Wen Zhang, Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering - NJIT
- Yao, Ying, Xinting Wang, Fangzhou Liu, Wen Zhang, Francisco J. Artigas, and Yuan Gao. "Distributions and partitioning of airborne Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in urban atmosphere of Northern New Jersey." Science of the Total Environment 970 (2025): 179037.
- Yang, Nanyang, Yunqiao Guan, Shasha Yang, Qingquan Ma, Caitlyn Olive, Sujan Fernando, Wen Zhang, Thomas M. Holsen, and Yang Yang. "PFAS Destruction and Near-Complete Defluorination of Undiluted Aqueous Film-Forming Foams at Ambient Conditions by Piezoelectric Ball Milling." Environmental Science & Technology (2025).
- Ma, Qingquan, Jiahe Zhang, Guangyu Zhu, Neel Ahuja, Boris Khusid, and Wen Zhang. "Effects of surfactants, ion valency and solution temperature on PFAS rejection in commercial reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF) processes." Journal of Water Process Engineering 66 (2024): 106039.
- Ma, Qingquan, Qian Lei, Fangzhou Liu, Zimu Song, Boris Khusid, and Wen Zhang. "Evaluation of commercial nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membrane filtration to remove per‐and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): Effects of transmembrane pressures and water matrices." Water Environment Research 96, no. 2 (2024): e10983.
- Ma, Qingquan, Jianan Gao, Kayla Cheng, Joshua Young, Meng-Qiang Zhao, Avner Ronen, and Wen Zhang. "Electrooxidation of Perfluorocarboxylic Acids by an Interfacially Engineered Magnéli Phase Titanium Oxide (Ti4O7) Electrode with MXene." ACS ES&T Engineering 4, no. 5 (2024): 1102-1112.
- Ma, Qingquan, Jianan Gao, Botamina Moussa, Joshua Young, Mengqiang Zhao, and Wen Zhang. "Electrosorption, Desorption, and Oxidation of Perfluoroalkyl Carboxylic Acids (PFCAs) via MXene-Based Electrocatalytic Membranes." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2023, 15, 24, 29149–29159
- Chen Chen, Qingquan Ma, Fangzhou Liu, Jianan Gao, Xinyang Li, Shaobin Sun, Hong Yao, Changqing Liu, Joshua Young, Wen Zhang, Photocatalytically Reductive Defluorination of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) using Pt/La2Ti2O7 Nanoplates: Experimental and DFT Assessment, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 126452
- Fangzhou Liu, Likun Hua, Wen Zhang, Influences of microwave irradiation on performances of membrane filtration and catalytic degradation of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), Environment International, Volume 143, 2020, 105969
Arjun K. Venkatesan, Associate Professor Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, NJIT - *As corresponding author
- Shaffer KW, Lee CS, Ye X, Graffam M, Paulsen RJ, McDonough CA, Venkatesan AK, Gobler CJ. Fate and Transport of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Across the Groundwater-to-Estuary Continuum in an Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF)-Impacted Watershed. Environmental Pollution. 2025 Dec 3:127486.
- C. A. Cooper, S. Grdanovska, K. Londhe, A. K. Venkatesan, and C. C. Lange, Destruction of PFAS in Water via Electron Beam in Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Treatment Technologies, ed. Y. Deng, Q. Huang, and S. (. Chiang, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2025, vol. 16, ch. 6, pp. 112-136.
- Woke, J., Maroli, A., Zhang, Y., Venkatesan, A.K.* (2025). Impact of Coexisting Nitrate and Sulfate Ions on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Removal by Anion Exchange Resins. Chemical Engineering Science, 122126
- Alulema-Pullupaxi, P., Zhang, Y., Saleh, N. B., Venkatesan, A.K., & Apul, O. G. (2025). Analyzing the Release of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from Spent Granular Activated Carbons by Standard Leaching Procedures. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2025, 59, 17, 8681–8693
- Hannan, M., Evrendilek, F., Leclair, D., Choudhary, M., Mensah, K., Aeppli, C., Venkatesan, A.K. and Apul, O.G., 2025. Aftermath of a major firefighting foam spill in Brunswick, Maine: Spatiotemporal dynamics of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the downstream surface waters. Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters, p.100150
- Li, D., Das, R., Zhang, Y., Zheng, S., Oltulu, M., Venkatesan, A.K., Hsiao, B.S. (2025). Alkylamine Modified Dialdehyde Cellulose Nanofibers for PFAS Adsorption. ACS ES&T Water, 5(4), 1582-1594
- Shaffer, K. W., Ye, X., Lee, C. S., Shipley, O. N., McDonough, C. A., Venkatesan, A. K., & Gobler, C. J. (2025). Accumulation and trophic transfer of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in estuarine organisms determined via stable isotopes. Science of The Total Environment, 967, 178742
- Londhe, K., & Venkatesan, A. K.* (2025). Air Bubbling Assisted Soil Washing to Treat PFAS in High Organic Content Soils. Environments, 12(1), 20
- Maroli, A. S., Zhang, Y., Lubiantoro, J., & Venkatesan, A.K.* (2024). Surfactant-enhanced coagulation and flocculation improves the removal of perfluoroalkyl substances from surface water. Environmental Science: Advances, 3(12), 1714-1721. DOI: 10.1039/D4VA00093E. (Best Paper Award 2024).
