Casey Finnerty
Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, University of California - Berkeley, 2022
M.S., Environmental Engineering, University of California - Berkeley, 2016
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of California - Berkeley, 2013
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Casey Finnerty joined the Elimelech research group as a postdoctoral associate in August 2022. His research focuses on developing decision-making tools for desalination and brine management. As a NEWT Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow, Casey will be exploring opportunities in the emerging field of municipal wastewater reuse concentrate (MWRC) and developing decision-making tools to guide research priorities and support practitioners. Additionally, Casey will continue to research decentralized water technologies, expanding into the field of atmospheric water harvesting.




Publications
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- Zang, L., Finnerty, C., Yang, Z., Ma, J., Mi, B., & Sun, L. (2022). An Electrospun Transporter-assisted Evaporator with Antifouling Water Channels for Solar-driven Desalination and Water Purification, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2022.104493
- Finnerty, C. T. K., Menon, A. K., Conway, K. M., Lee, D., Nelson, M., Urban, J. J., … & Mi, B. (2021). Interfacial Solar Evaporation by a 3D Graphene Oxide Stalk for Highly Concentrated Brine Treatment. Environmental Science & Technology. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c04010
- Zang, L., Sun, L., Zhang, S., Finnerty, C., Kim, A., Ma, J., & Mi, B. (2021). Nanofibrous hydrogel-reduced graphene oxide membranes for effective solar-driven interfacial evaporation and desalination. Chemical Engineering Journal, 422, 129998. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.129998
- Zang, L., Finnerty, C., Zheng, S., Conway, K., Sun, L., Ma, J., & Mi, B. (2021). Interfacial solar vapor generation for desalination and brine treatment: Evaluating current strategies of solving scaling. Water Research, 117135. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117135
- Mi, B., Finnerty, C., & Conway, K. (2019). Prospects of artificial tree for solar desalination. Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 25, 18-25. DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2019.06.004
- Oh, Y., Armstrong, D. L., Finnerty, C., Zheng, S., Hu, M., Torrents, A., & Mi, B. (2017). Understanding the pH-responsive behavior of graphene oxide membrane in removing ions and organic micropollulants. Journal of Membrane Science, 541, 235-243. DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2017.07.005
- Finnerty, C., Zhang, L., Sedlak, D. L., Nelson, K. L., & Mi, B. (2017). Synthetic graphene oxide leaf for solar desalination with zero liquid discharge. Environmental science & technology, 51(20), 11701-11709. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b03040
- Kang, Y., Zheng, S., Finnerty, C., Lee, M. J., & Mi, B. (2017). Regenerable polyelectrolyte membrane for ultimate fouling control in forward osmosis. Environmental science & technology, 51(6), 3242-3249. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b05665