Krishna R. Pagilla, PhD, PE

Professor, ENVE

Environmental Engineering

Office: Perlstein Hall 234
Phone: 312.567.5717
Fax: 312.567.8874
Email: pagilla@iit.edu
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Expertise

Water and wastewater engineering, environmental microbiology, biological nutrient control, soil remediation, sludge treatment.

Education

B.E., Civil Engineering, Osmania University, India (1987)
M.S.,Civil Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman (1989)
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Calfornia, Berkeley (1994)
P.E., Illinois (062-054771) and California (C 52669)

Research

Professor Pagilla is interested in physicochemical and biological methods of water pollution control. His current research is in developing sustainable technologies for nutrient control, aerobic and anaerobic membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment, and improving bacteria for bioremediation of organic pollutants. Other work related to remediation of soil contaminated by organics and metals is also being pursued in his laboratory.

Professor Pagilla currently teaches courses in physicochemical and biochemical processes for water and wastewater treatment, design of treatment plants, and chemical and biological aspects of environmental engineering.

Current Projects

Awards/Honors

Patents

Books

Selected Publications

Urgun-Demirtas, M., Pagilla, K.R., and Stark, B.C. (2004). Enhanced Kinetics of Genetically Engineered Burkholderia cepacia: The Role of vgb in the Hypoxic Cometabolism of 2-CBA, Biotech. Bioeng., 87(1), 110-118.

So, J., Stark, B.C., and Webster, D.A., and Pagilla, K.R. (2004). Enhancement of 2,4-Dinitrotuluene Biodegradation by Burkholderia sp. in Sand Bioreactors Using Bacterial Hemoglobin Technology, Biodegradation, 15, pp 161-171.

Stark, B.C., Webster, D.A., and Pagilla, K.R. (2004). Engineering of Bacteria Using the Vitreoscilla Hemoglobin Gene to Enhance Bioremediation of Aromatic Compounds, Environmental Biology: Methods and Protocols, < Ed. J.F.T. Spencer and A.L. Ragout de Spencer, Humana Press, Totowa, NJ, 381-390.

Martins, M.P., Pagilla, K.R., Heijnen, J.J., and van Loosdrecht, M.C.M. (2004). Bulking Filamentous Sludge- A Critical Review, Water Research, 38, pp 793-817.

Pagilla, K.R. and Kim, H. (2003). Competitive Growth of Gordonia and Acinetobacter in Continuous Flow Aerobic and Anaerobic/Aerobic Reactors. J. Biosci. Bioeng., 95(6), pp. 577-582.

Urgun-Demirtas, M., Pagilla, K.R., Stark, B.C., and Webster, D.A., (2003). Biodegradation of 2-Chlorobenzoate by Recombinant Burkholderia cepacia Expressing Vitreoscilla Hemoglobin under Hypoxic Conditions. Biodegradation,14, pp 357-365.

Moschandreas, D.J., Pagilla, K.R., and Storino, L.V. (2003). Time and Space Uniformity of Indoor Bacteria Concentrations in Chicago Area Residences. Aerosol Sci. Technol., 37, pp. 899-906.

Lai, M.H., Moschandreas, D.J., and Pagilla, K.R. (2003). Airborne Bacteria Control Under Chamber and Test-Home Conditions, J. Environ. Eng., 129(3), pp. 202-209.