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TorOve Leiknes is affiliated with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, with a focus on topics related to membrane technologies and water treatment.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering

Subfields that characterize their work are:

  • Water Science and Technology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Pollution
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

The main research topics covered by their publications are:

  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Frequent publication venues for TorOve Leiknes include:

  • Desalination
  • Nature Communications
  • Separation and Purification Technology
  • Membranes
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by TorOve Leiknes include:

  • MiDAS 4: A global catalogue of full-length 16S rRNA gene sequences and taxonomy for studies of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Forecasting of Wastewater Treatment Plant Key Features Using Deep Learning-Based Models: A Case Study, 2020, IEEE Access
  • A Data-Driven Soft Sensor to Forecast Energy Consumption in Wastewater Treatment Plants: A Case Study, 2020, IEEE Sensors Journal
  • Multi-effect distillation brine treatment by membrane distillation: Effect of antiscalant and antifoaming agents on membrane performance and scaling control, 2020, Desalination
  • Fouling investigation of a full-scale seawater reverse osmosis desalination (SWRO) plant on the Red Sea: Membrane autopsy and pretreatment efficiency, 2020, Desalination

Frequent coauthors in their research work include:

  • Luca Fortunato
  • Noreddine Ghaffour
  • Abdullah H. Alshahri
  • Pei-Ying Hong
  • Per Halkjær Nielsen

Best Publications

  • PDMS/PVDF hybrid electrospun membrane with superhydrophobic property and drop impact dynamics for dyeing wastewater treatment using membrane distillation

    Alicia Kyoungjin An;Jiaxin Guo;Eui-Jong Lee;Sanghyun Jeong

  • Life cycle cost of a hybrid forward osmosis - low pressure reverse osmosis system for seawater desalination and wastewater recovery

    R. Valladares Linares;Z. Li;V. Yangali-Quintanilla;N. Ghaffour

  • The effect of coagulation with MF/UF membrane filtration for the removal of virus in drinking water

    Liv Fiksdal;TorOve Leiknes

  • The development of a biofilm membrane bioreactor

    TorOve Leiknes;Hallvard Ødegaard

  • High flux and antifouling properties of negatively charged membrane for dyeing wastewater treatment by membrane distillation.

    Alicia Kyoungjin An;Jiaxin Guo;Sanghyun Jeong;Eui-Jong Lee

  • The effect of coupling coagulation and flocculation with membrane filtration in water treatment: a review.

    TorOve Leiknes

  • Oxidation of Refractory Benzothiazoles with PMS/CuFe2O4: Kinetics and Transformation Intermediates.

    Tao Zhang;Yin Chen;TorOve Leiknes

  • Evaluation of fertilizer-drawn forward osmosis for sustainable agriculture and water reuse in arid regions.

    Laura Chekli;Youngjin Kim;Sherub Phuntsho;Sheng Li

  • Removal of natural organic matter (NOM) in drinking water treatment by coagulation–microfiltration using metal membranes

    Torove Leiknes;Hallvard Ødegaard;Håvard Myklebust

  • Forecasting of Wastewater Treatment Plant Key Features Using Deep Learning-Based Models: A Case Study

    Tuoyuan Cheng;Fouzi Harrou;Farid Kadri;Ying Sun

  • Impact of aeration rates on particle colloidal fraction in the biofilm membrane bioreactor (BF-MBR)

    Igor Ivanovic;TorOve Leiknes

  • Sustainable organic loading rate and energy recovery potential of mesophilic anaerobic membrane bioreactor for municipal wastewater treatment

    Chunhai Wei;Moustapha Harb;Gary L. Amy;Pei-Ying Hong

  • Theoretical modeling and experimental validation of transport and separation properties of carbon nanotube electrospun membrane distillation

    Jung Gil Lee;Eui-Jong Lee;Sanghyun Jeong;Jiaxin Guo

  • Fertiliser drawn forward osmosis process: Pilot-scale desalination of mine impaired water for fertigation

    Sherub Phuntsho;Jung Eun Kim;Mohammad A.H. Johir;Seungkwan Hong

  • Quorum-Quenching Bacteria Isolated From Red Sea Sediments Reduce Biofilm Formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa .

    Zahid Ur Rehman;TorOve Leiknes

  • Fouling development in direct contact membrane distillation: Non-invasive monitoring and destructive analysis

    Luca Fortunato;Yongsun Jang;Jung Gil Lee;Sanghyun Jeong

  • The biofilm membrane bioreactor (BF-MBR)—a review

    I. Ivanovic;T.O. Leiknes

  • Fertilizer drawn forward osmosis process for sustainable water reuse to grow hydroponic lettuce using commercial nutrient solution

    Laura Chekli;Jung Eun Kim;Ibrahim El Saliby;Youngjin Kim;Youngjin Kim

  • Aquaporin based biomimetic membrane in forward osmosis: Chemical cleaning resistance and practical operation

    Zhenyu Li;Rodrigo Valladares Linares;Szilárd Bucs;Luca Fortunato

  • Time-resolved monitoring of biofouling development on a flat sheet membrane using optical coherence tomography.

    Luca Fortunato;Sanghyun Jeong;TorOve Leiknes

  • Assessment of the Hydraulic and Toxic Metal Removal Capacities of Bioretention Cells After 2 to 8 Years of Service

    Kim H. Paus;Joel Morgan;John S. Gulliver;TorOve Leiknes

  • In-situ assessment of biofilm formation in submerged membrane system using optical coherence tomography and computational fluid dynamics

    Luca Fortunato;Adnan Qamar;Yiran Wang;Sanghyun Jeong

  • In-depth analyses of organic matters in a full-scale seawater desalination plant and an autopsy of reverse osmosis membrane

    Sanghyun Jeong;Sanghyun Jeong;Gayathri Naidu;Robert Vollprecht;TorOve Leiknes

Frequent Co-Authors

Noreddine Ghaffour
Noreddine Ghaffour King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Ho Kyong Shon
Ho Kyong Shon University of Technology Sydney
Sherub Phuntsho
Sherub Phuntsho University of Technology Sydney
Gary L. Amy
Gary L. Amy Clemson University
Hallvard Ødegaard
Hallvard Ødegaard Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran
Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran University of Technology Sydney
Nina V. Fedoroff
Nina V. Fedoroff Pennsylvania State University
Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder
Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Alicia Kyoungjin An
Alicia Kyoungjin An City University of Hong Kong
Suzana Pereira Nunes
Suzana Pereira Nunes King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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