Research Publications

Anuo, C.O., Li, L., Moreland, K.C., McFarlane, K.J., Malakar, A., Cooper, J.A., Maharjan, B. and Kaiser, M., 2024. Storage and persistence of organic carbon in the upper three meters of soil under arable and native prairie land use. Plant and Soil, pp.1-23.

Anuo, C.O., Sleem, M., Fossum, B., Li, L., Cooper, J.A., Malakar, A., Maharjan, B. and Kaiser, M., 2024. Land use selectively impacts soil carbon storage in particulate, water-extractable, and mineral-associated forms across pedogenetic horizons. Geoderma, 449, p.116992.

Beegum, S., Hassan, M. A., Ramamoorthy, P., Bheemanahalli, R., Reddy, K. N., Reddy, V., & Reddy, K. R. (2024). Hyperspectral Reflectance-Based High Throughput Phenotyping to Assess Water-Use Efficiency in Cotton. Agriculture, 14(7), 1054.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/1 4/7/1054

Beegum, S., Reddy, K. R., Ambinakudige, S., & Reddy, V. (2024). Planting for perfection: How to maximize cotton fiber quality with the right planting dates in the face of climate change. Field Crops Research, 315, 109483. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2024.109483

Beegum, S., Reddy, K. R., & Reddy, V. (2024). Algorithm for estimating cultivar-specific parameters in crop models for newer crop cultivars. European Journal of Agronomy, 160, 127308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2024.127308 

Borsuah, J.F.; Messer, T.L.; Snow, D.D.; Comfort, S.D.; Bartelt-Hunt, S. 2024. The Impact of Dissolved Organic Matter on Photodegradation Rates, Byproduct Formations, and Degradation Pathways for Two Neonicotinoid Insecticides in Simulated River Waters. Sustainability, 16, 1181. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16031181

Imanov, F., S. Aliyev, E. Aliyev, A. Nuriyev, and D. D. Snow. 2024. Use of Holistic Environmental Flow Assessment for the Alijanchay River, Azerbaijan.  Water 16, no. 17: 2447. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16172447.

Jahangeer, J., Yadav, B. K., & Beegum, S. (2024). Modeling of Nitrate Transport in the Vadose Zone by Considering the Mobile–Immobile Approach Using a Sand Tank Experiment. Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste, 28(1), 04023038. 

Kumar, M., R. Honda, D. Snow, P. Mazumder, and P. Bhattacharya, 2024. COVID-19 in environment: Treatment, Infectivity, Monitoring, Estimation (TIME). Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, 39: p. 100551, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coesh.2024.100551.

Mitra, A., Beegum, S., Fleisher, D., Reddy, V.R., Sun, W., Ray, C., Timlin, D. and Malakar, A., 2024. Cotton yield prediction: a machine learning approach with field and synthetic data. IEEE Access.

Malakar, A., D.D. Snow, D. Rudnick, B. Maharjan, M. Kaiser, and C. Ray, Natural Reactive Iron Dynamics in the Agricultural Soil of Semiarid to Arid Systems. 2024. ACS Agricultural Science & Technology, 4(3): p. 307-316, 10.1021/acsagscitech.3c00273.

Ndayishimiye, E., Dushimeyesu, J., Ukwishaka, Y., Ray, C., Fleisher, D., Timlin, D., ... & Malakar, A. (2024). On‐field Agroecosystem Research Experience: An Undergraduate Perspective. Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education, 179(1), 40-52.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2024.3401.x

Olson, C. A., Malakar, A., D’Alessio, M., Schumacher, N., Ray, C., & Snow, D. D. (2024). Evaluating Youth-Led Citizen Science for Improved Monitoring of Domestic Well Water Quality in Nebraska. ACS ES&T Water, 4(2), 601-609.https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.3c00640

Ray, C. and Malakar, A., 2024. Nitrate contamination in Nebraska’s Ogallala aquifer. Science, 386(6719), pp.280-280.

Russell MV, Messer TL, Repert DA, Smith RL, Bartelt-Hunt S, Snow DD, Reed AP. 2024. Influence of Four Veterinary Antibiotics on Constructed Treatment Wetland Nitrogen Transformation. Toxics, 12(5):346. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.3c00640

Sharmeen, S., I. Kyei, A. Hatch, K. Suh, S. Podder, S. Iftekhar, D.D. Snow, and D.S. Hage, Analysis of interactions between pharmaceuticals and humic acid: Characterization using entrapment and high-performance affinity microcolumns. Journal of Chromatography A, 2024. 1737: p. 465427,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2024.465427.

