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D-Index
65
Citations
13652
World Ranking
7742
National Ranking
2262

Lisa Alvarez-Cohen publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lisa Alvarez-Cohen sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 129 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Lisa Alvarez-Cohen D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lisa Alvarez-Cohen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For discovery and application of novel microorganisms and biochemical pathways for microbial degradation of environmental contaminants.

Overview

Lisa Alvarez-Cohen is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a strong focus on several subfields including Environmental Chemistry, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Atmospheric Science, and Ecology.

Their work covers a range of topics related to environmental contamination and remediation. Key areas of study include Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Arsenic contamination and mitigation, and Chromium effects and bioremediation.

Lisa Alvarez-Cohen has contributed to multiple publications in respected scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • ACS ES&T Water
  • Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Environmental Science Processes & Impacts

Their recent papers showcase the range and focus of their research:

  • Increased replication of dissimilatory nitrate-reducing bacteria leads to decreased anammox bioreactor performance, 2020, published in Microbiome
  • Biological and Chemical Transformation of the Six-Carbon Polyfluoroalkyl Substance N-Dimethyl Ammonio Propyl Perfluorohexane Sulfonamide (AmPr-FHxSA), 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Under-reporting Potential of Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid (PFOS) under High-Ionic Strength Conditions, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • Global diversity and distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in human wastewater treatment systems, 2025, Nature Communications
  • The Total Oxidizable Precursor (TOP) Assay as a Forensic Tool for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Source Apportionment, 2023, ACS ES&T Water

The researcher collaborates frequently with a number of colleagues, including David L. Sedlak, Christopher I. Olivares, Edmund H. Antell, Shan Yi, and Emily K. Cook.

In 2010, Lisa Alvarez-Cohen was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Engineering for their contributions to discovering and applying novel microorganisms and biochemical pathways for microbial degradation of environmental contaminants.

Best Publications

  • N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) as a Drinking Water Contaminant: A Review

    William A. Mitch;Jonathan O. Sharp;R. Rhodes Trussell;Richard L. Valentine

  • Global diversity and biogeography of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants

    Linwei Wu;Daliang Ning;Bing Zhang;Yong Li

  • Microbial reductive debromination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs).

    Jianzhong He;Kristin R. Robrock;Lisa Alvarez-Cohen

  • Effects of toxicity, aeration, and reductant supply on trichloroethylene transformation by a mixed methanotrophic culture

    L Alvarez-Cohen;P L McCarty

  • Product toxicity and cometabolic competitive inhibition modeling of chloroform and trichloroethylene transformation by methanotrophic resting cells.

    L Alvarez-Cohen;P L McCarty

  • Aerobic Biotransformation of Fluorotelomer Thioether Amido Sulfonate (Lodyne) in AFFF-Amended Microcosms

    Katie C. Harding-Marjanovic;Erika F. Houtz;Shan Yi;Jennifer A. Field

  • Kinetics of aerobic cometabolism of chlorinated solvents.

    Lisa Alvarez-Cohen;Gerald E Speitel

  • Pathways for the anaerobic microbial debromination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers.

    Kristin R. Robrock;Peter Korytár;Lisa Alvarez-Cohen

  • Kinetics of 1,4-dioxane biodegradation by monooxygenase-expressing bacteria.

    Shaily Mahendra;Lisa Alvarez-Cohen

  • Influence of vitamin B12 and cocultures on the growth of Dehalococcoides isolates in defined medium.

    Jianzhong He;Victor F. Holmes;Patrick K. H. Lee;Lisa Alvarez-Cohen;Lisa Alvarez-Cohen

  • Temperature effects and substrate interactions during the aerobic biotransformation of BTEX mixtures by toluene-enriched consortia and Rhodococcus rhodochrous.

    Rula A. Deeb;Lisa Alvarez-Cohen

  • Phylogenetic characterization of microbial communities that reductively dechlorinate TCE based upon a combination of molecular techniques.

    Ruth E Richardson;Vishvesh K Bhupathiraju;Donald L Song;Tanuja A Goulet

  • Model for the cometabolic biodegradation of chlorinated organics.

    Hsiao-Lung. Chang;Lisa. Alvarez-Cohen

  • Substrate Interactions in BTEX and MTBE Mixtures by an MTBE-Degrading Isolate

    Rula A. Deeb;Hong-Ying Hu;Jessica R. Hanson;Kate M. Scow

  • A Cometabolic Biotransformation Model for Halogenated Aliphatic Compounds Exhibiting Product Toxicity

    Lisa Alvarez-Cohen;Perry L. McCarty

  • Recovery of critical metals using biometallurgy

    Wei-Qin Zhuang;Jeffrey P Fitts;Caroline M Ajo-Franklin;Synthia Maes

  • Aerobic MTBE biodegradation: an examination of past studies, current challenges and future research directions

    Rula A. Deeb;Kate M. Scow;Lisa Alvarez-Cohen

  • Variable carbon isotope fractionation expressed by aerobic CH4-oxidizing bacteria

    Alexis S. Templeton;Kung-Hui Chu;Kung-Hui Chu;Lisa Alvarez-Cohen;Mark E. Conrad

  • Transformation capacities of chlorinated organics by mixed cultures enriched on methane, propane, toluene, or phenol.

    Hsiao-Lung Chang;Lisa Alvarez-Cohen

  • Quantifying genes and transcripts to assess the in situ physiology of "Dehalococcoides" spp. in a trichloroethene-contaminated groundwater site.

    Patrick K. H. Lee;Tamzen W. Macbeth;Kent S. Sorenson;Rula A. Deeb

  • Pseudonocardia dioxanivorans sp. nov., a novel actinomycete that grows on 1,4-dioxane.

    Shaily Mahendra;Lisa Alvarez-Cohen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jizhong Zhou
Jizhong Zhou University of Oklahoma
Gary L. Andersen
Gary L. Andersen Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Stephen H. Zinder
Stephen H. Zinder Cornell University
Jianzhong He
Jianzhong He National University of Singapore
Mark E. Conrad
Mark E. Conrad Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Eoin L. Brodie
Eoin L. Brodie Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Perry L. McCarty
Perry L. McCarty Stanford University
Yinjie J. Tang
Yinjie J. Tang Washington University in St. Louis
David L. Sedlak
David L. Sedlak University of California, Berkeley
Jillian F. Banfield
Jillian F. Banfield University of California, Berkeley

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