0000-0002-3697-4750 About
Dr Thava Palanisami is Senior Lecturer within the Global Innovative Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials(GICAN), School of Engineering at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Thava has been involved in emerging contaminant research for the past 15 years. He is a research leader in the fields of the risk assessment and management of MicroNanoplastics, exposure assessment, plastic recycling, development of alternative plastic products. Over the past five years, Thava has made several contributions to the field of plastics risk assessment and remediation worldwide. Remediation technologies developed by Thava is currently under field trials. Outcomes from Thava's Plastic research has translated into environmental policy refinement for quantifying exposure to plastics and associated contaminants, both nationally and internationally. In 2020, Thava was invited by the U.S. National Academies for Science, Engineering and Medicine to deliver a lead talk on MicroNanoplastics and Human health. He has also contributed to the PNAS proceedings. Thava's team has derived the first-ever mass estimation of MicroNanoplastics Ingestion for human health risk assessment(https://yourplasticdiet.org/). In the same year, the European Research Council has also invited Thava in its Elite Reviewer Panel.
Employment
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The University of Newcastle Professor2025 - Present
Education
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University of South Australia PhD2006 - 2009
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (154)
- Pyroplastic particulate matter from fire events adds a hidden dimension of plastic pollution Save
- A permeating threat of microplastics on insects and their ecological roles Save
- Valorization of orange peel pectin for efficient polyethylene microplastic removal: A circular bio-flocculation process Save
- Evaluating textile waste management policies: Lifecycle gaps and opportunities for improvement Save
- Hidden pathways: Detection and quantification of microplastics across treatment stages of pharmaceutical WWTPs Save
- Magnetic Walnut Shell Biochar Enhances Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer and Methane Yield from Fruit and Vegetable Waste’s Anaerobic Digestion Save
- Metagenomic Insights Into the Gut Bacteria of Greater Wax Moth Galleria mellonella Linnaeus (Pyralidae: Lepidoptera) Larvae Reared on Plastic-Incorporated Diet Save
- Molecular interactions and dynamics of microplastics in indoor dust with lung-inflammatory receptors: A study in academic settings Save
- Trailing the flow: source, fate and sink of microplastics in global rivers Save
- Upcycling polyester from post-consumer blended textile waste into hydrogel for dye removal Save