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Dan Berggren Kleja is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a focus on Environmental Chemistry, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Atmospheric Science, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist's research centers significantly on the study of toxic organic pollutants, especially Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), and their environmental impact. Their work also addresses atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, heavy metals in the environment, mine drainage and remediation techniques, arsenic contamination and mitigation, and radioactive element chemistry and processing.

Key papers authored by or associated with them include:

  • The Adsorption of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) onto Ferrihydrite Is Governed by Surface Charge (2020), Environmental Science & Technology
  • Effect of pH, surface charge and soil properties on the solid-solution partitioning of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in a wide range of temperate soils (2023), Chemosphere
  • Laboratory-scale and pilot-scale stabilization and solidification (S/S) remediation of soil contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) (2020), Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) retention by colloidal activated carbon (CAC) using dynamic column experiments (2022), Environmental Pollution
  • Binding of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) by organic soil materials with different structural composition - Charge- and concentration-dependent sorption behavior (2022), Chemosphere

Their research has been disseminated in frequent publication venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Pollution
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Applied Geochemistry
  • Environmental Science & Technology

They have collaborated regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Lutz Ahrens
  • Jon Petter Gustafsson
  • Georgios Niarchos
  • Fritjof Fagerlund
  • Carin Sjöstedt

Best Publications

  • Sorption of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) to an organic soil horizon - Effect of cation composition and pH.

    Hugo Campos Pereira;Malin Ullberg;Dan Berggren Kleja;Jon Petter Gustafsson

  • Soil carbon sequestration under different exotic tree species in the southwestern highlands of Ethiopia

    Bekele Lemma;Dan Berggren Kleja;Ingvar Nilsson;Mats Olsson

  • Chromium(III) complexation to natural organic matter : Mechanisms and modeling

    Jon Petter Gustafsson;Jon Petter Gustafsson;Ingmar Persson;Aidin Geranmayeh Oromieh;Joris W. J. van Schaik

  • Differences in soil properties in adjacent stands of Scots pine, Norway spruce and silver birch in SW Sweden

    Karna Hansson;Bengt A. Olsson;Mats Olsson;Ulf Johansson

  • Native Oxy-PAHs, N-PACs, and PAHs in Historically Contaminated Soils from Sweden, Belgium, and France : Their Soil-Porewater Partitioning Behavior, Bioaccumulation in Enchytraeus crypticus, and Bioavailability

    Hans Peter H. Arp;Staffan Lundstedt;Sarah Josefsson;Gerard Cornelissen;Gerard Cornelissen

  • Decomposition and substrate quality of leaf litters and fine roots from three exotic plantations and a native forest in the southwestern highlands of Ethiopia

    Bekele Lemma;Ingvar Nilsson;Dan Berggren Kleja;Mats Olsson

  • Modelling lead(II) sorption to ferrihydrite and soil organic matter

    Jon Petter Gustafsson;Charlotta Tiberg;Abubaker Edkymish;Dan Berggren Kleja

  • Binding of iron(III) to organic soils: EXAFS spectroscopy and chemical equilibrium modeling.

    Jon Petter Gustafsson;Ingmar Persson;Dan Berggren Kleja;Joris W. J. Van Schaik

  • Pools and fluxes of carbon in three Norway spruce ecosystems along a climatic gradient in Sweden

    Dan Berggren Kleja;Magnus Svensson;Hooshang Majdi;Per-Erik Jansson

  • Effect of Acid Deposition on Quantity and Quality of Dissolved Organic Matter in Soil–Water

    Sara M Ekström;Emma S Kritzberg;Dan B Kleja;Niklas Larsson

  • Stabilization and solidification remediation of soil contaminated with poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs).

    Mattias Sörengård;Dan B. Kleja;Lutz Ahrens

  • Fine root turnover and litter production of Norway spruce in a long-term temperature and nutrient manipulation experiment

    Jaana Leppälammi-Kujansuu;Maija Salemaa;Dan Berggren Kleja;Sune Linder

  • Amounts of carbon mineralised and leached as DOC during decomposition of Norway spruce needles and fine roots

    Karna Hansson;Dan Berggren Kleja;Karsten Kalbitz;Hanna Larsson

  • The Adsorption of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) onto Ferrihydrite Is Governed by Surface Charge.

    Hugo Campos-Pereira;Dan B. Kleja;Carin Sjöstedt;Lutz Ahrens

  • Fine root longevity and carbon input into soil from below- and aboveground litter in climatically contrasting forests

    Jaana Leppälammi-Kujansuu;Lasse Aro;Maija Salemaa;Karna Hansson

  • Influence of particle size distribution, organic carbon, pH and chlorides on washing of mercury contaminated soil

    Jingying Xu;Dan B. Kleja;Harald Biester;Anders Lagerkvist

  • Immobilization of Cu and As in two contaminated soils with zero-valent iron – Long-term performance and mechanisms

    Charlotta Tiberg;Jurate Kumpiene;Jon Petter Gustafsson;Jon Petter Gustafsson;Aleksandra Marsz

  • Copper(II) binding to dissolved organic matter fractions in municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash leachate.

    Susanna Olsson;Joris W. J. Van Schaik;Jon Petter Gustafsson;Dan Berggren Kleja

  • Dissolved Organic Carbon Leaching from a Coniferous Forest Floor - A Field Manipulation Experiment

    Mats Fröberg;Dan Berggren Kleja;Bo Bergkvist;Edward Tipping

  • Partitioning of Hg between solid and dissolved organic matter in the humus layer of boreal forests

    Staffan Åkerblom;Markus Meili;Lage Bringmark;Kjell Johansson

  • EXAFS study on the reactions between iron and fulvic acid in acid aqueous solutions.

    Joris W. J. van Schaik;Ingmar Persson;Dan Berggren Kleja;Jon Petter Gustafsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon Petter Gustafsson
Jon Petter Gustafsson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Ingmar Persson
Ingmar Persson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Lutz Ahrens
Lutz Ahrens Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Gerard Cornelissen
Gerard Cornelissen Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Heljä-Sisko Helmisaari
Heljä-Sisko Helmisaari University of Helsinki
Mats Olsson
Mats Olsson University of Gothenburg
Hans Peter H. Arp
Hans Peter H. Arp Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Per-Erik Jansson
Per-Erik Jansson Royal Institute of Technology
Ingrid Öborn
Ingrid Öborn Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
P. Anders Nilsson
P. Anders Nilsson Lund University

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