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Helena Avila-Arias

Environmental Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2014
Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen RemovalWater Treatment and DisinfectionEnvironmental Chemistry and AnalysisNanoparticles: synthesis and applicationsHeavy metals in environment

Publications

10

Citations

295

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

12

Publishing since 2014

Research summary
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Helena Avila-Arias studies how microorganisms and soil communities interact with environmental contaminants, including explosive compounds (like PETN and TNT) and engineered nanomaterials (metal oxide nanoparticles). Her work examines how bacteria break down or transform these pollutants and how such contaminants affect soil microbial activity and community structure. This research is relevant to environmental cleanup (bioremediation) and understanding the ecological impacts of industrial and military-related pollutants.

Bioremediation of explosive compoundsSoil microbial community responses to contaminantsNanomaterial environmental impactsEnvironmental microbiologyContaminated site chemistry

Publication output has been low and uneven over the last decade, with gaps in several years followed by a small increase in 2022-2023.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.2/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 1 publication181920212022: 2 publications222023: 3 publications323242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Frontiers in Microbiology×3
  • The Science of The Total Environment×1
  • Environmental Science Nano×1
  • Journal of Applied Microbiology×1
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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