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Isabelle M. Cozzarelli is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science with a significant focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Mechanics of Materials.

Their work addresses a range of topics within Environmental Science, including:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation
  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation

Isabelle M. Cozzarelli has contributed extensively to scientific literature. Their recent publications include:

  • "Landfill leachate contributes per-/poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and pharmaceuticals to municipal wastewater," 2020, Environmental Science Water Research & Technology
  • "Hydrocarbons to carboxyl-rich alicyclic molecules: A continuum model to describe biodegradation of petroleum-derived dissolved organic matter in contaminated groundwater plumes," 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Arsenic release to the environment from hydrocarbon production, storage, transportation, use and waste management," 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Biological Effects of Hydrocarbon Degradation Intermediates: Is the Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon Analytical Method Adequate for Risk Assessment?" 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Shale gas development has limited effects on stream biology and geochemistry in a gradient-based, multiparameter study in Pennsylvania," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent collaborators in their research include Denise M. Akob, Matthew S. Varonka, Brady Ziegler, Adam C. Mumford, and Douglas B. Kent.

The scientist's works have appeared repeatedly in several publication venues, notably:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Scientific Investigations Report

Best Publications

  • Oxidation of aromatic contaminants coupled to microbial iron reduction

    Derek R. Lovley;Mary Jo Baedecker;Debra J. Lonergan;Isabella M. Cozzarelli

  • Crude oil in a shallow sand and gravel aquifer-III. Biogeochemical reactions and mass balance modeling in anoxic groundwater

    Mary Jo Baedecker;Isabelle M. Cozzarelli;Robert P. Eganhouse;Donald I. Siegel

  • THE GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT ORGANIC ACIDS DERIVED FROM THE DEGRADATION OF PETROLEUM CONTAMINANTS IN GROUNDWATER

    Isabelle M. Cozzarelli;Mary Jo Baedecker;Robert P. Eganhouse;Donald F. Goerlitz

  • Urban Stormwater: An Overlooked Pathway of Extensive Mixed Contaminants to Surface and Groundwaters in the United States.

    Jason R. Masoner;Dana W. Kolpin;Isabelle M. Cozzarelli;Larry B. Barber

  • Simulation of aerobic and anaerobic biodegradation processes at a crude oil spill site

    Hedeff I. Essaid;Barbara A. Bekins;E. Michael Godsy;Ean Warren

  • Transformation of monoaromatic hydrocarbons to organic acids in anoxic groundwater environment

    Isabelle M. Cozzarelli;Robert P. Eganhouse;Mary Jo Baedecker

  • Organic and inorganic composition and microbiology of produced waters from Pennsylvania shale gas wells

    Denise M. Akob;Isabelle M. Cozzarelli;Darren S. Dunlap;Elisabeth L. Rowan

  • Progression of natural attenuation processes at a crude-oil spill site: I. Geochemical evolution of the plume.

    Isabelle M Cozzarelli;Barbara A Bekins;Mary Jo Baedecker;George R Aiken

  • Contaminants of emerging concern in fresh leachate from landfills in the conterminous United States

    Jason R. Masoner;Dana W. Kolpin;Edward T. Furlong;Isabelle M. Cozzarelli

  • Organic contaminant transport and fate in the subsurface: Evolution of knowledge and understanding

    Hedeff I. Essaid;Barbara A. Bekins;Isabelle M. Cozzarelli

  • Crude oil in a shallow sand and gravel aquifer—II. Organic geochemistry

    Robert P. Eganhouse;Robert P. Eganhouse;Mary Jo Baedecker;Isabelle M. Cozzarelli;George R. Aiken

  • Environmental signatures and effects of an oil and gas wastewater spill in the Williston Basin, North Dakota.

    Isabelle M. Cozzarelli;Katherine Skalak;D.B. Kent;Mark A. Engle

  • Anaerobic Methane Oxidation in a Landfill-Leachate Plume

    Ethan L. Grossman;Luis A. Cifuentes;Isabelle M. Cozzarelli

  • Wastewater Disposal from Unconventional Oil and Gas Development Degrades Stream Quality at a West Virginia Injection Facility

    Denise M. Akob;Adam C. Mumford;William Orem;Mark A. Engle

  • 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

  • Landfill leachate as a mirror of today's disposable society: Pharmaceuticals and other contaminants of emerging concern in final leachate from landfills in the conterminous United States

    Jason R. Masoner;Dana W. Kolpin;Edward T. Furlong;Isabelle M. Cozzarelli

  • Progression of natural attenuation processes at a crude oil spill site: II. Controls on spatial distribution of microbial populations.

    Barbara A. Bekins;Isabelle M. Cozzarelli;E.Michael Godsy;Ean Warren

  • Geochemical and microbiological methods for evaluating anaerobic processes in an aquifer contaminated by landfill leachate.

    Isabelle M. Cozzarelli;Joseph M. Suflita;Glenn A. Ulrich;Steve H. Harris

  • Iron reduction in the sediments of a hydrocarbon-contaminated aquifer

    Mary Ellen Tuccillo;Isabelle M Cozzarelli;Janet S Herman

  • Endocrine disrupting activities of surface water associated with a West Virginia oil and gas industry wastewater disposal site

    Christopher D. Kassotis;Luke R. Iwanowicz;Denise M. Akob;Isabelle M. Cozzarelli

  • Inverse modeling of BTEX dissolution and biodegradation at the Bemidji, MN crude-oil spill site

    Hedeff I Essaid;Isabelle M Cozzarelli;Robert P Eganhouse;William N Herkelrath

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara A. Bekins
Barbara A. Bekins United States Geological Survey
Mark A. Engle
Mark A. Engle The University of Texas at El Paso
David C. Podgorski
David C. Podgorski University of New Orleans
William H. Orem
William H. Orem United States Geological Survey
Joseph M. Suflita
Joseph M. Suflita University of Oklahoma
Edward T. Furlong
Edward T. Furlong United States Geological Survey
Dana W. Kolpin
Dana W. Kolpin United States Geological Survey
Robert G. M. Spencer
Robert G. M. Spencer Florida State University
George R. Aiken
George R. Aiken United States Geological Survey
Janet S. Herman
Janet S. Herman University of Virginia

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