Publications

Jiang, Chuanjia, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. “Direct in situ measurement of dissolved zinc in the presence of zinc oxide nanoparticles using anodic stripping voltammetry.” Environmental Science. Processes & Impacts 16, no. 11 (November 2014): 2536–44. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4em00278d.

Schwartz, Grace E., Heileen Hsu-Kim, and Avner Vengosh. “Trace element toxins in coal ash: New considerations for identifying environmental risks.” In ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 248. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2014.

Zhang, Tong, Katarzyna H. Kucharzyk, Bojeong Kim, Marc A. Deshusses, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. “Net methylation of mercury in estuarine sediment microcosms amended with dissolved, nanoparticulate, and microparticulate mercuric sulfides.” Environmental Science & Technology 48, no. 16 (August 2014): 9133–41. https://doi.org/10.1021/es500336j.

Arnold, M. C., T Ty Lindberg, Y. T. Liu, K. A. Porter, H. Hsu-Kim, D. E. Hinton, and R. T. Di Giulio. “Bioaccumulation and speciation of selenium in fish and insects collected from a mountaintop removal coal mining-impacted stream in West Virginia.” Ecotoxicology (London, England) 23, no. 5 (July 2014): 929–38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-014-1236-4.

Pham, A. L. T., A. Morris, T. Zhang, J. Ticknor, C. Levard, and H. Hsu-Kim. “Precipitation of nanoscale mercuric sulfides in the presence of natural organic matter: Structural properties, aggregation, and biotransformation.” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 133 (May 15, 2014): 204–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2014.02.027.

Yang, Xinyu, Chuanjia Jiang, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Appala Raju Badireddy, Michael Dykstra, Mark Wiesner, David E. Hinton, and Joel N. Meyer. “Silver nanoparticle behavior, uptake, and toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans: effects of natural organic matter.” Environmental Science & Technology 48, no. 6 (March 2014): 3486–95. https://doi.org/10.1021/es404444n.

Ticknor, Jonathan L., Heileen Hsu-Kim, and Marc A. Deshusses. “A robust framework to predict mercury speciation in combustion flue gases.” Journal of Hazardous Materials 264 (January 2014): 380–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.10.052.

Liu, Yu-Ting, Tsan-Yao Chen, William Greer Mackebee, Laura Ruhl, Avner Vengosh, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. “Selenium speciation in coal ash spilled at the Tennessee Valley Authority Kingston site.” Environmental Science & Technology 47, no. 24 (December 2013): 14001–9. https://doi.org/10.1021/es4041557.

Ruhl, Laura S., Avner Vengosh, Gary S. Dwyer, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and Grace E. Schwartz. “Impact of coal combustion residues on water quality.” In ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 245. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2013.

Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Tong Zhang, Katarzyna H. Kucharzyk, Jonathan Ticknor, Anh L. T. Pham, and Marc A. Deshusses. “Nanogeochemistry of a neurotoxin: Reactivity and microbial methylation potential of nanoscale mercury sulfides.” In ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 245. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2013.

Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Katarzyna H. Kucharzyk, Tong Zhang, and Marc A. Deshusses. “Mechanisms regulating mercury bioavailability for methylating microorganisms in the aquatic environment: a critical review.” Environ Sci Technol 47, no. 6 (March 19, 2013): 2441–56. https://doi.org/10.1021/es304370g.

Deonarine, Amrika, Gideon Bartov, Thomas M. Johnson, Laura Ruhl, Avner Vengosh, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. “Environmental impacts of the Tennessee Valley Authority Kingston coal ash spill. 2. Effect of coal ash on methylmercury in historically contaminated river sediments.” Environmental Science & Technology 47, no. 4 (February 2013): 2100–2108. https://doi.org/10.1021/es303639d.

Bartov, Gideon, Amrika Deonarine, Thomas M. Johnson, Laura Ruhl, Avner Vengosh, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. “Environmental impacts of the Tennessee Valley Authority Kingston coal ash spill. 1. Source apportionment using mercury stable isotopes.” Environmental Science & Technology 47, no. 4 (February 2013): 2092–99. https://doi.org/10.1021/es303111p.

