Fateme graduated with her PhD in Civil Engineering in 2020. Her dissertation focused on treatment of algal toxins in drinking water with UV-based advanced oxidation processes. Her research was funded by NC Water Resources Research Institute’s Urban Water Consortium.

She is currently an engineer with Thermo Scientific.

Publications:

Barancheshme, F., and Keen O. (2025) Effect of intracellular algal organic matter and nitrate on disinfection byproduct formation in chlorinated water after UV/H2O2 and UV/Cl2 advanced oxidation processes. Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology (in press)

Barancheshme, F., Sikon, K. and Keen O. (2024) Loss of toxicity of microcystins in UV/H2O2 and UV/Cl2 treatment. Journal of Water Process Engineering 57, 104707