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Gopal Achari

ResearcherCivil EngineeringUniversity of Calgary

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Gopal Achari

Researcher

Civil Engineering

Engineering

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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13 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 18 research grants (18 NSERC), most recently in 2021.

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Research

advanced oxidative processes disinfection emerging contaminants LEDs photochemical treatment sunlight/visible light technology development water & wastewater treatment

Latest papers

Performance and suitability of wastewater based-surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 RNA in public schools.
Scientific reports · 2025
Metagenomic analysis after selective culture enrichment of hospital and community wastewater enhances antimicrobial resistance gene detection.
mBio · 2025
Hydrogen Peroxide Augments the Disinfection Efficacy of 280 nm Ultraviolet LEDs against Antibiotic-Resistant Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Otherwise Tolerant to Germicidal Irradiation.
ACS omega · 2025 · senior author

All 48 publications

Latest funding

Developing wastewater-based surveillance tools to understand the changing nature of population-level substance use and reduce drug poisonings
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,231,649
Ion analysis for Battery Technologies, Resource Extraction and Environmental Remediation
NSERC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$146,861
Wastewater-based surveillance for substances of abuse: Developing actionable tools to inform on the dynamic nature of the drug supply
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 35 grants and awards

48 publications.

Performance and suitability of wastewater based-surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 RNA in public schools.

Acosta N, Beaudet AB, Westlund P, Frankowski K, Hu J, Sedaghat N, Pradhan P, Man L, Hollman J, Bautista MA, Waddell BJ, McCalder J, Penney M, Chen J, Meddings J, Achari G, Ryan MC, Cabaj JL, Clark RG, Hubert CRJ, Parkins MD

Scientific reports2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-16995-2 PMID: 41038923

Metagenomic analysis after selective culture enrichment of hospital and community wastewater enhances antimicrobial resistance gene detection.

Acosta N, Lee J, Bautista MA, Bhatnagar S, Li C, Waddell BJ, Au E, Pradhan P, Clark RG, Meddings J, Achari G, Pitout JD, Conly J, Frankowski K, Hubert CRJ, Parkins MD

mBio2025

DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01672-25 PMID: 40741762

Hydrogen Peroxide Augments the Disinfection Efficacy of 280 nm Ultraviolet LEDs against Antibiotic-Resistant Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Otherwise Tolerant to Germicidal Irradiation.

Hashemzadeh F, Geppert A, Jackson LJ, Harrison JJ, Achari G

ACS omega2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.5c02971 PMID: 40686953

Sociodemographic drivers of waste management behaviors and public perceptions of environmental contaminants in coastal communities of Newfoundland, Canada.

Saxena P, Sarkar A, Zhang B, Achari G

Journal of environmental management2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124654 PMID: 39983581

PFAS in water environments: recent progress and challenges in monitoring, toxicity, treatment technologies, and post-treatment toxicity.

Alsadik A, Akintunde OO, Habibi HR, Achari G

Environmental systems research2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s40068-025-00411-9 PMID: 40810051

A Bayesian framework for modeling COVID-19 case numbers through longitudinal monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater.

Dai X, Acosta N, Lu X, Hubert CRJ, Lee J, Frankowski K, Bautista MA, Waddell BJ, Du K, McCalder J, Meddings J, Ruecker N, Williamson T, Southern DA, Hollman J, Achari G, Ryan MC, Hrudey SE, Lee BE, Pang X, Clark RG, Parkins MD, Chekouo T

Statistics in medicine2024

DOI: 10.1002/sim.10009 PMID: 38221776

A facile synthesis process of GCN/ZnO-Cu nanocomposite and the evaluation of the performance for the photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants and the disinfection of wastewater under visible light.

Oluseun Akintunde O, Hu J, Golam Kibria M, Pogosian S, Achari G

Chemosphere2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140287 PMID: 37820879

Wastewater-based surveillance can be used to model COVID-19-associated workforce absenteeism.

