PEER-REVIEWED
1. Mahsa Modiri, Faran Torres, John Stults, David Adamson, Craig Divine, Erik Naylor, Zhiyong Xia, Richard H Anderson. 2025. Bridging Science and Practice: Literature Review and Expert Insights on Per‐and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Transport Modeling, Remediation Journal, 36 (1).
2. Mahsa Modiri, Michael Penrose, Mohamed Ateia, 2025. Firefighting foam biodegradation: why current methods fail and how to improve them. Sustainability Science and Technology. 2 (3), 033002.
3. Caroline Rose Alukkal, Mahsa Modiri, Rodrigo Alvarez Ruiz, Youn Jeong Choi, Linda S Lee. 2025. Evaluation of PFAS extraction and analysis methods for biosolids. Talanta. 286: 127485.
4. Shirin Saffar-Avval, Mahsa Modiri Gharehveran, Rodrigo Alvarez Ruiz, Linda S Lee, Brian P Chaplin. 2025. Matrix Effects on Electrochemical Oxidation of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Sludge Centrate. 59 (16), 8263-8273.
5. Michael Penrose, Mahsa Modiri, Vicente Gomez-Alvarez, Hodon Ryu, Mallikarjuna N Nadagouda, Mohamed Ateia. 2025. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts.
6. Lynda Peter, Mahsa Modiri‐Gharehveran, Odiney Alvarez‐Campos, Gregory K Evanylo, Linda S Lee. 2025. Journal of Environmental Quality. 54 (1), 41-53.
7. Mahsa Modiri, Pavankumar Challa Sasi, Kyle A Thompson, Linda S Lee, Katie Marjanovic, Graeme Hystad, Kamruzzaman Khan, John Norton. 2024. State of the science and regulatory acceptability for PFAS residual management options: PFAS disposal or destruction options. Chemosphere. 368, 143726.
8. Anderson, R.H. and M. Modiri. 2024. Application of Gaussian mixture models to quantify the upper background threshold for perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in US surface soil. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 196 (3), 1-11.
9. Tyler D Hoskins, R Wesley Flynn, Grace SM Coogan, Ann C Catlin, Chloe de Perre, M. Modiri, Youn Jeong Choi, Linda S Lee, Jason T Hoverman, Maria S Sepúlveda (2023), “Chronic Exposure to a PFAS Mixture Resembling AFFF-Impacted Surface Water Decreases Body Size in Northern Leopard Frogs (Rana pipiens),” Environmental Science & Technology 57(40):14797-14806.
10. Y. Choi, L. S. Lee, T. D. Hoskins, M. Modiri, M. S. Sepulveda (2023), “Occurrence and Implications of Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Animal Feeds Used in Laboratory Toxicity Testing,” Journal of Science of the Total Environment, 867, 161583.
11. M. Modiri, Y. Choi, J. Zenobio, and L.S. Lee (2023), “Perfluoroalkyl acid transformation and mitigation by NiFe-activated carbon nanocomposites in steady-state flow column studies,” Journal of Environmental Sciences 127, 678-687.
12. M. Modiri, A.M. Walus, T.A. Anderson, J. Guelfo, M. Frigon, and J.G. Suski (2022), “Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)-Free Aqueous Film Forming Foam Formulations: Chemical Composition and Biodegradation in an Aerobic Environment,” Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 108953.
13. Charles E Schaefer, Jennifer Hooper, Mahsa Modiri-Gharehveran, Dina M Drennan, Ned Beecher, Linda Lee (2022), "Release of poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances from finished biosolids in soil mesocosms ", Water Research, Volume 217, 118405, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118405
14. Mahsa Modiri Gharehveran, and Amisha Shah (2021), “Influence of DOM on Carbonyl Sulfide (COS) and Carbon Disulfide (CS2) Formation from Dimethyl Sulfide (DMS) During Sunlight Photolysis”, Water Environment Research, https://doi.org/10.1002/wer.1650.
15. Mahsa Modiri Gharehveran, Jenny Zenobio, and Linda S. Lee (2021), “Transformation and Defluorination by nNi0Fe0-Activated Carbon Nanocomposites: PFAS Structure and Matrix Effects”, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Volume 9, Issue 6, 106901, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2021.106901
16. Mahsa Modiri Gharehveran, Youn Choi, Jenny Zenobio, and Linda S. Lee (2021), “Evaluating PFAS Transformation and Mitigation with nNiFe0-Activated Carbon Nanocomposites Under 1-D Saturated Flow Conditions”, Under Review in Environmental Sciences: Water Research and Technology.
17. Caroline Rose Alakkal, Mahsa Modiri Gharehveran, and Linda S Lee (2021), “Efficient Method for Extraction of PFAS from Biosolids of Different Origins”, Under Review in Environmental Sciences: Process & Impacts.
18. Mahsa Modiri Gharehveran, Lynda Peter, and Linda S. Lee (2021), “Evaluating PFAS Leachate from Land-applied Biosolids in Urban Agriculture Lands”, Under Review in Chemosphere.
19. Tianbo Xu, Mahsa Modiri Gharehveran, Loring F Nies, Thomas Sieger, and Linda S Lee (2021), “Cosolvent-enhanced PCB Dechlorination with Zero Valent Metals in Anaerobic Soil-free Batch Reactors”, Under review in Chemosphere.
20. Alidoust, P., Keramati, M., Hamidian, P., Tavana Amlashi, A., Modiri Gharehveran, M., Behnood, A (2021). “Prediction of the shear modulus of municipal solid waste (MSW): An application of the machine learning techniques”, Journal of Cleaner Production, 303, 127053.
21. Jenny Zenobio, Mahsa Modiri Gharehveran, Chloe De Perre, Chad D. Vecitis, and Linda S. Lee (2020), “Reductive transformation of perfluorooctanesulfonate by nNiFe0-Activated carbon”, Journal of Hazardous Material, 122782.
22. Mahsa Modiri Gharehveran, Ethan Hain, Lee Blaney and Amisha Shah (2020), “Influence of Dissolved Organic Matter on Carbonyl Sulfide and Carbon Disulfide Formation from Cysteine During Sunlight Photolysis”, Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2020.
23. Mahsa Modiri Gharehveran, and Amisha Shah (2018), “Indirect Photochemical Formation of Carbonyl Sulfide (COS) and Carbon Disulfide (CS2) in Natural Waters: Role of Organic Sulfur Precursors, Water Quality Constituents, and Temperature”, Environmental Science and Technology, 52(16):9108–9117.
24. Ali Behnood, Mahsa Modiri Gharehveran (2019), “Morphology, Rheology, and mechanical Properties of Polymer Modified Asphalt Binders – A Review”, European Polymer Journal, 112:766-791.
25. Ali Behnood, Venous Behnood, Mahsa Modiri Gharehveran, Kursat Esat Alyamac (2017), “Prediction of the compressive strength of normal and high-performance concretes using M5P model tree algorithm”, Construction and Building Materials, 142:199-207.
26. Ali Behnood, Kho Pin Verian, Mahsa Modiri Gharehveran (2015), “Evaluation of the splitting tensile strength in plain and steel fiber-reinforced concrete based on the compressive strength”, Construction and Building Materials, 98:519-529.
27. Mahsa Modiri, Amir Etemad Shahidi, Ebrahim Jabbari (2014), “Effects of climate change on the thermal regime of a reservoir”, Proceedings of the ICE - Water Management, 167(11):601-611.