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Jason M. Unrine is a researcher affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a particular focus on several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

Their research explores a range of main topics such as nanoparticle synthesis and applications, heavy metal exposure and toxicity, heavy metals in the environment, RNA interference and gene delivery, insect resistance and genetics, trace elements in health, and advanced nanomaterials in catalysis.

Jason M. Unrine has contributed to multiple frequent publication venues. These include:

  • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Olga V. Tsyusko
  • Jérôme Laisney
  • David K. Heidary
  • Edith C. Glazer
  • Richard J. Mitchell

Recent scientific publications by Jason M. Unrine highlight a variety of environmental and nanotechnology topics. Some of these papers include:

  • Technology readiness and overcoming barriers to sustainably implement nanotechnology-enabled plant agriculture (2020), published in Nature Food
  • Silver contamination and its toxicity and risk management in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems (2023), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Responses of soil bacteria and fungal communities to pristine and sulfidized zinc oxide nanoparticles relative to Zn ions (2020), published in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Polymer-Coated Hydroxyapatite Nanocarrier for Double-Stranded RNA Delivery (2020), published in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • Differential Reactivity of Copper- and Gold-Based Nanomaterials Controls Their Seasonal Biogeochemical Cycling and Fate in a Freshwater Wetland Mesocosm (2020), published in Environmental Science & Technology

Best Publications

  • Nanoparticle Size and Coating Chemistry Control Foliar Uptake Pathways, Translocation, and Leaf-to-Rhizosphere Transport in Wheat

    Astrid Avellan;Jie Yun;Yilin Zhang;Eleanor Spielman-Sun

  • Analysis of engineered nanomaterials in complex matrices (environment and biota): General considerations and conceptual case studies

    Frank von der Kammer;P. Lee Ferguson;Patricia A. Holden;Armand Masion

  • Evidence for biomagnification of gold nanoparticles within a terrestrial food chain.

    Jonathan D Judy;Jason M Unrine;Paul M Bertsch

  • Technology readiness and overcoming barriers to sustainably implement nanotechnology-enabled plant agriculture

    Thilo Hofmann;Gregory Victor Lowry;Subhasis Ghoshal;Nathalie Tufenkji

  • Fate of Zinc Oxide and Silver Nanoparticles in a Pilot Wastewater Treatment Plant and in Processed Biosolids

    Rui Ma;Clément Levard;Jonathan D. Judy;Jason M. Unrine

  • Low concentrations of silver nanoparticles in biosolids cause adverse ecosystem responses under realistic field scenario.

    Benjamin P. Colman;Christina L. Arnaout;Sarah Anciaux;Sarah Anciaux;Claudia K. Gunsch

  • Nanotechnology for sustainable food production: promising opportunities and scientific challenges

    Sónia M. Rodrigues;Philip Demokritou;Nick Dokoozlian;Christine Ogilvie Hendren

  • Bioavailability of Gold Nanomaterials to Plants: Importance of Particle Size and Surface Coating

    Jonathan D. Judy;Jason M. Unrine;William Rao;Sue Wirick;Sue Wirick

  • Uptake, distribution and toxicity of gold nanoparticles in tobacco (Nicotiana xanthi) seedlings

    Tara Sabo-Attwood;Jason M. Unrine;John W. Stone;Catherine J. Murphy

  • Role of Particle Size and Soil Type in Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles to Earthworms

    W. Aaron Shoults-Wilson;Brian C. Reinsch;Olga V. Tsyusko;Paul M. Bertsch

  • Effect of silver nanoparticle surface coating on bioaccumulation and reproductive toxicity in earthworms (Eisenia fetida).

    William A. Shoults-Wilson;Brian C. Reinsch;Olga V. Tsyusko;Paul M. Bertsch

  • Biotic and Abiotic Interactions in Aquatic Microcosms Determine Fate and Toxicity of Ag Nanoparticles. Part 1. Aggregation and Dissolution

    Jason M. Unrine;Benjamin P. Colman;Audrey J. Bone;Andreas P. Gondikas

  • Effects of particle size on chemical speciation and bioavailability of copper to earthworms (Eisenia fetida) exposed to copper nanoparticles.

    Jason M. Unrine;Olga V. Tsyusko;Simona E. Hunyadi;Jonathan D. Judy

  • Chitosan, Carbon Quantum Dot, and Silica Nanoparticle Mediated dsRNA Delivery for Gene Silencing in Aedes aegypti: A Comparative Analysis.

    Sumistha Das;Sumistha Das;Nitai Debnath;Nitai Debnath;Yingjun Cui;Jason Unrine

  • Evidence for bioavailability of Au nanoparticles from soil and biodistribution within earthworms (Eisenia fetida).

    Jason M. Unrine;Simona E. Hunyadi;Olga V. Tsyusko;William Rao

  • Trophic transfer of Au nanoparticles from soil along a simulated terrestrial food chain.

    Jason M. Unrine;Jason M. Unrine;W. Aaron Shoults-Wilson;Oksana Zhurbich;Oksana Zhurbich;Paul M. Bertsch;Paul M. Bertsch

  • Influence of natural organic matter and surface charge on the toxicity and bioaccumulation of functionalized ceria nanoparticles in Caenorhabditis elegans.

    Blanche Collin;Emily Oostveen;Olga V. Tsyusko;Jason M. Unrine

  • Impact of Surface Charge on Cerium Oxide Nanoparticle Uptake and Translocation by Wheat (Triticum aestivum)

    Eleanor Spielman-Sun;Enzo Lombi;Erica Donner;Daryl L Howard

  • Evidence for avoidance of Ag nanoparticles by earthworms ( Eisenia fetida )

    W. A. Shoults-Wilson;Oksana I. Zhurbich;David H. McNear;Olga V. Tsyusko

  • Comparative phototoxicity of nanoparticulate and bulk ZnO to a free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans: the importance of illumination mode and primary particle size.

    H. Ma;N.J. Kabengi;P.M. Bertsch;J.M. Unrine

  • Biotic And Abiotic Interactions in Aquatic Microcosms Determine Fate and Toxicity of Ag Nanoparticles: Part 2 - Toxicity And Ag Speciation

    Audrey J. Bone;Benjamin P. Colman;Andreas P. Gondikas;Kim M. Newton

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory V. Lowry
Gregory V. Lowry Carnegie Mellon University
Paul M. Bertsch
Paul M. Bertsch University of Queensland
Eric A. Grulke
Eric A. Grulke University of Kentucky
William A. Hopkins
William A. Hopkins Virginia Tech
Uschi M. Graham
Uschi M. Graham University of Kentucky
Cole W. Matson
Cole W. Matson Baylor University
D. Allan Butterfield
D. Allan Butterfield University of Kentucky
Mark R. Wiesner
Mark R. Wiesner Duke University
Claus Svendsen
Claus Svendsen Imperial College London
Emily S. Bernhardt
Emily S. Bernhardt Duke University

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