Emmanuel_Salifu

Dr. Emmanuel Salifu

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Publications 18

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Assistant Professor - Arizona State University

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Academia-Professor

  • Erosion Green Infrastructure Laboratory Testing Remediation Technology

  • PhD or Equivalent
    • Dual cotutelle - PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering & PhD Structural Engineering, Geotechnics and Seismic Risk - University of Strathclyde : 01/05/2016 - 23/05/2019
  • MSc or Equivalent
    • MSc. Environmental Engineering - University of Strathclyde : 16/09/2013 - 15/09/2014
  • BSc or Equivalent
    • BEng. Agricultural and Environmental Engineering - University of Agriculture Makurdi : 03/11/2003 - 11/11/2008

  • David Livingston Centre for Sustainability Award for Best Graduating Student on the MSc. Environmental Engineering programme University of Strathclyde, Glasgow UK, 2014
  • Overall Best Graduating Student (Valedictorian) University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria, 2009

  • Arizona State University : ( 16/08/2023 - Present )
    • Assistant Professor
  • Arizona State University : ( 16/10/2021 - 15/08/2023 )
    • Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow
  • University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK : ( 01/10/2019 - 31/08/2021 )
    • Research Associate
  • University of Naples, Federico II, Italy : ( 01/10/2018 - 30/09/2019 )
    • Early Stage Researcher
  • University of Strathclyde, Glasgow UK : ( 01/03/2018 - 30/09/2018 )
    • Doctoral Researcher Trainee

    • Engineering Fungi Project, an EPSRC project
  • University of Strathclyde, Glasgow UK : ( 01/03/2016 - 28/02/2018 )
    • Early Stage Researcher

    • Engineering fungal hyphae for soil Improvement
      (Biogeotechnical Engineering)
  • University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria : ( 27/06/2012 - 29/02/2016 )
    • Lecturer

    • Growing through the tenure academic ranks from Graduate Assistant in 2012 to Lecturer I (currently) in the department of Agricultural & Environmental Engineering.
      Roles include research, teaching and administrative responsibilities.
      (Have been on leave since 2016 to work on an EU-project towards PhD too).
  • Confluence Cable Network, Lokoja Nigeria : ( 01/02/2012 - 26/06/2012 )
    • TV & Radio programmes producer and presenter
  • Nigeria Television Authority, NTA Yenagoa, Bayelsa Nigeria : ( 11/03/2010 - 10/03/2011 )
    • TV programmes producer & presenter

Language Read Level Written Level Spoken Level
English High High High
Yoruba Low Low Medium

  • Bio- and waste-based solutions as the next generation of soil stabilization techniques
    Book Chapter published 2026 Jan 13 in Transportation Geotechnics for Green, Digital, and Modern Infrastructures on pages 53 to 82
    Authors: Nuno Cristelo, Emmanuel Salifu, Aritra Banerjee
    https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003530220-4
  • Fungal Network Effects on Coupled Thermo-Hydraulic Behavior of Sand Under Controlled Surface Heating
    Journal Article published 2026 May 23 in Geosciences volume 16 issue 6 on page 210
    Authors: Anna D. Kwablah, Emmanuel Salifu, Aritra Banerjee
    https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences16060210
  • Optimizing Fungal Growth Duration and Concentrations of Cementation Solutions for Fugitive Dust Mitigation via FICP
    Proceedings Article published 2025 Feb 27 in Geotechnical Frontiers 2025 on pages 444 to 453
    Authors: Taylor Tuckett, Adesola Adegoke, Emmanuel Salifu
    https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784485996.042
  • Fungal-Mycelium Biocover: A Novel Biogeotechnology for Improving Soil Resistance to Water and Wind Erosion
    Proceedings Article published 2025 Feb 27 in Geo-EnvironMeet 2025 on pages 1 to 9
    Authors: Emmanuel Salifu, Taylor Tuckett, Xi Yu
    https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784485682.001
  • Nutrient Dynamics and Retention in Fire-Affected Soils Treated with Engineered Fungal Mycelia Growth
    Proceedings Article published 2025 in 2025 Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 13-16, 2025
    Authors: Lune Martin, Henry Nakaana, Emmanuel Salifu
    https://doi.org/10.13031/aim.202500841