Singh, A., Rudnick, D., Snow, D. D., Proctor, C., Puntel, L., & Iqbal, J. 2024. Impact of split nitrogen applications on nitrate leaching and maize yield in irrigated loamy sand soils of Northeast Nebraska. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, 7, e20554. https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20554

Smagulov Zh.,  Snow, D., Arystambekova, D.D. Sailaubek, A.M. Tairov, A.Z. 2024. Study of Water Regime of Zhaiyk Transboundary River in the context of Anthropogenic and Climatic Changes.  NEWS of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Series on Geology and Technical Sciences. 3(465). 164–178, https://doi.org/10.32014/2024.2518-170X.417 .

Srivastava, S., Kumar, N., Malakar, A., Das Choudhury, S., Ray, C., & Roy, T. (2024). A Machine Learning-Based Probabilistic Approach for Irrigation Scheduling. Water Resources Management, 1-15.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-024-03746-7

Sun, W., Fleisher, D., Timlin, D., Ray, C., Wang, Z., Beegum, S., & Reddy, V. (2024). Simulating climate change effects on soil carbon dynamics in a soybean–maize ecosystem: Using improved CO2 emission and transport models. European Journal of Agronomy, 159, 127226. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1161030124001473 

Yapiyev, V., S. A. Koriche, D. D. Snow, K. Samarkhanov, X. Mao and J. Li. Editorial: Climate change, land surface, and critical zone processes in endorheic basins. Frontiers in Environmental Science 12 (2024): https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1479504.

Wang, Z., Timlin, D., Liu, G., Fleisher, D., Sun, W., Beegum, S., ... & Horton, R. (2024). Coupled heat and water transfer in heterogeneous and deformable soils: Numerical model using mixed finite element method. Journal of Hydrology, 131068.

Allen, D. S., A. S. Kolok, D. D. Snow, B. Satybaldiyev, B. Uralbekov, G. S. Nystrom, L. M. Thornton Hampton, S. L. Bartelt-Hunt and M. K. Sellin Jeffries. 2023. Predicted aquatic and human health risks associated with the presence of metals in the Syr Darya and Shardara Reservoir, Kazakhstan. Science of The Total Environment 859: 159827. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159827

A. Alkinani, A. Mitra, S. P. Mohanty, and E. Kougianos, “FruitPAL: A Smart Healthcare Framework for Automatic Detection of Fruit Allergens,” in Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Smart Electronic Systems (iSES), 2023, Accepted.

A. Alkinani, A. Mitra, S. P. Mohanty, and E. Kougianos, “FruitPAL 2.0: A Smart Healthcare Framework for Automatic Monitoring of Fruit Consumption,” in Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Smart Electronic Systems (iSES), 2023, Accepted.

Beegum, S., Malakar, A., Ray, C., & Snow, D. D. (2023). Importance of snowmelt on soil nitrate leaching to groundwater–A model study. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 255, 104163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconhyd.2023.104163

Beegum, S., Reddy, V., & Reddy, K. R. (2023). Development of a cotton fiber quality simulation module and its incorporation into cotton crop growth and development model: GOSSYM. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 212, 108080. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2023.108080

Beegum, S., Sun, W., Timlin, D., Wang, Z., Fleisher, D., Reddy, V. R., & Ray, C. (2023). Incorporation of carbon dioxide production and transport module into a Soil-Plant-Atmosphere continuum model. Geoderma, 437, 116586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116586

Beegum, S., Timlin, D., Reddy, K. R., Reddy, V., Sun, W., Wang, Z., ... & Ray, C. (2023). Improving the cotton simulation model, GOSSYM, for soil, photosynthesis, and transpiration processes. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 7314 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-34378-3

Beegum, S., Truong, V., Bheemanahalli, R., Brand, D., Reddy, V., & Reddy, K. R. (2023). Developing functional relationships between waterlogging and cotton growth and physiology towards waterlogging modeling. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1174682

Beegum, S., Walne, C. H., Reddy, K. N., Reddy, V., & Reddy, K. R. (2023). Examining the Corn Seedling Emergence–Temperature Relationship for Recent Hybrids: Insights from Experimental Studies. Plants, 12(21), 3699. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12213699

