Navid Saleh holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh and an M.S. and a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Saleh joined The Elimelech Group as a post-doctoral research associate in June of 2007.
Dr. Saleh's interdisciplinary research at Carnegie Mellon involved using nano zero valent iron (NZVI) particles to rapidly degrade nonaqueous phase liquid (NAPL) source zones from the subsurface. Dr. Saleh's PhD research particularly focused on surface modification of NZVI with novel polymeric materials (block copolymers) to evaluate the effects of surface modification on groundwater transport and NAPL targeting. During his four years at Carnegie Mellon, Dr. Saleh was also involved in a number of projects collaborating with the US Environmental Protection Agency (toxicity of nanoiron and nano TiO2 on microglia cells), and Idaho National Laboratory (X-ray tomography to observe nanoiron transport and 2-D cell experiments to observe NAPL targeting).
Dr. Saleh's current research interest at Yale involves aggregation, deposition, reactivity, and fate of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in aquatic environments. Dr. Saleh is jointly working with Professor Menachem Elimelech and Professor Lisa Pfefferle in this project.
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Saleh, N.; Sirk, K.; Phenrat, T.; Dufour, B.; Matyjaszewski, K.; Tilton, R.D.; Lowry, G.V. “Surface Modifications Enhance Nanoiron Transport and DNAPL Targeting”. Environ. Eng. Sci. 2007. 24, 45-57.
Phenrat, T.; Saleh, N.; Tilton, R.D.; Lowry, G.V. “Aggregation and Sedimentation of Aqueous Nanoscale Zerovalent Iron Dispersions”. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007. 41, 284-290.
Long, T.C.; Saleh, N.; Tilton, R. D.; Lowry, G.V.; Veronesi, B. “Non-Photoactivated Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Produce Reactive Oxygen Species in Immortalized Mouse Microglia (BV2)”. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006. 40, 4346-4352.
Saleh, N.; Phenrat, T.; Sirk, K.; Dufour, B.; Ok, J.; Sarbu, T.; Matyjaszewski, K.; Tilton, R.D.; Lowry, G.V. “Adsorbed Triblock Copolymers Deliver Reactive Iron Nanoparticles to the Oil/water Interface”. Nano Letters. 2005. 5, 2489-2494.
Saleh, N.; Sarbu, T.; Sirk, K.; Lowry, G.V.; Matyjaszewski, K.; Tilton, R.D. “Oil-in-Water Emulsions Stabilized by Highly Charged Polyelectrolyte-Grafted Silica Nanoparticles”. Langmuir. 2005. 21, 9873-9878.
