The Kimura-Hara Lab multidisciplinary research integrates analytical chemistry, toxicology, engineering, and water chemistry to address the growing concern of water safety and sustainability for future generations.

Dr. Kimura-Hara is interested in the identification and formation mechanisms of unregulated disinfection by-products using advanced mass spectrometry instrumentation and techniques. Her research is focused on the formation and toxicity of emerging disinfection by-products and contaminants of concern derived from oxidation and membrane-based technologies developed to remove contaminants from municipal wastewater effluents.