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  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Daniel Schlenk is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a specialization in subfields such as health, toxicology and mutagenesis, pollution, immunology, molecular biology, and environmental chemistry.

Their published work covers topics including environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, toxic organic pollutants impact, effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species, fish ecology and management studies, and aquaculture disease management and microbiota.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Schlenk include:

  • Anticancer drugs in the aquatic ecosystem: Environmental occurrence, ecotoxicological effect and risk assessment (2021, Environment International)
  • Degradation of contaminants of emerging concern by UV/H2O2 for water reuse: Kinetics, mechanisms, and cytotoxicity analysis (2020, Water Research)
  • Accumulation of HOCs via Precontaminated Microplastics by Earthworm Eisenia fetida in Soil (2020, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Evidence linking exposure of fish primary macrophages to antibiotics activates the NF-kB pathway (2020, Environment International)
  • Environmentally relevant concentrations of boscalid exposure affects the neurobehavioral response of zebrafish by disrupting visual and nervous systems (2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials)

Schlenk frequently publishes in several scientific venues, including:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Aquatic Toxicology
  • Environmental Pollution

Co-authorship collaborations are notable with researchers such as:

  • Jason T. Magnuson
  • Jay Gan
  • Philip Tanabe
  • Victoria McGruer
  • Alexandria B. Boehm

In 2009, Daniel Schlenk was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Enantioselectivity in environmental safety of current chiral insecticides

    Weiping Liu;Jianying Gan;Daniel Schlenk;William A. Jury

  • Toxicity of select beta adrenergic receptor-blocking pharmaceuticals (B-blockers) on aquatic organisms.

    D. B. Huggett;B. W. Brooks;B. Peterson;C. M. Foran

  • Benchmarking Organic Micropollutants in Wastewater, Recycled Water and Drinking Water with In Vitro Bioassays

    Beate I. Escher;Mayumi Allinson;Mayumi Allinson;Rolf Altenburger;Peter A. Bain

  • The copepod Tigriopus: a promising marine model organism for ecotoxicology and environmental genomics.

    Sheikh Raisuddin;Kevin W.H. Kwok;Kenneth M.Y. Leung;Daniel Schlenk

  • Negligible effects of microplastics on animal fitness and HOC bioaccumulation in earthworm Eisenia fetida in soil.

    Jie Wang;Jie Wang;Scott Coffin;Chengliang Sun;Daniel Schlenk

  • Target organ toxicity in marine and freshwater teleosts

    Daniel Schlenk;William H. Benson

  • Chiral pharmaceuticals: A review on their environmental occurrence and fate processes

    Edmond Sanganyado;Zhijiang Lu;Qiuguo Fu;Qiuguo Fu;Daniel Schlenk

  • Pesticides and PCBs in sediments and fish from the Salton Sea, California, USA.

    Yelena Sapozhnikova;Ola Bawardi;Daniel Schlenk

  • Determination of beta-adrenergic receptor blocking pharmaceuticals in united states wastewater effluent

    D.B Huggett;I.A Khan;C.M Foran;D Schlenk

  • Estrogenic activity and reproductive effects of the UV-filter oxybenzone (2-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl-methanone) in fish

    Michael Coronado;Hector De Haro;Xin Deng;Mary Ann Rempel

  • Pyrethroid Pesticides as Endocrine Disruptors: Molecular Mechanisms in Vertebrates with a Focus on Fishes.

    Susanne M. Brander;Molly K. Gabler;Nicholas L. Fowler;Richard E. Connon

  • Biotransformation in Fishes

    Daniel Schlenk;Malin Celander;Evan Gallagher;Stephen George

  • Assessing and Reducing the Toxicity of 3D-Printed Parts

    Shirin Mesbah Oskui;Graciel Diamante;Chunyang Liao;Wei Shi

  • Effects of HCO3– on Degradation of Toxic Contaminants of Emerging Concern by UV/NO3–

    Ying Huang;Minghao Kong;Danielle Westerman;Elvis Genbo Xu

  • Enantioselectivity in estrogenic potential and uptake of bifenthrin.

    Lumei Wang;Weiping Liu;Caixia Yang;Zhiyan Pan

  • Toxicity of fipronil and its degradation products to Procambarus sp.: field and laboratory studies.

    D. Schlenk;D. B. Huggett;J. Allgood;E. Bennett

  • Evaluation of estrogenic activity from a municipal wastewater treatment plant with predominantly domestic input

    Fred Tilton;William H Benson;Daniel Schlenk

  • Alterations in physiological parameters of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) with exposure to copper and copper/zinc mixtures.

    Gail M. Dethloff;Daniel Schlenk;Jonathan T. Hamm;Howard C. Bailey

  • Time- and Oil-Dependent Transcriptomic and Physiological Responses to Deepwater Horizon Oil in Mahi-Mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) Embryos and Larvae

    Elvis Genbo Xu;Edward M. Mager;Martin Grosell;Christina Pasparakis

  • The effects of copper on blood and biochemical parameters of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).

    G. M. Dethloff;D. Schlenk;S. Khan;H. C. Bailey

  • | Target Organ Toxicity in Marine and Freshwater Teleosts | Taylor & Francis Group

    Daniel Schlenk;William H. Benson

Frequent Co-Authors

Jay Gan
Jay Gan University of California, Riverside
Elvis Genbo Xu
Elvis Genbo Xu University of Southern Denmark
Shane A. Snyder
Shane A. Snyder Georgia Institute of Technology
Gary Hardiman
Gary Hardiman Queen's University Belfast
Nancy D. Denslow
Nancy D. Denslow University of Florida
Keith A. Maruya
Keith A. Maruya Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
Donald R. Buhler
Donald R. Buhler Oregon State University
Martin Grosell
Martin Grosell University of Miami
Michael E. Baker
Michael E. Baker University of California, San Diego
William A. Arnold
William A. Arnold University of Minnesota

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