Biography

Dr. Romanovski Valentin
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
USA

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

2016  B.Sc., Manager-economist (Innovative Management), Republican Institute of Innovative Technologies, Belarus
2013  B.Sc., Diploma of interpreter (English), Belarusian Minsk State Linguistic University (B MSLU), Belarus
2008  Ph.D., 1) Engineering, Geoecology; 2) Technology and Processing of Polymers and Composites, Belarusian State Technological University, Belarus
2004  B.Sc., Engineer-Chemist-Ecologist (Honours degree (96.2% out of 100%)) – Environmental protection and rational use of natural resources (Industrial Ecology),

Belarusian State Technological University, Belarus


Publications (Selected)

Main Articles and Book Chapters (Scopus, WoS):


  1. Gvishiani, Z., Diakonidze, R., Mgebrishvili, M., & Romanovski, V. (2025). Empirical prediction of mudflow discharges and flood-forming processes: the experience of Georgia. Engineering Research Express. 7 045142.
  2. Romanovski V., Harelaya A., Wang H., Moskovskikh D. (2025) Iron-Based Adsorbents Derived from Groundwater Deferrization Sludge for Spent Oil Removal from Aqueous Media. ACS Environmental Au.
  3. Propolsky D., Romanovski V. (2025) Iron and Manganese Removal from Groundwater: Comprehensive Review of Filter Media Performance and Pathways to Polyfunctional Applications. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology. 11. 2499–2515.
  4. Romanovski, V. (2025). Failure Analysis of Biological Treatment Units Under Shock Loads of Rubber Industry Wastewater Containing Emerging Pollutants: Case Study. Water, 17(16), 2419.
  5. Romanovski, V., & Gruzinova, V. (2025) Aggregate from Spent Ion-Exchange Resins for Petroleum Products Removal from Wastewater. Waste and Biomass Valorization.
  6. Khmel, E., Hurynovich, A., Holubava, V., & Romanovski, V. (2025). Organizational Models for Managing the Operation of Water Supply Facilities of the Agro‐Industrial Complex. World Water Policy. 11(3), 735–750.
  7. Gruzinova V., Romanovski V. (2025) Optimizing Oil-Contaminated Wastewater Purification with Aluminum Coagulants. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. 236, 263.
  8. Matsukevich I.V., Beljin J., Kulinich N.V., Apostolović T., Maletić S., Romanovski V. (2025) Photocatalytic degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons under visible light irradiation in water using TiO₂/MgO nanocomposites. Environmental Science and Pollution Research.
  9. Prapolski D., Romanovski V. (2025) Recent advances in underground water deironing and demanganization: comprehensive review. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 70, 107089.
  10. Romanovski V., Pilipenko M., Dubina A., Likhavitski V., Volodko S., Moskovskikh D., Romanovskaia E. (2025) Optimizing Dye Wastewater Purification: Ultrasonic and Flotation with Ozonation Synergy. Engineering Reports. e13044.
  11. Grizinova V., Romanovski V. (2024) Optimizing Oil-Contaminated Wastewater Purification with Polypropylene Thread Waste. Waste and Biomass Valorization.
  12. Zeng, J., Xu, R., El-Kady, A. A., Oranj, B. T., Ahmed, R., Valentin, R., Hu, X., Wu, W., Wang, D., Mao, J., Wu, H., Gu, X., Li, P., Xu, W., Zhang, Z. (2023). Nanomaterials enabled photoelectrocatalysis for removing pollutants in the environment and food. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 117187.
  13. Periakaruppan, R., Romanovski, V., Thirumalaisamy, S. K., Palanimuthu, V., Sampath, M. P., Anilkumar, A., Sivaraj, D. K., Ahamed N. A. N., Murugesan, S., Chandrasekar, D., Selvaraj, K. S. V. (2023). Innovations in Modern Nanotechnology for the Sustainable Production of Agriculture. ChemEngineering, 7(4), 61.
  14. Romanovski V., Paspelau A., Kamarou M., Likhavitski V., Korob N., Romanovskaia E. (2024) Comparative Analysis of the Disinfection Efficiency of Steel and Polymer Surfaces with Aqueous Solutions of Ozone and Sodium Hypochlorite. Water. 16, 793.
