Radha Bulusu

Radha Bulusu is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering at Florida State University. Her research focuses on nonthermal plasma-based water treatment technologies, particularly for degrading persistent pollutants like per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). She can be contacted at rbulusuraja@fsu.edu.

Research Interests:

• Nonthermal plasma gas-liquid reactors
• Reactive species (RNS, ROS) generation and dynamics
• PFAS degradation mechanisms in aqueous environments
• Electron density and plasma parameter optimization
• Chemical reduction/oxidation via plasma interactions
• Environmental remediation using nanosecond pulse discharge

Publication Trends: Over the past five years, her work has focused on enhancing plasma reactor efficiency for pollutant degradation, with studies on electrode polarity effects, pulse frequency optimization, and chemical pathways in PFOA/PFOS breakdown. Key themes include defluorination mechanisms, hydrogen peroxide generation, and real-time plasma diagnostics via optical emission spectroscopy.