Phd Candidate, Environmental Engineering Expected 2017

Jeseth Delgado Vela Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan 1351 Beal Ave, 15 EWRE Ann Arbor, MI 48109 734 615 5906 (office) | 734 794 3903 (cell) [email protected] | jdelvel.com

EDUCATION

PhD Candidate, Environmental Engineering Expected 2017 University of Michigan Advisors: Nancy G. Love and Gregory J. Dick

M.S.E. Environmental Engineering 2014 University of Michigan

B.S. Civil Engineering 2012 University of Texas at Austin

SELECT FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS Ford Foundation Dissertation Award 2016-2017 Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, (declined) 2016-2017 Best Paper of 2015, Environmental Science and Technology: Letters 2015 Presentation Award, AEESP Research and Education Conference 2015 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow 2012-2015 Rackham Engineering Award 2012-2017

PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES Stadler, L.B.†, Delgado Vela, J. †, Jain, S., Dick, G.J., and Love, N. G. Elucidating the Relationship between Wastewater Treatment Plant Microbial Diversity and Pharmaceutical Fate. In preparation, will submit to Environmental Science and Technology. † These authors contributed equally to this work.

Delgado Vela, J., Dick, G.J., Love, N.G. Activated sludge microbial community and nitrifier responses to sulfide. In preparation, will submit to Water Research.

Delgado Vela, J., Stadler, L.B., Martin, K. J., Raskin, L., Bott, C. B., Love, N. G. Prospects for Biological Nitrogen Removal from Anaerobic Effluents during Mainstream Wastewater Treatment. 2015. Environmental Science and Technology: Letters, 2(9):234-244. DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.5b00191. (Best Paper of 2015)

Other anticipated publications: Delgado Vela, J., Alemayehu, Z., Martin, K. J., Bott, C. B., Dick, G.J., Love, N.G. A membrane aerated biofilm reactor removes nitrogen, sulfide, and methane from anaerobically treated domestic wastewater.

Delgado Vela, J., Martin, K. J., Love, N.G., Dick, G.J. Elucidating sulfur cycling in a membrane aerated biofilm reactor using a gene-centric modeling approach.

PODIUM PRESENTATIONS ( *Presenter) 1 Delgado Vela, J.*, Martin, K. J., Beaton, N., McFarland, A., Stadler, L.B., Bott, C. B., Skerlos, S.J., Raskin, L., Love, N.G. Nutrient Removal from Mainstream Anaerobic Processes Using a Membrane Biofilm Reactor and a Granular Sludge Sequencing Batch Reactor. 88th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC), Chicago, IL, September 26-30, 2015.

Delgado Vela, J.*, Martin, K. J., McFarland, A., Beaton, N., Stadler, L.B., Skerlos, S.J., Raskin, L., Bott, C. B., Love, N.G. Removing nitrogen from effluents of anaerobic wastewater treatment processes: Understanding control and operation through biofilm modeling. 250th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exhibition. Boston, MA, August 16-20, 2015.

Stadler, L.*, Delgado Vela J.*, Love, N.G. Elucidating the Relationship between Wastewater Treatment Plant Microbial Diversity and Pharmaceutical Fate. 2015 Association of Environmental Engineering & Science Professors (AEESP) Research and Education Conference. New Haven, CT, June 13-16, 2015. (Presentation Award)

Delgado Vela J.*, Martin, K. J., Beaton, N., McFarland, A., Stadler, L., Bott, C. B., Raskin, L., Skerlos, S.J., Love, N.G. Nitrogen Removal Downstream of an Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor for Domestic Wastewater Treatment. IWA Global Challenges: Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery. Kathmandu, Nepal, October 26-30, 2014.

Stadler, L. B.*, Smith, A. L.*, Jain, A. K., Martin, K. J., Delgado Vela, J., Puente, P., Cao, L., Frenette, S., Bott, C. B., Rauch-Williams, T., Shimada, T., Salveson, A., Love, N. G., Raskin, L., and Skerlos, S. J. Integrating Life Cycle Assessment and Experimental Research: Evaluating Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactors in Domestic Wastewater Treatment for Energy Recovery. Borchardt Conference. Ann Arbor, MI, February 25 – 26, 2014.

