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Vinka Craver 		 

Vinka Craver

Dr. Vinka Craver is a new assistant professor of environmental engineering. She teaches undergraduate and graduate students courses related with environmental chemistry and biotechnology, and water supply and treatment in development communities.
Before join the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Rhode Island, Dr Vinka Craver was a research associate at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Virginia. She conducted research on sustainable technologies for water and wastewater treatment in developed and developing countries. She recently published the first rigorous assessment of the success of nanosilver used in ceramic water filters for point-of-use treatment for drinking water (Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42,927-933). Additionally, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Virginia and Yale University she evaluated natural plant coagulants from the Opuntia species of cactus to treat household water (Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42, 4274-4279). They will be testing the utilization of these technologies in Mayan community of San Mateo Ixtatan, Guatemala and the border region of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Other research projects include the environmental implications of the utilization of nanotechnology for water and wastewater treatment and development of sustainable solution for transportation relates environmental issues.

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