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Tissa H. Illangasekare

Tissa H. Illangasekare

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
52
Citations
9667
World Ranking
3649
National Ranking
1068

Earth Science

D-Index
51
Citations
9399
World Ranking
3227
National Ranking
1292

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2005 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Tissa H. Illangasekare is affiliated with the Colorado School of Mines in the United States. Their research spans several key fields including Environmental Science and Engineering, with particular focus on Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, Ocean Engineering, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics with a significant focus on groundwater flow and contamination studies. Other primary areas of research include CO2 sequestration and geologic interactions, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) research, carbon dioxide capture technologies, toxic organic pollutants impact, and enhanced oil recovery techniques.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Illangasekare demonstrate ongoing contributions to environmental science and technology. These include:

  • Estimation of Transport Parameters of Perfluoroalkyl Acids (PFAAs) in Unsaturated Porous Media: Critical Experimental and Modeling Improvements, 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Predicting Concentration- and Ionic-Strength-Dependent Air-Water Interfacial Partitioning Parameters of PFASs Using Quantitative Structure-Property Relationships (QSPRs), 2023, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Pore-Scale Mechanisms of Solid Phase Emergence During DNAPL Remediation by Chemical Oxidation, 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Relationship between soil carbon sequestration and the ability of soil aggregates to transport dissolved oxygen, 2021, Geoderma
  • Effects of large-scale heterogeneity and temporally varying hydrologic processes on estimating immobile pore space: A mesoscale-laboratory experimental and numerical modeling investigation, 2021, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Illangasekare include:

  • Eileen E. Hofmann (14 joint publications)
  • Ahmad Askar (7 joint publications)
  • Peter K. Zeitler (7 joint publications)
  • Ana P. Barros (7 joint publications)
  • T. W. Becker (7 joint publications)

Illangasekare has published in a variety of scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists (7 publications)
  • AGU Advances (7 publications)
  • Journal of Contaminant Hydrology (4 publications)
  • Environmental Science & Technology (3 publications)
  • Water Resources Research (3 publications)

The scientist has received recognition in the form of fellowships, including:

  • Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), 2015
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2006
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2005

Best Publications

  • Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH)–a community perspective

    Günter Blöschl;Marc F.P. Bierkens;Antonio Chambel;Christophe Cudennec

  • Particle Size Distribution, Concentration, and Magnetic Attraction Affect Transport of Polymer-Modified Fe 0 Nanoparticles in Sand Columns

    Tanapon Phenrat;Hye-Jin Kim;Fritjof Fagerlund;Tissa Illangasekare

  • A review of NAPL source zone remediation efficiency and the mass flux approach.

    K. Soga;J.W.E. Page;T.H. Illangasekare

  • Retention of Greenland runoff by refreezing: Implications for projected future sea level change

    W. Tad Pfeffer;Mark F. Meier;Tissa H. Illangasekare

  • Experimental study of movement and distribution of dense organic contaminants in heterogeneous aquifers

    Tissa H Illangasekare;James L Ramsey;Karsten H Jensen;Michael B Butts

  • Transport and Recovery of Bacteriophage PRD1 in a Sand and Gravel Aquifer: Effect of Sewage-Derived Organic Matter

    Ann P. Pieper;Joseph N. Ryan;Ronald W. Harvey;Gary L. Amy

  • Thermal Conductivity of Sands under Varying Moisture and Porosity in Drainage–Wetting Cycles

    Kathleen M. Smits;Toshihiro Sakaki;Anuchit Limsuwat;Tissa H. Illangasekare

  • Study of the effect of wind speed on evaporation from soil through integrated modeling of the atmospheric boundary layer and shallow subsurface.

    Hossein Davarzani;Kathleen Smits;Ryan M. Tolene;Tissa Illangasekare

  • Transport and deposition of polymer-modified Fe0 nanoparticles in 2-D heterogeneous porous media: effects of particle concentration, Fe0 content, and coatings.

    Tanapon Phenrat;Abdullah Cihan;Hye-Jin Kim;Menka Mital

  • Impacts of the 2004 tsunami on groundwater resources in Sri Lanka

    Tissa H. Illangasekare;Scott W. Tyler;T. Prabhakar Clement;Karen G. Villholth

  • Evaporation from soils under thermal boundary conditions: Experimental and modeling investigation to compare equilibrium- and nonequilibrium-based approaches

    Kathleen M. Smits;Abdullah Cihan;Abdullah Cihan;Toshihiro Sakaki;Tissa H. Illangasekare

  • Virtual Sensor Networks - A Resource Efficient Approach for Concurrent Applications

    A.P. Jayasumana;Qi Han;T.H. Illangasekare

  • Empirical two‐point α‐mixing model for calibrating the ECH2O EC‐5 soil moisture sensor in sands

    Toshihiro Sakaki;Anuchit Limsuwat;Kathleen M. Smits;Tissa H. Illangasekare

  • Particle and Plutonium Mobilization in Macroporous Soils during Rainfall Simulations

    J. N. Ryan;T. H. Illangasekare;M. I. Litaor;R. Shannon

  • Effect of groundwater flow dimensionality on mass transfer from entrapped nonaqueous phase liquid contaminants

    Tarek Saba;Tissa H. Illangasekare

  • Experimental study on effects of geologic heterogeneity in enhancing dissolution trapping of supercritical CO2

    Elif Agartan;Luca Trevisan;Abdullah Cihan;Jens Birkholzer

  • Two-dimensional laboratory simulation of LNAPL infiltration and redistribution in the vadose zone.

    C. Kechavarzi;K. Soga;T.H. Illangasekare

  • A mathematical model for flow and solute transport in non-homogeneous rock fractures

    B. Amadei;T. Illangasekare

  • Non-Aqueous-Phase Fluids in Heterogeneous Aquifers—Experimental Study

    Tissa H. Illangasekare;Edward J. Armbruster;David N. Yates

  • HOBE: A Hydrological Observatory

    Karsten H. Jensen;Tissa H. Illangasekare

Frequent Co-Authors

Jens Birkholzer
Jens Birkholzer Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Gregory V. Lowry
Gregory V. Lowry Carnegie Mellon University
Bernard Amadei
Bernard Amadei University of Colorado Boulder
Rajesh J. Pawar
Rajesh J. Pawar United States Department of Energy
Karsten Høgh Jensen
Karsten Høgh Jensen University of Copenhagen
Quanlin Zhou
Quanlin Zhou Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Harihar Rajaram
Harihar Rajaram Johns Hopkins University
Kenichi Soga
Kenichi Soga University of California, Berkeley
Susan E. Trumbore
Susan E. Trumbore Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Peter K. Kitanidis
Peter K. Kitanidis Stanford University

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