Kristen L. Jellison. (maiden name: DiNorscia)

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1 Kristen L. Jellison (maiden name: DiNorscia) EDUCATION: 2003 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts Ph.D. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Thesis: Molecular and genetic analysis of Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts: sources and genotypes in the environment 1997 Cornell University Ithaca, New York Bachelor of Science, Magna Cum Laude with Honors School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Thesis: Enhanced Ripening of Slow Sand Filters APPOINTMENTS: Lehigh University Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: Lehigh University Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research projects focus on (i) identification of the sources, fate, and transport of Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts in watersheds, (ii) investigations of new water treatment technologies to target Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts, and (iii) development and optimization of drinking water treatment technologies for use in developing countries Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts Ph.D. Thesis Advisors: Dr. Harold F. Hemond, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Dr. David B. Schauer, Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Health Designed a molecular detection method for Cryptosporidium oocysts in environmental samples; applied method to a two-year watershed study for better characterization of sources and species of oocysts in the environment. Used water quality data to identify potential correlations with oocyst presence. Also analyzed the genetic variability of oocysts shed from Canada geese. Work involved surface water filtration and water quality monitoring, wildlife fecal sampling, immunomagnetic separation, DNA extraction, nested PCR, restriction digestion, cloning, DNA sequencing, and phylogenetic anaysis Cornell University, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Ithaca, New York Honors Program Undergraduate Thesis Project Advisor: Dr. Richard I. Dick, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Designed and performed laboratory-scale experiments to investigate the effects of media modifications on the performance of slow sand filters in drinking water treatment. TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Lehigh University Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Courses taught include: Engr5: Freshman Engineering Experience; CEE 275: Environmental, Geotechnics, and Hydraulics Laboratory; CEE 379: Environmental Case Studies; CEE 476: Environmental Biotechnology; CEE 472: Wastewater Treatment Facilities Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts Graduate student mentor in the Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP) Program Individually supervised undergraduate students in laboratory and field research.

2 Kristen L. Jellison Page 2 of MIT, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Cambridge, Massachusetts Teaching Assistant, Chemicals in the Environment: Fate and Transport AWARDS AND HONORS: 2006 National Science Foundation CAREER Award 2004 Academic Achievement Award, American Water Works Association Best Doctoral Dissertation, Second Place P.C. Rossin Assistant Professorship, Lehigh University 2001 American Society for Microbiology Invited student speaker and student travel grant awardee for annual meeting 2001 Effective Teaching Assistant Award, MIT U.S. EPA: Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Graduate Research Fellowship National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (2004-present), American Association for the Advancement of Science (2003-present), American Chemical Society (2003-present), American Water Works Association (1999-present), American Society for Microbiology (1999-present), Sigma Xi (2005-present) PROFESSIONAL SERVICE: Reviewer for Peer-Reviewed Journals Parasitology International, Journal of the American Water Works Association, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Water, Online Journal for Global Engineering Education Reviewer for Competitive Grant Funding Agencies National Science Foundation (NSF), Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology (CICEET), Irish Environmental Protection Agency, National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR) Session Moderator ( Designing for Implementation ) for Water Environment Federation s Disinfection 2009, Atlanta, GA, February 28-March 3, GRANTS RECEIVED: United States Environmental Protection Agency. Development of a Multidisciplinary Project Platform for a Water System in Pueblo Nuevo, Honduras. August 15, 2008-August 14, $9,700. National Science Foundation CAREER Grant. Impact of Biofilms on the Fate and Transport of Cryptosporidium spp. Oocysts in Open Channel and Porous Media Flow. March 2006-February $400,000. National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supplement to CAREER Award.. Impact of Biofilms on the Fate and Transport of Cryptosporidium spp. Oocysts in Open Channel and Porous Media Flow. $12,000. Philadelphia Water Department. Genotyping and Phylogenetic Analysis of Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts in the Wissahickon Creek Watershed. July 2009 June $80,000. Philadelphia Water Department. Cryptosporidium Source Tracking in Wissahickon Creek Watershed. July 2008 June $80,000. Philadelphia Water Department. Cryptosporidium Source Tracking in Wissahickon Creek Watershed. September 2007 July $88,000. Philadelphia Water Department. Cryptosporidium Source Tracking in Wissahickon Creek Watershed. May 2005 June $10,000. Philadelphia Water Department. Cryptosporidium Source Tracking in Wissahickon Creek Watershed. June December $10,000.

