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Suresh D. Pillai EDUCATION 1989 Ph.D. Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arizona, Tucson. 1985 M.Sc. Industrial Microbiology, University of Madras, India. 1983 B.Sc. Botany, University of Madras, India. PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS 2004-present Professor and Texas A&M AgriLife Research Fellow, Texas A&M University & Director, National Center for E-Beam Research, Texas A&M University Member, Graduate Faculties of Food Science & Technology, Poultry Science,

Biotechnology, Veterinary Pathobiology, Toxicology, Soil & Crop Sciences, and Water Program, Texas A&M University

2004-2010 Chair, Graduate Interdisciplinary Faculty of Biotechnology Texas A&M University 2004-2010 Director, Professional Program in Biotechnology, Texas A&M University 2000-2005 Assoc. Director, Institute of Food Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University 2000-2004 Associate Professor & TAES Faculty Fellow, Texas A&M University 1998-1999 Associate Professor, Texas A&M Univ. Research Center, at El Paso, Texas 1992- 1998 Assistant Professor, Texas A&M Univ. Research Center at El Paso, Texas 1992 -1999 Member, Graduate Faculties of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces,

New Mexico 1992-1999 Member, Graduate Faculty of Biology, University of Texas at El Paso, Texas 1991-1992 Research Scientist - Accelerated Products Development Program, Naval Medical

Research Institute, Bethesda, MD. 1991-1992 Research Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Uniformed

Services University of the Health Sciences, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.

1989-1991 Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Soil & Water Science, University of Arizona, Tucson.

1986-1989 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Arizona, Tucson.

PROFESSIONAL HONORS & AWARDS 2014- Member, FDA Science Advisory Board. National Center for Toxicological Research 2013 Member, Microbiology Division Review Team, FDA-NCTR 2012 Society for Applied Microbiology (SFAM)- President’s Travel Award 2011 Elected Fellow, International Forum on Industrial Bioprocesses 2010-present Member, Committee on Environmental Microbiology, American Society for

Microbiology 2010-present Member, Science Advisory Board, BCR Environmental, Jacksonville, FL 2008 Society for Applied Microbiology (SFAM)- President’s Travel Award 2007-2010 Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)- Distinguished Lecturer 2007 State of Texas Environmental Excellence Award (Team-member) 2006-2011 Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Department of Homeland Security Center for

Advanced Microbial Risk Assessment (CAMRA) 2006-present Expert Panel Member, Govt. Accountability Office (GAO), Washington, DC.

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2004-2010 Elected Member, Council of Principal Investigators, Texas A&M University 2003-2007 Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Warnex, Inc. 2002 TAES Faculty Fellow, Agriculture Program, Texas A&M University 2001 Appointed Member, National Academy of Science/National Research Council

Committee on Toxicants and Pathogens in Biosolids. 2001 Nominee, Texas A&M University Faculty Fellows Program 2000 Member, Faculty Senate, Texas A&M University 1988 Graduate Tuition Scholarship, University of Arizona, Tucson. 1986 Graduate Academic Scholarship, University of Arizona, Tucson. 1988 University of Arizona Foundation Award as a Graduate Teaching Assistant 1986-1989 Kate C. Lewis Academic Scholarship, University of Arizona, Tucson. SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION 2013 Plenary Speaker, IAEA Scientific Forum “The Blue Planet-Nuclear Applications for a

Sustainable Marine Environment”. Vienna, Austria. September 2013 Member, Sub-Committee, Science Advisory Board, FDA-NCTR Division of

Microbiology, Jefferson, Arkansas, July 2013 Invited Participant, IAEA Technical meeting on Radiation processed materials in products

from polymers for agricultural applications, Vienna, Austria, July 2013 Invited Participant, IAEA technical meeting on “Radiation Treatment of Pollutants,

Wastewater and Sludges “. Vienna, Austria, March 2013 Member, IAEA Coordinated Research Project team on “Application of Radiation

Technology in Development of Advanced Packaging Materials for Food Products” Vienna, Austria, April

2012 Scientific Expert mission to China on behalf of IAEA regarding food irradiation technologies, Beijing, China, December

2012 Member, IAEA Coordinated Research Project team, “Radiation treatment of organic pollutants in wastewater. Jeongup, S. Korea. October.

2012 Plenary Speaker, IAEA Scientific Forum “Food for the Future”, Vienna, Austria. September

2011 Member, International Evaluation Committee Obihiro University of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Japan. January

2011 Invited Speaker and Panel Member, Consumer Goods Forum, Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI). London, UK. February

2011 Meeting Co-Chair, IAEA Coordinated Research Group Meeting on development of generic doses for phytosanitary applications. College Station, TX April

2010 Meeting Chair, IAEA Coordinated Research Group Meeting on the use of food irradiation for immuno-compromised patients. Vienna, Austria. August

2009 Chair, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Expert Panel on the use of food irradiation for immuno-compromised patients. Vienna, Austria. November

2009 Member, External Advisory Board, Department of Homeland Security Center for Advanced Microbial Risk Assessment (CAMRA), Philadelphia, April

2009 Member, Government Accountability Office (GAO) Expert Panel on risks posed by BSL-3 and BSL-4 laboratories in the United States, Washington DC, March

2008 Member, International Review Committee, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Japan, January

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2007- Member International Advisory Committee, Kalasalingam University, India 2007 Member, International Organizing Committee, New Horizons in Biotechnology

Conference NHBT-2007, Trivandrum, India, November. 2007 Member, International Scientific Committee, International Food Irradiation Conferences,

New Delhi and Hyderabad, India, February 2006 Chair, International Association of Food Protection (IAFP) Professional Development

Group on Fruits and Vegetables. (August, 2006- July 2008) 2006 Member, International Organizing Committee, 2nd International Congress on

Bioprocessing in Food Industries, Patras, Greece. June 2006 Invited Participant, USEPA Candidate Contaminant List Workshop, Washington DC.

June 2006 Invited Participant, USEPA Workshop on Large Sample Volume Concentration Methods,

Cincinnati, OH. April 2005 Invited Participant, USEPA Candidate Contaminant List Workshop, Washington DC,

Dec. 2005 Invited Participant, WERF Directed Research Program Workshop, Washington DC, Nov 2005 Invited Participant, US EPA Pathogen Equivalency Committee Retreat, Hueston Woods,

OH, September 2005 Invited Participant, DoD-DoE-EPA Molecular Biological Tools Workshop,

Charlottesville, VA, August 2005 Invited Participant, American Society for Microbiology’s Biodefense Research Meeting,

Baltimore, MD, March 2004 Invited Participant, USEPA Workshop on Virulence-Factor-Activity Relationships,

Baltimore, MD, October. 2004 Member, Board of Directors, National Alliance for Food Safety & Security 2004 Invited Participant, NASA-JPL Workshop on Microbial monitoring of the International

Space Station Drinking Water. June 2004 Invited Participant, USEPA International Workshop on coliphages. Washington DC.

April 2004 Organizer, International Workshop, “Food Irradiation: Discussing the International

Research and Policy Agenda”. College Station, Texas 2004 Invited Participant, NASA Workshop on developing a Research Roadmap for the

International Space Station, Kennedy Space Center. 2004 Vice Chairperson, Fruit and Vegetable Safety and Quality Professional Development

Group, International Association of Food Protection 2003 Reviewer, Korea Science Prize, Korea Science & Engineering Foundation 2003 Invited Participant, WERF-USEPA Biosolids Research Summit, VA. August 2003 Convener, IFT Symposium. “E-beam technology: where are we in terms of the science?” 2003 Member, Joint IAEA-FAO Coordinated Research Project on use of irradiation to ensure

quality/safety of fresh fruits and vegetables 2003 Member, USEPA expert panel on molecular detection of viruses in water 2003 Chair, Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) - Project Committee, “Real-Time PCR detection of human viruses and indicators in water” 2003 Chair, Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) - Project Committee, “Molecular alternatives to indicator and pathogen detection”

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2003 Member, Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) –Project Advisory Committee, “Biosolids Microbial Health Risk Investigations”

2000 Member, Scientific Organizing Committee for the “Microbiology of Composting” conference in Innsbruck, Austria.

2000 Technical Expert - USAID/Kenan Institute-Asia to address pathogen contamination of imported raw hide products.

2000 Member, National Water Research Institute (NWRI) panel to review studies related to urban-runoff influencing beach closures in Southern California

2000 Member, Expert panel for USEPA to discuss microbial pathogen exposure routes. 1999 Member-City of El Paso/FBI Task Force to prepare for Biological and Chemical Weapons

of Mass Destruction. 1999 Member- Expert panel for the USEPA to discuss the choice of microbial indicators in

groundwater for monitoring purposes for the Groundwater Rule. 1999- Member, American Water Works Research Foundation Research (AWWARF) Project

Advisory Committee. “Development of a molecular method to detect infective viruses” 1997 Member, Expert panel for the US-Mexico Foundation for Science meeting, “Environment

and Public Health along the Mexico/US border. Tijuana, Baja California 1996- Steering Committee Member- Clean Rivers Program. (Upper Rio Grande Basin) Texas

Natural Resources Conservation Commission. 1994 Co-Chair, Hazardous and Solid Waste Group. Rio Grande Council of Government's

Environmental Research Group EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Food Protection, American Society of Microbiology Spectrum, Indian Journal of Biotechnology Editorial Board Member: Bioresource Technology (1995-2003) Reviewer for :Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Canadian Journal of Microbiology, Journal of Environmental Quality, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, The Journal of Water and Health, Journal of the American Water Works Association, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Journal of Virological Methods, Environmental Science & Technology, Journal of Food Science, etc. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP American Society for Microbiology International Association of Food Protection Institute of Food Technologists American Association for the Advancement of Science Society for Applied Microbiology International Water Association

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PUBLICATIONS Patents 1. Combined chemical oxidant and E-Beam irradiation for biosolid disinfection and stabilization

Suresh D. Pillai and Robert S. Reimers (US patent pending) 2. High energy electron beam irradiation for the production of immuno-modulators in poultry.

