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Robert K. Nelson is affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Analytical Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, predominantly related to environmental impacts and contaminant detection. These main topics include:

  • Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation
  • Petroleum Processing and Analysis
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Robert K. Nelson has contributed to various publications in well-known scientific venues. Frequent journals where their research appears include:

  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • ACS Environmental Au
  • Energy & Fuels
  • Organic Geochemistry
  • ACS Omega

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Microbial production and consumption of hydrocarbons in the global ocean," 2021, Nature Microbiology
  • "The M/V X-Press Pearl Nurdle Spill: Contamination of Burnt Plastic and Unburnt Nurdles along Sri Lanka's Beaches," 2021, ACS Environmental Au
  • "Synergy of Analytical Approaches Enables a Robust Assessment of the Brazil Mystery Oil Spill," 2022, Energy & Fuels
  • "MV Wakashio grounding incident in Mauritius 2020: The world's first major spillage of Very Low Sulfur Fuel Oil," 2021, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • "Metal oxide supported Ni-impregnated bifunctional catalysts for controlling char formation and maximizing energy recovery during catalytic hydrothermal liquefaction of food waste," 2020, Sustainable Energy & Fuels

Throughout their career, Robert K. Nelson has frequently collaborated with other researchers. Their most common coauthors are:

  • Christopher M. Reddy
  • Alan G. Scarlett
  • Kliti Grice
  • Marthe Monique Gagnon
  • David L. Valentine

Best Publications

  • Composition and fate of gas and oil released to the water column during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

    Christopher M. Reddy;J. Samuel Arey;Jeffrey S. Seewald;Sean P. Sylva

  • Seasonal variation of CDOM and DOC in the Middle Atlantic Bight: Terrestrial inputs and photooxidation

    Anthony Vodacek;Neil V. Blough;Michael D. DeGrandpre;Robert K. Nelson

  • Impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on a deep-water coral community in the Gulf of Mexico

    Helen K. White;Pen Yuan Hsing;Walter Cho;Timothy M. Shank

  • Oil weathering after the Deepwater Horizon disaster led to the formation of oxygenated residues.

    Christoph Aeppli;Catherine A. Carmichael;Robert K. Nelson;Karin L. Lemkau

  • Fallout plume of submerged oil from Deepwater Horizon

    David L. Valentine;G. Burch Fisher;Sarah C. Bagby;Robert K. Nelson

  • Air‐sea gas transfer: Its dependence on wind stress, small‐scale roughness, and surface films

    Nelson M. Frew;Erik J. Bock;Uwe Schimpf;Tetsu Hara

  • Biodegradation and environmental behavior of biodiesel mixtures in the sea: An initial study

    Jared A. DeMello;Catherine A. Carmichael;Emily E. Peacock;Robert K. Nelson

  • Elevated levels of diesel range organic compounds in groundwater near Marcellus gas operations are derived from surface activities.

    Brian D. Drollette;Kathrin Hoelzer;Nathaniel R. Warner;Thomas H. Darrah

  • Recalcitrance and degradation of petroleum biomarkers upon abiotic and biotic natural weathering of Deepwater Horizon oil.

    Christoph Aeppli;Robert K. Nelson;Jagoš R. Radović;Jagoš R. Radović;Catherine A. Carmichael

  • Nanoaggregates of Asphaltenes in a Reservoir Crude Oil and Reservoir Connectivity

    Soraya S. Betancourt;G. Todd Ventura;Andrew E. Pomerantz;Oswaldo Viloria

  • Expansion of the analytical window for oil spill characterization by ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry: beyond gas chromatography.

    Amy M. McKenna;Robert K. Nelson;Christopher M. Reddy;Joshua J. Savory

  • Assessment of photochemical processes in marine oil spill fingerprinting.

    Jagoš R. Radović;Jagoš R. Radović;Christoph Aeppli;Christoph Aeppli;Robert K. Nelson;Núria Jimenez

  • Analysis of unresolved complex mixtures of hydrocarbons extracted from Late Archean sediments by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC)

    Gregory T. Ventura;Fabien Kenig;Christopher M. Reddy;Glenn S. Frysinger

  • Floating oil-covered debris from Deepwater Horizon: identification and application

    Catherine A. Carmichael;J. Samuel Arey;J. Samuel Arey;William M. Graham;Laura J. Linn

  • Targeted Petroleomics: Analytical Investigation of Macondo Well Oil Oxidation Products from Pensacola Beach

    Brian M. Ruddy;Markus Huettel;Joel E. Kostka;Vladislav V. Lobodin

  • Tracking the Weathering of an Oil Spill with Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography

    Robert K. Nelson;Brian M. Kile;Desiree L. Plata;Sean P. Sylva

  • Using Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography Retention Indices To Estimate Environmental Partitioning Properties for a Complete Set of Diesel Fuel Hydrocarbons

    J. Samuel Arey;Robert K. Nelson;Li Xu;Christopher M. Reddy

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

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

  • Comparison of GC–MS, GC–MRM-MS, and GC × GC to characterise higher plant biomarkers in Tertiary oils and rock extracts

    Christiane Eiserbeck;Robert K. Nelson;Kliti Grice;Joseph Curiale;Joseph Curiale

  • Water‐air flux of dimethylsulfide

    W. R. McGillis;J. W. H. Dacey;N. M. Frew;E. J. Bock

  • Air-sea gas transfer: Its dependence on wind stress, small-scale roughness, and surface films : Air-Sea Exchange

    Nelson M. Frew;Erik J. Bock;Uwe Schimpf;Tetsu Hara

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher M. Reddy
Christopher M. Reddy Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
David L. Valentine
David L. Valentine University of California, Santa Barbara
Oliver C. Mullins
Oliver C. Mullins Schlumberger (United States)
Andrew E. Pomerantz
Andrew E. Pomerantz Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands)
Ryan P. Rodgers
Ryan P. Rodgers Florida State University
Wade R. McGillis
Wade R. McGillis Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Sean P. Sylva
Sean P. Sylva Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Kenneth E. Peters
Kenneth E. Peters Stanford University
James B. Edson
James B. Edson Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Martin Elsner
Martin Elsner Technical University of Munich

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