Joe Charbonnet
Title(s):
Assistant Professor
Office
Town 450
Information
I teach CE 5230 Physical-Chemical Treatment Processes and ENVE 4290 Air Pollution and Control.
Highlighted Projects:
Manganese Oxide-Coated Sand to Facilitate Stormwater: This project focused on developing a sand coated in a naturally reactive manganese oxide mineral. The goal of creating this material was to make it capable of oxidizing organic contaminants and absorb metal cations during stormwater infiltration. Three ways this project was looked at was with Demonstration-scale validation geomedia for treating runoff; Treating stormwater contaminants with manganese oxide geomedia; and Advanced spectroscopy informing manganese oxide geomedia regeneration.
PFAS Forensics: This project focused on a forensic analysis on PFAS-impacted areas to determine what sources of PFAS contributed to unknown sources of contamination. Tree ways this project was used was with PFAS source tracking; PFAS Impacts on Highway Construction; and Communicating Identification Confidence.
Exposure to Toxicants: This project was focused on looking at the drivers, impacts, and solutions to environmental exposure to harmful chemicals. Three projects that focused on this was Flame retardants: chemistry and policy; PFAS in menstrual garments; and PFOA in reproductive organs.
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Education
- PhD, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2018
- MS, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2013
- BS, Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012
Research Interests
- Emerging organic contaminants including PFAS, flame retardants, and biocides
- Remediation of nutrients and toxic metals
- Water and stormwater reuse
- Novel materials for water treatment
Publications
Teixido, M., Charbonnet, J. A., LeFevre, G.H., Luthy, R. & Sedlak, D.L. Use of pilot-scale geomedia-amended biofiltration system for removal of polar trace organic and inorganic contaminants from stormwater runoff. Water Research 226, 119246 (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.119246
Charbonnet, J. A., McDonough, C. A., Xiao, F., Schwichtenberg, T.+, Cao, D., Kaserzon, S., Thomas, K. V., Dewapriya, P., Place, B. J., Schymanski, E. L., Field, J. A., Helbling, D. E. & Higgins, C. P. Communicating Confidence of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Identification via High Resolution Mass Spectrometry. Environ. Sci. and Technol. Lett. (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.2c00206
Charbonnet, J.A.*, Rodowa, A.E.*, Joseph, N.T., Guelfo, J.L., Field, J., Higgins, C., Helbling, D.E. & Houtz, E.F. Environmental Source Tracking of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances within a Forensic Context: Current and Future Techniques. Environ. Sci. and Technol. 55, 7237-7245 (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c08506
Charbonnet, J. A., Duan Y., Van Genuchten, C. & Sedlak, D. L. Regenerated manganese-oxide coated sands: The role of mineral phase in organic contaminant reactivity. Environ. Sci. and Technol. 55, 5282-5290 (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c05745
Charbonnet, J.A., Weber, R. & Blum, A. Flammability Standards for Furniture, Building Insulation and Electronics: Benefit and Risk. Emerg. Contam. 6, 432-441 (2020). DOI: 10.1016/j.emcon.2020.05.002
Charbonnet, J. A., Duan Y. & Sedlak, D. L. The use of manganese oxide-coated sand for the removal of trace metal ions from stormwater. Environ. Sci.: Water Res. & Tech. (2019) DOI: 10.1039/C9EW00781D
Charbonnet, J. A., Duan Y., Van Genuchten, C. & Sedlak, D. L. Chemical regeneration of manganese oxide coated sand for oxidation of organic stormwater contaminants. Environ. Sci. and Technol. 53, 10728-10736 (2018). DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b03304
Grebel, J. E.*, Charbonnet, J. A.* & Sedlak, D. L. Oxidation of organic contaminants by manganese oxide geomedia for passive urban stormwater treatment systems. Water Res. 88, 481–491 (2016). DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.10.019
*Equal contributions