Soil & Groundwater Remediation

Emerson, H.P., Di Pietro, S. and Katsenovich, Y. (2016) Effects of Ammonium on Uranium Partitioning and Kaolinite Mineral Dissolution. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. Submitted.

Katsenovich,Y., Cardona, C., Lapierre, R., Szecsody J., Lagos L., (2016) The Effect of Si and Al Concentrations on the Removal of U(VI) in the Alkaline Conditions Created by NH₃ Gas. Applied Geochemistry. Accepted.

Sepulveda-Medina, P., Katsenovich, Y., Musaramthota, V., Lee, M., Lee, B., Dua, R., Lagos, L., 2015. The Effect of Uranium on the Bacterial Viability and Cell Surface Morphology Using Atomic Force Microscopy in the Presence of Bicarbonate Ions. Research in Microbiology, 166, 419-427

Sepulveda-Medina, P., Katsenovich, Y., Wellman, D., Lagos, L. 2015. The Effect of Bicarbonate on the Microbial Dissolution of Autunite Mineral in the Presence of Gram-Positive Bacteria. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 144,77-85.

Gudavalli, R.P., Katsenovich, Y., Wellman, D., Lagos, L., and B. Tansel, 2013. Quantification of kinetic rate law parameters for the dissolution of sodium meta-autunite as a function of aqueous bicarbonate concentration, Environmental Chemistry, 10, 6, p. 475-485

Gudavalli, R.P., Katsenovich, Y., Wellman, D., Idarraga, M., Lagos, L., and B. Tansel, 2013. Comparison of the kinetic rate law parameters for the dissolution of natural and synthetic autunite in the presence of bicarbonate ions. Chemical Geology, 351, p. 299–309.

Katsenovich, Y., Carvajal, D., Guduru, R., Lagos, L., 2013. Assessment of the resistance of Hanford Site Arthrobacter isolates to uranium (VI) exposure. Geomicrobiology Journal, 30:2, 120-130.

Carvajal, D. A., Katsenovich, Y.P., Lagos, E.L, 2012. The effect of aqueous bicarbonate and calcium ions on uranium biosorption by Arthrobacter G975 strain. Chemical Geology, 330-331, pp.51–59.

Katsenovich, Y. P., Carvajal, D.A., Wellman, D.M., Lagos, E.L., 2012. Enhanced U(VI) release from autunite mineral by aerobic Arthrobacter sp. in the presence of aqueous bicarbonate. Chemical Geology, 308–309, 1–9.

Öztürk, Z., Tansel, B., Katsenovich, Y., Sukop, M., and S. Laha, 2012. Highly organic natural media as permeable reactive barriers: TCE partitioning and anaerobic degradation profile in eucalyptus mulch and compost. Chemosphere, 89, 6, pp. 665-671.

Trivalent f-metal coordination and extraction by tripodal sulfonamide ligands and analogs, Evgen V. Govor, Vasileios A. Anagnostopoulos, Alexander N. Morozov, Alexander M. Mebel, Raphael G. Raptis, Konstantinos Kavallieratos. American Chemical Society Spring 2017 Meeting

“Investigation of NH₃(g) Treatment for the Immobilization of Uranium in the Presence of Pure Minerals,” Hilary P. Emerson, Silvina Di Pietro, and Yelena Katsenovich, American Chemical Society Fall 2016 Meeting.

“Sodium silicate treatment to attenuate uranium mobility in the acidic groundwater plumes”, Vasileios Anagnostopoulos, Alejandro Hernandez, Christine Wipfli, Yelena Katsenovich, Miles Denham. American Chemical Society Fall Meeting 2016.

“Training tomorrow’s chemists in Florida International University, the largest public Hispanic serving institution” Vasileios Anagnostopoulos, Leonel Lagos, Ines Triay. American Chemical Society Fall Meeting 2016.

Lapierre R, Katsenovich Y, Lagos, L. Characterization of U(VI)-Bearing Precipitates Produced by Ammonia Gas Injection Technology. In the proceeding of the Waste Management Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, March 2016.

Herrera-Landaez, S, Anagnostopoulos, VA., Katsenovich, YP., Lee, B., Lee, H., and Shonali Laha, 2016. The Effect of Bicarbonate on Autunite Dissolution in the Presence of Shewanella oneidensis under Oxygen Restricted Conditions. In the proceeding of the Waste Management Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, March 2016.

“Training the 21^st Century Nuclear Workforce at South Florida’s Public Research University,” David Roelant, Konstantinos Kavallieratos, Hilary Emerson. Radiobioassay and Radiochemical Measurements Conference, October 2015.

Gonzalez, H, Katsenovich Y, Denham M, Gudavalli R, Lagos L, 2015. The Influence of Humic Acid and Colloidal Silica on the Sorption of U(VI) onto SRS Sediments Collected from the F/H Area. In the proceeding of the Waste Management Conference, March 15 - 19, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Katsenovich, Y.P., Cardona, C., Lagos, L.E, 2014. The Effect of Ca Ions on the Removal of U(VI) via In-Situ Ammonia Gas Injection at the Hanford Site 200 Area. In the proceeding of the Waste Management Conference, March 2 – 6, 2014, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Gudavalli, R.K., Katsenovich, Y.P., Lagos, L.E, Wellman, D., 2014. Rate of Uranium Release from Calcium Meta-Autunite: Effect of Bicarbonate Solutions on the Dissolution. In the proceeding of the Waste Management Conference, March 2 – 6, 2014, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Gudavalli, R.K., Katsenovich, Y.P., Wellman, D., Lagos, L.E. and B.Tansel. Dissolution of sodium autunite in the presence of bicarbonate ions, ICOBTE 2013, abstract 0220-000320.

Sepúlveda, P., Katsenovich, Y., and L. Lagos, 2013. Investigation on Microbial Dissolution of Uranium (VI) from Autunite Mineral. In the proceeding of the Waste Management Conference, February 24 – 28, 2013, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Katsenovich, Y., Gonzalez, N., Moreno-Pastor, C., Lagos, L., 2012. The Effect of Si and Al Concentration Ratios on the Removal of U(VI) under Hanford Site 200 Area Conditions. In the proceeding of the Waste Management Conference, Feb 26 –March 2, 2012, Phoenix, AZ.