Arindam Malakar

Dr. Arindam Malakar, Ph.D. (he/him), Water Research Scientist: He is a new addition to the Nebraska Water Center team and transitioned from a postdoctoral position to a research assistant professor position in June 2021. Malakar’s academic home is in the School of Natural Resources. Malakar began his association with UNL as a postdoctoral researcher in May 2017. Malakar received his Ph.D. in April 2017 at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Sciences, Kolkata, under the University of Calcutta, India, one of the top-ranking research facilities in India. During his Ph.D., Malakar was selected for the prestigious “Water Advanced Research and Innovation (WARI)” Internship Program, supported by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, the Daugherty Water for Food Institute (DWFI) and the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF). He has been conferred the prestigious “Young Scientist” award from the Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) for his excellent transdisciplinary environmental and materials science research. He works with the local stakeholders and leads research efforts by integrating experimental and modeling approaches to understand the impact of land surface processes influenced by agricultural activities on the state groundwater quality and validate and verify next-generation cropping system models. His research focuses on understanding nitrogen, carbon, and metal dynamics in the agroecosystem and critical zone. His expertise includes nanogeosciences, environmental materials science, hydrogeochemistry, and critical zone processes. He believes in putting his science to work and strives to bring his research to solve contemporary environmental challenges.

icon-academic-capEducation

Ph D, University of Calcutta - Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2017
MS, Banaras Hindu University, 2010

icon-chat-userCourses

NRES 319, Fundamentals of Environmental Sampling, Spring 2021
NRES 320, Fundamentals of Environmental Sampling Laboratory, Spring 2021
NRES 319, Fundamentals of Environmental Sampling, Spring 2020
NRES 320, Fundamentals of Environmental Sampling Laboratory, Spring 2020

icon-documentPublications and Other Intellectual Contributions

Developing next generation cropping system model for efficient agroecosystem
Source apportionment and health risk assessment of nitrate in foothill aquifers of Western Ghats, South India, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022
Self-functionalization of soil-aged biochar surfaces increases nitrate retention, Science of The Total Environment, December 2022
Ferrihydrite enrichment in the rhizosphere of unsaturated soil improves nutrient retention while limiting arsenic and uranium plant uptake, Science of The Total Environment, February 2022
Letter to Editor: Response to “Groundwater Storage Recovery Raises the Risk of Nitrate Pollution”, Environmental Science & Technology, March 2022
Nanomaterials in the environment, human exposure pathway, and health effects: A review, Science of The Total Environment, March 2021
A facile method for detection and speciation of inorganic selenium with ion chromatography, Chromatographia, February 2022
Occurrence of arsenite in surface and groundwater associated with a perennial stream located in Western Nebraska, USA, Journal of Hazardous Materials, August 2021
Ferrihydrite reduction increases arsenic and uranium bioavailability in unsaturated soil, Environmental Science & Technology, November 2020
Selenium contamination in water, May 2021
Coagulating and flocculating ferrihydrite: application of zinc acetate salt, Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
Vadose Zone Nitrate-N Study: Final Report Hastings Wellhead Protection Area: City of Hastings, NE
Irrigation water quality—A contemporary perspective, Water, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2019
Rapid decadal evolution in the groundwater arsenic content of Kolkata, India and its correlation with the practices of her dwellers, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2016
Efficient artificial mineralization route to decontaminate Arsenic(III) polluted water - the Tooeleite Way, Scientific Reports, September 2016
ZnS nanorod as an efficient heavy metal ion extractor from water, Journal of Water Process Engineering, September 2014

icon-business-chartResearch & Grants

Proactive Groundwater Quality Protection, Dept of Agriculture-NIFA, April 2022
Improving drinking groundwater in NE, Dept of Agriculture-NIFA
Vadose Zone Nitrate UBBNRD, Upper Big Blue NRD, July 2021
CECs in Urban Wastewater Kazakhstan, M.KH. Dulati Taraz Regional University, June 2022

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Critical Aspect of Vadose Zone to Protect Groundwater Resources, Chennai, India
Ferrihydrite soil amendment limit arsenic uptake in rice by promoting iron plaque formation, American Chemical Society, Virtual
Ferrihydrite dissolution at the root zone of crops under semi-arid condition controls the plant uptake of uranium and arsenic, American Chemical Society, Philadelphia
Impact of ferrihydrite transformation on the bioavailability of arsenic and uranium in intermittently irrigated soils, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco

icon-bookmark-starAwards & Honors

Young Scientist Award, Materials Research Society of India (MRSI), 2015

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