Denis M. O’Carroll

9.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
124 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Denis M. O’Carroll is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Denis M. O’Carroll has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Environmental Engineering, 41 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 34 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Denis M. O’Carroll's work include Groundwater flow and contamination studies (39 papers), Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (33 papers) and Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research (21 papers). Denis M. O’Carroll is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater flow and contamination studies (39 papers), Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (33 papers) and Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research (21 papers). Denis M. O’Carroll collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Australia and United States. Denis M. O’Carroll's co-authors include Hardiljeet K. Boparai, Brent E. Sleep, M. Król, Ariel Nunez Garcia, Jason I. Gerhard, Elijah J. Petersen, Ahmed Ishtiaque Amin Chowdhury, C. M. Kocur, Tohren C. G. Kibbey and Linda M. Abriola and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Denis M. O’Carroll

120 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Kinetics and thermodynamics of cadmium ion removal by adsorption onto nano zerovalent iron particles

2010 1.3k citations Hardiljeet K. Boparai, Denis M. O’Carroll et al. profile →
Nanoscale zero valent iron and bimetallic particles for contaminated site remediation

2012 694 citations Denis M. O’Carroll, Brent E. Sleep et al. profile →
Sulfidation of Iron-Based Materials: A Review of Processes and Implications for Water Treatment and Remediation

2017 378 citations Denis M. O’Carroll, Ariel Nunez Garcia et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
A new conceptual framework for the transformation of groundwater dissolved organic matter

2022 177 citations Martin S. Andersen, Denis M. O’Carroll et al. profile →
Underestimated burden of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in global surface waters and groundwaters

2024 169 citations Adele M. Jones, Matthew J. Lee et al. profile →

Peers

Denis M. O’Carroll

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Songhu Yuan China

Michelle M. Scherer United States

Thomas B. Scott United Kingdom

Sushil R. Kanel United States

Kim F. Hayes United States

Robert W. Gillham Canada

Chengshuai Liu China

David A. Sabatini United States

Amy T. Kan United States

Frank‐Dieter Kopinke Germany

Songhu Yuan China

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Denis M. O’Carroll

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Kibbey, Tohren C. G., et al.. (2025). Predicting Salt Effects on the Binding of PFAS to Protein. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(49). 26716–26728.

Garcia, Ariel Nunez, et al.. (2025). Sulfidation of Magnetite for Superior Dechlorination of Trichloroethene. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(6). 3172–3182. 1 indexed citations

Krohn, Christian, Daniel A. Dias, Catherine A. Rees, et al.. (2024). Dead in the water – Role of relic DNA and primer choice for targeted sequencing surveys of anaerobic sewage sludge intended for biological monitoring. Water Research. 253. 121354–121354. 6 indexed citations

Prodanović, Veljko, et al.. (2024). Real time control of stormwater biofilters improves the removal of organic chemicals. Water Research. 266. 122411–122411. 9 indexed citations

Chen, Weibin, Ariel Nunez Garcia, Elizabeth Phillips, et al.. (2024). Quantifying remediation of chlorinated volatile compounds by sulfidated nano zerovalent iron treatment using numerical modeling and CSIA. Water Research. 263. 122149–122149. 3 indexed citations

Sun, Jun, Tsz Tin Yu, Matthew Lee, et al.. (2024). Soluble metal porphyrins - Zero-valent zinc system for effective reductive defluorination of branched per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). Water Research. 258. 121803–121803. 5 indexed citations

Kibbey, Tohren C. G., et al.. (2024). Multi-class machine learning classification of PFAS in environmental water samples: a blinded test of performance on unknowns. Environmental Science Advances. 3(3). 366–382. 3 indexed citations

Sleep, Brent E., et al.. (2023). Model Validation and Sensitivity Analysis of Coupled Non‐Equilibrium Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media With Application to Evaporation From Bare Soils. Water Resources Research. 59(10). 2 indexed citations

Power, Christopher, et al.. (2023). Potential for Shoreline Recession to Accelerate Discharge of Groundwater Pollutants to Coastal Waters. Water Resources Research. 59(6). 4 indexed citations

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Kibbey, Tohren C. G., et al.. (2023). A fundamental model for calculating interfacial adsorption of complex ionic and nonionic PFAS mixtures in the presence of mixed salts. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 25(11). 1830–1838. 9 indexed citations

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Jones, Adele M., Jun Sun, Russell Pickford, et al.. (2023). Electrochemical degradation of a C6-perfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) using a simple activated carbon cathode. Environmental Science Water Research & Technology. 10(1). 272–287. 10 indexed citations

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Yu, Tsz Tin, Jun Sun, Matthew Lee, et al.. (2023). Fast reductive defluorination of branched perfluorooctane sulfonic acids by cobalt phthalocyanine: electrochemical studies and mechanistic insights. Environmental Science Water Research & Technology. 10(1). 216–227. 3 indexed citations

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Sun, Jun, Matthew Lee, Denis M. O’Carroll, et al.. (2021). Removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water by ceric(iv) ammonium nitrate. RSC Advances. 11(29). 17642–17645. 4 indexed citations

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Chowdhury, Ahmed Ishtiaque Amin, Ariel Nunez Garcia, D. A. Reynolds, et al.. (2021). Electrokinetically-enhanced emplacement of lactate in a chlorinated solvent contaminated clay site to promote bioremediation. Water Research. 201. 117305–117305. 25 indexed citations

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Molnar, Ian L., Jason I. Gerhard, Clinton S. Willson, & Denis M. O’Carroll. (2019). Wettability Effects on Primary Drainage Mechanisms and NAPL Distribution: A Pore‐Scale Study. Water Resources Research. 56(1). 17 indexed citations

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Gagnon, Vincent, et al.. (2018). Influence of realistic wearing on the morphology and release of silver nanomaterials from textiles. Environmental Science Nano. 6(2). 411–424. 18 indexed citations

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O’Carroll, Denis M., et al.. (2018). Effect of Transient Wave Forcing on the Behavior of Arsenic in a Nearshore Aquifer. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(21). 12338–12348. 22 indexed citations

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Chowdhury, Ahmed Ishtiaque Amin, Jason I. Gerhard, D. A. Reynolds, & Denis M. O’Carroll. (2017). Low Permeability Zone Remediation via Oxidant Delivered by Electrokinetics and Activated by Electrical Resistance Heating: Proof of Concept. Environmental Science & Technology. 51(22). 13295–13303. 60 indexed citations

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Chowdhury, Ahmed Ishtiaque Amin, Jason I. Gerhard, D. A. Reynolds, Brent E. Sleep, & Denis M. O’Carroll. (2017). Electrokinetic-enhanced permanganate delivery and remediation of contaminated low permeability porous media. Water Research. 113. 215–222. 74 indexed citations

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Hartland, Adam, Jamie R. Lead, Vera I. Slaveykova, Denis M. O’Carroll, & Eugenia Valsami‐Jones. (2013). The Environmental Significance of Natural Nanoparticles. Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva). 67 indexed citations

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