Publications

Neal-Walthall, Natalia, Udonna Ndu, Nelson A. Rivera, Dwayne A. Elias, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. “Utility of Diffusive Gradient in Thin-Film Passive Samplers for Predicting Mercury Methylation Potential and Bioaccumulation in Freshwater Wetlands.” Environmental Science & Technology 56, no. 3 (February 2022): 1743–52. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c06796.

Gerson, Jacqueline R., Natalie Szponar, Angelica Almeyda Zambrano, Bridget Bergquist, Eben Broadbent, Charles T. Driscoll, Gideon Erkenswick, et al. “Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining.” Nature Communications 13, no. 1 (January 2022): 559. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-27997-3.

Mello, Danielle F., Laura L. Maurer, Ian T. Ryde, Dong Hoon Songr, Stella M. Marinakos, Chuanjia Jiang, Mark R. Wiesner, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and Joel N. Meyer. “In Vivo Effects of Silver Nanoparticles on Development, Behavior, and Mitochondrial Function are Altered by Genetic Defects in Mitochondrial Dynamics.” Environmental Science & Technology 56, no. 2 (January 2022): 1113–24. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c05915.

Koenigsmark, Faye, Caren Weinhouse, Axel J. Berky, Ana Maria Morales, Ernesto J. Ortiz, Eric M. Pierce, William K. Pan, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. “Efficacy of Hair Total Mercury Content as a Biomarker of Methylmercury Exposure to Communities in the Area of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Madre de Dios, Peru.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 24 (December 2021): 13350. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413350.

Hower, J. C., J. G. Groppo, H. Hsu-Kim, and R. K. Taggart. “Signatures of rare earth element distributions in fly ash derived from the combustion of Central Appalachian, Illinois, and Powder River basin coals.” Fuel 301 (October 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121048.

Wang, Lu, Danielle F. Mello, Robert M. Zucker, Nelson A. Rivera, Nicholas M. K. Rogers, Nicholas K. Geitner, William K. Boyes, Mark R. Wiesner, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and Joel N. Meyer. “Lack of Detectable Direct Effects of Silver and Silver Nanoparticles on Mitochondria in Mouse Hepatocytes.” Environmental Science & Technology 55, no. 16 (August 2021): 11166–75. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c02295.

McMillan, Hannah M., Nicholas Rogers, Austin Wadle, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Mark R. Wiesner, Meta J. Kuehn, and Christine Ogilvie Hendren. “Microbial vesicle-mediated communication: convergence to understand interactions within and between domains of life.” Environ Sci Process Impacts 23, no. 5 (May 26, 2021): 664–77. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1em00022e.

Dong, Ziye, Gauthier Deblonde, Andrew Middleton, Dehong Hu, Alice Dohnalkova, Libor Kovarik, Odeta Qafoku, et al. “Microbe-Encapsulated Silica Gel Biosorbents for Selective Extraction of Scandium from Coal Byproducts.” Environmental Science & Technology 55, no. 9 (May 2021): 6320–28. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c08632.

Hower, J. C., J. G. Groppo, H. Hsu-Kim, and R. K. Taggart. “Distribution of rare earth elements in fly ash derived from the combustion of Illinois Basin coals.” Fuel 289 (April 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2020.119990.

Weinhouse, Caren, John A. Gallis, Ernesto Ortiz, Axel J. Berky, Ana Maria Morales, Sarah E. Diringer, James Harrington, et al. “A population-based mercury exposure assessment near an artisanal and small-scale gold mining site in the Peruvian Amazon.” Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 31, no. 1 (February 2021): 126–36. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-020-0234-2.

Pan, William K., Caren Weinhouse, Ernesto J. Ortiz, Axel J. Berky, Emma Fixsen, Andres Mallipudi, Beth J. Feingold, et al. “CoNaMad-Cohorte de Nacimiento de Madre de Dios/Madre de Dios Birth Cohort to Study Effects of in-utero Trace Metals Exposure in the Southern Peruvian Amazon.” Ann Glob Health 87, no. 1 (2021): 69. https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3152.

Alipanah, M., D. M. Park, A. Middleton, Z. Dong, H. Hsu-Kim, Y. Jiao, and H. Jin. “Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Assessments for Sustainable Rare Earth Recovery from Coal Byproducts using Biosorption.” ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 8, no. 49 (December 14, 2020): 17914–22. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c04415.

Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Desiree Plata, James Hower, Zachary Hendren, and Mark Wiesner. “Novel Membrane and Electrodeposition-Based Separation and Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Coal Combustion Residues (Final Report).” Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), August 19, 2020. https://doi.org/10.2172/1526006.

Gerson, Jacqueline R., Laura C. Naslund, Yu-Ting Liu, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Charles T. Driscoll, Matthew R. V. Ross, Matthew N. Waters, and Emily S. Bernhardt. “Mercury and selenium loading in mountaintop mining impacted alkaline streams and riparian food webs.” Biogeochemistry. 150, no. 1 (August 2020): 109–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-020-00690-7.

Berky, Axel J., Emily Robie, Ernesto J. Ortiz, Joel N. Meyer, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and William K. Pan. “Evaluation of Peruvian Government Interventions to Reduce Childhood Anemia.” Annals of Global Health 86, no. 1 (August 2020): 98. https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.2896.

Middleton, A., D. M. Park, Y. Jiao, and H. Hsu-Kim. “Major element composition controls rare earth element solubility during leaching of coal fly ash and coal by-products.” International Journal of Coal Geology 227 (July 1, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2020.103532.

Park, D., A. Middleton, R. Smith, G. Deblonde, D. Laudal, N. Theaker, H. Hsu-Kim, and Y. Jiao. “A biosorption-based approach for selective extraction of rare earth elements from coal byproducts.” Separation and Purification Technology 241 (June 15, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2020.116726.

Diana, Zoie, Natasha Sawickij, Nelson A. Rivera, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and Daniel Rittschof. “Plastic pellets trigger feeding responses in sea anemones.” Aquatic Toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 222 (May 2020): 105447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2020.105447.

Reuben, Aaron, Helena Frischtak, Axel Berky, Ernesto J. Ortiz, Ana Maria Morales, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Laura L. Pendergast, and William K. Pan. “Elevated Hair Mercury Levels Are Associated With Neurodevelopmental Deficits in Children Living Near Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Peru.” GeoHealth 4, no. 5 (May 2020): e2019GH000222. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gh000222.

Wang, Z., R. M. Coyte, G. S. Dwyer, L. S. Ruhl, H. Hsu-Kim, J. C. Hower, and A. Vengosh. “Distinction of strontium isotope ratios between water-soluble and bulk coal fly ash from the United States.” International Journal of Coal Geology 222 (April 1, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2020.103464.

Feingold, Beth J., Axel Berky, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Elvis Rojas Jurado, and William K. Pan. “Population-based dietary exposure to mercury through fish consumption in the Southern Peruvian Amazon.” Environmental Research 183 (April 2020): 108720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2019.108720.

Avellan, Astrid, Marie Simonin, Steven M. Anderson, Nicholas K. Geitner, Nathan Bossa, Eleanor Spielman-Sun, Emily S. Bernhardt, et al. “Differential Reactivity of Copper- and Gold-Based Nanomaterials Controls Their Seasonal Biogeochemical Cycling and Fate in a Freshwater Wetland Mesocosm.” Environmental Science & Technology 54, no. 3 (February 2020): 1533–44. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b05097.

Mello, Danielle F., Rafael Trevisan, Nelson Rivera, Nicholas K. Geitner, Richard T. Di Giulio, Mark R. Wiesner, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and Joel N. Meyer. “Caveats to the use of MTT, neutral red, Hoechst and Resazurin to measure silver nanoparticle cytotoxicity.” Chemico-Biological Interactions 315 (January 2020): 108868. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbi.2019.108868.

Diringer, Sarah E., Axel J. Berky, Marco Marani, Ernesto J. Ortiz, Osman Karatum, Desiree L. Plata, William K. Pan, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. “Deforestation Due to Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Exacerbates Soil and Mercury Mobilization in Madre de Dios, Peru.” Environmental Science & Technology 54, no. 1 (January 2020): 286–96. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b06620.

Volkoff, Savannah J., Joshua S. Osterberg, Nishad Jayasundara, Ellen Cooper, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Laura Rogers, Gretchen E. Gehrke, Saro Jayaraman, and Richard T. Di Giulio. “Embryonic Fundulus heteroclitus responses to sediment extracts from differentially contaminated sites in the Elizabeth River, VA.” Ecotoxicology (London, England) 28, no. 9 (November 2019): 1126–35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-019-02116-z.