David Hanigan
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- Email: dhanigan@unr.edu
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Dr. Hanigan graduated from the University of Missouri - Columbia with a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 2009. He was awarded an M.S. in 2011 from the University of Missouri where his research focused on the removal of trihalomethane (THM) and haloacetic acid (HAA) precursors using MIEX and activated carbon.
During his M.S., Dr. Hanigan was awarded the Paul Kufrin Memorial Scholarship. While working towards his Ph.D. he has received multiple awards, including the Ira A. Fulton Fellowship, ACS Graduate Student Award in Environmental Chemistry, ASU Engineering Dean's Fellowship, and AZ Water Association Scholarship. Hanigan's Ph.D. was further supported in part by the prestigious AWWA Abel Wolman Fellowship and the WEF Canham Graduate Studies Scholarship.
His Ph.D. research (2015, Arizona State University) focused on removal, characterization, and identification of N-nitrosamine precursors. His current research interest is in how anthropogenic chemicals (pharmaceuticals, pesticides, etc.) affect human health and ecological endpoints.
After completion of his Ph.D. he was a post-doctoral researcher at Arizona State University studying the implications of nanomaterial use through their life cycle (EPA -LCNano).
- Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, Arizona State University, 2015
- M.S., Environmental Engineering, University of Missouri, 2011
- B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Missouri, 2009
Research interests
Increasing global population has amplified anthropogenic loading of organic matter to the water cycle, and increased the rate of incidental water reuse, both of which are core concepts of Dr. Hanigan's work. The Hanigan Lab focuses on environmental organic and inorganic chemistry and process based water treatment.
Selected publications
- Song, M., Wang, J., DeNicola, M., and Hanigan, D. Natural Vs. Anthropogenic Sources of N-Nitrosodimethylamine Precursors in Surface Water. Water Research, 2024. 265: p. 122313.
- DeNicola, M., Lin, Z., Quiñones, O., Vanderford, B., Song, M., Westerhoff, P., Dickenson, E., Hanigan, D. Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Organofluorine in Lakes and Waterways of the Northwestern Great Basin and Sierra Nevada. Science of the Total Environment, 2023. 905: p. 166971.
- Hickenbottom, K., Pagilla, K., and Hanigan, D. Wildfire Impact on Disinfection Byproduct Precursor Loading in Mountain Streams and Rivers. Water Research, 2023. 244: p. 120474.
- Wang, J., Song, M., Abusallout, I., Hanigan, D. Thermal Decomposition of Two Gaseous Perfluorocarboxylic Acids: Products and Mechanisms. Environmental Science & Technology, 2023. 57(15): p. 6179-6187.
- Wang, J., Lin, Z., He, X., Song, M., Westerhoff, P., Doudrick, K., Hanigan, D. Critical Review of Thermal Decomposition of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: Mechanisms, and Implications for Thermal Treatment Processes. Environmental Science & Technology, 2022.
- Sharma, P., Hanigan, D. Evidence of Low Levels of Trace Organic Contaminants in Terminal Lakes. Chemosphere, 2021. 285: p. 131408
- Abusallout, I., Wang, J., Hanigan, D. Emerging investigator series: Rapid Defluorination of 22 Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Water Using Sulfite Irradiated by Medium-Pressure UV. Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 2021. 7(9): p. 1552
- Poustie, A., Yang, Y., Verburg, P., Pagilla, P., Hanigan, D. Reclaimed Wastewater as a Viable Water Source for Agricultural Irrigation: A Review of Food Crop Growth Inhibition and Promotion in the Context of Environmental Change. Science of the Total Environment, 2020. 739: p. 139756.