Acosta N, Dai X, Bautista MA, Waddell BJ, Lee J, Du K, McCalder J, Pradhan P, Papparis C, Lu X, Chekouo T, Krusina A, Southern D, Williamson T, Clark RG, Patterson RA, Westlund P, Meddings J, Ruecker N, Lammiman C, Duerr C, Achari G, Hrudey SE, Lee BE, Pang X, Frankowski K, Hubert CRJ, Parkins MD

The Science of the total environment2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165172 PMID: 37379934

Multi-antibiotics removal under UV-A light using sol-gel prepared TiO2: Central composite design, effect of persulfate addition and degradation pathway study.

Parashar D, Achari G, Kumar M

Chemosphere2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140025 PMID: 37660792

Campus node-based wastewater surveillance enables COVID-19 case localization and confirms lower SARS-CoV-2 burden relative to the surrounding community.

Lee J, Acosta N, Waddell BJ, Du K, Xiang K, Van Doorn J, Low K, Bautista MA, McCalder J, Dai X, Lu X, Chekouo T, Pradhan P, Sedaghat N, Papparis C, Buchner Beaudet A, Chen J, Chan L, Vivas L, Westlund P, Bhatnagar S, Stefani S, Visser G, Cabaj J, Bertazzon S, Sarabi S, Achari G, Clark RG, Hrudey SE, Lee BE, Pang X, Webster B, Ghali WA, Buret AG, Williamson T, Southern DA, Meddings J, Frankowski K, Hubert CRJ, Parkins MD

Water research2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120469 PMID: 37634459

Developing wastewater-based surveillance tools to understand the changing nature of population-level substance use and reduce drug poisonings

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Parkins, Michael D; Ghosh, Sumantra M; Van Humbeck, Jeffrey F

Keywords: Adulterants; Drug Poisonings; Fentanyl; Harm Reduction; Opioid Crisis; Persons Of Lived Experience; Shelters; Substance Use; Unhoused Individuals; Wastewater-Based Epidemiology

$1,231,649

Ion analysis for Battery Technologies, Resource Extraction and Environmental Remediation

Co-investigatorNSERC2025Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Benneker, Anne

Keywords: remediation of contaminated sites; critical mineral extraction; battery technology; electrokinetic remediation; redox flow batteries; sodium ion batteries; capacitive deionization; water treatment; lithium extraction; ion exchange

$146,861

Wastewater-based surveillance for substances of abuse: Developing actionable tools to inform on the dynamic nature of the drug supply

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant - PA: Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies Research

Principal investigators: Parkins, Michael D; Ghosh, Sumantra M

Keywords: Carfentanil; Contaminants; Drug Poisonings; Fentanyl; Harm Reduction; Opioid Crisis; Safe Consumption Sites; Shelters; Substance Use; Wastewater-Based Surveillance

$100,000

Dynamic surveillance for antimicrobial resistance in tertiary care hospitals through real-time wastewater monitoring

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant - PA: Antimicrobial Resistance (Bridge Grant)

Principal investigators: Parkins, Michael D; Conly, John M; Hubert, Casey

Keywords: Antibiotic Resistance; Antimicrobial Stewardship; C. Difficile; Carbapenemases; Infection Control; Metagenomics; Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms; Qpcr; Vre; Wastewater

$100,000

Identifying and addressing barriers to cross-sectoral and community-based wastewater surveillance for the mitigation of secondary infections in rural and remote First Nations

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Operating Grant - Indigenous COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Research

Principal investigators: Black, Kerry; Swampy, Mario; Henderson, Rita I; Hubert, Casey; Parkins, Michael D; Sarin, Christopher

Keywords: Community Epidemiology; Covid-19; First Nations; Indigenous Knowledge; Indigenous Peoples; Rural And Remote Communities; Sars-Cov2; Sewage; Social Determinants Of Health; Wastewater

$250,000

Optimization of wastewater treatment plant operation using artificial intelligence and machine learning

