e-mail: nikos@eng2.uconn.edu
Research Areas
Dr. Nikolaidis received his doctoral degree at the
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University
of Iowa ( University of Iowa - 1987 ).
Dr. Nikolaidis' teaching interests are in the fields of hydrology,
aquatic chemistry, chemical transport processes and environmental
modeling.His research expertise is deterministic and stochastic
modeling of water quality problems, including acidic deposition,
eutrophication, and fate and transport of heavy metals in the
environment. He has developed a watershed model for the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency that has been used to assess freshwater resources
at risk to acidic deposition. Recently, he developed two distributed
fate, transport and speciation models, one for chromium in soils
and groundwaters and the other to assess the impacts of nonpoint
source pollution. His work has appeared in Journal of Contaminant
Hydrology, Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation, Atmospheric
Environment, Water Resources Research, Aquatic Sciences, and Water
Science and Technology. Dr. Nikolaidis is an associate editor
of the Journal of Groundwater, a member of the Board of Directors
of the New England Section of AWRA and a member of the Scientific
Council of the National Centre for Marine Research, Athens Greece.
Heng, H. and N.P. Nikolaidis, 1998. Distributed
Modeling of Nonpoint Source Pollution of Nitrogen. Journal of
Amarican Water Resources Association (In Press).
Hu, H-L, N.P. Nikolaidis, D. Grasso, 1998.
Inhibition of nickel precipitation by gluconate:
Part I. Kinetic studies and spectroscopic analyses. Journal of
Environmental Engineering, ASCE (In Press).
Hu, H-L, N.P. Nikolaidis, D. Grasso, 1998.
Inhibition of nickel precipitation by gluconate:
Part II. Mechanistic modeling. Journal of Environmental Engineering,
ASCE (In Press).
Hu, H-L, H-M Chen, N.P. Nikolaidis, D.R. Miller and
X. Yang, 1998. Estimation of nutrient atmospheric deposition
to Long Island Sound. Water, Air and Soil Pollution (In Press).
Nikolaidis, N.P., H. Heng, R. Semagin, and J.C. Clausen,
1998. Non-Linear Response of a Mixed Land Use Watershed to Nitrogen
Loading. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (In Press).
Grasso, D., M.A. Butkus, O'Sullivan, D., and N.P.
Nikolaidis,1997. Soil washing design methodology for a lead-contaminated
sandy-soil. Water Research, 31(12), 3045-3056.
Olazabal, M.A., N.P. Nikolaidis, S.L. Suib, and J.M.
Madariaga, 1997. Precipitation Equilibria of the Cr(VI)/Fe(III)
System and Spectrospcopic Characterization of the Precipitates.
Environmental Science and Technology, 31(10), 2898 - 2902.
Lackovic, J.A., N.P. Nikolaidis, P. Cheeda, R.J.
Carley, and E. Patton, 1997. Evaluation of batch leaching procedures
for estimating heavy metal mobility in glaciated soils. Ground
Water Monitoring and Remediation, 17 (3), 231-240.
Shen, H. and N.P. Nikolaidis, 1997. A Direct Substitution
Method for Multicomponent Solute Transport in Ground Water. Ground
Water, 35(1), 67-78.
Yang, X., D.R. Miller, X. Xu, L.H. Yang, H-M. Chen,
and N.P. Nikolaidis, 1996. Spatial and Temporal Variations of
Atmospheric Deposition in Interior and Coastal Connecticut. Atmospheric
Environment 30(22), pp. 3801-3810.
Mattuck, R. and N.P. Nikolaidis, 1996. Chromium Mobility
in Freshwater Wetlands. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 23(3)
213-232.
Nikolaidis, N.P., T.E., Koussouris, Murray,T, Bertahas,
I., and Diapoulis, A., 1996. Seasonal Variation of Nutrients and
Heavy Metals in Phragmites australis of Lake Trichonis, Greece.
Lake and Reservoir Management Journal, June-July.
Nikolaidis, N.P., Robbins, G.A., Scherer, M., McAninch,
B., Binkhorst, G., Asikainen, J.M. and Suib, S., 1994. Vertical
Distribution and Partitioning of Chromium Contamination in a Glacio-Fluvial
Aquifer. Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation, Vol. 14, No.
3, pp. 150-159.
Asikainen, J.M., and Nikolaidis, N.P., 1994. Sequential
Extraction of Chromium From Contaminated Aquifer Sediments. Groundwater
Monitoring and Remediation, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 185-191.
Nikolaidis, N.P., Hu., H., and Ecsedy, C., 1994.
Effects of Climatic Variability on Freshwater Watersheds: Case
Studies. Aquatic Sciences, Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 161-178.
Geigert, M.A., Nikolaidis, N.P., Miller D.R., and
Heitert, J., 1994. Deposition Rates for Sulfur and Nitrogen to
a Hardwood Forest in Northern Connecticut. Atmospheric Environment,
Vol. 28, No. 9, pp. 1689-1697.
Nikolaidis, N.P., Hu., H., Ecsedy, C., and J. D.
