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Overview

Kitae Baek is affiliated with Jeonbuk National University in South Korea. Their scholarly work primarily lies in the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, with a focused contribution to subfields such as Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their research addresses multiple key topics including advanced oxidation water treatment, environmental remediation with nanomaterials, arsenic contamination and mitigation, adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal, heavy metals in the environment, water treatment and disinfection, and electrochemical analysis and applications.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Jong-Gook Kim, Hye-Bin Kim, Won-Gune Jeong, Daniel S. Alessi, and Eilhann E. Kwon.

Kitae Baek has published extensively in several scientific venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in Chemosphere, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Chemical Engineering Journal, The Science of The Total Environment, and Environmental Research.

Selected recent publications by Kitae Baek include:

  • Occurrence and removal of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants and drinking water purification facilities: A review (2021, Chemical Engineering Journal)
  • Interaction of biochar stability and abiotic aging: Influences of pyrolysis reaction medium and temperature (2021, Chemical Engineering Journal)
  • Mobility of arsenic in soil amended with biochar derived from biomass with different lignin contents: Relationships between lignin content and dissolved organic matter leaching (2020, Chemical Engineering Journal)
  • Bioremediation strategies with biochar for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)-contaminated soils: A review (2021, Environmental Research)
  • Removal of 1,2-dichloroethane in groundwater using Fenton oxidation (2022, Journal of Hazardous Materials)

Best Publications

  • Adsorption characteristics of As(V) on iron-coated zeolite.

    Chil-Sung Jeon;Kitae Baek;Joon-Kyu Park;Young-Ki Oh

  • Low-carbon and low-alkalinity stabilization/solidification of high-Pb contaminated soil

    Lei Wang;Kequan Yu;Kequan Yu;Jiang-Shan Li;Daniel C.W. Tsang

  • Arsenic speciation and bioaccessibility in arsenic-contaminated soils: sequential extraction and mineralogical investigation.

    Eun Jung Kim;Jong-Chan Yoo;Kitae Baek

  • A combination of ferric nitrate/EDDS-enhanced washing and sludge-derived biochar stabilization of metal-contaminated soils.

    Jong Chan Yoo;Jingzi Beiyuan;Lei Wang;Daniel C.W. Tsang

  • Removal of arsenic from groundwater by micellar-enhanced ultrafiltration (MEUF).

    Javed Iqbal;Ho-Jeong Kim;Jung-Seok Yang;Kitae Baek

  • Novel synergy of Si-rich minerals and reactive MgO for stabilisation/solidification of contaminated sediment

    Lei Wang;Liang Chen;Dong Wan Cho;Daniel C.W. Tsang

  • Removal mechanisms of copper using steel-making slag: adsorption and precipitation

    Do-Hyung Kim;Min-Chul Shin;Hyun-Doc Choi;Chang-Il Seo

  • Biodiesel production from waste cooking oil using biochar derived from chicken manure as a porous media and catalyst

    Jong-Min Jung;Jeong-Ik Oh;Kitae Baek;Jechan Lee

  • Immobilization of lead in contaminated firing range soil using biochar

    Deok Hyun Moon;Jae Woo Park;Yoon Young Chang;Yong Sik Ok

  • Electrolyte conditioning-enhanced electrokinetic remediation of arsenic-contaminated mine tailing

    Kitae Baek;Do-Hyung Kim;Sung-Woo Park;Byung-Gon Ryu

  • Adsorption of Cr(VI) onto cationic surfactant-modified activated carbon

    Hyun-Doc Choi;Woo-Sung Jung;Jung-Min Cho;Byung-Gon Ryu

  • Occurrence and removal of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants and drinking water purification facilities: A review

    Yan Laam Cheng;Jong-Gook Kim;Hye-Bin Kim;Jeong Hwan Choi

  • Assessment of metals contamination of soils in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

    Tserennyam Batjargal;Enktur Otgonjargal;Kitae Baek;Jung-Seok Yang

  • Electrokinetic extraction of heavy metals from dredged marine sediment

    Kyung-Jo Kim;Do-Hyung Kim;Jong-Chan Yoo;Kitae Baek

  • Effect of dissolved organic carbon from sludge, Rice straw and spent coffee ground biochar on the mobility of arsenic in soil.

    Hye-Bin Kim;Seon-Hee Kim;Eun-Ki Jeon;Do-Hyung Kim

  • Recycling dredged sediment into fill materials, partition blocks, and paving blocks: Technical and economic assessment

    Lei Wang;Liang Chen;Daniel C.W. Tsang;Jiang-Shan Li

  • Electrokinetic remediation of Zn and Ni-contaminated soil.

    Do-Hyung Kim;Byung-Gon Ryu;Sung-Woo Park;Chang-Il Seo

  • Electrolyte conditioning for electrokinetic remediation of As, Cu, and Pb-contaminated soil

    Byung Gon Ryu;Geun-Yong Park;Ji-Won Yang;Kitae Baek

  • Enhanced adsorption of arsenic onto alum sludge modified by calcination

    Eun-Ki Jeon;Sori Ryu;Sung-Woo Park;Lei Wang

  • Mechanistic insights into red mud, blast furnace slag, or metakaolin-assisted stabilization/solidification of arsenic-contaminated sediment.

    Lei Wang;Lei Wang;Liang Chen;Daniel C.W. Tsang;Yaoyu Zhou;Yaoyu Zhou

  • Extraction behavior of As, Pb, and Zn from mine tailings with acid and base solutions

    Jung-Seok Yang;Ju Young Lee;Kitae Baek;Tae-Soon Kwon

  • Removal characteristics of anionic metals by micellar-enhanced ultrafiltration.

    Kitae Baek;Bo-Kyong Kim;Hyun-Jeong Cho;Ji-Won Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Ji-Won Yang
Ji-Won Yang Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Daniel C.W. Tsang
Daniel C.W. Tsang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Eilhann E. Kwon
Eilhann E. Kwon Hanyang University
Yong Sik Ok
Yong Sik Ok Korea University
Lei Wang
Lei Wang Zhejiang University
Daniel S. Alessi
Daniel S. Alessi University of Alberta
Xiangdong Li
Xiangdong Li Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Deok Hyun Moon
Deok Hyun Moon Chosun University
Akram N. Alshawabkeh
Akram N. Alshawabkeh Northeastern University
Chi Sun Poon
Chi Sun Poon Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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