2026 Amy E. Childress: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	45	5325	5133	1486	1375	91	16964

Overview

Amy E. Childress is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily spans environmental science and engineering, with a focus on water-related technologies and sustainability. The scientist has contributed extensively to the fields of water science and technology, biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The research topics covered by Amy E. Childress include:

Membrane Separation Technologies
Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
Water Treatment and Disinfection

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Amy E. Childress are as follows:

Hydrophobicity versus Pore Size: Polymer Coatings to Improve Membrane Wetting Resistance for Membrane Distillation, 2020, ACS Applied Polymer Materials
Reclaiming wastewater with increasing salinity for potable water reuse: Water recovery and energy consumption during reverse osmosis desalination, 2021, Desalination
The Future of Municipal Wastewater Reuse Concentrate Management: Drivers, Challenges, and Opportunities, 2023, Environmental Science & Technology
Leveraging the water-energy nexus to derive benefits for the electric grid through demand-side management in the water supply and wastewater sectors, 2021, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
Practical minimum energy use of seawater reverse osmosis, 2024, Joule

Amy E. Childress frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

Weijian Ding
Allyson L. McGaughey
Sultan Alnajdi
Ali Naderi Beni
Albraa A. Alsaati

The preferred publication venues for their work include:

Environmental Science & Technology
SSRN Electronic Journal
Desalination
Joule
Journal of Membrane Science

Best Publications

Forward osmosis: Principles, applications, and recent developments

Tzahi Y. Cath;Amy E. Childress;Menachem Elimelech

3112
Citations
Effect of solution chemistry on the surface charge of polymeric reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes

Amy E. Childress;Menachem Elimelech

1209
Citations
The forward osmosis membrane bioreactor: A low fouling alternative to MBR processes

Andrea Achilli;Tzahi Y. Cath;Eric A. Marchand;Amy E. Childress

947
Citations
Selection of inorganic-based draw solutions for forward osmosis applications

Andrea Achilli;Tzahi Y. Cath;Amy E. Childress

904
Citations
Power generation with pressure retarded osmosis: An experimental and theoretical investigation

Andrea Achilli;Tzahi Y. Cath;Amy E. Childress

874
Citations
Scale Formation and Control in High Pressure Membrane Water Treatment Systems: A Review

Alice Antony;Jor How Low;Stephen Gray;Amy E. Childress

822
Citations
Role of membrane surface morphology in colloidal fouling of cellulose acetate and composite aromatic polyamide reverse osmosis membranes

Menachem Elimelech;Xiaohua Zhu;Amy E. Childress;Seungkwan Hong

772
Citations
Forward osmosis for concentration of anaerobic digester centrate.

Ryan W. Holloway;Amy E. Childress;Keith E. Dennett;Tzahi Y. Cath

717
Citations
High recovery of concentrated RO brines using forward osmosis and membrane distillation

C. Riziero Martinetti;Amy E. Childress;Tzahi Y. Cath

645
Citations
Pressure retarded osmosis: From the vision of Sidney Loeb to the first prototype installation — Review

Andrea Achilli;Amy E. Childress

605
Citations
Assessing short-range membrane–colloid interactions using surface energetics

Jonathan A. Brant;Amy E. Childress

524
Citations
Experimental study of desalination using direct contact membrane distillation: a new approach to flux enhancement

Tzahi Y. Cath;V.Dean Adams;Amy E. Childress

498
Citations
Standard methodology for evaluating membrane performance in osmotically driven membrane processes

Tzahi Y. Cath;Menachem Elimelech;Jeffrey R. McCutcheon;Robert L. McGinnis

470
Citations
Membrane contactor processes for wastewater reclamation in space Part I. Direct osmotic concentration as pretreatment for reverse osmosis

Tzahi Y. Cath;Sherwin Gormly;Edward G. Beaudry;Michael T. Flynn

358
Citations
Membrane contactor processes for wastewater reclamation in space: II. Combined direct osmosis, osmotic distillation, and membrane distillation for treatment of metabolic wastewater

Tzahi Y. Cath;Dean Adams;Amy E. Childress

301
Citations
Removal of natural steroid hormones from wastewater using membrane contactor processes.

Joshua L. Cartinella;Tzahi Y. Cath;Michael T. Flynn;Glenn C. Miller

266
Citations
Systems and methods for purification of liquids

Tzahi Y. Cath;Amy E. Childress

240
Citations
RO-PRO desalination: An integrated low-energy approach to seawater desalination

Jeri L. Prante;Jeffrey A. Ruskowitz;Amy E. Childress;Andrea Achilli

209
Citations
Organic ionic salt draw solutions for osmotic membrane bioreactors.

Katie S. Bowden;Andrea Achilli;Amy E. Childress

203
Citations
Experimental results from RO-PRO: a next generation system for low-energy desalination.

Andrea Achilli;Jeri L. Prante;Nathan T. Hancock;Eric B. Maxwell

185
Citations