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Richard G. Zepp is affiliated with the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States. Their research primarily spans the domains of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable contributions to the subfields of Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science, Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their work addresses several key topics including Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, and Climate Change and Geoengineering.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Richard G. Zepp include Anthony L. Andrady, Paul W. Barnes, Janet F. Bornman, S. Madronich, and Marcel A. K. Jansen.

The main venues for their publications are Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, Environmental Science Nano, Global Change Biology, Nature Nanotechnology, and The Science of The Total Environment.

Notable recent publications by Zepp include:

  • Nano-enabled pesticides for sustainable agriculture and global food security, 2022, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Oxidation and fragmentation of plastics in a changing environment; from UV-radiation to biological degradation, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental effects of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation, and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, Update 2020, 2021, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
  • Environmental effects of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, update 2019, 2020, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
  • Environmental effects of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation, and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, Update 2021, 2022, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences

Best Publications

  • Hydroxyl radical formation in aqueous reactions (pH 3-8) of iron(II) with hydrogen peroxide : the photo-fenton reaction

    Richard G. Zepp;Bruce C. Faust;Juerg Hoigne

  • Role of photoreactions in the formation of biologically labile compounds from dissolved organic matter

    Mary Ann Moran;Richard G. Zepp

  • Carbon loss and optical property changes during long‐term photochemical and biological degradation of estuarine dissolved organic matter

    Mary Ann Moran;Wade M. Sheldon;Richard G. Zepp

  • Nitrate-induced photooxidation of trace organic chemicals in water.

    Richard G. Zepp;Juerg. Hoigne;Heinz. Bader

  • Photochemistry of aqueous iron(III)-polycarboxylate complexes : roles in the chemistry of atmospheric and surface waters

    Bruce C. Faust;Richard G. Zepp

  • Photosensitized transformations involving electronic energy transfer in natural waters: role of humic substances

    Richard G. Zepp;Patricia F. Schlotzhauer;R. Merritt. Sink

  • Dissolved organic fluorophores in southeastern US coastal waters: correction method for eliminating Rayleigh and Raman scattering peaks in excitation–emission matrices

    Richard G Zepp;Wade M Sheldon;Mary Ann Moran

  • Photochemical production of dissolved inorganic carbon from terrestrial organic matter: significance to the oceanic organic carbon cycle

    W. L. Miller;R. G. Zepp

  • Rates of direct photolysis in aquatic environment

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  • Factors Influencing Photoreactions of Dissolved Organic Matter in a Coastal River of the Southeastern United States

    Huizhen Gao;Richard G. Zepp

  • Photochemical release of biologically available nitrogen from aquatic dissolved organic matter

    Karen L. Bushaw;Richard G. Zepp;Matthew A. Tarr;Daniel Schulz-Jander

  • Photochemistry of natural waters

    Oliver C. Zafiriou;Jacques Joussot-Dubien;Richard G. Zepp;Rod G. Zika

  • Release characteristics of selected carbon nanotube polymer composites

    Christopher Kingston;Richard Zepp;Anthony Andrady;Darrell Boverhof

  • Environmental effects of ozone depletion, UV radiation and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, update 2017

    G. H. Bernhard;R. E. Neale;P. W. Barnes;P. J. Neale

  • Photoproduction of hydrated electrons from natural organic solutes in aquatic environments.

    Richard G. Zepp;Andre M. Braun;Juerg. Hoigne;Jerry A. Leenheer

  • Absorbance, absorption coefficient, and apparent quantum yield: A comment on common ambiguity in the use of these optical concepts

    Chuanmin Hu;Frank E. Muller-Karger;Richard G. Zepp

  • Interactive effects of solar UV radiation and climate change on biogeochemical cycling

    R. G. Zepp;D. J. Erickson;N. D. Paul;B. Sulzberger

  • Sunlight-mediated inactivation of health-relevant microorganisms in water: a review of mechanisms and modeling approaches

    Kara L. Nelson;Alexandria B. Boehm;Robert J. Davies-Colley;Michael C. Dodd

  • Reactive Oxygen Species in Natural Waters

    Neil V. Blough;Richard G. Zepp

  • Comparison of photochemical behavior of various humic substances in water: I. Sunlight induced reactions of aquatic pollutants photosensitized by humic substances

    Richard G. Zepp;George L. Baughman;Patricia F. Schlotzhauer

  • Potential release scenarios for carbon nanotubes used in composites

    Bernd Nowack;Raymond M. David;Heinz Fissan;Howard Morris

  • Reactivity of the carbonate radical with aniline derivatives

    Richard A. Larson;Richard G. Zepp

Frequent Co-Authors

Nigel D. Paul
Nigel D. Paul Lancaster University
William L. Miller
William L. Miller University of Georgia
Mary Ann Moran
Mary Ann Moran University of Georgia
David J. Erickson
David J. Erickson Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Carlos L. Ballaré
Carlos L. Ballaré University of Buenos Aires
Richard McKenzie
Richard McKenzie National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Alkiviadis F. Bais
Alkiviadis F. Bais Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Donat-P. Häder
Donat-P. Häder University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Janet F. Bornman
Janet F. Bornman Curtin University
Mercedes M. C. Bustamante
Mercedes M. C. Bustamante University of Brasília

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