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Upal Ghosh is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with a significant emphasis on toxic organic pollutants, environmental toxicology, and ecotoxicology.

Their recent scholarly work includes publications spanning studies on chemical bioavailability, contamination assessment, and remediation strategies. Notable papers include:

  • Ex situ determination of freely dissolved concentrations of hydrophobic organic chemicals in sediments and soils: basis for interpreting toxicity and assessing bioavailability, risks and remediation necessity (2020) published in Nature Protocols
  • Codeployment of Passive Samplers and Mussels Reveals Major Source of Ongoing PCB Inputs to the Anacostia River in Washington, DC (2023) published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • Interlaboratory Study of Polyethylene and Polydimethylsiloxane Polymeric Samplers for Ex Situ Measurement of Freely Dissolved Hydrophobic Organic Compounds in Sediment Porewater (2022) published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • Equilibrium Porewater Measurement of PCBs and PAHs Using Direct Water Extraction and Comparison with Passive Sampling (2022) published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • Full-Scale Application of Activated Carbon to Reduce Pollutant Bioavailability in a 5-Acre Lake (2020) published in Journal of Environmental Engineering

Frequent collaborators in their research include Mandar Bokare, Nathalie Lombard, Songjing Yan, Mehregan Jalalizadeh, and Cynthia C. Gilmour. Collaboration with these coauthors has contributed to multiple publications in several specialized journals.

Upal Ghosh commonly publishes in the following venues:

  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Chemosphere
  • Nature Protocols

Their research contributions cover several subfields of study, such as health, toxicology, and mutagenesis; pollution; environmental engineering; water science and technology; and analytical chemistry.

Highlighted research topics explored by Upal Ghosh include:

  • Toxic organic pollutants impact
  • Environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Microplastics and plastic pollution
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts

Best Publications

  • In-situ Sorbent Amendments: A New Direction in Contaminated Sediment Management

    Upal Ghosh;Richard G. Luthy;Gerard Cornelissen;David Werner

  • Microscale Location, Characterization, and Association of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons on Harbor Sediment Particles

    Upal Ghosh;J. Seb Gillette;Richard G. Luthy;Richard N. Zare

  • Addition of carbon sorbents to reduce PCB and PAH bioavailability in marine sediments: physicochemical tests.

    John R Zimmerman;Upal Ghosh;Rod N Millward;Todd S Bridges

  • PCB and PAH Speciation among Particle Types in Contaminated Harbor Sediments and Effects on PAH Bioavailability

    Upal Ghosh;John R. Zimmerman;Richard G. Luthy

  • Particle-Scale Investigation of PAH Desorption Kinetics and Thermodynamics from Sediment

    Upal Ghosh;Jeffrey W. Talley;Richard G. Luthy

  • Addition of Activated Carbon to Sediments to Reduce PCB Bioaccumulation by a Polychaete (Neanthes arenaceodentata) and an Amphipod (Leptocheirus plumulosus)

    Rod N Millward;Todd S Bridges;Upal Ghosh;John R Zimmerman

  • Particle-Scale Understanding of the Bioavailability of PAHs in Sediment

    Jeffrey W. Talley;Upal Ghosh;Samuel G. Tucker;John S. Furey

  • Field Application of Activated Carbon Amendment for In-Situ Stabilization of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Marine Sediment

    Yeo-Myoung Cho;Upal Ghosh;Alan J Kennedy;Adam Grossman

  • Removal and fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon pollutants in an urban stormwater bioretention facility.

    Catherine J. DiBlasi;Houng Li;Allen P. Davis;Upal Ghosh

  • Differential bioavailability of polychlorinated biphenyls associated with environmental particles: Microplastic in comparison to wood, coal and biochar.

    B. Beckingham;U. Ghosh

  • Evaluation of Biochars and Activated Carbons for In Situ Remediation Of Sediments Impacted With Organics, Mercury, And Methylmercury

    Jose L. Gomez-Eyles;Carmen Yupanqui;Barbara Beckingham;Barbara Beckingham;Georgia Riedel

  • Passive sampling methods for contaminated sediments: Practical guidance for selection, calibration, and implementation

    Upal Ghosh;Susan Kane Driscoll;Robert M. Burgess;Michiel T O Jonker

  • Effects of dose and particle size on activated carbon treatment to sequester polychlorinated biphenyls and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in marine sediments.

    John R. Zimmerman;David Werner;Upal Ghosh;Rod N. Millward

  • Field methods for amending marine sediment with activated carbon and assessing treatment effectiveness.

    Yeo-Myoung Cho;Dennis W. Smithenry;Upal Ghosh;Alan J. Kennedy

  • Modeling polychlorinated biphenyl mass transfer after amendment of contaminated sediment with activated carbon.

    David Werner;Upal Ghosh;Richard G. Luthy

  • Oral Bioavailability, Bioaccessibility, and Dermal Absorption of PAHs from Soil—State of the Science

    Michael V. Ruby;Yvette W. Lowney;Annette L. Bunge;Stephen M. Roberts

  • PAH sorption mechanism and partitioning behavior in lampblack-impacted soils from former oil-gas plant sites.

    Lei Hong;Upal Ghosh;Tania Mahajan;Richard N. Zare

  • PCB bioavailability control in Lumbriculus variegatus through different modes of activated carbon addition to sediments.

    Xueli Sun;Upal Ghosh

  • Field-Scale Reduction of PCB Bioavailability with Activated Carbon Amendment to River Sediments

    Barbara Beckingham;Upal Ghosh

  • Effectiveness of activated carbon and biochar in reducing the availability of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/dibenzofurans in soils.

    Yunzhou Chai;Rebecca J. Currie;John W. Davis;Michael Wilken

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard G. Luthy
Richard G. Luthy Stanford University
Cynthia C. Gilmour
Cynthia C. Gilmour Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Kevin R. Sowers
Kevin R. Sowers University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Robert M. Burgess
Robert M. Burgess Environmental Protection Agency
Richard N. Zare
Richard N. Zare Stanford University
David Werner
David Werner Newcastle University
Gerard Cornelissen
Gerard Cornelissen Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Keith A. Maruya
Keith A. Maruya Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
Michiel T. O. Jonker
Michiel T. O. Jonker Utrecht University
Sarah E. Hale
Sarah E. Hale Norwegian Geotechnical Institute

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