ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
WATER TREATMENT & ENVIRONMENTAL NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Hello!
I am, Dr. Appala Raju Badireddy, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of Water Treatment & Environmental Nanotechnology (WTEN) Laboratory at the University of Vermont. I am also the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of a startup company the Secure Surgical Solutions, LLC. I am also the founding member of Vermont Initiative for Biological and Environmental Surveillance (VIBES).
My group conducts research in four broad interdisciplinary areas:
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Sustainable Membrane Processes: Water and wastewater treatment, desalination, fouling control, resource recovery, and water reuse.
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Environmental Nanotechnology: Nano-enabled microsensors, nanoremediation, reactive nano-compositemembranes, and environmental implications of nanomaterials.
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Environmental Chemodynamics: Contaminant fate and transport and toxicity (e.g., nutrients, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and pathogens).
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Water Security and Soil Health: Sensors and policy.
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EDUCATION
2009 - 2014
Duke University
Post-doctoral Research Associate (Mentor: Prof. Mark Wiesner)
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology (CEINT)
2003 - 2009
University of Houston, Ph.D. (Advisor: Prof. Shankar Chellam)
Environmental Engineering
2001 - 2003
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, M.Tech.
Chemical Engineering
1997 - 2001
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, B.Tech.
Chemical Engineering