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John E. McCray is affiliated with the Colorado School of Mines in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's main topics of study encompass hydrology and watershed management studies, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) research, toxic organic pollutants impact, urban stormwater management solutions, groundwater flow and contamination studies, urban heat island mitigation, and flood risk assessment and management.

Notable recent publications by McCray include:

  • A Modified HYDRUS Model for Simulating PFAS Transport in the Vadose Zone, 2020, Water
  • Subsurface transport potential of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs): Column experiments and modeling, 2020, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
  • Air-water interfacial adsorption coefficients for PFAS when present as a multi-component mixture, 2020, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
  • The Impact of Agricultural Irrigation on Landslide Triggering: A Review from Chinese, English, and Spanish Literature, 2020, Water
  • Simulated leaching of PFAS from land-applied municipal biosolids at agricultural sites, 2022, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with John E. McCray include:

  • Pablo A. Garcia-Chevesich
  • Gisella Martínez
  • Jonathan O. Sharp
  • Molly Rymes
  • Kattia Martínez

McCray's research has been published in key venues, notably:

  • Water
  • HydroShare Resources
  • Sustainability
  • Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • Evaluation of graphical and multivariate statistical methods for classification of water chemistry data

    Cüneyt Güler;Geoffrey D. Thyne;John E. McCray;Keith A. Turner

  • Effects of soil data resolution on SWAT model stream flow and water quality predictions

    Mengistu Geza;John E. McCray

  • Climate Variability Controls on Unsaturated Water and Chemical Movement, High Plains Aquifer, USA

    Jason J. Gurdak;Randall T. Hanson;Peter B. McMahon;Breton W. Bruce

  • Bark beetle infestation impacts on nutrient cycling, water quality and interdependent hydrological effects

    Kristin M. Mikkelson;Lindsay A. Bearup;Reed M. Maxwell;John D. Stednick

  • Numerical Simulation of Air Sparging for Remediation of NAPL Contamination

    John E. McCray;Ronald W. Falta

  • Hydrological effects of forest transpiration loss in bark beetle-impacted watersheds

    Lindsay A. Bearup;Reed M. Maxwell;David W. Clow;John E. McCray

  • Model Parameters for Simulating Fate and Transport of On-Site Wastewater Nutrients

    John E. McCray;Shiloh L. Kirkland;Robert L. Siegrist;Geoffrey D. Thyne

  • A quantitative methodology to assess the risks to human health from CO2 leakage into groundwater

    Erica R. Siirila;Alexis K. Navarre-Sitchler;Reed M. Maxwell;John E. McCray

  • Cyclodextrin-Enhanced in Situ Flushing of Multiple-Component Immiscible Organic Liquid Contamination at the Field Scale: Mass Removal Effectiveness

    John E. McCray;Mark L. Brusseau

  • Post-fire water-quality response in the western United States

    Ashley J. Rust;Terri S. Hogue;Samuel Saxe;John McCray

  • Hyporheic Zone in Urban Streams: A Review and Opportunities for Enhancing Water Quality and Improving Aquatic Habitat by Active Management

    Justin E. Lawrence;Magnus E. Skold;Fatima A. Hussain;David R. Silverman

  • Water-quality impacts from climate-induced forest die-off

    Kristin M. Mikkelson;Eric R. V. Dickenson;Eric R. V. Dickenson;Reed M. Maxwell;John E. McCray

  • Defining the air sparging radius of influence for groundwater remediation

    John E. McCray;Ronald W. Falta

  • Temporal changes in leachate chemistry of a municipal solid waste landfill cell in Florida, USA

    R. A. Statom;G. D. Thyne;J. E. McCray;J. E. McCray

  • Biosurfactant-enhanced solubilization of NAPL mixtures.

    John E. McCray;Guiyun Bai;Raina M. Maier;Mark L. Brusseau

  • Modeling potential vadose-zone transport of nitrogen from onsite wastewater systems at the development scale.

    Kirkley K. Heatwole;John E. McCray

  • Mountain pine beetle infestation impacts: modeling water and energy budgets at the hill‐slope scale

    K. M. Mikkelson;R. M. Maxwell;I. Ferguson;I. Ferguson;J. D. Stednick

  • A Modified HYDRUS Model for Simulating PFAS Transport in the Vadose Zone

    Jeff Allen Kai Silva;Jiří Šimůnek;John E. McCray

  • Effects of chemical oxidants on perfluoroalkyl acid transport in one-dimensional porous media columns.

    Erica R McKenzie;Robert L Siegrist;John E McCray;Christopher P Higgins

  • Evaluating air-water and NAPL-water interfacial adsorption and retention of Perfluorocarboxylic acids within the Vadose zone.

    Jeff A.K. Silva;William A. Martin;Jared L. Johnson;John E. McCray

  • Temporal changes in hydraulic conductivity of sand porous media biofilters during wastewater infiltration due to biomat formation

    Deborah N.H. Beach;John E. McCray;Kathryn S. Lowe;Robert L. Siegrist

  • Cyclodextrin-enhanced in situ flushing of multiple-component immiscible organic liquid contamination at the field scale: Analysis of dissolution behavior

    John E. McCray;Mark L. Brusseau

Frequent Co-Authors

Terri S. Hogue
Terri S. Hogue Colorado School of Mines
Reed M. Maxwell
Reed M. Maxwell Princeton University
Christopher P. Higgins
Christopher P. Higgins Colorado School of Mines
Mark L. Brusseau
Mark L. Brusseau University of Arizona
Robert L. Siegrist
Robert L. Siegrist Colorado School of Mines
Jennifer C. McIntosh
Jennifer C. McIntosh University of Arizona
Kamini Singha
Kamini Singha Colorado School of Mines
Ronald W. Falta
Ronald W. Falta Clemson University
Deborah N. Huntzinger
Deborah N. Huntzinger Northern Arizona University
Jörg E. Drewes
Jörg E. Drewes Technical University of Munich

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