Superfund Research Program

Model-aided Design and Integration of Functionalized Hybrid Nanomaterials for Enhanced Bioremediation of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs)

Project Leaders: Diana S. Aga, Ian Bradley, Nirupam Aich, Carla A. Ng (University of Pittsburgh)
Grant Number: R01ES032717
Funding Period: 2021-2025

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Publications

2023

• Antle J, Larock M, Falls Z, Ng CA, Atilla-Gokcumen G, Aga DS, Simpson S. 2023. Building chemical intuition about physicochemical properties of C8-per-/polyfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids through computational means. ACS ES&T Eng 4(1):196-208. doi:10.1021/acsestengg.3c00267
• Camdzic D, Dickman RA, Joyce A, Wallace JS, Ferguson PL, Aga DS. 2023. Quantification of total PFAS including trifluoracetic acid with fluorine nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Anal Chem 95(13):5484-5488. doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.2c05354 PMID:36946571
• Halwatura LM, Aga DS. 2023. Broad-range extraction of highly polar to non-polar organic contaminants for inclusive target analysis and suspect screening of environmental samples. Sci Total Environ 893:164707. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164707 PMID:37301382
• Marciesky M, Aga DS, Bradley I, Aich N, Ng CA. 2023. Mechanisms and opportunities for rational in silico design of enzymes to degrade per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). J Chem Inf Model 63(23):7299-7319. doi:10.1021/acs.jcim.3c01303 PMID:37981739 PMCID:PMC10716909
• Wallace JS, Edirisinghe D, Seyedi S, Noteboom H, Blate M, Balci DD, Abu-Orf M, Sharp R, Brown J, Aga DS. 2023. Burning questions: Current practices and critical gaps in evaluating removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) during pyrolysis treatments of biosolids. J Hazard Mater 4:100079. doi:10.1016/j.hazl.2023.100079

2022

• Dickman RA, Aga DS. 2022. A review of recent studies on toxicity, sequestration, and degradation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). J Hazard Mater 436:doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129120 PMID:35643010