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Daniel S. Alessi

Daniel S. Alessi

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
64
Citations
13669
World Ranking
2338
National Ranking
93

Overview

Daniel S. Alessi is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and primarily works in the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans various subfields including Water Science and Technology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's main topics of study include Heavy metals in environment, Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Radioactive element chemistry and processing, and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Daniel S. Alessi include:

  • Kurt O. Konhauser
  • Katherine N. Snihur
  • Yong Sik Ok
  • Daniel C.W. Tsang
  • Deyi Hou

Common venues for publishing include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials

Among recent publications authored or co-authored, notable papers include:

  • Metal contamination and bioremediation of agricultural soils for food safety and sustainability (2020), published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Emerging contaminants: A One Health perspective (2024), published in The Innovation
  • New trends in biochar pyrolysis and modification strategies: feedstock, pyrolysis conditions, sustainability concerns and implications for soil amendment (2020), published in Soil Use and Management
  • Recycling of lithium iron phosphate batteries: Status, technologies, challenges, and prospects (2022), published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Insights into the adsorption of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) on biochar and activated carbon with the aid of machine learning (2021), published in Journal of Hazardous Materials

Best Publications

  • Metal contamination and bioremediation of agricultural soils for food safety and sustainability

    Deyi Hou;David O’Connor;Avanthi D. Igalavithana;Daniel S. Alessi

  • Biochar application for the remediation of heavy metal polluted land: A review of in situ field trials

    David O'Connor;Tianyue Peng;Junli Zhang;Daniel C.W. Tsang

  • Multifunctional iron-biochar composites for the removal of potentially toxic elements, inherent cations, and hetero-chloride from hydraulic fracturing wastewater.

    Yuqing Sun;Yuqing Sun;Iris K.M. Yu;Daniel C.W. Tsang;Xinde Cao

  • Emerging Contaminants: A One Health Perspective

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  • New trends in biochar pyrolysis and modification strategies: feedstock, pyrolysis conditions, sustainability concerns and implications for soil amendment

    Liuwei Wang;Yong Sik Ok;Daniel C. W. Tsang;Daniel S. Alessi

  • Green remediation of As and Pb contaminated soil using cement-free clay-based stabilization/solidification

    Lei Wang;Dong Wan Cho;Daniel C.W. Tsang;Xinde Cao

  • Effect of production temperature on lead removal mechanisms by rice straw biochars

    Zhengtao Shen;Zhengtao Shen;Deyi Hou;Fei Jin;Junxian Shi

  • Influence of pyrolysis temperature on production of digested sludge biochar and its application for ammonium removal from municipal wastewater

    Yao Tang;Samrat Alam;Kurt O. Konhauser;Daniel S. Alessi

  • Trace elements at the intersection of marine biological and geochemical evolution

    Leslie J. Robbins;Stefan V. Lalonde;Noah J. Planavsky;Camille A. Partin

  • Uranium redox transition pathways in acetate-amended sediments

    John R. Bargar;Kenneth H. Williams;Kate M. Campbell;Philip E. Long

  • Removal of hexavalent chromium in aqueous solutions using biochar : chemical and spectroscopic investigations

    Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha;Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha;Md. Samrat Alam;Ning Chen;Daniel S. Alessi

  • Synthesis of MgO-coated corncob biochar and its application in lead stabilization in a soil washing residue.

    Zhengtao Shen;Jingzhuo Zhang;Deyi Hou;Daniel C.W. Tsang

  • Insights into the adsorption of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) on biochar and activated carbon with the aid of machine learning.

    Xinzhe Zhu;Mingjing He;Yuqing Sun;Zibo Xu

  • Chemical and toxicological characterizations of hydraulic fracturing flowback and produced water.

    Yuhe He;Shannon L. Flynn;Erik J. Folkerts;Yifeng Zhang

  • Cadmium adsorption to clay-microbe aggregates: Implications for marine heavy metals cycling

    Qixing Zhou;Yuxia Liu;Tian Li;Huazhang Zhao

  • Products of abiotic U(VI) reduction by biogenic magnetite and vivianite

    Harish Veeramani;Daniel Scott Alessi;Elena I. Suvorova;Juan S. Lezama-Pacheco

  • Arsenic bioaccumulation and biotransformation in aquatic organisms.

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  • Nanobiochar: production, properties, and multifunctional applications

    Sammani Ramanayaka;Meththika Vithanage;Daniel S. Alessi;Wu Jun Liu

  • Redox chemistry of vanadium in soils and sediments: Interactions with colloidal materials, mobilization, speciation, and relevant environmental implications - A review

    Sabry M. Shaheen;Daniel S. Alessi;Filip M.G. Tack;Yong Sik Ok

  • Synergistic effect of cationic surfactants on perchloroethylene degradation by zero-valent iron.

    Daniel S. Alessi;Zhaohui Li

  • Removal of lead by rice husk biochars produced at different temperatures and implications for their environmental utilizations.

    Junxian Shi;Xiaoliang Fan;Daniel C.W. Tsang;Fei Wang

  • Effect of dissolved organic carbon from sludge, Rice straw and spent coffee ground biochar on the mobility of arsenic in soil.

    Hye-Bin Kim;Seon-Hee Kim;Eun-Ki Jeon;Do-Hyung Kim

  • The product of microbial uranium reduction includes multiple species with U(IV)–phosphate coordination

    Daniel S. Alessi;Juan S. Lezama-Pacheco;Joanne E. Stubbs;Markus Janousch

Frequent Co-Authors

Kurt O. Konhauser
Kurt O. Konhauser University of Alberta
Yong Sik Ok
Yong Sik Ok Korea University
Greg G. Goss
Greg G. Goss University of Alberta
Deyi Hou
Deyi Hou Tsinghua University
Daniel C.W. Tsang
Daniel C.W. Tsang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Zhengtao Shen
Zhengtao Shen Nanjing University
John R. Bargar
John R. Bargar SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Kitae Baek
Kitae Baek Jeonbuk National University
Jonathan W. Martin
Jonathan W. Martin Stockholm University
Jörg Rinklebe
Jörg Rinklebe University of Wuppertal

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