Projects
PROJECTS
What we’re working on.
A few of our ongoing and prior research projects. Please feel free to contact us (tnaziz@ncsu.edu) with questions about any of this work.
FRESHWATER · ONGOING
Lake Mixing Research
How reservoir mixing dynamics shape phytoplankton communities — field campaigns across three NC Piedmont reservoirs and coupled mesocosm experiments.
WASTEWATER · ONGOING
Anaerobic Co-Digestion
Maximizing biogas yield by co-digesting wastewater solids with high-strength organic substrates like grease interceptor waste — and tracking microbial community resilience under shifting feedstocks.
FRESHWATER · ONGOING
Harmful Algal Blooms
A novel water-column reactor allows us to study how nutrient pulses, light, and stratification drive cyanobacterial blooms in source-water reservoirs.
WATER QUALITY · PRIOR
Pharmaceuticals in Wetlands
Photodegradation pathways for pharmaceutical and personal-care compounds in constructed wetlands — quantifying removal efficiency for utility design.
FRESHWATER · ONGOING
Reservoir Phytoplankton
Coupling mixing physics to phytoplankton succession — what controls which species dominate, and when, across drinking-water reservoirs in the Southeast.
WASTEWATER · ONGOING
Resource Recovery
Moving treatment facilities from energy sinks to net producers — recovering nutrients, water, and energy from municipal and industrial waste streams.