Vadas, Tim

Tim Vadas

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Email timothy.vadas@uconn.edu
Phone 860-486-5552
Mailing Address Civil and Environmental Engineering 261 Glenbrook Road, Unit 3037 Storrs, CT 06269-3037
Campus Storrs
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Brief Bio

Dr. Tim Vadas is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut. His research primarily focuses on environmental chemistry and toxicology, particularly on the fate and transport of contaminants in the environment.

He is also involved with the Innovation on Small Farms initiative at the University of Connecticut, where he focuses on phytoremediation and water quality/reuse. He is also affiliated with the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute and the Institute of the Environment and Energy at UConn. He teaches courses in environmental engineering fundamentals, laboratory, ecological principles, and design, among others, at the University of Connecticut. He has received feedback on platforms like Rate My Professors, with students noting his use of group projects, focus on learning objectives, and online, open-note tests.

  • Stormwater treatment and management
  • Metal biogeochemistry in ecological treatment systems
  • Metal-organic carbon interactions
  • Microbial controls on metal fate and transport
Gold nanoparticle hyperthermia reduces radiotherapy dose
JF Hainfeld, L Lin, DN Slatkin, FA Dilmanian, TM Vadas, HM Smilowitz
Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine 10 (8), 1609-1617
Power generation and contaminant removal in single chamber microbial fuel cells (SCMFCs) treating human urine
C Santoro, I Ieropoulos, J Greenman, P Cristiani, T Vadas, A Mackay, B Li
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 38 (26), 11543-11551
Current generation in membraneless single chamber microbial fuel cells (MFCs) treating urine
C Santoro, I Ieropoulos, J Greenman, P Cristiani, T Vadas, A Mackay, B Li
Journal of Power Sources 238, 190-196
Metals as electron acceptors in single-chamber microbial fuel cells
Y Li, Y Wu, S Puranik, Y Lei, T Vadas, B Li
Journal of power sources 269, 430-439
Self-sustained reduction of multiple metals in a microbial fuel cell–microbial electrolysis cell hybrid system
Y Li, Y Wu, B Liu, H Luan, T Vadas, W Guo, J Ding, B Li
Bioresource Technology 192, 238-246
Training tomorrow's environmental problem solvers: An integrative approach to graduate education
JM Moslemi, KA Capps, MS Johnson, J Maul, PB McIntyre, AM Melvin, ...
BioScience 59 (6), 514-521
Sorption and coprecipitation of copper to ferrihydrite and humic acid organomineral complexes and controls on copper availability
NN Seda, F Koenigsmark, TM Vadas
Chemosphere 147, 272-278
A critical review for real-time continuous soil monitoring: Advantages, challenges, and perspectives
Y Fan, X Wang, T Funk, I Rashid, B Herman, N Bompoti, MDS Mahmud, ...
Environmental Science & Technology 56 (19), 13546-13564
Greenhouse gas fluxes from coastal wetlands at the intersection of urban pollution and saltwater intrusion: a soil core experiment
AA Doroski, AM Helton, TM Vadas
Soil Biology and Biochemistry 131, 44-53
Cysteine-and glutathione-mediated uptake of lead and cadmium into Zea mays and Brassica napus roots
TM Vadas, BA Ahner
Environmental Pollution 157 (8-9), 2558-2563
Impact of chloride on denitrification potential in roadside wetlands
NA Lancaster, JT Bushey, CR Tobias, B Song, TM Vadas
Environmental Pollution 212, 216-223
Leaching and retention of dissolved metals in particulate loaded pervious concrete columns
TM Vadas, M Smith, H Luan
Journal of Environmental Management 190, 1-8
Fate of DTPA, EDTA, and EDDS in hydroponic media and effects on plant mineral nutrition
TM Vadas, X Zhang, AM Curran, BA Ahner
Journal of Plant Nutrition 30 (8), 1229-1246
Size characterization of dissolved metals and organic matter in source waters to streams in developed landscapes
H Luan, TM Vadas
Environmental Pollution 197, 76-83
Approaches for analyzing local carbon mitigation strategies: Tompkins County, New York, USA
TM Vadas, TJ Fahey, RE Sherman, JD Demers, JM Grossman, JE Maul, ...
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 1 (3), 360-373
Local-scale analysis of carbon mitigation strategies: Tompkins County, New York, USA
TM Vadas, TJ Fahey, RE Sherman, D Kay
Energy Policy 35 (11), 5515-5525
Controls on metal exposure to aquatic organisms in urban streams
K Turpin-Nagel, TM Vadas
Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts 18 (8), 956-967
Extraction of lead and cadmium from soils by cysteine and glutathione
TM Vadas, BA Ahner
Journal of environmental quality 38 (6), 2245-2252
Controlling the surface oxygen groups of polyacrylonitrile-based carbon nanofiber membranes while limiting fiber degradation
Y Han, R Li, C Brückner, TM Vadas
C 4 (3), 40
Denitrification potential and carbon mineralization in restored and unrestored coastal wetland soils across an urban landscape
AA Doroski, AM Helton, TM Vadas
Wetlands 39 (4), 895-906