Fellowships & Internships, Fisheries & Aquaculture, Healthy Ecosystems, Program Development Fund, Research, Uncategorized, Virginia Marine Resource Bulletin, Virginia Marine Resource Bulletin Winter 2013, Virginia Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellowship

Graduate Research Fellow Raises the Profile of Viruses in Wastewater

Viruses tend to fly—or float—under the radar when it comes to most water quality standards, but Wendi Quidort’s research may be changing that soon. The Virginia Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellow, who is working towards her Ph.D. at Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), has been making some interesting discoveries about what viruses released from wastewater treatment plants might be doing in Virginia’s creeks and estuaries.