

Harmita Golwala
Hometown
Gujarat, India
Education
MS Environmental engineering, University of Southern California, 2021
BE Environmental Engineering, Marwadi University (India), 2018
Degree In Progress
PhD Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California
Current Research
Evaluating and improving an efficacy of Anaerobic membrane bioreactor to enhance agricultural water reclamation while mitigating antibiotic resistance and microplastics
Journal Publications
1. Golwala, H., Zhang, X., Iskander, S.M.*, Smith, A. L.* 2021. Solid Waste: An Overlooked Source of Microplastic to the Environment. Science of the Total Environment, 769, 144587. link
Conference presentations
1. Golwala H., Gupta A., Gautam S., Dhir A., Roy K. S. Assessment of air quality for on-road and off- road sited in Rajkot City. International Conference on Waste Management (Recycle 2018), Indian Institutes of Technology Guwahati (IITG), India, February 2018.
2. Golwala, H., Arora, A. S. In-situ bioremediation of hexavalent chromium contaminated groundwater using Bio augmentation. 2nd International Conference on Chemical Industry (ICCI 2017), Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU), India, August 2017.
Fun Facts
I love reading spiritual books, playing badminton, cooking various vegan dishes and doing meditation in my leisure time.