Clarkson University Research Recognized in 2023 Environmental Science & Technology Best Paper Awards
A team of Clarkson University Researchers were recently recognized as fourth runners-up in the Environmental Technology category in the 2023 Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T) Best Paper Awards, released this past December.
Richard and Helen March Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Selma Mededovic, Jean S. Newell Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Co-Director of the Center for Air and Aquatic Resources Engineering & Science (CAARES) Thomas Holsen, Graduate Research Assistant Faith Isowamwen, Undergraduate Student Katherine Ross, and Associate Professor at Sun Yat-sen University and former Clarkson University Research Assistant Professor Rui Li were recognized for their research titled “PFAS–CTAB Complexation and Its Role on the Removal of PFAS from a Lab-Prepared Water and a Reverse Osmosis Reject Water Using a Plasma Reactor.”
The group’s study develops and provides a detailed explanation of a novel approach for degrading per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) of varying chain lengths using electrical discharge plasma, in the presence of a cationic surfactant.
“This paper is the result of the hard work of our undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students,” Mededovic said. “We are all thrilled to be recognized by the ES&T, among the 1,600 manuscripts it publishes annually.”
Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T) is widely recognized as one of the top journals in the field of environmental science, with an impact factor of 11.4 and acceptance rate of approximately 15 percent.
To view the research group’s paper, click here.
