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September 2024: New Open Access publication in Environmental Science: Advances by first author Annabel Mungan developing a hybrid ion exchange resin for hexavalent chromium removal. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4VA00246F

graphical abstract illustrating new material for chromium removal

 

August 2024: Emma is awarded the James B. Warner Water Studies Scholarship from the Rocky Mountain Section of the American Water Works Association.

June 2024: New Open Access publication in Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts presenting a critical review of optical measurements (absorbance and fluorescence) as surrogates for organic matter aromaticity and molecular size. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4EM00183D

graphical abstract showing interconnectedness of optical surrogates and organic matter chemistry

 

May 2024: Annabel is awarded Outstanding Masters Thesis for the Environmental Engineering Program.

Picture of graduate holding award

 

May 2024: Research assistants Josh and Taylor graduate - thanks for all the hard work advancing several projects!

picture of people at graduation

April 2024: New Open Access publication in Environmental Science & Technology performing a meta-analysis of >700 samples for correlations in optical surrogates (absorbance and fluorescence) for organic matter. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c10627 

Graphical abstract relating optical surrogates to tools.

 

Feb 2024: New publication in Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts about water quality after the Camp Fire in California. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3EM00298E

Graphical abstract illustrating run-off after a wildfire

 

Dec 2023:Ayush graduates with an M.S. in Global Engineering. Congrats!

Aug 2023:Annabel graduated with an M.S. in Environmental Engineering. Congrats!

May 2023: Prof. Korak is awarded the CEAE Department Teaching Award.

Jan 2023: Welcome graduate student Emma Wilder to the group.

Dec 2022: Prof. Korak joins ACS Omega as an Associate Editor.

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Dec 2022: New publication in the ACE ES&T Water with first author Melanie Warren about water quality sampling in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.2c00425

2022 EST Water graphical abstract


Dec 2022: Ida graduated with an M.S. in Environmental Engineering. Congrats!

Dec 2022: Ayush is awarded the Figueroa Family Foundation Fellowship

Aug 2022: Landon graduated with an M.S. in Environmental Engineering. Congrats!

July 2022: Ayush is awarded a James B. Warner Water Studies Scholarship from the Rocky Mountain Section of the American Water Works Association.

June 2022: New publication in the Journal of Hazardous Materials with Annabel and Landon reviewing strategies for managing waste brine from ion exchange processes. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129473

2022 JHM Graphical abstract

May 2022: Ayush is awarded the CDM Smith Scholarship from the American Water Works Association and wins 2nd place in the poster competition at the Rocky Mountain Section of the American Water Works Association Student Conference

May 2022: Prof. Korak is awarded Faculty Appreciation Award for Environmental Engineering voted by undergraduate students.

May 2022: Eva is awarded the Outstanding Graduate in the Environmental Engineering Program.

graduate and professor holding awards

April 2022: Annabel is awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

March 2022:Annabel is awarded the Harlan Erker Memorial Scholarship

Oct 2021: New publication in Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology with first author Leah Flint comparing resins for hexavalent chromium removal. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1EW00382H

Flint 2021 graphical abstract

 

Aug 2021: Welcome M.S. student Annabel Mungan to the group.

June 2021: Welcome B.S student Eva Thoresen to the group who started through the CU Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (CU SPUR) program.

Mar 2021: New publication in Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology with Leah Flint on decreasing waste brine volume from ion exchange using nanofiltration. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1EW00001B

Mar21 TOC image

 

Jan 2021: Prof. Korak is invited to join the Inaugural Early Career Editorial Advisory Board for Environmental Science & Technology. 

Journal Advisory Board Cover

 

Dec 2020: Leah is awarded a James B. Warner Water Studies Scholarship from the Rocky Mountain Section of the American Water Works Association. Congrats!

Dec 2020: Patent application is filed and published based on Arias-Paic and Korak ES&T Letters paper. 

Aug 2020: Welcome graduate student Ida Clarke to the group!

July 2020:Juliette and Leah successfully complete and defend their Master Theses. Congrats!

May 2020: Ayush sucessfully passes his Ph.D. Preliminary Exam. Congrats!

May 2020: Prof. Korak is awarded Faculty Appreciation Award for Environmental Engineering voted by undergraduate students.

Jan 2020: New publication in Environmental Science and Technology Letters on integrating forward osmosis to manage ion echange waste. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.9b00733​

Forward osmosis ion exchange

Jan 2020: Welcome graduate student Landon Watts to the group!

Jan 2020: Prof. Korak recognized as Top Reviewer for AWWA Water Science

Dec 2019: New publication in Water Research on the
selection of optical properties for detection of wastewater effluent organic matter.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.115321

Graphical Abstract

Sept 2019: Welcome EVEN senior Peter Heller to the group!

Aug 2019: Welcome graduate Student Ayush Raj Shahi to the group!

May 2019:  Melanie Warren sucessfully defends her Masters Thesis on Post-Hurricane Maria water quality sampling in Puerto Rico. Congrats!

May 2019: Juliette Kaplan (M.S.) and Nadia Jorgenson (CU SPUR Program) join the group!

Feb 2019: Dr. Korak wins the 2019 Membrane Technology Best Paper Award from a publication in the Journal of the American Water Works Association

Nov 2018: Welcome EVEN senior Yiqun Yao to the group!

Sept 2018: Welcome M.S. students Melanie Warren and Leah Flint to the group!

Aug 2018: Dr. Korak joins the Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering Department at the University of Colorado Boulder