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Fossa, A.J., A.M. Hall, G.D. Papandonatos, T.E. Arbuckle, J. Ashley-Martin, M.M. Borghese, J. Bruin, A. Chen, M. Fisher, J.E. Krzeczkowski, B.P. Lanphear, A.J. Macfarlane, K.E. Manz, K.M. Morrison, Y. Oulhote, J. Palaniyandi, M.R. Palmert, K.D. Pennell, A.M. Vuong, D.I. Walker, H.A. Weiler, J.M. Braun. 2025. Prenatal PFAS exposures and cardiometabolic health in middle childhood in the MIREC cohort. Environmental Research, 274: 121330, doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2025.121330

Anderson, K.A., U. Garza-Rubalcava, M.A. Widdowson, E.J. Suchomel, N.L. Cápiro, K.D. Pennell. 2025. Sorption-desorption processes contributing to the natural attenuation of cis-1, 2-dichloroethene in porous media. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 494: 138500, doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.138500

Klevan, C., O. Van Allen, S. Xia, K. Mukai, A. Gomes, S. Caines, M.J. Woodcock, K.D. Pennell. 2025. Evaluation of co-foaming agents for enhanced removal of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by foam fractionation. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 494:138423, doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.138423

Jimenez-Macias, J.L., P. Vaughn-Beaucaire, A. Bharati, Z. Xu, M. Forrest, J. Hong, M. Sun, A. Schmidt, J. Clark, W. Hawkins, N. Mercado, J. Real, K. Huntington, M. Zdioruk, M.O. Nowicki, C.-F. Cho, B. Wu, W. Li, T. Logan, K.E. Manz, K.D. Pennell, B.I. Fedeles, P. Bertone, M. Punsoni, A.S. Brodsky, S.E. Lawler. 2025. Modulation of blood-tumor barrier transcriptional programs improves intratumoral drug delivery and potentiates chemotherapy in GBM. Science Advances, 11: eadr1481, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adr1481

Puvvula, J., L.C. Song, K.J. Zalewska, A. Alexander, K.E. Manz, J.M. Braun, K.D. Pennell, E.A. DeFranco, S.-M. Ho, Y.-K. Leung, S. Huang, A.M. Vuong, S.S. Kim, Z. Percy, P. Bhashyam, R. Lee, D.P. Jones, V. Tran, D.V. Kim, A.M. Calafat, J.C. Botelho, A. Chen. 2025. Global metabolomic alterations associated with endocrine-disrupting chemicals among pregnant individuals and newborns. Metabolomics, 21: 20, doi.org/10.1007/s11306-024-02219-7

Longo, W.M., S. Sinha, M. Imagawa, W.A. Arnold, J. Hatton, K.D. Pennell, M.F. Simcik. 2025. In situ sequestration of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in aquifer materials using polydiallyldimethyl ammonium chloride-stabilized powdered activated carbon. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 11: 1527-1541, doi.org/10.1039/D4EW00752B

Garza-Rubalcava, U., C. Klevan, K.D. Pennell, L.M. Abriola. 2025. Transport and competitive interfacial adsorption of PFOA and PFOS in unsaturated porous media: Experiments and modeling. Water Research, 268: 122728, doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122728

Klevan, C., S. Caines, A. Gomes, K.D. Pennell. 2024. Accurate determination of perfluorooctanoate aqueous solubility, critical micelle concentration, and acid dissociation constant. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00858

Liao, S., U. Garza-Rubalcava, L.M. Abriola, H.E. Preisendanz, L.S. Lee, K.D. Pennell. 2024. Simulating PFAS transport in effluent-irrigated farmland using PRZM5, LEACHM, and HYDRUS-1D models. Journal of Environmental Quality, doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20639

Meservey, A., I. Külaots, J.D. Bryant, C. Gray, J. Wahl, K.E. Manz, K.D Pennell. 2024. Adsorption of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances on biochar derived from municipal sewage sludge. Chemosphere, 365: 143331

Fossa, A.J., K.E. Manz§, G.D. Papandonatos, A. Chen, M.J. La Guardia, B.P. Lanphear, R.C Hale, A. Pagano§, K.D. Pennell, K. Yolton, J.M. Braun. 2024. A randomized controlled trial of a housing intervention to reduce endocrine disrupting chemical exposures in children. Environment International, 191:108994

Wu, H., V. Kalia, K.E. Manz, L. Chillrud, N.H. Dishon, G.L Jackson, C.K. Dye, R. Orvieto, A. Aizer, H. Levine, M.-A. Kioumourtzoglou, K.D. Pennell, A.A. Baccarelli, R. Machtinger. 2024. Exposome profiling of environmental pollutants in seminal plasma and novel associations with semen parameters. Environmental Science & Technology. 58: 13594-13604

