Publications

Gerson, J. R., C. T. Driscoll, H. Hsu-Kim, and E. S. Bernhardt. “Senegalese artisanal gold mining leads to elevated total mercury and methylmercury concentrations in soils, sediments, and rivers.” Elementa 6 (January 1, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.274.

Lefèvre, Emilie, Nathan Bossa, Courtney M. Gardner, Gretchen E. Gehrke, Ellen M. Cooper, Heather M. Stapleton, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and Claudia K. Gunsch. “Biochar and activated carbon act as promising amendments for promoting the microbial debromination of tetrabromobisphenol A.” Water Research 128 (January 2018): 102–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.09.047.

Weinhouse, Caren, Ernesto J. Ortiz, Axel J. Berky, Paige Bullins, John Hare-Grogg, Laura Rogers, Ana-Maria Morales, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and William K. Pan. “Hair Mercury Level is Associated with Anemia and Micronutrient Status in Children Living Near Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in the Peruvian Amazon.” The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 97, no. 6 (December 2017): 1886–97. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0269.

Wyatt, Lauren, Ernesto J. Ortiz, Beth Feingold, Axel Berky, Sarah Diringer, Ana Maria Morales, Elvis Rojas Jurado, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and William Pan. “Spatial, Temporal, and Dietary Variables Associated with Elevated Mercury Exposure in Peruvian Riverine Communities Upstream and Downstream of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 14, no. 12 (December 2017): E1582. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14121582.

Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Chuanjia Jiang, and Udonna Ndu. “Nanoscale metal-organic matter interactions.” In ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 253. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2017.

Rivera, Nelson, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. “Reactivity and bioavailability of mercury sorbed to or coprecipitated with iron sulfides.” In ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 253. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2017.

Jiang, Chuanjia, Benjamin T. Castellon, Cole W. Matson, George R. Aiken, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. “Relative Contributions of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles and Dissolved Copper to Cu Uptake Kinetics of Gulf Killifish (Fundulus grandis) Embryos.” Environmental Science & Technology 51, no. 3 (February 2017): 1395–1404. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b04672.

Hower, J. C., M. M. Hood, R. K. Taggart, and H. Hsu-Kim. “Chemistry and petrology of paired feed coal and combustion ash from anthracite-burning stoker boilers.” Fuel 199 (January 1, 2017): 438–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2017.03.007.

Hood, Madison M., Ross K. Taggart, Ryan C. Smith, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Kevin R. Henke, Uschi Graham, John G. Groppo, Jason M. Unrine, and James C. Hower. “Rare Earth Element Distribution in Fly Ash Derived from the Fire Clay Coal, Kentucky.” Coal Combustion and Gasification Products 9, no. 1 (2017): 22–33. https://doi.org/10.4177/ccgp-d-17-00002.1.

Schwartz, Grace E., Lauren K. Redfern, Kaoru Ikuma, Claudia K. Gunsch, Laura S. Ruhl, Avner Vengosh, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. “Impacts of coal ash on methylmercury production and the methylating microbial community in anaerobic sediment slurries.” Environmental Science. Processes & Impacts 18, no. 11 (November 2016): 1427–39. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6em00458j.

Maurer, Laura L., Xinyu Yang, Adam J. Schindler, Ross K. Taggart, Chuanjia Jiang, Heileen Hsu-Kim, David R. Sherwood, and Joel N. Meyer. “Intracellular trafficking pathways in silver nanoparticle uptake and toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans.” Nanotoxicology 10, no. 7 (September 2016): 831–35. https://doi.org/10.3109/17435390.2015.1110759.

Johnson, Carol, Udonna Ndu, Elaine Hung, Nelson Rivera, Marc Deshusses, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. “Effects of activated carbon amendments on the bioavailability and methylation of different forms of inorganic mercury.” In ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 252. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2016.

