Publications/Talks/Posters


Peer Reviewed Articles:

Williams, Terry M., Arvind Murali Mohan, Emmanuel Appiah Amponsah, Joseph Moore, Christine Schultz, Ella Massie-Schuh, Diamond Dyer, Phuc Pham, and Philip Maun, ‘The Selection and Performance of Oil and Gas Biocides for Extended Microbial Control.’ In CORROSION 2016. NACE International, 2016 (NACE-2016-7731).

 Kelvin B. Gregory and Arvind Murali Mohan, 'Current perspective on produced water management challenges during hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas recovery'. Environmental Chemistry 2015, 12(3), 261-266. [pdf].

Arvind Murali Mohan, Kyle Bibby, Daniel Lipus, Richard W. Hammack and Kelvin B. Gregory, ‘The Functional Potential of Microbial Communities in Hydraulic Fracturing Source Water and Produced Water from Natural Gas Extraction Characterized by Metagenomic Sequencing’. PLoS ONE, 2014, 9(10), e107682. [pdf]

Arvind Murali Mohan, Angela Hartsock, Radisav D. Vidic, Richard W. Hammack and Kelvin B. Gregory, ‘Characterization of Microbial Diversity in Treated and Untreated Flowback Water Impoundments From Gas Fracturing Operations’. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 2013, 86 (3), 567-580. [pdf]

Arvind Murali Mohan, Angela Hartsock, Kyle Bibby, Richard W. Hammack, Radisav D. Vidic and Kelvin B. Gregory, ‘Microbial Community Changes in Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids and Produced Water from Shale Gas Extraction’, Environmental Science and Technology 2013, 47(22), 13141-13150.[pdf]

Arvind Murali Mohan, Kelvin B. Gregory, Radisav D.Vidic, Peter Miller, Richarad W. Hammack ‘Characterization of Microbial Diversity in Treated and Untreated Flowback Water Impoundments From Gas Fracturing Operations’, Proceedings of SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition Denver, Colorado, USA, 30 October–2 November 2011 (SPE- 147414-PP). [pdf].


Talks:

Arvind Murali Mohan with Tarek Saba and Brun Hilbert (2015), ‘Hydraulic fracturing: an overview of the current environmental and engineering issues’. Exponent Technical Webinar, October 14, 2015. (Webinar)

Arvind Murali Mohan and Kelvin Gregory (2014), ‘Understanding the microbial ecology and metabolic potential of flowback and produced water from unconventional shale gas extraction’. Recent Advances in Microbial Control National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Nov 9-12, 2014. (Invited talk)

Arvind Murali Mohan, Angela Hartsock, Richard Hammack, Radisav Vidic, Kelvin Gregory (2012), ‘Microbial ecology and geochemistry of flowback and produced water from hydraulic fracturing for gas production from the Marcellus shale’. American Institute of Chemical Engineers National Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct 28- Nov 2, 2012. 

Arvind Murali Mohan, Angela Hartsock, Richard W. Hammack, Radisav D. Vidic, Kelvin B. Gregory (2012), ‘Microbial ecology and geochemistry of hydraulic fracturing fluid and flowback water from Devonian-aged shale’. American Chemical Society National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 19-23, 2012. 

Arvind Murali Mohan and Kelvin Gregory (2011), ‘Microbial Diversity in Treated and Untreated Impoundments Receiving Flowback Water from Hydraulic Fracturing of the Marcellus Shale’. Penn Tech 2011 organized by Pennsylvania Water Engineers Association (PWEA), Lancaster, PA, June 5-7, 2011. (Student research award)

Arvind Murali Mohan, Richard W. Hamamck, Radisav D. Vidic and Kelvin B. Gregory (2011), ‘Characterization of Microbial Populations in Flowback Water Impoundments from Hydraulic Fracturing Operations in Pennsylvania’, American Institute of professional Geologists (AIPG), Pittsburgh, PA, April 13-14, 2011. 

Selected Posters:

Arvind Murali Mohan, Angela Hartsock, Richard Hammack, Radisav Vidic, Kelvin Gregory (2012), ‘Microbial community changes with time in flowback water produced from hydraulic fracturing of Devonian black shale for natural gas production’. American Society of Microbiology General Meeting, San Francisco, CA, June 16-19, 2012. (Poster)

Arvind Murali Mohan, Angela Hartsock, Richard Hammack, Radisav Vidic, Kelvin Gregory (2012), ‘Microbial Ecology and Geochemistry of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid and Flowback Water from Devonian-aged Shale’. Environmental Research and Poster Session organized by Steinbrenner Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, May 8, 2012. (Poster)