What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Organic chemistry
- Ecology
- Chlorine
His primary scientific interests are in Water treatment, Activated carbon, Environmental engineering, Environmental chemistry and Adsorption.
His Water treatment study incorporates themes from Organic matter, Dissolved organic carbon and By-product.
His Activated carbon research includes elements of Inorganic chemistry, Sewage treatment, Biosolids and Polymer adsorption.
His study in Environmental engineering is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Waste management, Chloramine and Pulp and paper industry.
His studies deal with areas such as Sorption, Detection limit, Contamination, Biodegradation and Portable water purification as well as Environmental chemistry.
In general Adsorption study, his work on Granular activated carbon, Sorption isotherm, Desorption and Freundlich equation often relates to the realm of Ionic bonding, thereby connecting several areas of interest.
His most cited work include:
- Assessing DBP yield: uniform formation conditions (206 citations)
- PREDICTING GAC PERFORMANCE WITH RAPID SMALL-SCALE COLUMN TESTS (165 citations)
- Biofiltration performance: part 1, relationship to biomass (152 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
R. Scott Summers mainly investigates Water treatment, Environmental chemistry, Adsorption, Environmental engineering and Dissolved organic carbon.
He has researched Water treatment in several fields, including Organic matter, By-product, Water quality and Biofilter, Pulp and paper industry.
His Environmental chemistry research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Haloacetic acids, Chlorine, Wastewater, Portable water purification and Ozone.
R. Scott Summers interconnects Chromatography, Effluent and Particle size in the investigation of issues within Adsorption.
His research integrates issues of Nonparametric statistics, Total organic carbon and Linear regression in his study of Environmental engineering.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Contamination, Biodegradation and Surface runoff.
He most often published in these fields:
- Water treatment (37.60%)
- Environmental chemistry (32.00%)
- Adsorption (25.60%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?
- Environmental chemistry (32.00%)
- Adsorption (25.60%)
- Water treatment (37.60%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His primary areas of study are Environmental chemistry, Adsorption, Water treatment, Activated carbon and Wastewater.
His work deals with themes such as Haloacetic acids, Chlorine, Genotoxicity and Carbon tetrachloride, which intersect with Environmental chemistry.
His Adsorption research focuses on Toxicity and how it relates to Water pollutants, Halogenation and Granular activated carbon.
His Water treatment research integrates issues from Organic matter, Control, Water quality, Turbidity and Pulp and paper industry.
His study looks at the relationship between Organic matter and fields such as Biofilter, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems.
His Activated carbon research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Chromatography, Dissolved organic carbon and BET theory.
Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Biodegradable organic matter and rapid-rate biofilter performance: A review. (50 citations)
- Does Granular Activated Carbon with Chlorination Produce Safer Drinking Water? From Disinfection Byproducts and Total Organic Halogen to Calculated Toxicity. (33 citations)
- Evaluating Activated Carbon Adsorption of Dissolved Organic Matter and Micropollutants Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy (23 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Organic chemistry
- Ecology
- Chlorine
R. Scott Summers focuses on Environmental chemistry, Adsorption, Dissolved organic carbon, Activated carbon and Biofilter.
His Environmental chemistry study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Chlorine, Chloroacetaldehyde, Dibromochloromethane, Tribromoacetic acid and Genotoxicity.
His study in the fields of Granular activated carbon under the domain of Adsorption overlaps with other disciplines such as Halogen.
His studies in Activated carbon integrate themes in fields like Wastewater, Chromatography and BET theory.
His studies deal with areas such as Surface water and Effluent as well as Wastewater.
The concepts of his Biofilter study are interwoven with issues in Phosphorus, Leachate, Water treatment, Turbidity and Powdered activated carbon treatment.
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