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Selected Publications/Presentations of Dr. Hakan Gürleyük

Selected Publications/Presentations of Mr. Russell Gerads


Publications:


  • O’Connor, R., O’Connor, M., Irgolic, K., Sabrsula, J., Gürleyük, H., Brunette, R., Howard, C., Garcia, J., Brien, J., Brien, J., and Brien, J., (2004) “Transformations, Air Transport and Human Impact of Arsenic from Poultry Litter” Submitted to Journal of Environmental Forensics

    Hollibaugh, J.T., Vasquez, L., Lecleir, G., Carini, S., Joye, S.B., Jellison, R.E., Gürleyük., H. & Wallschläger, D. (2004) “Arsenic speciation in an alkaline, hypersaline, meromictic lake in response to the seasonal progression of water column stratification and redox conditions” in press, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta

    Garcia, J., Howard, C., Gerads, R., Hensman, C., and Gürleyük, H., (2004) “Speciation Analysis and its Role in Waste Treatment & Remediation Technology” Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Environmental Issues and Waste Management in Energy and Mineral Production.

    Hensman, C., Meyer, J., Kilner, P., and Gürleyük, H., (2004) “Trace-metal remediation strategies in complex matrices using organo-thiols” Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Environmental Issues and Waste Management in Energy and Mineral Production.

    Gürleyük, H. and Wallschläger, D. 2001 “Determination of Chromium(III) and Chromium(VI) in Waters Using Suppressed Ion Chromatography Coupled to Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry” J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom. 16: 926-930.

    Yehl, P.M., Gürleyük, H., Tyson, J.F., Uden, P.C. 2001 “Microwave-Assisted Extraction of Monomethyl Arsonic Acid from Soil and Sediment Standard Reference Materials” Analyst 126: 1511-1518.

    Gürleyük, H., Tyson, J.F., and Uden, P.C. 2000 “Determination of Extractable Arsenic in Soils Using Slurry Sampling - On-Line Microwave - Assisted Extraction - Hydride Generation - Atomic Absorption Spectrometry" Spectrochim. Acta Part B 55: 935-942.

    Gürleyük, H., Van Fleet-Stalder, V. and Chasteen, T.G. 1997 "Confirmation of the Biomethylation of Antimony Compounds" App. Organometal. Chem. 11: 471-483.

    Van Fleet-Stalder, V.H., Gürleyük, H., Bachofen, R., and Chasteen, T.G. 1997 “Effects of Growth Conditions on Production of Methyl Selenides in Cultures of Rhodobacter sphaeroides" Indust. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 19: 98-103.

    Selected Publications/Presentations of Dr. Hakan Gürleyük:

    Gürleyük, H. 2004 “Speciation Analysis and its Role in Waste Treatment & Remediation Technology” 8th International Symposium on Environmental Issues and Waste Management in Energy and Mineral Production, Antalya, Turkey.

    Gürleyük, H. 2004 “Are chicken farms the newest source of arsenic contamination?” Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Fort Lauderdale, FL

    Gürleyük, H. 2003 “Chicken feed additives: Another source of arsenic contamination?” 5th Int. Symp. on Speciation of Elements in Biol., Environ. Toxicol. Sci., Almuñecar, Spain

    Wallschläger, D. & Gürleyük, H. 2003 “Arsenic speciation and cycling in a meromictic soda lake – a model system for arsenic-contaminated ground waters” 5th Int. Symp. on Speciation of Elements in Biol., Environ. Toxicol. Sci., Almuñecar, Spain

    Wallschläger, D., Gürleyük, H. & Hollibaugh, J.T. 2003 “Arsenic speciation and cycling in a permanently-stratified soda lake” invited oral presentation at the 39th IUPAC Congress, Ottawa, Canada

    Gürleyük, H. 2003 “Understanding the Behaviour of Metals by Speciation Analysis” Mining and the Environment, Sudbury, Canada

    Gürleyük, H. 2003 “Determination of Trace Elements in Difficult Matrices by Inductively Coupled Plasma – Dynamic Reaction Cell – Mass Spectrometry” Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Garmisch-Partenkirschen, Germany.

    Gürleyük, H. 2003 “Extraction and Determination of Hexavalent Chromium in Fish Tissue” Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Garmisch-Partenkirschen, Germany (poster).

