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Denis M. O'Carroll is a researcher affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia, specializing in environmental science. Their work is focused on various subfields including environmental chemistry, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, biomedical engineering, atmospheric science, and pollution.

O'Carroll's primary research topics encompass:

  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Toxic organic pollutants impact
  • Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
  • Groundwater and isotope geochemistry
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation

The researcher has contributed to multiple publications, with frequent venues including The Science of The Total Environment, Water Research, Water Resources Research, Environmental Science & Technology, and Chemosphere.

Recent published papers highlight diverse topics within environmental science and groundwater research. Some examples include:

  • Changes in global groundwater organic carbon driven by climate change and urbanization (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Recent Advances in Sulfidated Zerovalent Iron for Contaminant Transformation (2021, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • A new conceptual framework for the transformation of groundwater dissolved organic matter (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Underestimated burden of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in global surface waters and groundwaters (2024, Nature Geoscience)
  • Sulfidated nano zerovalent iron (S-nZVI) for in situ treatment of chlorinated solvents: A field study (2020, Water Research)

Collaboration forms a considerable part of O'Carroll's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Tohren C. G. Kibbey
  • Matthew Lee
  • Michael Manefield
  • Ariel Nunez Garcia
  • C. E. Robinson

Best Publications

  • Kinetics and thermodynamics of cadmium ion removal by adsorption onto nano zerovalent iron particles.

    Hardiljeet K. Boparai;Meera Joseph;Denis M. O’Carroll

  • Nanoscale zero valent iron and bimetallic particles for contaminated site remediation

    Denis O’Carroll;Denis O’Carroll;Brent Sleep;Magdalena Krol;Hardiljeet Boparai

  • Potential release pathways, environmental fate, and ecological risks of carbon nanotubes.

    Elijah J. Petersen;Liwen Zhang;Nikolai T. Mattison;Denis M. O’Carroll;Denis M. O’Carroll

  • Sulfidation of Iron-Based Materials: A Review of Processes and Implications for Water Treatment and Remediation.

    Dimin Fan;Ying Lan;Paul G. Tratnyek;Richard L. Johnson

  • Predicting colloid transport through saturated porous media: A critical review

    Ian L. Molnar;William P. Johnson;Jason I. Gerhard;Clinton S. Willson

  • Changes in global groundwater organic carbon driven by climate change and urbanization

    Liza K McDonough;Isaac R Santos;Isaac R Santos;Martin S Andersen;Denis M O'Carroll

  • Recent Advances in Sulfidated Zerovalent Iron for Contaminant Transformation.

    Ariel Nunez Garcia;Yanyan Zhang;Yanyan Zhang;Subhasis Ghoshal;Feng He

  • Enhanced stability and dechlorination activity of pre-synthesis stabilized nanoscale FePd particles

    Nataphan Sakulchaicharoen;Denis M. O'Carroll;Jose E. Herrera

  • Cadmium (Cd 2+ ) removal by nano zerovalent iron: surface analysis, effects of solution chemistry and surface complexation modeling

    Hardiljeet K. Boparai;Meera Joseph;Denis M. O’Carroll

  • Mobility of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes in Porous Media

    Xueying Liu;Denis M. O’Carroll;Elijah J. Petersen;Qingguo Huang

  • Impact of porous media grain size on the transport of multi-walled carbon nanotubes.

    Nikolai T. Mattison;Denis M. O’Carroll;Denis M. O’Carroll;R. Kerry Rowe;Elijah J. Petersen

  • Characterization of nZVI Mobility in a Field Scale Test

    Chris M. Kocur;Ahmed I. Chowdhury;Nataphan Sakulchaicharoen;Hardiljeet K. Boparai

  • Retention performance of green roofs in three different climate regions.

    Andrew W. Sims;Andrew W. Sims;Clare E. Robinson;Charles C. Smart;James A. Voogt

  • Impact of nZVI stability on mobility in porous media.

    Chris M. Kocur;Denis M. O'Carroll;Brent E. Sleep

  • Long-Term Field Study of Microbial Community and Dechlorinating Activity Following Carboxymethyl Cellulose-Stabilized Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron Injection

    Chris M. D. Kocur;Line Lomheim;Olivia Molenda;Kela P. Weber

  • Carboxymethyl cellulose stabilized and sulfidated nanoscale zero-valent iron: Characterization and trichloroethene dechlorination

    Wenqiang Xu;Zhenjie Li;Shasha Shi;Jianlong Qi

  • A Field-Validated Model for In Situ Transport of Polymer-Stabilized nZVI and Implications for Subsurface Injection

    Magdalena M. Krol;Andrew J. Oleniuk;Chris M. Kocur;Brent E. Sleep

  • Exploring dynamic effects in capillary pressure in multistep outflow experiments

    Denis M. O'Carroll;Thomas J. Phelan;Linda M. Abriola

  • Experimental investigation of dynamic effects in capillary pressure: Grain size dependency and upscaling

    Geremy Camps-Roach;Denis M. O'Carroll;Timothy A. Newson;Toshihiro Sakaki

  • Contributions of Abiotic and Biotic Dechlorination Following Carboxymethyl Cellulose Stabilized Nanoscale Zero Valent Iron Injection.

    Chris M. D. Kocur;Line Lomheim;Hardiljeet K. Boparai;Ahmed I. A. Chowdhury

  • The Environmental Significance of Natural Nanoparticles

    Adam Hartland;Jamie R. Lead;Vera I. Slaveykova;Denis O’Carroll

Frequent Co-Authors

Brent E. Sleep
Brent E. Sleep University of Toronto
Jason I. Gerhard
Jason I. Gerhard University of Western Ontario
Martin S. Andersen
Martin S. Andersen University of New South Wales
Andy Baker
Andy Baker University of New South Wales
Linda M. Abriola
Linda M. Abriola Tufts University
Elizabeth A. Edwards
Elizabeth A. Edwards University of Toronto
Scott A. Bradford
Scott A. Bradford Agricultural Research Service
James A. Voogt
James A. Voogt University of Western Ontario
Robert G. M. Spencer
Robert G. M. Spencer Florida State University
Charles J. Werth
Charles J. Werth The University of Texas at Austin

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