{"id":2,"date":"2016-01-28T20:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T20:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-02-24T13:59:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:59:51","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/sample-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2026\/02\/Res-focus-image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2026\/02\/Res-focus-image-300x200.png\" alt=\"Research areas\" class=\"wp-image-1748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2026\/02\/Res-focus-image-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2026\/02\/Res-focus-image-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2026\/02\/Res-focus-image-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2026\/02\/Res-focus-image.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><em>&nbsp;  <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><em>Our research focus is in the area of <strong>m<\/strong><\/em><strong>icrobial water quality<\/strong>, <strong>metagenomics<\/strong>, <strong>antibiotic resistance in the environment<\/strong> and <strong>sustainable water\/wastewater treatment<\/strong>. Other areas of interest are bioremediation, microalgae, opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens analysis, biochar, and bio-concrete. <em>The Environmental Microbiology laboratory combines techniques in molecular, cellular biology, and microbiology to address interdisciplinary environmental and public health issues. We have facilities for cell culture and DNA analysis. <a href=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/current-research-projects\/\">View a list of current and past projects here<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/outbreak-coronavirus-world-1024x506px-e1651776214649-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Wastewater surveillance\" class=\"wp-image-982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/outbreak-coronavirus-world-1024x506px-e1651776214649-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/outbreak-coronavirus-world-1024x506px-e1651776214649-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/outbreak-coronavirus-world-1024x506px-e1651776214649.jpg 928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/antibiotic-resistance\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/gettyimages590676619-1-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"Antibiotic resistance\" class=\"wp-image-1066\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/fgd-wastewater\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" src=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/Metagenomics-e1651798876311-300x181.png\" alt=\"Metagenomics\" class=\"wp-image-1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/Metagenomics-e1651798876311-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/Metagenomics-e1651798876311.png 442w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/biochar\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/files\/2022\/05\/87FF9281-B0A9-47FC-B2FF-F18AFFA78B12_1_102_o-e1651785868514-300x175.jpeg\" alt=\"Biochar\" class=\"wp-image-984\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/sars-cov-2\/\">SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance<\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/antibiotic-resistance\/\">Antibiotic Resistance<\/a><\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/biochar\/\">Stormwater Treatment<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Our research focus is in the area of microbial water quality, metagenomics, antibiotic resistance in the environment and sustainable water\/wastewater treatment. Other areas of interest are bioremediation, microalgae, opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens analysis, biochar, and bio-concrete. The Environmental Microbiology &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/sample-page\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":22,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1769,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/1769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}