Moline, C. J.*, Stadler, L. B.*, Su, Lijuan, Ernstoff, A. S., Dapcic, A. D., Delgado Vela, J., Aga, D., and Love, N. G. Pharmaceutical Fate Under Varying Redox Treatment Environments. Proceedings of the 85th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC), New Orleans, LA, September 29 – October 3, 2012.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS ( *Presenter) Delgado Vela, J.*, Dick, G.J., Love, N.G. The importance of nitrogen and sulfur cycles during wastewater treatment. Michigan Meeting: Unseen Partners: Manipulating Microbial Communities that Support Life on Earth, Ann Arbor, MI, May 16-18,2016. (with lightening talk)

Delgado Vela, J.*, Martin, K. J., McFarland, A.*, Beaton, N., Stadler, L., Bott, C. B., Raskin, L., Skerlos, S.J., Love, N.G. Advancing Energy Neutral Wastewater Treatment: Removing Nitrogen and Dissolved Methane from Dilute Anaerobic Effluents. 2015 Association of Environmental Engineering & Science Professors (AEESP) Research and Education Conference. New Haven, CT, June 13-16, 2015.

Stadler, L.*, Delgado Vela, J., Love, N.G. Elucidating the Relationship between Wastewater Treatment Plant Microbial Diversity and Pharmaceutical Fate. American Society for Microbiology 115th General Meeting. New Orleans, LA, May 30-June 2, 2015.

Delgado Vela, J.*, Martin, K.J., Stadler, L.B., Bott, C. Skerlos, S.J., Raskin, L., Love, N.G., Nutrient Removal from Mainstream Anaerobic Effluents: Linking Biofilm Modeling to Experimental Design. 87th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC), New Orleans, LA, September 28-October 1, 2014.

Delgado Vela, J.*, Stadler, L., Love, N.G., Elucidating Biotransformation of Pharmaceuticals by the Methanotroph Methylosinus Trichosporium Ob3b. Gordon Research Conference Environmental Sciences: Water, Plymouth, NH, June 22-27, 2014.

2 Cook S.*, Delgado Vela, J., Stadler, L.* Advancing the Success of Engineering Service Projects from the Classroom to the Field. 86th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC), Chicago, IL, October 5-9, 2013.

Delgado Vela, J.*, Stadler, L., Love, N.G. Elucidating Biotransformation of Pharmaceuticals by Methanotrophic Bacteria. Association of Environmental Engineering & Science Professors (AEESP) 50th Anniversary Conference, Golden CO, July 14-16, 2013.

Stadler L.*, Stevens, L., Delgado Vela, J., Su, L., Aga, D.S., Love, N.G. Impact of redox environment and microbial populations on pharmaceutical biotransformation. 5th International Conference, Microbial Ecology and Water Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, July 7-10, 2013.

FUNDED PROPOSALS GOALI: Developing Sensor-Mediated Control Strategies that Allow Innovative Treatment of Nitrogen in Wastewater National Science Foundation PIs: Nancy G. Love and Charles B. Bott $330,000 Role: Wrote and edited portions of the literature review and generated figures and tables

Elucidating biotransformation of pharmaceuticals by methanotrophic bacteria Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant $1,500

Rackham Conference Travel Grant IWA Global Challenges: Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery ($1,500) AEESP 2013 ($700)

RESEARCH Graduate Research Assistant September 2012-present University of Michigan Low Energy Nitrogen Removal Evaluated a membrane biofilm reactor and granular sequencing Downstream of Mainstream Anaerobic batch reactor for nitrogen removal from anaerobically treated Treatment domestic wastewater containing dissolved methane, sulfides, and PIs: Nancy Love, Lutgarde Raskin, Steven ammonia Skerlos, Charles Bott, and Andy Salveson

Wastewater Treatment Biodiversity and Elucidated the relationship between microbial biodiversity and Pharmaceutical Transformation pharmaceutical biotransformation. Used both DNA- and RNA- based PIs: Nancy Love and Greg Dick sequencing to identify functions which associate with pharmaceutical biotransformation.

