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Overview

Benoit Barbeau is affiliated with Polytechnique Montréal in Canada and has an extensive body of research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work encompasses several subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Water Science and Technology, Pollution, Environmental Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research focuses significantly on topics related to Water Treatment and Disinfection, Membrane Separation Technologies, Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Infection Control and Ventilation, and Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques.

Some of their recent publications include:

  • PFAS removal by ion exchange resins: A review, 2021, Chemosphere
  • Application of MXenes for water treatment and energy-efficient desalination: A review, 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Application of MXenes for air purification, gas separation and storage: A review, 2022, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Removal of legacy PFAS and other fluorotelomers: Optimized regeneration strategies in DOM-rich waters, 2020, Water Research
  • PFAS and DOM removal using an organic scavenger and PFAS-specific resin: Trade-off between regeneration and faster kinetics, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Benoit Barbeau frequently publishes in venues such as the Journal of Water Process Engineering, Water Research, The Science of The Total Environment, Chemosphere, and ACS ES&T Water.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Madjid Mohseni, Fuhar Dixit, Sébastien Sauvé, Zhen Liu, and Sigrid Peldszus.

Best Publications

  • LIVE/DEAD® BacLight™: application of a new rapid staining method for direct enumeration of viable and total bacteria in drinking water

    Lina Boulos;Michèle Prévost;Benoit Barbeau;Josée Coallier

  • Intellectual Impairment in School-Age Children Exposed to Manganese from Drinking Water

    Maryse F. Bouchard;Sébastien Sauvé;Benoit Barbeau;Melissa Legrand

  • Ozone oxidation of pharmaceuticals, endocrine disruptors and pesticides during drinking water treatment.

    R. Broséus;S. Vincent;K. Aboulfadl;A. Daneshvar

  • PFAS removal by ion exchange resins: A review

    Fuhar Dixit;Rahul Dutta;Benoit Barbeau;Pierre Berube

  • Hybrid Membrane Processes using activated carbon treatment for drinking water: A review

    Céline Stoquart;Pierre Servais;Pierre R. Bérubé;Benoit Barbeau

  • Comparative life cycle assessment of water treatment plants

    Alexandre Bonton;Christian Bouchard;Benoit Barbeau;Stéphane Jedrzejak

  • Neurobehavioral function in school-age children exposed to manganese in drinking water.

    Youssef Oulhote;Donna Mergler;Benoit Barbeau;David C. Bellinger

  • Application of MXenes for water treatment and energy-efficient desalination: A review.

    Fuhar Dixit;Karl Zimmermann;Rahul Dutta;Niranjana Jaya Prakash

  • Oxidation of Microcystis aeruginosa and Anabaena flos-aquae by ozone: Impacts on cell integrity and chlorination by-product formation

    Lucila A Coral;Arash Zamyadi;Benoit Barbeau;Fatima J Bassetti

  • Occurrence of pathogenic microorganisms in the Saint Lawrence River (Canada) and comparison of health risks for populations using it as their source of drinking water.

    Pierre Payment;Aminata Berte;Michèle Prévost;Bruno Ménard

  • Evaluating bacterial aerobic spores as a surrogate for Giardia and Cryptosporidium inactivation by ozone.

    Nathalie Facile;Benoit Barbeau;Michèle Prévost;Boniface Koudjonou

  • Understanding the roles and characterizing the intrinsic properties of synthetic vs. natural polymers to improve clarification through interparticle Bridging: A review

    Mathieu Lapointe;Benoit Barbeau

  • Protection of waterborne pathogens by higher organisms in drinking water: a review.

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  • A benchmark concentration analysis for manganese in drinking water and IQ deficits in children.

    Savroop S. Kullar;Kan Shao;Céline Surette;Delphine Foucher

  • Removal of total dissolved solids, nitrates and ammonium ions from drinking water using charge-barrier capacitive deionisation

    Romain Broséus;John Cigana;Benoit Barbeau;Catherine Daines-Martinez

  • PFOA and PFOS removal by ion exchange for water reuse and drinking applications: role of organic matter characteristics

    Fuhar Dixit;Benoit Barbeau;Shadan Ghavam Mostafavi;Madjid Mohseni

  • Efficient removal of GenX (HFPO-DA) and other perfluorinated ether acids from drinking and recycled waters using anion exchange resins.

    Fuhar Dixit;Benoit Barbeau;Shadan Ghavam Mostafavi;Madjid Mohseni

  • Comparisons of NOM fouling and cleaning of ceramic and polymeric membranes during water treatment

    Mohammad T. Alresheedi;Benoit Barbeau;Onita D. Basu

  • Oxidation kinetics of cyclophosphamide and methotrexate by ozone in drinking water

    Araceli Garcia-Ac;Romain Broséus;Simon Vincent;Benoit Barbeau

  • Dual starch-polyacrylamide polymer system for improved flocculation.

    Mathieu Lapointe;Benoit Barbeau

  • Characterization of ballasted flocs in water treatment using microscopy

    Mathieu Lapointe;Benoit Barbeau

  • Suspended particles in the drinking water of two distribution systems

    V. Gauthier;B. Barbeau;R. Millette;J.-C. Block

  • Impacts of water quality on chlorine and chlorine dioxide efficacy in natural waters

    Benoit Barbeau;Raymond Desjardins;Chandra Mysore;Michele Prévost

  • Impact of UV/H2O2 advanced oxidation treatment on molecular weight distribution of NOM and biostability of water

    Mohammad Mahdi Bazri;Benoit Barbeau;Madjid Mohseni

Frequent Co-Authors

Michèle Prévost
Michèle Prévost Polytechnique Montréal
Madjid Mohseni
Madjid Mohseni University of British Columbia
Pierre Servais
Pierre Servais Université Libre de Bruxelles
Sébastien Sauvé
Sébastien Sauvé University of Montreal
Pierre Payment
Pierre Payment Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Nathalie Tufenkji
Nathalie Tufenkji McGill University
Yves Comeau
Yves Comeau Polytechnique Montréal
David C. Bellinger
David C. Bellinger Boston Children's Hospital
Laurent Bazinet
Laurent Bazinet Université Laval
Md. Saifur Rahaman
Md. Saifur Rahaman Reveau Technologies and Solutions Inc

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