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1690

Overview

Daniel I. Kaplan is affiliated with the Savannah River National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Chemistry, with significant work in several subfields including Inorganic Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, Geochemistry and Petrology, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Kaplan has contributed extensively to topics related to radioactive element chemistry and processing, radioactive contamination and transfer, radioactivity and radon measurements, geochemistry and elemental analysis, chemical synthesis and characterization, as well as groundwater flow and contamination studies.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics within these domains. Notable papers include:

  • "Surfactant-modified siliceous zeolite Y for pertechnetate remediation" (2020) published in Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "Anion-exchanged and quaternary ammonium functionalized MIL-101-Cr metal-organic framework (MOF) for ReO4−/TcO4− sequestration from groundwater" (2020) in Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
  • "From legacy contamination to watershed systems science: a review of scientific insights and technologies developed through DOE-supported research in water and energy security" (2022) in Environmental Research Letters
  • "Uranium Attenuated by a Wetland 50 Years after Release into a Stream" (2020) in ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • "Consistent controls on trace metal micronutrient speciation in wetland soils and stream sediments" (2021) in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Kaplan collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Brian A. Powell
  • Kenneth Kemner
  • Peng Lin
  • Edward J. O'Loughlin
  • Chen Xu

Their studies have been published most often in journals such as the Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, The Science of The Total Environment, SSRN Electronic Journal, Environmental Science & Technology, and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

Best Publications

  • Zero-valent iron for the in situ remediation of selected metals in groundwater

    Kirk J. Cantrell;Daniel I. Kaplan;Thomas W. Wietsma

  • Soil-borne mobile colloids as influenced by water flow and organic carbon

    Daniel I. Kaplan;Paul M. Bertsch;Domy C. Adriano;William P. Miller

  • Iodide Sorption to Subsurface Sediments and Illitic Minerals

    Daniel I. Kaplan;R. Jeffrey Serne;Kent E. Parker;Igor V. Kutnyakov

  • Pu(V)O2+ adsorption and reduction by synthetic magnetite (Fe3O4).

    Brian A Powell;Robert A Fjeld;Daniel I Kaplan;John T Coates

  • A COMPARISON OF POINT OF ZERO CHARGE MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGY

    Elena Cristiano;Yung-Jin Hu;Yung-Jin Hu;Matthew Siegfried;Daniel Kaplan

  • Pu(V)O2+ adsorption and reduction by synthetic hematite and goethite.

    Brian A Powell;Robert A Fjeld;Daniel I Kaplan;John T Coates

  • Actinide Association with Groundwater Colloids in a Coastal Plain Aquifer

    D. I. Kaplan;P. M. Bertsch;D. C. Adriano;K. A. Orlandini

  • Radioiodine Biogeochemistry and Prevalence in Groundwater

    Daniel I. Kaplan;Miles E. Denham;Saijin Zhang;Chris Yeager

  • Temporal Changes in Cadmium, Thallium, and Vanadium Mobility in Soil and Phytoavailability under Field Conditions

    H. W. Martin;D. I. Kaplan

  • Phosphate sources and their suitability for remediation of contaminated soils.

    A.S. Knox;D.I. Kaplan;M.H. Paller

  • Sorption coefficients and molecular mechanisms of Pu, U, Np, Am and Tc to Fe (hydr)oxides: a review.

    Dien Li;Daniel I. Kaplan

  • Influence of Oxidation States on Plutonium Mobility during Long-Term Transport through an Unsaturated Subsurface Environment

    Daniel I Kaplan;Brian A Powell;Deniz I Demirkanli;Robert A Fjeld

  • Iodine-129 and Iodine-127 speciation in groundwater at the Hanford Site, U.S.: iodate incorporation into calcite

    Saijin Zhang;Chen Xu;Danielle Creeley;Yi-Fang Ho

  • Organo-iodine formation in soils and aquifer sediments at ambient concentrations.

    K. A. Schwehr;P. H. Santschi;D. I. Kaplan;C. M. Yeager

  • Plutonium Oxidation and Subsequent Reduction by Mn(IV) Minerals in Yucca Mountain Tuff

    Brian A Powell;Martine C Duff;Daniel I Kaplan;Robert A Fjeld

  • Is soil natural organic matter a sink or source for mobile radioiodine (129I) at the Savannah River Site

    Chen Xu;Saijin Zhang;Yi-Fang Ho;Eric J. Miller

  • Mineralogical and Physicochemical Differences between Mobile and Nonmobile Colloidal Phases in Reconstructed Pedons

    Daniel I. Kaplan;Paul M. Bertsch;Domy C. Adriano

  • Influence of surface charge of an Fe-oxide and an organic matter dominated soil on iodide and pertechnetate sorption

    Daniel I. Kaplan

  • Sequestration and remobilization of radioiodine (129I) by soil organic matter and possible consequences of the remedial action at Savannah River Site.

    Chen Xu;Eric J Miller;Saijin Zhang;Hsiu-Ping Li

  • Chemical Conditions Conducive to the Release of Mobile Colloids from Ultisol Profiles

    Daniel I. Kaplan;Malcolm E. Sumner;Paul M. Bertsch;Domy C. Adriano

  • Influence of Sources on Plutonium Mobility and Oxidation State Transformations in Vadose Zone Sediments

    Daniel I Kaplan;Brian A Powell;Martine C Duff;Deniz I Demirkanli

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter H. Santschi
Peter H. Santschi Texas A&M University
Domy C. Adriano
Domy C. Adriano University of Georgia
Fred J. Molz
Fred J. Molz Clemson University
Kirk G. Scheckel
Kirk G. Scheckel Environmental Protection Agency
Paul M. Bertsch
Paul M. Bertsch University of Queensland
Peter R. Jaffé
Peter R. Jaffé Princeton University
Aaron D. Peacock
Aaron D. Peacock Microbac Laboratories
Patrick G. Hatcher
Patrick G. Hatcher Old Dominion University
Heino Nitsche
Heino Nitsche Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Matthew Newville
Matthew Newville University of Chicago

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