Jack McReynolds, Suresh D. Pillai, Palmy Jesudhasan and Martha Cepeda (2012) (US patent 8,173,139)

3. Removal of biological pathogens using surfactant-modified zeolites. Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Robert S. Bowman and Suresh D. Pillai.(2007) (U.S. Patent 7,311,839)

Books 4. Yates MV, Miller RV, Nakatsu CH, Pillai S, D. (Editors) (2015), Manual of Environmental

Microbiology, 4th ed. ASM Press, Washington, DC. (in preparation) 5. Pillai, S.D. and S.Shayanfar (Editors) (2014) Electron Beam Pasteurization and

Complementary Food Processing Technologies, Woodhead Publishing, UK (in preparation) 6. R.C. Bier, S.D. Pillai, T.D. Phillips and R.L. Ziprin (Editors) (2004). Pre-harvest and Post-

harvest Food Safety; Contemporary Issues and Future Directions. Institute of Food Technologists/Iowa State University Press

7. Pillai, S.D. (Editor) (1998) Microbial Pathogens within Aquifers-Principles &Protocols. Springer-Verlag.

Book Chapters 8. Pillai, S.D. (2013). New opportunities for eBeam technologies in one health. In: IAEA-

Radiation Processing Technology Series. IAEA, Vienna Austria (in press) 9. Pillai, S.D., C. Blackburn, and C. Bogran, (2013). Applications of ionizing irradiation for

phytosanitary treatment and food safety for fresh produce. In: Global safety of fresh produce: A handbook of best-practice examples, innovative commercial solutions and case studies. Edited by J. Hoorfar. Woodhead Publishing, Oxford, UK.

10. Pillai, S.D. (2012). Source tracing in Thailand following contamination of dog-chew toys with Salmonella. In: Case studies in food safety and quality. Edited by J. Hoorfar. Woodhead Publishing, Oxford, U.K.

11. Skaggs, B., Srisawat, P., Reimers, R.S., and Pillai, S.D. (2012) Innovative wastewater disinfection technologies. In: The Praeger Handbook of Environmental Health. Edited by R.H. Friis. ABC-CLIO

12. Pillai, S.D. (2011) Empowering billions with food safety and food security In: In Food & Agriculture, Thematic Volume- International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy-2009 (Eds. Arun Sharma & S.F. D’Souza), Published by Bhaba Atomic Research Centre, Department of Atomic Energy, India

13. Reed, A.L., and S.D. Pillai (2011). E-Beam based ionizing radiation technology for municipal biosolid treatment. In: Solids Processing Design and Management Manual. (ed J. Smith). Water Environment Federation

14. Rambo, C., and S.D. Pillai (2011). Pathogen testing in fresh produce and irrigation water. In: Rapid Detection, Characterization and Enumeration of Foodborne Pathogens. (Ed, J. Hoorfar). ASM Press, Washington DC

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15. Nair, C., D. Prince, C. Rambo, and S.D. Pillai (2010). Contemporary Issues in Food Safety. In: Comprehensive Food Fermentation Food Biotechnology. A. Pandey, , C. Larroche, R. Soccol, E. Gnansounou, and P. Nigam (eds). AsiaTech Publishers, New Delhi.

16. Sivakumar, K.K., P.Jesudhasan and S.D. Pillai (2011) Detection of Autoinducer (AI-2) like Activity in Food Samples In: Quorum Sensing: Methods and Protocols (ed. K. Rumbaugh). Humana Press

17. Pillai, S.D., D. H. D’Souza, G.D. Giovanni, A. Sharma, M. Patterson (2008). Microbiological safety of foods: contemporary challenges and solutions. In: Biotechnology. A. Pandey, C. Larroche, C. R. Soccol, and C-G Dussap, (eds) . AsiaTech Publishers

18. Jesudhasan, P.R., K. Widmer, K. Soni, A. Vikram, and S.D. Pillai. (2007). Microbial cell signaling and its potential applications in bioprocessing. In: Advances on Bioprocessing in Food Industry. A.A.Koutinas and A. Pandey (eds)

19. Pillai, S.D., and L.A. Braby. (2007) Electronic pasteurization of foods. In: Advances in Thermal and Non-Thermal Food Preservation. G.Tewari and V. Juneja (eds). Blackwell Publishing, Ames, IA.

20. Pillai, S.D. L. Braby, and J. Maxim. (2006). Technical Challenges and Research Directions in Electronic Food Pasteurization. In: Food Irradiation Research and Technology. C.H. Sommers and X. Fan (eds). Blackwell Publishing.

21. Pillai, S.D. and E. Vega (2007) Molecular Detection and Characterization Tools. In: Microbial Source Tracking. P 65-91. (ed. J.W. Santo Domingo and M.J. Sadowsky) American Society for Microbiology Press, Washington, DC

22. Beier, R.C., and S.D. Pillai (2007) Future directions in food safety. In: Foodborne Diseases, S. Simjee (ed.). Humana Press, Totowa, NJ .

23. Pillai, S.D. (2006) Food Irradiation: A solution to combat worldwide food-borne illnesses. In: Current Topics in Bioprocesses in Food Industries. Christian Larroche, Ashok Pandey, and Claude-Gilles Dussap (eds). AsiaTechPublishers, Inc. New Delhi.

24. Pillai S.D. (2006) Bacteriophages as Indicators. In: Food Virology (ed. Sagar Goyal). Kluwer Publishers.

25. Pillai, S.D. (2004) Molecular Methods for Microbial Detection. In: Pre-harvest and Post-harvest Food Safety: Contemporary Issues and Future Directions. (eds. R.C.Bier, S.D. Pillai. T.D. Phillips, and R.L. Ziprin). Institute of Food Technologists/Iowa State Press.

26. Pillai, S.D. (2004). Food Irradiation. In: Pre-harvest and Post-harvest Food Safety: Contemporary Issues and Future Directions. (eds. R.C.Bier, S.D. Pillai. T.D. Phillips, and R.L. Ziprin). Institute of Food Technologists/Iowa State Press. 375-387.

27. Pillai, S.D.,and J. Totten (2003). Molecular Methods for Microbial Detection and Characterization. In: Concise Encyclopedia of Bioresource Technology (ed: A. Pandey). The Harworth Press, Inc. NY.

28. Pillai, S.D., and N. Nwachuku (2002). Bacteriophage Methodologies. In: Encyclopedia of Microbiology. G. Bitton (ed). Wiley & Sons 374-384

29. Pillai,S.D. (2002). Bioaerosols and Public Health. In: Microbiology of Composting. (eds H. Insam, N. Riddech, and S. Klammer) Springer-Verlag. p 595-606

30. Pillai, S.D. ,and G. Di Giovanni (2003). Microbial Sampling. In: Encyclopedia of Water Science (eds. B.A. Stewart and T.A. Howell) Marcel Dekker Press, Inc. NY.

31. Pillai, S.D., and D. Makuch. (2002) Subsurface hydrobiology. In Groundwater, edited by L. Silveria, In: Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS) EOLSS Publishers, Oxford, U.K.

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32. Pillai, S.D. (1998) Future advances in subsurface microbiology. In Microbial pathogens within aquifers- Principles &Protocols. (ed. S.D. Pillai) p 133-136. Springer-Verlag.

33. Dowd, S.E. and S.D. Pillai. (1998) Groundwater sampling for microbial analysis. In S.D. Pillai (ed.) Ch. 2. Microbial pathogens within aquifers-Principles & Protocols. Springer-Verlag.

34. Pepper, I.L., and S.D. Pillai. ( 1995) PCR Amplification of DNA from root nodules. In: J.T. Trevors and J.D. Van Elsas (eds.) Ch.8. Nucleic Acids in the Environment: Methods and Applications. Springer Verlag. pp141-151.

35. Pepper, I.L., and S.D. Pillai. (1994) Detection of specific sequences in environmental samples via Polymerase Chain Reaction. In: R.W. Weaver, J.S. Angle and P.S. Bottomley (eds.) Ch. 43. Methods of Soil Analysis. Part 2: Microbiological and Biochemical properties. SSA Book series No. 5 pp. 707-726.

Review Articles 36. Pillai, S.D., and K. McElhany (2011). Status of irradiated foods in the USA. SafeFood, 6: 1-10. 37. Sobsey, M.D., and S.D. Pillai (2009) Where future emerging pathogens will come from and

what approaches can be used to find them besides VFARs? Journal of Water and Health 7: S75-S 93

38. Pillai, S.D. and P. Jesudhasan (2006) Quorum sensing: how bacteria communicate. Food Technology. 60: 42-47.

39. Maciorowski, K.G., P. Herrera, F.T. Jones, S.D. Pillai and S.C. Ricke (2006). Cultural and immunological methods for Salmonella spp in animal feeds. – a review. Veterinary Research Communications 30: 127-137.