  15. Romanovski V., Romanovskaia E., Moskovskikh D., Kuskov K., Likhavitski V., Mehmet F. A., Beloshapkin S., Matsukevich I., Khort A. (2021) Recycling of iron-rich sediment for surface modification of filters for underground water deironing. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 9(4), 105712.
  16. Bakhsh E. M., Khan Sh. B., Akhtar K., Danish E. Y., Fagieh T. M., Qiu Ch., Sun Y., Romanovski V., Su X. (2022) Simultaneous Preparation of Humic Acid and Mesoporous Silica from Municipal Sludge and Their Adsorption Properties for U(VI). Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 647, 129060.
  17. Wang H., Wang Y., Liu Zh., Luo Sh., Romanovski V., Huang X., Czech B., Sun H., Li T. (2022) Rational construction of micron-sized zero-valent iron/graphene composite for enhanced Cr(VI) removal from aqueous solution. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 10(6), 109004.
  18. Yushchenko V., Velyugo E., Romanovski V. (2023) Development of a new design of deironing granulated filter for joint removal of iron and ammonium nitrogen from underground water. Environmental Technology.
  19. Yushchenko V., Velyugo E., Romanovski V. (2023) Influence of ammonium nitrogen on the treatment efficiency of underground water at iron removal stations. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. 22, 100943.
  20. Gurgenidze, D., & Romanovski, V. (2023). The Pharmaceutical Pollution of Water Resources Using the Example of the Kura River (Tbilisi, Georgia). Water, 15(14), 2574.
  21. Diakonidze R., Gvishiani Z., Lochoshvili T., Mchedlishvili K., Romanovski V. (2021). Ecological Problems of Environment Mudflows and Their Prediction: Experience of Georgia. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 193, 832.
  22. Khort A., Hedberg J., Mei N., Romanovski V., Blomberg E., Wallinder I. O. (2021) Corrosion and transformation of solution combustion synthesized Co, Ni and CoNi nanoparticles in synthetic freshwater with and without natural organic matter. Scientific Reports.
  23. Hurynovich A., Kwietniewski M., Romanovski V. (2021) Evaluation of the possibility of utilization of sewage sludge from Wastewater Treatment Plant – case study. Desalination and Water Treatment.
  24. Matskevich I., Lipai Y., Romanovski V. (2021) Cu/MgO and Ni/MgO composite nanoparticles for fast, high-efficiency adsorption of aqueous lead(II) and chromium(III) ions. Journal of Materials Science. 56, 5031–5040.
  25. Artificial recharge of deep aquifers / A. Hurynovich, V. Romanovski // VI Międzynarodowa Konferencja Naukowo-Techniczna nt. „Nowoczesne miasta. Infrastruktura i środowisko” INFRAEKO 2018, 07–08.06.2018, Kraków / E3S Web of Conferences 45, 00025, 2018.
  26. Romanovski V. Agricultural Waste Based-Nanomaterials: Green Technology for Water Purifications. Book Chapter: Aquananotechnology. Applications of Nanomaterials for Water Purification. Elsevier. 2021. 577–595.
  27. Romanovski V. New approach for inert filtering media modification by using precipitates of deironing filters for underground water treatment. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2020. 27, 31706–31714.
  28. Romanovski V., Claesson P. M., Hedberg Y. S. Comparison of different surface disinfection treatments of drinking water facilities from a corrosion and environmental perspective. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2020. 27(11), 12704–12716.
  29. Propolsky, D., Romanovskaia, E., Kwapinski, W., Romanovski, V. Modified activated carbon for deironing of underground water. Environmental Research. 2020. 182, 108996.



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ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1741-0316

Researcher ID: A-3720-2017

WoS ResearcherID: MVM-6656-2025

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