Dr. Heather Bischel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Her research focus includes pathogens and micropollutants, wastewater-based epidemiology, and PFAS bioaccumulation.

Position at UC Davis

• Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Areas of Expertise

• Water sustainability
• Pathogens & micropollutants
• Resource-oriented sanitation
• Water quality and reuse

Major Research Papers

Kadonsky KF, Naughton CC, Susa M, Olson R, Singh GL, Daza-Torres ML, Montesinos-López JC, Garcia YE, Gafurova M, Gushgari A, Cosgrove J, White BJ, Boehm AB, Wolfe MK, Nuño M, Bischel HN. Expansion of wastewater-based disease surveillance to improve health equity in California's Central Valley: sequential shifts in case-to-wastewater and hospitalization-to-wastewater ratios. Front Public Health. 2023 Jun 30;11:1141097. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1141097. PMID: 37457240; PMCID: PMC10348812.

Boehm, A.B., Wolfe, M.K., Wigginton, K.R. et al. Human viral nucleic acids concentrations in wastewater solids from Central and Coastal California USA. Sci Data 10, 396 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02297-7

Safford, H.R., Johnson, M.M. & Bischel, H.N. Flow virometry for water-quality assessment: protocol optimization for a model virus and automation of data analysis. npj Clean Water 6, 28 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-023-00224-2