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Achari, Gopal G

Keywords: artificial intelligence; code; machine learning; model; wastewater treatment plant; water quality

$75,000

COVID-19 Variant Supplement - Wastewater surveillance of SARS-COV2 to enable real-time clinical case-finding in Calgary

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Operating Grant: SARS-CoV-2 variants supplement stream 1

Principal investigators: Parkins, Michael D; Hubert, Casey

Keywords: Case-Finding; Covid-19; Epidemiology; Feces; Lamp; Public Health; Rt-Qpcr; Sars-Cov2; Sewershed; Wastewater

$50,000

Real-time Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship Through Wastewater-Based Surveillance

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Infection and Immunity

Principal investigators: Parkins, Michael D; Conly, John M; Hubert, Casey

Keywords: Antibiotic Resistance; Covid-19; Metagenomics; Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms; Population Health; Qpcr; Respiratory Viral Infections; Respiratory Viruses; Sars-Cov-2; Wastewater-Based Epidemiology

$100,000

Development of Visible-Light Sensitive Self-disinfecting Virucidal Coating via Photodynamic Inactivation to Reduce the Transmission of COVID-19_x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Achari, Gopal

$50,000

Wastewater surveillance of SARS-COV2 to enable real-time clinical case-finding in Calgary

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Op Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Social Policy and Public Health Responses

Principal investigators: Parkins, Michael D; Hubert, Casey

Keywords: Case-Finding; Covid-19; Epidemiology; Feces; Lamp; Public Health; Rt-Qpcr; Sars-Cov2; Sewershed; Wastewater

$505,310

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Gopal Achari

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Performance and suitability of wastewater based-surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 RNA in public schools.

Metagenomic analysis after selective culture enrichment of hospital and community wastewater enhances antimicrobial resistance gene detection.

Hydrogen Peroxide Augments the Disinfection Efficacy of 280 nm Ultraviolet LEDs against Antibiotic-Resistant Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Otherwise Tolerant to Germicidal Irradiation.

Sociodemographic drivers of waste management behaviors and public perceptions of environmental contaminants in coastal communities of Newfoundland, Canada.

PFAS in water environments: recent progress and challenges in monitoring, toxicity, treatment technologies, and post-treatment toxicity.

A Bayesian framework for modeling COVID-19 case numbers through longitudinal monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater.

A facile synthesis process of GCN/ZnO-Cu nanocomposite and the evaluation of the performance for the photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants and the disinfection of wastewater under visible light.

Wastewater-based surveillance can be used to model COVID-19-associated workforce absenteeism.

Multi-antibiotics removal under UV-A light using sol-gel prepared TiO2: Central composite design, effect of persulfate addition and degradation pathway study.

Campus node-based wastewater surveillance enables COVID-19 case localization and confirms lower SARS-CoV-2 burden relative to the surrounding community.

Developing wastewater-based surveillance tools to understand the changing nature of population-level substance use and reduce drug poisonings

Ion analysis for Battery Technologies, Resource Extraction and Environmental Remediation

Wastewater-based surveillance for substances of abuse: Developing actionable tools to inform on the dynamic nature of the drug supply

Dynamic surveillance for antimicrobial resistance in tertiary care hospitals through real-time wastewater monitoring

Identifying and addressing barriers to cross-sectoral and community-based wastewater surveillance for the mitigation of secondary infections in rural and remote First Nations

Optimization of wastewater treatment plant operation using artificial intelligence and machine learning

COVID-19 Variant Supplement - Wastewater surveillance of SARS-COV2 to enable real-time clinical case-finding in Calgary

Real-time Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship Through Wastewater-Based Surveillance

Development of Visible-Light Sensitive Self-disinfecting Virucidal Coating via Photodynamic Inactivation to Reduce the Transmission of COVID-19_x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_

Wastewater surveillance of SARS-COV2 to enable real-time clinical case-finding in Calgary

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