Selected publications

Water and wastewater treatment

Chakraborty, T., Balusani, D., Smith, S., Santoro, D., Walton, J., Nakhla, G., & Ray, M. B. (2020). Reusability of recovered iron coagulant from primary municipal sludge and its impact on chemically enhanced primary treatment. Separation and Purification Technology, 231, 115894. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2019.115894

Chakraborty, T., Gabriel, M., Amiri, A. S., Santoro, D., Walton, J., Smith, S., Ray, M. B., & Nakhla, G. (2017). Carbon and phosphorus removal from primary municipal wastewater using recovered aluminum. Environmental Science and Technology, 51(21), 12302–12309. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b03405

Chowdhury, P., Sarathy, S. R., Das, S., Li, J., Ray, A. K., & Ray, M. B. (2020). Direct UV photolysis of pharmaceutical compounds: Determination of pH-dependent quantum yield and full-scale performance. Chemical Engineering Journal, 380, 122460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2019.122460

Crapulli, F., Santoro, D., Sasges, M. R., Ray, S., Mahmoud, H., & Ray, A. K. (2015). Quantifying ultraviolet inactivation kinetics in nearly opaque fluids. Water Quality Research Journal of Canada,50(1), 34–46. https://doi.org/10.2166/wqrjc.2014.032

Dalaei, P., Ho, D., Nakhla, G., & Santoro, D. (2019). Low temperature nutrient removal from municipal wastewater by purple phototrophic bacteria (PPB). Bioresource Technology, 288, 121566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2019.121566

Ding, H., Pan, F., Mulalic, E., Gomaa, H., Li, W., Yang, H., Jiang, Z., Wang, B., Cao, X., & Zhang, P. (2017). Enhanced desulfurization performance and stability of Pebax membrane by incorporating Cu+ and Fe2+ ions co-impregnated carbon nitride. Journal of Membrane Science, 526, 94–105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.12.020

Ghosh, M., Manoli, K., Renaud, J. B., Sabourin, L., Nakhla, G., Sharma, V. K., & Ray, A. K. (2019). Rapid removal of acesulfame potassium by acid-activated ferrate(VI) under mild alkaline conditions. Chemosphere, 230, 416–423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.05.069

Gomaa, H. G., & Sabouni, R. (2016). Interfacial phenomena and droplet size of particle stabilized emulsions in oscillatory shear. AICHE Journal, 61(3), 2902–2911. https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.15256

Gomaa, H. G., & Sabouni, R. (2019). Performance characteristics of a suspended-catalyst oscillatory membrane photocatalytic reactor. Chemical Engineering and Technology, 42(3), 575–583. https://doi.org/10.1002/ceat.201800260

Khan, A. H., Kim, J., Sumarah, M., Macfie, S. M., & Ray, M. B. (2017). Toxicity reduction and improved biodegradability of benzalkonium chlorides by ozone/hydrogen peroxide advanced oxidation process. Separation and Purification Technology, 185, 72–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2017.05.010

Khan, A. H., Libby, M., Winnick, D., Palmer, J., Sumarah, M., Ray, M. B., & Macfie, S. M. (2018). Uptake and phytotoxic effect of benzalkonium chlorides in Lepidium sativum and Lactuca sativa. Journal of Environmental Management, 206, 490–497. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.10.077

Khan, A. H., Macfie, S. M., & Ray, M. B. (2017). Sorption and leaching of benzalkonium chlorides in agricultural soils. Journal of Environmental Management, 196, 26–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.02.065

Kim, M., Nakhla, G., & Keleman, M. (2019). Modeling the impact of food wastes on wastewater treatment plants. Journal of Environmental Management, 237, 344–358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.02.065

Kim, M., Abdulazeez, M., Haroun, B. M., Nakhla, G., & Keleman, M. (2019). Microbial communities in co-digestion of food wastes and wastewater biosolids. Bioresource Technology, 289, 121580. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2019.121580

Liu, G., Jiang, Z., Cao, K., Nair, S., Cheng, X., Zhao, J., Gomaa, H. G., Wu, H., & Pan, F. (2017). Pervaporation performance comparison of hybrid membranes filled with two-dimensional ZIF-L nanosheets and zero-dimensional ZIF-8 nanoparticles. Journal of Membrane Science, 523, 185–196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.09.064

Liu, X., Kim, M., & Nakhla, G. (2018). Performance and kinetics of nitrification of low ammonia wastewater at low temperature. Water Environment Research, 90(6). https://doi.org/10.2175/106143017X14902968254818