Lai, Y., J.P. Koelmel, D.I. Walker, E.J. Price, S. Papazian, K.E. Manz, Yunjia, D. Castilla-Fernández, J.A. Bowden, V. Nikiforov, A. David, V. Bessonneau, B. Amer, S. Seethapathy, X. Hu, E.Z. Lin, A. Jbebli, B.R. McNeil, D. Barupal, M. Cerasa, H. Xie, V. Kalia, R. Nandakumar, R. Singh, Z. Tian, P. Gao, Y. Zhao, J. Froment, P. Rostkowski, S. Dubey, K. Coufalíková, H. Seličová, H. Hecht, S. Liu, H.H. Udhani, S. Restituito, K.-M. Tchou-Wong, K. Lu, J.W. Martin, B. Warth, K.J.G. Pollitt, J. Klánová, O. Fiehn, T.O. Metz, K.D. Pennell, D.P. Jones, G.W. Miller*. 2024. High-resolution mass Spectrometry for human exposomics: Expanding chemical space coverage. Environmental Science & Technology. 58: 7480–7492

Dunn F., S.E. Paquette, K.D. Pennell, J.S. Plavicki, K.E. Manz. 2024. Metabolomic changes following GenX and PFBS exposure in developing zebrafish. Aquatic Toxicology, 271: 106908

Gumus, S., D. Biechele-Speziale, K.E. Manz, K.D. Pennell, B.M. Rubenstein, J.K. Rosenstein. 2024. Repurposing waste chemicals for sustainable and durable molecular data storage. ACS Omega, 9: 19904–19910

Dong, S., P-F. Yan, M.P. Mezzari, L.M. Abriola, K.D. Pennell, N.L. Cápiro. 2024. Using network analysis and predictive functional analysis to explore the fluorotelomer biotransformation potential of soil microbial communities. Environ. Sci. Technol. 58: 7480–7492

Yan, P-F., S. Dong, K.D. Pennell, N.L. Cápiro. 2024. A review of the occurrence and microbial transformation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF)-impacted environments. Science of The Total Environment, 927: 171883

Vilfranc, C.L., L.C. Houghton, F. Tsui, E. Barrett, A.A.M. Llanos, K. Pennell, D.A.H. Walker, M. Martinez, B. Morton, P. Shepard, M.B. Terry, J.A. McDonald. 2024. The hair tales of women of color in Northern Manhattan: A qualitative analysis. Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 6: doi.org/10.3389/frph.2024.1298615

Arshadi, M., U. Garza-Rubalcava, A. Guedes, N.L. Cápiro, K.D. Pennell, J. Christ, L.M. Abriola. 2024. Modeling 1-D aqueous film forming foam transport through the vadose zone under realistic site and release conditions. Science of The Total Environment, 919: 170566

Smith, S.J., M. Lauria, C.P. Higgins, K.D. Pennell, J. Blotevogel, H.P.H. Arp. 2024. The need to include a fluorine mass balance in the development of effective technologies for PFAS destruction. Environ. Sci. Technol. 58: 2587–2590

Yan, P.F., S. Dong, K.E. Manz, M.J. Woodcock, C. Liu, M.P. Mezzari, L.M. Abriola, K.D. Pennell, N.L. Cápiro. 2024. Aerobic biotransformation of 6: 2 fluorotelomer sulfonate in soils from two aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF)-impacted sites. Water Research, 249: 12094

Yan, P-F., S. Dong, M.J. Woodcock, K.E. Manz, U. Garza-Rubalcava, L.M. Abriola, K.D. Pennell, N.L. Cápiro. 2024. Biotransformation of 6: 2 fluorotelomer sulfonate and microbial community dynamics in water-saturated one-dimensional flow-through columns. Water Research, 249: 121146

Zheng, T., K. Kelsey, C. Zhu, K.D. Pennell, Q. Yao, K.E. Manz, Y.F. Zheng, J.M. Braun, Y. Liu, G. Papandonatos, Q. Liu, K. Shi, S. Brochman, S.L. Buka. 2024. Adverse birth outcomes related to concentrations of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in maternal blood collected from pregnant women in 1960–1966. Environmental Research, 241: 117010

Lee, J., C. Kim, D. Schmucker, S.S. Lee, S. Liao, N.L. Cápiro, K.D. Pennell, J.D. Fortner. 2024. Delineating the role of surface grafting density of organic coatings on the colloidal stability, transport, and sorbent behavior of engineered nanoparticles, Environmental Science: Nano, doi: 10.1039/D3EN00358B

Kossack, M.E., K.E. Manz, N.R. Martin, K.D. Pennell, J. Plavicki. 2023. Environmentally relevant uptake, elimination, and metabolic changes following early embryonic exposure to 2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in zebrafish. Chemosphere, 136723

Manz, K.E., I. Kulaots, C.A. Greenley, P.J. Landry, K.V. Lakshmi, M.J. Woodcock, L. Hellerich, J.D. Bryant, M. Apfelbaum, K.D. Pennell. 2023. Low-temperature persulfate activation by powdered activated carbon for simultaneous destruction of perfluorinated carboxylic acids and 1,4-dioxane. J. Hazardous Materials, 442: 129966

Dong, S., P.-F. Yan, C. Liu, K.E. Manz, M.P. Mezzari, L.M. Abriola, K.D. Pennell, N.L. Cápiro. 2023. Assessing aerobic biotransformation of 8:2 fluorotelomer alcohol in aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF)-impacted soils: Pathways and microbial community dynamics. J. Hazardous Materials, 446: 130629

