By Dr Shikha Garg

Book Chapters

Garg S; Rose AL; Waite TD, 2012, 'Pathways Contributing to the Formation and Decay of Ferrous Iron in Sunlit Natural Waters', in Tratnyek PG; Grundl TJ; Haderlein SB (ed.), Aquatic Redox Chemistry, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, pp. 153 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bk-2011-1071.ch008

Journal articles

Zhou Z; Kinsela AS; Payne TE; Garg S; Miller CJ; Fu Q; Wen H; Kong C; Waite TD, 2026, 'Impact of Wetting–Drying Cycles on Iron Oxide Transformations and Contaminant Mobilization in a Replica Legacy Radioactive Waste Trench', Environmental Science and Technology, 60, pp. 14536 - 14549, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c16370

Perumpully SJ; Garg S; Waite TD, 2026, 'Is Thermal Activation of Peroxymonocarbonate (HCO4–) Important?', Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 13, pp. 773 - 779, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.6c00289

Mahmood Z; Yuan Y; Garg S; Waite TD, 2026, 'Catalytic versus Pure Ozonation: Insights from Real Wastewater Treatment Performance', Environmental Science and Technology, 60, pp. 4440 - 4448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c15666

Mahmood Z; Yuan Y; Garg S; Chen Y; Li X; Cui T; Miller C; Haris M; Wang Y; Waite TD, 2026, 'Boosting Adsorption of Organically Complexed Ni onto Thin-Layered Porous Biomass-Derived Carbon', Water Switzerland, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w18030371

Wu L; Xiong H; Chen Y; Wang S; Liu M; Wang J; Wang Z; Wang Z; Sun W; Garg S, 2026, 'Fe(IV)/Fe(V)-mediated oxidation processes in water and wastewater treatment: Recent progress and current challenges', Chemical Engineering Journal, 528, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.172121

Garg S; Waite TD, 2025, 'Is Singlet Oxygen an Important Oxidant in Advanced Oxidation Processes?', Environmental Science and Technology, 59, pp. 26320 - 26341, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c09597

Ding J; Garg S; Wang Y; Chen D; Kong W; Yang S; Zhang C, 2025, 'Electrochemical Phosphite Removal and Recovery via the Ti4O7Monolithic Electrode: Reaction Mechanism and Kinetic Modeling', ACS Es and T Engineering, 5, pp. 3337 - 3347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.5c00549

Garg S; Yuan Y; Mahmood Z; Jiang Q; Wang Y; Waite TD, 2025, 'Beyond Reaction Kinetics: The Overlooked Role of Gas–Liquid Mass Transfer in Ozone-Based Processes', Environmental Science and Technology, 59, pp. 20875 - 20878, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c11717

Sun J; Garg S; Waite TD, 2025, 'A Critical Comparative Study of Boron Removal from Synthetic Single-Stage Seawater Reverse Osmosis Permeate by BPM- and AEM-Assisted Electrosorption', Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 12, pp. 677 - 683, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.5c00249

Pan Y; Garg S; Peng J; Yang X; Waite TD, 2025, 'Use of Copper in Evaluating the Role of Phenolic Moieties in the Photooxidation of Dissolved Organic Matter', Environmental Science and Technology, 59, pp. 3067 - 3076, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c13176

Zhou Z; Garg S; Miller CJ; Fu QL; Kinsela AS; Payne TE; Waite TD, 2024, 'Transformation of Natural Organic Matter in Simulated Abiotic Redox Dynamic Environments: Impact on Fe Cycling', Environmental Science and Technology, 58, pp. 21604 - 21616, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c05517

Wu L; Garg S; Waite TD, 2024, 'Progress and challenges in the use of electrochemical oxidation and reduction processes for heavy metals removal and recovery from wastewaters', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 479, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135581

Garg S; Atkinson JD; Bae S; Chen B; Deng Y; Georgi A; Hashisho Z; Liu H; Radjenovic J; Shuai D; Tong M, 2024, 'A guide for JHM authors focusing on advanced oxidation and reduction processes for environmental applications', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 476, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135263

Wu L; Garg S; Dai Y; Lv S; Wang Y; Waite TD, 2024, 'Pilot-scale electrochemical advanced oxidation (EAOP) system for the treatment of Ni-EDTA-containing wastewater', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 474, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134840

Sun J; Garg S; Waite TD, 2024, 'Utilizing an Integrated Flow Cathode-Membrane Filtration System for Effective and Continuous Electrochemical Hydrodechlorination', Environmental Science and Technology, 58, pp. 13131 - 13144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c03842