Role of Methanotrophs in Pharmaceutical Studied the role of methane monooxygenase in oxidative Degradation pharmaceutical biotransformations PI: Nancy Love

Undergraduate Research Assistant Feb. 2011-May 2012 University of Texas Rainwater Harvesting for Potable and Investigated the effects of metal roofs on microbial water quality Non-Potable Use

3 PIs: Kerry Kinney and Mary Jo Kirisits

Center for Transportation Research Evaluated the effect of Intelligent Transportation Systems on traffic PI: Travis Waller safety

Undergraduate Research Assistant May 2011-August 2011 University of Michigan Understanding Microaerobic Metabolism Explored the effect of redox conditions (aerobic, anoxic, and in a Sustainable World microaerobic) on pharmaceutical biotransformation PIs: Nancy Love and Diana Aga

TEACHING Participant: Preparing Future Faculty Seminar on College Teaching May 2016 Participated in a five-week seminar covering course planning, inclusive teaching, institutional types, and student assessment. Leader: Metagenomics working group Sept. 2015-Nov. 2015 Led an informal group of graduate students and visiting professors through metagenomics analysis Exercises included quality control, assembly, annotation, and using high performance computing clusters. Guest Lecturer: CEE 465 Environmental Process Engineering Jan. 2015 Developed and delivered course material on hardness and water softening Peer Advisor Aug. 2014- present Advised graduate student performing research on constructed wetlands Undergraduate Student Advisor Jan. 2014- present Advised undergraduate students (three) performing directed research on low energy nitrogen removal Volunteer Tutor: Student Engineers Educating Kids Aug. 2011-May 2012 Tutored a middle school student weekly through Communities in Schools Peer Assistance Leader: Women in Engineering Program Aug. 2011-May 2012 Mentored first year female civil engineering students to promote retention

SERVICE Trainee: Integrated Training in Microbial Systems Sept 2016- present Selected to participate in interdisciplinary training program funded through the Burroughs Wellcome Fund which trains students in population and laboratory approaches, relevant statistics and/or bioinformatics, analytic techniques, and mathematical modeling. Member: CEE Student Advisory Committee Sept. 2015- present Served as a student advocate to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Reviewer Environmental Science and Technology Water Science and Technology Michigan Journal of Sustainability Member: Ethiopia Michigan- Platform for Advancing Collaborative Engagement Feb. 2014- June 2014 Working in interdisciplinary team to advance graduate education in water resources and engineering at Addis Ababa University (AAU) Traveled May 2014 to conduct research in partnership with AAU PhD student in industrial wastewater treatment Member: GrEENPEAS Sept. 2013-present Graduate Environmental Engineering Network of Professionals, Educators and Students

4 President 2014-2015 Committee Member: Prospective Student Visitation Committee Winter: 2013, 2014 Helped coordinate recruitment of prospective graduate students Graduate Student Program Committee Member July 2013 th IWA 5 International Conference on Microbial Ecology and Water Engineering Assistant Project Manager: Projects in Underserved Communities Aug. 2011- May 2012 Traveled to Patriensa, Ghana to implement Patriensa Pure Sachet Enterprises. Led the technical hydraulic design Project Lead: Mexico Computer Project, Engineers Without Borders - Greater Austin Aug. 2008-Jan. 2011 Implemented a solar powered computer lab for students in Ejido San Miguel, Coahuila, Mexico Director of Operations (2010-2011) for the organization

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Engineer in Training, Texas 2012

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS International Society for Microbial Ecology Member since 2016 Association of Environmental Engineering & Science Professors Member since 2013 International Water Association Member since 2013 Water Environment Federation Member since 2012