Publications

For full list of publications, please visit the Google Scholar page here.

Published manuscripts (* indicates student/postdoc authors; # indicates corresponding author)

  • Kent, J., Hutchinson, J. T.#, Kapoor, V., Matta, A., & Dessouky, S. (2025). Evaluation of oil and grease from roadway runoff in sediment from detention basins and swales within the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone, central Texas, U.S.A. Environmental Pollution, 372, 126063.
  • Hutchinson, J. T.#, Saenz, A., Kapoor, V., & Dessouky, S. (2025). Vegetation composition and organic carbon content along right-of-ways on Interstate Highway 35 in Bexar County, Texas. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 156, 239-252.
  • Jafarzadeh, A.*, Matta, A., Moghadam, S. V.*, Dessouky, S., Hutchinson, J., & Kapoor, V.# (2024). Field performance of two stormwater bioretention systems for treating heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from urban runoff. Journal of Environmental Management, 370,
  • Jafarzadeh, A.*, Matta, A., Moghadam, S. V.*, Dessouky, S., Hutchinson, J., & Kapoor, V.# (2024). Evaluation of stormwater runoff pollutant distributions combined with land-use information in a regional karst aquifer in Texas, USA. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 196,
  • Jafarzadeh, A.*, Matta, A., Moghadam, S. V.*, Vadde, K. K.*, Dessouky, S., Hutchinson, J., & Kapoor, V.# (2024). Assessing the removal of heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and occurrence of metal resistance genes and antibiotic resistance genes in a stormwater bioretention system. Chemosphere, 364,
  • Jafarzadeh, A.*, Moghadam, S. V.*, Dhar, D. A.*, Murgulet, D., & Kapoor, V.# (2024). Microbial contamination of surface water and groundwater in flood-impacted rural communities in south Texas following Hurricane Hanna. ACS ES&T Water, 4(8), 3244-3253.
  • Vadde, K. K.*, Moghadam, S. V.*, Jafarzadeh, A.*, Matta, A., Phan, D. C.*, Johnson, D., & Kapoor, V.# (2024). Precipitation impacts the physicochemical water quality and abundance of microbial source tracking markers in urban Texas watersheds. PLOS Water, 3(2), e0000209.
  • Flores, M. E.*, Jafarzadeh, A.*, Moghadam, S. V.*, Vadde, K. K.*, Dhar, D. A.*, Nunu, R. R., & Kapoor, V.# (2023). Occurrence and removal of fecal bacteria and microbial source tracking markers in a stormwater detention basin overlying the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone in Texas. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30, 103836-103850.
  • Bowes, D., Darling, A., Driver, E., Kaya, D., Maal-Bared, R., Lee, L., Goodman, K., Adhikari, S., Aggarwal, S., Bivins, A., Bohrerova, Z., Cohen, A., Duvallet, C., Elnimeiry, R., Hutchison, J., Kapoor, V., Keenum, I., Ling, F., Sills, D., Tiwari, A., Vikesland, P., Ziels, R., & Mansfeldt, C.# (2023). Structured Ethical Review for Wastewater-Based Testing to Support Public Health. Environmental Science & Technology, 57(35), 12969-12980.
  • Moghadam, S. V.*, Jafarzadeh, A.*, Matta, A., Dessouky, S., Hutchinson, J., & Kapoor, V.# (2023). Water quality performance assessment of two stormwater detention basins located in the recharge zone of a karst aquifer. Chemosphere, 339, 139772.
  • Moghadam, S. V.*, Jafarzadeh, A.*, Vadde, K.*, Matta, A., Dessouky, S., Hutchinson, J., & Kapoor, V.# (2023). Composition of soil bacterial communities associated with urban stormwater detention basins and their predicted functional roles in N cycle. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 134(8), lxad163.
  • Jafarzadeh, A.*, Phan, D.*, & Kapoor, V.# (2023). Impact of nitrogen and phosphorus on the growth and microcystin-related gene expression of Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806. AWWA Water Science, 5(3), e1343.
  • Al-Duroobi, H.*, Vadde, K. K.*, Phan, D. C.*, Moghadam, S. V.*, Jafarzadeh, A.*, Matta, A., Giacomoni, M., & Kapoor, V.# (2023). Wastewater-based surveillance of COVID-19 and removal of SARS-CoV-2 RNA across a major wastewater treatment plant in San Antonio, Texas. Environmental Science: Advances, 2, 709-720.
