Peer-reviewed research by Dr. Ghosh and collaborators in sustainable process systems, life-cycle assessment, industrial ecology, and energy-systems modeling.
Journal articles
2026
- Uekert, T., Ghosh, T., Avery, G., Kenny, J., Huang, Z., Bhatt, A., Klein, B., Van Roijen, E., Tan, E., Zhang, Q., Zuberi, J., Broadbelt, L., Beckham, G. T., & Tao, L. Optimal pathways from alternative carbon feedstocks to organic commodity chemicals. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2026. Accepted, in press.
- Wu, X., Mo, J., Liu, Y., Lygizos, A., Mejia-Melara, C. A., Shakelly, N., Ghosh, T., Liddell, H. P. H., & Zhao, F. Guiding early-stage technology development by modifying TEA and LCA workflows. Chem Circularity, 100080, 2026.
- Ghosh, T., Chun, S., Marroquin, I., Sacchi, R., Fuhrman, J., Carpenter, A., & Lamers, P. Industrial thermal energy supply options: a multifactor evaluation framework. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2026. Accepted, to be published.
- Menon, K. G., Walzberg, J., Ghosh, T., Uekert, T., Mozrall, A., Xavier, A. S., Supekar, S., Turner, A. R., Peretti, K., Carpenter, A., & Iloeje, C. O. Sorting capacity limits U.S. plastics recycling even as incentives and access raise household participation and collection. Chem Circularity (Cell Press), 2026. Accepted, to be published.
2025
- Marroquin, I., Oh, H., Ghosh, T., Hu, Z., Salehi, S., & Nygaard, R. Dynamic life-cycle assessment for evaluating the global warming potential of geothermal energy production using inactive oil and gas wells for district heating in Tuttle, Oklahoma. Science of the Total Environment, 2025.
2024
- Goforth, T., Nock, D., Brown, M., Ghosh, T., & Lamers, P. Exploring equality and sustainability trade-offs of energy transition outcomes in the United States in 2050. Applied Energy, 2024.
2023
- Ghosh, T., Uekert, T., Walzberg, J., & Carpenter, A. Comparing parallel plastic-to-X pathways and their role in a circular economy for PET bottles. Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2023.
- Uekert, T., Singh, A., DesVeaux, J. S., Ghosh, T., Bhatt, A., Yadav, G., Afzal, S., Walzberg, J., Knauer, K. M., Nicholson, S. R., & Beckham, G. T. Technical, economic, and environmental comparison of closed-loop recycling technologies for common plastics. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2023.
- Walzberg, J., Sethuraman, S., Ghosh, T., Uekert, T., & Carpenter, A. Think before you throw! An analysis of behavioral interventions targeting PET bottle recycling in the United States. Energy Research and Social Science, 2023.
2022
- Ghosh, T., Ingwersen, W., Jamieson, M., Hawkins, T., Cashman, S., Hottle, T., Carpenter, A., & Richa, K. Assessment of regional electricity generation emission factors. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2022.
- Ghosh, T., Hanes, R., Key, A., & Walzberg, J. The circular economy life-cycle assessment and visualization framework: a multi-state case study of wind-blade circularity in the United States. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2022.
- Ghosh, T. (corresponding), Avery, G., Bhatt, A., Uekert, T., Walzberg, J., & Carpenter, A. Towards a circular economy for PET bottle resin using a system-dynamics-inspired material-flow model. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022.
- Lamers, P., Ghosh, T., Upasani, S., Sacchi, R., & Daioglou, V. Linking life-cycle and integrated assessment modeling to evaluate technologies in an evolving system context: a power-to-hydrogen case study for the United States. Environmental Science & Technology, 2022.
- Uekert, T., DesVeaux, J., Carpenter, A., Beckham, G. T., Singh, A., Ghosh, T., & Lamers, P. Life-cycle assessment of enzymatic poly(ethylene terephthalate) recycling. Green Chemistry, 2022.
- Young, B., Ingwersen, W., Bergmann, M., Hernandez-Betancur, J., Ghosh, T., Bell, E., & Cashman, S. A system for standardizing and combining US Environmental Protection Agency emissions and waste inventory data. Applied Sciences, 12(7), 3447, 2022.
2021
- Ghosh, T., Kim, H. C., De Kleine, R., Wallington, T. J., & Bakshi, B. R. Life-cycle energy and climate change implications of carbon-fiber-reinforced polymers in automotive components: front subframe case study. Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 2021.
- Hanes, R., Ghosh, T., Key, A., & Eberle, A. The circular economy lifecycle assessment and visualization framework: a case study of wind-blade circularity in Texas. Frontiers in Sustainability, 2021.
- Hottle, T., & Ghosh, T. Regional electricity consumption inventories using trade data for representative grid mixes. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 26, 1211–1222, 2021.
2020
- Ghosh, T., & Bakshi, B. R. Designing hybrid life-cycle assessment models based on uncertainty and complexity. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 25, 2290–2308, 2020.
- Bakshi, B. R., Ghosh, T., & Lee, K. Engineering, markets, and human behavior: an essential integration for decisions toward sustainability. Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 2020.
2019
- Ghosh, T., & Bakshi, B. R. Designing biofuel supply chains while mitigating harmful algal blooms with treatment wetlands. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 126, 113–127, 2019.
- Lee, K., Ghosh, T., & Bakshi, B. R. Toward multiscale consequential sustainable process design: including the effects of economy and resource constraints with application to green urea production in a watershed. Chemical Engineering Science, 207, 725–743, 2019.
2017
- Ghosh, T., & Bakshi, B. R. A Process-to-Planet approach to sustainable process design: multiple objectives and byproducts. Theoretical Foundations of Chemical Engineering, 51(6), 936–948, 2017.
Conference proceedings
- Wu, X., Roy, V., Liu, Y., Shakelly, N., Ghosh, T., Yang, X., Sutherland, J. W., & Zhao, F. Transforming e-waste into strategic resources: techno-economic analysis of gallium and by-products recovery from LEDs via bioleaching. Procedia CIRP, 140, 7–12, 2026.
- Ghosh, T., & Bakshi, B. R. Integrating market models and price effects in a multiscale sustainable process design framework. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 47, 175–180. Elsevier, 2019.
- Ghosh, T., Liu, X., & Bakshi, B. R. Including ecosystem services in sustainable process design across multiple spatial scales. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 44, 1837–1842. Elsevier, 2018.
Book chapters
- Ghosh, T., & Bakshi, B. R. Sustainable supply chains by integrating life-cycle modeling and techno-ecological synergy with application to mitigation of harmful algal blooms. In B. R. Bakshi (Ed.), Engineering and Ecosystems. Springer, 2023.