(2016) Student Paper Competition Honorable Mention, Emerging Contaminants Summit.
(2016) Certificate of Merit, ACS Spring 2016 National Meeting & Exposition.
(2016) MWH/AEESP Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award, Second Place, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors.
(2017) Student Award, Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization Annual Conference.
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2015 - 2018
M.S., University of California, Los Angeles, 2012 - 2015
B.S., Nanjing University, 2008 - 2012
Borthakur, A., Wang, M., He, M., Ascencio, K., Blotevogel, J., Adamson, D.T., Mahendra, S., & Mohanty, S.K. (2021). Perfluoroalkyl acids on suspended particles: Significant transport pathways in surface runoff, surface waters, and subsurface soils. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, 417, 126159.Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126159.
Wang, M., Kickhoefer, V.A., Lan, E.H., Dunn, B.S., Rome, L.H., & Mahendra, S. (2021). Vault nanocapsule-mediated biomimetic silicification for efficient and robust immobilization of proteins in silica composites. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 418, 129406.Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.129406.
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Wang, M., Chen, Y., Kickhoefer, V.A., Rome, L.H., Allard, P., & Mahendra, S. (2019). A Vault-Encapsulated Enzyme Approach for Efficient Degradation and Detoxification of Bisphenol A and Its Analogues. ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING, 7(6), 5808-5817.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b05432.
Wang, M., Mohanty, S.K., & Mahendra, S. (2019). Nanomaterial-Supported Enzymes for Water Purification and Monitoring in Point-of-Use Water Supply Systems. ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH, 52(4), 876-885.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/acs.accounts.8b00613.
Merino, N., Wang, M., Ambrocio, R., Mak, K., O'Connor, E., Gao, A., Hawley, E.L., Deeb, R.A., Tseng, L.Y., & Mahendra, S. (2018). Fungal biotransformation of 6:2 fluorotelomer alcohol. Remediation Journal, 28(2), 59-70.Wiley. doi: 10.1002/rem.21550.
Wang, M., Abad, D., Kickhoefer, V.A., Rome, L.H., & Mahendra, S. (2018). Encapsulation of Exogenous Proteins in Vault Nanoparticles. In Methods in Molecular Biology. (pp. 25-37).Springer New York. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7893-9_3.
Wang, M., Kickhoefer, V.A., Rome, L.H., Foellmer, O.K., & Mahendra, S. (2018). Synthesis and assembly of human vault particles in yeast. BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING, 115(12), 2941-2950.Wiley. doi: 10.1002/bit.26825.
Zhu, Z.Y., Jiang, S.Y., Mathur, R., Cook, N.J., Yang, T., Wang, M., Ma, L., & Ciobanu, C.L. (2018). Iron isotope behavior during fluid/rock interaction in K-feldspar alteration zone - A model for pyrite in gold deposits from the Jiaodong Peninsula, East China. GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA, 222, 94-116.Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2017.10.001.
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