  • Moghadam, S. V.*, Jafarzadeh, A.*, Matta, A., Dessouky, S., Hutchinson, J., & Kapoor, V.# (2023). Evaluation of nitrogen removal, functional gene abundance and microbial community structure in a stormwater detention basin. Journal of Environmental Management, 325, 116669.
  • Vadde, K. K.*, Phan, D. C.*, Moghadam, S. V.*, Jafarzadeh, A.*, Matta, A., Johnson, D., & Kapoor, V.# (2022). Fecal pollution source characterization in the surface waters of recharge and contributing zones of a karst aquifer using general and host-associated fecal genetic markers. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 24, 2450-2464.
  • Vadde, K. K.*, Al-Duroobi, H.*, Phan, D. C.*, Jafarzadeh, A.*, Moghadam, S. V.*, Matta, A.*, & Kapoor, V.# (2022). Assessment of concentration, recovery and normalization of SARS-CoV-2 RNA from two wastewater treatment plants in Texas and correlation with COVID-19 cases in the community. ACS ES&T Water, 2(11), 2060-2069.
  • Moghadam, S. V.*, Vadde, K. K.*, Phan, D. C.*, Jafarzadeh, A.*, & Kapoor, V.# (2022). Assessing the impact of flooding on bacterial community structure and occurrence of potentially pathogenic bacteria in Texas Rivers after Hurricane Harvey. Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters, 3, 100058.
  • Kapoor, V.#, Al-Duroobi, H.*, Phan, D. C.*, Palekar, R. S., Rambhia, K. J., & Blount, B. (2022). Wastewater Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 to Support Return to Campus: Methodological Considerations and Data Interpretation. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, 27, 100362.
  • Al-Duroobi, H.*, Moghadam, S. V.*, Phan, D. C.*, Jafarzadeh, A.*, Matta, A.*, & Kapoor, V.# (2021). Wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 corroborates heightened community infection during the initial peak of COVID-19 in Bexar County, Texas. FEMS Microbes, 2(2021), xtab015.
  • McCluskey, J.*, Flores, M. E.*, Hinojosa, J.*, Jafarzadeh, A.*, Moghadam, S. V.*, Phan, D. C.*, Green, R. T., & Kapoor, V.# (2021). Tracking Water with Synthetic DNA Tracers Using Droplet Digital PCR. ACS ES&T Water, 1(5), 1177-1183.
  • Hinojosa, J.*, Green, J.*, Estrada, F.*, Herrera, J.*, Mata, T.*, Phan, D.*, Tanvir Pasha, A. B. M.*, Matta, A.*, Johnson, D., & Kapoor, V.# (2020). Determining the primary sources of fecal pollution using microbial source tracking assays combined with land-use information in the Edwards Aquifer. Water Research, 184, 116211.
  • Phan, D. C.*, Vazquez-Munoz, R., Matta, A.*, & Kapoor, V.# (2020). Short-term effects of Mn2O3 nanoparticles on physiological activities and gene expression of nitrifying bacteria under low and high dissolved oxygen conditions. Chemosphere, 261, 127775.
  • Phan, D.*, Pasha, A. B. M.*, Carwile, N.*, & Kapoor, V.# (2020). Effect of zinc oxide nanoparticles on physiological activities and gene expression of wastewater nitrifying bacteria. Environmental Engineering Science, 37(5), 328-336.
  • Tanvir Pasha, A. B. M.*, Hinojosa, J.*, Phan, D.*, Lopez, A.*, & Kapoor, V.# (2020). Detection of human fecal pollution in environmental waters using human mitochondrial DNA and correlation with general and human-associated fecal genetic markers. Journal of Water and Health, 18(1), 8-18.
  • Annavajhala, M. K., Kapoor, V., Santo-Domingo, J., & Chandran, K.# (2018). Structural and functional interrogation of selected biological nitrogen removal systems in the United States, Denmark, and Singapore using shotgun metagenomics. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, 2544.
  • Kapoor, V.#, Gupta, I.*, Pasha, A. T.*, & Phan, D.* (2018). Real-time Quantitative PCR Measurements of Fecal Indicator Bacteria and Human-associated Source Tracking Markers in a Texas River following Hurricane Harvey. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 5(6), 322-328.
  • Kapoor, V.#, Phan, D.*, & Pasha, A. T.* (2018). Effects of metal oxide nanoparticles on nitrification in wastewater treatment systems: A systematic review. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, 53(7), 659-668.