Hagan, Nicole, Nicholas Robins, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Susan Halabi, Ruben Dario Espinoza Gonzales, Daniel deB Richter, and John Vandenberg. “Residential mercury contamination in adobe brick homes in Huancavelica, Peru.” PLoS One 8, no. 9 (2013): e75179. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075179.

Robins, Nicholas A., Nicole Hagan, Susan Halabi, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Ruben Dario Espinoza Gonzales, Mark Morris, George Woodall, et al. “Estimations of historical atmospheric mercury concentrations from mercury refining and present-day soil concentrations of total mercury in Huancavelica, Peru.” Sci Total Environ 426 (June 1, 2012): 146–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.082.

Lowry, G. V., B. P. Espinasse, A. R. Badireddy, C. J. Richardson, B. C. Reinsch, L. D. Bryant, A. J. Bone, et al. “Long-Term Transformation and Fate of Manufactured Ag Nanoparticles in a Simulated Large Scale Freshwater Emergent Wetland.” Environmental Science & Technology, April 2012. https://doi.org/10.1021/es204608d.

Zhang, Tong, Marc A. Deshusses, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. “Production of methylmercury by sulfate-reducing bacteria exposed to mercuric sulfide nanoparticles.” In ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 243. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2012.

Gondikas, Andreas P., Avi Aggarwal, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. “Surface modification of metallic silver nanoparticles by low molecular weight thiols: Implications for solubility, aggregation, and bioavailability.” In ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 243. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2012.

Zhang, T., B. Kim, C. Levard, B. C. Reinsch, G. V. Lowry, M. A. Deshusses, and H. Hsu Kim. “Methylation of mercury by bacteria exposed to dissolved, nanoparticulate, and microparticulate mercuric sulfides.” Environmental Science & Technology 46, no. 13 (2012): 6950–58. https://doi.org/10.1021/es203181m.

Gondikas, A. P., A. Masion, M. Auffan, B. L. T. Lau, and H. Hsu Kim. “Early-stage precipitation kinetics of cysteine-capped zinc sulfide nanoclusters.” Chemical Geology 329 (2012): 10–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.06.009.

Gondikas, A. P., A. Morris, B. C. Reinsch, S. M. Marinakos, G. V. Lowry, and H. Hsu Kim. “Cysteine-induced modifications of zero-valent silver nanomaterials: Implications for particle surface chemistry, aggregation, dissolution, and silver speciation.” Environmental Science \& Technology 46, no. 13 (2012): 7037–45. https://doi.org/10.1021/es3001757.

Ruhl, L., A. Vengosh, G. Dwyer, H. Hsu Kim, G. Schwartz, A. Romanski, and S. D. Smith. “The impact of coal combustion residue effluent on water resources: a North Carolina example.” Environmental Science & Technology 46, no. 21 (2012): 12226–33. https://doi.org/10.1021/es303263x.

Aiken, George, Helen Hsu-Kim, Joe Ryan, and Pedro Alvarez. “Nanoscale metal-organic matter interactions.” Environmental Science & Technology 45, no. 8 (April 2011): 3194–95. https://doi.org/10.1021/es2007148.

Aiken, G. R., H. Hsu Kim, and J. N. Ryan. “Influence of dissolved organic matter on the environmental fate of metals, nanoparticles, and colloids.” Environmental Science \& Technology 45 (2011): 3196–3201. https://doi.org/10.1021/es103992s.

Shuen, J. A., A. R. Elia, K. Xu, C. -. F. J. Chen, A. Jiang, E. Litkowski, A. Bonhivert, H. Hsu-Kim, and R. D. Schwartz-Bloom. “FEMMES: A one-day mentorship program to engage 4th -- 6th grade girls in STEM activities.” Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 17, no. 4 (2011): 295–312. https://doi.org/10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.2011002292.