Nihar Biswas, University of Windsor

Research

domestic wastewater emerging contaminants enzymatic treatment industrial wastewater reactor development

Latest papers

Biocatalytic treatment of cresols in aqueous solution with soybean peroxidase.
RSC advances · 2026
Evaluation of response measures for water cutoffs using pressure driven analysis simulations.
Water research · 2026
Enzymatic Removal of Diclofenac and Aceclofenac from Water by Soybean Peroxidase.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025 · senior author

All 11 publications

Latest funding

Multi-User High Throughput Flow Cytometry System
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$147,065
Regional Municipal Organic Waste Diversion to Anaerobic Digestion to Support Resource Recovery and Circular Economy
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$480,000
Evaluating the persistence of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) in the urban water cycle_x000d_ _x000d_
NSERC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$50,000

All 23 grants and awards

11 publications.

01

Biocatalytic treatment of cresols in aqueous solution with soybean peroxidase.

Haghighatnama M, Narimannejad S, Biswas N, Taylor KE

RSC advances2026

DOI: 10.1039/d5ra08019c PMID: 41584136

02

Evaluation of response measures for water cutoffs using pressure driven analysis simulations.

Madziyire S, Stagner J, Carriveau R, Biswas N, Johnson K, Fisk A

Water research2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2025.124737 PMID: 41075490

03

Enzymatic Removal of Diclofenac and Aceclofenac from Water by Soybean Peroxidase.

Pishyar S, Narimannejad S, Taylor KE, Biswas N

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/molecules30081817 PMID: 40333911

04

Enzymatic removal of the sulfa drugs sulfamethoxazole and sulfamerazine from synthetic wastewater by soybean peroxidase.

Sharifzadeh M, Narimannejad S, Taylor KE, Biswas N

Environmental science and pollution research international2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-35578-8 PMID: 39556228

05

Averting an Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in a University Residence Hall through Wastewater Surveillance.

Corchis-Scott R, Geng Q, Seth R, Ray R, Beg M, Biswas N, Charron L, Drouillard KD, D'Souza R, Heath DD, Houser C, Lawal F, McGinlay J, Menard SL, Porter LA, Rawlings D, Scholl ML, Siu KWM, Tong Y, Weisener CG, Wilhelm SW, McKay RML

Microbiology spectrum2021

DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00792-21 PMID: 34612693

06

Elimination of selected heterocyclic aromatic emerging contaminants from water using soybean peroxidase.

Bideh NZ, Mashhadi N, Taylor KE, Biswas N

Environmental science and pollution research international2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-13403-w PMID: 33715130

07

Soybean Peroxidase Catalyzed Decoloration of Acid Azo Dyes.

Altahir BM, Al-Robaiey TJ, Abbaas ZM, Mashhadi N, Cordova Villegas LG, Taylor KE, Biswas N

Journal of health & pollution2020Senior author

DOI: 10.5696/2156-9614-10.25.200307 PMID: 32175178

08

Inhibition of anaerobic biological sulfate reduction process by copper precipitates.

Shahsavari S, Seth R, Chaganti SR, Biswas N

Chemosphere2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.06.216 PMID: 31310973

09

Removal of Selected Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products from Wastewater using Soybean Peroxidase.

Mashhadi N, Taylor KE, Jimenez N, Varghese ST, Levi Y, Lonergan C, Lebeau E, Lamé M, Lard E, Biswas N

Environmental management2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00267-018-01132-9 PMID: 30607547

10

Crude soybean hull peroxidase treatment of phenol in synthetic and real wastewater: enzyme economy enhanced by Triton X-100.

Steevensz A, Madur S, Feng W, Taylor KE, Bewtra JK, Biswas N

Enzyme and microbial technology2014Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2013.12.005 PMID: 24411447

Multi-User High Throughput Flow Cytometry System

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Rahim, Mir Munir

$147,065

Regional Municipal Organic Waste Diversion to Anaerobic Digestion to Support Resource Recovery and Circular Economy

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Seth, Rajesh R

Keywords: anaerobic digestion; biomethane; circular economy; food and organic waste; life cycle assessment; renewable energy; resource recovery; waste to energy

$480,000

Evaluating the persistence of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) in the urban water cycle_x000d_ _x000d_

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: McKay, Robert

$50,000

Treatment of Industrial Wastewater

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Biswas, Nihar

Keywords: industrial wastewater; enzymatic treatment; emerging contaminants; reactor development; domestic wastewater

$312,000

Research and development of a novel pilot-scale two-stage anaerobic digestion process for renewable energy production and treatment of high strength organic industrial streams

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Biswas, Nihar

$354,000

HPLC for Development of Industrial Wastewater Treatment

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Biswas, Nihar

$39,755

NSERC CREATE in Clean Technologies for Water Refining and Nutrient and Energy Recovery

Co-investigatorNSERC2012Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Nakhla, George

$1,650,000

Treatment of industrial wastewater

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Biswas, Nihar

$360,000

Converting low value biomass into hydrogen

Co-investigatorNSERC2008Strategic Projects - Group

Principal investigators: Lalman, Jerald

$525,755

Industrial watewater treatment

Principal investigatorNSERC2006Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Biswas, Nihar

$284,500

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

Frequent collaborators

Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Rajesh Seth

Civil and Environmental Engineering

2 shared papers, latest 2021

Yufeng Tong

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: domestic wastewater Dear Professor Biswas, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Biocatalytic treatment of cresols in aqueous solution with soybean peroxidase." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Treatment of Industrial Wastewater" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]