Phillip Barak Professor Director of Information Technology and Computing (Mar 2012 - Apr
2017) Interim Information Technology Director (Mar 2010 - Feb
2012) Chair, Information Technology Committee (Sep 2006 - Jun
2010) Professional Soil Scientist, licensed, State of Wisconsin Tel: 608 890-0689 |
Of current interest:
My current research activities
relate to nutrient recovery from wastewater, including phosphorus removal from
wastewater treatment plants in the form of brushite, a largely neglected
phosphorus fertilizer. Coverage of this activity is to be found at: 'UW
helps communities create cleaner, greener wastewater',
Second
Life for Phosphorus', 'Second
Life for Phosphorus - Interview', 'Business
will implement new phosphorus recycling process in Midwest' and 'New
Solution Reduces Phosphorus Pollution and Helps Farmers'.
My most
recent push is for nitrogen and potassium recovery from anaerobic digests of
various kinds by electrodialysis. Because these projects have an applied and
commercial aspect to them, I have worked closely with
WARF, the intellectual property holder of
the Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, and the campus
Conflict of Interest
Cmte; Nutrient Recovery & Upcycling
(NRU), LLC, has been set up to patent and commercialize intellectual
property from the Barak Lab.
Also of interest:
Other webpages of interest: |
The Virtual Museum of Minerals and Molecules: Jmol models of minerals and molecules of interest to soil science and related fields. |
My background is in soil chemistry of plant nutrients, plant nutrition, and scientific visualization. My current interest is largely nutrient recovery from wastewater, particularly P, N and K, and this is the thrust of my current research projects. Previous projects include:
Barak's Virtual Poster Gallery
Link to Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Last modified 25 May 2021 by Phillip Barak.