3 Kristen L. Jellison Page 3 of 6 Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. Silver Disinfection Studies. August June $44,000 Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. Genotyping and Phylogenetic Analysis of Cryptosporidium spp. Oocysts in the Wissahickon Creek Watershed. January 2008-June $40,000 Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. Genotyping and Phylogenetic Analysis of Cryptosporidium spp. Oocysts in the Wissahickon Creek Watershed. January 2007-March $48,240 Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. Source Tracking of Infectious Cryptosporidium spp. Oocysts in Wissahickon Creek. December 2005-March $46,083. Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. Source Water Protection from Infectious Cryptosporidium spp. Oocysts. April 2005-March $30,400. The Pennsylvania State University. Source Water Protection from Infectious Cryptosporidium spp. Oocysts. March 2005-February $18,000. PUBLICATIONS (REFEREED): **Note on author order: In my field, order of author importance is: (1) first author, (2) last author, (3) second author, (4) third author, etc. The first author is the author who did the majority of the laboratory work and analysis, and the last author is the primary research advisor and the author who funded the work.** Preston K, Lantagne D, Kotlarz N, Jellison K. Turbidity and chlorine demand reduction using alum and moringa flocculation before household chlorination in developing countries. Journal of Water and Health in press. Wolyniak EA, Hargreaves BR, Jellison KL. (2009) Retention and release of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts by experimental biofilms composed of a natural stream microbial community. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75(13): Jellison KL, Lynch AE, Ziemann JM. (2009) Source tracking identifies deer and geese as vectors of humaninfectious Cryptosporidium genotypes in an urban/suburban watershed. Environmental Science and Technology 43(12): Kotlarz N, Lantagne D, Preston K, Jellison KL. (2009) Turbidity and chlorine demand reduction using locally available physical water clarification mechanisms before household chlorination in developing countries. Journal of Water and Health 7(3): Connelly SJ, Wolyniak EA, Dieter KL, Williamson CE, Jellison KL. (2007) Impact of zooplankton grazing on the excystation, viability, and infectivity of the protozoan pathogens Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73(22): Connelly SJ, Wolyniak EA, Williamson CE, Jellison KL. (2007) Artificial UV-B and solar radiation reduce in vitro infectivity of the human pathogen Cryptosporidium parvum. Environmental Science and Technology 41(20): Grudzinski-Hall M, Jellison KL, Stewart-Gambino H, Weisman RN. (2007) Engineering students in a global world: Lehigh University s Global Citizenship Program. Online Journal for Global Engineering Education, 2(1): Article 1. ***Note: Author order is alphabetical. All authors take equal responsibility for this work.*** Jellison KL, Distel DL, Hemond HF, Schauer DB. (2007) Phylogenetic analysis implicates birds as a source of Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts in agricultural watersheds. Environmental Science and Technology 41(10):

4 Kristen L. Jellison Page 4 of 6 Jellison KL, Distel DL, Hemond HF, Schauer DB. (2004) Phylogenetic analysis of the hypervariable region of the 18S rrna gene of Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts in the feces of Canada geese (Branta canadensis): evidence for five novel genotypes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70(1): Jellison KL, Hemond HF, Schauer DB. (2002). Sources and species of Cryptosporidium oocysts in the Wachusett Reservoir watershed. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68(2): Jellison KL, Dick RI, Weber-Shirk ML. (2000). Enhanced ripening of slow sand filters. ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering 126(12): PUBLICATIONS (IN REVIEW): Lantagne D, Klarman M, Mayer A, Preston K, Napotnik J, Jellison K. Effect of production variables on microbiological removal in locally-produced ceramic filters for household water treatment. Submitted to International Journal of Environmental Health Research, April Lantagne D, Preston K, Blanton E, Kotlarz N, Gezagehn H, van Dusen E, Berens J, Jellison K. Sodium hypochlorite expiry and stability in household water treatment in developing countries. Submitted to ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, June PUBLICATIONS (IN PREPARATION): Gage EM, Connelly SJ, Jellison KL. Efficacy of personal water disinfection tablets for Cryptosporidium parvum oocyst inactivation under varying conditions of temperature, ph, turbidity, and solar UV exposure. To be submitted spring Myers KW, Kite GL, Jellison KL. Prevalence and genotypes of Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts in the Bethlehem Wastewater Treatment Plant. To be submitted spring CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (NON-REFEREED): Jellison KL, Hemond HF, Schauer DB. Phylogenetic analysis of Cryptosporidium spp. implicates birds as an important oocyst source in agricultural watersheds. Proceedings of the American Water Works Association Source Water Protection Symposium, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Jan , INVITED PRESENTATIONS: Jellison KL. A Multi-Year Cryptosporidium Source Tracking Study in the Wissahickon Creek Watershed. Invited Speaker, Interdisciplinary Seminar Series in the Life Sciences, Lafayette College, Easton, MA, April 6, Jellison KL. A Three-Year Study of Cryptosporidium spp. Genotypes in the Wissahickon Creek Watershed. Invited Speaker, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, November 7, Jellison KL. A Three-Year Study of Cryptosporidium spp. Genotypes in the Wissahickon Creek Watershed. Invited Speaker, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, May 14, Jellison KL. Genotyping of Cryptosporidium spp. Oocysts in Drinking Water Source Watersheds Serving Boston, MA and Philadelphia, PA. Invited Speaker, Workshop on Cryptosporidium and Other Protozoan Enteric Pathogens in the Irish Aquatic Environment Sources, Reservoirs, and Public Health Implications, Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland, October 31, Jellison KL. Cryptosporidium sp. genotyping in the Wissahickon Creek watershed. Invited Speaker, EPA Meeting on Cryptosporidia Research Associated with Monitoring and Analytical Efforts in the Mid-Atlantic, Philadelphia, PA, September 13, 2007.

