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Eakalak Khan is affiliated with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the United States. Their research is situated primarily within the field of Environmental Science, with a notable volume of work spanning 166 publications in this domain. The scientist's studies extend into various subfields, including Water Science and Technology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics addressed in their research include Water Treatment and Disinfection, Adsorption and Biosorption for Pollutant Removal, Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment, Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Advanced Oxidation Water Treatment, and Environmental Remediation with Nanomaterials.

Frequent publication venues for their work are diverse, with repeated contributions to the following journals:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Water Research

Khan has collaborated extensively with a number of coauthors, including Daniel C.W. Tsang, Yong Sik Ok, Thunyalux Ratpukdi, Yuqing Sun, and Tauqeer Abbas.

Selected recent publications exemplify the themes and scope of their research interests:

  • Microplastics as pollutants in agricultural soils (2020, Environmental Pollution)
  • Evaluating biochar and its modifications for the removal of ammonium, nitrate, and phosphate in water (2020, Water Research)
  • Recent advances in photodegradation of antibiotic residues in water (2020, Chemical Engineering Journal)
  • Customised fabrication of nitrogen-doped biochar for environmental and energy applications (2020, Chemical Engineering Journal)
  • Freshwater neurotoxins and concerns for human, animal, and ecosystem health: A review of anatoxin-a and saxitoxin (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)

Best Publications

  • Evaluating biochar and its modifications for the removal of ammonium, nitrate, and phosphate in water

    Ming Zhang;Ge Song;Danielle L. Gelardi;Longbin Huang

  • Recent advances in photodegradation of antibiotic residues in water

    Xiuru Yang;Zhi Chen;Wan Zhao;Chunxi Liu

  • Customised fabrication of nitrogen-doped biochar for environmental and energy applications

    Zhonghao Wan;Yuqing Sun;Daniel C.W. Tsang;Eakalak Khan

  • Entrapment of iron nanoparticles in calcium alginate beads for groundwater remediation applications.

    Achintya N. Bezbaruah;Sita Krajangpan;Bret J. Chisholm;Eakalak Khan

  • Emerging contaminants in wastewater, stormwater runoff, and surface water: Application as chemical markers for diffuse sources

    Ngoc Han Tran;Ngoc Han Tran;Martin Reinhard;Eakalak Khan;Huiting Chen

  • Mineralization and biodegradability enhancement of natural organic matter by ozone–VUV in comparison with ozone, VUV, ozone–UV, and UV: Effects of pH and ozone dose

    Thunyalux Ratpukdi;Sumana Siripattanakul;Eakalak Khan

  • Nanomaterials for sustainable remediation of chemical contaminants in water and soil

    Raj Mukhopadhyay;Binoy Sarkar;Eakalak Khan;Daniel S. Alessi

  • Valorization of Cellulosic Food Waste into Levulinic Acid Catalyzed by Heterogeneous Brønsted Acids: Temperature and Solvent Effects

    Season S. Chen;Iris K.M. Yu;Daniel C.W. Tsang;Alex C.K. Yip

  • Degradation of antibiotics by modified vacuum-UV based processes: Mechanistic consequences of H2O2 and K2S2O8 in the presence of halide ions.

    Yuqing Sun;Dong-Wan Cho;Nigel J.D. Graham;Deyi Hou

  • Tailored design of graphitic biochar for high-efficiency and chemical-free microwave-assisted removal of refractory organic contaminants

    Yuqing Sun;Iris K.M. Yu;Iris K.M. Yu;Daniel C.W. Tsang;Jiajun Fan

  • Nanoscale zero-valent iron for metal/metalloid removal from model hydraulic fracturing wastewater.

    Yuqing Sun;Cheng Lei;Eakalak Khan;Season S. Chen

  • Removal of 1,4-dioxane from water using sonication: effect of adding oxidants on the degradation kinetics.

    Hyun-Seok Son;Seok-Bong Choi;Eakalak Khan;Kyung-Duk Zoh

  • Impact of nanoscale zero valent iron on bacteria is growth phase dependent.

    Krittanut Chaithawiwat;Alisa Vangnai;John M. McEvoy;Birgit Pruess

  • Characterizations of purple non-sulfur bacteria isolated from paddy fields, and identification of strains with potential for plant growth-promotion, greenhouse gas mitigation and heavy metal bioremediation.

    Jakkapan Sakpirom;Duangporn Kantachote;Duangporn Kantachote;Tomorn Nunkaew;Eakalak Khan

  • Carbon-based adsorbents for fluoroquinolone removal from water and wastewater: A critical review.

    Ahmed Ashiq;Meththika Vithanage;Binoy Sarkar;Manish Kumar

  • Effects of iron type in Fenton reaction on mineralization and biodegradability enhancement of hazardous organic compounds

    Eakalak Khan;Wanpen Wirojanagud;Nawarat Sermsai

  • Encapsulation of iron nanoparticles in alginate biopolymer for trichloroethylene remediation

    Achintya N. Bezbaruah;Sai Sharanya Shanbhogue;Senay Simsek;Eakalak Khan

  • Effect of silver nanoparticles on Pseudomonas putida biofilms at different stages of maturity.

    Pumis Thuptimdang;Tawan Limpiyakorn;John McEvoy;Birgit M. Prüß

  • A Comparative Study of Immobilized Nitrifying and Co-Immobilized Nitrifying and Denitrifying Bacteria for Ammonia Removal from Sludge Digester Supernatant

    Christopher B. Hill;Eakalak Khan

  • Relationship between respirometric activity and community of entrapped nitrifying bacteria: Implications for partial nitrification

    Chaiwat Rongsayamanont;Tawan Limpiyakorn;Benedict Law;Eakalak Khan

  • Chromium Removal from Soil by Phytoremediation with Weed Plant Species in Thailand

    Pantawat Sampanpanish;Wasant Pongsapich;Sutha Khaodhiar;Eakalak Khan

  • Decolorization of basic, direct and reactive dyes by pre-treated narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia Linn.).

    Duangrat Inthorn;Siritham Singhtho;Paitip Thiravetyan;Eakalak Khan

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel C.W. Tsang
Daniel C.W. Tsang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Yong Sik Ok
Yong Sik Ok Korea University
Sudhir Murthy
Sudhir Murthy Columbia University
Senay Simsek
Senay Simsek Purdue University West Lafayette
Michael K. Stenstrom
Michael K. Stenstrom University of California, Los Angeles
Martin Kváč
Martin Kváč Czech Academy of Sciences
Kyung-Duk Zoh
Kyung-Duk Zoh Seoul National University
Deyi Hou
Deyi Hou Tsinghua University
Jae-Bom Ohm
Jae-Bom Ohm Agricultural Research Service
Amit Bhatnagar
Amit Bhatnagar Lappeenranta University of Technology

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