Kari Brisolara

Kari Fitzmorris Brisolara, ScD, MSPH

Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences

2020 Gravier Street, 3rd Floor
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 568-5725
Fax: (504) 568-5701

kbriso@lsuhsc.edu

Degrees

Bachelor of Science Biology (Physics) - 1997
Louisiana College

Master of Science in Public Health Environmental Health - 2001
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Doctor of Science Environmental Health - 2004
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Research Interests Municipal and Agricultural Waste Treatment (Chemical, Physical and Biological Parameters including Pathogen Inactivation and New Process Approval)
Value-Added Product Development
Agricultural Waste Policy
Selected Publications

Brisolara, K. F., Sandberg, M. A. (2014) Biosolids and Sludge Management. Water Environment Research, In Press.

Brisolara, K. F., Lima, I. M., Marshall, W. E. (2014). Cation and Anion Release from Broiler Litter and Cake Activated Carbons and the role of Released Anions in Copper Ion Uptake. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 5(4), 689-697.

Reimers, R. S., Xu, Y., Oleszkiewicz, J. A., Pillai, S., Fitzmorris-Brisolara, K. B., Seidl, G., International Conference on Holistic Sludge Management 2013, “Future Directions of Biosolids Management in the Second Decade of the 21st Century.” International Water Association, London, United Kingdom CD-ROM (May 7, 2013).

Sustainable Residuals Use Task Force. , Davis, B. (Chair), Brisolara, K. F. (member) (2014) Phosphorus in Biosolids: How to Protect Water Quality While Advancing Biosolids Use, Submitted to Water Environment Federation.

Brisolara, K. F., Miles, D. M., Lima, I. M., From Waste to Worth: Spreading Science and Solutions, “Litter Generated Ammonia Captured by Activated Carbon Derived from Broiler Litter.” Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Center, Online Access http://www.extension.org/67575  (April 2013).

Brisolara, K. F., Pederson, T., Lawson, J., Matta, I., Gruenfeld, R. (2013) Chapter 1 – Introduction. In Emergency Planning, Response, and Recovery. WEF Press. ISBN: 978-1-57278-274-7.

Reimers, R. S., Brisolara, K. F., Disinfection and Public Health 2013, “Developments in Disinfection Using Advanced Alkaline Stabilization.” Water Environment Federation, Alexandria, Virginia CD-ROM (February 2013).

Brisolara, K. F., Xu, Y., Reimers, R. S., Smith, J. E. (2012) Assessment of Municipal and Agricultural Waste Residuals. In Robert Friis (Ed.), Praeger Handbook of Environmental Health. April 30, 2012. ISBN-10: 0313386005, ISBN-13: 978-0313386008

Smith, J. E., Barker, M., Brisolara, K. F., Doutt, T., Francis, H., Kester, G., Logan, T., Minskey, C., Oerke, D. W., Vidrine, J. K. (2012) Alkaline Treatment. In Solids Process Design and Management. WEF Press. June 1, 2012. ISBN 13: 9780071780957, ISBN 10: 0071780955.

Smith, J. E., Naylor, L., Acquisto, B., Brisolara, K. F., Cox, A., Farrell, J. B., Francis, H., Gould, B., Meckes, M. C., Mussari, F. P., Pillai, S. D., Wenger, S. (2012) Disinfection and Stabilization Considerations. In Solids Process Design and Management. WEF Press. June 1, 2012. ISBN 13: 9780071780957, ISBN 10: 0071780955.

Brisolara, K. F., Qi, Y., Biosolids and Sludge Management., Water Environment Research 82(10), 1311-1326., 2010.

Murthy, S., Schafer, P., Fitzmorris, K. B., Chapter 25: Stabilization., Design of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants (MOP 8) (ed., vol. 3, pp. 25-1). Alexandria, VA: McGraw Hill., 2009.

Fitzmorris, K. B., Sarmiento, F., O'Callaghan, P., Biosolids and Sludge Management, Water Environment Research 81(10), 1376-1393., 2009.

Zhou, J., Fitzmorris, K. B., Qi, Y., Biosolids and Sludge Management., Water Environment Research 80(10), 1241-1261., 2008.

Fitzmorris, K. B., Reimers, R. S., Oleszkiewicz, J. A., Little, M. D., Decrease of time for pathogen inactivation in alkaline disinfection systems using pressure., Water Environment Research 79(4), 388-395, 2007.

Fitzmorris, K. B., Erdal, Z., The Importance of Sustainability in Biosolids Management., Water Practice, 1(4), 1-2, 2007.

Fitzmorris, K. B., Reimers, R. S., Oleszkiewicz, J. A., Little, M.D., Pathogen Inactivation by a Closed Alkaline System, Biosolids Technical Bulletin 12(2), 9-11., 2007.

Fitzmorris, K. B., Lima, I. M., Marshall, W. E., Reimers, R. S., Anion and Cation Leaching or Desorption from Activated Carbons from Municipal Sludge and Poultry Manure as Effected by pH, Water Environment Research 78(12), 2324-2329, 2006.

Fitzmorris, K. B., Lima, I. M., Marshall, W. E., Reimers, R. S., Anion and Cation Removal from Solution Using Activated Carbons from Municipal Sludge and Poultry Manure., Journal of Residuals Science and Technology 3(3), 161-167, 2006.

Reimers, R. S., Sharma, V., Pillai, S., Reinhart, D. R., Boyd, G. R., Fitzmorris, K. B., The Future is Ferrates. Biosolids Technical Bulletin, Biosolids Technical Bulleting 10(6), 1-4, 2005.

Reimers, R. S., Fitzmorris, K. B., Smith, J. E., Boyd, G. R., Bowman, D. D., State of the Art in Treatment and Survival of Pathogens in Biosolids, Journal of Residuals Science and Technology 1(2), 2004.

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