Thavamani Palanisami (0000-0002-3697-4750)

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Dr Thava Palanisami is Senior Lecturer within the Global Innovative Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials(GICAN), School of Engineering at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Thava has been involved in emerging contaminant research for the past 15 years. He is a research leader in the fields of the risk assessment and management of MicroNanoplastics, exposure assessment, plastic recycling, development of alternative plastic products. Over the past five years, Thava has made several contributions to the field of plastics risk assessment and remediation worldwide. Remediation technologies developed by Thava is currently under field trials. Outcomes from Thava's Plastic research has translated into environmental policy refinement for quantifying exposure to plastics and associated contaminants, both nationally and internationally. In 2020, Thava was invited by the U.S. National Academies for Science, Engineering and Medicine to deliver a lead talk on MicroNanoplastics and Human health. He has also contributed to the PNAS proceedings. Thava's team has derived the first-ever mass estimation of MicroNanoplastics Ingestion for human health risk assessment(https://yourplasticdiet.org/). In the same year, the European Research Council has also invited Thava in its Elite Reviewer Panel.

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University of Newcastle: Callaghan, NSW, AU

2017-01-01 to present | Senior Research Fellow (Global Centre for Environmental Remediation)

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Thavamani Palanisami

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University of Newcastle: Callaghan, NSW, AU

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University of South Australia: Adelaide, SA, AU

Works (50 of 93)

Current and future perspectives of a microalgae based circular bioeconomy to manage industrial wastewater– A Systematic Review

Strategies to Reduce Risk and Mitigate Impacts of Disaster: Increasing Water Quality Resilience from Microplastics in the Water Supply System

Nanoplastics alter ecosystem multifunctionality and may increase global warming potential

An advanced analytical approach to assess the long-term degradation of microplastics in the marine environment

A review on the synthesis and applications of nanoporous carbons for the removal of complex chemical contaminants

Biofilms Enhance the Adsorption of Toxic Contaminants on Plastic Microfibers under Environmentally Relevant Conditions

Bioremediation of chlorinated organic pollutants in Anaerobic sediments

COVID pollution: impact of COVID-19 pandemic on global plastic waste footprint

Estimation of the mass of microplastics ingested – A pivotal first step towards human health risk assessment

Exploring the Composition and Functions of Plastic Microbiome Using Whole-Genome Sequencing

Fingerprinting Plastic-Associated Inorganic and Organic Matter on Plastic Aged in the Marine Environment for a Decade

Indoor particulate matter in urban households: Sources, pathways, characteristics, health effects, and exposure mitigation

Understanding the Fundamental Basis for Biofilm Formation on Plastic Surfaces: Role of Conditioning Films

A Systematic Review on the Toxicological Implications of Microplastic to Human Health

Analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their polar derivatives in soils of an industrial heritage city of Australia

Baseline analysis of metal(loid)s on microplastics collected from the Australian shoreline using citizen science

Baseline survey of micro and mesoplastics in the gastro-intestinal tract of commercial fish from Southeast coast of the Bay of Bengal

Benchmarking Bioplastics: A Natural Step Towards a Sustainable Future

Bioavailability of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) to the Sydney rock oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) from sediment matrices of an economically important Australian estuary

Bioremediation of Wastewater by Sulphate reducing bacteria

Improved methodology to determine the fate and transport of microplastics in a secondary wastewater treatment plant

Interaction of chemical contaminants with microplastics: Principles and perspectives

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2020. Emerging Technologies to Advance Research and Decisions on the Environmental Health Effects of Microplastics: Proceedings of a Workshop in Brief. Washington, DC:The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25862.

Novel resources recovery from anaerobic digestates: Current trends and future perspectives

Occurrence, interactive effects and ecological risk of diclofenac in environmental compartments and biota - a review

Quantitative biomonitoring of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) using the Sydney rock oyster (Saccostrea glomerata)

Speciation and source apportionment of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) in sediments of the largest salt water lake of Australia

Beyond the obvious: Environmental health implications of polar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Bioremediation of soil long-term contaminated with PAHs by algal–bacterial synergy of Chlorella sp. MM3 and Rhodococcus wratislaviensis strain 9 in slurry phase

A Comprehensive Analysis of Plastics and Microplastic Legislation Worldwide

Analysis of chromium status in the revegetated flora of a tannery waste site and microcosm studies using earthworm E. fetida

Assessment of chromium hyper-accumulative behaviour using biochemical analytical techniques of greenhouse cultivated Sonchus asper on tannery waste dump site soils

Challenges and complexities in remediation of uranium contaminated soils: A review

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in inland aquatic ecosystems: Perils and remedies through biosensors and bioremediation.

Transport and fate of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: implications to environmental health

Trophic transfer of microplastics and mixed contaminants in the marine food web and implications for human health

Evaluation of relative bioaccessibility leaching procedure for an assessment of lead bioavailability in mixed metal contaminated soils

Microbes from mined sites: Harnessing their potential for reclamation of derelict mine sites

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) degradation potential, surfactant production, metal resistance and enzymatic activity of two novel cellulose-degrading bacteria isolated from koala faeces

Quercus robur acorn peel as a novel coagulating adsorbent for cationic dye removal from aquatic ecosystems

Remediation approaches for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) contaminated soils: Technological constraints, emerging trends and future directions

Abandoned metalliferous mines: ecological impacts and potential approaches for reclamation

Agronomic and remedial benefits and risks of applying biochar to soil: Current knowledge and future research directions

Assessment of antioxidant activity, minerals, phenols and flavonoid contents of common plant/tree waste extracts

Bioaccessibility of barium from barite contaminated soils based on gastric phase in vitro data and plant uptake

Bioaugmentation with Novel Microbial Formula vs. Natural Attenuation of a Long-Term Mixed Contaminated Soil - Treatability Studies in Solid- and Slurry-Phase Microcosms

Biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) by novel bacterial consortia tolerant to diverse physical settings - Assessments in liquid- and slurry-phase systems

Cation doped hydroxyapatite nanoparticles enhance strontium adsorption from aqueous system: A comparative study with and without calcination

Cultivation of Chlorella on brewery wastewater and nano-particle biosynthesis by its biomass

Earthworm Comet Assay for Assessing the Risk of Weathered Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soils: Need to Look Further than Target Contaminants

Peer review (7 reviews for 4 publications/grants)