September 2020
- Kurt Pennell and Natalie Cápiro (Auburn University) gave a webinar on “Biologically Enhanced Back Diffusion in Heterogeneous Porous Media” sponsored by Microbial Insights. The webinar can be viewed at https://microbe.com/webinars/
- Pennell gave two invited talks related to PFAS at the University Consortium Meeting; “Experimental and Modeling Investigations of PFAS Fate and Transport in AFFF Source Zones” and “Development of Injectable Sorbents for In Situ Sequestration of PFAS”.
- Submitted a patent application for “In situ remediation of pfas-contaminated groundwater” using injectable powdered activated carbon (US Patent App. 16/645,026).
August 2020
- Published a paper on a two-step gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) methodology for measuring large numbers of pollutants in biological samples (human plasma) in Environmental Science and Pollution Research: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-020-10702-6
- Pennell gave an invited platform presentation, “Application of High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry for Assessment of Environmental Exposure and Metabolic Response” in the Chemical Exposure and Impact on Health Symposium at the ACS Fall National Meeting (held remotely)
July 2020
- Published a paper on the uptake of PFAS by woody and herbaceous plants in the International Journal of Phytoremediation: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15226514.2020.1786004
- Katelyn Anderson (BSEnvE, University of Delaware), joined our research group as PhD student. Welcome Katelyn!
June 2020
- Published a comment on the uptake of PFAS at the air-water interface:
- Our research labs are now fully operational as part of the Brown University re-opening program.
May 2020
- Published a paper on the use of injectable activated carbon to sequester PFAS:
April 2020
- Published a paper on bioenhanced back diffusion of chlorinated ethenes in a heterogeneous aquifer cell:
March 2020
- Participated in review and community forum for the Orica Botany Bay groundwater remediation project in Sydney Australia.
- Published a paper on mathematical modeling of surfactant adsorption and transport in porous media:
February 2020
- Published a paper on the use of silica nanoparticles of subsurface characterization:
January 2020
- Installed a high resolution Thermo QExactive Orbitrap liquid chromatography mass spectrometer that will be used for untargeted analysis of environmental contaminants and metabolomics.
- Published a paper on alkaline hydrolysis of parathion and methyl parathion: