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Charles J. Werth is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans a range of topics primarily within environmental science and engineering, with a focus on contamination and remediation processes in water systems.

Their main fields of study include Environmental Science and Engineering, with significant work in the subfields of Environmental Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Geophysics, Catalysis, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Werth's research topics cover areas such as groundwater flow and contamination studies, environmental remediation with nanomaterials, ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction, nanomaterials for catalytic reactions, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, advanced photocatalysis techniques, and advanced oxidation water treatment.

Frequent publication venues for Werth include:

  • ACS ES&T Engineering
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
  • Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)

Among recent publications are:

  • "CuxIr1-x Nanoalloy Catalysts Achieve Near 100% Selectivity for Aqueous Nitrite Reduction to NH3" (2020) in ACS Catalysis
  • "PdAg Alloy Nanocatalysts: Toward Economically Viable Nitrite Reduction in Drinking Water" (2020) in ACS Catalysis
  • "Factors Impeding Replacement of Ion Exchange with (Electro)Catalytic Treatment for Nitrate Removal from Drinking Water" (2020) in ACS ES&T Engineering
  • "Surfactant Adsorption on Shale Samples: Experiments and an Additive Model" (2020) in Energy & Fuels
  • "CO2 induced changes in Mount Simon sandstone: Understanding links to post CO2 injection monitoring, seismicity, and reservoir integrity" (2020) in International journal of greenhouse gas control

Werth has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, notably:

  • Chenxu Yan
  • Graeme Henkelman
  • Jacob P. Troutman
  • Simon M. Humphrey
  • Robert A. Sanford

Best Publications

  • Critical Review of Pd-Based Catalytic Treatment of Priority Contaminants in Water

    Brian P. Chaplin;Martin Reinhard;William F. Schneider;Christoph Schüth

  • Evaluation of the effects of porous media structure on mixing-controlled reactions using pore-scale modeling and micromodel experiments.

    Thomas W. Willingham;Charles J. Werth;Albert J. Valocchi

  • A review of non-invasive imaging methods and applications in contaminant hydrogeology research

    Charles J. Werth;Changyong Zhang;Mark L. Brusseau;Mart Oostrom

  • Effects of Natural Water Ions and Humic Acid on Catalytic Nitrate Reduction Kinetics Using an Alumina Supported Pd−Cu Catalyst

    Brian P Chaplin;Eric Roundy;Kathryn A Guy;John R Shapley

  • Pore-scale simulation of liquid CO2 displacement of water using a two-phase lattice Boltzmann model

    Haihu Liu;Haihu Liu;Albert J. Valocchi;Charles J Werth;Qinjun Kang

  • Impacts of Geochemical Reactions on Geologic Carbon Sequestration

    Young Shin Jun;Daniel E. Giammar;Charles J Werth

  • Enhanced mixing and reaction through flow focusing in heterogeneous porous media

    Charles J. Werth;Olaf A. Cirpka;Peter Grathwohl

  • Pore-scale Simulation of Mixing-induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation and Dissolution in a Microfluidic Pore Network.

    Hongkyu Yoon;Albert J. Valocchi;Charles J. Werth;Thomas Dewers

  • Pore-Scale Study of Transverse Mixing Induced CaCO3 Precipitation and Permeability Reduction in a Model Subsurface Sedimentary System

    Changyong Zhang;Karl Dehoff;Nancy Hess;Mart Oostrom

  • Effects of Temperature on Trichloroethylene Desorption from Silica Gel and Natural Sediments. 1. Isotherms

    Charles J. Werth;Martin Reinhard

  • Pore-Scale Simulations of Gas Displacing Liquid in a Homogeneous Pore Network Using the Lattice Boltzmann Method

    Haihu Liu;Albert J. Valocchi;Qinjun Kang;Charles J Werth

  • Analysis of pore‐scale nonaqueous phase liquid dissolution in etched silicon pore networks

    Cheema Chomsurin;Charles J. Werth

  • Evaluation of a hybrid ion exchange-catalyst treatment technology for nitrate removal from drinking water

    Allison M. Bergquist;Jong Kwon Choe;Timothy J. Strathmann;Charles J. Werth

  • Evaluating competitive sorption mechanisms of volatile organic compounds in soils and sediments using polymers and zeolites.

    Jun Li;Charles J. Werth

  • PdAu Alloy Nanoparticle Catalysts: Effective Candidates for Nitrite Reduction in Water

    Sarah Seraj;Pranaw Kunal;Hao Li;Graeme Henkelman

  • Regeneration of sulfur-fouled bimetallic Pd-based catalysts.

    Brian P. Chaplin;John R. Shapley;Charles J. Werth

  • Effects of grain‐scale mass transfer on the transport of volatile organics through sediments: 1. Model development

    Jeffrey A. Cunningham;Charles J. Werth;Martin Reinhard;Paul V. Roberts

  • Environmental risk analysis of hazardous material rail transportation

    Mohd Rapik Saat;Charles J. Werth;David Schaeffer;Hongkyu Yoon

  • Enhanced activity and selectivity of carbon nanofiber supported Pd catalysts for nitrite reduction.

    Danmeng Shuai;Jong Kwon Choe;John R. Shapley;Charles J. Werth

  • Pore‐scale simulation of biomass growth along the transverse mixing zone of a model two‐dimensional porous medium

    C. E. Knutson;Charles J Werth;A. J. Valocchi

  • Mixing-Limited Reactions in Porous Media

    Albert J. Valocchi;Diogo Bolster;Charles J. Werth

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert J. Valocchi
Albert J. Valocchi University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Timothy J. Strathmann
Timothy J. Strathmann Colorado School of Mines
Bruce W. Fouke
Bruce W. Fouke University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John R. Shapley
John R. Shapley University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Martin Reinhard
Martin Reinhard Stanford University
William F. Schneider
William F. Schneider University of Notre Dame
Brent E. Sleep
Brent E. Sleep University of Toronto
Peter Grathwohl
Peter Grathwohl University of Tübingen
Mart Oostrom
Mart Oostrom Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Qinjun Kang
Qinjun Kang Los Alamos National Laboratory

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