40. Pillai, S.D., L. A. Braby, and C. B. Lavergne. (2005). Electron beam technology for food irradiation. International Review of Food Science and Technology 96-101

41. Maciorowski, K.G., S.D. Pillai, F.T. Jones and S.C. Ricke (2005) Polymerase chain reaction detection of foodborne Salmonella spp. in animal feeds. Critical Reviews in Microbiology 31: 45-53.

42. Pillai, S.D. and P. Jesudhasan (2006) Quorum sensing: how bacteria communicate. Food Technology. 60: 42-47.

43. Maciorowski, K.G., P. Herrera, F.T. Jones, S.D. Pillai and S.C. Ricke (2006). Cultural and immunological methods for Salmonella spp in animal feeds. – a review. Veterinary Research Communications 30: 127-137.

44. Pillai, S.D., L. A. Braby, and C. B. Lavergne. (2005). Electron beam technology for food irradiation. International Review of Food Science and Technology 96-101

45. Maciorowski, K.G., S.D. Pillai, F.T. Jones and S.C. Ricke (2005) Polymerase chain reaction detection of foodborne Salmonella spp. in animal feeds. Critical Reviews in Microbiology 31: 45-53.

46. Smith, J.S., and S.D. Pillai (2004). Irradiation and Food Safety. Science Status Summary. FoodTechnology 58: 48-55.

47. Maciorowski, K.G., F.T. Jones, S.D. Pillai and S.C. Ricke (2004) Incidence, sources and control of food-borne Salmonella spp. in poultry feeds. World Poultry Science Journal 60: 446-457.

48. Roe, M.T., and S.D. Pillai. (2003) Monitoring and identifying antibiotic resistance mechanisms in bacteria. Poultry Science (suppl). 82: 622-626

49. Pillai, S.D., and S.C. Ricke (2002) Bioaerosols from municipal and animal wastes: background and contemporary issues. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 48: 681-696.

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50. Ricke, S.C., S.D. Pillai, R.A. Norton, K.G. Maciorowski, and F.T. Jones. (1998) Applicability of rapid methods for detection of Salmonella spp. in poultry feeds: a review Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology 6: 239-258

51. Ricke, S.C., and S.D. Pillai. (1999) Conventional and molecular methods for understanding probiotic bacteria functionality in gastrointestinal tracts. CRC Critical Reviews in Microbiology (25)(1): 19-38.

52. Pillai, S.D. (1997) Molecular detection of microbial pathogens: breakthroughs and challenges. Archives in Virology (suppl). 13: 67-82.

53. Pillai, S.D., and S.C. Ricke. (1995) Strategies to improve the applicability of gene amplification protocols for pathogen detection in meat and meat products. CRC Critical Reviews in Microbiology 21(4): 239-261

54. Pillai, S.D. (1994) Improving microbial detection in water treatment. Natl. Environ, J. 4: 62-63.

Original Research Articles 55. Garcia, T.P., Muller, S., Carroll, R.J., Dunn, T.N., Thomas, A.P., Adams, S.H., Pillai, S.D. and

Walzem, R.L. (2013). Structured variable selection with q-values. Biostatistics DOI:10.1093/biostatistics/kxt012

56. Praveen, C., P.R. Jesudhasan, R. Reimers and S.D. Pillai (2013). Electron beam inactivation of selected microbial pathogens and indicator organisms in aerobically and anaerobically digested sewage sludge. Bioresources Technology 144: 652-657

57. Praveen, C., Dancho, B.A., Kingsley, D.H., Calci, K.R., Meade, G.K., Mena, K.D. and Pillai, S.D. (2013). Susceptibility of Murine Norovirus and Hepatitis A Virus to Electron Beam Irradiation in Oysters and Quantifying the Reduction in Potential Infection Risks. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79: 3796-3801

58. Bordin, A.I., Suchodolski, J.S., Markel, M.E., Weaver, K.B., Steiner, J.M., Dowd, S.E., Pillai, S., and Cohen, N.D. (2013) Effects of administration of live or inactivated virulent Rhodococccus equi and age on the fecal microbiome of neonatal foals. PlosOne 8: e66640

59. Murthi, P., Praveen, C., Jesudhasan, P. R., & Pillai, S. D. (2012). Comparing extraction buffers to identify optimal method to extract somatic coliphages from sewage sludges. Bioresource Technology, 118, 407-411.

60. Espinosa, A. C., Jesudhasan, P., Arredondo, R., Cepeda, M., Mazari-Hiriart, M., Mena, K. D., and Pillai, S. D. (2012). Quantifying the reduction in potential health risks by determining the sensitivity of poliovirus type 1 chat strain and rotavirus SA-11 to electron beam irradiation of iceberg lettuce and spinach. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 78(4), 988-993.

61. Kakani, G., Jesudhasan, P. R., & Pillai, S. D. (2012). Different biocides elicit differential responses in bacteria. IEEE Aerospace.

62. Kogut, M. H., McReynolds, J. L., He, H., Genovese, K. J., Jesudhasan, P. R., Davidson, M. A. Cepeda, M.A., & Pillai, S. D. (2012). Electron-beam irradiation inactivation of salmonella: Effects on innate immunity and induction of protection against salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium challenge of chickens. Procedia in Vaccinology, 6, 47-63.

63. Murthi, P., Praveen, C., Jesudhasan, P. R., & Pillai, S. D. (2012). Comparing extraction buffers to identify optimal method to extract somatic coliphages from sewage sludges. Bioresource Technology, 118, 407-411.

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64. Sooresh, A., Zeng, Z., Chandrasekharan, J., Pillai, S. D., & Sayes, C. M. (2012). A physiologically relevant approach to characterize the microbial response to colloidal particles in food matrices within a simulated gastrointestinal tract. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 50(9), 2971-2977.

65. Vikram, A., Jayaprakasha, G. K., Jesudhasan, P. R., Pillai, S. D., & Patil, B. S. (2012). Limonin 7-methoxime interferes with Escherichia coli biofilm formation and attachment in type 1 pili and antigen 43 dependent manner. Food Control, 26(2), 427-438.

66. Vikram, A., Jayaprakasha, G. K., Jesudhasan, P. R., Pillai, S. D., & Patil, B. S. (2012). Obacunone represses salmonella pathogenicity islands 1 and 2 in an envz-dependent fashion. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 78(19), 7012-7022.

67. Vikram, A., Jesudhasan, P. R., Pillai, S. D., & Patil, B. S. (2012). Isolimonic acid interferes with Escherichia coli O157:H7 biofilm and TTSS in QseBC and QseA dependent fashion. BMC Microbiology, , 261-263

68. Widmer, K. W., Jesudhasan, P., & Pillai, S. D. (2012). Fatty acid modulation of autoinducer (AI-2) influenced growth and macrophage invasion by salmonella typhimurium. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, 9(3), 211-217.

69. Vikram, A., P.R. Jesudhasan, G.K. Jayaprakasha, S.D. Pillai and B.S. Patil. 2011 Citrus limonoids interfere with Vibrio harveyi cell-cell signaling and biofilm formation by modulating the response regulator LuxO Microbiology. 157: 99-110

70. Vikram A, P.R. Jesudhasan, G.K. Jayaprakasha S.D. Pillai, A. Jayaraman A, and B.S. Patil 2011.Citrus flavonoid represses Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 and motility in S. Typhimurium LT2. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 145:28-36.

71. Vikram, A., G.K. Jayaprakasha, P. Jesudhasan, S. D. Pillai, and B. Patil (2010). Suppression of bacterial cell-cell signaling, biofilm formation and type III secretion system by citrus flavonoids. Journal of Applied Microbiology 109: 515-527

72. Koklu, M., S. Park, S.D. Pillai, and A. Beskok (2010). Negative dielectrophoresis capture of bacterial spores in food matrices. Biomicrofluidics 4:

73. Ágoston, R, C.M. Farkas and S.D. Pillai (2010) Exposure to sub-lethal temperatures induces enhanced heat resistance in Listeria monocytogenes. Acta Alimentaria 39: 327-336

74. Pillai, S.D., A. Smitherman, C.Call, M. Cepeda, C. Schwartz and M. Grunlan (2010). E-Beam Sterilization of Aerospace Materials: Microbiological & Mechanical Property Evaluations. Proceedings of the IEEE Aerospace Conference

75. Jesudhasan, P.R., M.L. Cepeda, K. Widmer, S.E. Dowd, K.A. Soni, M.E. Hume, J. Zhu, and S.D. Pillai (2010) . Transcriptome Analysis of Genes Controlled by luxS/Autoinducer-2 in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease 7: 399-410

76. Clancy, J.L., R.S. Salter, G.W. Durbin, E. Conklin, J. Olstadt, R. McCuin, L. Sifuentes, K. Bright, F. Houle, P. Jesudhasan and S. Pillai (2009) Performance-based method systems (PBMS) validation of a method 1601 same day detection of coliphage in water. Water Quality Technology Conference and Exposition. Seattle, WA 185-187.

77. Jesudhasan, P.R., M.L. Cepeda, K. Widmer, S.E. Dowd, K.A. Soni, M.E. Hume, J. Zhu, and S.D. Pillai (2009) . Transcriptome Analysis of Genes Controlled by luxS/Autoinducer-2 in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

78. Ágoston, R., K.A. Soni, P. Jesudhasan, W.Russell, C.M. Farkas, and S.D. Pillai (2009) Differential Expression of Proteins in Listeria monocytogenes under Thermo Tolerance-Inducing, Heat Shock, and Prolonged Heat Shock Conditions. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease 6: 1133-1140.

