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Overview

Timothy J. Hoellein is affiliated with Loyola University Chicago in the United States and has contributed extensively to environmental science research. The primary focus of their work lies in the fields of pollution, industrial and manufacturing engineering, ecology, environmental chemistry, and ocean engineering.

The scientist's research covers a wide range of topics, including:

  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry

Timothy J. Hoellein's recent publications feature work on the dynamics and impact of plastic pollution in freshwater and wider ecosystems. Some selected papers include:

  • "The global odyssey of plastic pollution," 2020, published in Science
  • "Microplastic accumulation in riverbed sediment via hyporheic exchange from headwaters to mainstems," 2022, published in Science Advances
  • "Gathering at the top? Environmental controls of microplastic uptake and biomagnification in freshwater food webs," 2020, published in Environmental Pollution
  • "Wastewater treatment alters microbial colonization of microplastics," 2021, published in PLoS ONE
  • "The "plastic cycle": a watershed-scale model of plastic pools and fluxes," 2021, published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

The scientist has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including John J. Kelly, Chelsea M. Rochman, Anna E. S. Vincent, Adit Chaudhary, and Raúl F. Lazcano.

Publication venues in which Timothy J. Hoellein commonly appears include:

  • Water Environment Research
  • Freshwater Science
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Ecological Applications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

The combined scope of their work addresses environmental challenges through empirical studies and modeling related to microplastics, pollution dynamics, and ecological impacts in freshwater systems and beyond.

Best Publications

  • Microplastic is an Abundant and Distinct Microbial Habitat in an Urban River

    Amanda McCormick;Timothy J. Hoellein;Sherri A. Mason;Joseph Schluep

  • Microplastic in Surface Waters of Urban Rivers: Concentration, Sources, and Associated Bacterial Assemblages

    Amanda R. McCormick;Timothy J. Hoellein;Maxwell G. London;Joshua Hittie

  • Microplastic Contamination in Karst Groundwater Systems.

    Samuel V. Panno;Walton R. Kelly;John Scott;Wei Zheng

  • Microplastic in riverine fish is connected to species traits.

    R. E. McNeish;L. H. Kim;H. A. Barrett;S. A. Mason

  • Bivalve Impacts in Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems

    Caryn C. Vaughn;Timothy J. Hoellein

  • Anthropogenic Litter in Urban Freshwater Ecosystems: Distribution and Microbial Interactions

    Timothy Hoellein;Miguel Rojas;Adam Pink;Joseph Gasior

  • Microplastic deposition velocity in streams follows patterns for naturally occurring allochthonous particles.

    Timothy J. Hoellein;Arial J. Shogren;Arial J. Shogren;Jennifer L. Tank;Paul Risteca

  • Revisiting Odum (1956): A synthesis of aquatic ecosystem metabolism

    Timothy J. Hoellein;Denise A. Bruesewitz;David C. Richardson

  • Longitudinal patterns of microplastic concentration and bacterial assemblages in surface and benthic habitats of an urban river

    Timothy J. Hoellein;Amanda R. McCormick;Amanda R. McCormick;Joshua Hittie;Maxwell G. London

  • Microplastic-Associated Biofilms: A Comparison of Freshwater and Marine Environments

    Jesse Patrick Harrison;Timothy Hoellein;Melanie Sapp;Alexander Tagg

  • Gathering at the top?: Environmental controls of microplastic uptake and biomagnification in freshwater food webs

    Stefan Krause;Stefan Krause;Viktor Baranov;Holly A. Nel;Jennifer D. Drummond

  • Controls on spatial and temporal variation of nutrient uptake in three Michigan headwater streams

    Timothy J. Hoellein;Jennifer L. Tank;Emma J. Rosi-Marshall;Sally A. Entrekin

  • Wastewater treatment alters microbial colonization of microplastics.

    John J. Kelly;Maxwell G. London;Amanda R. McCormick;Miguel Rojas

  • Sediment, water column, and open‐channel denitrification in rivers measured using membrane‐inlet mass spectrometry

    Alexander J. Reisinger;Alexander J. Reisinger;Jennifer L. Tank;Timothy J. Hoellein;Robert O. Hall

  • Does mixing litter of different qualities alter stream microbial diversity and functioning on individual litter species

    John S. Kominoski;Timothy J. Hoellein;John J. Kelly;Catherine M. Pringle

  • Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) filtration, biodeposition, and sediment nitrogen cycling at two oyster reefs with contrasting water quality in Great Bay Estuary (New Hampshire, USA)

    Timothy J. Hoellein;Chester B. Zarnoch;Raymond E. Grizzle

  • The “plastic cycle”: a watershed-scale model of plastic pools and fluxes

    Timothy J Hoellein;Chelsea M Rochman

  • Responses in organic matter accumulation and processing to an experimental wood addition in three headwater streams

    Sally A. Entrekin;Jennifer L. Tank;Emma J. Rosi‐Marshall;Timothy J. Hoellein

  • Temporal variation in substratum-specific rates of N uptake and metabolism and their contribution at the stream-reach scale

    Timothy J. Hoellein;Jennifer L. Tank;Emma J. Rosi-Marshall;Sally A. Entrekin

  • Response of secondary production by macroinvertebrates to large wood addition in three Michigan streams

    Sally A. Entrekin;Jennifer L. Tank;Emma J. Rosi-Marshall;Timothy J. Hoellein

  • Anthropogenic litter is abundant, diverse, and mobile in urban rivers: Insights from cross‐ecosystem analyses using ecosystem and community ecology tools

    Amanda R. McCormick;Timothy J. Hoellein

  • Effect of eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) on sediment carbon and nitrogen dynamics in an urban estuary

    Timothy J. Hoellein;Chester B. Zarnoch

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer L. Tank
Jennifer L. Tank University of Notre Dame
John J. Kelly
John J. Kelly Loyola University Chicago
Emma J. Rosi-Marshall
Emma J. Rosi-Marshall Loyola University Chicago
Gary A. Lamberti
Gary A. Lamberti University of Notre Dame
Chelsea M. Rochman
Chelsea M. Rochman University of Toronto
Stefan Krause
Stefan Krause University of Birmingham
Catherine M. Pringle
Catherine M. Pringle University of Georgia
Kyle S. Van Houtan
Kyle S. Van Houtan Duke University
Aaron I. Packman
Aaron I. Packman Northwestern University
John S. Kominoski
John S. Kominoski Florida International University

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