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P. Lee Ferguson

P. Lee Ferguson

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
46
Citations
8778
World Ranking
6035
National Ranking
2182

Best Publications

  • Discovery of 40 Classes of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Historical Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (AFFFs) and AFFF-Impacted Groundwater

    Krista A. Barzen-Hanson;Simon C. Roberts;Sarah Choyke;Karl Oetjen

  • Nontarget Screening with High Resolution Mass Spectrometry in the Environment: Ready to Go?

    Juliane Hollender;Juliane Hollender;Emma Louise Schymanski;Heinz Singer;P. Lee Ferguson

  • Identification of flame retardants in polyurethane foam collected from baby products.

    Heather M. Stapleton;Susan Klosterhaus;Alex Keller;P. Lee Ferguson

  • Analysis of engineered nanomaterials in complex matrices (environment and biota): General considerations and conceptual case studies

    Frank von der Kammer;P. Lee Ferguson;Patricia A. Holden;Armand Masion

  • Novel and High Volume Use Flame Retardants in US Couches Reflective of the 2005 PentaBDE Phase Out

    Heather M. Stapleton;Smriti Sharma;Gordon Getzinger;P. Lee Ferguson

  • Distribution and fate of neutral alkylphenol ethoxylate metabolites in a sewage-impacted urban estuary.

    P L Ferguson;C R Iden;B J Brownawell

  • Life-Cycle Effects of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWNTs) on an Estuarine Meiobenthic Copepod†

    Ryan C Templeton;P Lee Ferguson;Kate M Washburn;Wally A Scrivens

  • Effects of Toxic Leachate from Commercial Plastics on Larval Survival and Settlement of the Barnacle Amphibalanus amphitrite.

    Heng-Xiang Li;Heng-Xiang Li;Gordon J. Getzinger;P. Lee Ferguson;Beatriz Orihuela

  • Considerations of Environmentally Relevant Test Conditions for Improved Evaluation of Ecological Hazards of Engineered Nanomaterials

    Patricia A. Holden;Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey;Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey;Fred Klaessig;Ronald F. Turco

  • Analysis of alkylphenol ethoxylate metabolites in the aquatic environment using liquid chromatography-electrospray mass spectrometry.

    Ferguson Pl;Iden Cr;Brownawell Bj

  • Occurrence of contaminants of emerging concern in mussels (Mytilus spp.) along the California coast and the influence of land use, storm water discharge, and treated wastewater effluent.

    Nathan G. Dodder;Keith A. Maruya;P. Lee Ferguson;Richard Grace

  • Determination of Steroid Estrogens in Wastewater by Immunoaffinity Extraction Coupled with HPLC−Electrospray-MS

    P. Lee Ferguson;Charles R. Iden;and Anne E. McElroy;Bruce J. Brownawell

  • Influence of sediment-amendment with single-walled carbon nanotubes and diesel soot on bioaccumulation of hydrophobic organic contaminants by benthic invertebrates.

    P. Lee Ferguson;G. Thomas Chandler;Ryan C. Templeton;Amanda DeMarco

  • Characterizing the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPARγ) ligand binding potential of several major flame retardants, their metabolites, and chemical mixtures in house dust.

    Mingliang Fang;Thomas F. Webster;P. Lee Ferguson;Heather M. Stapleton

  • Results from Screening Polyurethane Foam Based Consumer Products for Flame Retardant Chemicals: Assessing Impacts on the Change in the Furniture Flammability Standards

    Ellen M. Cooper;Gretchen Kroeger;Katherine Davis;Charlotte R. Clark

  • Indications of Transformation Products from Hydraulic Fracturing Additives in Shale-Gas Wastewater.

    Kathrin Hoelzer;Andrew J. Sumner;Osman Karatum;Robert K. Nelson

  • Application of ion trap-MS with H/D exchange and QqTOF-MS in the identification of microbial degradates of trimethoprim in nitrifying activated sludge.

    Peter Eichhorn;P. Lee Ferguson;and Sandra Pérez;Diana S. Aga

  • Lithium-ion battery components are at the nexus of sustainable energy and environmental release of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances

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  • Assessing the Effectiveness of Point-of-Use Residential Drinking Water Filters for Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs)

    Nicholas J. Herkert;John Merrill;Cara Peters;David Bollinger

  • Electrochemical Transformations of Perfluoroalkyl Acid (PFAA) Precursors and PFAAs in Groundwater Impacted with Aqueous Film Forming Foams

    Charles E. Schaefer;Sarah Choyke;P. Lee Ferguson;Christina Andaya

Frequent Co-Authors

Heather M. Stapleton
Heather M. Stapleton Duke University
G. Thomas Chandler
G. Thomas Chandler University of South Carolina
Mark R. Wiesner
Mark R. Wiesner Duke University
Christopher P. Higgins
Christopher P. Higgins Colorado School of Mines
Juliane Hollender
Juliane Hollender Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Robert M. Burgess
Robert M. Burgess Environmental Protection Agency
Martin Elsner
Martin Elsner Technical University of Munich
Joseph R.V. Flora
Joseph R.V. Flora University of South Carolina
Thomas F. Webster
Thomas F. Webster Boston University
Jason M. Unrine
Jason M. Unrine University of Kentucky

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