Nasrollah Sepehrnia

Contact

• workRoom C32 Gateway Building
  Sutton Bonington Campus
  Sutton Bonington
  Leicestershire
  LE12 5RD
  UK
• work0115 951 6072
• Nasrollah.Sepehrnia@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

I am a soil physicist with research spanning into microbiology, focusing on solute and bacteria transport in soil, soil microplastic pollution impacts, and soil water repellency. My projects utilize a range of approaches and modeling techniques to explore these phenomena, with multidisciplinary aims that integrate soil physics, chemistry, and biology. I address the impacts of global warming and seasonal droughts on environmental components, delving into the physics and chemistry of soil water repellency, the wettability of the rhizosphere and plastisphere, and the management of biosolids, manure, and chemicals. Through my research, I aim to contribute to a deeper understanding of soil health and sustainability.

Teaching Summary

I currently teach two modules related to soil and environmental sciences:

1-Soils (BIOS2005 UNUK)

2-Sustainable Soil Management (BIOS3102 UNUK)

A) Publications in peer reviewed journals

22. Sepehrnia N^*, Abbasi Teshnizi F, Hallett P, Coyne M, Shokri N, Peth S. (2024) Modeling Cascading Consequences: Exploring the Impact of Soil Water Repellency Dynamics on Bacterial Transport and Fate. Science of The Total Environment (Feedback received under review). IF: 8.2.

21. Nasrollah Sepehrnia, Cecile Gubry-Rangin, Yukie Tanino, Paul D. Hallett. (2024) Microplastics alter soil structural stability as quantified by high-energy moisture characteristics. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 476, 5 134940. IF: 12.2.

20. Sepehrnia N^*, Gorakifard M, Hallett PD, Hajabbasi MA, Shokri N, Coyne M. (2023) Contrasting transport and fate of hydrophilic and hydrophobic bacteria in wettable and water-repellent porous media: straining or attachment?. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 228, 113433. IF: 5.999.

19. Abbasi Teshnizi F, Ghobadinia M, Abbasi F, Hallett PD, Sepehrnia N^*. (2023) Modeling biochar-soil depth dependency on fecal coliform straining under subsurface drip irrigation. Environmental Technology & Innovation.31, 103229. IF: 7.758

18. Abbasi Teshnizi F^*, Ghobadinia M, Abbasi F, Hallett P, Sepehrnia N^*. (2023). Biochar and flow interruption control spatio-temporal dynamics of fecal coliform retention under subsurface drip irrigation. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 253, 104128. IF: 4.184

17. Sepehrnia N^*, Bachmann J. (2022) Capturing Water Repellency Cessation Time by Means of Characteristic Time Method. Geoderma. 427, 116126. IF: 7.422.

16. Tabatabei SH, Sepehrnia N^*, Norouzi H, Shirani H, Rezanezhad F. (2021) Effects of solid manure particle fractionation on transport, retention, and release of Escherichia coli. Environmental Technology & Innovation, 25, 102086. IF: 7.758

15. Sepehrnia N^*, Tabatabei S.H, Norouzi H, Shirani H, Rezanezhad F. (2021) Particle fractionation controls Escherichia coli release from solid manure. Heliyon. 7 (5), e07038. IF: 3.776.

14. Bachmann J^*, Söffker S, Sepehrnia N. Göbel M.-O, Woche S.K. (2020) The effect of temperature and wetting-drying cycles on soil wettability: Dynamic molecular restructuring processes at the solid-water-air interface. European Journal of Soil Science, 72:2180-2198. IF: 4.949.

13. Sepehrnia N^*, Bachmann J, Göbel M.-O, Woche SK. (2020) Development of a universal microinfiltrometer to estimate extent and persistence of soil water repellency as a function of capillary pressure and chemical interface composition. In: Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics. 68, 4, 392-403. IF: 2.512.

12. Lichner L^*, Šurda P, Nagy V, Zvala A, Iovino M, Kollár J, Pecho J, Sepehrnia N, R Sándor. (2020) Impact of secondary succession in abandoned fields on some properties of acidic sandy soils. In: Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics. 68, 12-18. IF: 2.512.

11. Sepehrnia N^*, Bachmann J, Hajabbasi MA, Rezanezhad F, Lichner L, Hallett PD, Coyne M. (2019) Transport, retention, and release of Escherichia coli and Rhodococcus erythropolis through dry natural soils as affected by water repellency. In: Science of the Total Environment. 694, 1333666. IF: 10.753.

10. Sepehrnia N^*, Memarianfard L, Moosavi AA, Bachmann J, Rezanezhad F, Sepehri M. (2018) Retention modes of manure-fecal coliform under saturated condition. In: Journal of Environmental Management. 227, 209-215. IF: 8.910.

9. Sepehrnia N^*, Bachmann J, Hajabbasi MA, Afyuni M, Horn M. (2018) Modeling transport of Escherichia coli and Rhodococcus erythropolis through wettable and repellent porous media. In: Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 172, 280-287. IF: 5.999.

8. Sepehrnia N^*, Fishkis O, Huwe B, Bachmann J. (2018): Natural colloid mobilization and leaching in wettable and water repellent soil under saturated condition. In: Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics. 66, 3, 271-278. IF: 2.512.

7. Rahmati M^*., …, Seeger M, Sepehrnia N, Sharifi Moghaddam E,..., Vereecken H. (2018) Development and analysis of the Soil Water Infiltration Global database. In: Earth System Science Data.10 (3):1237-1263. IF: 11.815.

-I shared my research data, and I contributed to the revision of the paper.

6. Sepehrnia N^*, Memarianfard L, Moosavi AA, Bachmann J, Guggenberger G, Rezanezhad F. (2017) Bacterial mobilization and transport through manure enriched soils: experiment and modeling. In: Journal of Environmental Management. 388-396. IF: 8.910.

