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Environmental Sciences
Canada
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
64
Citations
13645
World Ranking
2339
National Ranking
94

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Kenneth Lee is affiliated with Fisheries and Oceans Canada in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with numerous publications addressing various subfields including Pollution, Ocean Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change.

Lee's work includes a significant focus on topics such as Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Microbial Bioremediation and Biosurfactants, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, and Maritime Navigation and Safety.

They have an extensive publication record in several venues, frequently publishing in:

  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings

Among their recent papers are:

  • Does Household Electrification Supercharge Economic Development? (2020), The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  • Recent advances in developing cellulosic sorbent materials for oil spill cleanup: A state-of-the-art review (2021), Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Development of advanced oil/water separation technologies to enhance the effectiveness of mechanical oil recovery operations at sea: Potential and challenges (2022), Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Photocatalytic ozonation of offshore produced water by TiO2 nanotube arrays coupled with UV-LED irradiation (2020), Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Factors influencing the fate of oil spilled on shorelines: a review (2020), Environmental Chemistry Letters

Kenneth Lee often collaborates with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including Michel C. Boufadel, Baiyu Zhang, Chunjiang An, Bing Chen, and Xiaolong Geng.

Best Publications

  • Robust hydrocarbon degradation and dynamics of bacterial communities during nutrient-enhanced oil spill bioremediation.

    Wilfred F. M. Röling;Michael G. Milner;D. Martin Jones;Kenneth Lee

  • Selection of Specific Endophytic Bacterial Genotypes by Plants in Response to Soil Contamination

    Steven D. Siciliano;Nathalie Fortin;Anca Mihoc;Gesine Wisse

  • Produced Water: Overview of Composition, Fates, and Effects

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  • Disposable masks release microplastics to the aqueous environment with exacerbation by natural weathering.

    Zheng Wang;Chunjiang An;Xiujuan Chen;Kenneth Lee

  • The Roles of Photooxidation and Biodegradation in Long-term Weathering of Crude and Heavy Fuel Oils

    Roger C Prince;Robert M Garrett;Richard E Bare;Matthew J Grossman

  • Marine Oil Spills—Oil Pollution, Sources and Effects

    Baiyu Zhang;Ethan J. Matchinski;Bing Chen;Xudong Ye

  • Soil washing improves the recovery of total community DNA from polluted and high organic content sediments.

    Nathalie Fortin;Danielle Beaumier;Kenneth Lee;Charles W Greer

  • Effect of dispersant on the composition of the water-accommodated fraction of crude oil and its toxicity to larval marine fish.

    Catherine M. Couillard;Kenneth Lee;Benoît Légaré;Thomas L. King

  • Influence of salinity and fish species on PAH uptake from dispersed crude oil.

    Shahunthala D. Ramachandran;Michael J. Sweezey;Peter V. Hodson;Monica Boudreau

  • Formation and Characterization of Oil–Mineral Aggregates

    Patricia Stoffyn-Egli;Kenneth Lee

  • Chemical dispersants enhance the activity of oil- and gas condensate-degrading marine bacteria

    Julien Tremblay;Etienne Yergeau;Nathalie Fortin;Susan Cobanli

  • Evolution of droplets in subsea oil and gas blowouts: development and validation of the numerical model VDROP-J.

    Lin Zhao;Michel C. Boufadel;Scott A. Socolofsky;Eric Adams

  • Lab tests on the biodegradation of chemically dispersed oil should consider the rapid dilution that occurs at sea

    Kenneth Lee;Tim Nedwed;Roger C. Prince;David Palandro

  • Microscale Testing in Aquatic Toxicology : Advances, Techniques, and Practice

    Peter G. Wells;Kenneth Lee;Christian Blaise

  • Oil–Particle Interactions in Aquatic Environments: Influence on the Transport, Fate, Effect and Remediation of Oil Spills

    Kenneth Lee

  • Removal of Oil from the Sea Surface through Particulate Interactions: Review and Prospectus

    D.K Muschenheim;Kenneth Lee

  • The dose-response relationship between No. 2 fuel oil and the growth of the salt marsh grass, Spartina alterniflora.

    Qianxin Lin;Irving A Mendelssohn;Makram T Suidan;Kenneth Lee

  • Characteristics of Oil Droplets Stabilized by Mineral Particles: Effects of Oil Type and Temperature

    Ali Khelifa;Patricia Stoffyn-Egli;Paul S. Hill;Kenneth Lee

  • Precipitation of heavy metals in produced water: influence on contaminant transport and toxicity.

    Kumiko Azetsu-Scott;Phil Yeats;Gary Wohlgeschaffen;John Dalziel

  • Interaction of oil and mineral fines on shorelines: review and assessment.

    Edward H. Owens;Kenneth Lee

  • Oil–Mineral Aggregate Formation on Oiled Beaches: Natural Attenuation and Sediment Relocation

    Kenneth Lee;Patricia Stoffyn-Egli;Gilles H Tremblay;Edward H Owens

  • Chronic toxicity and physical disturbance effects of water- and oil-based drilling fluids and some major constituents on adult sea scallops (Placopecten magellanicus)

    P.J. Cranford;D.C. Gordon;K. Lee;S.L. Armsworthy

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel C. Boufadel
Michel C. Boufadel New Jersey Institute of Technology
Albert D. Venosa
Albert D. Venosa Environmental Protection Agency
Charles W. Greer
Charles W. Greer National Research Council Canada
Roger C. Prince
Roger C. Prince ExxonMobil (United States)
Paul S. Hill
Paul S. Hill Dalhousie University
Chunjiang An
Chunjiang An Concordia University
Makram T. Suidan
Makram T. Suidan University of Cincinnati
Christian Blaise
Christian Blaise Environment and Climate Change Canada
Peter V. Hodson
Peter V. Hodson Queen's University
Lyle G. Whyte
Lyle G. Whyte McGill University

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