Dr. Mark Elliott
Professor
Contact
- 1111 Bevill
- phone (205) 348-5469
- fax (205) 348-0783
Research Areas
Education
Ph.D., Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina, 2010
M.S., Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2001
B.S., Civil Engineering, Penn State University, 1998
Dr. Mark Elliott works at the intersection of water, sanitation and public health in low-resource settings. His doctoral and post-doctoral research addressed issues primarily in developing countries, and his recent work focuses largely on wastewater management in the southeastern U.S.
Topics of interest include: household water use, surface water quality, global progress in drinking water and sanitation, onsite and decentralized wastewater treatment, drinking water in Pacific Island countries, UV disinfection, and characterizing and addressing onsite wastewater failures in rural Alabama.
Affiliated Areas
Center for Water Quality Research, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
Selected Publications
- Elliott, M.A., A. Bakchan, J. Maxcy-Brown, V. D’Amato, D. Hallahan, K.D. White, C. Stallman, S. Bradley (2023) Sustainable Wastewater Management for Underserved Communities using Federal Infrastructure Funds: Barriers, Bottlenecks, and Tradeoffs. Water Security. 20:100152. doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2023.100152.
- Maxcy-Brown, J., D. Capone, and M. Elliott (2023) Characterizing the Nature and Extent of Access to Unsafely Managed Sanitation in the United States. Nature Water. 1, 915–928. doi.org/10.1038/s44221-023-00157-7.
- Firouzjaei, M.D., M. Pejman, M. Sharifian Gh., S.A. Aktij, E. Zolghadr, A. Rahimpour, M. Sadrzadeh, A.A. Shamsabadi, A. Tiraferri, M. Elliott (2021) Functionalized Polyamide Membranes Yield Suppression of Biofilm and Planktonic Bacteria while Retaining Flux and Selectivity. Separation and Purification Technology. 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.119981
- Maxcy-Brown, J., M.A. Elliott, L.A. Krometis, J. Brown, K.D. White and U. Lall (2021) Making Waves: Right in Our Backyard – Surface Discharge of Untreated Wastewater from Homes in the United States. Water Research. 190: 116647. doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.116647
- Elliott, M.A., M.C. MacDonald, T.U. Chan, A. Kearton, K.F. Shields, J.K. Bartram, W.L. Hadwen. (2017). Multiple household water sources and their use in remote communities with evidence from Pacific Island countries. Water Resources Research. 53:9106-9117. DOI: 10.1002/2017WR021047
Dr. Elliott's Impact
Novel Membrane Fabrication Research Project Awarded EPA Grant
A research team from The University of Alabama’s College of Engineering will further its efforts to reduce groundwater contamination after recently receiving a $25,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency...
The intersection of environmental justice and civil rights: How DOJ investigation could play out
“You can go to Wilcox County, and you find exactly the same situation, but really nothing happening to solve the problem,” University of Alabama professor Mark Elliott said.
Alabama Water Institute Awards Multiple Equipment Grants
Dr. James Harris, assistant professor in UA’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been awarded $30,130 from the AWI for a diffuse reflectance UV-Visible spectroscopy system, the first of...