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Bio- and waste-based solutions as the next generation of soil stabilization techniques
Book Chapter published 2026 Jan 13 in Transportation Geotechnics for Green, Digital, and Modern Infrastructures on pages 53 to 82
Authors: Nuno Cristelo, Emmanuel Salifu, Aritra Banerjee
https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003530220-4
Fungal Network Effects on Coupled Thermo-Hydraulic Behavior of Sand Under Controlled Surface Heating
Journal Article published 2026 May 23 in Geosciences volume 16 issue 6 on page 210
Authors: Anna D. Kwablah, Emmanuel Salifu, Aritra Banerjee
https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences16060210
Optimizing Fungal Growth Duration and Concentrations of Cementation Solutions for Fugitive Dust Mitigation via FICP
Proceedings Article published 2025 Feb 27 in Geotechnical Frontiers 2025 on pages 444 to 453
Authors: Taylor Tuckett, Adesola Adegoke, Emmanuel Salifu
https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784485996.042
Fungal-Mycelium Biocover: A Novel Biogeotechnology for Improving Soil Resistance to Water and Wind Erosion
Proceedings Article published 2025 Feb 27 in Geo-EnvironMeet 2025 on pages 1 to 9
Authors: Emmanuel Salifu, Taylor Tuckett, Xi Yu
https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784485682.001
Nutrient Dynamics and Retention in Fire-Affected Soils Treated with Engineered Fungal Mycelia Growth
Proceedings Article published 2025 in 2025 Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 13-16, 2025
Authors: Lune Martin, Henry Nakaana, Emmanuel Salifu
https://doi.org/10.13031/aim.202500841
Effect of Engineered Fungal Mycelium Growth on Infiltration and Erosion Resistance in Fire-Affected Soils
Journal Article published 2025 Dec in Biogeotechnics on page 100224
Authors: Henry Nakaana, Adesola Habeeb Adegoke, Emmanuel Salifu
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bgtech.2025.100224
Composite biomediated engineering approaches for improving problematic soils: Potentials and opportunities
Journal Article published 2024 Mar in Science of The Total Environment volume 914 on page 169808
Authors: Akanksha Bhurtel, Emmanuel Salifu, Sumi Siddiqua
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169808
Evaluation of the Suitability of Engineered Growth of Fungal-Mycelial Networks for Reinforcement of Sands
Proceedings Article published 2023 in Soil Erosion Research Under a Changing Climate, January 8-13, 2023, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, USA
Authors: Emmanuel Salifu, Huda Clemens, Edward Kavazanjian
http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/soil.2023045
Evaluation of the Suitability of Engineered Growth of Fungal-Mycelial Networks for Reinforcement of Sands
Proceedings Article published 2023 in Soil Erosion Research Under a Changing Climate, January 8-13, 2023, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, USA
Authors: Emmanuel Salifu, Huda Clemens, Edward Kavazanjian
https://doi.org/10.13031/soil.23045
Hydraulic Properties of Sands Treated with Fungal Mycelium of <i>Trichoderma virens</i>
Journal Article published 2023 Nov in Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering volume 149 issue 11
Authors: Joon Soo Park, Hai Lin, William M. Moe, Emmanuel Salifu
https://doi.org/10.1061/jggefk.gteng-11111
Muskeg Soil Stabilization Using the Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation Technique by the Urease Active Bioslurry Approach
Journal Article published 2022 Nov in Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering volume 148 issue 11
Authors: Ahmed ElMouchi, Sumi Siddiqua, Emmanuel Salifu, Dharma Wijewickreme
http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)gt.1943-5606.0002910
Stabilization of muskeg soils using two additives: sand and urease active bioslurry
Journal Article published 2022 Aug in Canadian Geotechnical Journal volume 59 issue 8 on pages 1531 to 1534
Authors: Ahmed ElMouchi, Sumi Siddiqua, Emmanuel Salifu, Dharma Wijewickreme
http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2021-0209
Hydraulic behaviour of fungal treated sand
Journal Article published 2022 Jun in Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment volume 30 on page 100258
Authors: Emmanuel Salifu, Gráinne El Mountassir, James M. Minto, Alessandro Tarantino
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gete.2021.100258
Fungal-induced water repellency in sand
Journal Article published 2020 Apr 6 in Géotechnique on pages 1 to 8
Authors: Emmanuel Salifu, Gráinne El Mountassir
http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.19.p.341
Preliminary observations of the shear behaviour of fungal treated soil
Journal Article published 2019 in E3S Web of Conferences volume 92 on page 11017
Authors: Emmanuel Salifu, Gráinne El Mountassir
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20199211017
Optimization of nutrients requirements for bioremediation of spent-engine oil contaminated soils
Journal Article published 2018 Nov 13 in Environmental Engineering Research
Authors: Gabriel O. Ogbeh, Titus O. Tsokar, Emmanuel Salifu
http://dx.doi.org/10.4491/eer.2018.237
Applications of Microbial Processes in Geotechnical Engineering
Book Chapter published 2018 in Advances in Applied Microbiology on pages 39 to 91
Authors: Grainne El Mountassir, James M. Minto, Leon A. van Paassen, Emmanuel Salifu, Rebecca J. Lunn
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.aambs.2018.05.001
Application of microbially induced calcite precipitation in erosion mitigation and stabilisation of sandy soil foreshore slopes: A preliminary investigation
Journal Article published 2016 Feb in Engineering Geology volume 201 on pages 96 to 105
Authors: Emmanuel Salifu, Erica MacLachlan, Kannan R. Iyer, Charles W. Knapp, Alessandro Tarantino
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2015.12.027
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