By Professor Denis Michael O'Carroll

Journal articles

Krohn C; Khudur L; Biek SK; Elliott JA; Tabatabaei S; Jiang C; Wood JL; Dias DA; Dueholm MKD; Rees CA; O'Carroll D; Stuetz R; Batstone DJ; Surapaneni A; Ball AS, 2025, 'Microbial population shifts during disturbance induced foaming in anaerobic digestion of primary and activated sludge', Water Research, 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.123548

Nunez Garcia A; Lee M; Ding L; Liang X; Wang C; He F; O’Carroll DM, 2025, 'Sulfidation of Magnetite for Superior Dechlorination of Trichloroethene', Environmental Science and Technology, 59, pp. 3172 - 3182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c07127

O'Carroll D; Ackerman Grunfeld D; Gilbert D; Hou J; Lee M; Kibbey T, 2025, 'An Assessment of the Global PFAS Burden to Our Waters', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-21370

Sun J; Lorpaiboon W; Fox N; Jones A; Ho J; Manefield MJ; kumar N; O'Carroll D; Lee M, 2025, 'Characterization of PFOA isomers from PFAS precursors and their reductive defluorination', Water Research, 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122717

Zhang J; Prodanovic V; O'Carroll DM; Zheng Z; Zhang K, 2024, 'Real time control of stormwater biofilters improves the removal of organic chemicals', Water Research, 266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122411

Bhardwaj S; Lee M; O'Carroll D; McDonald J; Osborne K; Khan S; Pickford R; Coleman N; O'Farrell C; Richards S; Manefield MJ, 2024, 'Biotransformation of 6:2/4:2 fluorotelomer alcohols by Dietzia aurantiaca J3: Enzymes and proteomics', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 478, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135510

Chen W; Phillips E; De Vera J; Lollar BS; Garcia AN; Passeport E; Sleep B; Passeport E; O'Carroll DM, 2024, 'Quantifying remediation of chlorinated volatile compounds by sulfidated nano zerovalent iron treatment using numerical modeling and CSIA', Water Research, 263, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122149

Sun J; Yu TT; Mirabediny M; Lee M; Jones A; O'Carroll DM; Manefield MJ; Kumar PV; Pickford R; Ramadhan ZR; Bhattacharyya SK; Åkermark B; Das B; Kumar N, 2024, 'Soluble metal porphyrins - Zero-valent zinc system for effective reductive defluorination of branched per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)', Water Research, 258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121803

Krohn C; Jansriphibul K; Dias DA; Rees CA; Akker BVD; Boer JC; Plebanski M; Surapaneni A; O'Carroll D; Richard S; Batstone DJ; Ball AS, 2024, 'Dead in the water – Role of relic DNA and primer choice for targeted sequencing surveys of anaerobic sewage sludge intended for biological monitoring', Water Research, 253, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121354

Ackerman Grunfeld D; Gilbert D; Hou J; Jones AM; Lee MJ; Kibbey TCG; O’Carroll DM, 2024, 'Underestimated burden of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in global surface waters and groundwaters', Nature Geoscience, 17, pp. 340 - 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01402-8

Kibbey TCG; O'Carroll DM; Safulko A; Coyle G, 2024, 'Multi-class machine learning classification of PFAS in environmental water samples: a blinded test of performance on unknowns', Environmental Science: Advances, 3, pp. 366 - 382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3va00266g

Boparai HK; El-Sharnouby O; O’Carroll DM, 2023, 'Catalytic dechlorination of 1,2-DCA in nano Cu⁰-borohydride system: effects of Cu⁰/Cuⁿ⁺ ratio, surface poisoning, and regeneration of Cu⁰ sites', Scientific Reports, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38678-6

Ackerman Grunfeld D; Jones AM; Sun J; Le ST; Pickford R; Huang Q; Manefield M; Kumar N; Lee MJ; O'Carroll DM, 2023, 'Electrochemical degradation of a C6-perfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) using a simple activated carbon cathode', Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 10, pp. 272 - 287, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3ew00543g

Mirabediny M; Yu TT; Sun J; Lee M; O'Carroll DM; Manefield MJ; Åkermark B; Das B; Kumar N, 2023, 'Fast reductive defluorination of branched perfluorooctane sulfonic acids by cobalt phthalocyanine: electrochemical studies and mechanistic insights', Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 10, pp. 216 - 227, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3ew00612c

Liang J; Boparai H; Lomheim L; Nunez Garcia A; Edwards E; O'Carroll D; Sleep B, 2023, 'Subsurface Transport of Sulfidated Nano Zero Valent Iron and In Situ Biogeochemical Transformation of Chlorinated Solvents: A Field Study', ARPHA Conference Abstracts, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aca.6.e107556

Talebi A; Sleep BE; O'Carroll DM, 2023, 'Model Validation and Sensitivity Analysis of Coupled Non-Equilibrium Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media With Application to Evaporation From Bare Soils', Water Resources Research, 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2023WR035573

