A5080789388- Arsenic contamination and mitigation
- Heavy metals in environment
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
- Electrokinetic Soil Remediation Techniques
- Coal and Its By-products
- Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
- Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
- Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
- Immunotoxicology and immune responses
- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
- GABA and Rice Research
- Food composition and properties
Clemson University
2024
University of Cincinnati
2024
Michigan Technological University
2020-2023
Northern wild rice is of great dietary and cultural importance to the Native American population in Upper Peninsula Michigan. Millions tons mine tailings were discharged into Lake Superior other inland lakes during copper mining boom early 20th century this area. This includes L’Anse Bay, located within Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) reservation. Since restoration being encouraged by KBIC, we investigated distribution toxic metals sediments, water, their potential impact on human...
Lead (Pb) contamination in soils of residential properties due to peeling and chipping Pb-based paint can cause human health problems. Phytoextraction is a green technology that has the potential remediate soil Pb. The efficiency phytoextraction dependent on geochemical forms Pb soil. A biodegradable chelating agent, ethylenediaminedisuccinic acid (EDDS), was previously shown enhance removal by facilitating phytoextraction. In this study, EDDS tested at various concentrations for its...
Arsenic (As) is one of the most toxic environmental pollutants, classified as a Class I carcinogen. Anthropogenic activities have led to an increase in As contamination soils. Using animal models study health impacts time and cost-prohibitive, hence attempts been made develop in-vitro cell culture models. However, studies so far not represented realistic exposure conditions. We exposed Human Immortalized Keratinocyte (HaCaT) Primary Dermal Fibroblasts (HDFa) cells water-soluble fraction...
Vetiver root is widely used to produce essential oils in the aromatherapy industry. After extraction of oil, roots are disposed as waste. The central objective this research was explore conversion waste into a resource using circular economy framework. To generate biochar, vetiver were pyrolyzed at different temperatures (300, 500, and 700 °C) residence times (30, 60, 120 min). Analysis showed biochar generated 500 °C held for 60 min had highest surface area 308.15 m2/g yield 53.76%,...