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Overview

Kerry M. Peru is affiliated with Environment and Climate Change Canada. Their research primarily focuses on areas intersecting engineering and chemistry, with notable contributions in analytical chemistry and mechanics of materials.

The scientist has a significant body of work related to petroleum processing and analysis, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and enhanced oil recovery techniques. Additional research topics include atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, toxic organic pollutants impact, fish ecology and management studies, and mass spectrometry techniques and applications.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Peru include John V. Headley, Ian J. Vander Meulen, Dena W. McMartin, Joanne L. Parrott, and Chukwuemeka Ajaero.

Peru's research output is published in various scientific venues, predominantly:

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

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Kerry M. Peru include:

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Preliminary characterization and source assessment of PAHs in tributary sediments of the Athabasca River, Canada

    John V. Headley;Christine Akre;F.Malcolm Conly;K.M. Peru

  • Characterization of naphthenic acids from athabasca oil sands using electrospray ionization: the significant influence of solvents.

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

  • Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry of principal components in oilsands naphthenic acids.

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

  • Aquatic plant-derived changes in oil sands naphthenic acid signatures determined by low-, high- and ultrahigh-resolution mass spectrometry.

    John V. Headley;Kerry M. Peru;Sarah A. Armstrong;Xiumei Han

Frequent Co-Authors

John V. Headley
John V. Headley Environment and Climate Change Canada
Lee D. Wilson
Lee D. Wilson University of Saskatchewan
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
David D. Y. Chen
David D. Y. Chen University of British Columbia
Ajay K. Dalai
Ajay K. Dalai University of Saskatchewan
Frank X. Gu
Frank X. Gu University of Toronto
Keith R. Solomon
Keith R. Solomon University of Guelph
James J. Germida
James J. Germida University of Saskatchewan

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