Publications

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List of Peer-Reviewed Publications (* As Corresponding Author):

2025:

Zhang, Y., Lee, C. S., Li, D., Zheng, S., Hsiao, B. S., & Venkatesan, A. K.* (2025). Hydrophobic Ion Pairing as a Pretreatment to Enhance the Removal of Short-Chain Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances by Granular Activated Carbon. Environmental Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c03457.

C. A. Cooper, S. Grdanovska, K. Londhe, A. K. Venkatesan, and C. C. Lange, Destruction of PFAS in Water via Electron Beam in Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Treatment Technologies, ed. Y. Deng, Q. Huang, and S. (. Chiang, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2025, vol. 16, ch. 6, pp. 112-136.

Woke, J., Maroli, A., Zhang, Y., Venkatesan, A.K.* (2025). Impact of Coexisting Nitrate and Sulfate Ions on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Removal by Anion Exchange Resins. Chemical Engineering Science (In Press).

Smolinski, R., Oates, M., Venkatesan, A.K., Gobler, C., & McDonough, C. (2025). Emerging investigator series: Identification and transformation of per/polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in residential wastewater and effluent from alternative treatment systems. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. DOI: 10.1039/D5EM00134J

Alulema-Pullupaxi, P., Zhang, Y., Saleh, N. B., Venkatesan, A.K., & Apul, O. G. (2025). Analyzing the Release of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from Spent Granular Activated Carbons by Standard Leaching Procedures. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2025, 59, 17, 8681–8693.

Wang, Ziwei, Chitra Thakur, Zhuoyue Bi, Yiran Qiu, Wenxuan Zhang, Haoyan Ji, Arjun K. Venkatesan et al. "1, 4‐Dioxane Induces Epithelial‐Mesenchymal Transition and Carcinogenesis in an Nrf2‐Dependent Manner." Journal of Extracellular Vesicles 14, no. 5 (2025): e70072.

Hannan, M., Evrendilek, F., Leclair, D., Choudhary, M., Mensah, K., Aeppli, C., Venkatesan, A.K. and Apul, O.G., 2025. Aftermath of a major firefighting foam spill in Brunswick, Maine: Spatiotemporal dynamics of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the downstream surface waters. Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters, p.100150.

Li, D., Das, R., Zhang, Y., Zheng, S., Oltulu, M., Venkatesan, A.K., Hsiao, B.S. (2025). Alkylamine Modified Dialdehyde Cellulose Nanofibers for PFAS Adsorption. ACS ES&T Water. (Accepted)

Tang, Y., Wang, M., Venkatesan, A.K., Gobler, C.J., Mao, X. Biologically active filtration (BAF) for metabolic 1,4-dioxane removal from contaminated groundwater. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 137827. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.137827

Shaffer, K. W., Ye, X., Lee, C. S., Shipley, O. N., McDonough, C. A., Venkatesan, A. K., & Gobler, C. J. (2025). Accumulation and trophic transfer of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in estuarine organisms determined via stable isotopes. Science of The Total Environment, 967, 178742.

Londhe, K., & Venkatesan, A. K.* (2025). Air Bubbling Assisted Soil Washing to Treat PFAS in High Organic Content Soils. Environments, 12(1), 20. 

2024:

Maroli, A. S., Zhang, Y., Lubiantoro, J., & Venkatesan, A.K.* (2024). Surfactant-enhanced coagulation and flocculation improves the removal of perfluoroalkyl substances from surface water. Environmental Science: Advances. DOI: 10.1039/D4VA00093E.

Lee, C. S., & Venkatesan, A. K.* (2024). Cationic surfactant-assisted foam fractionation enhances the removal of short-chain perfluoroalkyl substances from impacted water. Chemosphere, 142614.

Londhe, K. and Venkatesan, A.K.* (2024). Effect of chain length, electrolyte composition and aerosolization on the removal of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances during electrochemical oxidation process. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology. (In Press)

Londhe, K., Lee, C.S., Grdanovska, S., Smolinski, R., Hamdan, N., McDonough, C., Cooper, C. and Venkatesan, A.K.* (2024). Application of electron beam technology to decompose per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in water. Environmental Pollution, 348, p.123770.

2023:

C-S. Lee, M. Wang, D. Nanjappa, Y-T. Lu, J. Meliker, S. Clouston, C.J. Gobler & A.K. Venkatesan* (2023). Monitoring of over-the-counter (OTC) and COVID-19 treatment drugs complement wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. (Nature Publication) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-023-00613-2

Zhang, Y., Thomas, A., Apul, O., & Venkatesan, A. K.* (2023). Coexisting ions and long chain per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) inhibit the adsorption of short chain PFAS by granular activated carbon. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 132378.

