Kaoru Ikuma

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• Environmental Biofilm Microbiology Lab at Iowa State University

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Below are the most recent peer-reviewed papers. See my Google Scholar profile for a full list of publications.

Chavez A.R.^*, Ikuma K. Filtered wastewater effluent promotes antibiotic tolerance by affecting Escherichia coli growth dynamics under tetracycline stress. Frontiers in Environmental Science 2026, 14: 1796626. [doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2026.1796626]

Jiang X., Rutherford C.J., Pinto-Vilar R., Ikuma K., Cetin B. Reduction of sandy soil erodibility using bacterial enzyme induced calcite precipitation (BEICP). Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering 2026, in press.

Garretson K.^*, Ikuma K. Identification of key proteins related to shallow and deep viable but non-culturable state in Escherichia coli exposed to monochloramine disinfection. Journal of Applied Microbiology 2026, 137(1): lxaf309. [doi.org/10.1093/jambio/lxaf309]

Mehrabi S.^*, Cintura Rojas I., Arenas Amado A., Wang S., Ikuma K. Perceived drought exposure: Demographic, attitudinal, and metric-based drivers. Science of the Total Environment 2026, 1010: 180992. [doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180992]

Morley J., Guilfoos T., Mehrabi S.^*, Wang Y., Ikuma K. Willingness to pay for water reuse in small communities in the United States. Water Resources Research 2025, 61: 2025WR040116. [doi.org/10.1029/2025WR040116]

Cintura I., Arenas A., Ikuma K., Rehmann C.R., Liu L. Multi-scale assessment of water availability for reuse in the continental US. Frontiers in Water 2025, 7. [doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2025.1716842]

Burton Z.T.^*, Liu H., Stumme N., Harris S.D., Shaw S.K., Laflamme S., Ikuma K. Corrosion inhibition of an aluminum alloy by environmentally derived microbial biofilms. Frontiers in Microbiomes 2025, 4. [doi.org/10.3389/frmbi.2025.1675064]

Vilar R.^*, Ikuma K., Cetin B. Impact of sand surface coating on biocementation mechanisms. Frontiers in Materials 2025, 12. [doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2025.1641275]

Cantrell, R., Poleacovschi C., Hill C.G., Weems C.F., Feinstein S., Ikuma K., Sela L. Assessing Water Supply Systems in Remote Alaska: Challenges in Piped Infrastructure, Data, and Governance in Norton Sound. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 2025, 151. [doi.org/10.1061/JWRMD5.WRENG-6810]

Croll H.C.^*, Ikuma K., Ong S.K., Sarkar S. Reinforcement learning optimization of a water resource recovery facility: Evaluating the impact of reward function design on agent training, control optimization, and treatment risk. Journal of Water Process Engineering 2025, 69: 106658. [doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2024.106658]

Dickey L.C., Rehmann C.R., Perez M.A., Ikuma K. Evaluation of a pre-treatment intake system for reducing particulate loading to a bioretention cell. Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment 2025, 11(2). [doi.org/10.1061/JSWBAY.SWENG-58]

Nelson T.N.T., Poleacovschi C., Weems C., Garcia I., Rehmann C.R., Ikuma K. The Relationship between Drinking Water Sources and Perceptions of Psychological Resilience Following Hurricane Maria. ACS ES&T Water 2024, 4: 3976-3985. [doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.4c00273]

Croll H.C.^*, Ikuma K., Ong S.K., Sarkar S. Unified control of diverse actions in a wastewater treatment activated sludge system using reinforcement learning for multi-objective optimization. Water Research 2024, 263: 122179. [doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122179]

Nelson T.N.T., Poleacovschi C., Weems C., Ikuma K., Garcia I., Rehmann C.R. Development and initial psychometric properties of a water quality perception scale. Frontiers in Water 2024, 6. [doi: 10.3389/frwa.2024.1357921]

Wang Y., Ikuma K., Brown A.M.V., Deonarine A. Global survey of hgcA-carrying genomes in marine and freshwater sediments: Insights into mercury methylation processes. Environmental Pollution 2024, 352: 124117. [doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124117]

Wang Y., Ikuma K., Brooks S., Varonka M., Deonarine A. Non-mercury methylating microbial taxa are integral to understanding links between mercury methylation and elemental cycles in marine and freshwater sediments. Environmental Pollution 2024, 346: 123573. [doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123573]

Spellman C.D., Burton Z.T.^*, Ikuma K., Strosnider W.H.J., Tasker T.L., Roman B., Goodwill J.E. Continuous co-treatment of mine drainage with municipal wastewater. Journal of Environmental Management 2024, 354: 120282. [doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120282]

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