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Elsie M. Sunderland

Elsie M. Sunderland

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
70
Citations
20298
World Ranking
5783
National Ranking
1778

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
76
Citations
22193
World Ranking
1191
National Ranking
518

Overview

Elsie M. Sunderland is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Ecology.

The researcher's work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Heavy metals in environment

Elsie M. Sunderland has published in several notable venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Science Processes & Impacts
  • Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Several coauthors have collaborated extensively with Sunderland, including:

  • Colin P. Thackray
  • Heidi M. Pickard
  • Bridger J. Ruyle
  • Xindi C. Hu
  • Benjamin M. Geyman

Recent papers by Elsie M. Sunderland demonstrate a focus on environmental contaminants and their ecological and human health impacts. Selected works include:

  • "PFAS Exposure Pathways for Humans and Wildlife: A Synthesis of Current Knowledge and Key Gaps in Understanding" (2020) published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • "Improved Mechanistic Model of the Atmospheric Redox Chemistry of Mercury" (2021) published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Potential impacts of mercury released from thawing permafrost" (2020) published in Nature Communications
  • "Transport of Legacy Perfluoroalkyl Substances and the Replacement Compound HFPO-DA through the Atlantic Gateway to the Arctic Ocean-Is the Arctic a Sink or a Source?" (2020) published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • "A Global Model for Methylmercury Formation and Uptake at the Base of Marine Food Webs" (2020) published in Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Best Publications

  • A review of the pathways of human exposure to poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and present understanding of health effects

    Elsie M. Sunderland;Xindi C. Hu;Clifton Dassuncao;Andrea K. Tokranov

  • Detection of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in U.S. Drinking Water Linked to Industrial Sites, Military Fire Training Areas, and Wastewater Treatment Plants.

    Xindi C. Hu;David Q. Andrews;Andrew B. Lindstrom;Thomas A. Bruton

  • A review of global environmental mercury processes in response to human and natural perturbations: Changes of emissions, climate, and land use

    Daniel Obrist;Jane L. Kirk;Lei Zhang;Elsie M. Sunderland

  • PFAS Exposure Pathways for Humans and Wildlife: A Synthesis of Current Knowledge and Key Gaps in Understanding.

    Amila O De Silva;James M Armitage;Thomas A Bruton;Clifton Dassuncao

  • Mercury biogeochemical cycling in the ocean and policy implications.

    Robert P. Mason;Anna L. Choi;William F. Fitzgerald;Chad R. Hammerschmidt

  • All-Time Releases of Mercury to the Atmosphere from Human Activities

    David G. Streets;Molly K. Devane;Zifeng Lu;Tami C. Bond

  • Legacy impacts of all‐time anthropogenic emissions on the global mercury cycle

    Helen Marie Amos;Daniel James Jacob;David G. Streets;Elsie M. Sunderland

  • Mercury sources, distribution, and bioavailability in the North Pacific Ocean: insights from data and models.

    Elsie M. Sunderland;David P. Krabbenhoft;John W. Moreau;Sarah A. Strode

  • Mercury Exposure from Domestic and Imported Estuarine and Marine Fish in the U.S. Seafood Market

    Elsie M. Sunderland

  • A new mechanism for atmospheric mercury redox chemistry: implications for the global mercury budget

    Hannah M. Horowitz;Daniel J. Jacob;Yanxu Zhang;Theodore S. Dibble

  • Total Mercury Released to the Environment by Human Activities

    David G. Streets;Hannah M. Horowitz;Daniel J. Jacob;Zifeng Lu

  • Global Change and Mercury

    David P. Krabbenhoft;Elsie M. Sunderland

  • Observed decrease in atmospheric mercury explained by global decline in anthropogenic emissions

    Yanxu Zhang;Daniel James Jacob;Hannah Marie Horowitz;Long Chen;Long Chen

  • Global 3-D land-ocean-atmosphere model for mercury: Present-day versus preindustrial cycles and anthropogenic enrichment factors for deposition

    Noelle E. Selin;Noelle E. Selin;Daniel J. Jacob;Robert M. Yantosca;Sarah Strode

  • Human impacts on open ocean mercury concentrations

    Elsie M. Sunderland;Robert P. Mason

  • Global biogeochemical implications of mercury discharges from rivers and sediment burial.

    Helen Marie Amos;Daniel James Jacob;David Kocman;Hannah Marie Horowitz

  • Balancing the benefits of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and the risks of methylmercury exposure from fish consumption

    Kathryn R Mahaffey;Elsie M Sunderland;Hing Man Chan;Anna L Choi

  • Global 3-D land-ocean-atmosphere model for mercury: Present-day versus preindustrial cycles and anthropogenic enrichment factors for deposition: GLOBAL 3-D LAND-OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE MODEL FOR MERCURY

    Noelle E. Selin;Daniel J. Jacob;Robert M. Yantosca;Sarah Strode

  • Historical Mercury Releases from Commercial Products: Global Environmental Implications

    Hannah Marie Horowitz;Daniel James Jacob;Helen Marie Amos;David G. Streets

  • An Improved Global Model for Air-Sea Exchange of Mercury: High Concentrations over the North Atlantic

    Anne Laerke Soerensen;Elynor M Sunderland;Christopher D. Holmes;Daniel James Jacob

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert P. Mason
Robert P. Mason University of Connecticut
Daniel J. Jacob
Daniel J. Jacob Harvard University
Philippe Grandjean
Philippe Grandjean University of Southern Denmark
David G. Streets
David G. Streets Harvard University
David P. Krabbenhoft
David P. Krabbenhoft United States Geological Survey
Rainer Lohmann
Rainer Lohmann University of Rhode Island
Jeroen E. Sonke
Jeroen E. Sonke Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Zifeng Lu
Zifeng Lu Argonne National Laboratory

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