Lee, C.S., Londhe, K. , Grdanovska, S., Kroc, T., Cooper, C., Venkatesan, A.K.* (2023). Emerging investigator series: Low doses of electron beam irradiation effectively degrade 1,4-dioxane in water within a few seconds. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3EW00111C

D. Li, C.S. Lee, Y. Zhang, R. Das, F. Akter, A. K. Venkatesan*, B.S. Hsiao* (2023). Efficient removal of short-chain and long-chain PFAS by cationic nanocellulose. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, DOI: 10.1039/d3ta01851b.

Lee, C. S., Wang, M., Clyde, P. M., Mao, X., Brownawell, B. J., & Venkatesan, A. K.* (2023). 1, 4-Dioxane removal in nitrifying sand filters treating domestic wastewater: Influence of water matrix and microbial inhibitors. Chemosphere, 138304.

Tang, Y., Wang, M., Lee, C. S., Venkatesan, A. K., & Mao, X. (2023). Characterization of 1, 4-dioxane degrading microbial community enriched from uncontaminated soil. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 1-15.

A. Doherty, C.S. Lee, Q. Meng, Y. Sakano, A.E. Noble, K.A. Grant, A. Esposito, C.J. Gobler, A.K. Venkatesan*. Contribution of household and personal care products to 1,4-dioxane contamination of drinking water. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. 100414.

2022:

K. Londhe, C.S. Lee, C.A. McDonough, Venkatesan, A.K.* (2022). The Need for Testing Isomer Profiles of Perfluoroalkyl Substances to Evaluate Treatment Processes. Environmental Science & Technology, 56(22), 15207-15219.

A.K. Venkatesan*, Lee C-S., Gobler, C.J. Hydroxyl-radical based advanced oxidation processes can increase perfluoroalkyl substances beyond drinking water standards: Results from a pilot study. Science of The Total Environment, 847, 157577.

Young., C.S., Lee C-S., Venkatesan A.K., Sylvers, P., Gobler, C.J. The invasive red seaweed, Dasysiphonia japonica, forms harmful algal blooms: Mortality in early life stage fish and bivalves and identification of putative toxins' has been accepted for public. Harmful Algae.118, 102294.

Steele. J.C., Meng, X, Venkatesan, A. K., Halden, R.U (2022). Comparative meta-analysis of organic contaminants in sewage sludge from the United States and China. Science of The Total Environment, 821, 153423.

2021:

D. Li, K. Londhe, K. Chi, C.S. Lee, A. K. Venkatesan*, B.S. Hsiao* (2021). Functionalized Bio-adsorbents for Removal of Perfluoroalkyl Substances: A Perspective. AWWA Water Science. 3(6), e1258.

Tang, Y., Lee, C. S., Walker, H., Gobler, C., Apul, O., Venkatesan, A. K.*, & Mao, X.* (2021). Effect of residual H2O2 on the removal of advanced oxidation byproducts by two types of granular activated carbon. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 106838.

Clyde, P. M., Lee, C. S., Price, R. E., Venkatesan, A. K.*, & Brownawell, B. J. (2021). Occurrence and Removal of PPCPs from On-site Wastewater Using Nitrogen Removing Biofilters. Water Research, 117743.

Sonmez, B., Zhang, Y., Reuther, J., Saleh, N., Venkatesan, A.K., Apul, O.G.  (2021). Thermal Regeneration of Spent Granular Activated Carbon Presents an Opportunity to Break the Forever PFAS Cycle. Environmental Science and Technology. Environmental Science & Technology, 55(9), 5608-5619.

Londhe, K., Lee, C.S., Zhang, Y., Grdanovska, S., Kroc, T., Cooper, C.,  Venkatesan, A.K.* (2021). Energy Evaluation of Electron Beam Treatment of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Water: A Critical Review. ACS ES&T Engineering, 1(5), 827-841.

C.-S. Lee, C. Asato, M. Wang, X.Mao, C. J. Gobler, A.K. Venkatesan* (2021). Removal of 1,4-dioxane during on-site wastewater treatment using nitrogen removing biofilters. Science of The Total Environment, 771, 144806.

