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Overview

Christopher C. Fuller is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a significant number of publications contributing to these fields.

The major subfields of study for Fuller include water science and technology, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, inorganic chemistry, global and planetary change, and atmospheric science.

The main topics addressed in their work encompass radioactive element chemistry and processing, heavy metals in the environment, hydrology and watershed management studies, radioactivity and radon measurements, radioactive contamination and transfer, geology and paleoclimatology research, and toxic organic pollutants impact.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Fuller include Daniel J. Cain, Allen C. Gellis, Marie-Noéle Croteau, Andrew Ernest, and David L. Naftz.

Fuller has published in a range of scientific journals, with recurring publication venues including Environmental Science & Technology, Scientific Investigations Report, The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, and Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Fuller include:

  • Transport and speciation of uranium in groundwater-surface water systems impacted by legacy milling operations, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Influence of Permafrost Type and Site History on Losses of Permafrost Carbon After Thaw, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Delivery of Dihydroergotamine Mesylate to the Upper Nasal Space for the Acute Treatment of Migraine: Technology in Action, 2022, Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery
  • Sediment Sources and Sealed-Pavement Area Drive Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon and Metal Occurrence in Urban Streams, 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Pavement alters delivery of sediment and fallout radionuclides to urban streams, 2020, Journal of Hydrology

Best Publications

  • Surface chemistry of ferrihydrite: Part 1. EXAFS studies of the geometry of coprecipitated and adsorbed arsenate

    G.A Waychunas;B.A Rea;C.C Fuller;J.A Davis

  • Surface chemistry of ferrihydrite: Part 2. Kinetics of arsenate adsorption and coprecipitation

    Christopher C. Fuller;James A. Davis;Glenn A. Waychunas

  • Application of the Surface Complexation Concept to Complex Mineral Assemblages

    J.A. Davis;J.A. Coston;D.B. Kent;C.C. Fuller

  • A model for trace metal sorption processes at the calcite surface: Adsorption of Cd2+ and subsequent solid solution formation

    James A. Davis;Christopher C. Fuller;Alison D. Cook

  • Pb2+ and Zn2+ adsorption by a natural aluminum- and iron-bearing surface coating on an aquifer sand

    Jennifer A. Coston;Christopher C. Fuller;James A. Davis

  • Mechanisms of Uranium Interactions with Hydroxyapatite: Implications for Groundwater Remediation

    C.C. Fuller;J.R. Bargar;J.A. Davis;M.J. Piana

  • Effect of enhanced manganese oxidation in the hyporheic zone on basin‐scale geochemical mass balance

    Judson W. Harvey;Christopher C. Fuller

  • Historical trends of metals in the sediments of San Francisco Bay, California

    Michelle I. Hornberger;Samuel N. Luoma;Alexander van Geen;Christopher Fuller

  • Geometry of sorbed arsenate on ferrihydrite and crystalline FeOOH: Re-evaluation of EXAFS results and topological factors in predicting sorbate geometry, and evidence for monodentate complexes

    Glenn A. Waychunas;James A. Davis;Christopher C. Fuller

  • Reactive uptake of trace metals in the hyporheic zone of a mining- contaminated stream, Pinal Creek, Arizona

    Christopher C. Fuller;Judson W. Harvey

  • Dust emission from wet and dry playas in the Mojave Desert, USA

    Richard L. Reynolds;James C. Yount;Marith C. Reheis;Harland L. Goldstein

  • Surface complexation and precipitate geometry for aqueous Zn(II) sorption on ferrihydrite I: X-ray absorption extended fine structure spectroscopy analysis

    G.A Waychunas;C.C Fuller;J.A Davis

  • Sediment chronology in San Francisco Bay, California, defined by 210Pb, 234Th, 137Cs, and 239,240Pu

    C.C. Fuller;A. van Geen;M. Baskaran;R. Anima

  • Wide angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) study of “two-line” ferrihydrite structure: Effect of arsenate sorption and counterion variation and comparison with EXAFS results

    G.A. Waychunas;C.C. Fuller;B.A. Rea;J.A. Davis

  • Influence of coupling of sorption and photosynthetic processes on trace element cycles in natural waters

    Christopher C. Fuller;James A. Davis

  • Sedimentary record of anthropogenic and biogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in San Francisco Bay, California

    Wilfred E Pereira;Frances D Hostettler;Samuel N Luoma;Alexander van Geen

  • Benthic fluxes in San Francisco Bay

    Douglas E. Hammond;Christopher Fuller;Dana Harmon;Blayne Hartman

  • Historical Trends in Organochlorine Compounds in River Basins Identified Using Sediment Cores from Reservoirs

    P.C. Van Metre;E. Callender;C.C. Fuller

  • Processes of nickel and cobalt uptake by a manganese oxide forming sediment in Pinal creek, Globe Mining District, Arizona

    John T. Kay;Martha H. Conklin;Christopher C. Fuller;Peggy A. O'day

  • Molecular-Scale Characterization of Uranium Sorption by Bone Apatite Materials for a Permeable Reactive Barrier Demonstration

    C.C. Fuller;J.R. Bargar;J.A. Davis

  • Historical trends of metals in the sediments of San Francisco Bay

    Michelle I. Homberger;Samuel N. Luoma;Alexander van Geen;Christopher Fuller

Frequent Co-Authors

James A. Davis
James A. Davis Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peter C. Van Metre
Peter C. Van Metre United States Geological Survey
Glenn A. Waychunas
Glenn A. Waychunas Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Barbara J. Mahler
Barbara J. Mahler United States Geological Survey
Samuel N. Luoma
Samuel N. Luoma University of California, Davis
Jennifer W. Harden
Jennifer W. Harden United States Geological Survey
John R. Bargar
John R. Bargar SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Douglas E. Hammond
Douglas E. Hammond University of Southern California
William T. Foreman
William T. Foreman United States Geological Survey
Alexander van Geen
Alexander van Geen Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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