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Biographical Information
Biographical Information
Name: Eric J. Weber
Title: Acting Director
Education:
- B.S.: 1980, Chemistry, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH.
- Ph.D.: 1985, Organic Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana , IL.
Expertise/Research Interests:
Dr.Weber's research has focused on the transformation pathways of organic pollutants in natural systems with a primary emphasis on reaction mechanisms, kinetics and reaction product identification. Currently, his work focuses on the elucidation of reaction pathways for the reductive transformation of organic pollutants in anoxic systems, and understanding how organic pollutants with reactive functional groups (e.g., aromatic amines) covalently bind with aqueous and sediment-associated natural organic matter. In support of ORD's new Computational Toxicology Research Program, for which Dr. Weber serves as ERD's task manager and lead principal investigator, he is developing a research program that incorporate the use of 'omic tools (i.e., genomics, proteomics and metabonomics) to focus environmental fate studies. The primary objective of this program will be the use of these tools to identify the chemical components of most concern in complex chemical mixtures (e.g., munitions, agrochemical runoff from Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs).
Recent Publications:
- Smolen, J. M, Tratnyek, P. T., and Weber, E.J. 1999. "Molecular Probe Techniques for Reductant Identification in Reducing Sediments," Environ. Sci Technol., 33, 440-445.
- Elovitz, M. J. and Weber, E. J. 1999. "Sediment-Mediated Reduction and Sorption of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene and Resulting Reaction Products," Environ. Sci. Technol., 33, 2617-2625.
- Simon, R., Colón, D., Stevens, C. and Weber, E.J. 2000. "Effect of Redox Zonation on the Reductive Transformation of p-Cyanonitrobenzene in a Laboratory Sediment Column," Environ. Sci. Technol., 34, 3617-3622.
- Winget, P., Weber, E.J., Cramer, C.J. and Truhlar, D.G. 2000. "Computational Electrochemistry: Aqueous One-Electron Oxidation Potentials for Substituted Anilines." Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics, 2, 1231-1239.
- Colón, D., Weber, E. J., and Baughman, G. L. 2001. "Sediment-Associated Reactions of Aromatic Amines. 1. Elucidation of Sorption Mechanisms," Environ. Sci. Technol, 35, 2470-2475.
- Colón, D., Weber, E. J. and Baughman, G. L. 2002. "Sediment-Associated Reactions of Aromatic Amines. 2. QSAR Analysis," Environ. Sci. Technol., 36, 2443-2450.
- E.J. Weber; J.F. Kenneke, L.A. Hoferkamp. 2002. Reactivity of Chemical Reductants as a Function of Redox Zonation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Athens, Georgia USA; Groundwater Quality: Natural and Enhanced Restoration of Groundwater Pollution IAHS Publ. no 275.. pp.113-118.
- Kenneke, J.F. and Weber, E.J. 2003. "Reductive Dehalogenation of Halomethanes in Iron- and Sulfate-Reducing Sediments. 1. Reactivity Pattern Analysis." Environ. Sci. Technol., 37, 713-720.
- Tratnyek, P.G., Weber, E.J. and Scwarzenbach, R.P. 2003. "Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSARs) for Chemical Reductions of Organic Contaminants" Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 22(8), 1733-1742.
- Kavlock, R., Ankley, G.T., Collette, T., Francis, E., Hammerstrom, K., Fowle, J., Tilson, H., Toth, G., Schmieder, P., Veith, G.D., Weber, E.J., Wolf, D.C., and Young, D. 2005. "Computational Toxicology: Framework, Partnerships, and Program Development." Reproductive Toxicology, 19, 265-280.
- Simon, R. and Weber, E.J. 2006. "Reduction of Perchlorate in River Sediment,"Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 25(4), 899-903.
- Colon, D., Weber E.J. and Anderson, J.L. 2006. "QSAR Study of the Reduction of Nitroaromatics by Fe(II) Species," Environ. Sci. Technol., 40, 4976-4982.
- Hoferkamp, L.A. and Weber, E.J. 2006. "Nitroaromatic Reduction Kinetics as a Function of dominant Terminal Electron Acceptor Processes in Natural Sediments," Environ. Sci. Technol., 40, 2206-2212.
- Henderson, W.M., Weber, E.J., Duirk, S.E., Washington, J.W., and Smith, M.A. 2007. "Quantification of Fluorotelomer-Based Chemicals in Mammalian Matrices by Monitoring Perfluoroalkyl Chain Fragments with GC/MS". Journal of Chromatography, 846(1-2), 155-161.
Current Projects:
- Iron Oxide and Iron Sulfide Mediated Reductive Transformations
- Column Studies: Reduction Kinetics as a Function of Redox Zonation
- Identification of Chemical Reductants: Measuring Reactivity Patterns of Probe Chemicals
- Redox Characterization of Sediments and Aquifer Materials
- Natural Attenuation of Chlorinated Solvents in Wetlands
- Field Demonstration and Validation of Novel Attenuation Analytical Technologies