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Citations
15315
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National Ranking
1047

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2001 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Overview

Samuel J. Traina is affiliated with the University of California, Merced in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with specific attention to areas such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Environmental Engineering, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • A Review of Environmental Pollution from the Use and Disposal of Cigarettes and Electronic Cigarettes: Contaminants, Sources, and Impacts (2021, Sustainability)
  • Evaluation of Manganese Oxide Amendments for Mercury Remediation in Contaminated Aquatic Sediments (2021, ACS ES&T Engineering)
  • Characterization of Manganese Oxide Modified Activated Carbon for Remediation of Redox-Sensitive Contaminants (2023, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry)
  • Mixed-valent Manganese Oxide Modified Activated Carbon (MOMAC) Amendments for Mercury Contaminated Sediment (2022, Goldschmidt2022 abstracts)
  • DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF AN IN-SITU REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGY FOR MERCURY CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS (2024, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America)

Frequent co-authors with whom Samuel J. Traina has collaborated include:

  • Marc W. Beutel
  • Edwin Rivas Meraz
  • Peggy A. O'Day
  • Thomas C. Harmon
  • Thomas E. Novotny

Samuel J. Traina's research has been published in multiple venues, reflecting interdisciplinary engagement, including:

  • Sustainability
  • ACS ES&T Engineering
  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Goldschmidt2022 abstracts
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Over the course of their career, Samuel J. Traina has received recognition through awards such as being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009 and a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) in 2001.

Best Publications

  • SEQUESTRATION OF HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS BY GEOSORBENTS

    Richard G. Luthy;George R. Aiken;Mark L. Brusseau;Scott D. Cunningham

  • Schwertmannite and the chemical modeling of iron in acid sulfate waters.

    J.M. Bigham;U. Schwertmann;S.J. Traina;R.L. Winland

  • In situ lead immobilization by apatite

    Qi Ying Ma;Samuel J. Traina;Terry J. Logan;James A. Ryan

  • Lead immobilization from aqueous solutions and contaminated soils using phosphate rocks.

    Qi Ying. Ma;Terry J. Logan;Samuel J. Traina

  • Organic and Conventional Management Effects on Biologically Active Soil Organic Matter Pools

    Michelle M. Wander;Samuel J. Traina;B. R. Stinner;S. E. Peters

  • An ultraviolet absorbance method of estimating the percent aromatic carbon content of humic acids.

    Samuel J. Traina;Jeff Novak;Neil E. Smeck

  • Effects of Aqueous Al, Cd, Cu, Fe(II), Ni, and Zn on Pb Immobilization by Hydroxyapatite

    Qi Ying. Ma;Samuel J. Traina;Terry J. Logan;James. A. Ryan

  • Sorption of Zn2+ and Cd2+ on Hydroxyapatite Surfaces

    Yuping. Xu;Franklin W. Schwartz;Samuel J. Traina

  • Degradation and mineralization of atrazine by a soil bacterial isolate.

    M. Radosevich;S. J. Traina;Yue-Li Hao;O. H. Tuovinen

  • Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Selected U.S. Municipal Solid Waste Composts

    Xin-Tao He;Terry J. Logan;Samuel J. Traina

  • Effect of Apatite Amendments on Plant Uptake of Lead from Contaminated Soil

    Valérie Laperche;Terry J. Logan;Pranitha Gaddam;Samuel J. Traina

  • Contaminant bioavailability in soils, sediments, and aquatic environments

    Samuel J. Traina;Valérie Laperche

  • Experimental and theoretical vibrational spectroscopic evaluation of arsenate coordination in aqueous solutions, solids, and at mineral-water interfaces

    Satish C.B Myneni;Samuel J Traina;Glenn A Waychunas;Terry J Logan

  • Vibrational spectroscopy of functional group chemistry and arsenate coordination in ettringite

    Satish C.B. Myneni;Samuel J. Traina;Glenn A. Waychunas;Terry J. Logan

  • Chemical and Mineralogical Characterizations of Pb in a Contaminated Soil: Reactions with Synthetic Apatite

    Valérie Laperche;Samuel J. Traina;Pranitha Gaddam;Terry J. Logan

  • Effects of NO3-, Cl-, F-, SO42-, and CO32- on Pb2+ Immobilization by Hydroxyapatite.

    Qi Ying. Ma;Terry J. Logan;Samuel J. Traina;James A. Ryan

  • Selenite adsorption on alluvial soils. I: Soil composition and pH effects

    Rosemary H. Neal;Garrison Sposito;K. M. Holtzclaw;S. J. Traina

  • Cr(VI) reduction and immobilization by magnetite under alkaline pH conditions: the role of passivation.

    Y. Thomas He;Samuel J. Traina

  • Ettringite solubility and geochemistry of the Ca(OH)2-Al2(SO4)3-H2O system at 1 atm pressure and 298 K

    Satish C.B. Myneni;Samuel J. Traina;Samuel J. Traina;Terry J. Logan

  • Abundance and properties of dissolved organic matter in pore waters of a freshwater wetland

    Yu‐Ping Chin;Samuel J. Traina;Cathleen R. Swank;Debera Backhus

Frequent Co-Authors

Garrison Sposito
Garrison Sposito University of California, Berkeley
Jerry M. Bigham
Jerry M. Bigham The Ohio State University
Michelle M. Wander
Michelle M. Wander University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Satish Chandra Babu Myneni
Satish Chandra Babu Myneni Princeton University
Richard T. Sayre
Richard T. Sayre Los Alamos National Laboratory
Glenn A. Waychunas
Glenn A. Waychunas Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Nicholas T. Basta
Nicholas T. Basta The Ohio State University
Walter J. Weber
Walter J. Weber University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Kirk G. Scheckel
Kirk G. Scheckel Environmental Protection Agency
Martin J. Shipitalo
Martin J. Shipitalo Agricultural Research Service

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