Publications

2016

Li, Heng-Xiang, Gordon J. Getzinger, P Lee Ferguson, Beatriz Orihuela, Mei Zhu, and Daniel Rittschof. “Effects of Toxic Leachate from Commercial Plastics on Larval Survival and Settlement of the Barnacle Amphibalanus amphitrite.” Environmental Science & Technology 50, no. 2 (January 2016): 924–31. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b02781.

Czaplicki, L. M., E. Cooper, P. L. Ferguson, H. M. Stapleton, R. Vilgalys, and C. K. Gunsch. “A New Perspective on Sustainable Soil Remediation-Case Study Suggests Novel Fungal Genera Could Facilitate in situ Biodegradation of Hazardous Contaminants.” Remediation (New York, N.Y.) 26, no. 2 (January 2016): 59–72. https://doi.org/10.1002/rem.21458.

2015

Getzinger, Gordon J., Megan P. O’Connor, Kathrin Hoelzer, Brian D. Drollette, Osman Karatum, Marc A. Deshusses, P Lee Ferguson, Martin Elsner, and Desiree L. Plata. “Natural Gas Residual Fluids: Sources, Endpoints, and Organic Chemical Composition after Centralized Waste Treatment in Pennsylvania.” Environmental Science & Technology 49, no. 14 (July 2015): 8347–55. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b00471.

Bisesi, Joseph H., Thuy Ngo, Satvika Ponnavolu, Keira Liu, Candice M. Lavelle, ARM Nabiul Afrooz, Navid B. Saleh, P Lee Ferguson, Nancy D. Denslow, and Tara Sabo-Attwood. “Examination of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Uptake and Toxicity from Dietary Exposure: Tracking Movement and Impacts in the Gastrointestinal System.” Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) 5, no. 2 (June 2015): 1066–86. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano5021066.

Khan, Iftheker A., Joseph R. V. Flora, A. R. M. Nabiul Afrooz, Nirupam Aich, P Ariette Schierz, P Lee Ferguson, Tara Sabo-Attwood, and Navid B. Saleh. “Change in Chirality of Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Can Overcome Anionic Surfactant Stabilization: A Systematic Study of Aggregation Kinetics.” Environmental Chemistry (Collingwood, Vic.) 12, no. 6 (May 2015): 652–61. https://doi.org/10.1071/en14176.

Fang, Mingliang, Thomas F. Webster, P Lee Ferguson, and Heather M. Stapleton. “Characterizing the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPARγ) ligand binding potential of several major flame retardants, their metabolites, and chemical mixtures in house dust.” Environmental Health Perspectives 123, no. 2 (February 2015): 166–72. https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1408522.

Parks, Ashley N., G Thomas Chandler, Kay T. Ho, Robert M. Burgess, and P Lee Ferguson. “Environmental biodegradability of [¹⁴C] single-walled carbon nanotubes by Trametes versicolor and natural microbial cultures found in New Bedford Harbor sediment and aerated wastewater treatment plant sludge.” Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 34, no. 2 (February 2015): 247–51. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.2791.

Fang, M., T. F. Webster, P. L. Ferguson, and H. M. Stapleton. “Characterizing the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPARγ) ligand binding potential of several major flame retardants, their metabolites, and chemical mixtures in house dust.” Environmental Health Perspectives 123, no. 2 (January 1, 2015): 166–72. https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1408522.

2014

Schierz, A., B. Espinasse, M. R. Wiesner, J. H. Bisesi, T. Sabo-Attwood, and P. Lee Ferguson. “Fate of single walled carbon nanotubes in wetland ecosystems.” Environmental Science: Nano 1, no. 6 (December 1, 2014): 574–83. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4en00063c.

Fang, Mingliang, Gordon J. Getzinger, Ellen M. Cooper, Bryan W. Clark, Lindsey V. T. Garner, Richard T. Di Giulio, P Lee Ferguson, and Heather M. Stapleton. “Effect-directed analysis of Elizabeth River porewater: developmental toxicity in zebrafish (Danio rerio).” Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 33, no. 12 (December 2014): 2767–74. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.2738.

Sanpui, Pallab, Xiao Zheng, Julia C. Loeb, Joseph H. Bisesi, Iftheker A. Khan, ARM Nabiul Afrooz, Keira Liu, et al. “Single-walled carbon nanotubes increase pandemic influenza A H1N1 virus infectivity of lung epithelial cells.” Particle and Fibre Toxicology 11 (December 2014): 66. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12989-014-0066-0.

Parks, Ashley N., G Thomas Chandler, Lisa M. Portis, Julia C. Sullivan, Monique M. Perron, Mark G. Cantwell, Robert M. Burgess, Kay T. Ho, and P Lee Ferguson. “Effects of single-walled carbon nanotubes on the bioavailability of PCBs in field-contaminated sediments.” Nanotoxicology 8 Suppl 1 (August 2014): 111–17. https://doi.org/10.3109/17435390.2013.858794.