  • Annavajhala, M. K., Kapoor, V., Santo-Domingo, J., & Chandran, K.# (2018). Comammox Functionality Identified in Diverse Engineered Biological Wastewater Treatment Systems. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 5(2), 110-116.
  • Bhattacharjee, A. S., Wu, S., Lawson, C. E., Jetten, M. S., Kapoor, V., Domingo, J. W. S., McMahon, K. D., Noguera, D. R. and Goel, R.# (2017). Whole community metagenomics in two different anammox configurations: process performance and community structure. Environmental Science & Technology, 51(8), 4317-4327.
  • Kapoor, V.#, Elk, M., Toledo-Hernandez, C., & Santo Domingo, J. W.# (2017). Analysis of human mitochondrial DNA sequences from fecally polluted environmental waters as a tool to study population diversity. AIMS Environmental Science, 4(3), 443-455.
  • Wurtzler, E. M., Ravi, R., Kapoor, V. and Wendell, D.# (2017) Rational Design of Duplex Specific Nuclease for One-Step Isothermal Viral RNA Detection. Journal of Applied Biology & Biotechnology, 5(5), 1-10.
  • Kapoor, V., Li, X., Elk, M. and Santo Domingo, J. W.# (2016) Inhibitory Effect of Cyanide on Wastewater Nitrification Determined Using SOUR and RNA-Based Gene-Specific Assays. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 63(2), 155-161.
  • Camejo, P. Y., Owen, B., Martirano, J., Ma, J., Kapoor, V., Santo Domingo, J. W., McMahon, K. D. and Noguera, D. R.# (2016) Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis clades enriched under cyclic anaerobic and microaerobic conditions simultaneously use different electron acceptors. Water Research, 102, 125-137.
  • Kapoor, V., Li, X., Impelliteri, C., Chandran, K. and Santo Domingo, J. W.# (2016) Use of Functional Gene Expression and Respirometry to Study Wastewater Nitrification Activity After Exposure to Low Doses of Copper. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 23(7), 6443-6450.
  • Kapoor, V., Li, X., Elk, M., Impelliteri, C. and Santo Domingo, J. W.# (2016) Effects of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) on Nitrification Inhibition Determined Using SOUR and Gene Expression of Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria. Chemosphere, 147, 361-367.
  • Li, X., Kapoor, V., Impelliteri, C., Chandran, K. and Santo Domingo, J. W.# (2016) Measuring Nitrification Inhibition by Metals in Wastewater Treatment Systems: Current State of Science and Fundamental Research Needs. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 46(3), 249-289.
  • Kapoor, V., Li, X., Elk, M., Impelliteri, C., Chandran, K. and Santo Domingo, J. W.# (2015) Impact of Heavy Metals on Transcriptional and Physiological Activity of Nitrifying Bacteria. Environmental Science & Technology, 49(22), 13454–13462.
  • Kapoor, V., Pitkänen, T., Ryu, H., Elk, M., Wendell, D.# and Santo Domingo, J. W.# (2015). Distribution of Human-Specific Bacteroidales and Fecal Indicator Bacteria in an Urban Watershed Impacted by Sewage Pollution, Determined Using RNA-and DNA-Based Quantitative PCR Assays. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 81(1), 91-99.
  • Kapoor, V., DeBry, R. W., Boccelli, D. and Wendell, D.# (2014) Sequencing Human Mitochondrial Hypervariable Region II as a Molecular Fingerprint for Environmental Waters. Environmental Science & Technology, 48(18), 10648–10655.
  • Zehraoui, A., Kapoor, V., Wendell, D. and Sorial, G. A.# (2014) Impact of Alternate Use of Methanol on n-Hexane Biofiltration and Microbial Community Structure Diversity. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 85, 110-118.
  • Kapoor, V., Smith, C., Santo Domingo, J. W., Lu, T. and Wendell, D.# (2013) Correlative Assessment of Fecal Indicators Using Human Mitochondrial DNA as a Direct Marker. Environmental Science & Technology, 47(18), 10485–10493.
  • Kapoor, V. and Wendell, D.# (2013) Engineering Bacterial Efflux Pumps for Solar Powered Bioremediation of Surface Waters. Nano Letters, 13(5), 2189-2193.
  • Padaria, J. C.# and Kapoor, V. (2011) Plasmid Borne Gene of Bacillus pumillus MTCC 7615 Responsible for Fungal Antagonism towards Rhizoctonia solani. Indian Journal of Biotechnology, 10(3), 316-320.