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Research Interests

• Aqueous and mineral water interface geochemistry (clay minerals and oxides)

• Heterogeneous redox reactions of metals and radionuclides

• Development of ‘Fe reductive and immobilization barrier’(for inorganic contaminants) 

• Microbial impacts on mineral transformation and biogeochemistry

• Adaptive and degradative response of bacteria with metals and radionuclides

• Kinetic and equilibrium modeling of interface and redox geochemical reactions

Publications

1. Jaisi, D.P., Dong, H., Liu, C. (2007a). Analysis of Fe(III) reduction kinetics in nontronite. Environmental Science and Technology, 41, 2434-2444.

    

2. Jaisi, D.P., Dong, H., Liu, C. (2007b). Influence of biogenic Fe(II) on the extent of microbial reduction of Fe(III) in clay minerals nontronite, illite, and chlorite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Act, 71, 1145-1158.

    

3. Jaisi, D.P., Dong, H., Kim, J.W., He, Z., Morton, J. (2007c). Nontronite particle aggregation induced by microbial Fe(III) reduction and exo-polysaccharide production. Clays and Clay Minerals, 55, 98–109.

    

4. Jaisi, D.P., Glawe, U., Bergado, D.T. (2006). Reply to the discussion on the paper: Hydraulic behavior of geosynthetic and granular landfill drainage materials in the Sa Kaeo landfill, Thailand by Aigen Zhao, Geotextiles & Geomembranes, 24, 262-264 (Discussion paper).

    

5. Jaisi, D.P., Kukkadapu, R.K., Eberl, D.D., Dong, H. (2005a). Control of Fe(III) site occupancy on the extent and rate of microbial Fe(III) reduction in nontronite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69, 5429-5440.

    

6. Jaisi, D.P., Glawe, U., Bergado, D.T. (2005b). Hydraulic behavior of geosynthetic and granular landfill drainage materials in the Sa Kaeo Landfill, Thailand. Geotextiles & Geomembranes, 23, 185-204. [Hottest (most downloaded) article: top 5^th, 14^th and 13^th in first, second and third quarter after its publication, respectively]

    

7. Dhital, M.R., Paudel, L.P., Shrestha, R., Thapa, P.B., Oli, C.B., Paudel, T.R., Jaisi, D.P., (1998). Geological map (1:50,000 scale) of the area between Kusma, Syangja and Galyang, western Nepal, Lesser Himalaya. Bulletin of the Central Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.

In Review and Submitted

1. Jaisi, D.P., Dong, H., Morton, J.P. (2007). Speciation Fe(II) during Fe(III) reduction and reactivity of Tc(VIII) reduction (Submitted to: Clays and Clays Minerals).  

2. Jaisi, D.P., Glawe, U. (2006). Cover slope stability of the hazardous waste landfill at Sa Kaeo, Thailand: drainage and slope stability considerations. (In review: Journal of Engineering, Nepal).

3. Jaisi, D.P., Glawe, U., Panthee, S. (2006). Protecting groundwater from leachate contamination: design of engineered landfill liner system in the Sa Kaeo Landfill, Thailand. (Submitted to: Journal of Nepal Geological Society).

4. Jaisi, D.P., Dhital, M.R., Panthee, S. (2006). Geology of the complexly folded belt of the Kusma-Behadi area of the Lesser Himalaya, central west Nepal. (Submitted to: Journal of Nepal Geological Society)

In Submission

1. Jaisi, D.P., Dong, H. Heald, S.E, Plymale, A.E, Frederickson, J.K, Zachara, J.M., Morton, J.P. Reduction and long-term immobilization of Technetium by Fe(II) associated with nontronite (In submission to: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta).

2. Jaisi, D.P., Liu, C., Fein, J., Dong, H. Reaction of ferrous iron to NAu-2. (In preparation for: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta).  

3. Jaisi, D.P., Eberl, D.D., Kim, J-W., Dong, H. Microbial role in the formation of mixed layer illite-smectite from smectite (NAu-2): Comparison of Shewanella putrefaciens CN32 and Thermus SA01 (In submission to: Clays and Clays Minerals).

4. Pathak, B.P., Jaisi, D.P., Gupta, S. Nitrogen mass balance in a tropical paddy field, a case study of Bangkok, Thailand (In preparation for: Water Science and Technology).

5. Jaisi, D.P., Ji, S., Dong, H.  Aggregation and Settlement of the Suspended Particle due to Fe(III) Reduction in Mississippi Delta Plain, Louisiana, USA (In submission to: Clays and Clays Minerals).

6. Bishop, M.E., Jaisi, D.P., Dong, H., Kukkadapu, R. Bioavailability of Fe(III) in loess soil: Comparison of reactivity among three desert loess from China and the United States. (In preparation for: Clays and Clays Minerals).  

Published International Conference Proceedings

1. Pathak, B.P., Iida, T., Kazama, F., Jaisi, D.P. (2006). Nitrogen contribution to the river basin from tropical paddy field. Ninth International River Symposium, Brisbane, Australia, 211-216.

2. Jaisi, D.P., Glawe, U., Czurda, K., Roehl K.E., Alamgir, M. (2003). Evaluation of flow rate per unit width of geosynthetic drainage materials and their hydraulic efficiency in the secondary drainage layer of the Sa Kaeo landfill. An International Conference on Geo-Environmental Engineering, Singapore, (ISBN 981-04-8558-1) 145-150.

3. Jaisi, D.P., Dhital, M.R. (2002). Geology of the Kusma-Behadi region of western Nepal. Proceedings of the Third Nepal Geological Congress, Kathmandu, Nepal, 201-205.

Membership

• Member, International Association for Mathematical Geology (IAMG)

• Member, Geological Society of America (GSA)

• Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

• Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

• Member, Clay Mineral Society (CMS)

• Member, American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)

• Member, American Society of Microbiology (ASM)

• Executive Member, Nepal Geological Society (NGS)