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Jan C. Schippers is affiliated with the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in the Netherlands. The research focus is primarily in the field of Environmental Science, with an emphasis on Water Science and Technology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Biomedical Engineering, Pollution, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

The main research topics covered include:

  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
  • Fecal contamination and water quality
  • Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Jan C. Schippers are:

  • Maria D. Kennedy
  • Sergio G. Salinas-Rodríguez
  • Walter van der Meer
  • Nirajan Dhakal
  • M. Nasir Mangal

Publications are commonly found in these venues:

  • Membranes
  • Journal of Membrane Science
  • Water Research
  • Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

Recent academic papers include:

  • Is Desalination a Solution to Freshwater Scarcity in Developing Countries? (2022), published in Membranes
  • Effectiveness of antiscalants in preventing calcium phosphate scaling in reverse osmosis applications (2021), published in Journal of Membrane Science
  • Multi-parametric assessment of biological stability of drinking water produced from groundwater: Reverse osmosis vs. conventional treatment (2020), published in Water Research
  • Improving MFI-UF constant flux to more accurately predict particulate fouling in RO systems: Quantifying the effect of membrane surface porosity (2022), published in Journal of Membrane Science
  • Application of a smart dosing pump algorithm in identifying real-time optimum dose of antiscalant in reverse osmosis systems (2022), published in Journal of Membrane Science

Jan C. Schippers has contributed to book publications, including:

  • Seawater Reverse Osmosis Desalination: Assessment and Pre-treatment of Fouling and Scaling (2021), published by UWA Publishing

Best Publications

  • Arsenic in Drinking Water

    Branislav Petrusevski;Saroj Sharma;Kathleen Shordt;Jan C. Schippers

  • The modified fouling index, a method of determining the fouling characteristics of water

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  • Characterisation of algal organic matter produced by bloom-forming marine and freshwater algae.

    L.O. Villacorte;Y. Ekowati;T.R. Neu;J.M. Kleijn

  • The modified fouling index using ultrafiltration membranes (MFI-UF): characterisation, filtration mechanisms and proposed reference membrane

    Siobhan F.E. Boerlage;Maria D. Kennedy;Melvyn R. Dickson;Dima E.Y. El-Hodali

  • The fate of Transparent Exopolymer Particles (TEP) in integrated membrane systems: removal through pre-treatment processes and deposition on reverse osmosis membranes.

    Loreen O. Villacorte;Maria D. Kennedy;Gary L. Amy;Gary L. Amy;Jan C. Schippers

  • Seawater reverse osmosis desalination and (harmful) algal blooms

    Loreen O. Villacorte;S. Assiyeh Alizadeh Tabatabai;S. Assiyeh Alizadeh Tabatabai;Donald M. Anderson;Gary L. Amy;Gary L. Amy;Gary L. Amy

  • Effect of coagulation on fouling potential and removal of algal organic matter in ultrafiltration pretreatment to seawater reverse osmosis.

    S. Assiyeh Alizadeh Tabatabai;Jan C. Schippers;Maria D. Kennedy

  • Natural organic matter (NOM) fouling of ultrafiltration membranes: fractionation of NOM in surface water and characterisation by LC-OCD

    Maria D. Kennedy;Hyoung K. Chun;Victor A. Quintanilla Yangali;Bas G.J. Heijman

  • Optimising the operation of a MBR pilot plant by quantitative analysis of the membrane fouling mechanism

    T. Jiang;T. Jiang;M.D. Kennedy;B.F. Guinzbourg;P.A. Vanrolleghem

  • The role of blocking and cake filtration in MBR fouling

    Tao Jiang;Tao Jiang;Maria D. Kennedy;Walter G.J. van der Meer;Peter A. Vanrolleghem

  • The MFI-UF as a water quality test and monitor

    Siobhan F.E. Boerlage;Maria D. Kennedy;Meseret Petros Aniye;Elhadi Abogrean

  • Biological iron removal from groundwater: a review

    Saroj K. Sharma;Branislav Petrusevski;Jan C. Schippers

  • Tools for fouling diagnosis of NF and RO membranes and assessment of the fouling potential of feed water

    J.S. Vrouwenvelder;J.W.N.M. Kappelhof;S.G.J. Heijrnan;J.C. Schippers

  • Monitoring scaling in nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membrane systems

    C.A.C. van de Lisdonk;J.A.M. van Paassen;J.C. Schippers

  • Is Desalination a Solution to Freshwater Scarcity in Developing Countries?

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  • Applications of the MFI-UF to measure and predict particulate fouling in RO systems

    Siobhan F.E. Boerlage;Maria Kennedy;Meseret Petros Aniye;Jan C. Schippers

  • How water scarcity will effect the growth in the desalination market in the coming 25 years

    Ingrida Bremere;Maria Kennedy;Allerd Stikker;Jan Schippers

  • Chapter 2 Global Desalination Situation

    Sabine Lattemann;Maria D. Kennedy;Jan C. Schippers;Gary Amy

  • Monitoring particulate fouling in membrane systems

    Śiobhàn F.E. Boerlage;Maria D. Kennedy;Meseret Petros Aniye;Elhadi M. Abogrean

  • Prevention of silica scale in membrane systems: removal of monomer and polymer silica.

    Ingrida Bremere;Maria Kennedy;Sahar Mhyio;Abdulfattah Jaljuli

  • Development of the MFI-UF in constant flux filtration

    Siobhàn F.E. Boerlage;Maria Kennedy;Zeyad Tarawneh;Rueban De Faber

  • Evaluation of secondary refinery effluent treatment using ultrafiltration membranes

    Carmen C Teodosiu;Marie D Kennedy;Henry A van Straten;Jan C Schippers

  • Comparison of physicochemical iron removal mechanisms in filters

    Saroj K. Sharma;Joost Kappelhof;Martijn Groenendijk;Jan C. Schippers

  • The role of inorganic ions in the calcium carbonate scaling of seawater reverse osmosis systems

    Tarek Waly;Tarek Waly;Tarek Waly;Maria Dolores Kennedy;Maria Dolores Kennedy;Geert-Jan Witkamp;Gary L. Amy;Gary L. Amy;Gary L. Amy

  • Measuring transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) as indicator of the (bio)fouling potential of RO feed water

    Loreen O. Villacorte;Maria D. Kennedy;Gary L. Amy;Jan C. Schippers

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria D. Kennedy
Maria D. Kennedy IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Gary L. Amy
Gary L. Amy Clemson University
Geert-Jan Witkamp
Geert-Jan Witkamp King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Matthias Wessling
Matthias Wessling RWTH Aachen University
Peter A. Vanrolleghem
Peter A. Vanrolleghem Université Laval
Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder
Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Donald M. Anderson
Donald M. Anderson Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Thomas R. Neu
Thomas R. Neu Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Ingmar Nopens
Ingmar Nopens Ghent University
ChangKyoo Yoo
ChangKyoo Yoo Kyung Hee University

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