Effect of climate change on water quality; Sustainable urban development at the water-energy nexus; Transport of contaminants and colloids in the subsurface and groundwater; Stormwater capture, treatment, and reuse; Bioremediation

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• If You Chew Gum, This Is How Many Pieces of Microplastic You Could Be Ingesting Every Year | People Magazine, March 2025
• Chewing Gum Can Shed Microplastics Into Saliva, Research Finds | CNN, March 2025
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• Chewing Gum Releases Microplastics Into Your Mouth, Scientists Warn | Newsweek, March 2025
• Cuddly but Costly: The Unseen Dangers of Fleece in Kids Clothes and Toys | KQED, March 2025
• A Stinky Landfill Torments its Neighbors in the Northern Valley | Los Angeles Public Press, March 2025
• Sanjay Mohanty Consulted on Soil Testing After Recent Fires | KNX News Radio, February 2025
• Feds Will Not Test Soil After LA Fires Cleanup. Experts Warn More Testing is Needed. | USA Today, February 2025
• Eaton Fire Ash: Nearby Playgrounds, Neighborhoods Tested | LAist, February 2025
• Could Balloon-Like Water Tanks Help Fight L.A.’s Fires? A New Concept is Touted as a Solution | LA Times, February 2025
• As Crews Clean Up From LA Wildfires, Some Residents are Furious over Hazardous Waste | AP News, February 2025
• Trump Officials Release Water in California That Experts Say Will Serve Little Use | NY Times, January 2025
• Toxic Ash from the Fires Could Get into the Ground Soil, Fruits and Vegetables. Here’s What to Know | ABC7 Los Angeles, January 2025
• Study Reveals Worrying Discovery About Microplastic Pollution: ‘More Likely to be … Spread by Wind Than Soil Particles’ |  Yahoo.com, June 2024
• SoCal company faces e-waste problem head-on | Spectrum News 1, September 2021
• Study Reveals Worrying Discovery About Microplastic Pollution: ‘More Likely to be … Spread by Wind Than Soil Particles’ | Yahoo.com, June 2024

• Ph.D. (2011), University of Colorado, Boulder
• M.S. (2006), University of Hawaii, Manoa
• B.Sc. (2000), Utkal University, India

• 2022: Distinguished Service Award, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)
• AWRA Scholarship, Colorado Division, Fall 2008.
• Beverly Sears Graduate Grant Award (Best Proposal), U. Colorado at Boulder, Spring 2008.
• 2007 ASCE/Walter Lum Scholarship, Hawaii Division, Spring 2007.
• RCUH Recruiting Fellowship, U. Hawaii at Manoa, Fall 2006.
• Everett E. Black Scholarship, U. Hawaii at Manoa, Fall 2006.
• Stephen Lau Water Research Endowed Scholarship (Best Student Grant Proposal), Water Resource Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Fall 2005.
• National scholarship by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, for 3rd rank in the state merit list in graduate level examination in Physics, 2002

C&EE C159/C259: Green Infrastructure C&EE 153: Introduction to Environmental Engineering Science C&EE 164: Hazardous Waste Site Investigation and Remediation