Superfund Research Program

Paul Westerhoff

Arizona State University
Mail code 3005
PO Box 873005
Tempe, Arizona 85287-3005
Phone: 480-965-2885
Email: p.westerhoff@asu.edu

Projects

• Harvard School of Public Health: Designing the Next Generation of Highly Selective Sorbent Materials for Remediation of Target Inorganic Contaminants in Aqueous Systems (2020-2025)

Publications

2023

• Farsad A, Marcos-Hernandez M, Sinha S, Westerhoff P. 2023. Sous vide-inspired impregnation of amorphous titanium (hydr)oxide into carbon block point-of-use filters for arsenic removal from water. Environ Sci Technol 57(48):20410-20420. doi:10.1021/acs.est.3c06586 PMID:37948748
• Farsad A, Niimi K, Ersan MS, Gonzalez-Rodriguez JR, Hristovski KD, Westerhoff P. 2023. Mechanistic study of arsenate adsorption onto different amorphous grades of titanium (hydr)oxides impregnated into a point-of-use activated carbon block. ACS ES&T Eng doi:10.1021/acsestengg.3c00012
• Reid E, Igou T, Zhao Y, Crittenden JC, Huang C, Westerhoff P, Rittmann BE, Drewes JE, Chen Y. 2023. The minus approach can redefine the standard of practice of drinking water treatment. Environ Sci Technol 57(18):7150-7161. doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c09389 PMID:37074125 PMCID:PMC1017346
• Wutich A, Thomson P, Jepson W, Stoler J, Cooperman AD, Doss-Gollin J, Jantrania A, Mayer A, Nelson-Nunez J, Walker W, Westerhoff P. 2023. MAD water: Integrating modular, adaptive, and decentralized approaches for water security in the climate change era. WIREs Water doi:10.1002/wat2.1680

2022

• Sharma N, Westerhoff P, Zeng C. 2022. Lithium occurrence in drinking water sources of the United States. Chemosphere 305:doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135458 PMID:35752313

2021

• Chen B, Jiang J, Yang X, Zhang X, Westerhoff P. 2021. Roles and knowledge gaps of point-of-use technologies for mitigating health risks from disinfection byproducts in tap water: a critical review. Water Res 200:117265. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2021.117265 PMID:34091221 PMCID:PMC8634687
• Kidd J, Westerhoff P, Maynard A. 2021. Survey of industrial perceptions for the use of nanomaterials for in-home drinking water purification devices. NanoImpact 22:100320. doi:10.1016/j.impact.2021.100320 PMID:35559977 PMCID:PMC9106971
• Lee C, Guo S, Rho H, Levi J, Garcia-Segura S, Wong MS, Westerhoff P, Gardea-Torresdey J. 2021. Unified metallic catalyst aging strategy and implications for water treatment. Environ Sci Technol doi:10.1021/acs.est.1c02364 PMID:34309365 PMCID:PMC972089
• Westerhoff P, Alvarez PJ, Kim J, Li Q, Alabastri A, Halas N, Villagran D, Zimmerman JB, Wong MS. 2021. Utilizing the broad electromagnetic spectrum and unique nanoscale properties for chemical-free water treatment. Curr Opin Chem Eng 33:doi:10.1016/j.coche.2021.100709 PMID:34804780 PMCID:PMC8597955