Assistant Professor
Biography
Assistant Professor Fuhar Dixit earned his PhD in chemical engineering in 2022 from the University of British Columbia. Before coming to UT as part of the Precision Health and Environment (PHE) cluster, he was a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, where he managed Department of Defense-funded projects focused on cleaning up sites contaminated by PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), also known as “forever chemicals.”
Over the last few years, Dixit has conducted research on pollutants derived from the antioxidants used to protect the life of tires on vehicles. Wherever there are busy highways, the biodiversity in nearby water sources has been shown to be negatively impacted, harming species like salmon or trout.
Research
Dixit’s research combines chemical and environmental engineering with AI, mathematics, medicine, nursing, and public health to address challenges affecting humans and the environment.