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Menachem Elimelech
Roberto C. Goizueta Professor of Environmental and Chemical Engineering
- Phone
- (203) 432-2789
- Fax
- (203) 432-2881
- Mailing Address
- P.O. Box 208286
New Haven, CT 06520
- Office Address
- 9 Hillhouse Avenue
ML 313A
New Haven, CT 06511
Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University
M.S., The Hebrew University, Israel
RESPONSIBILITIES
Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering
Director of the Program in Environmental Engineering
Director of the Program in Environmental Engineering
INTERESTS
Physical and chemical processes; transport and fate of microbial pathogens in aquatic environments; membrane separations for desalination and water quality control; processes involving nanomaterials and biomolecules in engineered and natural aquatic systems; and water, sanitation, and public health in developing countries.
AWARDS & HONORS
- The American Institute of Chemical Engineers Lawrence K. Cecil Award (2008)
- Election to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (2007)
- Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Frontier Award in Research (2006)
- AWWA First Place Best Doctoral Dissertation Award (Doctoral Student Natalie Tufenkji) (2006)
- Elected to the National Academy of Engineering (2006)
- The Athalie Richardson Irvine Clarke Prize (2005)
- Trendsetter, Public Works Magazine (2005)
- Excellence in Review Award, Environmental Science & Technology (2004)
- Yale University, Graduate Mentor Award (2004)
- Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Doctoral Dissertation Award (Doctoral Student Eric M.V.Hoek) (2002)
- Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Outstanding Paper Award (2002)
- American Society of Civil Engineers, Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize (1996)
- W.M. Keck Foundation, Engineering Teaching Excellence Award (1994)
- National Science Foundation, Research Initiation Award (1990)
- Environmental Engineering and Chemistry Student Award, American Chemical Society (1989)
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
- A Novel Ammonia-Carbon Dioxide Forward (Direct) Osmosis Desalination Process, J.R. McCutcheon, R.L. McGinnis, Menachem Elimelech, 2005, Desalination, 174, 1-11.
- Role of Cell Surface Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) in Escherichia coli K12 Adhesion and Transport , S.L. Walker, J.A. Redman, Menachem Elimelech, 2004, Langmuir, 20, 7736-7746.
- Correlation Equation for Predicting Single-Collector Efficiency in Physicochemical Filtration in Saturated Porous Media , N. Tufenkji, Menachem Elimelech, 2004, Environ. Sci. Technol., 38, 529-536.
- Organic Fouling and Chemical Cleaning of Nanofiltration Membranes: Measurements and Mechanisms , Q. Li, Menachem Elimelech, 2004, Environ. Sci. Technol., 38, 4683-4693.
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