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Overview

Allen P. Davis is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a particular focus across 80 publications. Within this broad field, they have contributed extensively to subfields such as Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

  • Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact

Among notable publications authored or co-authored by Allen P. Davis are:

  • "Bioretention systems for stormwater management: Recent advances and future prospects," published in 2021 in the Journal of Environmental Management
  • "Systematic Evidence Map for Over One Hundred and Fifty Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)," published in 2022 in Environmental Health Perspectives
  • "Chemical characterization of urban stormwater: Traditional and emerging contaminants," published in 2021 in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Expanded Systematic Evidence Map for Hundreds of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and Comprehensive PFAS Human Health Dashboard," published in 2024 in Environmental Health Perspectives
  • "Biological nitrogen removal from stormwater in bioretention cells: a critical review," published in 2021 in Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Allen P. Davis has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Ahmet H. Aydilek
  • Birthe V. Kjellerup
  • Kristina A. Thayer
  • Michelle Angrish
  • Elizabeth G. Radke

Their work appears regularly in key publication venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Environment International
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Environmental Health Perspectives

In addition to journal articles, Allen P. Davis has published books, including one with Transportation Research Board eBooks titled "Achieving Highway Runoff Volume and Pollutant Reduction Using Vegetated Compost Blankets: A Guide" in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Loading estimates of lead, copper, cadmium, and zinc in urban runoff from specific sources

    Allen P Davis;Mohammad Shokouhian;Shubei Ni

  • Bioretention Technology: Overview of Current Practice and Future Needs

    Allen P. Davis;William F. Hunt;Robert G. Traver;Michael Clar

  • Laboratory study of biological retention for urban stormwater management.

    Allen P. Davis;Mohammad Shokouhian;Himanshu Sharma;Christie Minami

  • Evaluation and Optimization of Bioretention Media for Treatment of Urban Storm Water Runoff

    Chi-hsu Hsieh;Allen P. Davis

  • Water Quality Improvement through Bioretention Media: Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal

    Allen P. Davis;Mohammad Shokouhian;Himanshu Sharma;Christie Minami

  • Field Performance of Bioretention: Hydrology Impacts

    Allen P. Davis

  • Engineered bioretention for removal of nitrate from stormwater runoff.

    Hunho Kim;Eric A. Seagren;Allen P. Davis

  • Water quality improvement through bioretention: lead, copper, and zinc removal.

    Allen P. Davis;Mohammad Shokouhian;Himanshu Sharma;Christie Minami

  • Field Performance of Bioretention: Water Quality

    Allen P. Davis

  • Mitigation of Impervious Surface Hydrology Using Bioretention in North Carolina and Maryland

    Houng Li;Lucas J. Sharkey;William F. Hunt;Allen P. Davis

  • Meeting Hydrologic and Water Quality Goals through Targeted Bioretention Design

    William F. Hunt;Allen P. Davis;Robert G. Traver

  • Removal of Cu(II) and Cd(II) from aqueous solution by seafood processing waste sludge.

    S.M Lee;Allen P Davis

  • Water Quality Improvement through Reductions of Pollutant Loads Using Bioretention

    Houng Li;Allen P. Davis

  • Green engineering principles promote low-impact development

    Allen P. Davis

  • Photocatalytic oxidation in aqueous titanium dioxide suspensions: the influence of dissolved transition metals

    Elizabeth C. Butler;Allen P. Davis

  • Urban Stormwater Runoff Nitrogen Composition and Fate in Bioretention Systems

    Liqing Li;Allen P Davis

  • Bioretention column studies of phosphorus removal from urban stormwater runoff.

    Chi-hsu Hsieh;Allen P Davis;Brian A Needelman

  • Removal and fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon pollutants in an urban stormwater bioretention facility.

    Catherine J. DiBlasi;Houng Li;Allen P. Davis;Upal Ghosh

  • Nitrogen removal from urban stormwater runoff through layered bioretention columns.

    Chi-hsu Hsieh;Allen P. Davis;Brian A. Needelman

  • Heavy metal fates in laboratory bioretention systems.

    Xueli Sun;Allen P. Davis

  • Stabilization of available arsenic in highly contaminated mine tailings using iron.

    Ju-Yong Kim;Allen P Davis;Kyoung-Woong Kim

  • Mitigation of Impervious Surface Hydrology Using Bioretention in North Carolina and Maryland

    Lucas Sharkey;Houng Li;William F. Hunt;Allen P. Davis

Frequent Co-Authors

Ahmet H. Aydilek
Ahmet H. Aydilek University of Maryland, College Park
William F. Hunt
William F. Hunt North Carolina State University
Rufus L. Chaney
Rufus L. Chaney US Department of Agriculture
Bruce R. James
Bruce R. James University of Maryland, College Park
Chin-Pao Huang
Chin-Pao Huang University of Delaware
Kyoung-Woong Kim
Kyoung-Woong Kim Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
Naoko K. Nishizawa
Naoko K. Nishizawa Ishikawa Prefectural University
Laura L. McConnell
Laura L. McConnell Bayer (United States)
Upal Ghosh
Upal Ghosh University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Rajasekhar Balasubramanian
Rajasekhar Balasubramanian National University of Singapore

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