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Claudia K. Gunsch

Muriel Theodorsen Williams E'46 Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Box 90287, Durham, NC 27708-0287
225 Wilkinson Building, Durham, NC 27708

Research Interests


Identifying genetic adaptation mechanisms resulting from anthropogenic contaminant exposure; developing biosensors capable of pathogen and contaminant detection in water and air; studying the impact of emerging contaminants on aquatic microbial ecology; and the development of novel techniques for controlling pathogen proliferation

Selected Grants


Duke University Program in Environmental Health

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2029

NSF Engineering Research Center for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2022 - 2027

University Training Program in Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1994 - 2027

Convergence RAISE: Harnessing Extracellular Vesicle Mediated Interkingdom Communication

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2019 - 2023

COVID Sampler: a wastewater collection technology optimized for pathogen surveillance at the building scale

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2021 - 2022

External Relationships


  • Association for Environmental Engineering and Science Professors
  • Elsevier Inc.
  • Hong Kong Grant Research Council
  • National University of Singapore

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