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John J. Kelly is affiliated with Loyola University Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science with an emphasis on pollution and waste management.

The scientist's work includes a significant concentration on microplastics and plastic pollution, reflecting in 18 publications related to this topic. Other key topics addressed in their research are recycling and waste management techniques, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, marine biology and environmental chemistry, wildlife-road interactions and conservation, water treatment and disinfection, and environmental DNA in biodiversity studies.

Kelly's notable recent papers include:

  • Wastewater treatment alters microbial colonization of microplastics (2021, PLoS ONE)
  • Microplastic selects for convergent microbiomes from distinct riverine sources (2020, Freshwater Science)
  • Biofilm assemblage and activity on plastic in urban streams at a continental scale: Site characteristics are more important than substrate type (2022, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Plastic microbiome development in a freshwater ecosystem (2022, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Biofilms on plastic litter in an urban river: Community composition and activity vary by substrate type (2024, Water Environment Research)

Kelly has frequently published in several scientific venues, with multiple papers appearing in The Science of The Total Environment and Water Environment Research. Other venues include PLoS ONE, Freshwater Science, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, indicating active engagement in multidisciplinary teamwork. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Timothy J. Hoellein (9 joint publications)
  • Anna E. S. Vincent (3 joint publications)
  • Adit Chaudhary (3 joint publications)
  • Maxwell G. London (2 joint publications)
  • Elizabeth M. Berg (2 joint publications)

Their primary fields of study are Environmental Science with subfields focusing on pollution, industrial and manufacturing engineering, ecology, ocean engineering, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. This multidisciplinary approach underlines the broad scope of Kelly's research interests and expertise.

Best Publications

  • Microplastic is an Abundant and Distinct Microbial Habitat in an Urban River

    Amanda McCormick;Timothy J. Hoellein;Sherri A. Mason;Joseph Schluep

  • Microplastic in Surface Waters of Urban Rivers: Concentration, Sources, and Associated Bacterial Assemblages

    Amanda R. McCormick;Timothy J. Hoellein;Maxwell G. London;Joshua Hittie

  • Wastewater Treatment Effluent Reduces the Abundance and Diversity of Benthic Bacterial Communities in Urban and Suburban Rivers

    Bradley Drury;Emma Rosi-Marshall;John J. Kelly

  • Microplastic in riverine fish is connected to species traits.

    R. E. McNeish;L. H. Kim;H. A. Barrett;S. A. Mason

  • Anthropogenic Litter in Urban Freshwater Ecosystems: Distribution and Microbial Interactions

    Timothy Hoellein;Miguel Rojas;Adam Pink;Joseph Gasior

  • Use of 16S rRNA, 23S rRNA, and gyrB Gene Sequence Analysis To Determine Phylogenetic Relationships of Bacillus cereus Group Microorganisms

    Sergei G. Bavykin;Yuri P. Lysov;Yuri P. Lysov;Vladimir Zakhariev;Vladimir Zakhariev;John J. Kelly;John J. Kelly

  • Microplastic deposition velocity in streams follows patterns for naturally occurring allochthonous particles.

    Timothy J. Hoellein;Arial J. Shogren;Arial J. Shogren;Jennifer L. Tank;Paul Risteca

  • Changes in soil microbial communities over time resulting from one time application of zinc: a laboratory microcosm study

    J.J. Kelly;M. Häggblom;R.L. Tate

  • Triclosan Exposure Increases Triclosan Resistance and Influences Taxonomic Composition of Benthic Bacterial Communities

    Bradley Drury;John Scott;Emma J. Rosi-Marshall;John J. Kelly

  • Effects of heavy metal contamination and remediation on soil microbial communities in the vicinity of a zinc smelter

    John J. Kelly;Robert L. Tate

  • Effects of an invasive cattail species (Typha×glauca) on sediment nitrogen and microbial community composition in a freshwater wetland

    Nicholas L. Angeloni;Kathi Jo Jankowski;Kathi Jo Jankowski;Nancy C. Tuchman;Nancy C. Tuchman;John J. Kelly

  • Pharmaceuticals suppress algal growth and microbial respiration and alter bacterial communities in stream biofilms

    Emma J. Rosi-Marshall;Dustin W. Kincaid;Heather A. Bechtold;Todd V. Royer

  • Optimization of single-base-pair mismatch discrimination in oligonucleotide microarrays

    Hidetoshi Urakawa;Said El Fantroussi;Hauke Smidt;James C. Smoot

  • Longitudinal patterns of microplastic concentration and bacterial assemblages in surface and benthic habitats of an urban river

    Timothy J. Hoellein;Amanda R. McCormick;Amanda R. McCormick;Joshua Hittie;Maxwell G. London

  • Effects of material morphology on the phototoxicity of nano-TiO2 to bacteria.

    Tiezheng Tong;Anas Shereef;Jinsong Wu;Chu Thi Thanh Binh

  • Effects of heavy metal contamination and remediation on soil microbial communities in the vicinity of a zinc smelter as indicated by analysis of microbial community phospholipid fatty acid profiles

    John J. Kelly;John J. Kelly;Max M. Häggblom;Robert L. Tate

  • Combined Toxicity of Nano-ZnO and Nano-TiO2: From Single- to Multinanomaterial Systems

    Tiezheng Tong;Carolyn M. Wilke;Jinsong Wu;Chu Thi Thanh Binh

  • Single-base-pair discrimination of terminal mismatches by using oligonucleotide microarrays and neural network analyses.

    Hidetoshi Urakawa;Peter A. Noble;Said El Fantroussi;John J. Kelly

  • Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are ecological disrupting compounds (EcoDC)

    Erinn K. Richmond;Michael R. Grace;John J. Kelly;Alexander J. Reisinger

  • Direct profiling of environmental microbial populations by thermal dissociation analysis of native rRNAs hybridized to oligonucleotide microarrays.

    Said El Fantroussi;Hidetoshi Urakawa;Anne E. Bernhard;John J. Kelly

  • Cytotoxicity of commercial nano-TiO2 to Escherichia coli assessed by high-throughput screening: effects of environmental factors.

    Tiezheng Tong;Chu Thi Thanh Binh;John J. Kelly;Jean François Gaillard

Frequent Co-Authors

Kimberly A. Gray
Kimberly A. Gray Northwestern University
Timothy J. Hoellein
Timothy J. Hoellein Loyola University Chicago
Jean-François Gaillard
Jean-François Gaillard Northwestern University
David A. Stahl
David A. Stahl University of Washington
Emma J. Rosi-Marshall
Emma J. Rosi-Marshall Loyola University Chicago
Aaron I. Packman
Aaron I. Packman Northwestern University
Hauke Smidt
Hauke Smidt Wageningen University & Research
Max M. Häggblom
Max M. Häggblom Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jennifer L. Tank
Jennifer L. Tank University of Notre Dame
Jinsong Wu
Jinsong Wu Wuhan University of Technology

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