Mr. Rich Carbonaro

Associate Dean
Chemical Engineering
Professor
Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Contact Information

(718) 862-7188

rcarbon@manhattan.edu

Office Location

LEO 426

Overview

Dr. Carbonaro’s affiliation with Manhattan University began as an undergraduate as he completed both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Manhattan. After completing his doctorate at Johns Hopkins University in 2004, he became an assistant professor of Environmental Engineering at Manhattan. Currently he is a professor of chemical engineering and the Associate Dean of the School of Engineering at Manhattan University.

His current research interests include: chemical fate and transport in natural and engineered systems, remediation of soils and sediments, in situ groundwater remediation and geochemical redox cycling of metals.  At Manhattan University, he has managed several externally-funded research projects related to chromium redox transformations, water quality monitoring of urban pollutants, modeling of metals in the environment for risk assessment, and partitioning of metals onto organic carbon.

Education

  • B.S. in Environmental Engineering from Manhattan College
  • M.E. in Environmental Engineering from Manhattan College
  • Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Johns Hopkins University

Courses Taught

  • CHML 208    Chemical Engineering Principles I
  • CHML 321     Chemical Reaction Engineering
  • CHML 342     Chemical Process Safety
  • CHML 405     Process and Plant Design I
  • CHML 406     Process and Plant Design II
  • CHMG 713    Chemical Reactor Design
  • ENVL 204      Foundations of Environmental Engineering
  • ENVL 410      Hazardous Waste Design
  • ENGS 115      Introduction to Engineering
  • ENGS 116      Introduction to Engineering Computation
  • ENGS 204      Environmental Engineering Principles I
  • ENGS 301      Professional Development I
  • ENGS 302      Professional Development II
  • ENVG 535      Surface Water Quality Laboratory
  • ENVG 508      Environmental Chemistry
  • ENVG 712      Advanced Geohydrology
  • ENVG 736      Advanced Unit Operations
  • ENVG 739      Experimental Analysis in Environmental Engineering
  • ENVL 535       Surface Water Quality Laboratory
  • CEEN 308      Reliability Analysis in Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • ENGD 301      The Company

 

Research & Scholarly Activities

  • Specializations:
  • Fate and transport of chemicals in natural and engineered systems
  • Remediation of hexavalent chromium and arsenic
  • Numerical modeling of chemical processes
  • Geochemical redox cycling of metals

Publications

Publications in peer-reviewed journals: 

