Monthly Archives: January 2025

Lucas, D. Petty, S., Keen, O., et al. (2017)

Methods of responsibly managing end-of-life foams and plastics containing flame retardants: Part I. Environmental Engineering Science 35(6), 573-587

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Kennedy Neth, N. L., Carlin, C.M. and Keen, O.S. (2017)

Kennedy Neth, N. L., Carlin, C.M. and Keen, O.S. (2017) Doxycycline transformation and emergence of antibacterially active products during water disinfection with chlorine. Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology 3, 1086-1094

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Jenny Ngueyn

Jenny received her MS degree in 2022. She completed her thesis on “The impact of redox conditions on OH• scavenging in surface water matrix and implications for testing of scavenging”.

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Tori Hoffman

Tori is a PhD student with a focus on microplastics in landfill leachate and anaerobic reactor digestate. Her research is supported by Environmental Research and Education Foundation.

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John Kingsley

John is pursuing his PhD degree in Civil Engineering with a focus on improving the operation of advanced oxidation processes. His current work is focused on quenching residual hydrogen peroxide, and his research is supported by US Department of Interior … Continue reading

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Chideraa Ndubuisi

Chideraa’s is pursuing a PhD in Infrastructure and Environmental Systems with a particular interest in the intersection of environmental and human health. His work focuses on the fate of microplastics in wastewater solids. He received a student grant from NC … Continue reading

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Kelsey Sikon

Kelsey is working on a Master’s thesis and her research was supported by Charlotte Water. The goals of the project are to determine the effectiveness of wastewater treatment plants in removing microplastics from the liquid stream and to assess whether … Continue reading

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Fateme Barancheshme

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 … Continue reading

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Microplastics in wastewater

We have been working with multiple wastewater treatment plants to elucidate the sources and fate of microplastics in wastewater treatment, with the recent focus on microplastics in biosolids.

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11/04/2024

Chideraa Ndubuisi received 2nd Place Poster Award at NC One Water student conference for his poster on microplastics in wastewater biosolids.

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