McEwen, Abigail R., Heileen Hsu-Kim, Nicholas A. Robins, Nicole A. Hagan, Susan Halabi, Olivo Barras, Daniel deB Richter, and John J. Vandenberg. “Residential metal contamination and potential health risks of exposure in adobe brick houses in Potosí, Bolivia.” Sci Total Environ 562 (August 15, 2016): 237–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.152.

Matson, Cole W., Audrey J. Bone, Mélanie Auffan, T Ty Lindberg, Mariah C. Arnold, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Mark R. Wiesner, and Richard T. Di Giulio. “Silver toxicity across salinity gradients: the role of dissolved silver chloride species (AgCl x ) in Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) and medaka (Oryzias latipes) early life-stage toxicity.” Ecotoxicology (London, England) 25, no. 6 (August 2016): 1105–18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-016-1665-3.

Taggart, Ross K., James C. Hower, Gary S. Dwyer, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. “Trends in the Rare Earth Element Content of U.S.-Based Coal Combustion Fly Ashes.” Environmental Science & Technology 50, no. 11 (June 2016): 5919–26. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b00085.

Schwartz, G. E., N. Rivera, S. W. Lee, J. M. Harrington, J. C. Hower, K. E. Levine, A. Vengosh, and H. Hsu-Kim. “Leaching potential and redox transformations of arsenic and selenium in sediment microcosms with fly ash.” Applied Geochemistry 67 (April 1, 2016): 177–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2016.02.013.

Gai, Ke, Thomas P. Hoelen, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and Gregory V. Lowry. “Mobility of Four Common Mercury Species in Model and Natural Unsaturated Soils.” Environmental Science & Technology 50, no. 7 (April 2016): 3342–51. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b04247.

Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Anh Pham, Carol Johnson, Udonn Ndu, Nelson Rivera, and Marc Deshusses. “Nanoscale mercury sulfide-organic matter interactions: Practical applications for environmental risk assessment.” In ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 251. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2016.

Rivera, Nelson, Carol Johnson, Udonna Ndu, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. “Sorption of mercury to aged iron sulfides and the implications for Hg bioavailability.” In ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 251. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2016.

Taggart, Ross, Heileen Hsu-Kim, James Hower, and Gary Dwyer. “Recovery of rare earth elements from coal fly ash: Identification of candidate feedstock materials.” In ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 251. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2016.

Di Giulio, R. T., E. S. Bernhardt, A. Vengosh, H. Hsu-Kim, and J. E. Brandt. “Legacy impacts of coal combusion residues in freshwater ecosystems in North Carolina.” Water Resources Research Institute News of the University of North Carolina, no. 464 (March 1, 2016).

Wyatt, Lauren H., Sarah E. Diringer, Laura A. Rogers, Heileen Hsu-Kim, William K. Pan, and Joel N. Meyer. “Antagonistic Growth Effects of Mercury and Selenium in Caenorhabditis elegans Are Chemical-Species-Dependent and Do Not Depend on Internal Hg/Se Ratios.” Environmental Science & Technology 50, no. 6 (March 2016): 3256–64. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b06044.

Lee, Sung-Woo, Gregory V. Lowry, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. “Biogeochemical transformations of mercury in solid waste landfills and pathways for release.” Environmental Science. Processes & Impacts 18, no. 2 (February 2016): 176–89. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5em00561b.

Wilcox, J., B. Wang, E. Rupp, R. Taggart, H. Hsu-Kim, M. L. S. Oliveira, C. M. N. L. Cutruneo, et al. “Observations and Assessment of Fly Ashes from High-Sulfur Bituminous Coals and Blends of High-Sulfur Bituminous and Subbituminous Coals: Environmental Processes Recorded at the Macro- and Nanometer Scale.” Energy and Fuels 29, no. 11 (November 19, 2015): 7168–77. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b02033.

Deonarine, Amrika, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Tong Zhang, Yong Cai, and Curtis J. Richardson. “Legacy source of mercury in an urban stream-wetland ecosystem in central North Carolina, USA.” Chemosphere 138 (November 2015): 960–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.12.038.