2026 Jerald L. Schnoor: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Chemistry	67	6809	6175	2043	1695	207	18788
Environmental Sciences	76	1180	1120	513	474	425	25513

Research.com Recognitions

1999 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For research and engineering leadership in development, validation, and utilization of mathematical models for global environmental decision-making.

Overview

Jerald L. Schnoor is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, contributing extensively to the understanding of pollution and its impacts, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, molecular biology, ecology, as well as renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The scientist's recent publications include work published in Environmental Science & Technology, featuring studies such as Phytoremediation, Bioaugmentation, and the Plant Microbiome (2022), Metabolism of SCCPs and MCCPs in Suspension Rice Cells Based on Paired Mass Distance (PMD) Analysis (2020), Medium- and Short-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins in Mature Maize Plants and Corresponding Agricultural Soils (2021), Decadal Journey of E-Waste Recycling: What Has It Achieved? (2022), and Compartmentalization and Excretion of 2,4,6-Tribromophenol Sulfation and Glycosylation Conjugates in Rice Plants (2021).

The topics addressed in Schnoor's work can be summarized in the following areas:

Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
Heavy metals in environment
Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
Algal biology and biofuel production

Notable frequent coauthors include:

Timothy E. Mattes
Jiyan Liu
Guibin Jiang
Krishna Pagilla
Xingwang Hou

The scientist has contributed to various publication venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

Environmental Science & Technology
The Science of The Total Environment
ACS Environmental Au
Environmental Science & Technology Letters
ACS Omega

In addition to journal articles, Jerald L. Schnoor has edited or authored books, including Pathways to Water Sector Decarbonization, Carbon Capture and Utilization (2023), published by UWA Publishing.

Recognition of their career includes membership in the National Academy of Engineering since 1999, awarded for research and engineering leadership in developing, validating, and utilizing mathematical models for global environmental decision-making.

Best Publications

Phytoremediation of Organic and Nutrient Contaminants

Jerald L. Schnoor;Louis A. Light;Steven C. McCutcheon;N. Lee Wolfe

1611
Citations
Nitrogen fixation: Anthropogenic enhancement‐environmental response

James N. Galloway;William H. Schlesinger;Hiram Levy;Anthony Michaels

1370
Citations
Environmental Modeling: Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Water, Air, and Soil

Jerald L. Schnoor

1053
Citations
Insight into Multiple and Multilevel Structures of Biochars and Their Potential Environmental Applications: A Critical Review

Xin Xiao;Baoliang Chen;Zaiming Chen;Lizhong Zhu

868
Citations
Barriers, pathways and processes for uptake, translocation and accumulation of nanomaterials in plants – Critical review

Fabienne Schwab;Guangshu Zhai;Meaghan Kern;Amalia Turner

797
Citations
Predictive Relationships for Uptake of Organic Contaminants by Hybrid Poplar Trees

Joel G. Burken;Jerald L. Schnoor

766
Citations
Sustainability Science and Engineering: The Emergence of a New Metadiscipline

James R. Mihelcic;John C. Crittenden;Mitchell J. Small;David R. Shonnard

663
Citations
Phytoremediation: Transformation and Control of Contaminants

Steven C. McCutcheon;Jerald L. Schnoor

608
Citations
Advances in phytoremediation.

Annette C. Dietz;Jerald L. Schnoor

512
Citations
Uptake and Metabolism of Atrazine by Poplar Trees

Joel G. Burken;Jerald L. Schnoor

510
Citations
Phytoremediation of polychlorinated biphenyls: new trends and promises.

Benoit Van Aken;Paola A. Correa;Jerald L. Schnoor

449
Citations
Benzo[a]pyrene co-metabolism in the presence of plant root extracts and exudates: Implications for phytoremediation.

Jeremy A. Rentz;Pedro J.J. Alvarez;Jerald L. Schnoor

448
Citations
E-waste recycling: where does it go from here?

Kai Zhang;Jerald L. Schnoor;Eddy Y. Zeng

436
Citations
Beneficial effects of plants in the remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with organic materials

J. F. Shimp;J. C. Tracy;L. C. Davis;E. Lee

427
Citations
Detection of perfluorooctane surfactants in Great Lakes water.

Bryan Boulanger;John D. Vargo;Jerald L. Schnoor;Keri C. Hornbuckle

404
Citations
Evaluation of perfluorooctane surfactants in a wastewater treatment system and in a commercial surface protection product.

Bryan Boulanger;John D. Vargo;Jerald L. Schnoor;Keri C. Hornbuckle

393
Citations
Phytoremediation: Plant Uptake of Atrazine and Role of Root Exudates

Joel G. Burken;Jerald L. Schnoor

368
Citations
Biodegradation of Nitro-Substituted Explosives 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene, Hexahydro-1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-Triazine, and Octahydro-1,3,5,7-Tetranitro-1,3,5-Tetrazocine by a Phytosymbiotic Methylobacterium sp. Associated with Poplar Tissues (Populus deltoides × nigra DN34)

Benoit Van Aken;Jong Moon Yoon;Jerald L. Schnoor

356
Citations
Uptake and Transformation of TNT by Hybrid Poplar Trees

Phillip L. Thompson;Liz A. Ramer;Jerald L. Schnoor

338
Citations
Can Direct Conversion of Used Nitrogen to New Feed and Protein Help Feed the World

Silvio Matassa;Damien J. Batstone;Tim Hülsen;Jerald Schnoor

327
Citations
Methylobacterium populi sp. nov., a novel aerobic, pink-pigmented, facultatively methylotrophic, methane-utilizing bacterium isolated from poplar trees (Populus deltoides x nigra DN34).

Benoit Van Aken;Caroline M. Peres;Sharon Lafferty Doty;Jong Moon Yoon

316
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Pedro J. J. Alvarez Rice University

Hans-Joachim Lehmler University of Iowa

Nikolaos P. Nikolaidis Technical University of Crete

Guibin Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences

Keri C. Hornbuckle University of Iowa

Joel G. Burken Missouri University of Science and Technology

Charles N. Haas Drexel University

Barbara S. Minsker Southern Methodist University

Konstantine P. Georgakakos Hydrologic Research Center

Yu-Ping Chin The Ohio State University

External Links

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