Silsby, Stefanie https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8961-0983
Sühnholz, Sarah https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0177-9322
Qanbarzadeh, Mojtaba
Silsby, Nathen
Hao, Shilai
Shields, Erin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9335-1074
Jackson, Stephen
Mills, Marc A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0169-3086
Doudrick, Kyle https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1912-9819
Young, Cora https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6908-5829
Strathmann, Timothy J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7299-3115
Ghosh, Rajat S.
Willey, Janice https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9093-7996
Fedick, Patrick W. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8199-9500
Blotevogel, Jens https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2740-836X
Knappe, Detlef R. U. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1315-1791
Higgins, Christopher P. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6220-8673
Article History
Accepted: 9 December 2025
First Online: 15 January 2026
Competing interests
: R.S.G. is an employee of Alcoa Corporation, which is involved in bauxite mining, alumina refining and aluminium smelting operations worldwide. R.S.G. is an inventor of patents US9795920B2, US9327237B2, US8894748B2, US8137649B2, US7906089B2, US7645430B2 and EU2265357 in the area of gas exhaust treatment as well as patents US8673152B2, US8206586B2, US8157995B2, US7897049B2 and US5837145 in the area of water treatment. C.P.H., T.J.S. and S.H. are inventors on patent US11577111 related to the use of hydrothermal alkaline conditions for PFAS destruction. T.J.S. is also a paid technical advisor for Aquagga, Inc., which has licensed patent US11577111. The remaining authors declare no competing interests.