Rakhimbekova S; Power C; O’Carroll DM; Robinson CE, 2023, 'Potential for Shoreline Recession to Accelerate Discharge of Groundwater Pollutants to Coastal Waters', Water Resources Research, 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2022WR034230

Gao Y; Le ST; Kibbey TCG; Glamore W; O'Carroll DM, 2023, 'A fundamental model for calculating interfacial adsorption of complex ionic and nonionic PFAS mixtures in the presence of mixed salts', Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 25, pp. 1830 - 1838, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2em00466f

O'Carroll DM; Eloisa Sia M; Staniec M; Voogt JA; Lundholm JT; Smart CC; Robinson CE, 2023, 'Influence of vegetation type and climatological conditions on evapotranspiration from extensive green roofs', Journal of Hydrology, 617, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128951

Le ST; Kibbey TCG; Weber KP; Glamore WC; O'Carroll DM, 2023, 'Corrigendum to “A group-contribution model for predicting the physicochemical behavior of PFAS components for understanding environmental fate” [Sci. Total Environ. 764 (2021) 142882] (Science of the Total Environment (2021) 764, (S0048969720364123), (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142882))', Science of the Total Environment, 854, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158804

Krohn C; Khudur L; Dias DA; van den Akker B; Rees CA; Crosbie ND; Surapaneni A; O'Carroll DM; Stuetz RM; Batstone DJ; Ball AS, 2022, 'The role of microbial ecology in improving the performance of anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge', Frontiers in Microbiology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1079136

McDonough LK; Andersen MS; Behnke MI; Rutlidge H; Oudone P; Meredith K; O’Carroll DM; Santos IR; Marjo CE; Spencer RGM; McKenna AM; Baker A, 2022, 'A new conceptual framework for the transformation of groundwater dissolved organic matter', Nature Communications, 13, pp. 2153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29711-9

Cuthbert MO; Rau GC; Ekström M; O’Carroll DM; Bates AJ, 2022, 'Global climate-driven trade-offs between the water retention and cooling benefits of urban greening', Nature Communications, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28160-8

Le ST; Gao Y; Kibbey TCG; O'Carroll DM, 2022, 'Calculating PFAS interfacial adsorption as a function of salt concentration using model parameters determined from chemical structure', Science of the Total Environment, 848, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157663

Patch D; O'Connor N; Koch I; Cresswell T; Hughes C; Davies JB; Scott J; O'Carroll D; Weber K, 2022, 'Elucidating degradation mechanisms for a range of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) via controlled irradiation studies', Science of the Total Environment, 832, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154941

Méndez V; Holland S; Bhardwaj S; McDonald J; Khan S; O'Carroll D; Pickford R; Richards S; O'Farrell C; Coleman N; Lee M; Manefield MJ; Mendez V, 2022, 'Aerobic biotransformation of 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonate by Dietzia aurantiaca J3 under sulfur-limiting conditions', Science of the Total Environment, 829, pp. 154587, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154587

Sun J; Jennepalli S; Lee M; Jones A; O'Carroll DM; Manefield MJ; Bhadbhade M; Åkermark B; Das B; Kumar N, 2022, 'Efficient Reductive Defluorination of Branched PFOS by Metal-Porphyrin Complexes', Environmental Science and Technology, 56, pp. 7830 - 7839, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c08254

Le ST; Gao Y; Kibbey TCG; Glamore WC; O'Carroll DM, 2022, 'Predicting the impact of salt mixtures on the air-water interfacial behavior of PFAS', Science of the Total Environment, 819, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151987

Gray DB; Gagnon V; Button M; Farooq AJ; Patch DJ; Wallace SJ; Koch I; O'Carroll DM; Weber KP, 2022, 'Silver nanomaterials released from commercial textiles have minimal impacts on soil microbial communities at environmentally relevant concentrations', Science of the Total Environment, 806, pp. 151248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151248

Rakhimbekova S; O'Carroll DM; Robinson CE, 2021, 'Factors controlling phosphorus mobility in nearshore aquifers adjacent to large lakes', Science of the Total Environment, 799, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149443

Patch D; Koch I; Peloquin D; O'Carroll D; Weber K, 2021, 'Development and validation of a method for the weathering and detachment of representative nanomaterials from conventional silver-containing textiles', Chemosphere, 284, pp. 131269, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131269

Le ST; Gao Y; Kibbey TCG; Glamore WC; O'Carroll DM, 2021, 'A new framework for modeling the effect of salt on interfacial adsorption of PFAS in environmental systems', Science of the Total Environment, 796, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148893

Kibbey TCG; Jabrzemski R; O'Carroll DM, 2021, 'Predicting the relationship between PFAS component signatures in water and non-water phases through mathematical transformation: Application to machine learning classification', Chemosphere, 282, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131097