C. J. Gobler, S. Waugh, C. Asato, P. M. Clyde, S. C. Nyer, M. Graffam, B. Brownawell, A. K. Venkatesan, J. A. Goleski, R. E. Price, X. Mao, F. M. Russo, G. Heufelder, H. W. Walker. (2021). Removing 80-90% of nitrogen 1 and organic contaminants with three distinct passive, lignocellulose-based on-site septic systems receiving municipal and residential wastewater. Ecological Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106157.

2020:

Lee, C. S., Venkatesan, A. K.*, Walker, H. W., & Gobler, C. J. (2020). Impact of groundwater quality and associated byproduct formation during UV/hydrogen peroxide treatment of 1, 4-dioxane. Water Research, 115534.

2019:

Venkatesan, A. K.*, & Halden, R. U. (2019). Using national sewage sludge data for chemical ranking and prioritization. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. 14, 10-15.

Halden, R. U. & Venkatesan, A. K.* (2019). Moving toward a waste-free circular economy by example of biosolids. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, 14, A1-A3.

Gushgari, A., Venkatesan, A. K., Chen, J., Steele. J.C., Halden, R.U. (2019). Long-term tracking of opioid consumption in two United States cities using wastewater-based epidemiology approach. Water Research. 161, 171-180.

Venkatesan, A. K., Chen, J., Driver, E., Gushgari, A., & Halden, R. U. (2019). Assessing the Potential To Monitor Plant-Based Diet Trends in Communities Using a Wastewater-Based Epidemiology Approach. In Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: Estimation of Community Consumption of Drugs and Diets (pp. 187-198). American Chemical Society.

Chen, J., Venkatesan, A. K., Halden, R. U. (2019). Alcohol and nicotine consumption trends in three U.S. communities determined by wastewater-based epidemiology. Sci. Total. Environ. 656, 174-183.

2018:

Venkatesan, A. K.*, Rodriguez, B., Marcotte, A., Bi, X., Schoepf, J., Ranville J. F., Herckes P., Westerhoff, P. (2018). Using single particle ICP-MS for monitoring metal-containing particles in tap waters. Environ. Sci. Water Res. Technol. 4 (12), 1923-1932.

Magee, H.Y., Maurer, M.M., Cobos, A., Pycke, B.F., Venkatesan, A.K., Magee, D., Scotch, M. and Halden, R.U., (2018). US nationwide reconnaissance of ten infrequently monitored antibiotics in municipal biosolids. Science of The Total Environment, 643, 460-467.

Gan, W., Venkatesan, A.K., Apul, O.G., Perreault, F., Yang, X., & Westerhoff, P. (2018). Bromide and Other Halide Ion Removal From Drinking Waters Using Silver‐Amended Coagulation. Journal‐American Water Works Association, 110:6, 13-

Venkatesan, A.K.*, Gan, W., Ashani, H., Herckes, P., Westerhoff, P. (2018). Size exclusion chromatography with online ICP-MS enables molecular weight fractionation of dissolved phosphorus species in water samples, Water Research, 133, 264-271.

2017:

Venkatesan, A. K.*, Reed, R. B., Lee, S., Bi, X., Hanigan, D., Yang, Y., Ranville, J. F., Herckes, P. and Westerhoff, P., (2017). Detection and Sizing of Ti-Containing Particles in Recreational Waters Using Single Particle ICP-MS. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 100(1), 120-126.

Gushgari, A. J., Halden, R.U., Venkatesan, A.K. (2017). Occurrence of N-nitrosamines in freshwater sediments near U.S. wastewater treatment plants. J. Haz. Mater. 323, 109-115.

2016:

Meng, X, Venkatesan, A. K., Ni, Y., Steele. J.C., Wu, L., Bignert, A., Bergman, Å., Halden, R.U. (2016). Organic Contaminants in Chinese Sewage Sludge: A Meta-Analysis of Literature of the Past 30 Years. Environ. Sci. Technol., 50 (11), pp 5454–5466.

Venkatesan, A.K., Halden, R.U. (2016). Modeling the pH-mediated Extraction of Ionizable Organic Contaminants to Improve the Quality of Municipal Sewage Sludge Destined for Land Application. Sci. Total. Environ. 550, 736-741.

Venkatesan, A.K., Hamdan, A.M., Chavez, V.M., Brown, J.D., Halden, R.U. (2016). Mass Balance Model for Sustainable Phosphorus Recovery in a U.S. Wastewater Treatment Plant. J. Environ. Qual. 45 (1), 84-89.

