Dr. Apul gave an invited talk entitled: "Interactions of PFAS by Microplastics: One Water, Two Crises" in the PFAS session of Water Environment Federation. The session took place in person in Cincinnati, OH and gave virtual option to speakers and participants. Kudos to organizers and thanks to all who listened to the presentation.
Apul Research Group has two articles accepted: Bioresource Technology (Impact Factor 9.6) and Journal of Hazardous Materials (Impact Factor 10.4). The former is lead by Dr. Yaparatne and Zach Doherty of our group. The work is an early-stage technology demonstration using nanobubbles and it is a collaboration between NASA and ASU researchers. The latter is a collaboration between ASU and Chevron researchers. The work contains novel findings regarding soil remediation with oxidants. Kudos to all who contributed.
Apul Research Group celebrates publication of 3 journal articles. These articles will appear in ACS ES&T Engineering, Macromolecules, and Chemosphere. The collaborative articles are lead by UT-Austin, UMass Lowell, and Arizona State University. Two of these articles will be co-authored by former student Busra Sonmez. She is currently a PhD student at UT-Austin. Kudos Busra.
Our group received NSF Track 4 support to investigate superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for microwave pretreatment of waste activated sludge. The project will partially take place at Yale University partnering with Dr. John Fortner.
Apul Research Group is starting three new projects. First one is MARINE seed project lead by Dr. Meg Estapa, Professor of Oceanography at University of Maine. The team will investigate the sediment samples for emerging pollutants. The second project is USGS 104b lead by Dr. Apul and will collaborate with Dr. Ross of Environmental Engineering and Dr. Smith from School of Earth and Climate Sciences. The team will analyze microplastic samples in rural and urban streams of Maine. The third project is lead by Dr. Yaparatne to collaboratively investigate aquaculture innovations with Dr. Bouchard of Aquaculture Research Institute.
Dr. Apul is celebrating his 50th article with a WordCloud composed of the paper titles!
Dr. Apul co-authors an article to be published in Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering with Stony Brook University researchers. The article is accepted recently and it is entitled "Effect of residual H2O2 on the removal of advanced oxidation byproducts by two types of granular activated carbon". Congratulations to all
Our group published a collaborative article in Chemical Engineering Journal Advances with Westerhoff Group from Arizona State University. The title of the article is: "Comparing the Morphologies and Adsorption Behavior of Electrospun Polystyrene Composite Fibers with 0D Fullerenes, 1D Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes and 2D Graphene Oxides". The article explores the availability of carbon nanomaterials when incorporated into electrospun polymeric fibers. Kudos to all authors!
Dr. Apul has been selected to receive the 2021 SNO Emerging Investigator award from the Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization. This great honor was only possible by the hard-working group members of the research team. Dr. Apul will be giving a plenary talk in the upcoming SNO21 Conference.
Our new project to assess the risk factors for PFAS-laden biosolids in rural America is selected for funding by USGS 104g Program. This effort will be co-lead by Economy Professor Caroline Noblet and Onur Apul. The interdisciplinary work is going to bring the social, and environmental aspects of the problem together.
