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Overview

Dibyendu Sarkar is affiliated with Stevens Institute of Technology in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their focus spans a range of subfields including Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

Their research covers several key topics, such as:

  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
  • Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution

Among recent publications associated with Sarkar are these papers:

  • "Biodegradation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): A review" (2021) published in Bioresource Technology
  • "Adsorption of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) by aluminum-based drinking water treatment residuals" (2021) published in Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters
  • "Pre-to-post lockdown impact on air quality and the role of environmental factors in spreading the COVID-19 cases - a study from a worst-hit state of India" (2020) published in International Journal of Biometeorology
  • "Lead time of early warning by wastewater surveillance for COVID-19: Geographical variations and impacting factors" (2022) published in Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "Biochar Modification Methods for Augmenting Sorption of Contaminants" (2022) published in Current Pollution Reports

Frequent coauthors in Sarkar's work include Rupali Datta with 48 collaborations, Zhiming Zhang with 21, Michel C. Boufadel with 12, Viravid Na Nagara with 11, and Jayanta Kumar Biswas with 7.

Their publications often appear in key venues such as:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America (7 publications)
  • Chemosphere (6 publications)
  • Current Pollution Reports (5 publications)
  • Applied Sciences (5 publications)
  • Materials (4 publications)

Best Publications

  • Soil Degradation in India: Challenges and Potential Solutions

    Ranjan Bhattacharyya;Birendra Nath Ghosh;Prasanta Kumar Mishra;Biswapati Mandal

  • Bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons in contaminated soils: comparison of biosolids addition, carbon supplementation, and monitored natural attenuation.

    Dibyendu Sarkar;Michael Ferguson;Rupali Datta;Stuart Birnbaum

  • Biodegradation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): A review.

    Zhiming Zhang;Dibyendu Sarkar;Jayanta Kumar Biswas;Rupali Datta

  • Bioaccumulation and physiological effects of mercury in Sesbania drummondii

    Mohd Israr;Shivendra Sahi;Rupali Datta;Dibyendu Sarkar

  • Potential of double-cropped rice ecology to conserve organic carbon under subtropical climate

    Biswapati Mandal;Bidisha Majumder;T. K. Adhya;P. K. Bandyopadhyay

  • Symbiotic role of Glomus mosseae in phytoextraction of lead in vetiver grass [Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.)]

    Pravin Punamiya;Rupali Datta;Dibyendu Sarkar;Summer Barber

  • Mechanisms of ciprofloxacin removal by nano-sized magnetite.

    Sudipta Rakshit;Dibyendu Sarkar;Evert J. Elzinga;Pravin Punamiya

  • Remediation of Acid Mine Drainage-Impacted Water

    Abhishek RoyChowdhury;Dibyendu Sarkar;Rupali Datta

  • Phytoavailability of biosolids phosphorus.

    G. A. O'Connor;D. Sarkar;S. R. Brinton;H. A. Elliott

  • Evaluating a drinking-water waste by-product as a novel sorbent for arsenic

    Konstantinos C. Makris;Dibyendu Sarkar;Rupali Datta

  • Adsorption of mercury(II) by kaolinite

    D. Sarkar;M. E. Essington;K. C. Misra

  • Heavy Metal Pollution and Remediation

    Abhishek RoyChowdhury;Rupali Datta;Dibyendu Sarkar

  • Effect of solution chemistry on arsenic sorption by Fe- and Al-based drinking-water treatment residuals.

    Rachana Nagar;Dibyendu Sarkar;Konstantinos C. Makris;Rupali Datta

  • Adsorption of Mercury(II) by Variable Charge Surfaces of Quartz and Gibbsite

    D. Sarkar;M. E. Essington;K. C. Misra

  • Aluminum-based drinking-water treatment residuals: a novel sorbent for perchlorate removal.

    Konstantinos C. Makris;Dibyendu Sarkar;Rupali Datta

  • Seaweed extract as organic bio-stimulant improves productivity and quality of rice in eastern Himalayas

    Jayanta Layek;Jayanta Layek;Anup Das;Ramkrushna Gandhiji Idapuganti;Dibyendu Sarkar

  • Antimony sorption at gibbsite–water interface

    Sudipta Rakshit;Dibyendu Sarkar;Pravin Punamiya;Rupali Datta

  • Analysis of phytochelatin complexes in the lead tolerant vetiver grass [Vetiveria zizanioides (L.)] using liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry

    Syam S. Andra;Rupali Datta;Dibyendu Sarkar;Sumathi K.M. Saminathan

  • Phytoremediation potential of vetiver grass [Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.)] for tetracycline.

    Rupali Datta;Padmini Das;Stephanie Smith;Pravin Punamiya

  • Arsenic immobilization in soils amended with drinking-water treatment residuals.

    Dibyendu Sarkar;Konstantinos C. Makris;Vandana Vandanapu;Rupali Datta

  • Fate of arsenic in swine waste from concentrated animal feeding operations.

    Konstantinos C. Makris;Shahida Quazi;Pravin Punamiya;Dibyendu Sarkar

  • Synthesis of phytochelatins in vetiver grass upon lead exposure in the presence of phosphorus

    Syam S. Andra;Rupali Datta;Dibyendu Sarkar;Konstantinos C. Makris

  • Effect of soil properties on arsenic fractionation and bioaccessibility in cattle and sheep dipping vat sites.

    D. Sarkar;K.C. Makris;M.T. Parra-Noonan;R. Datta

Frequent Co-Authors

Rupali Datta
Rupali Datta Michigan Technological University
Yang Deng
Yang Deng Montclair State University
George A. O'Connor
George A. O'Connor University of Florida
Shivendra V. Sahi
Shivendra V. Sahi Saint Joseph's University
Mahendra Rai
Mahendra Rai Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University
Victor L. Sylvia
Victor L. Sylvia United States Air Force
Binoy Sarkar
Binoy Sarkar University of Adelaide
Santosh Kumar Sarkar
Santosh Kumar Sarkar University of Calcutta
Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey
Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey The University of Texas at El Paso
Donald A. Graetz
Donald A. Graetz University of Florida

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