Journal Publications

  1. Kimosop, S. J., Orata, F., Shikuku, V. O., Okello, V. A., and Getenga, Z. M., (2020). “Insights on adsorption of carbamazepine onto iron oxide modified diatomaceous earth: Kinetics, isotherms, thermodynamics, and mechanisms”, Environmental Research, 180, 108898.
  2. K’Owino, I. O., Okello, V. A., Masika, K., (2018). “Kinetics of Degradation of Metribuzin in aqueous solution using Zero Valent Iron Nanoparticles,” Journal of Al-Nahrain Journal of Science.,Vol 21, Issue 2, pp. 1-9. [DOI:10.22401/JNUS.21.2.01].
  3. Kimosop, S. J., Okello, V. A., Getenga, Z. M., Orata, F., and Shikuku, V. O., (2017). “Green Remediation of Carbamazepine from Water Using Novel Magnetic Iron Modified Carbonized Baggasse: Kinetics, Equilibrium and Mechanistic Studies, Chemical Science International Journal, Vol 8, Issue 3. pp 1 – 9. [DOI:10.9734/CSIJ/2017/32444].
  4. Kimosop, S.J., Getenga, Z. M., Orata, F., and Okello, V. A., (2016). “Residue Levels and Discharge Loads of Antibiotics in Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs), Hospital Lagoons and Rivers within Lake Victoria Basin,” Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 188(9), pp. 532. [doi: 10.1007/s10661-016-5534-6].
  5. Sifuna, F. W., and Orata F., Okello V., and Kimosop S. J., (2016). “Comparative studies in electrochemical degradation of sulfamethoxazole and diclofenac in water using various electrodes,” Journal of Environmental and Health, Part A, 51, 11, pp. 954 – 961.
  6. Okello, V. A., Osonga, J. F., Knipfing, M. T., Bushlyar, V., and Sadik, O. A., (2016). “Reactivity, characterization of reaction products and immobilization of lead in water and sediments using quercetin pentaphosphate,” Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 18, pp. 306.
  7. Okello, V. A., Gass, S., Pyrgiotakis, G., Du, N., Murdaugh, K., Deng, B., Demokritou, P., and Sadik, O. A., (2014). “Capture, Isolation and Electrochemical Detection of Industrially-relevant aerosol Nanoparticles using Poly(amic) acid, Phase inverted , Nanomembranes,” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 279, pp. 365 – 374.
  8. Noah, M. N., Okello, V., Sun Z., and Sadik O.A., (2014). “An Instrumental Method Analysis Laboratory Experiment,” Journal of Chemical Education, 91, (2), pp. 269-273.
  9. Mwilu, S. K., Okello, V. A., Miller, S., and Sadik, O., (2014). A Universal Substrate for Alkaline Phosphatase Based on Fluorescence, Absorbance and Electrochemical Techniques, Analyst, 139, pp. 5472-5481.
  10. Yazgan, I., Du, N., Congdon, R., Okello, V. A., and Sadik, O.A., (2014). “Biofunctionalized Poly (amic) Acid Membranes for Disinfection of Drinking Water,” Journal of Membrane Science, 472, pp. 261-271.
  11. Sadik, O.A., Du, N., Kariuki, V., Okello, V. A., and Bushlyar V., (2014). “Current and Emerging Technologies for the Characterization of Nanomaterials,” ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2, (7), pp. 1707–1716.
  12. Okello, V. A., Mwilu, S., Noah, N., Zhou, A., Chong, J., Knipfing, M. T., Doetschman, D., and Sadik, O. A., (2012). “Reduction of hexavalent chromium using naturally-derived flavonoids,” Environmental Science and Technology, 46, pp. 10743−10751.
  13. Okello, V. A., Du, N., Deng, B., and Sadik, O. A., (2011). “Environmental Applications of Poly(amic)- based Nanomaterials, Journal of Environmental Monitoring,” Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 13, pp. 1236 – 1245.
  14. Kikandi, S. N., Okello, V. A., Wang, Q., and Sadik, O. A., (2011). “Size-Exclusive Nanosensor for Quantitative Analysis of Fullerene C60, Environmental Science and Technology,” 45, pp. 5294 – 5294.
  15. Omole, M. A., Okello, V. A., Lee, V., Zhou, L., and Sadik, O. A., (2011). “Catalytic Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium using Flexible Nanostructured Poly(amic) Acid,” ACS Catalysis, 1, pp.139 – 146.

Conference Papers

  1. Veronica A. Okello, Francis J. Osonga, Michael T. Knipfing, Victor Bushlyar and Omowunmi A. Sadik, A Spectroscopic Study: Quantitative Removal and In Situ Detection of Lead in Aqueous Medium and Sediments Using Quercetin Pentaphosphate, African Journal of Mining, Entrepreneurship and Natural Resource Management (AJMENRM), ISSN: 2706-6002 Volume1, Issue 2 (April 2020): Accepted.
  2. Okello V. A.; Environmental Detoxification Using Polyamic Acid Powder and Nanomembranes, 2017. Manuscript Proceedings of the Exceed Swindon Expert Workshop “Sustainable Use of Water Resources” in Kisumu, Kenya, July 3-8, 2016. Pp. 61-68.
  3. Kimosop S.A.; Getenga Z.; Orata F. and Okello V. A., Quantification of selected antibiotics and their discharge loads in wastewater treatment plants and lagoons within lake Victoria basin, Kenya, 2017. Manuscript Proceedings of the Exceed Swindon Expert Workshop “Sustainable Use of Water Resources” in Kisumu, Kenya, July 3-8, 2016. pp. 23-32