Inglis AM; Head NA; Chowdhury AIA; Nunez Garcia A; Reynolds DA; Hogberg D; Edwards E; Lomheim L; Weber K; Wallace SJ; Austrins LM; Hayman J; Auger M; Sidebottom A; Eimers J; Gerhard JI; O'Carroll DM, 2021, 'Electrokinetically-enhanced emplacement of lactate in a chlorinated solvent contaminated clay site to promote bioremediation', Water Research, 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2021.117305

Garcia AN; Zhang Y; Ghoshal S; He F; O'Carroll DM, 2021, 'Recent Advances in Sulfidated Zerovalent Iron for Contaminant Transformation', Environmental Science and Technology, 55, pp. 8464 - 8483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c01251

Kibbey TCG; Jabrzemski R; O'Carroll DM, 2021, 'Source allocation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) with supervised machine learning: Classification performance and the role of feature selection in an expanded dataset', Chemosphere, 275, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130124

Robinson CE; Rakhimbekova S; O'Carroll DM, 2021, 'Occurrence of arsenic in nearshore aquifers adjacent to large inland lakes', Environmental Science and Technology, 55, pp. 8079 - 8089, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c02326

Sun J; Jennepalli S; Lee M; O'Carroll DM; Åkermark B; Manefield MJ; Das B; Kumar N, 2021, 'Removal of per- And polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water by ceric(iv) ammonium nitrate', RSC Advances, 11, pp. 17642 - 17645, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1ra02635f

Le ST; Kibbey TCG; Weber KP; Glamore WC; O'Carroll DM, 2021, 'A group-contribution model for predicting the physicochemical behavior of PFAS components for understanding environmental fate', Science of the Total Environment, 764, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142882

McDonough L; Behnke M; Spencer R; Marjo C; Andersen M; Meredith K; Rutlidge H; Oudone P; O'Carroll D; McKenna A; Baker A, 2021, 'Molecular insights into the unique degradation trajectory of natural dissolved organic matter from surface to groundwater', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-1845

Cuthbert M; Rau G; Bates A; Ekstrom M; O'Carroll D, 2021, 'Global climate-driven trade-offs between the water retention and cooling benefits of urban greening', , http://dx.doi.org/10.31223/x5k02f

Rakhimbekova S; O'Carroll DM; Oldfield LE; Ptacek CJ; Robinson CE, 2021, 'Spatiotemporal controls on septic system derived nutrients in a nearshore aquifer and their discharge to a large lake', Science of the Total Environment, 752, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141262

McDonough LK; Santos IR; Andersen MS; O’Carroll DM; Rutlidge H; Meredith K; Oudone P; Bridgeman J; Gooddy DC; Sorensen JPR; Lapworth DJ; MacDonald AM; Ward J; Baker A, 2020, 'Changes in global groundwater organic carbon driven by climate change and urbanization', Nature Communications, 11, pp. 1279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14946-1

Head NA; Gerhard JI; Inglis AM; Nunez Garcia A; Chowdhury AIA; Reynolds DA; de Boer CV; Sidebottom A; Austrins LM; Eimers J; O'Carroll DM, 2020, 'Field test of electrokinetically-delivered thermally activated persulfate for remediation of chlorinated solvents in clay', Water Research, 183, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.116061

Kibbey TCG; Jabrzemski R; O'Carroll DM, 2020, 'Supervised machine learning for source allocation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in environmental samples', Chemosphere, 252, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126593

Gong L; Shi S; Lv N; Xu W; Ye Z; Gao B; O'Carroll DM; He F, 2020, 'Sulfidation enhances stability and mobility of carboxymethyl cellulose stabilized nanoscale zero-valent iron in saturated porous media', Science of the Total Environment, 718, pp. 137427, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137427

Nunez Garcia A; Boparai HK; Chowdhury AIA; de Boer CV; Kocur CMD; Passeport E; Sherwood Lollar B; Austrins LM; Herrera J; O'Carroll DM, 2020, 'Sulfidated nano zerovalent iron (S-nZVI) for in situ treatment of chlorinated solvents: A field study', Water Research, 174, pp. 115594, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.115594

O'Carroll DM; Jeffries TC; Lee MJ; Le ST; Yeung A; Wallace S; Battye N; Patch DJ; Manefield MJ; Weber KP, 2020, 'Developing a roadmap to determine per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances-microbial population interactions', Science of the Total Environment, 712, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135994

McDonough LK; Rutlidge H; O'Carroll DM; Andersen MS; Meredith K; Behnke MI; Spencer RGM; McKenna AM; Marjo CE; Oudone P; Baker A, 2020, 'Characterisation of shallow groundwater dissolved organic matter in aeolian, alluvial and fractured rock aquifers', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 273, pp. 163 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.01.022

Xu W; Li Z; Shi S; Qi J; Cai S; Yu Y; O'Carroll DM; He F, 2020, 'Carboxymethyl cellulose stabilized and sulfidated nanoscale zero-valent iron: Characterization and trichloroethene dechlorination', Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 262, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.118303

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