  • Cárdenas-Hernández, P.; Hickey, K.P..; Di Toro, D.M.; Allen, H.A.; Carbonaro, R.F.; Chiu, P. “Linear Free Energy Relationship for Predicting the Rate Constants of Munition Compound Reduction by the Fe(II)-Hematite and Fe(II) Goethite Redox Couples.” Environmental Science & Technology. 2023, 57 (36), 13646-13657.
  • Hickey, K.P.; Cárdenas-Hernández, P.; Di Toro, D.M.; Allen, H.A.; Carbonaro, R.F.; Chiu, P. “Thermodynamic Two-Site Surface Reaction Model for Predicting Munition Constituent Reduction Kinetics with Iron (Oxyhydr)oxides.” Environmental Science & Technology.  2023, 57, 33, 12411–12420
  • Murillo-Gelvez, J.; Hickey, K.P; Di Toro, D.M.; Allen, H.E.; Carbonaro, R.F.; Chiu, P.C. “Electron Transfer Energy and Hydrogen Atom Transfer Energy-based LFERs for Predicting the Rate Constants of Munitions Constituent Reduction by Hydroquinones”. Environmental Science & Technology. 2023, 57, 13, 5284–5295
  • Platt, K.L.; Di Toro, D.M.; Carbonaro, R.F.; Bugher, N.A.; Parkerton, T.F.; Eastcott, L.J.; Imhoff, P.T. “Ferrocyanide Enhanced Evaporative Flux to Remediate Soils Contaminated With Produced Water Brine.” Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2023, 442, 130028.
  • Hickey, K.P.; Murillo-Gelvez, J.; Di Toro, D.M.; Allen, H.E.; Carbonaro, R.F.; Chiu, P.C. “Modeling the Reduction Kinetics of Munition Compounds by Humic Acids.” Environmental Science & Technology. 2022, 56, 8, 4926-4935.
  • Murillo Gelvez, J.; Di Toro, D.M.; Allen, H.A.; Carbonaro, R.F.; Chiu, P. “Reductive Transformation of 3-Nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO) by Leonardite Humic Acid and AQDS.” Environmental Science & Technology. 2021, 55, 19, 12973–12983
  • Cárdenas-Hernández, P.; Anderson, K.; Murillo Gelvez, J.; Di Toro, D.M.; Allen, H.A.; Carbonaro, R.F.; Chiu, P. “Reduction of 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO) by the hematite aqueous Fe(II) redox couple.”Environmental Science & Technology 2020, 54, 12191-12201.
  • Hickey, K.P.; Di Toro, D.M.; Allen, H.E., Carbonaro, R.F; Chiu, P.C. “A Unified Linear Free Energy Relationship for Abiotic Reduction Rate of Nitroaromatics and Hydroquinones using Quantum Chemically Estimated Energies.” Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2020, 39(12), 2389-2395.
  • Di Toro, D.M.; Hickey, K.P.; Allen, H.E., Carbonaro, R.F; Chiu, P.C. “Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reaction Free Energy as a Predictor of Abiotic Nitroaromatic Reduction Rate Constants: A Comprehensive Analysis.” Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2020, 39, 1678-1684.
  • Murillo-Gelvez, J; Hickey, K.P.; Di Toro, D.M.; Allen, H.E., Carbonaro, R.F; Chiu, P.C. “Experimental validation of hydrogen atom transfer gibbs free energy as a predictor of nitroaromatic reduction rate constants.” Environmental Science & Technology 2019, 53(10):5816-5827..
  • Huntsman, P.; Beaudoin, R.; Rader, K.J.; Carbonaro, R. F.; Burton, G. A.; Baken, S.; Garman, E.; Waeterschoot, H. “Method Development for Determining the Removal of Metals from the Water Column under Transformation/ Dissolution Conditions for Chronic Hazard Classification.” Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2019, 38(9): 2032-2042.
  • Burton, G. A.; Hudson, M.; Huntsman, P.; Carbonaro, R.F.; Rader, K.J.; Waeterschoot, H.; Baken, S.; Garman, E. “Weight-Of-Evidence Approach For Assessing Removal Of Metals From The Water Column For Chronic Environmental Hazard Classification.” Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2019, 38(9): 1839-1849.
  • Rader, K.J.; Carbonaro, R.F; van Hullebusch, E.; Baken, S.; Delbeke, K. “The Fate of Copper Added to Surface Water: Field and Modeling Studies” Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2019 38(7): 1386-1399.
  • Carbonaro, R.F.; Farley, K.J.; Delbeke, K.; Baken, S.; Arbildua, J.; Rodriguez, P.; Rader, K.J. “Modeling the Fate of Metal Concentrates in Surface Water.” Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2019, 38(6): 1256-1272.
  • Wilson, J.M., Farley, K.J. and Carbonaro, R.F. “Kinetics of FeII-polyaminocarboxylate oxidation by molecular oxygen.” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2018, 225, 116-127.
  • Santos, M.A., Carbonaro, R.F.; Sharp, R.R. “Control strategies for the mitigation and removal of attached manganese biofilms.” Journal of Environmental Engineering 2018, 144 (1).
