A H M Anwar Sadmani is an associate professor in the Department Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering at the University of Central Florida. Sadmani received his Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the same institute. He received his master’s degree from the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft, the Netherlands, and his bachelor’s degree from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.

The primary area of his research is conventional and nanomaterial-functionalized membranes, and green environmental media-based hybrid processes for water and wastewater treatment and water reuse applications. His current research focuses on remediating a wide range of CECs including the “forever chemicals”, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and algal toxins via hybrid processes including multifunctional membranes and novel green sorption media, as well as the fate and transport of CECs in environmental media.  Sadmani’s research funding sources include federal agencies (USEPA, DoD, and NASA), state agencies (Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Sea Grant, Hinkley Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida), and several industrial partners.

• Valencia, A., Ordonez, D., Sadmani, A., Reinhart, D., Chang, N.B. (2023) Comparing the removal and fate of long and short chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) during surface water treatment via specialty adsorbents. Journal of Water Process Engineering 56, 104345


• Munshi, F.M., Hwang, J.H., Park, J., Sadmani, A., Khan, M.A., Jeon, B.H., Lee, W.H. (2023) Electric field forward osmosis (EFFO) fouling mitigation in algae harvesting. Separation and Purification Technology 327, 124868


• Islam, M., Valencia, A., Ordonez, D., Sadmani, A., Chang, N.B. (2023) The effect of green sorption media pretreatment on nanofiltration during water treatment for long and short chain per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) removal. Separation and Purification Technology, 324, 124548


• Ordonez, D., Podder, A.^§, Valencia, A., Sadmani, A., Reinhart, D., Chang, N.B. (2022) Continuous fixed-bed column adsorption of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) from canal water using zero-valent iron-based filtration media. Separation and Purification Technology 299, 121800 (IF = 9.136)


• Ordonez, D., Valencia, A., Sadmani, A., Chang, N.B. (2022) Green sorption media for the removal of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) from water. Science of the Total Environment 819, 152886 (IF = 10.754)


• Olimattel, K., Zhai, L., Sadmani, A. (2021) Enhanced removal of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid via polyelectrolyte functionalized ultrafiltration membrane: effects of membrane modification and water matrix. Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters 2, 100043


• Podder, A., Sadmani, A.H.M.A., Reinhart. D., Chang, N.B., Goel, R. (2021) Per and poly-fluoroalkyl substances as contaminants of emerging concern in surface water: a transboundary review of their occurrences and toxicity effects. Journal of Hazardous Materials 419, 126361 (IF = 14.224)


• Esfahani, A.R., Zhai, L., Sadmani, A. (2021) Removing heavy metals from landfill leachate using electrospun polyelectrolyte fiber mat-laminated ultrafiltration membrane. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 9(4), 105355 (IF = 7.968)


• Rahman, M.F., Mahmud, M.J., Sadmani, A., Chowdhury, A.I., Anderson, W.B., Badruzzaman, A.B.M., Huq, S. (2021) Previously unrecognized potential threat to children from manganese in groundwater in Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Chemosphere 266, 129128 (IF = 8.943)


• Olimattel, K., Church, J., Lee, W.H., Chumbimuni-Torres, K.Y., Zhai, L., Sadmani, A. (2020) Enhanced fouling resistance and antimicrobial property of ultrafiltration membranes via polyelectrolyte-assisted silver phosphate nanoparticle immobilization. Membranes 10(10), 293 (IF = 4.562)


•  Rodriguez, K.L, Hwang, J.-H., Esfahani, A.R., Sadmani, A., Lee, W.H. (2020) Recent developments of PFASs detecting sensors and future direction: a review. Micromachines 11(7), 667 (IF = 3.523)