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79. Ágoston, R, C.M. Farkas and S.D. Pillai (2009) Exposure to sub-lethal temperatures induces enhanced heat resistance in Listeria monocytogenes. Acta Alimentaria (in press)

80. Brahmakshatriya, V., B. Lupiani, J.L. Brinlee, M. Cepeda, S.D. Pillai, and S.M. Reddy (2009) Preliminary study for evaluation of avian influenza virus inactivation in contaminated poultry products using electron beam irradiation. Avian Pathology. 38:245-50

81. Ágoston, R., K.A. Soni, K. McElhany, M.L. Cepeda, U. Zuckerman, S. Tzipori, C.M. Farkas, and S.D. Pillai (2009) Rapid Concentration of Bacillus and Clostridium Spores from Large Volumes of Milk using Continuous Flow Centrifugation. Journal of Food Protection72: 666-669.

82. Girennavar B, Cepeda ML, Soni KA, Vikram A, Jesudhasan P, Jayaprakasha GK, Pillai SD, Patil BS. (2008). Grapefruit juice and its furocoumarins inhibits autoinducer signaling and biofilm formation in bacteria. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 125:204-208.

83. Alali WQ, Scott HM, Harvey RB, Norby B, Lawhorn DB, Pillai SD. 2008. Longitudinal study of antimicrobial resistance among Escherichia coli isolates from integrated multisite cohorts of humans and swine.Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74: 3672-3681

84. Mackay, W.A., B. Pemberton, J. Maxim and S.D. Pillai. (2008). Ionizing Irradiation Using E-Beam to Control Importation of Biothreat Agents in Geranium Cuttings Inhibits Rooting. HortScience 43:955-956.

85. Mena, K., and S.D. Pillai (2008). An Approach for Developing Quantitative Risk-based Microbial Standards for Fresh Produce. Journal of Water Health 6: 359-364

86. Soni, K., P.R. Jesudhasan, M.L.Cepeda, B. Williams, M. Hume, W.K. Russell, A. Jayaraman, and S.D. Pillai. (2008). Autoinducer AI-2 is involved in regulating a variety of cellular processes in Salmonella Typhimurium. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease 5:147-153.

87. Bansal, T., P. Jesudhasan, S. Pillai, T.K. Wood, and A. Jayaraman. (2008). Temporal regulation of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli virulence mediated by autoinducer-2. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 78: 811-819

88. Soni, K.A., L. Lingeng, P.R. Jesudhasan, M.E. Hume and S.D. Pillai (2008). Influence of Autoinducer-2 (AI-2) and Beef Sample Extracts on E. coli O157:H7 Survival and Gene Expression of Virulence Genes yadK and hhA. Journal of Food Science 73: M135-139.

89. Vega, E., J. Garland and S.D. Pillai (2008) . Electrostatic forces control non-specific attachment of viruses to lettuce. Journal of Food Protection 71: 522-529

90. Soni, K.A*., A.K. Balasubramanian, S.D. Pillai, and A.Beskok (2008). Zeta potentials of environmentally relevant states of bacteria in drinking water. Current Microbiology 56: 93-97.

91. Olvera, M., A.. Eguia, O. Rodriguez, E. Chong, S.D. Pillai, and I. Kuppusamy (2008). Inactivation of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in water using ultrasonic treatment. Bioresource Technology 99: 2046-2049

92. Soni KA, Jesudhasan P, Cepeda M, Widmer K, Jayaprakasha GK, Patil BS, Hume ME, Pillai SD.2008. Identification of ground beef-derived fatty acid inhibitors of autoinducer-2-based cell signaling. Journal of Food Protection. 71:134-138.

93. Balasubramanian, A.K., K. Soni, A. Beskok and S.D. Pillai. (2007) A microfluidic device for continuous capture and concentration of microorganisms from potable water. Lab on a Chip. 7: 1315-1321.

94. Soni, K., P.R. Jesudhasan, M.L.Cepeda, B. Williams, M. Hume, W.K. Russell, A. Jayaraman, and S.D. Pillai. (2007). Proteomic Analysis to Identify the Role of LuxS/AI-2

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mediated Protein Expression in Escherichia coli O157:H7. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease 4:463-471

95. Widmer, K.W., K. Soni, M. Hume, R.C. Beier, P. Jesudhasan and S.D. Pillai. (2007). Identification of Poultry Meat-derived Fatty Acids Functioning as Quorum Sensing Signal Inhibitors to Autoinducer-2 (AI-2). Journal of Food Science (72: M363-368.

96. Balasubramanian, A.K., A. Beskok, and S.D. Pillai (2007). In situ analysis of bacterial capture in a microfluidic channel. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 17: 1467-1478.

97. Urgiles, E., J. Wilcox, O. Montes, S. Osman, K. Venkateswaran, M. Cepeda, J. Maxim, L. Braby and S.D. Pillai (2007) Electron beam irradiation for microbial reduction on spacecraft components. Proceedings of the IEEE Aerospace Conference.

98. Pillai, S.D. (2007) Bioaerosols from land-applied biosolids: issues and needs. Water Environment Research 79: 270-278

99. Casarez, E.A., S.D. Pillai and G.DiGiovanni. (2007). Genotype diversity of Escherichia coli isolates in natural waters determined by PFGE and ERIC-PCR. Water Research 41: 3643-3648.

100. Casarez, E., S.D. Pillai, J. Mott, M. Vargas, K. Den and G. DiGiovanni (2007). Direct comparison of four bacterial source tracking methods and use of composite data sets. Journal of Applied Microbiology 103: 350-364.

101. Ic, E., B. Kottapalli, J. Maxim, and S.D. Pillai (2007). Electron beam irradiation of dried fruits and nuts to reduce yeast and mold bioburden. Journal of Food Protection 70: 981-985

102. Widmer, K.W., P. Jesudhasan, S.E. Dowd and S.D. Pillai (2007). Virulence –Related Gene Expression in a Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium LuxS Mutant in Response to AI-2, and a Poultry Meat -derived AI-2 Inhibitor using Microarray-based Analysis. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease 4: 5-15.

103. Pillai, S.D., K. Venkateswaran, M. Cepeda, K. Soni, S. Mittasch* J. Maxim, and S. Osman (2006) High energy (10 MeV) electron beam ionizing irradiation to decontaminate spacecraft components and materials for planetary protection. Proceedings of the IEEE Aerospace Conference. March. 9 pp.

104. Corapcioglu, M.Y., J.R. Vogel, C.L. Munster, S.D. Pillai, S. Dowd, and S.Wang. (2006) Virus transport experiments in a sandy aquifer. Water, Air, Soil, Pollution 169: 47-65.

105. Vega, E., J. Smith, J. Garland, A. Matos and S.D. Pillai (2005). Variability of Virus Attachment Patterns to Butterhead Lettuce. Journal of Food Protection. 68: 2112-2117

106. Lu, L., M. Hume, and S.D. Pillai (2005) Autoinducer 2-like Activity on Vegetable Produce and its Potential Involvement in Bacterial Biofilm Formation on Tomatoes. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease 2: 242-249.

107. Duffy, E.A. L. Cisneros-Zevallos, A. Castillo, S. D. Pillai, S. C. Ricke, and G. R. Acuff (2005). Survival of Salmonella Transformed to Express Green Fluorescent Protein on Italian Parsley as Affected by Processing and Storage. Journal of Food Protection 68: 87-95

108. Lu, L., M. Hume, and S.D. Pillai (2005) Autoinducer 2-like activity in poultry-associated enteric bacteria in response to subtherapeutic antibiotic exposure. Avian Diseases 2005 9(1):74-80

109. E. A. Duffy, L. M. Lucia, J. M. Kells, A. Castillo, S. D. Pillai, and G. R. Acuff (2005). Concentrations of E.coli and genetic diversity and antibiotic resistance profiling of Salmonella Isolated from Irrigation Water, Packing Shed Equipment, and Fresh Produce in Texas. Journal of Food Protection 68: 70-79.

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110. Widmer, K.W., D. Srikumar and S.D. Pillai (2005). Artificial Neural Networks to Accurately Identify Cryptosporidium Oocysts and Giardia Cysts Images. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71:80-84

111. Lu, L., M.E. Hume, K.L. Sternes, and S.D. Pillai (2004) Genetic diversity of Escherichia coli isolates in irrigation water and associated sediments: implications for source tracking. Water Research. 38: 3899-3908.

112. Paul, S., P. K. Haan, M. D. Matlock, S. Mukhtar, and S. D. Pillai (2004). Analysis of the HSPF water quality parameter uncertainty in predicting peak in-stream fecal coliform concentrations. Transactions of the ASAE.47: 69-78.

113. Sobsey, M.D., M.V. Yates FC, Hsu, G, Lovelace, D. Battigelli, A. Margolin, , S.D. Pillai, and N. Nwachuku (2004) Development and evaluation of methods to detect coliphages in large volumes of water. Water Sci Technol. 50:211-217.

