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Linda M. Abriola

Linda M. Abriola

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
57
Citations
11959
World Ranking
3445
National Ranking
1322

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2003 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For advancing our knowledge of contaminant fate and transport in groundwater and subsurface systems.
  • 2000 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Linda M. Abriola is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on the study of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and their impact on environmental health and remediation.

The main fields of study for Abriola include environmental science, with specific subfields such as environmental chemistry, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental engineering, water science and technology, and pollution. Their work often intersects topics related to toxic organic pollutants, groundwater flow and contamination, microbial bioremediation, fluoride effects and removal, environmental remediation using nanomaterials, and membrane separation technologies.

Frequent publication venues for Abriola's work include Environmental Science & Technology, Water Research, Environmental Science Nano, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Co-authors who have frequently collaborated with Abriola are Kurt D. Pennell, Natalie L. Cápiro, Sheng Dong, Shuchi Liao, and Peng-Fei Yan.

Selected recent publications highlight ongoing research in biotransformation and environmental impact of fluorotelomer substances. These include:

  • Aerobic biotransformation of 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonate in soils from two aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF)-impacted sites (2023), published in Water Research
  • Biotransformation of 8:2 Fluorotelomer Alcohol in Soil from Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (AFFFs)-Impacted Sites under Nitrate-, Sulfate-, and Iron-Reducing Conditions (2022), published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • Assessing aerobic biotransformation of 8:2 fluorotelomer alcohol in aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF)-impacted soils: Pathways and microbial community dynamics (2022), published in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Aqueous Film-Forming Foams Exhibit Greater Interfacial Activity than PFOA, PFOS, or FOSA (2020), published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • Comment on "Uptake of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances at the Air-Water Interface" (2020), published in Environmental Science & Technology

Abriola has received several recognitions including being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2006, a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2003 for advancing knowledge of contaminant fate and transport in groundwater and subsurface systems, and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2000.

Best Publications

  • An experimental investigation of nonaqueous phase liquid dissolution in saturated subsurface systems: Transient mass transfer rates

    Susan E. Powers;Linda M. Abriola;Walter J. Weber

  • A Multiphase Approach to the Modeling of Porous Media Contamination by Organic Compounds: 1. Equation Development

    Linda M. Abriola;George F. Pinder

  • Surfactant-enhanced solubilization of residual dodecane in soil columns. 1. Experimental investigation

    Kurt D. Pennell;Linda M. Abriola;Walter J. Weber

  • Influence of Viscous and Buoyancy Forces on the Mobilization of Residual Tetrachloroethylene during Surfactant Flushing

    Kurt D. Pennell;Gary A. Pope;Linda M. Abriola

  • Theoretical Study of the Significance of Nonequilibrium Dissolution of Nonaqueous Phase Liquids in Subsurface Systems

    Susan E. Powers;Celso O. Loureiro;Linda M. Abriola;Walter J. Weber

  • A Multiphase Approach to the Modeling of Porous Media Contamination by Organic Compounds: 2. Numerical Simulation

    Linda M. Abriola;George F. Pinder

  • Surfactant enhanced remediation of soil columns contaminated by residual tetrachloroethylene

    Kurt D Pennell;Minquan Jin;Linda M Abriola;Gary A Pope

  • Investigation of the transport and deposition of fullerene (C60) nanoparticles in quartz sands under varying flow conditions

    Yusong Li;Yonggang Wang;Kurt D Pennell;Linda M Abriola

  • Modeling transport and biodegradation of benzene and toluene in sandy aquifer material: Comparisons With experimental measurements

    Yung-Ming Chen;Linda M. Abriola;Pedro J. J. Alvarez;Paul J. Anid

  • Transport and Retention of Nanoscale C60 Aggregates in Water-Saturated Porous Media

    Yonggang Wang;Yusong Li;John D. Fortner;Joseph B. Hughes

  • On the Simulation of Nonaqueous Phase Organic Compounds in the Subsurface

    George F. Pinder;Linda M. Abriola

  • Mass conservative numerical solutions of the head‐based Richards equation

    Klaus Rathfelder;Linda M. Abriola

  • Influence of hydraulic property correlation on predicted dense nonaqueous phase liquid source zone architecture, mass recovery and contaminant flux

    Lawrence D. Lemke;Linda M. Abriola;John R. Lang

  • Accumulation of PFOA and PFOS at the Air–WaterInterface

    Jed Costanza;Masoud Arshadi;Linda M. Abriola;Kurt D. Pennell

  • Surfactant-enhanced solubilization of residual dodecane in soil columns. 2. Mathematical modeling

    Linda M. Abriola;Timothy J. Dekker;Kurt D. Pennell

  • Phenomenological models for transient NAPL-water mass-transfer processes

    Susan E. Powers;Linda M. Abriola;Joyce S. Dunkin;Walter J. Weber

  • Simulation of surfactant-enhanced aquifer remediation

    Chris L. Brown;Gary A. Pope;Linda M. Abriola;Kamy Sepehrnoori

  • Solubilization of nonaqueous phase liquid hydrocarbons in micellar solutions of dodecyl alcohol ethoxylates.

    Mamadou S. Diallo;Linda M. Abriola;Walter J. Weber

  • Modeling multiphase migration of organic chemicals in groundwater systems--a review and assessment.

    Linda M. Abriola

  • Solubilization of Dodecane, Tetrachloroethylene, and 1,2-Dichlorobenzene in Micellar Solutions of Ethoxylated Nonionic Surfactants

    Kurt D. Pennell;Andrew M. Adinolfi;Linda M. Abriola;Mamadou S. Diallo

Frequent Co-Authors

Kurt D. Pennell
Kurt D. Pennell Brown University
Eric L. Miller
Eric L. Miller Tufts University
Denis M. O'Carroll
Denis M. O'Carroll University of New South Wales
Scott A. Bradford
Scott A. Bradford Agricultural Research Service
Walter J. Weber
Walter J. Weber University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Frank E. Löffler
Frank E. Löffler University of Tennessee at Knoxville
John D. Fortner
John D. Fortner Yale University
Gary A. Pope
Gary A. Pope The University of Texas at Austin
Jason I. Gerhard
Jason I. Gerhard University of Western Ontario
Vicki L. Colvin
Vicki L. Colvin Brown University

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