Lin 1993. Hydrologic Response of Freshwater Watersheds to Climatic
Variability; Model Development. Water Resources Research, Vol.
29, No. 10, pp. 3317-3328.
Nikolaidis, N.P., Shen, H., Heng, H., Hu, H.-L.,
and Clausen, J.C., 1993. Movement of Nitrogen Through an Agricultural
Riparian Zone: 2. Distributed Modeling. Water Science and Technology,
Vol. 28, No. 3-5, pp.613-623.
Mukhopadhyay, N., Bendel, R.B., Nikolaidis, N.P.,
and Chattopadhyay, 1992. Efficient Sequential Sampling Strategies
for Long-Term Environmental Monitoring. Water Resources Research,
Vol. 28, No. 9, pp. 2245-2256.
Nikolaidis, N.P., Nikolaidis, V.S. and Schnoor, J.L.
1991. Assessment of Episodic Freshwater Acidification in the Sierra
Nevada, California. Aquatic Sciences, Vol. 53/4, pp. 330-345.
Nikolaidis, N.P., Muller, P.K., Schnoor, J.L. and
Hu, H.L. 1991. Modeling the Hydrogeochemical Response of a Stream
to Acid Deposition Using the Enhanced Trickle-Down Model. Research
Journal of Water Pollution Control Federation, Vol. 63, No. 3,
pp. 220-227.
Georgakakos, K.P., Valle-Filho, G.M., Nikolaidis,
N.P. and Schnoor, J.L. 1989. Lake Acidification Studies: The Role
of Input Uncertainty in Long-Term Predictions. Water Resources
Research, Vol. 25, No. 7, pp. 1511-1518.
Nikolaidis, N.P., Schnoor, J.L., and Georgakakos,
K.P. 1989. Modeling of Long-Term Lake Alkalinity Responses to
Acid Deposition. Journal of Water Pollution Control Federation,
Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 188-199.
Nikolaidis, N.P., Rajaram, H., Schnoor, J.L., and
Georgakakos, K.P. 1988. Generalized Softwater Acidification Model.
Water Resources Research, Vol. 24, No. 12, pp. 1983-1996.
Schnoor, J.L., Lee, S., Nikolaidis, N.P., and Nair,
D.R. 1986. Lake Resources at Risk to Acidic Deposition in the
Eastern United States. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, Vol. 31,
pp. 1091-1101.
Schnoor, J.L, Nikolaidis, N.P., and Glass, G.E. 1986.
Lake Resources at Risk to Acidic Deposition in the Upper Midwest.
Journal of Water Pollution Control Federation, Vol. 58, No. 2,
pp. 139-148.
Nikolaidis, N.P., Kousouris, T., Fotis, G. and Papachristou,
E. 1985. Trophic Status Assessment of Lake Vegoritida, Greece.
ISEM Journal, Vol. 7, No. 3-4, pp. 11-26.
Nikolaidis, N.P., L.M. Deschaine, M.J. Ades, and
H. Shen, 1997. Simulation of Transport of Heavy Metals in Groundwater
Systems. Proceedings of the 1997 Simulation MultiConference, The
Society for Computer Simulation International, April 6-10, Atlanta,
GA, USA.
Hammick, E., Nikolaidis, N.P., and Brookman, G.,
1996. Enhanced Mobilization of Heavy Metals Using Sequential
Extraction. In: Contaminated Soils, Volume I: Analysis, Fate,
Environmental and Public Health Effects, and Remediation. Eds:
E.J. Calabrese, P.T. Kostecki, and M. Bonazountas, Amherst Scientific
Publishers, Amherst, MA, 734 pp.
Hu, Hsien-Lun, Nikolaidis, N.P. and Grasso, D., 1995.
Inhibition of Nickel Precipitation by Gluconate. Proceedings of
the International Conference of Industrial Waste Minimization
'95, Water Environment Federation, Nov. 25-29, Taipei, Taiwan,
pp. 809-920.
Hu, Hsien-Lun, Nikolaidis, N.P. and Grasso, D., 1995.
Inhibition of Nickel Precipitation by Organic Ligands. Proceedings
of the 50th Purdue Industrial Waste Conference, Purdue University,
Purdue, Indiana, May 8-10, Lewis Publishers.
Shen, H., Yang, X. and N.P. Nikolaidis, 1994. Multigrid
Simulation of the Transport of Multicomponent Solute in Groundwater.
Proceedings of the 1994 ASAE/ASCE Summer International Meeting,
June 19-22, Hyatt Regency Crown Center, Kansas City, MO, pp 13.
Koussouris, T. , Nikolaidis, N.P., , Nikolaidis,
V.S., and Hu, H. 1992 . Growth Characteristics and Control of
Zebra Mussel in the Water Supply System of Agrinio City, Greece.
Proceedings of the 1992 Annual Symposium of the Organization KRIKOS
on " Remediation and Protection of the Environment During
the Decade of '90", Eds: G.P. Korfiatis, T. Dermatas, and
A.C. Dimitrakopoulos, Thessaloniki, Greece, August 19-21, pp.
69-79, 1992.
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