Krista Wigginton

Krista Wigginton is an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan in the College of Engineering, specializing in Environmental Engineering. Her research focuses on wastewater-based epidemiology, virus transmission dynamics, and water treatment technologies.

• Current role: Associate Dean, Office of Graduate Education
• Collaborations with researchers across virology, public health, and civil engineering

Research highlights include:

• Developing quantitative metagenomic tools for virus detection in wastewater
• Investigating influenza aerosol shedding in controlled human studies
• Monitoring norovirus and adenovirus outbreaks through wastewater surveillance
• Advancing chlorine disinfection models for virus inactivation

She contributes to sustainable sanitation solutions, including autonomous plumbing systems and urine-derived fertilizer safety assessments.

Selected collaborations include work with Lutgarde Raskin, Nancy Love, and Marisa Eisenberg on interdisciplinary environmental health projects. She has published extensively in journals like Environmental Science & Technology, PLOS Water, and Msphere.