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Kari Sholtes, PhD, is a practicing civil and environmental engineer who has worked as a project engineer and project manager in the private and public sectors and with non-governmental organizations. Her PhD research focused on ultraviolet light disinfection systems and appropriate applications of drinking water treatment technologies.

Sholtes has spent her career supporting underrepresented communities in developing their water infrastructure with an emphasis on understanding and meeting stakeholders’ complex needs and streamlining/simplifying operations.

Education

• PhD, Environmental Engineering: College of Engineering, ²ÊÃñ±¦µä
• MS, Environmental Engineering: Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• BS, Civil Engineering: College of Engineering, ²ÊÃñ±¦µä

Courses Taught

• MCEN 4086 (CU) Writing for Senior Design

• CVEN 3414 (CU) Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering

• CVEN 3424 (CU) Water and Wastewater Treatment

• CVEN 3708 (CU) Geotechnical Engineering I

• CVEN 3718 (CU) Geotechnical Engineering II

• CVEN 3602 (CU) Transportation Design Engineering Systems

• MCEN 3012 (CU) Engineering Thermodynamics

• ENGR 140 (CMU) First Year Engineering Projects

Published Work 

Petros BA, Paull JS, Tomkins-Tinch CH, Loftness BC, DeRuff KC, Nair P, Gionet GL, Benz A, Brock-Fisher T, Hughes M, Yurkovetskiy L, Mulaudzi S, Leenerman E, Nyalile T, Moreno GK, Specht I, Sani K, Adams G, Babet SV, Baron E, Blank JT, Boehm C, Botti-Lodovico Y, Brown J, Buisker AR, Burcham T, Chylek L, Cronan P, Dauphin A, Desreumaux V, Doss M, Flynn B, Gladden-Young A, Glennon O, Harmon HD, Hook TV, Kary A, King C, Loreth C, Marrs L, McQuade KJ, Milton TT, Mulford JM, Oba K, Pearlman L, Schifferli M, Schmidt MJ, Tandus GM, Tyler A, Vodzak ME, Krohn Bevill K, Colubri A, MacInnis BL, Ozsoy AZ, Parrie E, Sholtes K, Siddle KJ, Fry B, Luban J, Park DJ, Marshall J, Bronson A, Schaffner SF, Sabeti PC. Multimodal surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 at a university enables development of a robust outbreak response framework. Med (N Y). 2022 Sep 19:S2666-6340(22)00404-4. doi: 10.1016/j.medj.2022.09.003. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36198312;PMCID:PMC9482833. 

Tomkins-Tinch CH, Silbert J, DeRuff KC, Siddle KJ, Gladden-Young A, Bronson A, Marshall J, Bean ZO, Sholtes K, McQuade K, Kary A. et al. (2021). Detection of the Recurrent Substitution Q677H in the Spike Protein of SARS-CoV-2 in Cases Descended From the Lineage B. 1.429. Virological SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus/nCoV-2019 Genomic Epidemiology. 

Sholtes KA, Simons R, Beck SE, Adeli B, Sun Z., (2021). UV 101 - Overview of Ultraviolet Disinfection. International Ultraviolet Association. 

Sholtes K.A. and Linden K.G., (2019). Pulsed and continuous light UV LED: microbial inactivation, electrical, and time efficiency. Water Research. Vol 165(114965).

Sholtes K.A., Keliher R, and Linden K.G., (2019). Standardization of a UV LED Peak Wavelength, Emission Spectrum, and Irradiance Measurement and Comparison Protocol. Environ. Sci. Technol. 53(16)9755-9763. 

Sholtes K.A., Lowe K, Walters G.W., Sobsey, M.D., Linden K.G., Casanova L.M. (2016) Comparison of ultraviolet light-emitting diodes and low pressure mercury-arc lamps for disinfection of water. Environmental Technology. 37(17) 2183-3.

Mettee Zarecki SL1, Bennett SD, Hall J, Yaeger J, Lujan K, Adams-Cameron M, Winpisinger Quinn K, Brenden R, Biggerstaff G, Hill VR, Sholtes K, Garrett NM, Lafon PC, Barton Behravesh C, Sodha SV. (2013) U.S. Outbreak of Human Salmonella Infections Associated With Aquatic Frogs, 2008-2011. Journal of Pediatrics. 131(4): 724-31.

Caribbean Environmental Health Institute, Pan-American Health Organization, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011) Water Safety Plan: St Lucia.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2010) Community Health Worker Training Materials for Cholera Prevention and Control. Online.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2010) Multistate Outbreak of Human Salmonella Typhimurium Infections Associated with Aquatic Frogs–United States, 2009. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 8;58(51):1433-6.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2009) Guidance documents: Guidance for workers exposed to human waste, cholera survival in composting latrines, and chlorination of drinking water in high-density polyethylene containers.

International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group. (2008) . Online.