425
• NanoDrop One Microvolume UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
• Thermo Scientific TSX Series High Performance -20°C Manual Defrost Freezer
• Labconco Purifier Logic+ Class II A2 Biosafety Cabinets
• Labconco Benchtop FreeZone Legacy 2.5L Freeze-Dry Systems
• HANNA HI901C Automatic Potentiometric Titrator
• Thermo Scientific Thermolyne Muffle Furnace
• 1200°C Compact Split Tube Furnace w/ Vacuum Flanges & 2.36″ Tube, 110V – OTF-1200X-S 
• BioTek Synergy™ H1M microplate reader with top and bottom fluorescence intensity, UV-visible absorbance and luminescence detection, temperature control to 45ºC and shaking.
• Nikon Eclipse E200 EPI-Fluorescence Microscope
• Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer HORIBA LA-950
• Parr series 4600 1000 mL Non-stirred Pressure Vessel rated for 1900 psi at up to 225 °C
• Parr series 4700 22 mL Non-stirred Pressure Vessel rated for 1700 PSI at up to 300 °C
• Agilent 8890 Gas Chromatograph system with an autosampler and a Flame Ionization Detector (FID)
• HP 5890 Gas Chromatograph with an autosampler and a Flame Ionization Detector (FID)
• SHIMADZU  Gas Chromatograph-2014 with a Flame Photometric Detector (FPD) and a Thermal Conductivity Detector (TCD)
• TurboVap® II Concentration Evaporator Workstation
• Two (2) Multi-Channel auto-sampling Model 305 Astoria-Pacific (A-P) continuous flow chemical analyzers.
• VWR Accu Sterilizer AS10NR
• -86°C Ultra-Low Temperature Freezer, Fisher Scientific, Isotemp 13 CF 115V
• Refrigerated Thermo Scientific Centrifuge Sorvall Legend X1R with F21-48X2 ml and F15 – 8X50 ml carbon fiber rotors and 15 ml conical adapters
• Refrigerated Thermo Scientific Sorvall Legend XF Centrifuge with a Fiberlite F15-8 x 50cy Fixed-Angle Rotor and a Fiberlite F21-48 x 2 Fixed-Angle Rotor, as well as adapters for 4X1000 ml and 15mL conical tubes 
• OI Model 1030 Total Carbon Analyzer equipped with autosampler
• Flash EA Model 112 Soil C-N Analyzer equipped with autosampler
• Dionex ICS 1000 Ion Chromatograph equipped with autosampler
• Turner Designs Model 700 Flourometer
• DR3900 Spectrophotometer with RFID
• AutoTrace Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) organics concentration device
• OFITE Capillary Suction Timer
• Floor-scale anaerobic digesters
• Column bioreactors
• Volute Dewatering Press PWTech model ES-501
• CF016 Cell Assembly, Forward Osmosis, PTFE (CF016P-FO)
• 2L Jacketed Glass Reactor Reaction Vessel 100w Digital 0-1200r/min Chemical Lab
• Two (2) EXO3 Sonde with a Wiped Conductivity/Temperature Sensor, a Turbidity Sensor, a Optical DO Sensor, and a NitraLED UV Nitrate Sensor
• AmmoLyt Plus Ammonium probe complete w/Reference Electrode and System 282 IQ SensorNet Controller
• Cambi  5L Thermal Hydrolysis Pretreatment (THP) System

Seitz 117B:

• Fume hood
  
• Drying oven
• Incubators
• Biological safety cabinet

Principal Investigator