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Binoy Sarkar is affiliated with the University of South Australia in Australia and specializes in environmental science, with a focus on pollution, water science and technology, industrial and manufacturing engineering, biomaterials, and environmental chemistry.

Their research has extensively covered topics including adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal, heavy metals in the environment, clay minerals and soil interactions, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, arsenic contamination and mitigation, microplastics and plastic pollution, and recycling and waste management techniques.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Binoy Sarkar include Nanthi Bolan, Hailong Wang, Yong Sik Ok, Jörg Rinklebe, and Raj Mukhopadhyay.

Binoy Sarkar has contributed to research published predominantly in venues such as the Journal of Hazardous Materials, The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Research, Environmental Pollution, and Chemosphere.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Sarkar include:

  • Biochar and its importance on nutrient dynamics in soil and plant, 2020, Biochar
  • Soil salinity under climate change: Challenges for sustainable agriculture and food security, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Potential for large-scale CO2 removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands, 2020, Nature
  • Weathering of microplastics and interaction with other coexisting constituents in terrestrial and aquatic environments, 2021, Water Research
  • Multifunctional applications of biochar beyond carbon storage, 2021, International Materials Reviews

Best Publications

  • Biochar and its importance on nutrient dynamics in soil and plant

    Zahangir Hossain;Zahangir Hossain;Zahangir Hossain;Mezbaul Bahar;Binoy Sarkar;Scott Wilfred Donne

  • Soil salinity under climate change: Challenges for sustainable agriculture and food security.

    Raj Mukhopadhyay;Binoy Sarkar;Hanuman Sahay Jat;Parbodh Chander Sharma

  • Potential for large-scale CO2 removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands

    David J. Beerling;Euripides P. Kantzas;Mark R. Lomas;Peter Wade

  • Weathering of microplastics and interaction with other coexisting constituents in terrestrial and aquatic environments

    Jiajun Duan;Nanthi Bolan;Yang Li;Shiyuan Ding

  • Multifunctional applications of biochar beyond carbon storage

    Nanthi Bolan;Nanthi Bolan;Son A. Hoang;Jingzi Beiyuan;Souradeep Gupta

  • Prediction of Soil Heavy Metal Immobilization by Biochar Using Machine Learning

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  • Recovery, regeneration and sustainable management of spent adsorbents from wastewater treatment streams: A review

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  • Farming with crops and rocks to address global climate, food and soil security.

    David J. Beerling;Jonathan R. Leake;Stephen P. Long;Stephen P. Long;Julie D. Scholes

  • Effects of microplastics on the terrestrial environment: A critical review.

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  • Biochar composition-dependent impacts on soil nutrient release, carbon mineralization, and potential environmental risk: A review.

    Ali El-Naggar;Ahmed Hamdy El-Naggar;Sabry M. Shaheen;Binoy Sarkar

  • Biochar-based engineered composites for sorptive decontamination of water: A review

    K.S.D. Premarathna;Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha;Binoy Sarkar;Eilhann E. Kwon

  • Engineered biochar – A sustainable solution for the removal of antibiotics from water

    Patrycja Krasucka;Bo Pan;Yong Sik Ok;Dinesh Mohan

  • A review on biochar modulated soil condition improvements and nutrient dynamics concerning crop yields: Pathways to climate change mitigation and global food security.

    T.J. Purakayastha;T. Bera;Debarati Bhaduri;Binoy Sarkar

  • A review of microplastics aggregation in aquatic environment: Influence factors, analytical methods, and environmental implications.

    Xinjie Wang;Nanthi S Bolan;Daniel C.W. Tsang;Binoy Sarkar

  • Biochar-induced concomitant decrease in ammonia volatilization and increase in nitrogen use efficiency by wheat.

    Sanchita Mandal;Ramya Thangarajan;Nanthi S. Bolan;Binoy Sarkar

  • Remediation of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contaminated soils - To mobilize or to immobilize or to degrade?

    Nanthi Bolan;Binoy Sarkar;Yubo Yan;Qiao Li

  • Antimony contamination and its risk management in complex environmental settings: A review

    Nanthi Bolan;Manish Kumar;Ekta Singh;Aman Kumar

  • Designer carbon nanotubes for contaminant removal in water and wastewater: A critical review

    Binoy Sarkar;Sanchita Mandal;Yiu Fai Tsang;Pawan Kumar

  • Novel Fe-Mn binary oxide-biochar as an adsorbent for removing Cd(II) from aqueous solutions

    Guangcai Yin;Xiaowang Song;Lin Tao;Binoy Sarkar

  • Stabilization of Soil Organic Carbon as Influenced by Clay Mineralogy

    Mandeep Singh;Binoy Sarkar;Binoy Sarkar;Subhas Sarkar;Jock Churchman

  • Occurrence of contaminants in drinking water sources and the potential of biochar for water quality improvement:A review

    Kumuduni Niroshika Palansooriya;Yi Yang;Yiu Fai Tsang;Binoy Sarkar

  • Iron-modified biochar and water management regime-induced changes in plant growth, enzyme activities, and phytoavailability of arsenic, cadmium and lead in a paddy soil.

    Ergang Wen;Xing Yang;Hanbo Chen;Sabry M. Shaheen

  • Biochar modulates heavy metal toxicity and improves microbial carbon use efficiency in soil

    Yilu Xu;Balaji Seshadri;Binoy Sarkar;Hailong Wang

  • Clay-biochar composites for sorptive removal of tetracycline antibiotic in aqueous media

    K.S.D. Premarathna;Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha;Nadeesh Adassoriya;Binoy Binoy Sarkar

Frequent Co-Authors

Ravi Naidu
Ravi Naidu University of Newcastle Australia
Nanthi Bolan
Nanthi Bolan University of Western Australia
Yong Sik Ok
Yong Sik Ok Korea University
Mallavarapu Megharaj
Mallavarapu Megharaj University of Newcastle Australia
Meththika Vithanage
Meththika Vithanage University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Yunfei Xi
Yunfei Xi Queensland University of Technology
Hailong Wang
Hailong Wang Foshan University
Jörg Rinklebe
Jörg Rinklebe University of Wuppertal
M. B. Kirkham
M. B. Kirkham Kansas State University
Daniel C.W. Tsang
Daniel C.W. Tsang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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