Kong X; Ma J; Garg S; Waite TD, 2024, 'Tailored Metal-Organic Frameworks for Water Purification: Perfluorinated Fe-MOFs for Enhanced Heterogeneous Catalytic Ozonation', Environmental Science and Technology, 58, pp. 8988 - 8999, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c01133

Mahmood Z; Garg S; Yuan Y; Xie L; Wang Y; Waite TD, 2024, 'Performance evaluation and optimization of a suspension-type reactor for use in heterogeneous catalytic ozonation', Water Research, 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121410

Mortazavi M; Garg S; Waite TD, 2024, 'Kinetic modelling assisted balancing of organic pollutant removal and bromate formation during peroxone treatment of bromide-containing waters', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 468, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133736

Wu L; Garg S; Waite TD, 2024, 'Electrochemical treatment of wastewaters containing metal-organic complexes: A one-step approach for efficient metal complex decomposition and selective metal recovery', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 466, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133526

Pan Y; Garg S; Fu QL; Peng J; Yang X; Waite TD, 2023, 'Copper Safeguards Dissolved Organic Matter from Sunlight-Driven Photooxidation', Environmental Science and Technology, 57, pp. 21178 - 21189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c07549

Kong X; Garg S; Mortazavi M; Ma J; Waite TD, 2023, 'Heterogenous Iron Oxide Assemblages for Use in Catalytic Ozonation: Reactivity, Kinetics, and Reaction Mechanism', Environmental Science and Technology, 57, pp. 18636 - 18646, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c07319

Sun J; Garg S; Waite TD, 2023, 'A Novel Integrated Flow-Electrode Capacitive Deionization and Flow Cathode System for Nitrate Removal and Ammonia Generation from Simulated Groundwater', Environmental Science and Technology, 57, pp. 14726 - 14736, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c03922

Pan Y; Garg S; Ouyang Y; Yang X; Waite TD, 2023, 'Inhibition of photosensitized degradation of organic contaminants by copper under conditions typical of estuarine and coastal waters', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 458, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131812

Wu L; Garg S; Xie J; Zhang C; Wang Y; Waite TD, 2023, 'Electrochemical Removal of Metal-Organic Complexes in Metal Plating Wastewater: A Comparative Study of Cu-EDTA and Ni-EDTA Removal Mechanisms', Environmental Science and Technology, 57, pp. 12476 - 12488, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c02550

Sun Y; Garg S; Zhang C; Xie J; Waite TD, 2023, 'Approaches to Enhancing Cathodic Nickel Recovery from Ni-EDTA Containing Synthetic Wastewaters', ACS Es and T Water, 3, pp. 2415 - 2426, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.3c00095

Kong X; Garg S; Chen G; Waite TD, 2023, 'Investigation of the deactivation and regeneration of an Fe2O3/Al2O3•SiO2 catalyst used in catalytic ozonation of coal chemical industry wastewater', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 451, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131194

Lian B; Sun Y; Wang Y; Garg S; Zhang C; Chen Y; Tu Y; Waite TD, 2023, 'Investigation of the Effects of Anode Geometry on the Electrochemical Degradation of Ni-Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid Complexes Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation', ACS Es and T Engineering, 3, pp. 201 - 212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.2c00278

Sun Y; Garg S; Zhang C; Lian B; Waite TD, 2023, 'Kinetic Modeling of the Anodic Degradation of Ni-EDTA Complexes: Insights into the Reaction Mechanism and Products', ACS ES&T engineering, 0: Ahead of Print, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.2c00356

Mortazavi M; Garg S; Waite TD, 2023, 'Kinetic Modeling-Assisted Optimization of the Peroxone (O3/H2O2) Water Treatment Process', Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.3c00020

Sun J; Garg S; Xie J; Zhang C; Waite TD, 2022, 'Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrate with Simultaneous Ammonia Recovery Using a Flow Cathode Reactor', Environmental Science and Technology, 56, pp. 17298 - 17309, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c06033

Garg S; Yuan Y; Mortazavi M; Waite TD, 2022, 'Caveats in the Use of Tertiary Butyl Alcohol as a Probe for Hydroxyl Radical Involvement in Conventional Ozonation and Catalytic Ozonation Processes', ACS Es and T Engineering, 2, pp. 1665 - 1676, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.2c00059

Chen Y; Vu HC; Miller CJ; Garg S; Pan D; Waite TD, 2022, 'Comparative Experimental and Computational Studies of Hydroxyl and Sulfate Radical-Mediated Degradation of Simple and Complex Organic Substrates', Environmental Science and Technology, 56, pp. 8819 - 8832, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c00686

Lian B; Jiang Q; Garg S; Wang Y; Yuan Y; Waite TD, 2022, 'Analysis of Ozonation Processes Using Coupled Modeling of Fluid Dynamics, Mass Transfer, and Chemical Reaction Kinetics', Environmental Science and Technology, 56, pp. 4377 - 4385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c07694

