Harmita Golwala​
Hometown
Gujarat, India
Education
M.S. Environmental engineering, University of Southern California, 2021
B.E. Environmental Engineering, Marwadi University (India), 2018
Degree In Progress
PhD Environmental Engineering
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Current Research
Evaluating and improving an efficacy of Anaerobic membrane bioreactor to enhance agricultural water reclamation while mitigating antibiotic resistance and microplastics
Journal Publications
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Golwala, H., Saha, B., Zhang, X., Bolyard, S.C., He, Z., Novak, J.T., Deng, Y., Brazil, B., DeOrio, F., Iskander, S.M.* 2022. Advancement and challenges in municipal landfill leachate treatment – the path forward! link
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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
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Conference presentations
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Golwala H., Saldana M., Talwalker A., Smith A.L. Fate of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Microplastics during Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor Treatment of Low-Strength Wastewater. 10th IWA Microbial Ecology and Water Engineering Conference, Brisbane, Australia, September 2023.
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Golwala H., Smith A.L. Fate of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Microplastics during Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor Treatment of Low-Strength Wastewater. IWA AD17 Biogas+ Beyond, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, USA, June 2022.
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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.
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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.
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Fun Facts
Harmita loves reading spiritual books, playing badminton, cooking various vegan dishes and doing meditation in her leisure time.
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