114. Shen, S., W. Berry, S. Jaques, S. Pillai, and J. Zhu. 2004. Differential expression of iodothyronine deiodinase type 2 in growth plates of chickens divergently selected for incidence of tibial dyschondroplasia. Animal Genetics 35:114-118

115. Lu, L., M.E. Hume and S.D. Pillai (2004) Autoinducer-2-like compounds and activity on selected produce, processed foods, and food additives. Journal of Food Protection 67: 1457-146

116. Makuch-Schulze, D., Bowman, R., Pillai, S.D., and Guan, H. (2003). Field evaluation of the effectiveness of surfactant modified zeolites and iron-oxide coated sands for removing viruses and bacteria from groundwater. Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation:23:68-75.

117. Guan, H., Schu1ze-Makuch, D., Schaffer, S., and Pillai, S.D. (2003). The effect of critical pH on virus fate and transport in saturated porous medium. Groundwater. 41: 701-708.

118. Roe, M.T*., J.A. Byrd, D.P. Smith, and S.D. Pillai. 2003. Class 1 and Class 2 integron in poultry carcasses from broiler houses and poultry processing environments. Journal of Food Protection. 66(8): 1426-1431

119. Roe, M.T., E. Vega and S.D. Pillai. 2003. Antimicrobial resistance markers of Class1 and Class 2 integron-bearing Escherichia coli from irrigation water and associated sediments. Emerging Infectious Diseases 9 (7): 822-826.

120. Endley, S*., E. Johnson, and S.D. Pillai. 2003. A simple method to screen cilantro and parsley for fecal indicator viruses. Journal of Food Protection 66(8): 1506-1509

121. Nutt, J.D., S.D. Pillai, C.L. Woodward, K.L. Sternes, I.B. Zabala-Diaz, Y.M. Kwon and S.C. Ricke. 2003. Use of a Salmonella Typhimurium hilA fusion strain to assess effects of environmental fresh water sources on virulence gene expression. Water Research 37: 3319-3326.

122. Vega, E., B. Lesikar and S.D. Pillai (2003). Transport and survival of bacterial and viral tracers through submerged-flow constructed wetland and sand-filter system. Bioresources Technology. 89: 49-56

123. Schulze-Makuch, D., H. Guan and S.D. Pillai. (2003) Effects of pH and geological medium on bacteriophages MS2 transport in a model aquifer. Geomicrobiology Journal. 20: 73-84

124. Endley, S,E., E. Vega, L. Lingeng, M. Hume and S.D. Pillai (2003). Male-specific coliphages as an additional fecal contamination indicator for screening fresh carrots. Journal of Food Protection. 66: 88-93.

125. Espinosa, I. Y., and S.D. Pillai. (2002). Impaction-based sampler for detecting male-specific bacteriophages in bioaerosols. Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology 10: 117-127

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126. Nutt, J.D., K.L. Medvedev., C.L. Woodward, S.D. Pillai and S.C. Ricke. 2002. Assessment of laboratory media controls for determining Salmonella virulence potential of poultry water sources using HilA::lacZY fusion strain. Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology 10: 173-184.

127. Maciorowski, K.G., S.D. Pillai, and S.C. Ricke. (2002). Polymerase chain reaction detection of bacterial ribosomal genes from animal feeds. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 82: 1398-1404

128. Maciorowski, K.G., S.D. Pillai and S.C. Ricke. (2002). Comparison of media and a liquid extraction step on bacterial recovery from animal feeds. Journal of Environmental Science & Health. B37(3): 255-264

129. Maciorowski, K.G., S.D. Pillai, and S.C. Ricke. (2002). Rapid assessment of poultry feed microbial quality using polymerase chain reaction detection of microbial ribosomal gene sequences. Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology 10: 9-18

130. Maciorowski, K.G., S.D. Pillai, F.T. Jones, and S.C. Ricke. (2002). Low nutrient R2A culture medium for bacterial enumeration from poultry feeds. Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology 10: 59-68

131. McGilloway, R.W. Weaver, D.W Ming and S.D. Pillai. (2002). A PCR-MPN based quantitative approach to enumerate nitrifying bacteria in zeoponic substrates. Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology. 10:49-58

132. Schulze-Makuch, D., S.D. Pillai, H. Guan, R. Bowman, E. Couroux, F.Hielscher, S. Emmert, J. Totten, I. Y. Espinosa, and T. Kretzchmar. (2002). Surfactant modified zeolite can protect drinking water wells from viruses and bacteria. EOS-Transactions American Geophysical Union. 83: No.18.

133. Widmer, K.W., K.H. Oshima, and S.D. Pillai (2002). Identification of C .parvum oocysts using an artificial neural network approach. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 68: 1115-1121

134. McDaniel, J., and S.D. Pillai. (2002). Gel Alignment and band scoring for DNA fingerprinting purposes using Adobe Photoshop. Biotechniques 32: 120-123.

135. Maciorowski, K.G., S.D. Pillai and S.C. Ricke (2002). Adaptation of nucleic acid extraction methods for animal feeds. Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology 9: 217-227.

136. McElroy, W., E. Cabello and S.D. Pillai. (2001). Efficacy of an immuno-magnetic system for recovering Cryptosporidium oocyts from differently textured soils. Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology 9: 63-70

137. Maciorowski, K.G., S.D. Pillai and S.C. Ricke. (2001). Presence of bacteriophages in animal feed as indicators of fecal contamination. Journal of Environmental Science and Health B36(5): 699-708

138. Endley, S., J. Pena, S.C. Ricke, and S.D. Pillai. (2001) The applicability of hns and fimA primers for detecting Salmonella spp. in bioaerosols associated with animal and municipal wastes. World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology.17:363-379

139. Schijven, J.F., S.M. Hassanizadeh, S.E. Dowd, and S.D. Pillai. (2001). Modeling virus adsorption in batch and column experiments. Quantitative Microbiology 2: 5-20

140. Maciorowski, K.G., S.D. Pillai and S.C. Ricke. (2000). Efficacy of a commercial PCR-based assay for detection of Salmonella spp. in animal feeds. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 89: 710-718.

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141. Kwon, Y.M., C. L. Woodward, S.D. Pillai, J. Pena, D.E. Corrier, J.A. Byrd, and S.C. Ricke. (2000). Litter and aerosol sampling of chicken houses for rapid detection of Salmonella typhimurium contamination using gene amplification. Journal of Industrial Microbiology &. Biotechnology. 24: 379-382.

142. Kwon, Y.M., C.L. Woodward, D.E. Corrier, J.A. Byrd, S.D. Pillai, and S.C. Ricke. (2000). Recovery of a marker strain of Salmonella typhimurium in litter and aerosols from isolation rooms containing infected chickens. Journal of Environmental Science & Health. B35(4) 517:525.

143. Pillai, S.D., K.W. Widmer, L.J. Ivey, K.C. Coker, E. Newman, S. Lingsweiler, D. Baca, M. Kelley, D. S. Davis, N. J. Silvy, and L. G. Adams.(2000). Failure to identify non-bovine reservoirs of Mycobacterium bovis in a region with a history of infected dairy-herds. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 43:53-62.

144. Dowd, S.E., C.P. Gerba, I.L. Pepper and S.D. Pillai. (2000). Bioaerosol transport modeling and risk assessment in relation to the land placement of biosolids. Journal of Environmental Quality. 29:343-348

145. Kwon, Y.M., C.L. Woodward, J. Pena, D.E. Corrier, S.D. Pillai, and S.C. Ricke. 1999. Comparison of methods for processing litter and air filter matrices from poultry houses to optimize polymerase chain reaction detection of Salmonella typhimurium. Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology 7: 103-111.

146. Mazari-Hiriat, M., B. Torres-Beristain, E. Velazquez, J.J. Clava, and S.D. Pillai. 1999. Bacterial and viral indicators of fecal pollution in Mexico City’s southern aquifer. Journal of Environmental Science &. Health. A34(9): 1715-1735.

147. Bader, J.L., G. Gonzalez, P.C. Goodell, A.S. Ali, and S.D. Pillai.(1999) Aerobic reduction of hexavalent chromium in soil by indigenous microorganisms. Bioremediation Journal. 3(3): 201-211.

148. Dowd, S.E. and S.D. Pillai. (1999) Identifying the sources of biosolid derived pathogen indicator organisms in aerosols by ribosomal DNA fingerprinting. Journal of Environmental Science & Health (34A):1061-1074.

149. Pena, J. S.C. Ricke, C.L. Shermer, T. Gibbs, and S.D. Pillai. (1999) A gene amplification-hybridization sensor based methodology to rapidly screen aerosol samples for specific bacterial gene sequences. Journal of Environmental Science & Health. 34(A): 529-556.

150. Maciorowski, K.G., J. Pena, S.D. Pillai and S.C. Ricke. (1998) Application of gene amplification in conjunction with a hybridization sensor for rapid detection of Salmonella typhimurium in animal feeds. Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology 6: 225-238.

151. Bader, J.L., G. Gonzalez, P.C. Goodell, A.S. Ali, and S.D. Pillai. (1999) Chromium-resistant bacterial populations from a site heavily contaminated with hexavalent chromium. Water, Air and Soil Pollution. 109: 263-276

152. Dowd, S.E., S.D. Pillai, S. Wang, And Y.M. Corapcioglu. (1998) Delineating the specific influence of viral isoelectric point and size on viral adsorption and transport through sandy soils. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 64: 405-410.

153. Dowd, S.E. and S.D. Pillai. (1997) Survival and transport of selected bacterial pathogens and indicator viruses under sandy aquifer conditions. Journal of Environmental Science & Health 32(A): 2245-2258

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154. Dowd, S.E., and S.D. Pillai. (1997) A rapid viability assay for Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts for use in conjunction with indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) detection. Canadian Journal of Microbiol. 43: 658-662.

