Research Papers in Preparation
1. Alibekov, A.+; Shakhmaral, I.+; Lee, S.; Lee, W. Human health risk assessment of water treatment sludge disposal in Central Asian metropolitan area. ACS ES&T Water, in preparation (4th Quarter 2025)
2. Abdirova, P.; Lee, W. Enhanced radical-dominated degradation of sulfamethoxazole by MIL-88B (Fe/Ni) activated persulfate AOP. Chem. Eng. J., in preparation (4th Quarter, 2025)
3. Bahetnur, Y.; Kashtanov, A.; Alibekov, A.; Baimatova, N.*; Lee, W.* PM2.5-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from the atmosphere of Almaty and Astana, Kazakhstan: Seasonal variation, sources, and health risk assessment. Sci. Total Environ., in preparation (4th Quarter, 2025)
4. Akinrele, J.; Lee, W. Reduced Co-ferrite mediated advanced oxidation process with persulfate for enhanced doxycycline removal. Chem. Eng. J., in preparation (4th Quarter, 2025)
5. Togay, A.; Khoramian, R., Algazinov, N., Lee. W., The Impact of water vaporization and wettability on salt precipitation in CO₂ storage within saline aquifers. Energ. Fuel. in preparation (4th Quarter 2025)
6. Ocheme, J.; Lee, W.; Moon, S. Characterization of mining tailing in geotechnical engineering. Waste Manag., in preparation (4th Quarter, 2025)
7. Abid, H.W.; Nurmyrza, M.; Lee, W.*; M.P. Balanay.* ZIF-derived Co/NC as an Efficient Catalyst for CO2 mineral carbonation under ambient conditions. Adv. Energy Mater., in preparation (4th Quarter,2025)
8. Khoramian, R.; Qureshi, A.R.; Togay, A.; Lee, W. Effect of salt precipitation on CO2 mineralization and storage efficiency under variable salinity and wettability. Carbon Capture Sci. Technol., in preparation (4th Quarter, 2025)
9. Nurmyrza, M.; Togay, A.; Lee, W. Application of acid rain/snow water in mineral carbonation using industrial waste. J. Clean. Prod., in preparation (1st Quarter, 2026)
10. Nurmyrza, M.; Alibekov, A.; Lee, W. ZIF-derived Co@NC nanoparticles for enhanced and sustainable removal of Hg(II): Performances and LCA. Chem. Eng. J., in preparation (1st Quarter, 2026)
11. Temirgaliyev, Z.; Ocheme J.; Nurmyrza, M.; Moon, S.; Lee, W. Potential use of chromium mine tailings as supplementary cementitious materials, Waste Manag., in preparation (1st Quarter, 2026)
12. Qureshi, A.R.; Khoramian, R.; Lee, W. A review of machine learning applications for geological CO2 storage. Environ. Sci. Technol., in preparation (1st Quarter, 2026)
13. Togay, A.; Nurmyrza, M.; Lee, W. Chromium ore processing residue carbonation with heavy metal detoxification, J. Clean. Prod., in preparation (1st Quarter, 2026)
14. Nurmyrza, M.; Akinrele, J.; Han, S.; Lee, W. The effect of mineralizing agents on MIL-100 (Fe) stability and reactivity for the advanced oxidation of tetracycline. Environ. Sci. Technol., in preparation (1st Quarter, 2026)
15. Khoramian, R.; Nurmyrza, M.; Qureshi, A.R.; Lee, W. A physicochemical approach for evaluating the EOR potential of ZiF-67 nanoparticles in a microfluidic model. Chem. Eng. J., in preparation (1st Quarter, 2026)
16. Alibekov, A.; Lee, W. Environmental costs and benefits of tertiary wastewater treatment for emerging contaminants removal. Water Res., in preparation (4th Quarter, 2026)
17. Lee, W. Transformation of redox vulnerable contaminants during biotic and abiotic interactions, Nature, in preparation (4th Quarter, 2026)
18. Lee, W. Hydrate formation kinetics and equilibrium for the sequestration of CO2 in diverse geological formations. Science, in preparation (4th Quarter, 2026)
