{"id":590,"date":"2020-12-01T20:18:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T01:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/?page_id=590"},"modified":"2026-02-24T13:51:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:51:05","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=hTNkD8wAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;background-color: #ffffff;color: #000000\">Google Scholar page<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\"><strong>Peer-reviewed Journal Articles<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">17. Godakhindi, V., Nur, A. J., Munir, M., &amp; Vivero-Escoto, J. L. (2025). Impact of protein corona and light modulation on the antibacterial activity of light-activated silver nanoparticles. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Journal of Materials Chemistry B<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">16. Khanal, N., Brazell, L. R., Juel, M. A. I., Gibas, C., Schlueter, J., &amp; Munir, M. (2024). Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 Contamination of Indoor Air and Highly Touched Surfaces On-Campus Buildings. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Applied Microbiology<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">4<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(3), 1384-1395.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Times\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">15. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Times\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Sorinolu, A. J., &amp; Munir, M. (2022). Degradation and Horizontal Gene Transfer Analysis of Plasmid-encoded Antibiotic Resistance Genes during UV254, Hydroxyl Radical and Sulphate Radical treatments. Chemical Engineering Journal, 138380.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Times\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">14. Barua, V.B., Juel, M.A.I., Blackwood, A.D., Clerkin, T., Ciesielski, M., Sorinolu, A.J., Holcomb, D.A., Young, I., Kimble, G., Sypolt, S.,&nbsp; Engel, L.S., 2021, Rachel, T. Nobel and <strong>Munir, M.<\/strong>,. Tracking the temporal variation of COVID-19 surges through wastewater-based epidemiology during the peak of the pandemic: A six-month long study in Charlotte, North Carolina. Science of The Total Environment, p.152503.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">13. Barua, V.B. and <strong>Munir, M.<\/strong>, 2021. A Review on Synchronous Microalgal Lipid Enhancement and Wastewater Treatment. <i>Energies<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>14<\/i>(22), p.7687.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">12. Mamun, M.M., Sorinolu, A.J., <strong>Munir, M.<\/strong> and Vejerano, E.P., 2021. Nanoantibiotics: Functions and properties at the nanoscale to combat antibiotic resistance.&nbsp;<i>Frontiers in chemistry<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>9<\/i>, p.348.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">11. Park, S., Rana, A., Sung, W. and <strong>Munir, M<\/strong>., 2021. Competitiveness of Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) and Droplet Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction (ddPCR) Technologies, with a Particular Focus on Detection of Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARGs).&nbsp;<i>Applied Microbiology<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>1<\/i>(3), pp.426-444.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\">10. Juel, M.A.I., Stark, N., Nicolosi, B., Lontai, J., Lambirth, K., Schlueter, J., Gibas, C.,<strong> Munir, M.<\/strong>, 2021. Performance evaluation of virus concentration methods for implementing SARS-CoV-2 wastewater based epidemiology emphasizing quick data turnaround, <em>Science of The Total Environment,<\/em> Volume 801, 149656.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;color: #000000\">9. Gibas, C., Lambirth, K., Mittal, N., Juel, M.A.I., Barua, V.B., Brazell, L.R., Hinton, K., Lontai, J., Stark, N., Young, I.,&nbsp; Quach, C., &#8230;, and&nbsp; <strong>Munir, M., <\/strong>2021. Implementing building-level SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance on a university campus. <i>Science of The Total Environment<\/i>, p.146749.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">8. Sorinolu, A.J., Tyagi, N., Kumar, A. and <strong>Munir, M.,<\/strong> 2020. Antibiotic Resistance Development and Human Health Risks during Wastewater Reuse and Biosolids Application in Agriculture.&nbsp;<em>Chemosphere<\/em>, p.129032.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">7. Barancheshme, F. and <strong>Munir, M<\/strong>., 2018. Strategies to combat antibiotic resistance in the wastewater treatment plants.&nbsp;<em>Frontiers in microbiology<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>8<\/em>, p.2603.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">6. O&#8217;Brien, E., <strong>Munir, M.,<\/strong> Marsh, T., Heran, M., Lesage, G., Tarabara, V.V. and Xagoraraki, I., 2017. Diversity of DNA viruses in effluents of membrane bioreactors in Traverse City, MI (USA) and La Grande Motte (France).&nbsp;<em>Water research<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>111<\/em>, pp.338-345.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">5. Gu, C., Gao, P., Yang, F., An, D., <strong>Munir, M.,<\/strong> Jia, H., Xue, G. and Ma, C., 2017. Characterization of extracellular polymeric substances in biofilms under long-term exposure to ciprofloxacin antibiotic using fluorescence excitation-emission matrix and parallel factor analysis.&nbsp;<em>Environmental Science and Pollution Research<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>24<\/em>(15), pp.13536-13545.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">4. Oun, A., Yin, Z., <strong>Munir, M.<\/strong> and Xagoraraki, I., 2017. Microbial pollution characterization of water and sediment at two beaches in Saginaw Bay, Michigan.&nbsp;<em>Journal of Great Lakes Research<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>43<\/em>(3), pp.64-72.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">3. Gao, P., <strong>Munir, M.<\/strong> and Xagoraraki, I., 2012. Correlation of tetracycline and sulfonamide antibiotics with corresponding resistance genes and resistant bacteria in a conventional municipal wastewater treatment plant.&nbsp;<em>Science of the Total Environment<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>421<\/em>, pp.173-183.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">2.<strong> Munir M<\/strong>, Wong K, Xagoraraki I. Release of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes in the effluent and biosolids of five wastewater utilities in Michigan. Water research. 2011 Jan 1;45(2):681-93.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">1.<strong> Munir, M.<\/strong> and Xagoraraki, I., 2011. Levels of antibiotic resistance genes in manure, biosolids, and fertilized soil.&nbsp;<em>Journal of environmental quality<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>40<\/em>(1), pp.248-255.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\"><strong>Peer-reviewed Book Chapters<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">1. Barancheshme, F. and <strong>Munir, M.<\/strong>, 2019. Development of antibiotic resistance in wastewater treatment plants. In <em>Antimicrobial Resistance-A Global Threat<\/em>. 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