Parks, A. N., R. M. Burgess, K. T. Ho, and P. L. Ferguson. “On the likelihood of single-walled carbon nanotubes causing adverse marine ecological effects.” Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 10, no. 3 (July 1, 2014): 472–74. https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.1540.

Dodder, Nathan G., Keith A. Maruya, P. Lee Ferguson, Richard Grace, Susan Klosterhaus, Mark J. La Guardia, Gunnar G. Lauenstein, and Juan Ramirez. “Occurrence of contaminants of emerging concern in mussels (Mytilus spp.) along the California coast and the influence of land use, storm water discharge, and treated wastewater effluent.” Marine Pollution Bulletin 81, no. 2 (April 2014): 340–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.06.041.

Bisesi, Joseph H., Jonathan Merten, Keira Liu, Ashley N. Parks, ARM Nabiul Afrooz, J Brad Glenn, Stephen J. Klaine, et al. “Tracking and quantification of single-walled carbon nanotubes in fish using near infrared fluorescence.” Environmental Science & Technology 48, no. 3 (January 2014): 1973–83. https://doi.org/10.1021/es4046023.

Dong, Wu, Laura J. Macaulay, Kevin Wh Kwok, David E. Hinton, P Lee Ferguson, and Heather M. Stapleton. “The PBDE metabolite 6-OH-BDE 47 affects melanin pigmentation and THRβ MRNA expression in the eye of zebrafish embryos.” Endocrine Disruptors (Austin, Tex.) 2, no. 1 (January 2014): e969072. https://doi.org/10.4161/23273739.2014.969072.

Levin, Edward D., Marty Cauley, Joshua E. Johnson, Ellen M. Cooper, Heather M. Stapleton, P Lee Ferguson, Frederic J. Seidler, and Theodore A. Slotkin. “Prenatal dexamethasone augments the neurobehavioral teratology of chlorpyrifos: significance for maternal stress and preterm labor.” Neurotoxicol Teratol 41 (2014): 35–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ntt.2013.10.004.

2013

Khan, Iftheker A., Nirupam Aich, ARM Nabiul Afrooz, Joseph R. V. Flora, P Ariette Schierz, P Lee Ferguson, Tara Sabo-Attwood, and Navid B. Saleh. “Fractal structures of single-walled carbon nanotubes in biologically relevant conditions: role of chirality vs. media conditions.” Chemosphere 93, no. 9 (November 2013): 1997–2003. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.07.019.

Khan, Iftheker A., Nicole D. Berge, Tara Sabo-Attwood, P Lee Ferguson, and Navid B. Saleh. “Single-walled carbon nanotube transport in representative municipal solid waste landfill conditions.” Environmental Science & Technology 47, no. 15 (August 2013): 8425–33. https://doi.org/10.1021/es401748f.

Parks, Ashley N., Lisa M. Portis, P Ariette Schierz, Kate M. Washburn, Monique M. Perron, Robert M. Burgess, Kay T. Ho, G Thomas Chandler, and P Lee Ferguson. “Bioaccumulation and toxicity of single-walled carbon nanotubes to benthic organisms at the base of the marine food chain.” Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 32, no. 6 (June 2013): 1270–77. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.2174.

Khan, Iftheker A., ARM Nabiul Afrooz, Joseph R. V. Flora, P Ariette Schierz, P Lee Ferguson, Tara Sabo-Attwood, and Navid B. Saleh. “Chirality affects aggregation kinetics of single-walled carbon nanotubes.” Environmental Science & Technology 47, no. 4 (February 2013): 1844–52. https://doi.org/10.1021/es3030337.

Ralston-Hooper, K. J., M. E. Turner, E. J. Soderblom, D. Villeneuve, G. T. Ankley, M. A. Moseley, R. A. Hoke, and P. L. Ferguson. “Application of a label-free, gel-free quantitative proteomics method for ecotoxicological studies of small fish species.” Environ Sci Technol 47, no. 2 (January 15, 2013): 1091–1100. https://doi.org/10.1021/es303170u.

2012

Stapleton, Heather M., Smriti Sharma, Gordon Getzinger, P Lee Ferguson, Michelle Gabriel, Thomas F. Webster, and Arlene Blum. “Novel and high volume use flame retardants in US couches reflective of the 2005 PentaBDE phase out.” Environmental Science & Technology 46, no. 24 (December 2012): 13432–39. https://doi.org/10.1021/es303471d.

Plata, Desiree L., P Lee Ferguson, and Paul Westerhoff. “Express it in numbers: efforts to quantify engineered nanoparticles in environmental matrices advance.” Environmental Science & Technology 46, no. 22 (November 2012): 12243–45. https://doi.org/10.1021/es302789n.

Schierz, Ariette, Ashley N. Parks, Kathryn M. Washburn, G Thomas Chandler, and P Lee Ferguson. “Characterization and quantitative analysis of single-walled carbon nanotubes in the aquatic environment using near-infrared fluorescence spectroscopy.” Environmental Science & Technology 46, no. 22 (November 2012): 12262–71. https://doi.org/10.1021/es301856a.