Lauren Valentino is an Environmental Engineer in the Applied Materials Division at Argonne National Laboratory. Her research focuses on physical and chemical processes with an emphasis on addressing challenges related to sustainable, reliable, and cost-effective water and energy supplies. Her expertise includes membrane and electrochemical-based processes for water treatment and biofuel production applications. More specifically, her work includes material and technology development for various separations applications, including desalination, product/resource recovery, carbon dioxide capture, and waste-to-energy processes. In addition, she is evaluating the economic feasibility and environmental impacts associated with bioprocessing separations technologies.

Education

• Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign, 2017
• M.S. Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign, 2013
• B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Minor in Chemistry, University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign, 2011

Selected Publications

• Wu, H.; Valentino, L.; Riggio, S.; Holtzapple, M.; Urgun-Demirtas, M., Performance Characterization of Nanofiltration, Reverse Osmosis, and Ion Exchange Technologies for Acetic Acid Separation. Separation and Purification Technology 2021, 265, 118108.
• Palakkal, V. M.; Valentino, L. (co-first author); Lei, Q.; Kole, S.; Lin, Y. J.; Arges, C. G., Advancing Electrodeionization with Conductive Ionomer Binders That Immobilize Ion-Exchange Resin Particles into Porous Wafer Substrates. npj Clean Water 2020, 3, (1), 5.
• Wang, H.; Edaño, L.; Valentino, L.; Lin, Y. J.; Palakkal, V. M.; Hu, D.-L.; Chen, B.-H.; Liu, D.-J., Capacitive Deionization Using Carbon Derived from an Array of Zeolitic-Imidazolate Frameworks. Nano Energy 2020, 77, 105304.
• Zhang, D.; Gurunathan, P.; Valentino, L.; Lin, Y.; Rousseau, R.; Glezakou, V., Atomic Scale Understanding of Organic Anion Separations Using Ion-Exchange Resins. Journal of Membrane Science 2020, 118890.
• Valentino, L.; Matsumoto, M.; Dichtel, W. R.; Mariñas, B. J., Development and Performance Characterization of a Polyimine Covalent Organic Framework Thin-Film Composite Nanofiltration Membrane. Environmental Science & Technology 2017, 51, (24), 14352-14359.
• Valentino, L.; Renkens, T.; Maugin, T.; Croue, J. P.; Marinas, B. J., Changes in Physicochemical and Transport Properties of a Reverse Osmosis Membrane Exposed to Chloraminated Seawater. Environmental Science & Technology 2015, 49, (4), 2301-2309