155. Pillai, S.D., K.W. Widmer, K.G. Maciorowski, and S.C. Ricke. (1997) Antibiotic resistance profilesof Escherichia coli isolated from rural and urban environments. Journal of Environmental Science & Health. 32(A):1665-1657

156. Dowd, S.E., K.W. Widmer, and S. D. Pillai. (1997) Thermotolerant clostridia as an airborne pathogen indicator during land application of biosolids. Journal of Environmental Quality. 26: 194-199.

157. Pillai, S.D., E. Rubio, and S.C. Ricke. (1996) Prevalence of fluoroquinolone resistant Escherichia coli in agricultural and municipal waste streams. Bioresources Technology. 58: 57-60.

158. Pillai, S.D., K.W. Widmer, S, Dowd and S.C. Ricke. (1996) Characterization of airborne microbial populations during land application of sewage sludge on arid lands. Applied and Environmental Microbiology.62: 296-299.

159. Pillai, S.D., and R.C. Mroz. (1995) Characterization of bacterial isolates from a shallow aquifer suspected to be contaminated by urban wastes. Journal of Environmental Science & Health. 30(A): 2159-2184.

160. Ricke, S.C., S.D. Pillai, K.W. Widmer and S.D. Ha. (1995) Clinoptilolite compounds as a retardant of bacterial pathogen survival in agricultural soils and water. Bioresources Technology.53:1-6.

161. Ha, S.D., S.D. Pillai and S.C. Ricke. (1995) Growth response of Salmonella spp. to cycloheximide amendment in media. Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology. 4:77-85.

162. Ha, S.D., S.D. Pillai K.G. Macioroski, and S.C. Ricke. (1995) Cycloheximide as a media amendment for enumerating bacterial populations in animal feeds. Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology 4:95-105

163. Pillai, S.D., S.C. Ricke, D.J. Nisbet, D.E. Corrier and J.R. Deloach. (1994) A rapid method for screening Salmonella spp. in a chicken cecal background using gene amplification. Avian Diseases 38: 598-604.

164. Mroz, R.C., and S.D. Pillai. (1994) Bacterial populations in the groundwater on the US-Mexico border in El Paso County, Texas. Southern Medical Journal 102: 1214-1218.

165. Reif, T.C., M. Johns, S.D. Pillai, and M. Carl. (1994) Identification of virulent Bacillus anthracis spores using the polymerase chain reaction and a novel dual probe hybridization format. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 60: 1622-1625.

166. Pillai, S.D., K.L. Josephson, and I.L. Pepper. (1994) Comparison of three probe labeling methods to detect PCR amplification products. Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology 2: 299-309.

167. Pepper, I.L., K.L . Josephson, R.L. Bailey, M.D. Burr, S.D. Pillai, D. Tolliver, and S. Pulido. (1994) Measuring bacterial contaminants in ultrapure water: a rapid analytical method. Microcontamination. 12: 52-57.

168. Way, J., K.L. Josephson, S.D. Pillai, M. Abbaszadegan, C.P. Gerba, and I.L. Pepper.(1993) Specific detection of Salmonella by multiplex polymerase chain reaction. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 59: 1473-1479.

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169. Pillai, S.D., K.L. Josephson, R.L. Bailey and I.L. Pepper. (1992) Specific detection of rhizobia in root nodules and soil using the polymerase chain reaction. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 24: 885-891.

170. Neilsen, J.W., K.L. Josephson, S.D. Pillai, and I.L. Pepper. (1992) Polymerase chain reaction and gene probe detection of the 2,4- dichlorophenoxyacetic acid degradation plasmid, pJP4. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 58: 1271-1275.

171. Josephson, K.L., S.D. Pillai, J. Way, C.P. Gerba, and I.L. Pepper. (1991) Fecal coliforms in soil detected by polymerase chain reaction and DNA:DNA hybridizations. Soil Science of America Journal 55: 1326-1332.

172. Pillai, S.D., K. L. Josephson, R.L. Bailey, C.P. Gerba, and I.L. Pepper. (1991) Rapid method for processing soil samples for polymerase chain reaction amplification of specific gene sequences. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 57: 2283-2286.

173. Pillai, S.D., and I.L. Pepper. (1990) Transposon Tn5 as an identifiable marker in rhizobia: survival and genetic stability of Tn5 mutant bean rhizobia under temperature stressed conditions in desert soils. Microbial. Ecology. 21: 21-33.

174. Pillai, S.D., and I.L. Pepper. (1989) Survival of Tn5 mutant bean rhizobia in desert soils: phenotypic expression of Tn5 under moisture stress. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 22: 265-270.

Meeting Proceedings

175. Kari B. Fitzmorris, Robert S. Reimers, Suresh D. Pillai, Jan A. Oleszkiewicz and James E. Smith. . Production of safe biosolids from agricultural and municipal residuals: emerging physical-chemical processes. Moving Forward: Wastewater Biosolids Sustainability. Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. June

176. Robert S. Reimers, Kari B. Fitzmorris, Suresh D. Pillai, Jan A. Oleszkiewicz and James E. Smith. Emerging Chemical Processes to produce Value-Added Products (VAPs) from Manure and Municipal Residuals. Joint Residuals and Biosolids Management Conference 2007, WEF, Denver, CO. April.

177. Acquston, B.A., Reimers, R.S., Smith, J.E. and Pillai, S.D., 2006. “Factors Affecting Disinfection and Stabilization of Sewage Sludge,” Symposium on Biosolids, WEFTEC, Dallas, Texas, WEF, Alexandria, Virginia, CD-ROM

178. Reimers, R.S., Pillai, S.D., Bowman, D.D., Fitzmorris, K.B. and Pratt, L.S. “Stressors Influencing Disinfection in Residuals”. Disinfection 2005 – Sharing Disinfection Technologies: Water, Wastewater, and Biosolids. Water Environment Federation, Alexandria, VA, CD-ROM.

179. Reimers, R.S., Sharma, V.K., Pillai, S.D., Reinhart, D.R., Boyd, G.G., and Fitzmorris, K.B., “Application of Ferrates in Biosolids and Manures Management with respect to Disinfection and Stabilization,” Joint Residuals and Biosolids Management Conference 2005 – Advancing the State of Technology, Water Environment Federation, Alexandria, VA, CD-ROM.

180. Pillai, S.D. Drinking Water and Infectious Diseases: Control Strategies. Food Protection 2003-International Conference. Lisbon, Portugal. May.

181. Schulze-Makuch, D., Pillai, S.D., Bowman, R., Guan, H., Couroux, E., Hielscher, F., Totten, J., Espinosa, I.Y. and Kretzchmar, T.G. Virus removal using permeable barriers in a constructed wetland. Conference Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Rio Bravo/Rio Grande Environmental Conference. S. Padre Island, Texas. February, 2002

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182. Schulze-Makuch, D., Pillai, S.D., and Kretzschmar, T.G. Removal of viruses using constructed wetlands. Conference of the Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy; Mexicali, Mexico, Oct. 17-19, 2001

183. Pillai, S.D. and N. Nwachuku (2000). Field testing of coliphage methods for screening groundwater for fecal contamination. Proc. Am. Water Quality and Technology Conf. Salt Lake City, UT.

184. Pillai, S.D., and E. Vega. Pathogen removal with on-site wastewater treatment technologies. Proceedings of the, “Alliance for environmental stewardship: a comprehensive approach”.

185. Pillai, S.D., and J.L. Bader. Removal of hexavalent chromium from soil slurries under aerobic conditions by indigenous soil microorganisms. NIEHS SuperFund Symposium on Risk considerations for Environmental Health and Safety. Tucson, AZ. January.

186. Vogel, J.R., S.E. Dowd, C.l. Munster, S.D. Pillai, and M.Y. Corapcioglu. Large scale virus transport through a sandy aquifer. ASCE Meetings.

187. Pillai, S.D. Monitoring airborne microbial pathogens and indicators. “Effects of land application of biosolids in arid and semi-arid environments, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO.

188. Pillai, S.D. Recent Advances in DNA based detection of food borne pathogens. Texas ASM Food Safety Symposium. College Station, December.

189. Pillai, S.D., Microbiological research on transboundary water quality problems at El Paso. Proceedings of the Workshop on Enviromental issues of the US-Mexico border region. Sponsored by Texas Water Resources Institute.

190. Pillai, S.D. The fate of microbial pathogens in soils and water. Proc. Primer Minisimposium internacional sobre remocion de contaminantes de aguas y suelos. (eds.) Kuppusamy I., and De Bazua, C.D. Mexico City. June.

191. Pillai, S.D. Molecular techniques for the sanitary and environmental engineering industries Proc. I Congreso Internacional de Aidis de Norte America Y Del Caribe. Mexico City. October.