5 Kristen L. Jellison Page 5 of 6 Jellison KL. Source Tracking of Cryptosporidium spp. Oocysts in Drinking Water Source Watersheds. Invited Speaker, The W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, March 9, Jellison KL. Genetic source tracking of Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts in Boston and Philadelphia drinking water supplies. Invited Speaker, Water Quality in Urban Environmental Systems (WaterQUESt) Workshop, Carnegie Mellon University, December 8, Jellison KL. Cryptosporidium spp. Source Tracking Using PCR, Sequencing, and Phylogenetic Analysis of the 18S rrna Gene. Invited Speaker, Pathogens Workshop for the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, June 28, Jellison KL. Genetic Source Tracking of Cryptosporidium spp. Oocysts. Invited Speaker, Academic Forum for the Schuylkill Action Network (SAN), Philadelphia, PA, February 28, Jellison KL. Detection of Cryptosporidium spp. Oocysts in the Environment. Invited speaker, Annual meeting of the American Society of Microbiology, May 20-24, 2001, Orlando, Fl. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS: ( * Presenter) Wolyniak EA *, Hargreaves BR, Jellison KL. Retention and release of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts by experimental biofilms composed of natural stream microbial communities. Poster presentation, American Society for Microbiology General Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, May 17-21, Preston K, Lantagne D, Kotlarz N, Jellison K *. Turbidity and chlorine demand reduction using physical and chemical water clarification methods prior to household chlorination in developing countries. Oral Presentation, Water Environment Federation s Disinfection 2009, Atlanta, GA, February 28-March 3, Napotnik J *, Mayer A, Lantagne D, Jellison K. Efficacy of silver-treated ceramic filters for household water treatment. Oral presentation, Water Environment Federation s Disinfection International Ceramic Pot Filter Workshop, Atlanta, GA, February 28, Lantage D *, Blount B, Cardinali F, Quick R, Mintz E, Kotlarz N, Preston K, Jellison K. Overcoming technical barriers to scale: applying lessons learned from the Safe Water System (SWS) experience to scaling household water treatment system options. Poster presentation, International Symposium on Household Water Management of the World Health Organization International Network to Promote Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage, Accra, Ghana, June 2-5, Jellison KL, Lynch AE *, Ziemann JM. A multi-year Cryptosporidium source tracking study in the Wissahickon Creek watershed. Poster presentation, American Society for Microbiology General Meeting, Boston, MA, June 1-5, Wolyniak EA *, Hargreaves BR, Jellison KL. Influence of biofilms on the transport and infectivity of Cryptosporidium parvum. Poster presentation, American Society for Microbiology General Meeting, Boston, MA, June 1-5, Connelly SJ *, Williamson CE, Jellison KL. The potential for interactions between abiotic and biotic forcing on the control of the freshwater human pathogens Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia. Poster presentation, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Orlando, FL, March 2-7, Wolyniak EA *, Hargreaves BR, Jellison KL. Influence of dissolved organic carbon on the viability and infectivity of Cryptosporidium. Poster presentation, International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology, Montreal, Canada, August 12-18, 2007.

6 Kristen L. Jellison Page 6 of 6 Jellison KL *. Cryptosporidium spp. oocyst source tracking in drinking water source watersheds serving Boston, MA and Philadelphia, PA. Oral presentation, II International Giardia and Cryptosporidium Conference, Morelia- Michoacán, Mexico, May 13-18, Connelly SJ, Wolyniak EA, Dieter KL, Williamson CE, Jellison KL *. Effect of Daphnia pulicaria grazing on the persistence of infectious Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia. Oral presentation, II International Giardia and Cryptosporidium Conference, Morelia-Michoacán, Mexico, May 13-18, Connelly SJ *, Wolyniak EA, Williamson CE, Jellison KL. Abiotic and biotic controls of human pathogens: Can solar UV radiation and zooplankton grazers alter the viability, excystation, and/or infectivity of Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia? Poster presentation, Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference, Akron, Ohio, March 9-11, Jellison KL *. Cryptosporidium spp. Oocyst Source Tracking in Drinking Water Source Watersheds Serving Boston, MA and Philadelphia, PA. Oral Presentation, American Water Works Association International Symposium on Waterborne Pathogens, Atlanta, GA, March 17, Jellison KL *, Hemond HF, Schauer DB. Phylogenetic analysis of Cryptosporidium spp. implicates birds as an important oocyst source in agricultural watersheds. Poster Presentation, American Water Works Association Source Water Protection Symposium, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Jan , 2005.