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Philip Larese-Casanova

bernalAssistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
469 Snell Engineering Center
360 Huntington Avenue
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Tel: (617) 373 - 2899
Fax: (617) 373 - 4419
phil@coe.neu.edu
Faculty Website
COE Research Website

Education:

  • Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa, 2006
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Connecticut, 2000

Expertise:

  • Environmental chemistry and mineralogy
  • Transformation of water pollutants
  • Nanomaterial sorbents for water treatment

Honors and Awards:

  • 2013 National Science Foundation Career Award
  • 2009-2010 Gaylord Donnelley Postdoctoral Environmental Fellow
  • 2003-2006 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow

Selected Publications:

  • Larese-Casanova, P., Haderlein, S., and Kappler, A. (2010). "Biomineralization of lepidocrocite and goethite by nitrate-reducing Fe(II)-oxidizing bacteria: Effect of pH, bicarbonate, phosphate, and humic acids," Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 74(13), 3721-3734.
  • Larese-Casanova, P., Cwiertny, D., and Scherer, M.M. (2010). "Nanogoethite formation from oxidation of Fe(II) sorbed on aluminum oxide: implications for contaminant reduction," Environmental Science & Technology. 44(10), 3765-3771.
  • Rosso, K.M., Yanina, S.V., Gorski, C.A., Larese-Casanova, P., and Scherer, M.M. (2010). "Connecting observations of hematite (a-Fe2O3) growth catalyzed by Fe(II)," Environmental Science & Technology. 44(1) 61-67.
  • Amstaetter, K., Borch, T., Larese-Casanova, P., and Kappler, A. (2010). "Redox transformation of arsenic by Fe(II)-activated goethite (a-FeOOH)," Environmental Science & Technology. 44(1) 102-108.
  • Larese-Casanova, P. and Scherer, M.M. (2008). "Abiotic reduction of hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) by green rusts," Environmental Science & Technology. 42(11) 3975-3981.

Professional Affiliations:

  • American Chemical Society
  • American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors
  • Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society
  • Geochemical Society