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Maryam Amouamouha, PhD

Assistant Professor

Dr. Maryam Amouamouha is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering at Loyola University Chicago. Her research focuses on developing innovative and sustainable solutions for water and wastewater treatment, with an emphasis on membrane separation technologies, biochemical process design and optimization, resource recovery, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Prior to joining Loyola, Dr. Amouamouha was a postdoctoral scholar at Northwestern University, where she worked on developing a user-friendly geospatial database of water and wastewater treatment facilities, including information on treatment technologies, energy use, and carbon intensity. She earned her Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering from South Dakota School of Mines & Technology in 2022 and holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Shahid Beheshti University, awarded in 2018.
In addition to her academic research, Dr. Amouamouha is a co-owner of AMBER Aqua LLC, a water and wastewater technology company. Through AMBER Aqua, she participated in the NSF I-Corps program and conducted extensive customer discovery to evaluate the needs and market potential for innovative water and wastewater treatment technologies. She has also participated in several entrepreneurship and innovation programs and has received recognition in business plan competitions, including the South Dakota Governor’s Giant Vision competition.

Publications/Research Listings

  1. M. Amouamouha, Z. Liang, C. D. Stone, H. Fong, D. R. Salem, T. W. Walker,  (2026) Investigation of Membranes for Water Treatment Using Hot-Pressed Electrospun Nanofibers with Antimicrobial Properties. Journal of Polymer Research, 33(6), 226.. 
  2. S. H. El Abbadi, J. Feng, A. R. Hodson, M. Amouamouha, M. M. Busse, C. Polcuch, ... & J. B. Dunn, (2025). Benchmarking greenhouse gas emissions from US wastewater treatment for targeted reduction. Nature Water, 1-11.
  3. M. Amouamouha, S. J. Ryckman, S.Kabran, T. W. Walker (2023), Acceleration of the startup process of an anaerobic baffled reactor utilizing electrolyte regeneration, Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, 194, 109586.
  4. M. Amouamouha, G. Badalians Gholikandi, T. W. Walker (2022), Experimental investigation of the performance of anaerobic membrane bioreactor with electrolytic regeneration (AMBER) for challenges and options in wastewater treatment, Science of the Total Environment, 844, 157080.
  5. M. Amouamouha, G. Badalians Gholikandi (2021), Evaluation and improvement of nanocomposite poly(vinylidenefluoride)/silver membrane performance in wastewater treatment (in Persian), Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, in press.
  6. G. Badalians Gholikandi, B. Inanloo Beklar, M. M. Amouamouha (2021), Performance prediction and upgrading of electroanaerobic baffled reactor using neural-fuzzy method, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9(5), 106029.
  7. M. Amouamouha, G. Badalians Gholikandi (2018), Assessment of anaerobic nanocomposite membrane bioreactor efficiency intensified by biogas backwash, Chemical Engineering & Processing: Process Intensification, 131, 51-58.
  8. G. Badalians Gholikandi, B. Inanloo Beklar, M. Amouamouha (2018), The technical and economical assessment of the different electrode materials for pH recovery in the anaerobic baffled reactor on a labscale, Desalination and Water Treatment, 113, 18-27.
  9. M. Amouamouha, G. Badalians Gholikandi (2017), Characterization and antibiofouling performance investigation of hydrophobic silver nanocomposite membranes: A comparative study, Membranes, 7(4), 64-80.
  10. M. Amouamouha, G. Badalians Gholikandi (2017), The influence of fouling resistance on the nanocomposite microfiltration process, Desalination and Water Treatment, 88, 60-66.
  11. M. Amouamouha, G. R. Nabi Bidhendi, B. Hooshyari (2014), Nanofiltration efficiency in nitrate removal from groundwater: A semi-industrial case study, 2nd International Conference on Environmental Engineering and Applications, Singapore.

Patents

M. Amouamouha, T.W. Walker. Anaerobic membrane bioreactor with electrolytic regeneration (AMBER) for wastewater treatment. U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. PCT/US22/79248. 11/03/2022.

M. Amouamouha, G. Badalians Gholikandi (2019), Anaerobic nanocomposite membrane baffled reactor for industrial wastewater treatment. Patent registered by State Organization for Registration Deeds and Properties and Intellectual Property Center, Iran. Patent number: 98478, 05/04/2019.