Joan B. Rose, Ph.D.
Laboratory Director/Principal Investigator
Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research
Co-Director Center for Water Sciences (CWS) and
Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assesment (CAMRA)
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
13 Natural Resources Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 432-4412
Fax: (517) 432-1699
rosejo@msu.edu
Education
Ph.D. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
M.S. University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
B.S. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Research Interests
Dr. Joan Rose serves as the Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research at Michigan State University, the Co-Director of the Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment (CAMRA) and the Director of the Center for Water Sciences (CWS). Dr. Rose received her B.S., in 1976 from University of Arizona, her MS from University of Wyoming in 1980 and Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Arizona in 1985. She served as a Professor in the College of Marine Science, University of South Florida (USF) from 1998-2002 and Associate Professor, Department of Marine Science, USF from 1994-1997. In 1995, she was an Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, USF, and from 1986-1989, she served as Research Associate/Lecturer, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, UAZ.
Dr. Rose is an international expert in water microbiology, water quality and public health safety publishing more than 250 manuscripts. She has been involved in the investigation of numerous waterborne outbreaks world-wide. Her work has examined new molecular methods for waterborne pathogens and zoonotic agents such as Cryptosporidium and enteric viruses and source tracking techniques. She has been involved in the study of water supplies, water used for food production, and coastal environments as well as drinking water treatment, wastewater treatment, reclaimed water and water reuse. She specifically interested in microbial pathogen transport in coastal systems and risks to recreational waters. She has been involved in the study of climate factors on water quality. Dr. Rose has been involved in the development of quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) frameworks, methods and data sets and considered one of the international experts in this evolving arena.
She was named as one of the 21 most influential people in Water in the 21st Century by Water Technology Magazine in 2000 and won the Clarke Water Prize ($50,000 prize and one of 5 international awards for contributions to water science and technology). Current service on advisory committees include 1) Chair of the Drinking Water Committee for the Science Advisory Board for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2) Vice-Chair of USA National Committee for the International Water Association, 2002-05, 4) Member of the Strategic Council for IWA 2005-08, 3) Chair of the Specialist Group Health-Related Water Microbiology (IWA).
She was appointed to Water Science and Technology Board of National Academy of Science, National Research Council, 1998-2004 and served as Vice Chair of the Board from 2002-04.
Sources of recent grant and/or contract support include NOAA, EPA, Water Environ. Research Foundation, NSF, and AWWARF. She was recently awarded as PI a 10 million dollar grant for Directing the Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment funded by the EPA and US Department of Homeland Security.