Cooper, J. A.*, Malakar, A.*, and Kaiser, M. (2023) Self-functionalization of soil-aged biochar surfaces increases nitrate retention. Science of the Total Environment, 861, pp.160644. *Co-first author https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160644

Chokejaroenrat, C., C. Sakulthaew, A. Angkaew, A. Pattanateeradetch, W. Raksajit, K. Teingtham, P. Phansak, P. Klongvessa, D. D. Snow, C. E. Harris and S. D. Comfort. 2023. Adsorptive-Photocatalytic Performance for Antibiotic and Personal Care Product Using Cu0.5Mn0.5Fe2O4. Antibiotics 12(7): 1151. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12071151.

Chokejaroenrat, C., C. Sakulthaew, S. Chantakulvanich, A. Angkaew, K. Teingtham, P. Phansak, T. Poompoung, D. D. Snow, C. E. Harris and S. D. Comfort. 2023. Enhanced degradation of herbicides in groundwater using sulfur-containing reductants and spinel zinc ferrite activated persulfate. Science of The Total Environment 892: 164652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164652.

Chokejaroenrat, C., C. Sakulthaew, K. Satchasataporn, D. D. Snow, T. E. Ali, M. A. Assiri, A. Watcharenwong, S. Imman, N. Suriyachai and T. Kreetachat. 2022. Enrofloxacin and Sulfamethoxazole Sorption on Carbonized Leonardite: Kinetics, Isotherms, Influential Effects, and Antibacterial Activity toward S. aureus ATCC 25923. Antibiotics 11(9): 1261.

C. Dockendorf, A. Mitra, S. P. Mohanty, and E. Kougianos, “Lite-Agro: Exploring Light-Duty Computing Platforms for IoAT-Edge AI in Plant Disease Identification”, in the Internet of Things. Advances in Information and Communication Technology. IFIP-IoT 2023, vol 684, pp. 371-380. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-45882-8_25. (Best Paper @ Research Demo Session)

C. Dockendorf, A. Mitra, S. P. Mohanty, and E. Kougianos, “ Lite-Agro 2.0: Integrating Federated and TinyML in Pear Disease Classification IoAT-Edge AI,” in Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Smart Electronic Systems (iSES), 2023, Accepted.

Kalmakhanova, M.S., Diaz de Tuesta, JL.; Malakar, A.; Gomes, H.T; and Snow. D.D. 2023. "Wastewater Treatment in Central Asia: Treatment Alternatives for Safe Water Reuse" Sustainability 15, no. 20: 14949. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152014949

K. Kethineni, A. Mitra, S. P. Mohanty, and E. Kougianos, “WeedOut: An Autonomous Weed Sprayer in Smart Agriculture Framework using Semi-Supervised Non-CNN Annotation”, Internet of Things. Advances in Information and Communication Technology. IFIP-IoT 2023, vol 684, pp. 415-423. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-45878-1_29.

Li, L., Shields, J., Snow, D. D., Kaiser, M., & Malakar, A. (2023). Labile carbon and soil texture control nitrogen transformation in deep vadose zone. Science of The Total Environment, 878, 163075. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163075

Malakar, A., Das, S., Islam, S., Singh, R., & Ray, S. (2023). Leaching Performance of Nanotechnology-Induced High-Arsenic-Bearing Tooeleite-like Mineral Nanowaste. Environments, 10(10), 185. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments10100185

Malakar, A., C. Ray, M. D'Alessio, J. Shields, C. Adams, M. Stange, K. A. Weber and D. D. Snow. 2023. Interplay of legacy irrigation and nitrogen fertilizer inputs to spatial variability of arsenic and uranium within the deep vadose zone. Science of The Total Environment, 897: 165299 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165299.

A. Mitra, S. P. Mohanty, and E. Kougianos, “aGROdet 2.0: An Automated Real Time Approach for Multiclass Plant Disease Detection”, Springer Nature Computer Science (SN-CS), Vol. 4, No. 5, Sep 2023, Article: 657, 20-pages, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-023-02076-6.

A. Mitra, S. P. Mohanty, and E. Kougianos, “Smart Agriculture – Demystified”, in the Internet of Things. Advances in Information and Communication Technology. IFIP-IoT, 2023, vol. 684, pp. 405-411, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-45878-1_28.

