May 2023
- A new Ph.D. student, Sami Khaskheli, joined the lab. Sami completed his MS in Environmental Engineering from the US Pakistan Center of Advance Studies in Water (USPCASW), Mehran UET Jamshoro, Pakistan. He is a recipient of Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan Overseas Scholarship. Welcome, Sami!
- Qi’s paper on improving microbial electrolysis cell-assisted anaerobic digestion of blackwater with granular activated carbon amendment has been accepted for publication in Bioresource Technology. Congratulations, Qi!
April 2023
- Calvin and Seyed received the Graduate Student Teaching Award from the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (FGSR) for their outstanding performance as Teaching Assistants in Fall 2022. Congratulations, Seyed and Calvin!
- Nervana’s article on antibiotic resistance genes proliferation under anaerobic degradation of bioplastics has been accepted for publication in Environment International. Congratulations, Nervana et al.!
March 2023
- Seyed’s paper on the significance of solids content in sludge thermal hydrolysis for mitigating oxidative stress of polystyrene nanoplastics in anaerobic digestion has been accepted for publication in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. Congratulations, Seyed et al.!
- Visiting professor Dr. Deng’s review paper on phosphorus recovery from wastewater via calcium phosphate precipitation has been accepted in Chemosphere. Throughout her one-year tenure in the Dhar lab, she focused on a sustainable approach to recovering phosphate from wastewater. Congratulations, Dr. Deng!
March 2023
- Parisa and Seyed presented their work at the 58th CENTRAL Canadian Symposium on Water Quality Research in Toronto (March 20-21).
- Dr. Dhar was elected as Vice-President (Western) of the Executive Committee of the Canadian Association on Water Quality (CAWQ).
- Parisa’s paper on biodegradability and transformation of biodegradable disposables in high-solids anaerobic digestion followed by hydrothermal liquefaction has been accepted for publication in Resources, Conservation & Recycling. Congratulations, Parisa and the team!
- Seyed’s paper on the application of granular activated carbon for remediation of antibiotic resistance propagation and methanogenic inhibition induced by polystyrene nanoplastics in anaerobic digestion has been accepted for publication in Bioresource Technology. Congratulations, Seyed et al.!
- Nervana’s research article “Propagation of antibiotic resistance genes during anaerobic digestion of thermally hydrolyzed sludge and their correlation with extracellular polymeric substances” was listed as one of the top 100 downloaded Chemistry papers (among 1600+ published in this category in 2022) for Scientific Reports in 2022. Congratulations, Nervana et al.!
- Our paper on an ensemble machine learning approach for examining critical process parameters and scale-up opportunities of microbial electrochemical systems for hydrogen peroxide production has been accepted for publication in Chemosphere. It was a collaboration between our team and the 4S Analytics and Modeling Team. Congratulations, Calvin et al.!
February 2023
- Seyed was awarded the Martha Piper Award in recognition of his research communication excellence. Congratulations, Seyed!
- Dr. Dhar joined the editorial board of the Water Environment Research (WER) journal.
January 2023
- M.Sc. student Anindya Amal Chakrabarty joined the lab. Welcome, Anindya!