    Gürleyük, H. 2003 “Low-Level Cyanide Speciation Analysis by IC-ICP-DRC-MS” Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Garmisch-Partenkirschen, Germany (poster).

    Gürleyük, H. 2003 “Speciation Analysis of Arsenic by IC-ICP-DRC-MS” Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Garmisch-Partenkirschen, Germany (poster).

    Gürleyük, H. 2002 “Interfacing Analytical Chemistry with Environmental Sciences” Invited Talk at Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey.

    Gürleyük, H. 2002 “Determination of Trace Elements in Seawaters by Inductively Coupled Plasma - Dynamic Reaction Cell - Mass Spectrometry.” 29th Annual Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies.

    Gürleyük, H. 2002 “Determination of Hexavalent Chromium in Drinking Waters by Ion Chromatography – Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (IC-ICP-MS).” American Water Works Association Inorganic Contaminants Workshop, San Diego, CA.

    Gürleyük, H. 2002 “Determination of Various Trace Elements in Seawater by Inductively Coupled Plasma - Dynamic Reaction Cell - Mass Spectrometry.” Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Scottsdale AZ (poster).

    Gürleyük, H. 2002 “Evaluation of the Dynamic Reaction Cell Technology for the Speciation Analysis of Chromium Using IC-ICP-MS.” Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Scottsdale AZ (poster).

    Gürleyük, H. 2001 “Determination of Chromium(III) and Chromium(VI) in Waters by Ion Chromatography - Inductively Coupled Plasma - Dynamic Reaction Cell - Mass Spectrometry.” 28th Annual Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies.

    Gürleyük, H. 2001 “Determination of Hexavalent Chromium in Waters by Ion Chromatography – Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry.” Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Norway (poster).

    Gürleyük, H. 2001 “Determination of Trace Elements in Seawater by Inductively Coupled Plasma – Dynamic Reaction Cell - Mass Spectrometry.” 28th Annual Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies.

    Gürleyük, H. 2001 “Slurry Sampling – On-Line Microwave Extraction Coupled with ICP-MS Detection as an Alternative to TCLP.” Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Norway (poster).

    Gürleyük, H. 2001 “Speciation of Chromium in Waters Using Ion Chromatography Coupled to Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry.” Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Norway.

    Gürleyük, H. 2000 “Determination of Extractable Trace Elements in Soils by Slurry Sampling-Flow Injection-Microwave Assisted Extraction Followed by On-line Filtering and ICP-MS Detection.” Pittcon 2000.

    Gürleyük, H. 2000 “Double Capillary Nebulizer for Sample Introduction in Plasma Spectrometry.” Pittcon 2000.

    Gürleyük, H. 2000 “Speciation of Arsenic in Soils Using Various Combinations of Slurry Sampling, Flow Injection, Microwave Assisted Chemistry, Hydride Generation, and ICP-MS.” 2000 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry (poster).

    Gürleyük, H. 1999 “Determination of Arsenic in Soils Using Slurry Sampling - On-Line Microwave-Assisted Extraction – Hydride Generation - Atomic Absorption Spectrometry.” 31st Colloquium Spectroscopicum International.

    Gürleyük, H. 1998 “Speciation of Arsenic Compounds in Soils by Liquid Chromatography with Element-Specific Detection.” 25th Annual Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies.

    Gürleyük, H. 1996 “Calculating the Total Biological Production of Volatile Sulfur and Selenium Compounds by Determining their Henry's Law Constants.” 211th National American Chemical Society Meeting (poster).

    Gürleyük, H. 1996 “Determination of Organic Compounds of the Green Alga Halimeda Using Supercritical Fluid Extraction (SFE) and Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS).” Annual Texas Academy of Science Meeting.

    Gürleyük, H. 1996 “Investigation of the Biologically Reduced and Methylated Compounds of Antimony.” 211th National American Chemical Society Meeting (poster).

    Gürleyük, H. 1996 “Physiological Aspects of Selenium Oxyanion Reduction and Methylation by Rhodobacter sphaeroides.” 211th National American Chemical Society Meeting (poster).

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Selected Publications/Presentations of Mr. Russell Gerads:

  • Zavala, Y., Gerads, R., Gürleyük, H., Duxbury, J. Arsenic in Rice: II. 2008. Arsenic Speciation in USA Grain and Implications for Human Health. Environmental Science and Technology, 42:3861-3866.

