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About
Dr. Adams teaches classes in aquatic chemistry, water and wastewater treatment, inland waters, environmental systems (laboratory class), and analytical methods. Before her graduate studies, Dr. Adams worked on several air and water quality projects as an environmental engineer for Radian International. After finishing her Ph.D., she was a Knauss Sea Grant Marine Policy Fellow at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. While there, she worked on improving methods for the evaluation of dredged material proposed for ocean and inland disposal. Dr. Adams’ research focuses on the cycling of organic pollutants like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in natural waters. She has developed a sampler for measuring dissolved pollutants, which she most recently used to study the importance of sediment resuspension on the transport of PAHs and PCBs in the lower Hudson Estuary.
Dr. Adams graduated with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1994, an M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000 and received her Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2002.
Dr. Adams graduated with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1994, an M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000 and received her Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2002.
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Tracking and Assessing Oil Spill Toxicity to Aquatic Organisms: A Novel Approach
Burton, G. A., Cervi, E. C., Rosen, G., Colvin, M., Chadwick, B., Hayman, N., Allan, S. E., DiPinto, L. M., Adams, R., McPherson, M. & Scharberg, E., May 2021, In: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 40, 5, p. 1452-1462 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Using performance reference compound-corrected polyethylene passive samplers and caged bivalves to measure hydrophobic contaminants of concern in urban coastal seawaters
Joyce, A. S., Pirogovsky, M. S., Adams, R. G., Lao, W., Tsukada, D., Cash, C. L., Haw, J. F. & Maruya, K. A., May 2015, In: Chemosphere. 127, p. 10-17 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Passive sampling methods for contaminated sediments: scientific rationale supporting use of freely dissolved concentrations.
Mayer, P., Parkerton, T. F., Adams, R. G., Cargill, J. G., Gan, J., Gouin, T., Gschwend, P. M., Hawthorne, S. B., Helm, P., Witt, G., You, J. & Escher, B. I., Apr 2014, In: Integrated environmental assessment and management. 10, 2, p. 197-209 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Measurement of polyethylene-water partition coefficients for in situ passive sampling of contaminants of emerging concern in Los Angeles, California
Joyce, A. S., Pirogovsky, M. S., Lao, W., Tsukada, D., Haw, J. F., Adams, R. G. & Maruya, K. A., Mar 25 2012, In: ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 243, 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract › peer-review
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Biomanufacturing process analytical technology (PAT) application for downstream processing: Using dissolved oxygen as an indicator of product quality for a protein refolding reaction
Pizarro, S. A., Dinges, R., Adams, R., Sanchez, A. & Winter, C., Oct 1 2009, In: Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 104, 2, p. 340-351 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review