Apul Research Group

Drinking Water Treatment Innovations Lab

Inadequate access to clean water is one of the most concerning global problems with an expected increase in severity in coming decades. Therefore, ingenious solutions that shift the paradigm of water treatment are needed to address the clean water scarcity that are insurmountable for traditional approaches. Initiating a paradigm shift in water treatment is not an easy task but it motivates our lab.

Nanomaterials have exceptional properties and they provide tremendous opportunities for water scientists and engineers. Considering the changing needs of society; our lab ambitiously focuses on technology development for physicochemical water treatment systems using nanotechnology.

Announcements

Gordon Research Conferences - Environmental Nanotechnology

Dr. Apul have an invited talk at GRC Environmental Nanotechnology Conference on nanobubble-based water treatment technologies. Dr. Manisha Choudhary also presented a poster and gave a talk at the GRS 2025. 

Gordon Research Conferences - Environmental Nanotechnology

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AEESP Conference

Apul Research Group attended the AEESP 2025 Conference and gave poster presentations (by: Macy Hannan, Dilara Hatinoglu, Sonia Moavenzadeh-best poster award winner, Kenneth Mensah, and Paulina Alulema). Dr. Apul gave a platform talk at the PFAS session.

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Apul Research Group is moving to Penn State

Apul Research Group is joining Civil and Environmental Engineering and Institute of Energy and the Environment at Penn State University in August 2025. We will continue our work on addressing PFAS pollution in the context of physicochemical water treatment with an overarching goal advancing modern knowledge of intermolecular interactions between synthetic organic compounds and graphitic surfaces.

We have 2 PhD openings. Please visit the link for more details: https://www.aeesp.org/jobs/3980

Apul Research Group is moving to Penn State

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News & Updates

Summer visit to Yale

Dr. Apul completed his summer visit to Yale University with the help of Fortner Group hospitality. The teams have created a framework towards making SPIONs for water and wastewater treatment.

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Summer visit to Yale

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New articles!

Our group published three articles with the leadership of Dilara (Environmental Science and Technology and Chemical Engineering and Science) and Sonia (Biointerphases). The research products were a result of collaborations between Yale, Middle East Technical University, Arizona State University and UMaine researchers. Congratulations to all.

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