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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For engineering solutions to the problems of potable water and energy in underdeveloped nations.
  • 2001 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his outstanding work modeling air and pollutant transport inside buildings, analyzing energy issues in developing countries, and developing UV waterworks for inexpensively disinfecting drinking water in such countries
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Ashok J. Gadgil is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research contributions primarily lie within the field of Environmental Science, with a specific focus on areas such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry, Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's work covers several key topics in environmental research, notably:

  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques

Among the recent papers authored are:

  • "Long-term electrode behavior during treatment of arsenic contaminated groundwater by a pilot-scale iron electrocoagulation system," 2020, published in Water Research
  • "Rapid and Efficient Arsenic Removal by Iron Electrocoagulation Enabled with in Situ Generation of Hydrogen Peroxide," 2020, published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Superior removal of As(III) and As(V) from water with Mn-doped β-FeOOH nanospindles on carbon foam," 2021, published in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "The polymeric conformational effect on capacitive deionization performance of graphene oxide/polypyrrole composite electrode," 2020, published in Desalination
  • "Identifying schools at high-risk for elevated lead in drinking water using only publicly available data," 2021, published in The Science of The Total Environment

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers such as Thomas P. Tomich, Siva Bandaru, Gabriel P. Lobo, Dana Hernandez, and Vi H. Rapp. These collaborations reflect an interdisciplinary approach spanning environmental and engineering disciplines.

They publish regularly in several academic venues, including:

  • Annual Review of Environment and Resources
  • Water Research
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Development Engineering
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Ashok J. Gadgil has received professional recognition including election as a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2013 for contributions to engineering solutions addressing potable water and energy issues in underdeveloped nations.

Additional honors include being named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2001 for work on modeling pollutant transport, energy issues in developing countries, and water disinfection technologies, as well as fellowship in the Indian National Academy of Engineering.

Best Publications

  • Drinking water in developing countries

    Ashok J. Gadgil

  • Modeling Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds from New Carpets

    John C Little;Alfred T Hodgson;Ashok J Gadgil

  • Analyzing a database of residential air leakage in the United States

    Wanyu R. Chan;Wanyu R. Chan;William W. Nazaroff;Phillip N. Price;Michael D. Sohn

  • Critique of the Use of Deposition Velocity in Modeling Indoor Air Quality

    WW Nazaroff;AJ Gadgil;CJ Weschler

  • Uv water disinfector

    Ashok Gadgil;Vikas Garud

  • Removing Arsenic from Synthetic Groundwater with Iron Electrocoagulation: An Fe and As K-Edge EXAFS Study

    Case M. van Genuchten;Susan E. A. Addy;Jasquelin Peña;Ashok J. Gadgil;Ashok J. Gadgil

  • Modeling As(III) oxidation and removal with iron electrocoagulation in groundwater.

    Lei Li;Case M. van Genuchten;Susan E. A. Addy;Juanjuan Yao

  • Comparing zonal and CFD model predictions of isothermal indoor airflows to experimental data.

    L. Mora;A. J. Gadgil;E. Wurtz

  • Analysis of Two-Dimensional Melting in Rectangular Enclosures in Presence of Convection

    A. Gadgil;D. Gobin

  • Production and transformation of mixed-valent nanoparticles generated by Fe(0) electrocoagulation.

    Kristian L Dubrawski;Case M van Genuchten;Caroline Delaire;Susan E Amrose

  • Rapidly locating and characterizing pollutant releases in buildings

    Michael D Sohn;Pamela Reynolds;Navtej Singh;Ashok J Gadgil

  • Deposition of Tobacco Smoke Particles in a Low Ventilation Room

    Mindi Xu;Matty Nematollahi;Richard G. Sextro;Ashok J. Gadgil

  • Mixing of a Point Source Pollutant by Natural Convection Flow within a Room

    A. V. Baughman;A. J. Gadgil;W. W. Nazaroff

  • Arsenic removal from groundwater using iron electrocoagulation: Effect of charge dosage rate

    Susan Amrose;Ashok Gadgil;Venkat Srinivasan;Kristin Kowolik

  • Electro-chemical arsenic remediation: field trials in West Bengal.

    Susan E. Amrose;Siva R.S. Bandaru;Caroline Delaire;Case M. van Genuchten

  • Indoor pollutant mixing time in an isothermal closed room: An investigation using CFD

    A.J. Gadgil;C. Lobscheid;Marc Abadie;E.U. Finlayson

  • Long-term electrode behavior during treatment of arsenic contaminated groundwater by a pilot-scale iron electrocoagulation system.

    Siva R.S. Bandaru;Abhisek Roy;Ashok J. Gadgil;Case M. van Genuchten;Case M. van Genuchten

  • Portable water treatment unit

    Ashok J. Gadgil

  • Mixing of a Point‐Source Indoor Pollutant by Forced Convection

    A. C. Drescher;A. C. Drescher;C. Lobascio;A. J. Gadgil;W. W. Nazarofif

  • Novel approach for tomographic reconstruction of gas concentration distributions in air: Use of smooth basis functions and simulated annealing

    A.C. Drescher;A.C. Drescher;A.J. Gadgil;P.N. Price;W.W. Nazaroff

  • Factors Governing the Performance of Bauxite for Fluoride Remediation of Groundwater.

    Katya Cherukumilli;Caroline Delaire;Susan Amrose;Ashok J. Gadgil;Ashok J. Gadgil

Frequent Co-Authors

William W. Nazaroff
William W. Nazaroff University of California, Berkeley
Thomas W. Kirchstetter
Thomas W. Kirchstetter Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
William J. Riley
William J. Riley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Henry A. Feldman
Henry A. Feldman Boston Children's Hospital
Marc L. Fischer
Marc L. Fischer Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Joyashree Roy
Joyashree Roy Asian Institute of Technology
Diana Liverman
Diana Liverman University of Arizona
William J. Fisk
William J. Fisk Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Alfred T. Hodgson
Alfred T. Hodgson Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Johanna L. Mathieu
Johanna L. Mathieu University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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