Femeena Pandara Valappil’s primary research is at the intersection of stream water quality management and the use of best management practices for addressing nutrient pollution in agricultural and urban contexts. She also has expertise in ecohydrological modeling, watershed-scale optimization, life cycle assessment, and systems modeling of the water-energy-food nexus.
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Nutrient Cycling with Duckweed for the Fertilization of Root, Fruit, Leaf, and Grain Crops: Impacts on Plant–Soil–Leachate Systems
Fernandez Pulido, C. R., Femeena, P. V. & Brennan, R. A., Feb 2024, In: Agriculture (Switzerland). 14, 2, 188.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Evaluating the Impacts of Environmental and Anthropogenic Factors on Water Quality in the Bumbu River Watershed, Papua New Guinea
Doaemo, W., Betasolo, M., Montenegro, J. F., Pizzigoni, S., Kvashuk, A., Femeena, P. V. & Mohan, M., Feb 2023, In: Water (Switzerland). 15, 3, 489.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Maximizing duckweed biomass production for food security at low light intensities: Experimental results and an enhanced predictive model
Femeena, P. V., Roman, B. & Brennan, R. A., Apr 2023, In: Environmental Challenges. 11, 100709.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Spatial optimization of nutrient recovery from dairy farms to support economically viable load reductions in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Femeena, P. V., Costello, C. & Brennan, R. A., Apr 2023, In: Agricultural Systems. 207, 103640.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
CREATING A CIRCULAR NITROGEN BIOECONOMY IN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS THROUGH NUTRIENT RECOVERY AND UPCYCLING BY MICROALGAE AND DUCKWEED: PAST EFFORTS AND FUTURE TRENDS
Femeena, P. V., House, G. R. & Brennan, R. A., 2022, In: Journal of the ASABE. 6, 2, p. 327-346 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Reconceptualizing HRU Threshold Definition in the Soil and Water Assessment Tool
Femeena, P. V., Karki, R., Cibin, R. & Sudheer, K. P., Aug 2022, In: Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 58, 4, p. 508-516 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The water–energy–food nexus discovery map: Linking geographic information systems, academic collaboration, and large-scale data visualization
Arenas, M., Femeena, P. V. & Brennan, R. A., May 1 2021, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 13, 9, 5220.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Duckweed growth model for large-scale applications: Optimizing harvesting regime and intrinsic growth rate via machine learning to maximize biomass yields
Calicioglu, O., Sengul, M. Y., Femeena, P. V. & Brennan, R. A., Nov 15 2021, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 324, 129120.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Climate change impacts and strategies for adaptation for water resource management in Indiana
Cherkauer, K. A., Bowling, L. C., Byun, K., Chaubey, I., Chin, N., Ficklin, D. L., Hamlet, A. F., Kines, S. J., Lee, C. I., Neupane, R., Pignotti, G. W., Rahman, S., Singh, S., Femeena, P. V. & Williamson, T. N., Mar 2021, In: Climatic Change. 165, 1-2, 21.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
An improved process-based representation of stream solute transport in the soil and water assessment tools
Femeena, P. V., Chaubey, I., Aubeneau, A., McMillan, S. K., Wagner, P. D. & Fohrer, N., May 30 2020, In: Hydrological Processes. 34, 11, p. 2599-2611 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Developing an improved user interface for a physically-based stream solute transport model
Femeena, P. V., Chaubey, I., Aubeneau, A., McMillan, S. K., Wagner, P. D. & Fohrer, N., Jul 2020, In: Environmental Modelling and Software. 129, 104715.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Simple regression models can act as calibration-substitute to approximate transient storage parameters in streams
Femeena, P. V., Chaubey, I., Aubeneau, A., McMillan, S., Wagner, P. D. & Fohrer, N., Jan 2019, In: Advances in Water Resources. 123, p. 201-209 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Spatial optimization of cropping pattern for sustainable food and biofuel production with minimal downstream pollution
Femeena, P. V., Sudheer, K. P., Cibin, R. & Chaubey, I., Apr 15 2018, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 212, p. 198-209 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review