Mahrous, N. N., Columbus, M. P., Southam, G., & Macfie, S. M. (2019). Changes in microbial community structure and increased metal bioavailability in a metal-contaminated soil and in the rhizosphere of corn (Zea mays). Rhizosphere, 11, 100169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2019.100169

Malekshoar, G., & Ray, A. K. (2016). In-situ grown molybdenum sulfide on TiO2 for dye-sensitized solar photocatalytic hydrogen generation. Chemical Engineering Science, 152, 35–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2016.05.029

Manoli, K., Nakhla, G., Ray, A. K., & Sharma, V. K. (2017). Oxidation of caffeine by acid-activated ferrate(VI): Effect of ions and natural organic matter. AIChE Journal, 63(11), 4998–5006. https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.15878

Niasar, H. S., Das, S., Xu, C. (Charles), & Ray, M. B. (2019). Continuous column adsorption of naphthenic acids from synthetic and real oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) using carbon-based adsorbents. Chemosphere, 214, 511–518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.09.078

Popugaeva, D., Kreyman, K., & Ray, A. K. (2020). Removal of aluminum from alkaline aqueous solution by adsorption on Degussa P25 TiO2 and vermiculite concrete-supported ferric oxyhydroxide. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 98, 373–383. https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.23622

Popugaeva, D., Manoli, K., Kreyman, K., & Ray, A. K. (2019). Removal of aluminum from aqueous solution by adsorption on montmorillonite K10, TiO2, and SiO2: kinetics, isotherms, and effect of ions. Adsorption, 25, 1575–1583. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10450-019-00141-2

Sabouni, R., & Gomaa, H. G. (2019). Photocatalytic degradation of pharmaceutical micro-pollutants using ZnO. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26(6), 5372–5380. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-4051-2

Wan, J., Chakraborty, T., Xu, C. (Charles), & Ray, M. B. (2019). Treatment train for tailings pond water using Opuntia ficus-indica as coagulant. Separation and Purification Technology, 211, 448–455. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2018.09.083

Willick, I. R., Plaxton, W. C., Lolle, S. J., & Macfie, S. M. (2019). Transcriptional and post-translational upregulation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in Arabidopsis thaliana (L. Heynh) under cadmium stress. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 164, 29–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2019.04.018

Zhao, Z., Sun, W., Ray, A. K., Mao, T., & Ray, M. B. (2020). Coagulation and disinfection by-products formation potential of extracellular and intracellular matter of algae and cyanobacteria.Chemosphere, 245, 125669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125669

Khalil, A., Rosso, D., DeGroot, C.T., 2021, "Effects of flow velocity and bubble size distribution on oxygen mass transfer in bubble column reactors - A critical evaluation of the Computational Fluid Dynamics ‐ Population Balance Model," Water Environment Research, In Press, DOI: 10.1002/wer.1604.

Khalil, A., Santoro, D., Batstone, D.J., DeGroot, C.T., 2021, "Uncertainty analysis of rising sewer models with respect to input parameters and model structure using Monte Carlo simulations and computational fluid dynamics," Water Science & Technology, 83(10), pp. 2486-2503, DOI: 10.2166/wst.2021.139.

Boiocchi, R., Behera, C.R., Sherratt, A., DeGroot, C.T., Gernaey, K.V., Sin, G., Santoro, D., 2020, "Dynamic model validation and advanced polymer control for rotating belt filtration as primary treatment of domestic wastewaters," Chem. Eng. Sci., 217, Article 115510, DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2020.115510.

Amaral, A., Gillot, S., Garrido-Baserba, M., Filali, A., Karpinska, A., Plosz, B., DeGroot, C.T., Bellandi, G., Nopens, I., Takács, I., Lizarralde, I., Jimenez, J., Fiat, J., Rieger, L., Arnell, M., Andersen, M., Jeppsson, U., Rehman, U., Fayolle, Y., Amerlinck, Y., and Rosso, D., 2019, "Modelling gas-liquid mass transfer in wastewater treatment: when current knowledge needs to encounter engineering practice and vice-versa," Water Science & Technology, 80(4), pp. 607-619, DOI: 10.2166/wst.2019.253.

Sherratt, A., DeGroot, C.T., Straatman, A.G., Santoro, D., 2019, "Numerical modelling and control of solids separation using continuously moving fine mesh sieves", Chem. Eng. Sci., 195, pp. 881-893, DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2018.10.033.

Sherratt, A., DeGroot, C.T., Straatman, A.G., Santoro, D., 2019, "A numerical approach for determining the resistance of fine mesh filters", Trans. CSME, 43(2), pp. 221-229, DOI: 10.1139/tcsme-2018-0071.

