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Michael T. Meyer is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines with a primary focus on Environmental Science and Engineering. Within these fields, their work extends to several specialized subfields including Mechanical Engineering, Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Aerospace Engineering, and Water Science and Technology.

The topics covered by their research include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies, Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Fecal Contamination and Water Quality, Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, and Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies.

Michael T. Meyer has contributed to several scientific papers in well-known journals. Recent publications include:

  • "Poultry litter as potential source of pathogens and other contaminants in groundwater and surface water proximal to large-scale confined poultry feeding operations," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Mixed organic and inorganic tapwater exposures and potential effects in greater Chicago area, USA," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Environmental and anthropogenic drivers of contaminants in agricultural watersheds with implications for land management," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Watershed-Scale Risk to Aquatic Organisms from Complex Chemical Mixtures in the Shenandoah River," 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Pesticide Prioritization by Potential Biological Effects in Tributaries of the Laurentian Great Lakes," 2022, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Their frequent coauthors include Dana W. Kolpin, Michelle L. Hladik, Faraz Ahmad, Jason Hartwig, and Issam Mudawar. Collaboration with these researchers appears consistently across their publication record.

Michael T. Meyer's research is regularly published in venues such as the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Science & Technology, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, and Scientific Investigations Report.

In addition to journal articles, Michael T. Meyer has authored book publications, including a forthcoming work titled Food for Thought: Understanding Older Adult Food Insecurity, expected to be published by the Russell Sage Foundation in 2025.

Best Publications

  • Pharmaceuticals, hormones, and other organic wastewater contaminants in U.S. streams, 1999-2000: a national reconnaissance.

    Dana W. Kolpin;Edward T. Furlong;Michael T. Meyer;E. Michael Thurman

  • A global perspective on the use, sales, exposure pathways, occurrence, fate and effects of veterinary antibiotics (VAs) in the environment

    Ajit K. Sarmah;Michael T. Meyer;Alistair B.A. Boxall

  • Response to Comment on “Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in U.S. Streams, 1999−2000: A National Reconnaissance”

    Dana W. Kolpin;Edward T. Furlong;Michael T. Meyer;E. Michael Thurman

  • Persistence of pharmaceutical compounds and other organic wastewater contaminants in a conventional drinking-water-treatment plant

    Paul E Stackelberg;Edward T Furlong;Michael T Meyer;Steven D Zaugg

  • A national reconnaissance for pharmaceuticals and other organic wastewater contaminants in the United States--II) untreated drinking water sources.

    Michael J. Focazio;Dana W. Kolpin;Kimberlee K. Barnes;Edward T. Furlong

  • Occurrence of antibiotics in wastewater treatment facilities in Wisconsin, USA

    K.G. Karthikeyan;Michael T. Meyer

  • Analysis of trace levels of sulfonamide and tetracycline antimicrobials in groundwater and surface water using solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry.

    Michele E. Lindsey;Michael Meyer;E. M. Thurman

  • A national reconnaissance of pharmaceuticals and other organic wastewater contaminants in the United States - I) Groundwater

    Kimberlee K. Barnes;Dana W. Kolpin;Edward T. Furlong;Steven D. Zaugg

  • Removal of Antibiotics from Surface and Distilled Water in Conventional Water Treatment Processes

    Craig D. Adams;Y Wang;K Loftin;M Meyer

  • Efficiency of conventional drinking-water-treatment processes in removal of pharmaceuticals and other organic compounds

    Paul E. Stackelberg;Jacob Gibs;Edward T. Furlong;Michael T. Meyer

  • Transport of Chemical and Microbial Compounds from Known Wastewater Discharges: Potential for Use as Indicators of Human Fecal Contamination

    Susan T Glassmeyer;Edward T Furlong;Dana W Kolpin;Jeffery D Cahill

  • Urban contribution of pharmaceuticals and other organic wastewater contaminants to streams during differing flow conditions.

    Dana W Kolpin;Mary Skopec;Michael T Meyer;Edward T Furlong

  • Determination of Antibiotic Residues in Manure, Soil, and Surface Waters

    Thorsten Christian;Rudolf J. Schneider;Harald A. Färber;Dirk Skutlarek

  • Antimicrobial residues in animal waste and water resources proximal to large-scale swine and poultry feeding operations

    Enzo R Campagnolo;Kammy R Johnson;Adam Karpati;Carol S Rubin

  • Glyphosate and Its Degradation Product AMPA Occur Frequently and Widely in U.S. Soils, Surface Water, Groundwater, and Precipitation†

    William A. Battaglin;Michael T. Meyer;Kathryn Kuivila;Julie E. Dietze

  • Herbicides in surface waters of the midwestern United States: the effect of spring flush

    E.M. Thurman;D.A. Goolsby;M.T. Meyer;D.W. Kolpin

  • A reconnaissance study of herbicides and their metabolites in surface water of the midwestern united states using immunoassay and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

    E. Michael Thurman;Donald A. Goolsby;Michael T. Meyer;Margaret S. Mills

  • Pharmaceuticals and other organic chemicals in selected north-central and northwestern Arkansas streams.

    Brian E. Haggard;Brian E. Haggard;Joel M. Galloway;W. Reed Green;Michael T. Meyer

  • Trace analysis of trimethoprim and sulfonamide, macrolide, quinolone, and tetracycline antibiotics in chlorinated drinking water using liquid chromatography electrospray tandem mass spectrometry.

    Zhengqi Ye;Howard S. Weinberg;Michael T. Meyer

  • Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay compared with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry for the determination of triazine herbicides in water.

    E. Michael Thurman;Michael Meyer;Michael Pomes;Charles A. Perry

Frequent Co-Authors

Dana W. Kolpin
Dana W. Kolpin United States Geological Survey
Edward T. Furlong
Edward T. Furlong United States Geological Survey
Steven D. Zaugg
Steven D. Zaugg United States Geological Survey
Larry B. Barber
Larry B. Barber United States Geological Survey
Craig D. Adams
Craig D. Adams Saint Louis University
William A. Battaglin
William A. Battaglin United States Geological Survey
Michelle L. Hladik
Michelle L. Hladik United States Geological Survey
Paul M. Bradley
Paul M. Bradley United States Geological Survey
Gert Heinrich
Gert Heinrich TU Dresden
William T. Foreman
William T. Foreman United States Geological Survey

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