Research Activities
Presentations by EPA's Exposure Researchers
For December 2008 - March 2009, ordered by date
December 2008
Presented at International Conference on Water Scarcity, Global Changes, and Groundwater Management Responses, Irvine, CA, December 01 - 05, 2008. More information about the International Conference on Water Scarcity, Global Changes, and Groundwater Management Responses.
- Ashbolt, N. Reconfiguration of Water-Energy Systems for Healthy and Sustainable Urban Water Management.
Presented at 21st Annual Tandem Mass Spectrometry Workshop, Lake Louise, AB, Canada, December 03 - 06, 2008. More information about the 21st Annual Tandem Mass Spectrometry Workshop.
- Richardson, S. D., S. E. Duirk, C. Lindell, and T. A. Ternes. Do Iodine Contrast Media Compounds Used for Medical Imaging Contribute to the Formation of Iodinated Disinfection By-Products in Drinking Water?
Presented at Society for Risk Analysis, Boston, MA, December 08 - 10, 2008. More information about the Society for Risk Analysis.
- Schoen, M. E. and N. Ashbolt. Can QMRA be used to Discount Pathogen Risk to Swimmers from Animal Fecal Contamination? Doheny Beach, CA Case Study.
Presented at Ecosystem Services Conference, Naples, FL, December 08 - 11, 2008. More information about the Ecosystem Services Conference.
- Semmens, D. J., W. G. Kepner, D. C. Goodrich, L. M. Norman, J. B. Callegary, and C. van Riper. Applying the Ecosystem Services Concept for Environmental Management in the Upper San Pedro Basin, Arizona.
- Allen, P., R. D. Lopez, M. S. Nash, J. R. Christensen, N. G. Tallent-Halsell, L. C. Butler, A. M. Pitchford, and A. C. Neale. The Landscape Framework for the Spatial Characterization and Mapping of Ecosystem Services: What is the State of the Science?
- Kepner, W. G., D. Semmens, M. Hernandez, and D. C. Goodrich. Evaluating Hydrological Response to Forecasted Land-Use Change: Scenario Testing in Two Western U.S. Watersheds.
Presented at 2008 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 15 - 19, 2008.. More information about the 2008 AGU Fall Meeting.
- Magill, M., D. D. Werkema, and D. Kreamer. Spectral Induced Polarization Response of Unconsolidated Saturated Sand and Surfactant Solutions.
- Kraemer, S. R., D. C. Digiulio, and A. Levine. Semi-Analytical Models of CO2 Injection into Deep Saline Aquifers: Evaluation of the Area of Review and Leakage through Abandoned Wells.
- Pilant, A. N. AND L. D. Worthy. Environmental Remote Sensing Analysis Using Open Source Virtual Earths and Public Domain Imagery.
- Joyce, R., D. D. Werkema, E. Atekwana, and E. Atekwana. Complex Conductivity Response to Nanomaterials in a Sand Matrix.
- Gorokhovski, V. M. and J. W. Weaver. Numerical Modeling of One-Dimensional Steady-State Flow and Contaminant Transport in a Horizontally Heterogeneous Unconfined Aquifer with an Uneven Base.
- Golden, H. E. and C. D. Knightes. Modeling Watershed Mercury Response to Atmospheric Loadings: Response Time and Challenges.
January 2009
Presented at Lake Mead Science Symposium, Las Vegas, NV, January 13 - 14, 2009. More information about the Lake Mead Science Symposium
- Alvarez, D. and T. L. Jones-Lepp. Wastewater to Drinking Water: Are Emerging Contaminants Making it Through?
- Sanchez, C., T. L. Jones-Lepp, D. Wilson, and D. Alvarez. Pharmaceuticals in Waste Streams and Surface Waters of the Colorado River Basin.
- Wilson, D. C. and T. L. Jones-Lepp. Low-Level Emerging Contaminants in Lake Havasu, Arizona and California and Their Access to Lake Havasu City's Drinking Water Supply.
Presented at Air & Waste Management Association, San Diego, CA, January 27 - 30, 2009. More information about the Air & Waste Management Association
- Swanson, G., J. Elliot, B. A. Schumacher, J. H. Zimmerman, and B. Hartman. Sub-slab vs. Near-slab Soil Vapor Profiles at a Chlorinated Solvent Site.
February 2009
Presented at 5th International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments, Jacksonville, FL, February 02 - 05, 2009. More information about the 5th International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments
- Meier, J. R., P. Baumann, J. M. Lazorchak, P. A. Wernsing, and M. Mills. Monitoring Dredging Effectiveness Using Biological and Chemical Markers of Exposure in Brown Bullheads and Benthic Macroinvertebrates.
March 2009
Presented at 237th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT, March 22 - 26, 2009. More information about the 237th ACS National Meeting & Exposition
- Ma, X., B. Wigington, N. Marshall, and D. Bouchard. Surface Properties of C60 and its Interactions with Quartz Surfaces.
- Ma, X., D. Bouchard, C. Isaacson, and J. W. Weaver. C60 Transport Through Saturated Quartz Sand Columns.
- Isaacson, C., X. Ma, B. Wigington, and D. Bouchard. Using Asymmetric Flow Field-Flow Fractionation (AF4) to Determine Fullerene Aggregate Size Distributions.
- Kong, L., K. Chan, O. Tedrow, and R. G. Zepp. Investigation of Photochemical Properties of C60 Aggregates in Water.
- Kikandi, S. N., O. A. Sadik, and K. E. Varner. Novel Sensor for Quantitation and Cytotoxicity of Selected Nanomaterials.
- Heithmar, E. M. Characterizing Metal-Based Nanoparticles in Surface Water by Single-Particle ICPMS.