Chia-Chen Wu

Environmental Engineering

Degrees
Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
M.S.E. Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
B.S. Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Advisors
Dr. Nancy Love, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
Dr. Terese Olson, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan

Research Project
Chia-Chen’s work deals with bacterial colonization of point-of-use drinking water filters. Her project is to identify how the opportunistic pathogens from tap water would be removed by or enriched in PoU filters, and to assess the associated risk due to opportunistic pathogens and antibiotic resistance.
Advisors: Terese Olson and Nancy G. Love

Other Interests
Playing saxophone, hiking, jogging

Journal Publications
Wu, Chia-Chen, S. Ghosh, K. J. Martin, A. J. Pinto, V. J. Denef, T. M. Olson and N. G. Love. The microbial colonization of activated carbon block point-of-use (PoU) filters with and without chlorinated phenol disinfection by-products. Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 3: 830-843. 2017.

Conference Presentations
Wu, Chia-Chen; Olson, Terese M.; Love, Nancy G. Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARGs) in Point-of-Use (PoU) Drinking Water Filters. MEWE and Biofilms IWA Specialist Conference. 2016: Copenhagen, Denmark.

Wu, Chia-Chen; Pinto, Ameet; Love, Nancy G.; Olson, Terese M. Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistance in Point-of-Use (PoU) Drinking Water Filters with Exposure to Chlorinated Phenols. 249 ACS National Meeting & Exposition. 2015: Boston, Massachusetts.

Wu, Chia-Chen; Martin, Kelly J.; Pinto, Ameet; Love, Nancy G.; Olson, Terese M. Effect of Chlorinated Phenol on Microbial Colonization in Point-of-Use (PoU) Drinking Water Filters and Implications for Antibiotic Resistance. 248 ACS National Meeting & Exposition. 2014: San Francisco, California.

Wu, Chia-Chen; Martin, Kelly J.; Pinto, Ameet; Love, Nancy G.; Olson, Terese M. Effect of Chlorinated Phenol on Microbial Colonization in Point-of-Use (PoU) Drinking Water Filters. Gordon Research Conferences, Environmental Sciences: Water. 2014: Holderness, New Hampshire.

Wu, Chia-Chen; Martin, Kelly J.; Perez-De La Rosa, Angelica; Ryskamp, Gwendolyn; Love, Nancy G.; Olson, Terese M. Effect of Pentachlorophenol Exposure on Community Structure of Attached and Planktonic Bacteria in Point-of-Use Drinking Water Filters. 2014 Borchardt Conference. 2014: Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Conference Papers
Wu, Chia-Chen; Chen, Bor-Jyh; Tung, Hsin-hsin. Impacts of biofiltration on biostability in drinking water distribution system. The 19th KKNN Joint Symposium on Environmental Engineering. 2010: Kyoto, Japan.

Conference Abstracts
Wu, Chia-Chen; Lo, Hao-Yu; Chen, Tzu-Hao; Ching, Yung-Hao; Chiueh, Pei-Te; Tung, Hsin-hsin. Seasonal variation of Fecal Indicators in a Drinking Water Reservoir. The 14th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. 2012: Copenhagen, Denmark (poster).

Wu, Chia-Chen; Lo, Hao-Yu; Chen, Tzu-Hao; Ching, Yung-Hao; Chiueh, Pei-Te; Tung, Hsin-hsin. Monitoring of Fecal Pollution in a Drinking Water Reservoir and Catchment. The 112th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology, 2012: San Francisco, USA (poster).

Chang, Ching-Weng; Wu Chia-Chen. Water quality and user characteristics of a public SPA pool in Taiwan. The 15thInternational Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology, 2009: Naxos, Greece (poster).

Contact
cchenwu(at)umich(dot)edu (734) 747-0653