Publications

List of Peer Reviewed Publications

Synthia P. Mallick, Harsh V Patel, Sailee Gawande, Alfred Wadee, Huan Chen, Amy M McKenna, Brian Brazil, Wenzheng Yu, Renzun Zhao. 2024. Using landfill leachate to indicate the chemical and biochemical activities in elevated temperature landfills. Journal of Environmental Management, 351, 119719.

Synthia P. Mallick, Mohammad S. Hossain, Arash Takshi, Douglas F. Call, Brooke K. Mayer. 2023. The challenge of non-reactive phosphorus: Mechanisms of treatment and improved recoverability using electrooxidation. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 11(5), 110295

Synthia P. Mallick, Zayed Mallick, Brooke K. Mayer. 2022. Meta-analysis of the prevalence of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) in water and wastewater and review of DON removal and recovery strategies. Science of the Total Environment, 828, 154476 

Synthia P. Mallick, Faten B. Hussein, Shayla Husted, Brooke K. Mayer. 2022. Adsorption of recalcitrant phosphorus compounds using the phosphate-selective binding-protein PstS. Chemosphere, 304, 135311

Munshi Md. Shafwat Yazdan, Md Tanvir Ahad, Zayed Mallick, Synthia Parveen Mallick, Ishrat Jahan, Mozammel Mazumder. 2021. An Overview of the Glucocorticoids’ Pathways in Environment and their Removal Using Conventional Wastewater Treatment Systems. Pollutants, 1(3), 141 - 155. 

Zayed Mallick, Md Rakib Bin Hossain, Fariha Tasannum Ayshi, Synthia Parveen Mallick. 2021. Water Quality Index (WQI) for Evaluation of the Surface Water Quality of Bangladesh and Prediction of WQI from Limited Parameters. Journal of Environment Protection and Sustainable Development, 7(2), 56 - 64.

Synthia P. Mallick, Donald R. Ryan, Kaushik Venkiteshwaran, Patrick J. McNamara, Brooke K. Mayer. 2021. Electro-oxidation for recalcitrant nutrients conversion to recoverable forms. Chemosphere, 130876. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130876

Kaushik Venkiteshwaran, Eileen Kennedy, Caitlin Graeber, Synthia P. Mallick, Patrick J. McNamara, Brooke K. Mayer. 2021. Conversion of soluble recalcitrant phosphorus to the recoverable orthophosphate form using UV/H2O2. Chemosphere, 130391. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130391. This paper can be downloaded from here:  Conversion of soluble recalcitrant phosphorus to recoverable orthophosphate form using UV/H2O2.pdf

Synthia Parveen Mallick, Alfred Wadee, Renzun Zhao. 2017. Humic Substances Isolation Method Development and its Application to Landfill Leachates from Elevated Temperature Landfills (ETLFs). Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, 4, 5894-5905.

Presentation/Podium

Prachi Salekar, Fabrizio Sabba, Synthia Parveen Mallick, Bishabh Bhattarai. Understanding nitrous oxide (N2O) impacts on carbon footprint when considering the full footprint of nutrient removal. WEFTEC, New Orleans, LA, 2024 (Accepted).

Synthia Parveen Mallick, Faten Hussein, Shayla Husted, Brooke Mayer. Capture of recalcitrant phosphorus species using PstS phosphate-binding proteins. AEESP Research and Education Conference. St. Louis, MO, June 28-30, 2022.

Synthia Parveen Mallick, Faten Hussein, Shayla Husted, Brooke Mayer. Recalcitrant phosphorus recovery using the psts phosphate-binding protein. ACS Spring 2022. San Diego, CA, March 23, 2022.

Synthia Parveen Mallick, Kaushik Venkiteshwaran, Patrick McNamara, Brooke Mayer. Kinetics of Soluble Recalcitrant Nutrient Conversion Using Electro-Oxidation. WEF Innovations in Process Engineering 2021: A Virtual Event, June 15, 2021. 

Synthia Parveen Mallick, Donald Ryan, Kaushik Venkiteshwaran, Patrick McNamara, Brooke Mayer. Conversion of Soluble Recalcitrant Nutrients to Readily Removable and Recoverable Forms Using Electro-Oxidation. Environmental Engineering Seminar at Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, March 3, 2021.

Eileen M. Kennedy, Synthia Parveen Mallick, Kaushik Venkiteshwaran, Brooke Mayer, Patrick McNamara. UV/H2O2 advanced oxidation to enhance nutrient removal and recovery from wastewater through conversion to less recalcitrant inorganic nutrient fractions. Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC), Chicago, IL, September 21–25, 2019.

Synthia Parveen Mallick, Kaushik Venkiteshwaran, Brooke Mayer. Removal and recovery of ammonia using ammonia binding protein. IAB (WEP, I/UCRC) Fall Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, October 8-10, 2018. (Best presenter award winner).

Sailee Gawande, Synthia Parveen Mallick, Shishir V. Kumar, Yawen Han, Helen H. Lou, Clayton S. Jeffryes, Xiangyang Lei, Renzun Zhao. Spectroscopic characterization of humic substances in landfill leachates from elevated temperature landfills (ETLFs). Texas Water 2018, San Antonio, TX, April 23-26, 2018. (2nd place winner in presentation competition).

Synthia Parveen Mallick, Renzun Zhao, Brian Brazil, Roger Green. Characterization of UV Quenching Substances (UVQS) in Waste Liquids from Elevated Temperature Landfills (ETLFs) and its Implication. 6th Global Waste Management Symposium (GWMS), Indian Wells, CA, February 11-14, 2018.

Synthia Parveen Mallick, Alfred Wadee, Renzun Zhao, Brian Brazil, Roger Green. Humic substances Isolation Method Development and its Application to Landfill Leachates from elevated temperature landfills (ETLFs). 90th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC), Chicago, IL, September 30 – October 4, 2017. (also published in the proceedings as listed in the publication section)

Alfred Wadee, Synthia Parveen Mallick, Renzun Zhao. Size distribution study of refractory organic matter in leachates from impacted and non-impacted areas in elevated temperature landfills (ETLFs). 10th Annual Seminar of South East Chapter of Texas Section of American Water Works Association (TAWWA), Houston, TX, February 2017. (Winner of the technical research paper award).

Posters

Synthia Parveen Mallick, Kaushik Venkiteshwaran, Patrick McNamara, Brooke Mayer. UV/H2O2 conversion of dissolved organic nitrogen to inorganic nitrogen species for enhanced nutrient removal and recovery. Borchardt Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, February 25-26, 2020.

Synthia Parveen Mallick, Kaushik Venkiteshwaran, Brooke Mayer. Removal and recovery of ammonia using ammonia binding protein. IAB (WEP, I/UCRC) Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, April 11-12, 2018.

Alfred Wadee, Synthia Parveen Mallick, Renzun Zhao. Size distribution study of refractory organic matter in leachates from impacted and non-impacted areas in elevated temperature landfills (ETLFs). Texas Water 2018, San Antonio, TX, April 23-26, 2018.

Sailee Gawande, Synthia Parveen Mallick, Renzun Zhao. Spectroscopic characterization of humic substances in landfill leachates from elevated temperature landfills (ETLF). 5th Annual Texas STEM Conference at Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, October 28, 2017

Synthia Parveen Mallick, Alfred Wadee, Renzun Zhao. Characterization of UV quenching substances (UVQS) in leachates from elevated temperature landfills (ETLFs) and its implication. AEESP Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, June 20-22, 2017.