Research
The Harwood lab investigates public health-related water microbiology. My dissertation research is currently focused in the relationship between waterborne pathogens, indicator bacteria, physicochemical and environmental factors in a tropical beach in Costa Rica. My research is a small part of a larger, US National Science Foundation-funded investigation, entitled the MERA Investigation.
A. González-Fernández, J. Gallard-Góngora, D. Mora-Alvarado, P. Rivera-Navarro, J.O. Lukasik, B. Mull, J. Peraud, E.M. Symonds, and V.J. Harwood. 2018. Fecal Indicator and Pathogen Analysis to Inform an Interdisciplinary Study of Water Quality and Human Health Risk in Costa Rica. Water Microbiology Conference, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. Poster presenter.