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Chinmayee Subban is a chemist in the Coastal Sciences Division of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), with a joint appointment at University of Washington as affiliate assistant professor. She is interested in developing novel materials and methods to aid sustainable development. Her current research is focused on harvesting critical elements from non-traditional sources and on advancing the science and technology around marine carbon dioxide removal.

• Materials science
• Resource recovery
• Marine carbon dioxide removal
• Sustainability

• PhD in chemistry and chemical biology, Cornell University, 2012
• BS in chemistry and biology, Linfield College, 2007

2023

• Lim H., C. Venkata Subban, D. Nguyen, T.S. Nasoetion, T. Liu, K. Han, and B. Modachur Sivakumar, et al. 2023. Room Temperature Electrorefining of Rare Earth Metals from End-of-use Nd-Fe-B Magnets. PNNL-34948. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Room Temperature Electrorefining of Rare Earth Metals from End-of-use Nd-Fe-B Magnets.

2022

• Jung H., C. Venkata Subban, J. Mctigue, J.J. Martinez, A.E. Copping, J. Osorio, and J. Liu, et al. 2022. "Extracting Energy from Ocean Thermal and Salinity Gradients to Power Unmanned Underwater Vehicles: State of the Art, Current Limitations, and Future Outlook." Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews 160. PNNL-SA-163771. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2022.112283.
• Myers C.R., and C. Venkata Subban. 2022. "Ocean Deacidification Technologies For Marine Aquaculture." Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 10, no. 4:Art. No. 523. PNNL-SA-170723. doi:10.3390/jmse10040523.
• Myers C.R., C.F. Hibbeln, S.J. Edmundson, and C. Venkata Subban. 2022. Optimizing biological carbon uptake by regulating carbonate-bicarbonate equilibrium. PNNL-33407. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Optimizing biological carbon uptake by regulating carbonate-bicarbonate equilibrium.
• Wang Q., E. Nakouzi, E.A. Ryan, and C. Venkata Subban. 2022. "Flow-Assisted Selective Mineral Extraction from Seawater." Environmental Science & Technology Letters 9, no. 7:645-649. PNNL-SA-170825. doi:10.1021/acs.estlett.2c00229.