Valenca R, Garcia L, Espinosa C, Flor D, Mohanty SK. Can water composition and weather factors predict fecal indicator bacteria removal in retention ponds in variable weather conditions? Science of The Total Environment 2022. 156410.
Valenca R, Borthakur A, Le H, Mohanty SK. Biochar role in improving pathogens removal capacity of stormwater biofilters. Advances in Chemical Pollution, Environmental Management and Protection 2021. Vol. 7, pp. 175-201.
Ghavanloughajar M, Borthakur A, Valenca R, McAdam M, Khor CM, Dittrich TM, Stenstrom MK, Mohanty SK. Iron amendments minimize the first-flush release of pathogens from stormwater biofilters. Environmental Pollution 2021. 281:116989.
Valenca R, Le H, Zu Y, Dittrich TM, Tsang DC, Datta R, Sarkar D, Mohanty SK. Nitrate removal uncertainty in stormwater control measures: Is the design or climate a culprit? Water Research 2021. 190:116781.
Valenca R, Borthakur A, Zu Y, Matthiesen EA, Stenstrom MK, Mohanty SK. Biochar selection for Escherichia coli removal in stormwater biofilters. Journal of Environmental Engineering 2021. 147(2):06020005.
Tirpak RA, Afrooz AN, Winston RJ, Valenca R, Schiff K, Mohanty SK. Conventional and amended bioretention soil media for targeted pollutant treatment: A critical review to guide the state of the practice. Water Research 2021. 189:116648.
Le H, Valenca R, Ravi S, Stenstrom MK, Mohanty SK. Size-dependent biochar breaking under compaction: implications on clogging and pathogen removal in biofilters. Environmental Pollution 2020. 266:115195.
Baalousha M, Wang J, Nabi MM, Loosli F, Valenca R, Mohanty SK, Afrooz N, Cantando E, Aich N. Stormwater green infrastructures retain high concentrations of TiO2 engineered (nano)-particles. Journal of hazardous materials 2020. 392:122335.
Valenca R, Ramnath K, Dittrich TM, Taylor RE, Mohanty SK. Microbial quality of surface water and subsurface soil after wildfire. Water Research 2020. 175:115672.
Ghavanloughajar M, Valenca R, Le H, Rahman M, Borthakur A, Ravi S, Stenstrom MK, Mohanty SK. Compaction conditions affect the capacity of biochar-amended sand filters to treat road runoff. Science of the Total Environment 2020. 735:139180.
Berger AW, Valenca R, Miao Y, Ravi S, Mahendra S, Mohanty SK. Biochar increases nitrate removal capacity of woodchip biofilters during high-intensity rainfall. Water Research 2019. 165:115008.
Valença RL, Ferraço F. Reutilization of the Solid Waste Materials Produced by a Ceramic Tiles Industry as a Raw Material for the Production of New Ceramic Tiles. In Materials Science Forum 2018. Vol. 912, pp. 180-184.
Presentations
Valenca, R. and Mohanty, S.K. The relative importance of climate and design on nitrate removal in stormwater control measures. American Chemical Society Spring 2021 National Meeting. San Diego, CA, USA. March 20-24, 2021.
Valenca, R. and Mohanty, S.K. Turning the Nation's road infrastructure into a network of stormwater treatment systems. Council for Watershed Health (CWH) Rain or Shine: Soaking Up Success Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, USA. October 15, 2020.
Valenca, R. and Mohanty, S.K. Designing Resilient Stormwater Treatment Systems to Mitigate Climate Change Impact. ASCE International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure. Los Angeles, CA, USA. November 7-9, 2019.
Valenca, R. and Mohanty, S.K. Microbial risk from wildfire residues. 258th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA. August 25-29, 2019.
Valenca, R., Kalra, S., Lothe, A., Mahendra, S., and Mohanty, S.K. Fungi-augmented biofilters for the removal of energetic compounds from stormwater runoff and groundwater. 256th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA, USA. August 19-23, 2018.
Valenca, R. L., Ferraco, F. Reutilization of the Solid Waste Materials Produced by a Ceramic Tiles Industry as a Raw Material for the Production of New Ceramic Tiles. 60th Brazilian Congress on Ceramics, Águas de Lindoia, SP, Brazil. May 15-18, 2016.