192. Pepper I.L., K.L. Josephson, R.L. Bailey, M.D. Burr, S.D. Pillai, D. Tolliver, and S. Pulido. A rapid and systematic analytical method for measuring bacterial contaminants in ultrapure water. Proc. Microcont. Cont. Conf. p. 60-62. Santa Clara. March.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS 2013 Accelerating eBeam technology commercialization: A US-Mexican case study. IAEA

Scientific Forum. Vienna, Austria. September 2013 Bioplastics-Sustaining a marine environment. IAEA Scientific Forum “The Blue Planet-

Nuclear Applications for a Sustainable Marine Environment”. Vienna, Austria. September

2013 eBeam- a novel vaccine platform technology. Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology. Texas A&M University. September

2013 Opportunities for eBeam technologies in One-Health. IAEA, Vienna, Austria, July 2013 Reduction of public health risks from enteric viruses in fresh produce and shellfish using

electron beam pasteurization. European meeting of the International Association of Food Protection (IAFP) Marseilles, France May

2013 Electron beam opportunities in Mexico. Consulate of Canada, Mexico City April. 2013 National Center for Electron Beam Research @ Texas A&M university- a campus resource

for the polymer industry. College Station, Texas. April

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2013 Modified atmosphere packaging and polymer integrity under electron beam irradiation conditions: mechanical and bioactive stability studies. IAEA, Vienna, Austria, April.

2012 Electron beam business opportunities for Mexico and Latin America. International Finance Corporation. World Bank Group. Washington, D.C. January.

2012 High energy electron beam irradiation for sludge disinfection. Concordia University. Montreal, Canada. January

2012 Monitoring irrigation and packing shed water for microbial pathogens and indicator organisms. East Texas Commercial Fruit & Vegetable Conference, February Tyler, Texas. February

2012 Biotechnology applications using biosolids. Water Environment Federation Conference. Raleigh, N. Carolina. March

2012 Ensuring fruit and vegetable safety for Texans and Americans in the 21st century: the compelling need to think outside the box! Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center, TAMU. March

2012 Electron beam food processing: moving from complaining to empowering. Kusadasi, Turkey. May

2012 Electron beam processing of space foods. Annual Meetings of the IFT. Las Vegas. June 2012 Peeling away the fresh produce hysteria using contemporary tools and technologies.

International workshop on innovative solutions to the global safety of fresh produce. Copenhagen. Denmark. August

2012 Food for the future: enhancing food safety. IAEA Scientific Forum-Food for the future. Vienna, Austria. September

2012 Introduction to ionizing irradiation using electron beam (e-beam) and its applications. 2012 Korean Society of Plant Pathology International Conference. Seoul. S. Korea. October

2012 Combined E-beam chemical oxidant technologies for treating organic pollutants in municipal wastewater: cost-benefit and business model development. IAEA Coordinated Research Group Meeting. Jeongeup. S. Korea. October.

2012 Municipal biosolids for bioenergy. 5th International Forum on Industrial Bioprocesses. Taipei, Taiwan. October

2012 Electron beam processing of space foods. TAMU chapter of Students for the exploration and development of space (SEDS). October.

2012 Non-thermal food processing technologies for food safety applications. Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China. December

2012 Comparison of e-beam and gamma irradiation. Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China. December

2012 Sensitivity of murine norovirus and hepatitis A virus to ebeam irradiation in whole oysters and oyster homogenates. Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China. December

2012 Research and clearance of using 7.5 MeV x-ray facilities for food irradiation. Tianjin Institute of Technical Physics, Tianjin, China. December

2012 Quantifying the reduction in potential health risks from poliovirus and rotavirus after ebeam irradiation. Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China. December

2011 Pathogen indicators and the search for the perfect indicator organism. WEFTEC 2011. Los Angeles, CA. October

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2011 Identifying pathogens and pathogen surrogates in sewage using deep sequencing. 9th UNU & GIST Joint Programme Symposium, “Urban Water Quality – Challenges and Emerging Issues for Sustainable Cities. Gwangju, S. Korea. October

2011 Deep sequencing of microbial populations: applications for food safety and human health. Kongkuk University. Seoul, S. Korea. October

2011 Deep sequencing of microbial populations: applications for food safety and human health, Sookmyung Women’s University. Seoul, S. Korea. October

2011 Electron Beam Technology. World Bank-International Finance Corporation, Mexico City. October

2011 Trends and new technologies for sterilization processes. Tijuana Medical Cluster, Tijuana, Mexico. October

2011 Combined E-Beam-Chemical Oxidant (EChO) technology for treating organic pollutants in municipal wastewater: cost-benefit and business model development. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Coordinated Research program Group meeting. Vienna, Austria. May.

2011 Water issues: separating reality from fantasy. Food Safety Conference, Austin, Texas. May 2011 Building on the CONACYT-Texas A&M University agreement to advance research

collaboration and development. Texas A&M University-CONACYT Research Symposium. March

2011 Electron Beam & X-Ray Irradiation Technologies. Sanaria Corp. Rockville, MD. March 2011 Global Food Safety Reality-Today. Global Food Safety Conference. London, UK. February 2011 Eavesdropping on microbial chatter. Institute of Food Technologists. Louisville Chapter.

February 2011 Electron beam technology for the development of irradiated vaccines for animal protection.

Obihiro Agricultural University, Obihiro, Japan. January 2010 What pathogens are present in sludge? WEFTEC, 2010. New Orleans, October 2010 Introducing irradiated foods into hospitals: logistical, business, and technology

considerations. The Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition, October 2010 Food irradiation: Moving from complaining to empowering.Annual Meeting- CIRMS.

Gaithersburg, MD, October 2010 Developing better indicators for pathogen presence in municipal sludges, WEFTEC, New

Orleans, September 2010 Septic tanks to the Space station: Microbes and Humans. Kansas Environmental Health

Association, Kansas City, September 2010 Electron beam irradiation: Why now? Why here? Advanced Med Clear-Sedeco Conference,

Tijuana, Mexico. August 2010 Microbial Indicators in Muncipal wastewaters. Water Environment Federation Conference,

Savannah, GA 2010 Integrated monitoring and control of foodborne viruses in the United States food supply

chains. IAFP meetings, Anaheim, CA July 2010 Food Irradiation in the United States: Empowering Food Industry Decision Makers.

American Nuclear Society Meeting, San Diego, CA June

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2010 Pathogens on produce: peeling away the hysteria. IFT Distinguished Lecturer presentation. IFT-Southeast branch meeting, Atlanta, GA. April

2009 Electron Beam Technology for the Development of Irradiated Vaccines for Animal Protection. Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine. Obihiro, Japan, December

2009 Development of sterilized foods for hospital patients. Experts panel meeting. IAEA, Vienna, Nov

2009 Development of generic irradiation doses for quarantine treatment using E-Beam, X-rays and Gamma Irradiation. IAEA Coordinated Research Project. Vienna, Austria. October

2009 Empowering Billions with Food Safety and Food Security. International Conference on Peaceful uses of Atomic Energy. New Delhi Sept 29-Oct 1, 2009

2009 Electron Beam Irradiation Technology- A sustainable clean/green technology for developing nations to ensure food safety and food security. International Conference on Electron Beam Irradiation. New Delhi, India. July 30-31, 2009

2009 Technologies to Identify Potential Foodborne Pathogens: The Use of Metagenomics and Pyrosequencing in Food Matrices. Annual Meetings of the International Association of Food Protection. Grapevine, TX. July 12-15.

2009 Irradiation of Produce. Annual Meetings of the North East Food and Drug Officials Association. Burlington, VT, May

2009 Foods, Microbial Metagenomics, and Human Health: Unraveling the Unknowns. IFT Distinguished Lecture Series Baton Rouge, LA March

2008 Microbial cell-signaling and its implications in foods. Institute of Food Technologists Distinguished Lecturer presentation. Portland Branch Meeting. Portland, OR December

2008 E-Beam irradiation of fresh lettuce and spinach. Texas Growers Meetings San Antonio. December

2008 Microbial transport under riverbank filtration. Joint Annual Meeting of the SSA-GSA-CSA. Houston, Texas October

2008 E-Beam disinfection and stabilization of municipal biosolids. Workshop on Selecting a Class A Physical/Chemical Treatment for Biosolids. WEFTEC 2008. Chicago. October

2008 Microbiological quality of irrigation water: separating fantasies from realities. International Association of Food Protection Annual Meetings. Columbus, OH. July

2008 Electronic Pasteurization of Foods. Institute of Food Technologists Distinguished Lecturer presentation, New Jersey Branch Meeting. Princeton, NJ May.

2008 Bioaerosols and the transmission of pathogens. Institute of Food Technologists Distinguished Lecturer presentation, Portland Branch Meeting. Portland, OR. February.

2008 Road-map for developing and sustaining international cooperation in science education and training. Obihiro University. January

2007 A call to action for ensuring food safety and security. International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology. Biotech Research Society of India and National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science & Technology . Trivandrum, November.

2007 Monitoring Bioaerosols; Why can’t we get it right. WEFTEC. San Diego. CA October 2007 Molecular detection of pathogens. Jiangsu Center for Disease Control. Nanjing, China.

August 2007 2007 Electron Beam irradiation of foods and ingredients. Institute for Application of Atomic

Energy in Agriculture , Jiangsu Agricultural Science Academy. Nanjing, China August 2007

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2007 Produce Safety: Peeling away the hysteria. American Society for Microbiology. Toronto, Canada. June

2007 Addressing food safety and food security: technological and human resource needs. Obihiro University of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine. Obihiro, Japan. March

2007 A call to action for ensuring food safety and food security. International Conference of Radiation Processing of Agro and Allied Products. New Delhi, India. February.

2007 Food safety and food irradiation: global necessities for the 21st century. International Conference of Radiation Processing of Agro and Allied Products. Hyderabd, India. February

2007 Eavesdropping on microbial chatter: Understanding cell signaling in Salmonella. International Conference on Recent Trends in Biotechnology. Kalasalingam University, India. January.

