Researchers

James Tour

T. T. and W. F. Chao Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Materials Science & NanoEngineering

  • Mineralization of Captured Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) at Zero Net Cost Using Flash Joule Heating
  • Electrothermal Mineralization of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances for Soil Remediation
  • Using PFAS to Separate Lithium from Natural Brines

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Pedro Alvarez

George R. Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Member NAE
Director, NEWT Center
Director, Rice WaTER Institute

  • Thermal-Catalytic Destruction of PFAS in Contaminated Soils and Spent Sorbents with Unprecedentedly Mild Temperatures to Significantly Decrease Energy Requirements.

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MIchael S Wong

Chair, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Tina and Sunit Patel Professor in Molecular Nanotechnology
Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Civil Environmental Engineering

  • Photocatalytic destruction of PFAS in contaminated water

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Raul Hernandez Sanchez

Assistant Professor

  • Molecular recognition of PFAS for point of use filtering membranes

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Angel Marti

Professor of Chemistry, Bioengineering, and Materials Science and NanoEngineering
Chair, Department of Chemistry
Faculty Director, RESP

  • Photochemical Decomposition of PFAS by Supramolecular Assemblies

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Samantha Yruegas

James and Deborah T. Godwin Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Norman Hackerman-Welch Young Investigator

  • Magnesium-Mediated Degradation of PFAS-based Polymers


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Rafael Verduzco

Professor and Associate Chair, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Professor, Materials Science & Nanoengineering

  • Photocatalytic Degradation of PFAS using Organic COF Photocatalysts

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Pulickel Ajayan

Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor of Engineering
Chair, Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering

  • Fabrication of doped hBN systems for the photocatalytic degradation of PFAS

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Mohammad Ibrahim

Adj. Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department

  • PFAS remediation in hard-to-treat waste streams
  • Evaluation of the environmental impacts of PFAS replacements

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