Mohapatra, S., D. Snow, P. Shea, A. Gálvez-Rodríguez, M. Kumar, L. P. Padhye and S. Mukherji. 2023. Photodegradation of a mixture of five pharmaceuticals commonly found in wastewater: Experimental and computational analysis. Environmental Research 216: 114659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.114659

Omali, A. O., J. T. Arogundade and D. D. Snow. 2023. Assessment of health risks associated with contaminants in groundwater in the catchment area of selected dumpsites in Abuja north central Nigeria. Discover Environment 1(1): 7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44274-023-00001-5.

Poomipuen, K.; Sakulthaew, C.; Chokejaroenrat, C.; Angkaew, A.; Techauay, K.; Poompoung, T.; Teingtham, K.; Phansak, P.; Lueangjaroenkit, P.; Snow, D.D. 2023. Dual Activation of Peroxymonosulfate Using MnFe2O4/g-C3N4 and Visible Light for the Efficient Degradation of Steroid Hormones: Performance, Mechanisms, and Environmental Impacts. ACS Omega, 8, 36136-36151, doi:10.1021/acsomega.3c04333.

Satybaldiyev, B., Ismailov, B., Nurpeisov, N., Kenges, K., Snow, D., Malakar, A., ... & Uralbekov, B. (2023). Downstream hydrochemistry and irrigation water quality of the Syr Darya, Aral Sea Basin, South Kazakhstan. Water Supply. https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2023.114

Satybaldiyev, B., Ismailov, B., Nurpeisov, N., Kenges, K., Snow, D., Malakar, A., and Uralbekov, B. (2023) Evaluation of dissolved and acid-leachable trace element concentrations in relation to practical water quality standards in the Syr Darya, Aral Sea Basin, South Kazakhstan. Chemosphere, 313, 137465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137465

Severinenko, M.A., V.P. Solodukhin, B.M. Djenbaev, S.G. Lennik, B.T. Zholboldiev, and D.D. Snow, 2023. Occurrence of Radionuclides and Hazardous Elements in the Transboundary River Basin Kyrgyzstan & Kazakhstan. Water, 15(9) p. 1759. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15091759

Severson M, Onanong S, Dolezal A, Bartelt-Hunt S, Snow D, McFadden L. 2023. Analysis of Wastewater Samples to Explore Community Substance Use in the United States: Pilot Correlative and Machine Learning Study JMIR Form Res;7:e45353 URL: https://formative.jmir.org/2023/1/e45353DOI: 10.2196/45353

Sun, W., Fleisher, D., Timlin, D., Ray, C., Wang, Z., Sahila, B., & Reddy, V. (2023). Does drought stress eliminate the benefit of elevated CO2 on soybean yield? Using an improved model to link crop and soil water relations. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 343, 109747. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109747

Sun, W., Fleisher, D., Timlin, D., Ray, C., Wang, Z., Beegum, S., & Reddy, V. (2023). Projected long-term climate trends reveal the critical role of vapor pressure deficit for soybean yields in the US Midwest. Science of The Total Environment, 878, 162960. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162960

Timlin, D., Fleisher, D., Tokay, M., Paff, K., Sun, W., Beegum, S., Li, S., Wang, Z., & Reddy, V. (2023). CLASSIM: A Relational Database Driven Crop Model Interface. Smart Agricultural Technology, 100281, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atech.2023.100281

Trejo, B.; Russell, M.; Bartelt-Hunt, S.; Beni, N.N.; Snow, D.D.; Messer, T.L. 2023. Occurrence and persistence of antibiotics administered to cattle in a newly established feedlot. Journal of Environmental Quality, 52, 1193-1205, doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20516.

Tulebekov, Y.; Orazov, Z.; Satybaldiyev, B.; Snow, D.D.; Schneider, R.; Uralbekov, B. 2023. Reaction Steps in Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Oxidation of Toluene in Gas Phase—A Review. Molecules, 28, 6451.

Westrop, J.P., P. Yadav, P.J. Nolan, K.M. Campbell, R. Singh, S.E. Bone, A.H. Chan, A.J. Kohtz, D. Pan, O. Healy, J.R. Bargar, D.D. Snow, and K.A. Weber, 2023. Nitrate-Stimulated Release of Naturally Occurring Sedimentary Uranium. Environmental Science & Technology, 57(10): p. 4354-4366. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c07683