Assistant Professor,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Contact: jsguest@illinois.edu, +1-217-244-9247
What research topics are you best known for?
Sanitation; Resource Recovery; Sustainable Design
What research topics and/or issues are you currently pursuing?
Sanitation in developing communities including management of child feces, energy and nutrient recovery from bodily waste. Aligning goals for agriculture and human/environmental health along more sustainable trajectories.
What evaluation and analysis tools do you use most often in your research?
Environmental sampling of bodily waste, waters, soils, and surfaces; modeling of energy and nutrient recovery systems; life cycle assessment, techno-economic analysis, and technology performance modeling.
What investigations are of interest to you in the near future (next 1-3 years)?
Household energy and nutrient management, including resource recovery from bodily waste and protection of child health through pathogen destruction.
Looking for in a collaborator:
Survey design and deployment; agronomics and soil quality; understanding perception, incentives, and behavior change