2006 Factors influencing bioaerosol transport. Water Environment Research Foundation- WebSeminar. August.

2006 Molecular detection and characterization of pathogenic microorganisms for a sustainable environment. 4th IERC Workshop on Environment and Sustainable Development, Gwangju, Korea, November .

2006 Molecular detection and characterization of microorganisms. 2006 Int’l Symposium and Annual Meeting of the Korean Society for Applied Biological and Environmental Chemistry. Gyeongju, Korea, October

2006 Solving global food safety issues using electronic pasteurization. 50th Anniversary meeting of the Mexico Institute of Food Technologists. Mexico City. September

2006 Microbial cell signaling. Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary, June 2006 Microbial Cell Signaling and its Potential Applications in Bioprocesses. International

Congress on Bioprocesses in the Food Industries. Patras, Greece. June 2006 Microbial chatter to forward contamination: microbiology in the 21st century. Poultry

Science Department-USDA-ARS Seminar Series, Texas A&M University, February 2006 Food safety and food irradiation: global necessities for the 21st century. Bhabha Atomic

Research Center, Mumbai, India. February 2006 Food safety and food irradiation: global necessities for the 21st century. Kerala Agricultural

University, Kerala, India 2005 Ultrasonic technology for waste water disinfection. Texas A&M University-Conacyt

Research Symposium. Mexico City. October 2005 Microbial detection methods: Can we move from fantasy to reality? USEPA – Pathogen

Equivalency Committee Retreat, Hueston Woods, OH, September 2005 Molecular methods for microbial detection and characterization. DoD-DoE-EPA

(SERDP/ESTCP) Molecular Biological Tools Workshop. Charlotesville, August 2005 Protecting humans from microbial pathogens. USEPA. Office of Water, Washington DC.

August. 2005 Microbiology of Food Irradiation. Where do we go from here? Biotechnology Conference.

Dallas. August . 2005 Eavesdropping on microbial chatter. Institute of Food Technologists annual Meetings, New

Orleans, LA, July 2005 Crop and pre-harvest threats to food security. American Society for Microbiology

Conference on Biodefense Research. Baltimore, MD. March 2005 Food safety and environmental biotechnology opportunities. Tecnologico de Monterrey,

(ITESM), Mexico City. March

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2005 Eavesdropping into microbial chatter: Institute of Food Technologists. Longhorn Chapter meeting. February

2004 Bacterial Quorum Sensing: Shouldn’t we harness it for biotechnological applications? Biotechnology Division, Center of Scientific and Industrial Research, Trivandrum, India, November.

2004 Bacterial quorum sensing. University of Madras, India, November 2004 Bacterial populations in and around poultry processing plants. National Poultry Waste

Management Symposium. Memphis, TN. October 2004 Microbiology of food Irradiation. International Congress of Food Safety-2004. Reynosa

(Mexico). October 2004 Microbial detection methods: Can we move from fantasy to reality? Pathogen Workshop.

WEFTEC, New Orleans, LA. October 2004 Microbial quorum sensing on foods: interpreting language from noise. Annual Meetings of

the International Association of Food Protection. Phoeniz, AZ. August 2004 Antibiotic resistant organisms in food, environment and poultry. Annual Meetings of the

Poultry Science Association Meetings. St. Louis, MO. July 2004 Critical factors affecting the dairy industry development: supply chain food safety and

quality assurance systems. Harbin Institute of Technology. China, July. 2004 Food Irradiation: a solution to combat worldwide food-borne illnesses. International

Congress of Bioprocessing in the Food Industry. Clermont-Ferrand, France, July 2004 Detection of viruses in bioaerosols: sampling, sample processing and detection strategies.

Microbial monitoring of the International Space Station Drinking Water Workshop. NASA-JPL. Pasadena, June

2004 Molecular methods for microbial detection and characterization. Kansas State University. February

2004 Bacterial quorum sensing and its role in antibiotic resistance development. University of Minnesota. November.

2003 Viral contamination of drinking water: detection and control strategies. Food Protection-International Conference. Lisbon, Portugal. May

2003 Surfactant –modified zeolites as microbial barriers. Bangalore, India. May 2003 E-beam inactivation of viruses. Research Coordination Meeting. FAO-IAEA. Belfast, UK.

April 2003 Stability of viral nucleic acids in natural and man-made conditions. USEPA Expert Panel

Workshop on Genetic Methods. Cincinnati, OH. January. 2002 Microbial Pathogens and Drinking Water- USEPA Quality Assurance Workshop. Dallas. September. 2002 E-beam based inactivation of viruses- Innovative Approaches to Ground Water

Disinfection: Coliforms, Pathogens, and Contaminants. National Ground Water Associaton. September.

2002 Monitoring and Identifying antimicrobial resistance mechanisms in bacteria. Annual Meetings of the Poultry Science Society of America. Delaware, August 2002 Detection of E. coli 0157:H7 from environmental and food samples. Jiangsu Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control. China. July 2002 Molecular pathogen detection tools. Jiangsu Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control. China. July

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2002 Microbial Source Tracking. Shanghai Medical University. China. July 2002 Microbial pathogens and the aging municipal water infrastructure. International Food Safety Conference, Lisbon, Portugal. Feburary. 2002 Bioaerosols from biosolids: the knowns and the unknowns. Environmental Air quality Workshop. Manhattan, Kansas. January 2001 Microbial pathogens and the aging municipal water infrastructure. Food Microbiology

Research Conference XVIII. Chicago, Ill. November 2001 Microbiology of fruits and vegetables. Fresh Produce Food Safety Conference. Weslaco,

February. 1999 Rapid Detection Methodologies. Texas Poultry Processesors Workshop. Nacogdoches,

Texas. April. 2000 Removal and fate of specific microbial pathogens within onsite sewage systems. Texas On-

site Wastewater Treatment Research Council. Waco, Texas. February. 2000 Diarrhea, probes and integrons. Texas Science Partnership Program, Institute for Food

Science & Engineering. Texas A&M University. October 1999 Microbial pathogens. The environment conference. Ansan city, S. Korea. November. 1999 Structural integrity of naked viral RNA molecules: environmental and biological

significance. Dept. of Soil, Water, and Climate. University of Minnesota, St. Paul. January 1999 Virus transport in the subsurface: an elusive puzzle. Department of Geological Sciences.

University of Texas at El Paso. September. 1998 Removal of hexavalent chromium from soil slurries under aerobic conditions by indigenous

soil microorganisms. NIEHS SuperFund Symposium on Risk considerations for Environmental Health and Safety. Tucson, AZ. January.

1997 The fate and transport of microbial pathogens in the subsurface. Dept. of Soil Chemistry & Plant Nutrition. The Volcani Center. Bet-Dagan, Israel. August.

1997 Microbial Pathogens in the Environment. Southern Region Water Quality Conference-Tulsa, Oklahoma, April

1997 New (?) Threats to Drinking Water Quality. Southern Region Water Quality Conference- Tulsa, Oklahoma, April

1996 Molecular detection of microbial pathogens:breakthroughs and challenges. 9th Munich Symposium. Viral zoonoses and foods of animal origin-a reevaluation of public health implications. Munich, Germany. September.

1996 Molecular detection of microbial pathogens in the environment. Centro de Ecologia. Universidad Nacional de Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City. August. 1996 The utility of molecular assays for understanding microbial gene expression in gastro-

intestinal tracts. International Association of Milk, Food and Environmental Sanitation (IAMFES) Symposium, Seattle, July

1996 Microbial contamination along the border: separating facts from fiction. Quality of Life on the Border Conference. El Paso, March.

1996 Field Experiments and modeling of virus transport in the groundwater. NWRI-EPA Symposium. Washington, DC. March 1995 New Mexico Border Health Office. Las Cruces, September 1995 Microbial pathogens and environmental pollution along the Rio Grande. Old Questions

needing new answers? Dept. of Soil and Water and Environmental Science. University of Arizona, Tucson. September

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1995 Monitoring airborne microbial pathogens and indicators. EPA Sponsored Symposium “Effects of land application of biosolids in arid and semi-arid environments. Ft. Collins,CO. May.

1994 Recent Advances in DNA based detection of food borne pathogens. Texas Branch ASM- Food Safety Symposium. College Station, TX. December.

1994 Microbiological research on transboundary water quality problems at El Paso. Workshop on Enviromental issues of the US-Mexico border region. Sponsored by Texas Water Resources Institute.

1994 Improving microbial risk assessment using molecular methodologies. Environmental Toxicology Seminar Series, Biology Dept., Univ. of Texas at El Paso. September. 1994 Amplification and detection of specific gene sequences associated with microbial pollution. Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Weslaco. July. 1993 Understanding the microbiology of bioremediation. Sigma Xi Seminar Series. University of Texas at El Paso. October. 1993 Gene amplification and gene probe detection of specific and conserved genetic sequences in

environmental samples. Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso. Sept. 1993 Molecular approaches to study microbial distribution and function in the environment. Dept.

of Geological Sciences. University of Texas at El Paso. August. 1993 Microbial biomarkers and their role in bioremediation studies. Faculty of Toxicology

Seminar Series. Texas A&M University, College Station. July. 1993 The fate of microbial pathogens in soils and water. Primer minisimposio internacional sobre

remocion de contaminantes de aguas y suelos. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City. June.

1993 Monitoring microbial pathogens in the environment. New Mexico State Univ. Mol. Biol. Seminar Series, Las Cruces, NM. Feb.