Song Z; Garg S; Ma J; Waite TD, 2022, 'Influence of cations on As(III) removal from simulated groundwaters by double potential step chronoamperometry (DPSC) employing polyvinylferrocene (PVF) functionalized electrodes', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 424, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127472

Yuan Y; Mortazavi M; Garg S; Ma J; Waite TD, 2022, 'Comparison of Performance of Conventional Ozonation and Heterogeneous Catalytic Ozonation Processes in Phosphate- and Bicarbonate-Buffered Solutions', ACS Es and T Engineering, 2, pp. 210 - 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.1c00350

Yuan Y; Garg S; Wang Y; Li W; Chen G; Gao M; Zhong J; Wang J; Waite TD, 2022, 'Influence of salinity on the heterogeneous catalytic ozonation process: Implications to treatment of high salinity wastewater', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 423, pp. 127255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127255

Kong X; Garg S; Chen G; Li W; Wang Y; Wang J; Ma J; Yuan Y; Waite TD, 2022, 'Coal chemical industry membrane concentrates: characterisation and treatment by ozonation and catalytic ozonation processes', Environmental Chemistry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/en22042

Yuan Y; Garg S; Ma J; Waite TD, 2021, 'Kinetic Modeling-Assisted Mechanistic Understanding of the Catalytic Ozonation Process Using Cu-Al Layered Double Hydroxides and Copper Oxide Catalysts', Environmental Science and Technology, 55, pp. 13274 - 13285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c03718

Song Z; Garg S; Ma J; Waite TD, 2020, 'Selective Arsenic Removal from Groundwaters Using Redox-Active Polyvinylferrocene-Functionalized Electrodes: Role of Oxygen', Environmental Science and Technology, 54, pp. 12081 - 12091, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c03007

Pan Y; Ruan X; Garg S; Waite TD; Lei Y; Yang X, 2020, 'Copper Inhibition of Triplet-Sensitized Phototransformation of Phenolic and Amine Contaminants', Environmental Science and Technology, 54, pp. 9980 - 9989, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c01693

Yuan Y; Xing G; Garg S; Ma J; Kong X; Dai P; Waite TD, 2020, 'Mechanistic insights into the catalytic ozonation process using iron oxide-impregnated activated carbon', Water Research, 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.115785

Garg S; Xing G; Waite TD, 2020, 'Influence of pH on the Kinetics and Mechanism of Photoreductive Dissolution of Amorphous Iron Oxyhydroxide in the Presence of Natural Organic Matter: Implications to Iron Bioavailability in Surface Waters', Environmental Science and Technology, 54, pp. 6771 - 6780, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c01257

Xing G; Garg S; Miller CJ; Pham AN; Waite TD, 2020, 'Effect of Chloride and Suwannee River Fulvic Acid on Cu Speciation: Implications to Cu Redox Transformations in Simulated Natural Waters', Environmental Science and Technology, 54, pp. 2334 - 2343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b06789

Xing G; Garg S; David Waite T, 2019, 'Is Superoxide-Mediated Fe(III) Reduction Important in Sunlit Surface Waters?', Environmental Science and Technology, 53, pp. 13179 - 13190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b04718

Song Z; Garg S; Ma J; Waite TD, 2019, 'Modified Double Potential Step Chronoamperometry (DPSC) Method for As(III) Electro-oxidation and Concomitant As(V) Adsorption from Groundwaters', Environmental Science and Technology, 53, pp. 9715 - 9724, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b01762

Rong H; Garg S; Waite TD, 2019, 'Impact of light and Suwanee River Fulvic Acid on O2 and H2O2 Mediated Oxidation of Silver Nanoparticles in Simulated Natural Waters', Environmental Science and Technology, 53, pp. 6688 - 6698, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b07079

He D; Garg S; Wang Z; Li L; Rong H; Ma X; Li G; An T; Waite TD, 2019, 'Silver sulfide nanoparticles in aqueous environments: Formation, transformation and toxicity', Environmental Science Nano, 6, pp. 1674 - 1687, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9en00138g

Garg S; Jiang C; Waite TD, 2018, 'Impact of pH on Iron Redox Transformations in Simulated Freshwaters Containing Natural Organic Matter', Environmental Science and Technology, 52, pp. 13184 - 13194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b03855

Rong H; Garg S; Waite TD, 2018, 'Transformation of AgCl Particles under Conditions Typical of Natural Waters: Implications for Oxidant Generation', Environmental Science and Technology, 52, pp. 11621 - 11631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b02902

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