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Amisha Shah

Associate Professor of Civil and Construction Engineering and Sustainability Engineering and Environmental Engineering

Purdue University
Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering
550 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051

Office: HAMP 3145A
Phone: (765) 496-2470
Email: adshah@purdue.edu

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Research Interests
Dr. Shah's research interests focus on evaluating how chemicals transform in complex aqueous phase matrices by using advanced analytical tools to investigate the kinetics and mechanisms of these reactions. Her aim is to evaluate how such processes impact drinking water and wastewater quality to improve public health but also to explore how they may impact other environmental and sustainability related challenges faced today. Targeted research areas include disinfection, disinfection by-product formation, environmental photochemistry, and critical materials recovery from aqueous waste streams.

Selected Publications

  1. Isaacson, K.P., Le. H., Verma, A., Whelton, A.J., Youngblood, J.P., Shah, A.D., * (2025) "Formation and aqueous phase leaching of organic compounds following thermal degradation of commercial drinking water plastic pipes", Journal of Hazardous Materials, 489, 137562.
  2. Haflich, H.M., Membreno, M.A.R., Jo, H., Huang, K., Toomey, M., Howarter, J. Shah, A.D. (2021) "Effects of Halides on Polyamide-based Membrane flux and Monomer Degradation during Chloramination", Journal of Membrane Science, 639, 119717.
  3. Huang, K., Reber, K.P., Toomey, M.D., Haflich, H., Howarter, J.A., Shah, A.D. (2019) "Reactivity of the polyamide membrane monomer with free chlorine: Reaction kinetics, mechanisms, and the role of chloride", Environmental Science and Technology, 53, 14, 8167-8176.
  4. Modiri-Gharehveran, M. and Shah A.D. (2018) "Indirect photochemical formation of carbonyl sulfide and carbonyl disulfide in natural waters: Role of organic sulfur precursors, water quality constituents, and temperature", Environmental Science and Technology, 52, 9108-9117.
  5. Shah, A.D.; Mitch, W.A. (2012) "Halonitroalkane, halonitriles, haloamides, and N-nitrosamines: a critical review of N-nitrogenous disinfection byproduct (N-DBP) formation pathways", Environmental Science and Technology, 46, 119-131.