Volodymyr Tarabara
Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), College of Engineering
Engineering Bldg, 428 S Shaw Ln Room 3564
Biography
Prof. Tarabara received PhD (2004) and MS (2001) degrees in Environmental Engineering from Rice University in Houston, Texas. His research is in the area of separation processes with applications that include water treatment, industrial pollution control and biosafety monitoring. Prof. Tarabara has co-authored over 90 journal papers and co-edited the Encyclopedia of Membrane Science and Technology ... (Wiley). His current editorial duties include serving as an Editor of Separation and Purification Technology (Elsevier) and as the Editor for Special Collections of the Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE). He is a recipient of the Paul L. Busch award from the Water Environment Research Foundation and three Fulbright awards - U.S. Scholar fellowship (Georgia), Fulbright Specialist placement (Ukraine) and Global Scholar award (France, Georgia, Singapore). In 2019 he received Doctor honoris causa from the Agricultural University of Georgia in Tbilisi. Dr. Tarabara also serves as Director of the Center for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at Michigan State University.
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Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, Rice University, 2004
M.S., Environmental Engineering, Rice University, 2001
Diploma, Solid State Physics, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Russia, 1997
Awards
2023 Fellow, Environmental & Water Resources Institute, ASCE
2022 Fulbright Global Scholar award (host countries: France, Georgia, Singapore)
2021 ASCE Associate Editor award, American Society of Civil Engineers
2021 Fulbright Specialist placement (host country: Ukraine)
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Wang, X.; Tarabara, V. V. Virus adhesion to archetypal fomites: A study with human adenovirus and human respiratory syncytial virus. Chem. Eng. J. 429 (2022) 132085.
Wang, X.; Şengür-Taşdemir, R.; Koyuncu, İ.; Tarabara, V. V. Lip balm drying promotes virus attachment: Characterization of lip balm coatings and XDLVO modeling. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 581 (2021) 884-894.
Ahmadiannamini, P.; Bruening, M. L.; Tarabara, V. V. Sacrificial polyelectrolyte multilayer coatings as an approach to membrane fouling control: Disassembly and regeneration mechanisms. J. Membr. Sci. 491 (2015) 149-158.
Guo, B.; Pasco, E. V.; Xagoraraki, I.; Tarabara, V. V. Virus removal and inactivation in a hybrid microfiltration-UV process with a photocatalytic membrane. Separ. Purif. Technol. 149 (2015) 245-254.
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