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2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
78
Citations
16432
World Ranking
3911
National Ranking
102

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 1995 - IEEE Fellow For development and application of analytical methods for the analysis of power system performance.
  • 1988 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1940 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William E. Price is affiliated with the University of Wollongong in Australia. Their primary research lies within the broad field of Environmental Science, with significant contributions focusing on Water Science and Technology, Pollution, Food Science, Biochemistry, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability, and the Environment.

Price has contributed extensively to research topics including Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Membrane Separation Technologies, Advanced Oxidation Water Treatment, Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, Fermentation and Sensory Analysis, Analytical Chemistry Methods Development, and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques.

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Price include:

  • A critical review of advanced oxidation processes for emerging trace organic contaminant degradation: Mechanisms, factors, degradation products, and effluent toxicity (2020) - Journal of Water Process Engineering
  • A critical review on advanced oxidation processes for the removal of trace organic contaminants: A voyage from individual to integrated processes (2020) - Chemosphere
  • Acid mine drainage and sewage impacted groundwater treatment by membrane distillation: Organic micropollutant and metal removal and membrane fouling (2021) - Journal of Environmental Management
  • Removal of trace organic contaminants by enzymatic membrane bioreactors: Role of membrane retention and biodegradation (2020) - Journal of Membrane Science
  • Validated liquid chromatography separation methods for identification and quantification of anthocyanins in fruit and vegetables: A systematic review (2020) - Food Research International

Frequent co-authors with whom Price has collaborated include:

  • Faisal I. Hai
  • Arbab Tufail
  • Céline Kelso
  • Biplob Kumar Pramanik
  • Mamatha Chandra Singh

Scientific contributions by Price have appeared repeatedly in these publication venues:

  • Chemosphere
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Process Safety and Environmental Protection
  • Journal of Food Composition and Analysis
  • Journal of Water Process Engineering

Their recognized achievements include distinctions as a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom since 1988, Fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) awarded in 1940, and election as an IEEE Fellow in 1995 for work on analytical methods for the analysis of power system performance.

Best Publications

  • Comparison of the removal of hydrophobic trace organic contaminants by forward osmosis and reverse osmosis

    Ming Xie;Long D. Nghiem;William E. Price;Menachem Elimelech

  • Combining MBR and NF/RO membrane filtration for the removal of trace organics in indirect potable water reuse applications

    Abdulhakeem Ali Alturki;Nichanan Tadkaew;James A. McDonald;Stuart J. Khan

  • Understanding the factors controlling the removal of trace organic contaminants by white-rot fungi and their lignin modifying enzymes: a critical review.

    Shufan Yang;Faisal I Hai;Long D Nghiem;William E Price

  • A Forward Osmosis–Membrane Distillation Hybrid Process for Direct Sewer Mining: System Performance and Limitations

    Ming Xie;Long D. Nghiem;William E. Price;Menachem Elimelech

  • Toward Resource Recovery from Wastewater: Extraction of Phosphorus from Digested Sludge Using a Hybrid Forward Osmosis–Membrane Distillation Process

    Ming Xie;Long D. Nghiem;William E. Price;Menachem Elimelech

  • Anaerobic co-digestion: a critical review of mathematical modelling for performance optimization

    Sihuang Xie;Faisal I. Hai;Xinmin Zhan;Wenshan Guo

  • Air-drying of banana: Influence of experimental parameters, slab thickness, banana maturity and harvesting season

    Minh-Hue Nguyen;William E. Price

  • Forward osmosis as a platform for resource recovery from municipal wastewater - A critical assessment of the literature

    Ashley J. Ansari;Faisal I. Hai;William E. Price;Jörg E. Drewes

  • Effects of feed and draw solution temperature and transmembrane temperature difference on the rejection of trace organic contaminants by forward osmosis

    Ming Xie;William E. Price;Long D. Nghiem;Menachem Elimelech

  • Performance of a novel osmotic membrane bioreactor (OMBR) system: flux stability and removal of trace organics.

    Abdulhakeem Alturki;James McDonald;Stuart J. Khan;Faisal I. Hai

  • Identification and characterization of phenolic compounds in hydromethanolic extracts of sorghum wholegrains by LC-ESI-MSn

    Jinguo Kang;William E Price;John F Ashton;Linda C Tapsell

  • The fate of pharmaceuticals, steroid hormones, phytoestrogens, UV-filters and pesticides during MBR treatment.

    Kaushalya C. Wijekoon;Faisal I. Hai;Jinguo Kang;William E. Price

  • Removal of trace organic contaminants by the forward osmosis process

    Abdulhakeem Alturki;James McDonald;Stuart Khan;William Price

  • Removal of micropollutants by membrane bioreactor under temperature variation

    Faisal I. Hai;Karin Tessmer;Luong N. Nguyen;Jinguo Kang

  • A critical review of advanced oxidation processes for emerging trace organic contaminant degradation: Mechanisms, factors, degradation products, and effluent toxicity

    Arbab Tufail;William E. Price;Madjid Mohseni;Biplob K. Pramanik

  • Removal of pharmaceuticals, steroid hormones, phytoestrogens, UV-filters, industrial chemicals and pesticides by Trametes versicolor: Role of biosorption and biodegradation

    Luong N. Nguyen;Faisal I. Hai;Shufan Yang;Jinguo Kang

  • Osmotic versus conventional membrane bioreactors integrated with reverse osmosis for water reuse: Biological stability, membrane fouling, and contaminant removal

    Wenhai Luo;Hop V. Phan;Ming Xie;Faisal I. Hai

  • Casein Proteins as Molecular Chaperones

    Philip E Morgan;Teresa M Treweek;Robyn A Lindner;William E Price

  • Resource recovery from wastewater by anaerobic membrane bioreactors: Opportunities and challenges

    Xiaoye Song;Wenhai Luo;Faisal I. Hai;William E. Price

  • Rejection of pharmaceutically active compounds by forward osmosis: Role of solution pH and membrane orientation

    Ming Xie;William E. Price;Long D. Nghiem

  • Sludge cycling between aerobic, anoxic and anaerobic regimes to reduce sludge production during wastewater treatment: Performance, mechanisms, and implications

    Galilee U. Semblante;Faisal I. Hai;Huu H. Ngo;Wenshan Guo

  • Effects of mixing and covering with mature compost on gaseous emissions during composting

    Wen Hai Luo;Jing Yuan;Yi Ming Luo;Guo Xue Li

  • Removal of trace organic contaminants by a membrane bioreactor-granular activated carbon (MBR-GAC) system.

    Luong N. Nguyen;Faisal I. Hai;Jinguo Kang;William E. Price

  • Trace organic contaminants in biosolids: Impact of conventional wastewater and sludge processing technologies and emerging alternatives.

    Galilee U. Semblante;Faisal I. Hai;Xia Huang;Andrew S. Ball

Frequent Co-Authors

Long D. Nghiem
Long D. Nghiem University of Technology Sydney
Faisal I. Hai
Faisal I. Hai University of Wollongong
Gordon G. Wallace
Gordon G. Wallace University of Wollongong
Wenshan Guo
Wenshan Guo University of Technology Sydney
Stuart J. Khan
Stuart J. Khan University of Sydney
Frederic D.L. Leusch
Frederic D.L. Leusch Griffith University
Wenhai Luo
Wenhai Luo China Agricultural University
Huijun Zhao
Huijun Zhao Griffith University
Menachem Elimelech
Menachem Elimelech Rice University
Felicity A. Roddick
Felicity A. Roddick RMIT University

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