Vikram Kapoor
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
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Dr. Vikram Kapoor is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He received his PhD in Environmental Engineering from University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio and his Bachelor’s in Biotechnology from Jaypee Institute of Information Technology in India. Before joining UTSA, he worked as ORISE postdoctoral research fellow at the National Risk Management Research Laboratory at the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Kapoor’s research interests lies at the cross-section of environmental microbiology, biotechnology and environmental engineering incorporating a diversity of research tools such as molecular-based identification techniques, bench-scale bioreactors, bioinformatics, and different omics methods including metagenomics and metatranscriptomics.
Educational Background:
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 2014.
B. Tech, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, 2010
Areas of Research Interest:
- Environmental microbiology and biotechnology
- Water and wastewater treatment
- Microbial source tracking using novel indicators and methodologies
- Bioremediation using engineered bacterial parts
- Stormwater management
- Environmental and public health
Publications:
Annavajhala, M., Kapoor, V., Santodomingo, J., & Chandran, K. (2018). Structural and functional interrogation of selected biological nitrogen removal systems in the United States, Denmark, and Singapore using shotgun metagenomics. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, 2544.
Kapoor, V., Gupta, I., Pasha, A. T., & Phan, D. (2018). Real-time Quantitative PCR Measurements of Fecal Indicator Bacteria and Human-associated Source Tracking Markers in a Texas River following Hurricane Harvey. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 5(6), 322-328.
Kapoor, V., Phan, D., & Pasha, A. T. (2018). Effects of metal oxide nanoparticles on nitrification in wastewater treatment systems: A systematic review. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, 53 (7), 659-668.
Annavajhala, M. K., Kapoor, V., Santo-Domingo, J., & Chandran, K. (2018). Comammox Functionality Identified in Diverse Engineered Biological Wastewater Treatment Systems. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 5(2), 110-116.
