[Apr 2025] It’s been a busy April for the group. I visited National University of Singapore and gave a talk at Nanyang Technological University (thanks to my host Profs. Bin CAO, Xunchang FEI [pictured], and Qianhong SHE).
Jason and Maggie presented their Aresty Research Project at the Undergraduate Research Symposium.
And we demonstrated how to turn poops into fertilizers at our Rutgers Day event (the composting toilet was the star!). Thanks to Charlotte, Maggie, Jason, Nizam, and Basil who ran the show!
[Jan 2025] Happy New Year! Our group is growing! Basil joined the group in Fall 2024 while Nizam and Yu started this Spring. Jason, Charlotte, and Maggie have also been working on their Aresty projects/independent study since Fall 2024.
[Oct 2024] Ali presented his work on the data-driven model for HTL biocrude prediction and techno-economic analysis at the 2024 AIChE Annual Meeting.
[Sep 2024] We are hiring one postdoc for PreFerS. This position is based in Singapore. Check out the Join page for details! (APPLICATION CLOSED)
[Aug 2024] We are hiring two funded graduate student position for Spring/Summer 2025 (see the hydrothermal microplastics grant and the zero-carbon cement grant announcement below). Check out the Join page for details! (APPLICATION CLOSED)
[Aug 2024] We are on the Rutgers team that received an award from the US Army Corps of Engineers! Working with the Riman and Sills group at Rutgers MSE and the Nassif group at Rutgers CEE, we will develop cost effective and zero-carbon cement using recycled concrete rubble.
[Aug 2024] Our group was awarded an NSF CBET grant! We will lead an effort to investigate the fate and conversion mechanism of microplastics during hydrothermal valorization of wet organic waste. This is a collaboration between us and the Fahrenfeld group (Rutgers CEE) as well as the Arbuckle-Keil group (Chemistry at Rutgers-Camden).
[Aug 2024] We are one of the awardees of the New Jersey Water Resources Research Institute (NJWRRI)-USGS Annual Grants! Our project will evaluate an intensive microalgal process to reduce point source phosphorus load from wastewater in order to reduce eutrophication and protect our natural waters.
[Jul 2024] We are one of the awardees of the inaugural Groundwork Grants by the Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute (RCEI). This grant will enable us to develop technologies to convert Alaskan kelp (a renewable biomass feedstock) into value-added bioproducts and low-carbon fuels. Read the News Release.
[Aug 2024] Naman, Xavier, and Venus (left to right in the photo) presented their work at the 2024 Summer Research Symposium. Congrats on the great presentations and thank you all for the hard work this summer!
[Jul 2024] The paper Assessing the Relative Sustainability of Point-of-Use Water Disinfection Technologies for Off-Grid Communities has been accepted by ACS Environmental Au. Congrats Ali to this first publication at Rutgers! Read the Paper.
[May 2024] I’m excited to be a part of the Centre for Precision Fermentation and Sustainability (PreFerS), which strives to realize reliable and cost-effective production of safe, nutritious, and delicious foods in an urban context. Look forward to the groundbreaking work ahead! Read the News Release.
[May 2024] Ali presented his work on the sustainability evaluation of point-of-use water disinfection technologies at the 2024 World Environmental & Water Resources Congress.
[Apr 2024] The paper Intensive Microalgal Cultivation and Tertiary Phosphorus Recovery from Wastewaters via the EcoRecover Process has been accepted by Environmental Science & Technology. Read the Paper.
[Mar 2024] Ali presented his work on a machine-learning model for predicting the biocrude yield from hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) at the 2024 Rutgers Conference for Rising Stars in Graduate Research.
[Jan 2024] We are hiring! One funded graduate student position for Fall 2024. Check out the Join page for details! (APPLICATION CLOSED)
[Jan 2024] Happy new year! The paper Characterizing the Opportunity Space for Sustainable Hydrothermal Valorization of Wet Organic Wastes has been accepted by Environmental Science & Technology. Read the Paper.
[Fall 2023] Ali joined the group as a Ph.D. student. He will lead our USDA project that examines the sustainability of a hydrothermal system that converts swine manure and other organic feedstocks into biobinders for asphalt that increase the quality of recycled asphalt pavements.
[May 2023] The paper Catalytic Hydrothermal Deoxygenation of Stearic Acid with Ru/C: Effects of Alcohol- and Carboxylic Acid-Based Hydrogen Donors has been accepted by ACS Omega. Read the Paper.
[May 2023] We are hiring! There are multiple fully funded graduate student positions in Spring or Fall 2024. Check out the Join page for details! (APPLICATION CLOSED)
[May 2023] The paper Advancing the Economic and Environmental Sustainability of the NEWgenerator Nonsewered Sanitation System has been accepted by ACS Environmental Au. Read the Paper.
[Apr 2023] I served on the Reviewer Panel for the Data, Modeling, and Analysis Program for the 2023 Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office Project Review. Learn More.
[Mar 2023] The paper DMsan: A Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Framework and Package to Characterize Contextualized Sustainability of Sanitation and Resource Recovery Technologies has been accepted by ACS Environmental Au. Read the Paper.
[Feb 2023] I accepted the offer Rutgers and will be joining Rutgers this Fall!
[Feb 2023] The paper Design of a High-Rate Wastewater Treatment Process for Energy and Water Recovery at Biorefineries has been accepted by ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. Read the Paper and the News Release.
[Feb 2023] The paper Implications of Biorefinery Policy Incentives and Location-Specific Economic Parameters for the Financial Viability of Biofuels has been accepted by Environmental Science & Technology. Read the Paper.
[Jan 2023] The paper Rewiring yeast metabolism for producing 2,3-butanediol and two downstream applications: Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment of methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) and agricultural biostimulant production has been accepted by Chemical Engineering Journal. Read the Paper.
[Jan 2023] I am part of the team that receive a $2.5 million grant from Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA) Bioproduct Pilot Program, on the conversion of biowaste into pavement materials. Read the News Release.