Research interests and affiliations

Research interests

Environmental analytical chemistry
Transport, transformation pathways and risk assessment
Environmental remediation-Environmental nanotechnology-Environmental biotechnology
Valorization of waste : biomass, waste water, agricultural residues, e-waste

Affiliation(s)

Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Adjunct Professor
Editorial Board of Molecules journal (section "Applied Chemistry"), Member

Expertise type(s) (NSERC subjects)

1500 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
2006 Biomaterials
3500 ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
3700 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
4800 SOIL SCIENCE
5206 Bioremediation

Publications

Recent publications

Shively, E., Mortazavi, S., Boutin, R., Bastien-Thibault, M.-P., Torok, T., Gagnon-Fee, D., Alizadeh, S., Kõiv-Vainik, M., Hawari, J., Labrecque, M., & Comeau, Y. (2024). Efficiency of planted and unplanted vertical flow aerated filters in treatment of young landfill leachate. Ecological Engineering, 212, 107498 (13 pages).

Kuperman, R. G., Simini, M., McGuire, J., Checkai, R. T., Lotufo, G. R., Butler, A., Boyd, R., Sunahara, G., & Hawari, J. (2022). Determination of Fate and Toxicological Effects of Insensitive Munitions Compounds in Terrestrial Ecosystems. (Technical Report n° SERDP Project ER-2724).

Tratnyek, P. G., Torralba-Sanchez, T. L., Bylaska, E. J., Ryder, J. L., ZHang, Z., Gerald, J. A., Johnson, B. E., & Hawari, J. (2022). Incorporating Transformation Products into Models of the Environmental Fate of Insensitive Munition Constituents. (Technical Report n° SERDP Project ER-2725).

Mortazavi, S., Shively, E., Boutin, R., Bastien-Thibault, M.-P., Torok, T., Gagnon-Fee, D., Alizadeh, S., Kõiv-Vainink, M., Hawari, J., Lebrecques, M., & Comeau, Y. (2022, November). Le traitement de jeune lixiviat par les filtres plantés aérés [Paper]. 36e Symposium de l'Est du Canada sur la recherche sur la qualité de l'eau, Québec, Québec.

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Biography

2014-present: Professeur associé, Département des génie civil, géologique et des mines, École Polytechnique, Montréal
2014-2016: Professeur associé, Département de génie civil, Université de Sherbrooke
1987-2014: Principal Research Scientist, Biotechnology Research Institute, Energy, mining and environment, and Aquatic and crop resource development Programs, National Research Council Canada, Montreal
1987-2014: Director, Environmental Analytical Chemistry Facility, Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council Canada, Montreal
1983-1987: Research Scientist, Chemistry Division, NRC, Ottawa, Canada
1981-1983: PDF, Chemistry Department, University College London, UK
1994-2014: Adjunct Professor, Civil Engineering Department, McGill University
1996-1998: Adjunct Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, Concordia University

Laureates

2011 – TTCP Scientific Achievement Award, presented by member countries : Canada, US, UK, NZ & Australia
2009 – Alumni Award, Faculty of Science, University of Jordan and Shield of the University of Jordan
2008 – Institute Director General (Biotechnology Research Institute-NRC) industrial client service award
2006 – Office of Naval Research, US Navy Research Grant Award: Fate of nitroamines and nitroaromatics in marine sediment
2005 – Institute Director General (BRI-NRC) industrial partnership award
2004 – Environ. Sci. & Technol. of the American Chemical Society Peer Review Award
2004 – NRC-CANADA Outstanding achievement award for Int. Recognition
2003 – US SERDP of DOE, DOD & EPA Clean Up Project of the Year Award
2003 – Office of Naval Research, US Navy Research Grant Award: Biodegradation of RDX and HMX in marine sediment
2002 – Golden Jubilee Medal-Queen Elizabeth II for outstanding scientific achievements
2002 – NRC-CANADA Outstanding achievement award for industrial partnership
1998 – Best paper award, 29th ICT (Fraunhofer Institute of Chemische Technologie) Conf., Germany "Protocols for Risk Assessment of Contaminated Sites"
1998 – Institute Director General (BRI-NRC) scientific merit award

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