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Cole W. Matson is a researcher affiliated with Baylor University in the United States specializing in environmental science. Their work primarily addresses issues in environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, with a strong focus on the impacts of toxic organic pollutants and pharmaceutical and antibiotic contamination in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

The scientist's research spans several subfields, including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, pollution, environmental chemistry, water science and technology, and atmospheric science. This multidisciplinary approach supports investigations into the chemical and biological processes affecting environmental health.

Key topics of their research include:

  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Analytical chemistry methods development

Matson has published extensively in multiple journals, with a concentration in the following venues:

  • The Science of The Total Environment (6 publications)
  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (4 publications)
  • Environmental Science & Technology (3 publications)
  • Aquatic Toxicology (1 publication)
  • Toxics (1 publication)

Frequent collaborators include researchers Ryan S. King, Christine M. Custer, Natalie K. Karouna-Renier, Marie Simonin, and Steven M. Anderson, highlighting a network of coauthorship in environmental and toxicological sciences.

Representative publications by Cole W. Matson include:

  • "Differential Reactivity of Copper- and Gold-Based Nanomaterials Controls Their Seasonal Biogeochemical Cycling and Fate in a Freshwater Wetland Mesocosm," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Periphyton, bivalves and fish differentially accumulate select pharmaceuticals in effluent-dependent stream mesocosms," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "A multi-taxonomic framework for assessing relative petrochemical vulnerability of marine biodiversity in the Gulf of Mexico," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Legacy and Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Tree Swallows Along an Agricultural to Industrial Gradient: Maumee River, Ohio," 2020, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • "Copper and Gold Nanoparticles Increase Nutrient Excretion Rates of Primary Consumers," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology

Best Publications

  • Long-Term Transformation and Fate of Manufactured Ag Nanoparticles in a Simulated Large Scale Freshwater Emergent Wetland

    Gregory V. Lowry;Benjamin P. Espinasse;Appala Raju Badireddy;Curtis J. Richardson

  • Insights into the evolution of longevity from the bowhead whale genome

    Michael Keane;Jeremy Semeiks;Andrew E. Webb;Yang I. Li

  • Adaptive introgression enables evolutionary rescue from extreme environmental pollution

    Elias M. Oziolor;Elias M. Oziolor;Noah M. Reid;Sivan Yair;Kristin M. Lee;Kristin M. Lee

  • Biotic and Abiotic Interactions in Aquatic Microcosms Determine Fate and Toxicity of Ag Nanoparticles. Part 1. Aggregation and Dissolution

    Jason M. Unrine;Benjamin P. Colman;Audrey J. Bone;Andreas P. Gondikas

  • Emerging contaminant or an old toxin in disguise? Silver nanoparticle impacts on ecosystems.

    Benjamin P. Colman;Benjamin Espinasse;Curtis J. Richardson;Cole W. Matson;Cole W. Matson

  • Biotic And Abiotic Interactions in Aquatic Microcosms Determine Fate and Toxicity of Ag Nanoparticles: Part 2 - Toxicity And Ag Speciation

    Audrey J. Bone;Benjamin P. Colman;Andreas P. Gondikas;Kim M. Newton

  • AHR2 mediates cardiac teratogenesis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and PCB-126 in Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus).

    Bryan W. Clark;Cole W. Matson;Dawoon Jung;Richard T. Di Giulio

  • Synergistic induction of AHR regulated genes in developmental toxicity from co-exposure to two model PAHs in zebrafish.

    Alicia R. Timme-Laragy;Crystal J. Cockman;Cole W. Matson;Richard T. Di Giulio

  • Deep genetic subdivision within a continuously distributed and highly vagile marine mammal, the Steller's sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus)

    Joseph Hoffman;C. Matson;C. Matson;W. Amos;T.R. Loughlin

  • TOXICITY OF GLYPHOSATE AS GLYPRO AND LI700 TO RED-EARED SLIDER (TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS) EMBRYOS AND EARLY HATCHLINGS

    Donald W. Sparling;Cole Matson;John Bickham;Paige Doelling-Brown

  • Fluoranthene, but not benzo[a]pyrene, interacts with hypoxia resulting in pericardial effusion and lordosis in developing zebrafish

    Cole W. Matson;Alicia R. Timme-Laragy;Richard T Di Giulio

  • Evolutionary toxicology: population-level effects of chronic contaminant exposure on the marsh frogs (Rana ridibunda) of Azerbaijan.

    Cole W. Matson;Megan M. Lambert;Thomas J. McDonald;Robin L. Autenrieth

  • Meditations on the Ubiquity and Mutability of Nano-Sized Materials in the Environment

    Mark R. Wiesner;Mark R. Wiesner;Gregory V. Lowry;Gregory V. Lowry;Elizabeth Casman;Elizabeth Casman;Paul M. Bertsch;Paul M. Bertsch

  • GENETIC DIVERSITY OF CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS POPULATIONS FROM HIGHLY CONTAMINATED SITES IN THE CHORNOBYL REGION, UKRAINE

    Cole W. Matson;Brenda E. Rodgers;Ronald K. Chesser;Robert J. Baker

  • Effects of contaminant exposure on reproductive success of ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) nesting in Delaware river and bay, USA

    Pamela C. Toschik;Barnett A. Rattner;Peter C. McGowan;Mary C. Christman

  • Variation of Mitochondrial Control Region Sequences of Steller Sea Lions: the Three-Stock Hypothesis

    Alyson R. Baker;Thomas R. Loughlin;Vladimir Burkanov;Cole W. Matson

  • Evolved resistance to PCB- and PAH-induced cardiac teratogenesis, and reduced CYP1A activity in Gulf killifish (Fundulus grandis) populations from the Houston Ship Channel, Texas

    Elias M. Oziolor;Emilie Bigorgne;Lissette Aguilar;Sascha Usenko

  • Chromosomal damage in two species of aquatic turtles (Emys orbicularis and Mauremys caspica) inhabiting contaminated sites in Azerbaijan.

    Cole W. Matson;Grigoriy Palatnikov;Arif Islamzadeh;Thomas J. Mcdonald

  • Exposure and effects of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) nesting along the Woonasquatucket River, Rhode Island, USA.

    Christine M. Custer;Thomas W. Custer;Cornell J. Rosiu;Mark J. Melancon

  • Consequences of Polluted Environments on Population Structure: The Bank Vole (Clethrionomys Glareolus) at Chornobyl

    R.J. Baker;A. M. Bickham;M. Bondarkov;S.P. Gaschak

  • Development of the morpholino gene knockdown technique in Fundulus heteroclitus: a tool for studying molecular mechanisms in an established environmental model.

    Cole W. Matson;Bryan W. Clark;Matthew J. Jenny;Carrie R. Fleming

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Bickham
John W. Bickham Texas A&M University
Richard T. Di Giulio
Richard T. Di Giulio Duke University
Gregory V. Lowry
Gregory V. Lowry Carnegie Mellon University
Jason M. Unrine
Jason M. Unrine University of Kentucky
Mark R. Wiesner
Mark R. Wiesner Duke University
Emily S. Bernhardt
Emily S. Bernhardt Duke University
Michael F. Hochella
Michael F. Hochella Virginia Tech
Thomas J. McDonald
Thomas J. McDonald Texas A&M University
Bryan W. Brooks
Bryan W. Brooks Baylor University
Heileen Hsu-Kim
Heileen Hsu-Kim Duke University

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