PUBLICATIONS

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications

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2020

  • Passive sampling protocol for ex situ determination of freely dissolved concentrations of hydrophobic organic chemicals in sediments and soils: Basis for interpreting toxicity and assessing bioavailability, risks, and remediation necessity. M. T.O. Jonker, R. M. Burgess, U. Ghosh, P. M. Gschwend, S. E. Hale, R. Lohmann, M. J. Lydy, K. A. Maruya, D. Reible, F. Smedes. In Press. Nature Protocols. 2020.
  • Development of a novel equilibrium passive sampling device for methylmercury in sediment and soil porewaters. Sanders, J.P.; Alyssa McBurney. A.; Gilmourc, C.C.; Schwartz, G.E.; Kane Driscoll, S.B.; Brown, S.S.; Ghosh, U. Toxicol. Chem. 39, 323–334. 2020.
  • Full Scale Application of Activated Carbon to Reduce Pollutant Bioavailability in a 5-Acre Lake.Patmont, E.; Jalalizadeh, M.; Needham, T.; Vance, J.; Greene, R.; Cargill, J.; Ghosh, U. ASCE J. Env. Engr. 146(5): 04020024. 2020

2019

  • Response to “Comment on ‘A Pilot-Scale Field Study: In Situ Treatment of PCB-Impacted Sediments with Bioamended Activated Carbon’ Rayford B. Payne, Upal Ghosh, Harold D. May, Christopher W. Marshall, and Kevin R. Sowers. Sci. Technol., 53, 6104-6105, 2019.
  • A Pilot-Scale Field Study: In Situ Treatment of PCB-Impacted Sediments with Bioamended Activated Carbon. Payne, R.B.; Ghosh, U.; May, H.D.; Marshall, C.W.; Sowers, K.R. Sci. Technol., 53, 2626−2634. 2019.
  • Bioaccumulation in Functionally Different Species: Ongoing Input of PCBs with Sediment Deposition to Activated Carbon Remediated Beds. Gidley, P.T.; Kennedy, A.J.; Lotufo, G.R.; Wooley, A.H.; Melby. N.L.; Ghosh, U.; Burgess, R.M.; Mayer, P.; Fernandez, L.A.; Schmidt, S.N.; Wang, A.P.; Ruiz, C.E.; and Bridges, T.S. Toxicol. Chem. 38(10):2326-2336. 2019.
  • Kinetics of PCB Microbial Dechlorination Explained by Freely Dissolved Concentration in Sediment Microcosms. Needham, T.P.; Payne, R.B.; Sowers, K.R.; Ghosh, U. Sci. Technol. 53, 13, 7432-7441. 2019
  • Four decades since the ban, old urban wastewater treatment plant remains a dominant source of PCBs to the environment. Needham, T.P. and Ghosh, U. Environmental Pollution 246, 390-397. 2019.

2018

  • Impact of Dissolved Organic Matter on Mercury and Methylmercury Sorption to Activated Carbon in Soils: Implications for Remediation. Grace E. Schwartz, James P. Sanders, Alyssa McBurney, Upal Ghosh, Cynthia C. Gilmour. Sci: Proc. Impacts. 21. 2018
  • Evaluation of passive sampling polymers and non-equilibrium adjustment methods in a multi-year surveillance of sediment porewater PCBs. James P. Sanders, Natasha A. Andrade, Upal Ghosh. Toxicol. Chem. 37, 2496–2505, 2018.
  • Persistent reductions in the bioavailability of PCBs at a tidally inundated Phragmites australis marsh amended with activated carbon. James P. Sanders, Natasha A. Andrade, Charles A. Menzie, C. Bennett Amos, Cynthia C. Gilmour, Elizabeth A. Henry, Steven S. Brown, Upal Ghosh. Toxicol. Chem. 37, 2487–2495, 2018.
  • Enhanced biochars can match activated carbon performance in sediments with high native bioavailability of PCBs. J.L. Gomez-Eyles and U. Ghosh. Chemosphere, 203, 179-187, 2018.
  • Advancing the use of passive sampling in risk assessment and management of contaminated sediments: Results of an international passive sampling inter-laboratory comparison. Michiel T.O. Jonker, Stephan A. van der Heijden, Dave Adelman, Jennifer N. Apell, Robert M. Burgess, Yongju Choi, Loretta A. Fernandez, Geanna M. Flavetta, Upal Ghosh, Philip M. Gschwend, Sarah E. Hale, Mehregan Jalalizadeh, Mohammed Khairy, Mark A. Lampi, Wenjian Lao, Rainer Lohmann, Michael J. Lydy, Keith A. Maruya, Samuel A. Nutile, Amy M.P. Oen, Magdalena I. Rakowska, Danny Reible, Tatsiana P. Rusina, Foppe Smedes, and Yanwen Wu. Sci. Technol. 52(6):3574-3582. 2018
  • Activated carbon thin-layer placement as an in situ mercury remediation tool in a Penobscot River salt marsh Cynthia Gilmour, Tyler Bell, Ally Soren, Georgia Riedel, Gerhardt Riedel, Dianne Kopec, Drew Bodaly, Upal Ghosh. Science of the Total Environment 621, 839–848. 2018.

Patents and Disclosures

  1. Ghosh and K. Sowers. A Combined Passive Dosing-Sampling Device to Monitor In-Situ PCB Dechionnation Rates in Sediments. Patent disclosure. Sep, 2017.
  2. Ghosh and M. Jalalizadeh, 2016. A new approach for passive sampling of sediment porewater. Patent Disclosure, UMBC Docket # UMBC 2016 005UG
  3. Sowers, B. Kjellerup, and U. Ghosh 2015. Organic biofilm substrata as a microbial inoculum delivery vehicle for bioaugmentation of persistent organic pollutants in contaminated sediments and soils. (US Patent # 8,945,906). Licensed and commercialized
  4. Ghosh and C.A. Menzie, 2010: A Low-Impact Delivery System for In-Situ Treatment of Contaminated Sediment. (US patent # 7,824,129) – Licensed and commercialized
  5. G. Luthy and U. Ghosh, 2006: In Situ Stabilization of Persistent Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants in Sediments using coal- and wood-derived carbon sorbents. (US patent # 7,101,115) – Licensed and commercialized