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Overview

Tanju Karanfil is affiliated with Clemson University in the United States and works primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their research encompasses several subfields, including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry, Pollution, Water Science and Technology, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Their work addresses a range of topics related to environmental science, with a focus on:

  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Environmental Chemistry and Analysis
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Urban Stormwater Management Solutions

Karanfil's frequent coauthors include:

  • Alex Chow (11 coauthored works)
  • Chao Liu (9 coauthored works)
  • Habibullah Uzun (8 coauthored works)
  • Daekyun Kim (8 coauthored works)
  • Yeakub Zaker (6 coauthored works)

Their publications have appeared most often in the following venues:

  • Water Research (17 publications)
  • Chemosphere (6 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (5 publications)
  • Environmental Science & Technology (5 publications)
  • ACS ES&T Water (5 publications)

Selected recent papers by Tanju Karanfil include:

  • "Sorption behavior of real microplastics (MPs): Insights for organic micropollutants adsorption on a large set of well-characterized MPs" (2020), The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Microwave regeneration of granular activated carbon saturated with PFAS" (2021), Water Research
  • "Two years of post-wildfire impacts on dissolved organic matter, nitrogen, and precursors of disinfection by-products in California stream waters" (2020), Water Research
  • "Microplastics release precursors of chlorinated and brominated disinfection byproducts in water" (2020), Chemosphere
  • "Recovery of Critical Metals from Aqueous Sources" (2021), ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Best Publications

  • Adsorption of synthetic organic contaminants by carbon nanotubes: A critical review

    Onur Guven Apul;Tanju Karanfil

  • The overlooked short- and ultrashort-chain poly- and perfluorinated substances: A review.

    Mohamed Ateia;Amith Maroli;Nishanth Tharayil;Tanju Karanfil

  • Adsorption of organic contaminants by graphene nanosheets: A review

    Gamze Ersan;Onur G. Apul;Onur G. Apul;Francois Perreault;Tanju Karanfil

  • Adsorption of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in groundwater by granular activated carbons: Roles of hydrophobicity of PFAS and carbon characteristics

    Minkyu Park;Shimin Wu;Israel J. Lopez;Joseph Y. Chang

  • Adsorption of aromatic organic contaminants by graphene nanosheets: comparison with carbon nanotubes and activated carbon.

    Onur Guven Apul;Qiliang Wang;Yang Zhou;Tanju Karanfil

  • Role of Granular Activated Carbon Surface Chemistry on the Adsorption of Organic Compounds. 1. Priority Pollutants

    Tanju Karanfil;James E. Kilduff

  • Probing reactivity of dissolved organic matter for disinfection by-product formation using XAD-8 resin adsorption and ultrafiltration fractionation.

    Mehmet Kitis;Tanju Karanfil;Andrew Wigton;James E Kilduff

  • Tailoring activated carbons for enhanced removal of natural organic matter from natural waters

    Seyed A Dastgheib;Tanju Karanfil;Wei Cheng

  • Efficient PFAS Removal by Amine-Functionalized Sorbents: Critical Review of the Current Literature

    Mohamed Ateia;Mohamed Ateia;Alaaeddin Alsbaiee;Tanju Karanfil;William Dichtel

  • Adsorption of Aromatic Compounds by Carbonaceous Adsorbents: A Comparative Study on Granular Activated Carbon, Activated Carbon Fiber, and Carbon Nanotubes

    Shujuan Zhang;Ting Shao;H. Selcen Kose;Tanju Karanfil

  • Disinfection byproducts in swimming pool: occurrences, implications and future needs.

    Shakhawat Chowdhury;Khalid Alhooshani;Tanju Karanfil

  • Adsorption of Natural Organic Polyelectrolytes by Activated Carbon: A Size-Exclusion Chromatography Study

    James E. Kilduff;Tanju Karanfil;Yu-Ping Chin;Walter J. Weber

  • Adsorption of synthetic organic chemicals by carbon nanotubes: Effects of background solution chemistry

    Shujuan Zhang;Ting Shao;S. Sule Kaplan Bekaroglu;S. Sule Kaplan Bekaroglu;Tanju Karanfil

  • Adsorption of dissolved natural organic matter by modified activated carbons

    Wei Cheng;Seyed A. Dastgheib;Tanju Karanfil

  • Halonitromethane formation potentials in drinking waters.

    Jia Hu;Hocheol Song;Jesse W. Addison;Tanju Karanfil

  • Formation of disinfection by-products in indoor swimming pool water: The contribution from filling water natural organic matter and swimmer body fluids

    Amer Kanan;Tanju Karanfil

  • Removal and sequestration of iodide using silver-impregnated activated carbon.

    Jay S Hoskins;Tanju Karanfil;Steven M Serkiz

  • Performance of a hybrid reverse osmosis-constructed wetland treatment system for brackish oil field produced water.

    Cynthia Murray-Gulde;John E Heatley;Tanju Karanfil;John H Rodgers

  • Disinfection by-product formation during seawater desalination: A review.

    Daekyun Kim;Gary L. Amy;Tanju Karanfil

  • Cationic polymer for selective removal of GenX and short-chain PFAS from surface waters and wastewaters at ng/L levels

    Mohamed Ateia;Arifuzzaman;Steven Pellizzeri;Mohamed F. Attia

  • The impacts of aggregation and surface chemistry of carbon nanotubes on the adsorption of synthetic organic compounds.

    Shujuan Zhang;Ting Shao;S. Sule Kaplan Bekaroglu;Tanju Karanfil

Frequent Co-Authors

Alex T. Chow
Alex T. Chow Clemson University
Hocheol Song
Hocheol Song Hanyang University
Walter J. Weber
Walter J. Weber University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Paul Westerhoff
Paul Westerhoff Arizona State University
Mehmet Kitis
Mehmet Kitis Süleyman Demirel University
Gary L. Amy
Gary L. Amy Clemson University
Yuefeng F. Xie
Yuefeng F. Xie Penn State Harrisburg
Stephen J. Klaine
Stephen J. Klaine Clemson University
Jin Hur
Jin Hur Sejong University
Stuart W. Krasner
Stuart W. Krasner Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

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