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William A. Arnold is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Environmental Chemistry, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Water Science and Technology, and Atmospheric Science.

Their work covers several main topics concerning environmental impacts and chemical processes, including:

  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Environmental Chemistry and Analysis
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Advanced oxidation water treatment

William A. Arnold has published extensively, with numerous contributions to several scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • ACS ES&T Water
  • Environmental Engineering Science
  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

A selection of notable recent papers authored or co-authored by William A. Arnold includes:

  • Quaternary Ammonium Compounds: A Chemical Class of Emerging Concern, 2023, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Increased Use of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic and Beyond: Consideration of Environmental Implications, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • Comprehensive screening of quaternary ammonium surfactants and ionic liquids in wastewater effluents and lake sediments, 2020, Environmental Science Processes & Impacts
  • Neonicotinoid Insecticides in Surface Water, Groundwater, and Wastewater Across Land-Use Gradients and Potential Effects, 2020, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • Photolysis of atrazine: Role of triplet dissolved organic matter and limitations of sensitizers and quenchers, 2020, Water Research

William A. Arnold frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Paige J. Novak, Bryan W. Brooks, Shuxiao Wang, William C. K. Pomerantz, and Daniel Schlenk.

Best Publications

  • Pathways and Kinetics of Chlorinated Ethylene and Chlorinated Acetylene Reaction with Fe(0) Particles

    William A. Arnold;A. Lynn Roberts

  • Photochemical fate of sulfa drugs in the aquatic environment: sulfa drugs containing five-membered heterocyclic groups.

    Anne L. Boreen;William A. Arnold;Kristopher Mcneill

  • Reductive Elimination of Chlorinated Ethylenes by Zero-Valent Metals

    A. Lynn Roberts;Lisa A. Totten;William A. Arnold;David R. Burris

  • Photodegradation of pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment: A review

    Anne L. Boreen;William A. Arnold;Kristopher McNeill

  • Photochemical fate of pharmaceuticals in the environment: Naproxen, diclofenac, clofibric acid, and ibuprofen

    Jennifer L. Packer;Jeffrey J. Werner;Douglas E. Latch;Kristopher McNeill

  • Triplet-sensitized photodegradation of sulfa drugs containing six-membered heterocyclic groups: identification of an SO2 extrusion photoproduct.

    Anne L Boreen;William A Arnold;Kristopher McNeill

  • Increased Use of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic and Beyond: Consideration of Environmental Implications

    Priya I. Hora;Sarah G. Pati;Patrick J. McNamara;William A. Arnold

  • Photochemical conversion of triclosan to 2,8-dichlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in aqueous solution

    Douglas E. Latch;Jennifer L. Packer;William A. Arnold;Kristopher McNeill

  • Direct and indirect photolysis of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim in wastewater treatment plant effluent.

    Christopher C. Ryan;David T. Tan;William A. Arnold

  • Aqueous photochemistry of triclosan: formation of 2,4-dichlorophenol, 2,8-dichlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, and oligomerization products

    Douglas E. Latch;Jennifer L. Packer;Brian L. Stender;Jennifer VanOverbeke

  • Terephthalate as a probe for photochemically generated hydroxyl radical

    Sarah E. Page;William A. Arnold;Kristopher McNeill

  • Photochemical fate of pharmaceuticals in the environment: cimetidine and ranitidine.

    Douglas E. Latch;Brian L. Stender;Jennifer L. Packer;William A. Arnold

  • Water Chemistry: An Introduction to the Chemistry of Natural and Engineered Aquatic Systems

    Patrick L. Brezonik;William A. Arnold

  • Pesticide photolysis in prairie potholes: probing photosensitized processes.

    Teng Zeng;William A. Arnold

  • Assessing the Contribution of Free Hydroxyl Radical in Organic Matter-Sensitized Photohydroxylation Reactions

    Sarah E. Page;William A. Arnold;Kristopher McNeill

  • Direct photochemistry of three fluoroquinolone antibacterials: norfloxacin, ofloxacin, and enrofloxacin.

    Kristine H. Wammer;Andrew R. Korte;Rachel A. Lundeen;Jacob E. Sundberg

  • Hydroxyl radical formation upon oxidation of reduced humic acids by oxygen in the dark.

    Sarah E. Page;Michael Sander;William A. Arnold;Kristopher McNeill

  • Pathways of Chlorinated Ethylene and Chlorinated Acetylene Reaction with Zn(0)

    William A. Arnold;A. Lynn Roberts

  • The Florence Statement on Triclosan and Triclocarban.

    Rolf U. Halden;Avery E. Lindeman;Allison E. Aiello;David Andrews

  • Water hardness as a photochemical parameter: tetracycline photolysis as a function of calcium concentration, magnesium concentration, and pH.

    Jeffrey J. Werner;William A. Arnold;Kristopher McNeill

  • Nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates as carbocation transition state analogs for isoprenoid biosynthesis.

    Michael B. Martin;William Arnold;Huel T. Heath;Julio A. Urbina

  • Pathways and kinetics of chlorinated ethylene and chlorinated acetylene reaction with Fe(0)

    William A. Arnold;A. Lynn Roberts

  • Short communication Photochemical conversion of triclosan to 2,8-dichlorodibenzo- p-dioxin in aqueous solution

    Douglas E. Latch;Jennifer L. Packer;William A. Arnold;Kristopher McNeill

Frequent Co-Authors

Raymond M. Hozalski
Raymond M. Hozalski University of Minnesota
Thomas B. Hofstetter
Thomas B. Hofstetter Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Edward L Cussler
Edward L Cussler University of Minnesota
R. Lee Penn
R. Lee Penn University of Minnesota
Deborah L. Swackhamer
Deborah L. Swackhamer University of Minnesota
Patrick L. Brezonik
Patrick L. Brezonik University of Minnesota
Daniel Schlenk
Daniel Schlenk University of California, Riverside
Christopher J. Cramer
Christopher J. Cramer UL Research Institutes
Daniel R. Engstrom
Daniel R. Engstrom Science Museum of Minnesota

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