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Shankararaman Chellam

Shankararaman Chellam

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Chemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
7770
World Ranking
13706
National Ranking
3554

Overview

Shankararaman Chellam is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Engineering, with a significant concentration on Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Atmospheric Science.

Their work encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Extraction and Separation Processes

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Chellam include Kyung-Ho Kim, Bilal Abada, Anindito Sen, Sourav Das, and Jana Safarik.

Their publications are found often in prominent venues such as:

  • ACS ES&T Engineering
  • Journal of Membrane Science
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Journal of Applied Biomaterials & Functional Materials
  • Atmospheric Environment

Selected recent papers illustrate the scope of their research:

  • "Surface characterization of end-of-life reverse osmosis membranes from a full-scale advanced water reuse facility: Combined role of bioorganic materials and silicon on chemically irreversible fouling", 2022, Journal of Membrane Science
  • "Removal and Inactivation of an Enveloped Virus Surrogate by Iron Conventional Coagulation and Electrocoagulation", 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Anthropogenic Perturbations to the Atmospheric Molybdenum Cycle", 2021, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • "Estimating light-duty vehicles' contributions to ambient PM2.5 and PM10 at a near-highway urban elementary school via elemental characterization emphasizing rhodium, palladium, and platinum", 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Virus Removal and Inactivation Mechanisms during Iron Electrocoagulation: Capsid and Genome Damages and Electro-Fenton Reactions", 2021, Environmental Science & Technology

Best Publications

  • Role of extracellular polymeric substances in bioflocculation of activated sludge microorganisms under glucose-controlled conditions

    Appala R. Badireddy;Shankararaman Chellam;Paul L. Gassman;Mark H. Engelhard

  • Comparison of electrocoagulation and chemical coagulation pretreatment for enhanced virus removal using microfiltration membranes.

    Bintuan Zhu;Dennis A. Clifford;Shankararaman Chellam

  • Temperature effects on sieving characteristics of thin-film composite nanofiltration membranes: pore size distributions and transport parameters

    Ramesh R Sharma;Rachana Agrawal;Shankararaman Chellam

  • Evaluation of iron chemical coagulation and electrocoagulation pretreatment for surface water microfiltration

    Ashima Bagga;Shankararaman Chellam;Dennis A. Clifford

  • Inactivation of bacteriophages via photosensitization of fullerol nanoparticles.

    Appala Raju Badireddy;Ernest M. Hotze;Shankar Chellam;Pedro Alvarez

  • Peer Reviewed: The Promise of Membrane Technology

    Mark R. Wiesner;Shankararaman Chellam

  • Predicting membrane fouling during municipal drinking water nanofiltration using artificial neural networks

    Grishma R. Shetty;Shankararaman Chellam

  • Spectroscopic characterization of extracellular polymeric substances from Escherichia coli and Serratia marcescens: suppression using sub-inhibitory concentrations of bismuth thiols.

    Appala Raju Badireddy;Bhoom Reddy Korpol;Shankararaman Chellam;Paul L. Gassman

  • Lanthanum and lanthanides in atmospheric fine particles and their apportionment to refinery and petrochemical operations in Houston, TX

    Pranav Kulkarni;Shankararaman Chellam;Matthew P. Fraser

  • Pilot-scale evaluation of nanofiltration and reverse osmosis for process reuse of segregated textile dyewash wastewater

    Eren Kurt;Derya Yuksel Koseoglu-Imer;Derya Yuksel Koseoglu-Imer;Nadir Dizge;Nadir Dizge;Shankar Chellam

  • Aluminum electrocoagulation as pretreatment during microfiltration of surface water containing NOM: A review of fouling, NOM, DBP, and virus control.

    Shankararaman Chellam;Mutiara Ayu Sari

  • Effects of Nanofiltration on Trihalomethane and Haloacetic Acid Precursor Removal and Speciation in Waters Containing Low Concentrations of Bromide Ion

    Shankararaman Chellam

  • Fouling reductions in a membrane bioreactor using an intermittent electric field and cathodic membrane modified by vapor phase polymerized pyrrole

    Lifen Liu;Jiadong Liu;Bo Gao;Fenglin Yang

  • Effect of pretreatment on surface water nanofiltration

    Shankararaman Chellam;Joseph G. Jacangelo;Thomas P. Bonacquisti;Barbara A. Schauer

  • Blocking laws analysis of dead-end constant flux microfiltration of compressible cakes.

    Shankararaman Chellam;Wendong Xu

  • Disinfection by-product formation following chlorination of drinking water: artificial neural network models and changes in speciation with treatment.

    Pranav Kulkarni;Shankararaman Chellam

  • Modeling and Experimental Verification of Pilot-Scale Hollow Fiber, Direct Flow Microfiltration with Periodic Backwashing

    Shankararaman Chellam;Joseph G. Jacangelo;Thomas P. Bonacquisti

  • Temperature and concentration effects on electrolyte transport across porous thin-film composite nanofiltration membranes: Pore transport mechanisms and energetics of permeation.

    Ramesh R. Sharma;Shankararaman Chellam

  • Microwave Digestion -- ICP-MS for elemental analysis in ambient airborne fine particulate matter: Rare earth elements and validation using a filter borne fine particle certified reference material

    Pranav Kulkarni;Shankararaman Chellam;James B. Flanagan;R.K.M. Jayanty

  • Artificial neural network model for transient crossflow microfiltration of polydispersed suspensions

    Shankararaman Chellam

  • Evaluation of crossflow filtration models based on shear-induced diffusion and particle adhesion: Complications induced by feed suspension polydispersivity

    Shankararaman Chellam;Mark R. Wiesner

  • Emissions of organic compounds and trace metals in fine particulate matter from motor vehicles: a tunnel study in Houston, Texas.

    Shankararaman Chellam;Pranav Kulkarni;Matthew P. Fraser

  • Mechanisms of Bacteriophage Inactivation via Singlet Oxygen Generation in UV Illuminated Fullerol Suspensions

    Ernest M Hotze;Appala Raju Badireddy;Shankararaman Chellam;Mark R Wiesner

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark R. Wiesner
Mark R. Wiesner Duke University
Matthew P. Fraser
Matthew P. Fraser Arizona State University
Joseph G. Jacangelo
Joseph G. Jacangelo Johns Hopkins University
Kevin M. Rosso
Kevin M. Rosso Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Joseph M. Prospero
Joseph M. Prospero University of Miami
Vincent R. Hill
Vincent R. Hill Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Roy M. Harrison
Roy M. Harrison University of Birmingham
Philip K. Hopke
Philip K. Hopke Clarkson University
Jeffrey D. Rimer
Jeffrey D. Rimer University of Houston
Mark H. Engelhard
Mark H. Engelhard Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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