2015:

Venkatesan, A.K., Halden, R.U. (2015). Effective strategies for monitoring and regulating chemical mixtures and contaminants sharing pathways of toxicity. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. 12 (9), 10549-10557.

Yu, X., Xue, J., Yao, H., Wu, Q., Venkatesan, A. K., Halden, R. U., Kannan, K. (2015). Occurrence and Estrogenic Potency of Eight Bisphenol Analogs in Sewage Sludge from the US EPA Targeted National Sewage Sludge Survey. J. Hazard. Mater. In Press.

Xue, J., Venkatesan, A. K., Wu, Q., Halden, R. U., & Kannan, K. (2015). Occurrence of bisphenol A diglycidyl ethers (BADGEs) and novolac glycidyl ethers (NOGEs) in archived biosolids from the US EPA’s Targeted National Sewage Sludge Survey. Environ. Sci. Technol. 49 (11), 6538–6544.

Done, H.Y., Venkatesan, A.K., Halden. R.U. (2015). Does the Recent Emergence of Aquaculture Create Antibiotic Resistance Threats Different from those Associated with Land Animal Production in Agriculture? AAPSJ, 77 (3), 513-524.

Venkatesan, A.K., Done, H.Y., Halden. R.U. (2015). United States National Sewage Sludge Repository at Arizona State University — a new resource and research tool for environmental scientists, engineers, and epidemiologists. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 22, 1577 – 1586.

2014:

Venkatesan, A.K., and Halden. R.U. (2014). Contribution of Polybrominated Dibenzo-p-dioxins and Dibenzofurans (PBDD/Fs) to the Toxic Equivalency of Dioxin-like Compounds in Archived Biosolids from the U.S. EPA’s 2001 National Sewage Sludge Survey. Environ. Sci. Technol. 48 (18), 10843–10849.

Venkatesan, A.K., and Halden. R.U. (2014). Loss and in situ production of perfluoroalkyl chemicals in outdoor biosolids–soil mesocosms. Environ. Res. 132, 321–327. 

Venkatesan, A.K., Pycke, B.F.G., Halden. R.U. (2014). Detection and Occurrence of N‑ Nitrosamines in Archived Biosolids from the Targeted National Sewage Sludge Survey of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Environ. Sci. Technol. 48 (9), 5085–5092.

Venkatesan, A.K. and Halden. R.U. (2014). Brominated flame retardants in U.S. biosolids from the EPA national sewage sludge survey and chemical persistence in outdoor soil mesocosms. Water Res. 55, 133-142.

Venkatesan, A.K. and Halden. R.U. (2014). Wastewater treatment plants as chemical observatories to forecast ecological and human health risks of manmade chemicals. Sci. Rep. 4, 3731.

2013:

Venkatesan, A.K. and Halden. R.U. (2013). National inventory of perfluoroalkyl substances in archived U.S. biosolids from the 2001 EPA National Sewage Sludge Survey. J. Hazard. Mater. 252-253, 413-418.

Venkatesan, A.K. and Halden. R.U. (2013). National inventory of alkylphenol ethoxylate compounds in U.S. sewage sludges and chemical fate in outdoor soil mesocosms. Environ. Pollut. 174, 189-193. 

2012:

Venkatesan, A.K., Pycke, B.F.G., Barber, L.B., Lee, K.E., Halden, R.U. (2012). Occurrence of triclosan, triclocarban, and its lesser chlorinated congeners in Minnesota freshwater sediments collected near wastewater treatment plants. J. Hazard. Mater., 229-230, 29-35.

2011:

Venkatesan, A.K., Ahmad, S., Johnson,W., and Batista, J.R. (2011). Salinity reduction and energy conservation in direct and indirect potable water reuse. Desalination, 272, 120–127

Venkatesan, A.K., Ahmad, S., Johnson,W., and Batista, J.R. (2011). Systems dynamic model to forecast salinity load to the Colorado River due to urbanization within the Las Vegas Valley. Sci. Total. Environ. 409(13), 2616-2625.

Venkatesan, A.K., and Batista, J.R. (2011). Investigation of the factors affecting the bioregeneration process for perchlorate-laden gel-type anion-exchange resin. Bioremediat.J., 15(1), 1–11.

2010:

Venkatesan, A.K., Sharbatmaleki, M., and Batista, J.R. (2010). Bioregeneration of perchlorate-laden gel-type anion-exchange resin in a fluidized bed reactor. J. Hazard. Mater., 177, 730–737.