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John V. Headley is affiliated with Environment and Climate Change Canada. Their research primarily focuses on various aspects of petroleum processing and analysis, hydrocarbon exploration, and enhanced oil recovery techniques. Their work also touches on topics such as toxic organic pollutants impact, microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and fish ecology and management studies.

Their contributions span multiple fields of study, notably engineering, chemistry, and environmental science. Subfields prominently represented in their work include analytical chemistry, mechanics of materials, ocean engineering, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, and pollution.

Headley has published extensively in several scholarly venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemosphere
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Collaboration is a key aspect of their research, with frequent coauthors including Ian J. Vander Meulen, Kerry M. Peru, Dena W. McMartin, Jason M. E. Ahad, and Richard Frank.

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "Advances in Distinguishing Groundwater Influenced by Oil Sands Process-Affected Water (OSPW) from Natural Bitumen-Influenced Groundwaters," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Molecular profiles of naphthenic acid fraction compounds from mine lease wetlands in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region," 2021, Chemosphere
  • "Distinguishing Natural from Anthropogenic Sources of Acid Extractable Organics in Groundwater near Oil Sands Tailings Ponds," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Treatment of oil sands process affected waters by constructed wetlands: Evaluation of designs and plant types," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Characterization of naphthenic acid fraction compounds in water from Athabasca oil sands wetlands by Orbitrap high-resolution mass spectrometry," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Widespread Use and Frequent Detection of Neonicotinoid Insecticides in Wetlands of Canada's Prairie Pothole Region

    Anson R. Main;John V. Headley;Kerry M. Peru;Nicole L. Michel

  • A review of the occurrence and fate of naphthenic acids in aquatic environments.

    John V Headley;Dena W McMartin

  • In situ bioremediation of naphthenic acids contaminated tailing pond waters in the athabasca oil sands region--demonstrated field studies and plausible options: a review.

    E K Quagraine;H G Peterson;J V Headley

  • Human Colon Microbiota Transform Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons to Estrogenic Metabolites

    Tom Van de Wiele;Lynn Vanhaecke;Charlotte Boeckaert;Kerry Peru

  • Toxicity assessment of collected fractions from an extracted naphthenic acid mixture

    Richard A. Frank;Richard Kavanagh;B. Kent Burnison;Gilles Arsenault

  • Effect of Carboxylic Acid Content on the Acute Toxicity of Oil Sands Naphthenic Acids

    Richard A. Frank;Katharina Fischer;Richard Kavanagh;B. Kent Burnison

  • Athabasca oil sands process water: characterization by atmospheric pressure photoionization and electrospray ionization fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry.

    Mark P. Barrow;Matthias Witt;John V. Headley;Kerry M. Peru

  • Chitosan-glutaraldehyde copolymers and their sorption properties

    Louis Poon;Lee D. Wilson;John V. Headley

  • Mass spectrometric characterization of naphthenic acids in environmental samples: A review

    John V. Headley;Kerry M. Peru;Mark P. Barrow

  • Rates of sorption and partitioning of contaminants in river biofilm

    John V. Headley;Juergen Gandrass;Juergen Kuballa;Kerry M. Peru

  • Advances in mass spectrometric characterization of naphthenic acids fraction compounds in oil sands environmental samples and crude oil—A review

    John V. Headley;Kerry M. Peru;Mark P. Barrow

  • Preliminary fingerprinting of Athabasca oil sands polar organics in environmental samples using electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry

    John V. Headley;Mark P. Barrow;Kerry M. Peru;Bradley D. Fahlman

  • Profiling oil sands mixtures from industrial developments and natural groundwaters for source identification.

    Richard A. Frank;James W. Roy;Greg Bickerton;Steve J. Rowland

  • Determination of Dissolved Naphthenic Acids in Natural Waters by Using Negative-Ion Electrospray Mass Spectrometry

    John V. Headley;Kerry M. Peru;Dena W. Mcmartin;Marcus Winkler

  • Toxicity of naphthenic acid fraction components extracted from fresh and aged oil sands process-affected waters, and commercial naphthenic acid mixtures, to fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) embryos

    Julie R. Marentette;Richard A. Frank;Adrienne J. Bartlett;Patricia L. Gillis

  • Comparison of high- and low-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry for the analysis of naphthenic acid mixtures in oil sands process water.

    Jonathan W. Martin;Xiumei Han;Kerry M. Peru;John V. Headley

  • Adsorption properties of cross-linked cellulose-epichlorohydrin polymers in aqueous solution.

    Inimfon A. Udoetok;Raquel M. Dimmick;Lee D. Wilson;John V. Headley

  • Comparative chronic toxicity of imidacloprid, clothianidin, and thiamethoxam to Chironomus dilutus and estimation of toxic equivalency factors.

    Michael C. Cavallaro;Christy A. Morrissey;John V. Headley;Kerry M. Peru

  • Data Visualization for the Characterization of Naphthenic Acids within Petroleum Samples

    Mark P. Barrow;John V. Headley;Kerry M. Peru;Peter J. Derrick

  • Microbial exopolymers provide a mechanism for bioaccumulation of contaminants.

    Gideon M. Wolfaardt;John R. Lawrence;John V. Headley;Richard D. Robarts

  • Chemical fingerprinting of naphthenic acids and oil sands process waters—A review of analytical methods for environmental samples

    J. V. Headley;K. M. Peru;M. H. Mohamed;R. A. Frank

Frequent Co-Authors

Kerry M. Peru
Kerry M. Peru Environment and Climate Change Canada
Lee D. Wilson
Lee D. Wilson University of Saskatchewan
Richard D. Robarts
Richard D. Robarts National Water Research Institute
Karsten Liber
Karsten Liber University of Saskatchewan
Alan G. Marshall
Alan G. Marshall Florida State University
Ryan P. Rodgers
Ryan P. Rodgers Florida State University
James J. Germida
James J. Germida University of Saskatchewan
Keith R. Solomon
Keith R. Solomon University of Guelph
Ajay K. Dalai
Ajay K. Dalai University of Saskatchewan
Frank X. Gu
Frank X. Gu University of Toronto

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