5. Sepehrnia N^*, Hajabbasi MA, Afyuni M, Lichner L. (2017) Soil water repellency changes with depth and relationship to physical properties within wettable and repellent soil profiles. In: Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics. 99-104. IF: 2.512.

4. Sepehrnia N^*, Hajabbasi MA, Afyuni M, Lichner L. (2016) Extent and persistence of water repellency in two Iranian soils. In: Biologia, 1137-1143. IF: 1.653.

3. Zamani J^*, Afyuni M, Sepehrnia N, Schulin R. (2016) Opposite effects of two organic wastes on the physical quality of an agricultural soil. In: Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. 413-427. IF: 3.092.

2. Sepehrnia N^*, Mahboubi AA, Mosaddeghi, MR., Safari Sinejani AA, Khodakaramian G. (2014) Escherichia coli transport through intact gypsiferous and calcareous soils during saturated and unsaturated flows. In: Geoderma, 83-89. IF: 7.422.

1. Sepehrnia N^*, Mahboubi AA, Mosaddeghi MR, Khodakaramian G. Safari Sinejani AA. (2012) Effect of calcium carbonate and calcium sulfate on E. coli survival in fine sand mixtures. In: Journal of Environmental Studies. 117-126. SJR: 0.13, IF.

B) Conference Papers

13. Sepehrnia N^*, Yiyu M, Hallett PD, Tanino Y, Gubry-Rangin C (2023). Impacts of microplastics on bacteria transport and fate as evaluated using silica-DNA microparticles and bromide. 37^th conference of European Colloid & Interface Society. 3-8 September 2023. Stazione Marittima, Naples, Italy. (Accepted Poster).

12. Sepehrnia N^*, Bachmann J. (2022) Capturing Water Repellency Cessation Time by Means of Characteristic Time Method (6^th Internationale Scientific Conference BioHydrology. "Plants' role in the hydrological cycle". BioHydrology. 6-9 September 2022. Krakow, Poland). (online).

11. Sepehrnia N^*, Gorakifard M, Hallett PD, Hajabbasi MA, Shokri N, Coyne M (2022). Escherichia coli and Rhodococcus erythropolis transport and fate: straining or attachment? 22^nd World Congress Soil Science. Glasgow, Scotland. (Oral presentation).

10. Sepehrnia N^*, Fulop O, Gubry-Rangin C, Tanino Y, Hallett P. (2022) Microplastics change soil high-energy moisture characteristics. 22^nd World Congress Soil Science. Glasgow, Scotland. (Poster presentation).

9. Karimi N, Sepehrnia N^*, Tabatabaei S.H, Rahimian M.H, Esmaeilzadeh S.A, Hallett P.D. (2022) Changes of Escherichia coli retention, organic matter, and electrical conductivity under saline waters and irrigation management in cold seasons. 22^nd World Congress Soil Science. Glasgow, Scotland. (Poster presentation).

8. Bachmann J^*, Söffker S, Göbel M.-O, Woche S.K, Sepehrnia N. (2019) Understanding physicochemical interactions at the solid water interface: The effect of temperature and wetting-drying cycles on forest soil wettability. Annual Meeting of the Soil Science Society of Switzerland and the German Soil Science Society. Bern, Switzerland. (Poster presentation).

7. Sepehrnia N^*, Bachmann J., Hajabbasi MA, Rezanezhad F, Lichner L, Hallett PD, Marc M. (2019) Opposite effects of water repellency phenomenon on transport and release of Escherichia coli and PTCC1767 Rhodococcus erythropolis through dry natural soils. 6-10 May 2019. 11th InterPore Annual Meeting, Valencia, Spain. (Oral presentation).

6. Sepehrnia N^*, Hajabbasi MA, Afyuni M, Bachmann J. (2017) Investigation of some electrokinetics properties of the indicator bacteria in soil and water studies. 15th Iranian Soil Congress, Isfahan, Iran. August 2017. In Persian with English abstract. (Oral presentation).

5. Sepehrnia N^*, Hajabbasi MA, Afyuni M, Mosaddeghi, MR, Bachmann J. (2017) Effect of water repellency on interaction energies between sand particles and E. coli. 15th Iranian Soil Congress, Isfahan, Iran. August 2017. In Persian with English abstract. (Oral presentation).

4. Sepehrnia N^*, Hajabbasi MA, Afyuni M, Mosaddeghi MR. (2015) Rhodococcus erythropolis transport through sand columns under continuous unsaturated-saturated flow conditions. 14th National Congress on Soil Sciences, University of Vali-e-Asr, Rafsanjan, Iran, September 2015. In Persian with English abstract. (Oral presentation).

3. Sepehrnia N^*, Memarianfard L, Moosavi AA, Haghighatnia H, Hajabbasi MA. (2014) Evaluation of faecal coliform transport through intact soil columns. 1st National Electronic Conference on Agriculture and Environment Sciences. Hamayesh Negar, Shiraz, Iran. March 2014. (online presentation).

2. Golbedaghi H^*, Safadoust A, Mahboubi AA, Mosaddeghi MR, Sepehrnia N. (2014) Land use and flow condition effects on Escherichia coli transport through undisturbed soil columns. 13^th Iranian Soil Congress, January 2014, University of Shahid-Chamran, Ahwaz, Iran. (Poster presentation)

1. Sepehrnia N^*, Mahboubi AA, Mosaddeghi MR. (2009) Transport of E. coli through intact gypsiferous and calcareous soil columns under unsaturated flow condition. 18th Triennial Conference of ISTRO, June 2009, Izmir, Turkey. (Accepted poster).

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