    Zavala, Y., Gerads, R., Gürleyük, H., Duxbury, J. Arsenic in Rice: III. A Greenhouse Evaluation of Water Management on Arsenic Uptake. Environmental Science and Technology, In Press.

    Corbin, E., Seeley, E., Raab, A., Feldmann, J., Gerads, R. 2008. Metal chelation as a defense strategy to prevent bacterial growth in tissue abscesses. Science.319: 962-965.

    Moreau, M. F., J. Surico-Bennett, M. Vicario-Fisher , R. Gerads, R. M. Gersberg, and S. H. Hurlbert. 2006. “Selenium, arsenic, and other contaminants in three fish species in the Salton Sea, California, and their potential impact on human consumers and wildlife.” Hydrobiologia. In Press.

    Coe, M., J. Surico-Bennett, M. Vicario-Fisher, D. Crane, R. Gerads. 2004. “Contaminants in
    tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) from the Salton Sea, California, in relation to human health,
    piscivorous birds and fish meal production”. Hydrobiologia.


    Gerads, R., Gurleyuk, H. 2009 “Identification of Two New Selenium Species in Flue Gas Desulferization Wastewater and Their Impacts on Total Selenium Measurements National Environmental Monitoring Conference (Organized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), San Antonio,TX.

    Liskowitz, M., Gerads, R. 2007. Use of Zero Valent Iron for the Reduction of Selenium and Nitrate. Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds: The Sixth International Conference. Monterey, CA.

    Gerads, R., Gürleyük, H. 2007 “Ultra Trace Mercury Speciation Analysis by HPLC-CV-ICP-MS” National Environmental Monitoring Conference (Organized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), Washington, DC.

    Gürleyük, H., Gerads, R. 2006 “Analytical and Preparatory Issues Associated with Total and Speciation Analysis of Selenium” Invited Talk at the International Water Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.

    Gerads, R., Gürleyük, H. 2006 “A Complete Method for Total Selenium Quantification of Aqueous Matrices ” Invited Talk at The National Environmental Monitoring Conference (Organized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), Washington, DC.

    Gürleyük, H., Gerads, R.. 2006 “Analytical and Preparatory Issues Associated with Total Selenium and Selenium Speciation Analysis” Invited Talk at The National Environmental Monitoring Conference (Organized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), Washington, DC.

    Gürleyük, H.,Gerads, R.. 2006 “Routine Arsenic Speciation Analysis by IC-ICP-MS? Are we there yet?” Invited Talk at The National Environmental Monitoring Conference (Organized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), Washington, DC.

    Gerads, R., Gürleyük, H. 2006 “Analytical Methods for Selenium Speciation: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly!” National Environmental Monitoring Conference (Organized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), Washington, DC.

    Gürleyük, H., Gerads, R. 2005 “Determination of Arsenic, Selenium, and Chromium Species in Waters and Soils – Analytical Methods, Issues, and Solutions.” 16th Annual
    Conference of the Association for Environmental Health and Sciences.

    Gürleyük, H., Gerads, R. 2005 “Metals, Metalloids and Speciation by ICPMS: What is trace? What is state-of-the-Art?” Invited Talk at the AOAC Annual Meeting, Tacoma, WA.

    Gerads, R.T.2002. “Ultra Trace Level Arsenic Speciation: Determination and Application,”
    invited presentation for Pacific Northwest Clean Water Association, Yakima, Washington,
    October 20-23, 2002.

    Gerads, R.T.2003. “Trace Analysis of Arsenic in Drinking Water” invited presentation for New
    Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton, New Jersey, April 1, 2003.

    Gerads, R.T, Johnson, M.2004. “Ultra-Clean Sampling Protocols and Techniques in Water”
    presentation for Pacific Northwest Clean Water Association Western Washington Regional Short
    School and Trade Show, June 22, 2004.

    Garcia, J., Howard, C., Gerads, R., Hensman, C., and Gürleyük, H., (2004) “Speciation
    Analysis and its Role in Waste Treatment & Remediation Technology”
    Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Environmental Issues and Waste
    Management in Energy and Mineral Production.

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