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2025

  • Lee, S., Sun, Y., Fan, S., Rahim, N., Xian, Y., Shakhawat, M.K., Chavarria, K.A., Vedrin, M., Guikema, S., Sela, L., Kumpel, E., Shen, Y., Kirisits, M.J., Raskin, L., Potgieter, S., Dowdell, K., Szczuka, A. 2025. Moving Beyond the Silos of Opportunistic Pathogen and Disinfection Byproduct Research to Improve Drinking Water System Management. Environmental Science & Technology59(18), pp.8900-8921.

  • Tischler, C.M., Walker, R.Z., Szczuka, A. and Foster, J.E., 2025. Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Device With Secondary Flow for Gas-Phase Modification and Selectivity Control in Point-of-Use Water Disinfection Applications. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science.

  • Holohan, B.C., Trego, A., Keating, C., Bressani-Ribeiro, T., Chernicharo, C.L., Daigger, G., Galdi, S.M., Knörle, U., Paissoni, E., Robles, A., Rogalla, F., Shin C., Soares, A., Smith, A., Szczuka, A., Hughes, D., O’Flaherty, V. 2025. Anaerobic microbial core for municipal wastewater treatment—the sustainable platform for resource recovery. Current Opinion in Biotechnology94, p.103317.

  • Zhang, Z., Zhang, B., Ma, J., Li, X., Zhou, Y., He, X., Chen, X., Liu, C., Szczuka, A., Wang, L. and Zheng, G., 2025. Characteristic Fragment-Based Nontarget Identification of Thiol-Reactive Compounds in Disinfected Wastewater Using High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry: Focus on α, β-Unsaturated Carbonyls. Environmental Science & Technology.

2024

  • Chaplin, M., Leung, K., Szczuka, A., Hansen, B., Rockey, N.C., Henderson, J.B. and Wigginton, K.R., 2024. Linear Mixed Model of Virus Disinfection by Free Chlorine to Harmonize Data Collected across Broad Environmental Conditions. Environmental Science & Technology58(27), pp.12260-12271.

2023

  • Chuang, Y.H., Chen, T.Y., Chou, C.S., Chu, L.K., Hou, C.Y. and Szczuka, A., 2023. Critical Role of Trichloramine Interaction with Dichloramine for N-Nitrosamine Formation during Breakpoint Chlorination. Environmental Science & Technology.

  • Deng, G., Wang, Z., Ma, J., Jiang, J., He, D., Li, X., Szczuka, A. and Zhang, Z., 2023. Ferryl Ion in the Photo-Fenton Process at Acidic pH: Occurrence, Fate, and Implications. Environmental Science & Technology.

2022

  • Szczuka, A., Horton, J., Evans, K.J., DiPietri, V.T., Sivey, J.D. and Wigginton, K.R., 2022. Chloride Enhances DNA Reactivity with Chlorine under Conditions Relevant to Water Treatment. Environmental Science & Technology.

  • Shin, C., Szczuka, A., Liu, M.J., Mendoza, L., Jiang, R., Tilmans, S.H., Tarpeh, W.A., Mitch, W.A. and Criddle, C.S., 2022. Recovery of Clean Water and Ammonia from Domestic Wastewater: Impacts on Embodied Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Environmental Science & Technology.

  • Galdi, S.M., Szczuka, A., Shin, C., Mitch, W.A. and Luthy, R.G., 2022. Dissolved Methane Recovery and Trace Contaminant Fate Following Mainstream Anaerobic Treatment of Municipal Wastewater. ACS ES&T Engineering.

2021

  • Qiao, Z., Ye, Y., Szczuka, A., Harrison, K.R., Dodd, M.C. and Wigginton, K.R., 2021. Reactivity of Viral Nucleic Acids with Chlorine and the Impact of Virus Encapsidation. Environmental Science & Technology, 56(1), pp.218-227.

  • Szczuka, A., Berglund-Brown, J.P., MacDonald, J.A. and Mitch, W.A., 2021. Control of sulfides and coliphage MS2 using hydrogen peroxide and UV disinfection for non-potable reuse of pilot-scale anaerobic membrane bioreactor effluent. Water research X, 11, p.100097.

  • Shin, C., Szczuka, A., Jiang, R., Mitch, W.A. and Criddle, C.S., 2021. Optimization of reverse osmosis operational conditions to maximize ammonia removal from the effluent of an anaerobic membrane bioreactor. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 7(4), pp.739-747.

