

Orlando Coronell, PhD

Orlando Coronell, PhD
Honors and Awards
2019 Class of Influential Researchers2019, ACS Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Duke Energy Faculty Fellow2017, Duke Energy Foundation
Member2016-Present, Editorial Board of npj Clean Water, a Nature partner journal
Representative Courses
Physical/Chemical Processes for Water Treatment (ENVR 756)
Science and Technology of Membranes for Water Purification (ENVR 890-002)
Chemical Equilibria of Natural Waters (ENVR 419)
Environmental Processes, Exposure, and Risk Assessment (ENVR 500, co-taught)
Service Activities
Member of the International Editorial Board of npj Clean Water, a Nature partner journal (2016-Present)
Member of the North Carolina Water Treatment Facility Operator Certification Board (NC WTFOCB) (2019-Present)
Key Publications
Ionic fluorogels for remediation of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances from water. Kumarasamy, E.; Manning, I.M.; Collins, L.B.; Coronell, O.; Leibfarth, F.L. (2020). ACS Central Science, 6(4), 487-492.
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Comparison of water and salt transport properties of ion exchange, reverse osmosis, and nanofiltration membranes for desalination and energy applications. Kingsbury, R.S., Wang, J., Coronell, O. (2020). Journal of Membrane Science, 604(117998).
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Scalable Fabrication of Anti-biofouling Membranes through 2-Aminoimidazole Incorporation during Polyamide Casting. Atkinson, A.J.; Wang, J.; Grzebyk, K.; Zhang, Z.; Jung, D.; Zeng, D.; Pollard, A.; Gold, A.; Coronell, O. (2019). Journal of Membrane Science, 579(-), 151-161.
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Investigating the void structure of the polyamide active layers of thin-film composite membranes. Lin, L.; Lopez, R.; Ramon, G.Z.; Coronell, O. (2016). Journal of Membrane Science, 497(-), 365-376.
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Energy storage by reversible desalination: The concentration batter. Kingsbury, R.S.; Chu, K.; Coronell, O. (2015). Journal of Membrane Science, 495(-), 502-516.
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Education
PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010
MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004
BS, Civil Engineering, Universidad del Norte, Colombia, 2001