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Carmen Mihaela Neculita

Carmen Mihaela Neculita

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
33
Citations
4723
World Ranking
9547
National Ranking
450

Overview

Carmen Mihaela Neculita is affiliated with the University of Quebec in Canada, with extensive contributions to environmental science and engineering. Their work largely focuses on areas related to mining and environmental remediation.

The main fields of study in their research include Environmental Science and Engineering. Within these fields, their subfields of specialization are Environmental Chemistry, Civil and Structural Engineering, Geochemistry and Petrology, Biomedical Engineering, and Pollution.

The core topics addressed in their publications include:

  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques
  • Tailings Management and Properties
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing

Neculita has published research in a variety of scientific journals, frequently contributing to:

  • Minerals Engineering
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Applied Geochemistry
  • Minerals
  • Chemosphere

Their recent scholarly articles include the following:

  • "Recovery potential of rare earth elements from mining and industrial residues: A review and cases studies", 2020, Journal of Geochemical Exploration
  • "Removal and potential recovery of rare earth elements from mine water", 2020, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
  • "Characterization of phosphate processing sludge from Tunisian mining basin and its potential valorization in fired bricks making", 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • "Towards a Circular Economy in the Mining Industry: Possible Solutions for Water Recovery through Advanced Mineral Tailings Dewatering", 2024, Minerals
  • "Electro-Fenton beyond the Degradation of Organics: Treatment of Thiosalts in Contaminated Mine Water", 2021, Environmental Science & Technology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Neculita include Lucie Coudert, Éric Rosa, Mostafa Benzaazoua, Marouen Jouini, and Thomas Genty.

Best Publications

  • Passive treatment of acid mine drainage in bioreactors using sulfate-reducing bacteria: critical review and research needs.

    Carmen-Mihaela Neculita;Gérald J. Zagury;Bruno Bussière

  • Determination of point of zero charge of natural organic materials.

    Elisee Nsimba Bakatula;Dominique Richard;Carmen Mihaela Neculita;Gerald J. Zagury

  • Characterization and reactivity assessment of organic substrates for sulphate-reducing bacteria in acid mine drainage treatment.

    Gerald J. Zagury;Viktors I. Kulnieks;Carmen M. Neculita

  • Recovery potential of rare earth elements from mining and industrial residues: A review and cases studies

    Sophie Costis;Kristin K. Mueller;Lucie Coudert;Carmen Mihaela Neculita

  • A review of the implications and challenges of manganese removal from mine drainage.

    Carmen Mihaela Neculita;Eric Rosa

  • Biological treatment of highly contaminated acid mine drainage in batch reactors: Long-term treatment and reactive mixture characterization.

    Carmen Mihaela Neculita;GJ Zagury

  • Mercury speciation in highly contaminated soils from chlor-alkali plants using chemical extractions.

    Carmen-Mihaela Neculita;Gérald J Zagury;Louise Deschênes

  • Removal and potential recovery of rare earth elements from mine water

    A. Royer-Lavallée;C.M. Neculita;L. Coudert

  • Effectiveness of sulfate-reducing passive bioreactors for treating highly contaminated acid mine drainage: II. Metal removal mechanisms and potential mobility

    Carmen-Mihaela Neculita;Carmen-Mihaela Neculita;Gérald J. Zagury;Gérald J. Zagury;Bruno Bussière;Bruno Bussière

  • Recovery and reuse of sludge from active and passive treatment of mine drainage-impacted waters: a review

    Tsiverihasina V. Rakotonimaro;Carmen Mihaela Neculita;Bruno Bussière;Mostafa Benzaazoua

  • Biochemical passive reactors for treatment of acid mine drainage: Effect of hydraulic retention time on changes in efficiency, composition of reactive mixture, and microbial activity.

    Yaneth Vasquez;Maria C. Escobar;Carmen M. Neculita;Ziv Arbeli

  • Mercury fractionation, bioavailability, and ecotoxicity in highly contaminated soils from chlor-alkali plants

    Gerald J. Zagury;Carmen-Mihaela Neculita;Christian Bastien;Louise Deschênes

  • Bioelectrochemical treatment of acid mine drainage dominated with iron.

    Olivier Lefebvre;Carmen M. Neculita;Xiaodi Yue;How Yong Ng

  • Activated Biochar as an Effective Sorbent for Organic and Inorganic Contaminants in Water

    Flavia Lega Braghiroli;Hassine Bouafif;Carmen Mihaela Neculita;Ahmed Koubaa

  • Pilot-scale passive bioreactors for the treatment of acid mine drainage: Efficiency of mushroom compost vs. mixed substrates for metal removal

    Hocheol Song;Gil-Jae Yim;Sang-Woo Ji;Carmen Mihaela Neculita

  • Comparative effectiveness of mixed organic substrates to mushroom compost for treatment of mine drainage in passive bioreactors.

    Carmen Mihaela Neculita;Gil-Jae Yim;Gooyong Lee;Sang-Woo Ji

  • Effectiveness of sulfate-reducing passive bioreactors for treating highly contaminated acid mine drainage: I. Effect of hydraulic retention time

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  • Treatment of As-rich mine effluents and produced residues stability: Current knowledge and research priorities for gold mining.

    L. Coudert;R. Bondu;T.V. Rakotonimaro;E. Rosa

  • Effect of hydraulic retention time on microbial community in biochemical passive reactors during treatment of acid mine drainage.

    Yaneth Vasquez;Maria C. Escobar;Johan S. Saenz;Maria F. Quiceno-Vallejo

  • Production, characterization, and potential of activated biochar as adsorbent for phenolic compounds from leachates in a lumber industry site.

    Flavia Lega Braghiroli;Hassine Bouafif;Nesrine Hamza;Carmen Mihaela Neculita

  • Performance of thermally activated dolomite for the treatment of Ni and Zn in contaminated neutral drainage.

    Iuliana Laura Calugaru;Carmen Mihaela Neculita;Thomas Genty;Bruno Bussière

  • Characterization of phosphate processing sludge from Tunisian mining basin and its potential valorization in fired bricks making

    M. Ettoumi;M. Jouini;C.M. Neculita;S. Bouhlel

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruno Bussière
Bruno Bussière Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Mostafa Benzaazoua
Mostafa Benzaazoua Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
Olivier Lefebvre
Olivier Lefebvre National University of Singapore
Jean-François Blais
Jean-François Blais Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Hocheol Song
Hocheol Song Hanyang University
John Molson
John Molson Université Laval
Alfonso Mucci
Alfonso Mucci McGill University
Catherine N. Mulligan
Catherine N. Mulligan Concordia University
Jong-In Han
Jong-In Han Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
How Yong Ng
How Yong Ng National University of Singapore

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