Liao, S., S. Akbariyeh, X. Chen, C. Klevan, C. Greenley, K.P. Johnston, L.M. Abriola, K.D. Pennell. 2023. Evaluation of polyelectrolyte complex nanoparticles for prolonged scale inhibitor release in porous media. Energy & Fuels, 37(6): 4515–4523

Tong, J.H., S. Elmore, S.-S. Huang, P. Tachachartvanich, K. Manz§, K. Pennell, M.D. Wilson, A. Borowsky, M.A. La Merrill. 2023. Chronic exposure to low levels of parabens increases mammary cancer growth and metastasis in mice. Endocrinology, 164 (3): bqad007, doi.org/10.1210/endocr/bqad007

Liao, S., X-L. Liu, K.E. Manz, K.D. Pennell, J. Novak, E. Santos, Y. Huang. 2023. Comprehensive analysis of alkenones by reversed-phase HPLC-MS with unprecedented selectivity, linearity and sensitivity. Talanta, 260: 124653

Manz, K.E., A. Feerick, J. Braun, Y-L. Feng, A. Hall, J. Koelmel, C.A. Manzano, S. Newton, K. Pennell, B. Place, K.G. Pollitt, C. Prasse, J. Young. 2023. Non-targeted analysis (NTA) and suspect screening analysis (SSA): A review of examining the chemical exposome. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, 33: 524–536

Manz, K.E., R.E. Dodson, Y. Liu, L. Scheidl, S. Burks, F. Dunn, R. Gairola, N.F. Lee, E.D. Walker, K.D. Pennell, J.M. Braun. 2023. Effects of Corsi-Rosenthal boxes on indoor air contaminants: non-targeted analysis using high resolution mass spectrometry. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, 33: 537–547

Wu, H., V. Kalia, K.E. Manz, L. Chillrud, N.H. Dishon, G.L. Jackson, C.K. Dye, R. Orvieto, A. Aizer, H. Levine, M-A. Kioumourtzoglou, K.D. Pennell, R. Machtinger, A.A. Baccarelli. 2023. Exposome profiling reveal widespread environmental pollutant exposure in seminal plasma and previously unknown associations with male fertility. Fertility and Sterility, 120: e304

Hnatko, J.P., C. Liu, J.L. Elsey, S. Dong, J.D. Fortner, K.D. Pennell, L.M. Abriola, N.L. Cápiro. 2023. Microbial reductive dechlorination by a commercially available dechlorinating consortium is not inhibited by perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) at field-relevant concentrations. Environmental Science and Technology, 57: 8301-8312

Zdioruk, M., J-L. Jimenez-Macias, M.O. Nowicki, K.E. Manz, K.D. Pennell, M.S. Koch, T. Finkelberg, B. Wu, P. Boucher, Y. Takeda, W. Li, R. Piranlioglu, A.L. Ling, E.A. Chiocca, S.E. Lawler. 2023. PPRX-1701, a nanoparticle formulation of 6′-bromoindirubin acetoxime, improves delivery and shows efficacy in preclinical GBM models. Cell Reports Medicine, 4: 101019

Walker, D.I. , N.L. Cápiro, E. Chen, K. Anderson, K.D. Pennell. 2023. Micellar solubilization of binary organic liquid mixtures for surfactant enhanced aquifer remediation. Journal of Surfactants and Detergents, 26(3): 357-368

Lee, J., C. Kim, C. Liu, M.S. Wong, N.L. Cápiro, K.D. Pennell, J.D. Fortner. 2023. Ultra-high capacity, multifunctional nanoscale sorbents for PFOA and PFOS treatment, npj Clean Water, 6: 62. doi.org/10.1038/s41545-023-00263-9

Puvvula, J., K.E. Manz, J.M. Braun, K.D. Pennell, E.A. DeFranco, S.-M. Ho, Y.-K. Leung, S. Huang, A.M. Vuong, S.S. Kim, Z.P. Percy, P. Bhashyam, R. Lee, D.P. Jones, V. Tran, D.V. Kim, A. Chen. 2023. Maternal and newborn metabolomic changes associated with urinary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolite concentrations at delivery: an untargeted approach. Metabolomics, 20: doi.org/10.1007/s11306-023-02074-y

Hall, A.M., E. Fleury, G.D. Papandonatos, J.P. Buckley, K.M. Cecil, A. Chen, B.P. Lanphear, K. Yolton, D.I. Walker, K.D. Pennell, J.M. Braun, K.E. Manz. 2023. Associations of a prenatal serum per-and polyfluoroalkyl substance mixture with the cord serum metabolome in the HOME study. Environmental Science & Technology, 51: 21627–21636

Paquette, S.E., N.R. Martin, A. Rodd, K.E. Manz, E. Allen, M. Camarillo, H.I. Weller, K.D. Pennell, J.S. Plavicki. 2023. Evaluation of neural regulation and microglial responses to brain injury in larval zebrafish exposed to perfluorooctane sulfonate. Environmental Health Perspectives, 131: 117008