Photos: Student Center lawn (left), CAMP Atrium (middle), and CAMP building (right) at Clarkson University (link), Potsdam, NY (google map)
Our research effort centers on electrochemical separation for water, food, and energy, which is a critical nexus for sustainable development (source: unwater.org - link). We aim to electrify separation systems that can directly exploit renewable energy sources for the recovery of valuable resources from traditionally underexplored sources such as brackish groundwater, wastewater, and brines. In addition to freshwater, these sources contain nutrients and critical minerals for the production of fertilizer and batteries if recovered properly. Minimizing undesired byproducts and contaminants is necessary to improve sustainability and efficiency of separation processes. Example applications include water desalination, nutrient recovery, minimal liquid discharge, direct lithium extraction from brines, water softening, and carbon dioxide capture. More information can be found in sponsored research projects (link) and published research articles (link).
Top left: GreenER lab (CAMP 294)
Top right: Potentiostat (VSP, BioLogic)
Middle left: Peristaltic pumps
Middle right: Custom-built and commercial bench-scale electrochemical cells
Bottom left: Redox-driven desalination device with a real-time conductivity monitoring system (source: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56, 7, 4477–4488 - link)
Bottom right: Redox flow desalination device powered by a solar simulator (source: ACS EST Engg. 2021, 1, 12, 1678–1687 - link)
& more: Muffle furnace, laser engraver cutting machine, centrifuge, orbital shaker, vacuum drying oven, conductivity & pH probes/meters, hot plates, fume hood, vacuum filtration systems, power supplies
Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry
Gravimetric Analysis
Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
Ion Chromatography (cations & anions)
& more (link)
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)
Powder X-ray Diffractometer (XRD)
Particle Size Analysis
& more (link)
