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

Overview

Debra R. Reinhart is affiliated with the University of Central Florida in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on environmental chemistry, toxicology, atmospheric science, environmental engineering, and pollution.

Their work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution

Reinhart has published extensively, with notable papers such as:

  • "Per and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as a contaminant of emerging concern in surface water: A transboundary review of their occurrences and toxicity effects" (2021) published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Landfill leachate contributes per-/poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and pharmaceuticals to municipal wastewater" (2020) in Environmental Science Water Research & Technology
  • "Coastal Landfills and Rising Sea Levels: A Challenge for the 21st Century" (2021) in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Nitrogen management in landfill leachate using single-stage anammox process-illustrating key nitrogen pathways under an ecogenomics framework" (2020) in Bioresource Technology
  • "Characterization of Florida, U.S. landfills with elevated temperatures" (2020) in Waste Management

The frequent co-authors working alongside Reinhart include A.H.M. Anwar Sadmani and Ni-Bin Chang, both with five collaborations, as well as Aditi Podder, Andrea Valencia, and Diana Ordonez with three collaborations each.

The primary venues for Reinhart's publications include:

  • Waste Management
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Environmental Science Water Research & Technology
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Bioresource Technology

Reinhart received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Landfill bioreactor design and operation

    Debra R. Reinhart;Timothy G. Townsend

  • Per and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as a contaminant of emerging concern in surface water: A transboundary review of their occurrences and toxicity effects.

    Aditi Podder;A H M Anwar Sadmani;Debra Reinhart;Ni-Bin Chang

  • The bioreactor landfill: its status and future.

    Debra R. Reinhart;Philip T. McCreanor;Timothy Townsend

  • THE IMPACT OF LEACHATE RECIRCULATION ON MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS

    Debra R. Reinhart;A. Basel Al-Yousfi

  • Food waste and the food-energy-water nexus: A review of food waste management alternatives.

    Kelly M. Kibler;Debra Reinhart;Christopher Hawkins;Amir Mohaghegh Motlagh

  • The Fate of Nitrogen in Bioreactor Landfills

    N. D. Berge;D. R. Reinhart;T. G. Townsend

  • Solid Waste Engineering

    P. Aarne Vesilind;William A. Worrell;Debra R. Reinhart

  • Estimation of regional building-related C&D debris generation and composition: Case study for Florida, US

    Kimberly Cochran;Timothy G. Townsend;Debra R. Reinhart;Howell Heck

  • Determination of first-order landfill gas modeling parameters and uncertainties.

    Hamid R. Amini;Debra R. Reinhart;Kevin R. Mackie

  • Full-Scale Experiences With Leachate Recirculating Landfills: Case Studies

    Debra R. Reinhart

  • Landfill leachate contributes per-/poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and pharmaceuticals to municipal wastewater

    Jason R. Masoner;Dana W. Kolpin;Isabelle M. Cozzarelli;Kelly L. Smalling

  • In situ ammonia removal in bioreactor landfill leachate.

    Nicole D. Berge;Debra R. Reinhart;John Dietz;Tim Townsend

  • Methylated mercury species in municipal waste landfill gas sampled in Florida, USA

    S.E Lindberg;D Wallschläger;E.M Prestbo;N.S Bloom

  • Review of state of the art methods for measuring water in landfills.

    Paul T. Imhoff;Debra R. Reinhart;Marja Englund;Roger Guérin

  • First-order kinetic gas generation model parameters for wet landfills.

    Ayman A. Faour;Debra R. Reinhart;Huaxin You

  • Sustainable Practices for Landfill Design and Operation

    Timothy G. Townsend;Jon. Powell;Pradeep. Jain;Qiyong. Xu

  • Comparison of first-order-decay modeled and actual field measured municipal solid waste landfill methane data.

    Hamid R. Amini;Debra R. Reinhart;Antti Niskanen

  • Regional prediction of long-term landfill gas to energy potential.

    Hamid R. Amini;Debra R. Reinhart

  • Estimating the Hydraulic Conductivity of Landfilled Municipal Solid Waste Using the Borehole Permeameter Test

    Pradeep Jain;Jon Powell;Timothy G. Townsend;Debra R. Reinhart

  • Mathematical modeling of leachate routing in a leachate recirculating landfill.

    Philip T McCreanor;Debra R Reinhart

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy G. Townsend
Timothy G. Townsend University of Florida
Steve E. Lindberg
Steve E. Lindberg Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Kaveh Madani
Kaveh Madani Yale University
Morton A. Barlaz
Morton A. Barlaz North Carolina State University
Sudipta Seal
Sudipta Seal University of Central Florida
James D. Wright
James D. Wright Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Paul M. Bradley
Paul M. Bradley United States Geological Survey
Edward T. Furlong
Edward T. Furlong United States Geological Survey
Dana W. Kolpin
Dana W. Kolpin United States Geological Survey
Fan Lü
Fan Lü Tongji University

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