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Overview

Richard J. Watts is affiliated with Washington State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine with a specialization in Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Birth, Development, and Health

Watts has contributed to the field through publications in the venue Biological Psychiatry.

Recent papers authored by Watts include:

  • P640. Examining Multivariate Associations Between Early Life Stress Exposure and White Matter Microstructure, 2022, Biological Psychiatry

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Watts are:

  • Lucinda M. Sisk
  • Emily M. Cohodes
  • Sarah McCauley
  • Jasmyne C. Pierre
  • Paola Odriozola

Best Publications

  • Mechanism of base activation of persulfate.

    Olha S. Furman;Amy L. Teel;Richard J. Watts

  • Photophysical effects of metal-carbon .sigma. bonds in ortho-metalated complexes of iridium(III) and rhodium(III)

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  • Temperature dependence of the photophysical and photochemical properties of the tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) ion in aqueous solution

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  • Excited-state properties of a triply ortho-metalated iridium(III) complex

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  • Photocatalytic inactivation of coliform bacteria and viruses in secondary wastewater effluent

    Richard J. Watts;Sungho Kong;Margaret P. Orr;Glenn C. Miller

  • Mechanism of Persulfate Activation by Phenols

    Mushtaque Ahmad;Amy L. Teel;Richard J. Watts

  • A new synthetic route to the preparation of a series of strong photoreducing agents: fac-tris-ortho-metalated complexes of iridium(III) with substituted 2-phenylpyridines

    K. Dedeian;P. I. Djurovich;F. O. Garces;G. Carlson

  • Treatment of petroleum-contaminated soils using iron mineral catalyzed hydrogen peroxide

    Sung-Ho Kong;Richard J. Watts;Jin-Ho Choi

  • Comparison of mineral and soluble iron Fenton's catalysts for the treatment of trichloroethylene

    Amy L. Teel;Christopher R. Warberg;David A. Atkinson;Richard J. Watts

  • Treatment of four biorefractory contaminants in soils using catalyzed hydrogen peroxide

    Bryan W. Tyre;Richard J. Watts;Glenn C. Miller

  • Chemistry of Modified Fenton’s Reagent (Catalyzed H2O2 Propagations–CHP) for In Situ Soil and Groundwater Remediation

    Richard J. Watts;Amy L. Teel

  • Treatment of Contaminated Soils and Groundwater Using ISCO

    Richard J. Watts;Amy L. Teel

  • Degradation of carbon tetrachloride by modified Fenton's reagent.

    Amy L. Teel;Richard J. Watts

  • Evaluation of iron catalysts for the Fenton-like remediation of diesel-contaminated soils

    Richard J. Watts;Samuel E. Dilly

  • pH and temperature effects on the hydrolysis of three β-lactam antibiotics: Ampicillin, cefalotin and cefoxitin

    Shannon M. Mitchell;Jeffrey L. Ullman;Amy L. Teel;Richard J. Watts

  • Hazardous Wastes: Sources, Pathways, Receptors

    Richard J. Watts

  • Treatment of Pentachlorophenol-Contaminated Soils Using Fenton's Reagent

    Richard J. Watts;Matthew D. Udell;Paul A. Rauch;Solomon W. Leung

  • Role of Reductants in the Enhanced Desorption and Transformation of Chloroaliphatic Compounds by Modified Fenton's Reactions

    Richard J. Watts;Brett C. Bottenberg;Thomas F. Hess;Mark D. Jensen

  • Electrochemistry and spectroscopy of ortho-metalated complexes of iridium(III) and rhodium(III)

    Unknown

  • Identification of the reactive oxygen species responsible for carbon tetrachloride degradation in modified Fenton's systems.

    Brant A. Smith;and Amy L. Teel;Richard J. Watts

  • Persulfate activation by naturally occurring trace minerals.

    Amy L. Teel;Mushtaque Ahmad;Richard J. Watts

  • Mineralization of a sorbed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon in two soils using catalyzed hydrogen peroxide.

    Richard J. Watts;Patrick C. Stanton;Jimmy Howsawkeng;Amy L. Teel

  • Hydrogen peroxide decomposition in model subsurface systems.

    Richard J. Watts;Michael K. Foget;Sung-Ho Kong;Amy L. Teel

  • Persulfate activation by subsurface minerals.

    Mushtaque Ahmad;Amy L. Teel;Richard J. Watts

Frequent Co-Authors

Andy I. Bary
Andy I. Bary Washington State University
Jeffrey L. Smith
Jeffrey L. Smith Washington State University
Paul D. H. Hines
Paul D. H. Hines University of Vermont

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