- Lee, C. S., & Venkatesan, A. K.* (2024). Cationic surfactant-assisted foam fractionation enhances the removal of short-chain perfluoroalkyl substances from impacted water. Chemosphere, 142614
- Londhe, K. and Venkatesan, A.K.* (2024). Effect of chain length, electrolyte composition and aerosolization on the removal of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances during electrochemical oxidation process. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology. (In Press)
- Londhe, K., Lee, C.S., Grdanovska, S., Smolinski, R., Hamdan, N., McDonough, C., Cooper, C. and Venkatesan, A.K.* (2024). Application of electron beam technology to decompose per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in water. Environmental Pollution, 348, p.123770
- Zhang, Y., Thomas, A., Apul, O., & Venkatesan, A. K.* (2023). Coexisting ions and long chain per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) inhibit the adsorption of short chain PFAS by granular activated carbon. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 132378
- D. Li, C.S. Lee, Y. Zhang, R. Das, F. Akter, A. K. Venkatesan*, B.S. Hsiao* (2023). Efficient removal of short-chain and long-chain PFAS by cationic nanocellulose. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 11(18), 9868-9883. DOI: 10.1039/d3ta01851b
- K. Londhe, C.S. Lee, C.A. McDonough, Venkatesan, A.K.* (2022). The Need for Testing Isomer Profiles of Perfluoroalkyl Substances to Evaluate Treatment Processes. Environmental Science & Technology, 56(22), 15207-15219
- A.K. Venkatesan*, Lee C-S., Gobler, C.J. Hydroxyl-radical based advanced oxidation processes can increase perfluoroalkyl substances beyond drinking water standards: Results from a pilot study. Science of The Total Environment, 847, 157577
- D. Li, K. Londhe, K. Chi, C.S. Lee, A. K. Venkatesan*, B.S. Hsiao* (2021). Functionalized Bio-adsorbents for Removal of Perfluoroalkyl Substances: A Perspective. AWWA Water Science. 3(6), e1258
- Sonmez, B., Zhang, Y., Reuther, J., Saleh, N., Venkatesan, A.K., Apul, O.G. (2021). Thermal Regeneration of Spent Granular Activated Carbon Presents an Opportunity to Break the Forever PFAS Cycle. Environmental Science and Technology. Environmental Science & Technology, 55(9), 5608-5619
- Londhe, K., Lee, C.S., Zhang, Y., Grdanovska, S., Kroc, T., Cooper, C., Venkatesan, A.K.* (2021). Energy Evaluation of Electron Beam Treatment of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Water: A Critical Review. ACS ES&T Engineering, 1(5), 827-841
- Venkatesan, A.K., and Halden. R.U. (2014). Loss and in situ production of perfluoroalkyl chemicals in outdoor biosolids–soil mesocosms. Environ. Res. 132, 321–327
- Venkatesan, A.K. and Halden. R.U. (2013). National inventory of perfluoroalkyl substances in archived U.S. biosolids from the 2001 EPA National Sewage Sludge Survey. J. Hazard. Mater. 252-253, 413-418
Hao Chen, Professor, Chemistry and Environmental Science - NJIT
- Yongqing Yang, Md Tanim-Al Hassan, Juana Perez Sanchez, Quentin A. Young, Richard N. Zare, Hao Chen*, Ultrafast PFAS degradation using oxidant-containing microdroplets, Chem Comm, 2025, 61, 17629–17632.
- Francis J. Osonga, Gaddi B. Eshun, Huize Xue, Stephen Kurilla, Md. Tanim-Al Hassan, Areej Qamar, Hao Chen and Omowunmi A. Sadik*, IMPACT: Innovative (nano)Materials and Processes for Advanced Catalytic Technologies to Detect and Degrade PFOA in Water, Chemosphere, 2024, 364, 143057
- Chen Wu, Sandra Goodrow, Hao Chen, Mengyan Li*, Distinctive Biotransformation and Biodefluorination of 6:2 versus 5:3 Fluorotelomer Carboxylic Acids by Municipal Activated Sludge, Water Research, 2024, 254, 121431
- Md. Tanim-Al- Hassan, Xingzhi Chen, Praneeth Ivan Joel FNU, Francis J. Osonga, Omowunmi A. Sadik, Mengyan Li, and Hao Chen*, Rapid Detection of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Using Paper Spray-Based Mass Spectrometry, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024, 465, 133366
- Chen Wu, Qi Wang, Hao Chen*, Mengyan Li*, Rapid Quantitative Analysis and Suspect Screening of Per-and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) in Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (AFFFs) and Municipal Wastewater Samples by Nano-ESI-HRMS, Water Research, 2022, 219, 118542
Omowunmi "Wunmi" Sadik, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Env. Sci. Fellow ACS, RSC, AIMBE & NAI Office of Faculty Affairs - NJIT
- Md.Tanim-Al-Hassan, X. Chen, P. Ivan Joel FNU, F. Osonga, O. Sadik, M. Li, and H. Chen, Rapid detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) using paper spray-based mass spectrometry, J. Hazardous Materials, 465, 133366, 2024.