  • Whitehead, C.F.; Carbonaro, R.F.; Stone, A.T. “Adsorption of Benzoic Acid and Related Carboxylic Acids onto FeOOH(goethite): The Low Ionic Strength Regime.” Aquatic Geochemistry 2015, 21(2), 99-121.
  • Carbonaro, R.F., Stone, A.T. “Oxidation of Cr(III) Aminocarboxylate Complexes by Hydrous Manganese Oxide: Products and Time Course Behavior.” Environmental Chemistry 2015, 12(1), 33-51. 
  • Carbonaro, R.F.; Mutch, R.D.; Changa-Moon, D.C.; Gupta, P.K.; Morris, J.J.; Nambiar, A.; Cordone, L.; O’Loughlin, J.M. “In Situ CO2 Sparging Part 1: Neutralization of a Caustic Brine Plume and Reduction of Mercury Levels.” Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste 2015, 19 (1), C4014005.
  • Mutch, R.D.; Carbonaro, R.F.; Changa-Moon, D.C.; Gupta, P.K.; Morris, J.J.; Nambiar, A.; Cordone, L.; O’Loughlin, J.M. “In Situ CO2 Sparging Part 2: Groundwater Mounding and Impacts on Aquifer Properties.” Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste 2015, 9 (1), C4014006.
  • Atalay, Y.B.; Di Toro, D.M.; Carbonaro, R.F. “Estimation of Stability Constants for Metal-Ligand Complexes Containing Neutral Nitrogen Donor Atoms with Applications to Natural Organic Matter.” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2013, 122, 464–477.     
  • Lindsay, D.R.; Farley, K.J.; Carbonaro, R.F.  “Oxidation of CrIII to CrVI During Chlorination of Drinking Water.” Journal of Environmental Monitoring 2012, 14, 1789-1797.
  • Wilson, J.M.; Carbonaro, R.F. “Capillary Electrophoresis Study of Iron(II) and Iron(III) Polyaminocarboxylate Complex Speciation.” Environmental Chemistry 2011, 8(3), 295-303.  
  • Carbonaro, R.F.; Atalay, Y.B.; Di Toro, D.M. “Linear Free Energy Relationships for Metal-Ligand complexation: Bidentate Binding to Negatively-Charged Oxygen Donor Atoms.” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2011, 75 (9), 2499-2511.  
  • Farley, K. J.; Carbonaro, R.F.; Fanelli, C.J.; Costanzo, R.; Rader, K.J.; Di Toro, D.M. “TICKET-UWM: A Coupled Kinetic, Equilibrium and Transport Screening Model for Metals in Lakes.” Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2011, 30 (6), 1278-1287. 
  • Atalay, Y.; Carbonaro, R.F.; Di Toro, D.M. “Distribution of Proton Dissociation Constants for Model Humic and Fulvic Acid Molecules.” Environmental Science & Technology 2009, 43 (10), 3626-3631.  
  • Mendola, M.; Paul, T.; Strathmann, T.J.; Carbonaro, R.F. “Investigation of the Aquation Kinetics of the 1:2 Complex between Cr(III) and Nitrilotriacetic Acid.” Polyhedron 2009, 28 (2), 269-278.  
  • Carbonaro, R.F.; Gray, B.N.; Whitehead, C.F.; Stone, A.T. "Interaction of Carboxylate-Containing Chelating Agents with Amorphous Chromium Hydroxide: Adsorption and Dissolution." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2008, 72 (13), 3241-3257.
  • Naka, D.; Kim, D.; Carbonaro, R.F.; Strathmann, T.J. "Abiotic Reduction of Nitroaromatic Contaminants by Iron(II) Complexes with Organothiol Ligands." Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2008, 27 (6), 1257-1266.
  • Carbonaro, R.F.; Di Toro, D.M. "Linear Free Energy Relationships for Metal-Ligand Complexation: Monodentate Binding to Negatively-Charged Oxygen Donor Atoms." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta  2007, 71 (16), 3958-3968
  • Rader, K.J.; Bisceglia, K.J.; Carbonaro, R.F.; Farley, K.J.; Mahony, J.D.; Di Toro, D.M.  Iron(II)-catalyzed oxidation of Arsenic(III) in a sediment column. Environmental Science & Technology 2005, 39, 9217-9222.
  • Carbonaro, R. F.; Mahony, J. D., Walter, A.D., Halper, E. B., Di Toro, D. M.  Experimental and Modeling Investigation of Metal Release from Metal-Spiked Sediments.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2005, 24(12), 3007-3019.
  • Carbonaro, R. F.; Stone, A. T.  Capillary Electrophoresis Analysis of Chromium(III) and Cobalt(III) (Amino)carboxylate Speciation.  Analytical Chemistry 2005, 77, 155-164.

 

Professional Experience & Memberships

Academia

Manhattan College – Riverdale, NY
Department of Chemical Engineering

Professor 9/2019 – present Associate Professor 9/2017 – 8/2019

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research Associate Professor 9/2012 – 8/2017 Associate Professor 9/2010 – 8/2012 Assistant Professor 9/2004 – 8/2010 Lecturer 1/2004 – 9/2004

Consulting Engineering

Mutch Associates, LLC – Ramsey, NJ

Senior Engineer 1/2010 – present

HydroQual, Inc. – Mahwah, NJ
Hydrogeology & Remediation Group

Senior Engineer 12/2006 – 12/2009 Memberships
  • American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)