{"id":634,"date":"2020-12-01T21:37:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T02:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/?page_id=634"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:13:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:13:43","slug":"media-lab-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/media-lab-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Media &amp; Lab News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><strong>Media Coverage<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>02\/2022:<\/strong> <strong>NCDHHS <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncdhhs.gov\/news\/press-releases\/2022\/02\/04\/north-carolina-wastewater-monitoring-data-now-included-cdc-covid-data-tracker-program-expanded-wake\">North Carolina Wastewater Monitoring Data Now Included in CDC COVID Data Tracker, Program Expanded in Wake County<\/a>.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>02\/2022:<\/strong> <strong>WBTV <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbtv.com\/2022\/02\/18\/mecklenburg-county-using-wastewater-track-spread-covid-19\/\">Mecklenburg County using wastewater to track the spread of COVID-19<\/a>.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>01\/2022:<\/strong> <strong>Fox46 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox46.com\/coronavirus\/coronavirus-in-north-carolina\/unc-charlotte-scientists-search-in-unusual-place-to-fight-covid-19-the-sewer-system\/?j=918279&amp;sfmc_sub=95492567&amp;l=296_HTML&amp;u=20173402&amp;mid=515007859&amp;jb=6\">UNC Charlotte scientists search in unusual place to fight COVID-19: the sewer system<\/a>.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><strong>10\/2021:<\/strong> <strong>WBTV<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbtv.com\/2021\/10\/15\/behind-scenes-wastewater-testing-detect-covid-19-campus-unc-charlotte\/\">Behind the scenes of wastewater testing to detect COVID-19 on campus of UNC Charlotte<\/a>.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><strong>08\/2021:<\/strong> <strong>Fox Charlotte<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/amp\/s\/www.fox46.com\/news\/unc-charlotte\/unc-charlotte-sewage-water-tests-hope-to-prevent-spread-of-covid-19\/amp\/\">UNC Charlotte sewage water tests hope to prevent the spread of COVID-19<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><strong>08\/2021: Spectrum <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nc\/charlotte\/news\/2021\/08\/25\/unc-charlotte-lab-searches-for-new-covid-19-strains-?cid=id-app15_m-share_s-web_cmp-app_launch_august2020_c-producer_posts_po-organic\">UNC Charlotte lab department searches for new COVID-19 strains\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><strong>05\/2021:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcnc.com\/article\/news\/local\/mecklenburg-county-wastewater-testing\/275-732acc84-525b-4df3-b227-5ad9c2a207a3\">Dr Munir&#8217;s interview with WCNC on North Carolina statewide wastewater monitoring program for COVID-19.<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><strong>02\/2021: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/brc.uncc.edu\/\">UNCC&#8217;s Dr. Mariya Munir mentioned in &#8220;COVID-19 study in Kannapolis contributes data to wastewater surveillance&#8221;.<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><strong>02\/2021:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salisburypost.com\/2021\/02\/18\/duke-university-covid-19-study-in-kannapolis-contributes-data-to-wastewater-surveillance-efforts\/\">Duke University COVID-19 study in Kannapolis contributes data to wastewater surveillance.<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><strong>02\/2021:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.duke.edu\/about-us\/news-and-communications\/med-school-blog\/murdock-studys-covid-19-project-contributes-nc-research-network-monitors-coronavirus-sewer-systems\">MURDOCK study&#8217;s COVID-19 project contributes to NC research network that monitors Coronavirus in sewer systems.<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>12\/2020:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.charlotte.edu\/news-features\/2020-12-09\/campus-covid-19-effort-provides-valuable-experience-unc-charlotte-students\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/inside.charlotte.edu\/news-features\/2020-12-09\/campus-covid-19-effort-provides-valuable-experience-unc-charlotte-students\">Md Ariful Juel got featured at UNC Charlotte for his work experience in COVID-19 monitoring project<\/a>. <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><strong>08\/2020<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.uncc.edu\/unc_charlotte_wastewater_covid-19_testing\">UNC Charlotte&#8217;s campus-based based early detection research system aims to prevent Covid-19 spread.<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><strong>07\/2020<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/08\/30\/us\/colleges-coronavirus-research.html?campaign_id=9&amp;emc=edit_nn_20200830&amp;instance_id=21756&amp;nl=the-morning&amp;regi_id=121270298&amp;section_index=1&amp;section_name=big_story&amp;segment_id=37185&amp;te=1&amp;user_id=c86e4bacb297d2c036524b5b955a99ff\">Coronavirus tracking on UNCC campus via wastewater surveillance. Details of research effort towards preventing clusters are found in NYTimes.<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><strong>Welcome!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><strong>Fall 2021:<\/strong> Nita Khanal and Mohammad Khalid (Ph.D students) joined our research group.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><strong>Fall 2020:<\/strong> Md Ariful Islam Juel (Ph.D student) joined our research group.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><strong>Summer 2020:<\/strong> Visva Barua joined our lab as a research scholar, Welcome Visva!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><strong>Spring 2019:<\/strong> Adeola Sorinolu joined our research group (Ph.D student).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><strong>Fall 2018:<\/strong> Welcome Sol Park joining our research group (Ph.D student).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media Coverage 02\/2022: NCDHHS North Carolina Wastewater Monitoring Data Now Included in CDC COVID Data Tracker, Program Expanded in Wake County. 02\/2022: WBTV Mecklenburg County using wastewater to track the spread of COVID-19. 01\/2022: Fox46 UNC Charlotte scientists search in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/media-lab-news\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-634","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/634","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=634"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1778,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/634\/revisions\/1778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/mmunir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}