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94
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32099
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1706
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646

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry
  • 2009 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
  • 2001 - Jackson Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy Award, American Society of Agronomy
  • 1993 - Truog Soil Science Outstanding Dissertation Award, American Society of Agronomy

Overview

Scott Fendorf is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with specific emphasis on Geophysics and Environmental Chemistry. Their subfields of study also include Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pollution, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The research topics that Scott Fendorf has extensively worked on include:

  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Heavy Metals in Environment
  • Arsenic Contamination and Mitigation
  • Mine Drainage and Remediation Techniques

They have published numerous papers, with some recent notable works being:

  • "Nitrate in Drinking Water during Pregnancy and Spontaneous Preterm Birth: A Retrospective Within-Mother Analysis in California" (2021) in Environmental Health Perspectives
  • "Consider the Anoxic Microsite: Acknowledging and Appreciating Spatiotemporal Redox Heterogeneity in Soils and Sediments" (2023) in ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • "Soil and Aquifer Properties Combine as Predictors of Groundwater Uranium Concentrations within the Central Valley, California" (2020) in Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Organic Compounds Alter the Preference and Rates of Heavy Metal Adsorption on Ferrihydrite" (2020) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Redox Heterogeneities Promote Thioarsenate Formation and Release into Groundwater from Low Arsenic Sediments" (2020) in Environmental Science & Technology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Christian Dewey
  • Marco Keiluweit
  • Rene Boiteau
  • Laurinda Nyarko
  • Nicole Coffey

Scott Fendorf's work is regularly published in venues such as:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Goldschmidt2021 Abstracts
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Over the course of their career, Scott Fendorf has received several awards including:

  • Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry (2017)
  • Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) (2009)
  • Jackson Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy Award, American Society of Agronomy (2001)
  • Truog Soil Science Outstanding Dissertation Award, American Society of Agronomy (1993)

Best Publications

  • Spatial and Temporal Variations of Groundwater Arsenic in South and Southeast Asia

    Scott Fendorf;Holly A. Michael;Alexander van Geen

  • Arsenate and Chromate Retention Mechanisms on Goethite. 1. Surface Structure

    Scott Fendorf;Matthew J. Eick;Paul Grossl;Donald L. Sparks

  • Surface Structures and Stability of Arsenic(III) on Goethite: Spectroscopic Evidence for Inner-Sphere Complexes

    Bruce A. Manning;Scott E. Fendorf;Sabine Goldberg

  • Surface reactions of chromium in soils and waters

    Scott E. Fendorf

  • Arsenic(III) Oxidation and Arsenic(V) Adsorption Reactions on Synthetic Birnessite

    Bruce A. Manning;Scott E. Fendorf;Benjamin Bostick;Donald L. Suarez

  • Secondary Mineralization Pathways Induced by Dissimilatory Iron Reduction of Ferrihydrite Under Advective Flow

    Colleen M Hansel;Shawn G Benner;Jim Neiss;Alice Dohnalkova

  • Near-Surface Wetland Sediments as a Source of Arsenic Release to Ground Water in Asia

    Matthew L. Polizzotto;Benjamin D. Kocar;Shawn G. Benner;Michael Sampson

  • Competing Fe (II)-induced mineralization pathways of ferrihydrite.

    Colleen M. Hansel;Shawn G. Benner;Scott Fendorf

  • Genesis of hexavalent chromium from natural sources in soil and groundwater

    Christopher Oze;Dennis K. Bird;Scott Fendorf

  • Changes in Bacterial and Archaeal Community Structure and Functional Diversity along a Geochemically Variable Soil Profile

    Colleen M. Hansel;Scott Fendorf;Phillip M. Jardine;Christopher A. Francis

  • Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium by Amorphous Iron Sulfide

    Ronald R. Patterson;Scott Fendorf;Mark Fendorf

  • Arsenite sorption on troilite (FeS) and pyrite (FeS2)

    Benjamin C Bostick;Scott Fendorf

  • Kinetics of chromate reduction by ferrous iron

    Scott E. Fendorf;Guangchao Li

  • Characterization of Fe Plaque and Associated Metals on the Roots of Mine-Waste Impacted Aquatic Plants

    Colleen M. Hansel;Scott Fendorf;Steve Sutton;Matt Newville

  • Chromium(III) oxidation by .delta.-manganese oxide (MnO2). 1. Characterization

    Scott E. Fendorf;Robert J. Zasoski

  • Anaerobic microsites have an unaccounted role in soil carbon stabilization.

    Marco Keiluweit;Marco Keiluweit;Tom Wanzek;Markus Kleber;Peter Nico

  • Purification to homogeneity and characterization of a novel Pseudomonas putida chromate reductase.

    C. H. Park;M. Keyhan;B. Wielinga;S. Fendorf

  • Iron Promoted Reduction of Chromate by Dissimilatory Iron-Reducing Bacteria

    Bruce Wielinga;Midori M. Mizuba;Colleen M. Hansel;Scott Fendorf

  • Are oxygen limitations under recognized regulators of organic carbon turnover in upland soils

    Marco Keiluweit;Marco Keiluweit;Peter S. Nico;Markus Kleber;Scott Fendorf

  • Inhibition of bacterial U(VI) reduction by calcium

    Scott C. Brooks;James K. Fredrickson;Sue L. Carroll;David W. Kennedy

  • Reductive processes controlling arsenic retention: revealing the relative importance of iron and arsenic reduction.

    Katharine J Tufano;Carolina Reyes;Chad W Saltikov;Scott Fendorf

  • Pilot-scale in situ bioremedation of uranium in a highly contaminated aquifer. 2. Reduction of u(VI) and geochemical control of u(VI) bioavailability.

    Wei-Min Wu;Jack Carley;Terry Gentry;Matthew A. Ginder-Vogel

Frequent Co-Authors

Shawn G. Benner
Shawn G. Benner Boise State University
John R. Bargar
John R. Bargar SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Peter S. Nico
Peter S. Nico Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Benjamin C. Bostick
Benjamin C. Bostick Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Donald L. Sparks
Donald L. Sparks University of Delaware
Craig S. Criddle
Craig S. Criddle Stanford University
Gordon E. Brown
Gordon E. Brown Stanford University
Kenneth H. Williams
Kenneth H. Williams Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Philip M. Jardine
Philip M. Jardine University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Thomas Borch
Thomas Borch Colorado State University

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