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Michael J. Bentel, PhD

Assistant Professor

Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering

Contact

Building & Room:

ERF 3069

Address:

842 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607

Office Phone:

312.996.9416

Email:

mbentel@uic.edu

About

Research Interests: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) destruction; photochemistry; electrochemistry; catalysis; sustainability

Selected Publications

A complete list of publications is available at Google Scholar

  1. Patch. D; O’Connor, N.; Ahmed, E.; Houtz, E.; Bentel, M.J.; Ross, I.; Scott, J.; Koch, I.; Weber, K.* Advancing PFAS characterization: Development and optimization of a UV-H2O2-TOP assay for improved PFCA chain length preservation and organic matter tolerance. Sci. Total Environ. 2024, 946. 174079. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174079

  2. Liu, Z.; Jin, B.; Rao, D.; Bentel, M.J.; Liu, T.; Gao, J.; Men, Y.; Liu, J.* Oxidative Transformation of Nafion-Related Fluorinated Ether Sulfonates: Comparison with Legacy PFAS Structures and Opportunities of Acidic Persulfate Digestion for PFAS Precursor Analysis. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2024, 58, 14, 6415-6424. DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c06289

  3. Ateia, M.*; Sigmund, G.; Bentel, M.J.; Washington, J.W., Lai, A.; Merrill, N.H., Wang, Z.* Integrated Data-Driven Framework to Prevent Chemical Water Pollution. One Earth. 2023, 6 (8), 952-963. DOI: 10.1016/j/oneear.2023.07.001

  4. Bentel, M.J.; Mason, M.M.; Cates, E.L.* Synthesis of Petitjeanite Bi3O(OH)(PO4)2 Photocatalytic Microparticles: Effect of Synthetic Conditions on Crystal Structure and Activity Towards Degradation of Aqueous Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA). ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2023, 15 (17), 20854-20864. DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c20483

  5. Bouteh, E.; Bentel, M.J.; Cates, E.L.* Semiconductor-hydrophobic Material Interfaces as a New Active Site Paradigm for Photocatalytic Degradation of Perfluorocarboxylic Acids. J. Hazard. Mater. 2023, 453 (131437). DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131437

  6. Gao, J; Liu, Z.; Bentel, M.J.; Yu, Y.; Men, Y; Liu, J.* Defluorination of ω-Hydroperfluorocarboxylates (HPFCAs): Distinct Reactivates from Perfluoro and Fluorotelomeric Carboxylates. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2021, 55 (20), 14146-14155. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c04429.

  7. Liu, Z.^; Bentel, M.J.^; Yu, Y.; Ren, C.; Gao, J.; Pulikkal, V.; Sun, M.; Men, Y.; Liu, J.* Near-Quantitative Defluorination of Perfluorinated and Fluorotelomer Carboxylates and Sulfonates with Integrated Oxidation and Reduction. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2021, 55 (10), 7052-7062. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c00353.

  8. Bentel, M.J.^; Liu, Z.^; Yu, Y.; Gao, J.; Men, J.; Liu, J.* Enhanced Degradation of Perfluorocarboxylic Acids (PFCAs) by UV/Sulfite Treatment: Reaction Mechanisms and System Efficiencies at pH 12. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 2020, 7 (5), 351-357. DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00236.

  9. Bentel, M.J.; Yu, Y.; Xu, L.; Kwon, H.; Wong, B.M.; Men, Y.; Liu, J.* Degradation of Perfluoroalkyl Ether Carboxylic Acids with Hydrated Electrons: Structure-Reactivity Relationship and Environmental Implications. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2020, 54 (4), 2489-2499. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b05869

  10. Bentel, M.J.; Yu, Y.; Xu, L.; Li, Z.; Wong, B.M.; Men, Y.; Liu, J.* Defluorination of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) with Hydrated Electrons: Structural Dependence and Implications to PFAS Remediation and Management. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2019, 53 (7), 3718-3728. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b06648

Education

Ph.D., Chemical & Environmental Engineering
University of California, Riverside, 2020

M.S., Inorganic Chemistry
University of California, Riverside, 2019

B.S., Chemical Engineering
University of Illinois Chicago, 2013