Groundwater monitoring, modeling and remediation

Conant, B., Robinson, C. E., Hinton, M. J., & Russell, H. A. J. (2019). A framework for conceptualizing groundwater-surface water interactions and identifying potential impacts on water quality, water quantity, and ecosystems. Journal of Hydrology, 574, 609–627. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.04.050

Popugaeva, D., Kreyman, K., & Ray, A. K. (2018). Study of aluminium in groundwater using chemometric methods. Environmental Technology. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2018.1544667

Popugaeva, D., Kreyman, K., & Ray, A. K. (2020). Assessment of Khibiny Alkaline Massif groundwater quality using statistical methods and water quality index. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 98, 205–212. https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.23601

Rakhimbekova, S., O’Carroll, D. M., Andersen, M. S., Wu, M. Z., & Robinson, C. E. (2018). Effect of transient wave forcing on the behavior of arsenic in a nearshore aquifer. Environmental Science and Technology, 52, 12338–12348. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b03659

Sims, A. W., Robinson, C. E., Smart, C. C., & O’Carroll, D. M. (2019). Mechanisms controlling green roof peak flow rate attenuation. Journal of Hydrology,577, 123972. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.123972

Trglavcnik, V., Morrow, D., Weber, K. P., Li, L., & Robinson, C. E. (2018). Analysis of tide and offshore storm-induced water table fluctuations for structural characterization of a coastal island aquifer. Water Resources Research, 54(4), 2749–2767. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017WR020975

Vogel, L. J., O’Carroll, D. M., Edge, T. A., & Robinson, C. E. (2016). Release of Escherichia coli from foreshore sand and pore water during intensified wave conditions at a recreational beach. Environmental Science and Technology,50, 5676–5684. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b00707

 

Recourse recovery

Chowdhury, A. I. A., Gerhard, J. I., Reynolds, D., & O’Carroll, D. M. (2017). Low permeability zone remediation via oxidant delivered by electrokinetics and activated by electrical resistance heating: proof of concept. Environmental Science and Technology, 51(22), 13295–13303. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b02231

Gerhard, J. I., Gavin, G. P., & Torero, J. L. (2020). Star: a uniquely sustainable in situ and ex situ remediation process. In Sustainable Remediation of Contaminated Soil and Groundwater(pp. 221–246). Butterworth-Heinemann.

Rashwan, T. L., Gerhard, J. I., & Grant, G. P. (2016). Application of self-sustaining smouldering combustion for the destruction of wastewater biosolids. Waste Management, 50, 201–212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2016.01.037

Scholes, G. C., Gerhard, J. I., Grant, G. P., Major, D. W., Vidumsky, J. E., Switzer, C., & Torero, J. L. (2015). Smoldering remediation of coal tar contaminated soil: Pilot field tests of STAR. Environmental Science and Technology, 49(24), 14334–14342. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b03177

Zanoni, M. A. B., Torero, J. L., & Gerhard, J. I. (2019). Delineating and explaining the limits of self-sustained smouldering combustion. Combustion and Flame, 201, 78–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2018.12.004

Fadlallah. H., Peerhossaini, H., DeGroot, C.T., Jarrahi, H., 2021, "Motility response to hydrodynamic stress during the growth cycle in active fluid suspensions," ASME J. Fluids Engineering, 143(7), Article 074501, DOI: 10.1115/1.4050054.

 

Water resources/climate change

Najafi, M. R., & Moradkhani, H. (2013). Analysis of runoff extremes using spatial hierarchical Bayesian modeling. Water Resources Research, 49(10), 6656–6670. https://doi.org/10.1002/wrcr.20381

Najafi, M. R., & Moradkhani, H. (2015). Multi-model ensemble analysis of runoff extremes for climate change impact assessments. Journal of Hydrology, 525, 352–361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.03.045

Najafi, M. R., Zwiers, F., & Gillett, N. (2015). Attribution of Arctic temperature change to greenhouse gas and aerosol influences. Nature Climate Change, 5, 246–249. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2524 

Najafi, M. R., Zwiers, F., & Gillett, N. (2017a). Attribution of the observed spring snowpack decline in British Columbia to anthropogenic climate change. Journal of Climate, 30(11), 4113–4130. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0189.1

Najafi, M. R., Zwiers, F. W., & Gillett, N. P. (2017). Attribution of observed streamflow changes in key British Columbia drainage basins. Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 11012–11020. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL075016