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Jalal Hawari is affiliated with Polytechnique Montréal in Canada and has made contributions primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields, including Pollution, Environmental Chemistry, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist's recent publications cover topics related to environmental contamination, remediation, and toxicology with a focus on heavy metals, energetic materials, and their environmental impact. Some of the main research themes in their work include arsenic contamination and mitigation, mine drainage and remediation techniques, heavy metals in the environment, energetic materials and combustion, combustion and detonation processes, security and verification in computing, and the toxic effects of organic pollutants.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Jalal Hawari include:

  • "Novel microbial consortia facilitate metalliferous immobilization in non-ferrous metal(loid)s contaminated smelter soil: Efficiency and mechanisms" (2022) published in Environmental Pollution
  • "Photolysis of the Insensitive Explosive 1,3,5-Triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene (TATB)" (2021) published in Molecules
  • "Accumulation of Insensitive Munition Compounds in the Earthworm Eisenia andrei from Amended Soil: Methodological Considerations for Determination of Bioaccumulation Factors" (2021) published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • "Efficiency of planted and unplanted vertical flow aerated filters in treatment of young landfill leachate" (2024) published in Ecological Engineering
  • "Accumulation and phytotoxic effects of insensitive munition compounds in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) from amended soil-methodological considerations for determination of bioconcentration factors" (2025) published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Jalal Hawari frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Geoffrey I. Sunahara
  • Guilherme R. Lotufo
  • Anthony J. Bednar
  • Jared C. Smith
  • Roman G. Kuperman

The scientist has published multiple works in journals such as Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Environmental Pollution, Molecules, and Ecological Engineering. The repeated presence in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry indicates a focus on the toxicological impacts of environmental pollutants.

Best Publications

  • Biodegradation of Variable-Chain-Length Alkanes at Low Temperatures by a Psychrotrophic Rhodococcus sp.

    Lyle G. Whyte;Jalal Hawari;Edward Zhou;Luc Bourbonnière

  • Microbial degradation of explosives: biotransformation versus mineralization.

    J. Hawari;S. Beaudet;A. Halasz;S. Thiboutot

  • Characterization of metabolites during biodegradation of hexahydro-1, 3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) with municipal anaerobic sludge.

    Jalal Hawari;Annamaria Halasz;Tamara Sheremata;Sylvie Beaudet

  • Isolation and characterization of herbaceous lignins for applications in biomaterials

    Fanny Monteil-Rivera;Marielle Phuong;Mengwei Ye;Annamaria Halasz

  • Reduction of silicon-hydrogen bond strengths

    J. M. Kanabus-Kaminska;J. A. Hawari;D. Griller;C. Chatgilialoglu

  • Alkaline Hydrolysis of the Cyclic Nitramine Explosives RDX, HMX, and CL-20: New Insights into Degradation Pathways Obtained by the Observation of Novel Intermediates

    Vimal K. Balakrishnan;and Annamaria Halasz;Jalal Hawari

  • Determination of Key Metabolites during Biodegradation of Hexahydro-1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-Triazine with Rhodococcus sp. Strain DN22

    Diane Fournier;Annamaria Halasz;Jim Spain;Petr Fiurasek

  • Detection of explosives and their degradation products in soil environments

    A Halasz;C Groom;E Zhou;L Paquet

  • Hydrothermal dissolution of willow in hot compressed water as a model for biomass conversion

    R. Hashaikeh;Z. Fang;I.S. Butler;J. Hawari

  • Cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of energetic compounds on bacterial and mammalian cells in vitro

    Bernard Lachance;Pierre Yves Robidoux;Jalal Hawari;Guy Ampleman

  • Eradication of mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa with fluid liposome-encapsulated tobramycin in an animal model of chronic pulmonary infection.

    C Beaulac;S Clément-Major;J Hawari;J Lagacé

  • Chronic toxicity of energetic compounds in soil determined using the earthworm (Eisenia andrei) reproduction test

    Pierre Yves Robidoux;Claus Svendsen;Jean Caumartin;Jalal Hawari

  • Preparation of lignopolyols from wheat straw soda lignin.

    Behzad Ahvazi;Olivia Wojciechowicz;Tan-Minh Ton-That;Jalal Hawari

  • Characterization of Metabolites in the Biotransformation of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene with Anaerobic Sludge: Role of Triaminotoluene

    Jalal Hawari;A. Halasz;L. Paquet;E. Zhou

  • The Fate of the Cyclic Nitramine Explosive RDX in Natural Soil

    Tamara W. Sheremata;Annamaria Halasz;Louise Paquet;Sonia Thiboutot

  • Exploring the biochemical properties and remediation applications of the unusual explosive-degrading P450 system XplA/B

    Rosamond G. Jackson;Elizabeth L. Rylott;Diane Fournier;Jalal Hawari

  • Biotransformation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene with Phanerochaete chrysosporium in agitated cultures at pH 4.5.

    Jalal Hawari;Annamaria Halasz;Sylvie Beaudet;Louise Paquet

  • Environmental fate of 2,4-dinitroanisole (DNAN) and its reduced products.

    J. Hawari;F. Monteil-Rivera;N.N. Perreault;A. Halasz

  • Ecotoxicology of Explosives

    Geoffrey I. Sunahara;Guilherme Lotufo;Roman G. Kuperman;Jalal Hawari

  • Development of a soil extraction procedure for ecotoxicity characterization of energetic compounds.

    Geoffrey I. Sunahara;Sabine Dodard;Manon Sarrazin;Louise Paquet

  • Chemotaxis-mediated biodegradation of cyclic nitramine explosives RDX, HMX, and CL-20 by Clostridium sp. EDB2.

    Bharat Bhushan;Annamaria Halasz;Sonia Thiboutot;Guy Ampleman

Frequent Co-Authors

Sonia Thiboutot
Sonia Thiboutot Defence Research and Development Canada
Guy Ampleman
Guy Ampleman Defence Research and Development Canada
Geoffrey I. Sunahara
Geoffrey I. Sunahara McGill University
Louise Paquet
Louise Paquet National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Serge R. Guiot
Serge R. Guiot University of Montreal
Charles W. Greer
Charles W. Greer National Research Council Canada
Jim C. Spain
Jim C. Spain University of West Florida
Ping Gong
Ping Gong Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology
Richard Martel
Richard Martel University of Montreal
Neil C. Bruce
Neil C. Bruce University of York

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