2020

  • Szczuka, A., Huang, N., MacDonald, J.A., Nayak, A., Zhang, Z. and Mitch, W.A., 2020. N-Nitrosodimethylamine formation during UV/hydrogen peroxide and UV/chlorine advanced oxidation process treatment following reverse osmosis for potable reuse. Environmental Science & Technology, 54(23), pp.15465-15475.

  • Szczuka, A., Chuang, Y.H., Chen, F.C., Zhang, Z., Desormeaux, E., Flynn, M., Parodi, J. and Mitch, W.A., 2020. Removal of pathogens and chemicals of emerging concern by pilot-scale FO-RO hybrid units treating RO concentrate, graywater, and sewage for centralized and decentralized potable reuse. ACS ES&T Water, 1(1), pp.89-100.

  • King, J.F., Szczuka, A., Zhang, Z. and Mitch, W.A., 2020. Efficacy of ozone for removal of pesticides, metals and indicator virus from reverse osmosis concentrates generated during potable reuse of municipal wastewaters. Water Research, 176, p.115744.

  • Zhang, Z., King, J.F., Szczuka, A., Chuang, Y.H. and Mitch, W.A., 2020. Pilot-scale ozone/biological activated carbon treatment of reverse osmosis concentrate: potential for synergism between nitrate and contaminant removal and potable reuse. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 6(5), pp.1421-1431.

2019

  • Zhang, Z., Ma, B., Hozalski, R.M., Russell, C.G., Evans, A.N., Led, K.O., Van Dyke, M., Peldszus, S., Huck, P.M., Szczuka, A. and Mitch, W.A., 2019. Bench-scale column evaluation of factors associated with changes in N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) precursor concentrations during drinking water biofiltration. Water Research, 167, p.115103.

  • Zhang, Z., Chuang, Y.H., Szczuka, A., Ishida, K.P., Roback, S., Plumlee, M.H. and Mitch, W.A., 2019. Pilot-scale evaluation of oxidant speciation, 1, 4-dioxane degradation and disinfection byproduct formation during UV/hydrogen peroxide, UV/free chlorine and UV/chloramines advanced oxidation process treatment for potable reuse. Water research, 164, p.114939.

  • Chuang, Y.H., Szczuka, A., Shabani, F., Munoz, J., Aflaki, R., Hammond, S.D. and Mitch, W.A., 2019. Pilot-scale comparison of microfiltration/reverse osmosis and ozone/biological activated carbon with UV/hydrogen peroxide or UV/free chlorine AOP treatment for controlling disinfection byproducts during wastewater reuse. Water research, 152, pp.215-225.

  • Chuang, Y.H., Szczuka, A. and Mitch, W.A., 2019. Comparison of toxicity-weighted disinfection byproduct concentrations in potable reuse waters and conventional drinking waters as a new approach to assessing the quality of advanced treatment train waters. Environmental science & technology, 53(7), pp.3729-3738.

  • Szczuka, A., Berglund-Brown, J.P., Chen, H.K., Quay, A.N. and Mitch, W.A., 2019. Evaluation of a pilot anaerobic secondary effluent for potable reuse: impact of different disinfection schemes on organic fouling of RO membranes and DBP formation. Environmental science & technology, 53(6), pp.3166-3176.

  • Vatankhah, H., Szczuka, A., Mitch, W.A., Almaraz, N., Brannum, J. and Bellona, C., 2019. Evaluation of enhanced ozone–biologically active filtration treatment for the removal of 1, 4-dioxane and disinfection byproduct precursors from wastewater effluent. Environmental science & technology, 53(5), pp.2720-2730.

2017

  • Szczuka, A., Parker, K.M., Harvey, C., Hayes, E., Vengosh, A. and Mitch, W.A., 2017. Regulated and unregulated halogenated disinfection byproduct formation from chlorination of saline groundwater. Water research, 122, pp.633-644.

Prior to 2017

  • Szczuka, A., Morel, F.M. and Schaefer, J.K., 2015. Effect of thiols, zinc, and redox conditions on Hg uptake in Shewanella oneidensis. Environmental science & technology, 49(12), pp.7432-7438.

  • Schaefer, J.K., Szczuka, A. and Morel, F.M., 2014. Effect of divalent metals on Hg (II) uptake and methylation by bacteria. Environmental science & technology, 48(5), pp.3007-3013.