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Overview

William D. Burgos is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and engineering, with a notable emphasis on environmental chemistry, biomedical engineering, and environmental engineering. Additional areas of specialization include mechanics of materials and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

The scientist's scholarly work has addressed several key topics, including:

  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques
  • Metal extraction and bioleaching
  • Wind and air flow studies
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air quality and health impacts

William D. Burgos has contributed to various publication venues frequently, such as:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • The ISME Journal
  • Microorganisms
  • Arthroscopy Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • American Mineralogist

The scientist's research collaborations include several frequent co-authors, namely:

  • Nathaniel R. Warner
  • Jennifer L. Macalady
  • Diana E. Ayala
  • Javier Sánchez-España
  • Carmen Falagán

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by William D. Burgos include:

  • "Microbial carbon, sulfur, iron, and nitrogen cycling linked to the potential remediation of a meromictic acidic pit lake," 2022, The ISME Journal
  • "Metagenomic and Metatranscriptomic Study of Microbial Metal Resistance in an Acidic Pit Lake," 2020, Microorganisms
  • "A multi-method characterization of natural terrestrial birnessites," 2020, American Mineralogist
  • "Maximum Removal Efficiency of Barium, Strontium, Radium, and Sulfate with Optimum AMD-Marcellus Flowback Mixing Ratios for Beneficial Use in the Northern Appalachian Basin," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Geochemical and isotope analysis of produced water from the Utica/Point Pleasant Shale, Appalachian Basin," 2020, Environmental Science Processes & Impacts

Best Publications

  • The roles of natural organic matter in chemical and microbial reduction of ferric iron

    Jie Chen;Baohua Gu;Richard A. Royer;William D. Burgos

  • Kinetics and Mechanisms for Reactions of Fe(II) with Iron(III) Oxides

    Byong-Hun Jeon;Brian A Dempsey;William D Burgos

  • Chemical Reduction of U(VI) by Fe(II) at the Solid-Water Interface Using Natural and Synthetic Fe(III) Oxides

    Byong Hun Jeon;Brian A. Dempsey;William D. Burgos;Mark O. Barnett

  • Effect of calcium on dissolution and precipitation reactions of amorphous silica at high alkalinity

    Hamed Maraghechi;Farshad Rajabipour;Carlo G. Pantano;William D. Burgos

  • Enhancement of biological reduction of hematite by electron shuttling and Fe(II) complexation.

    Richard A. Royer;William D. Burgos;Angela S. Fisher;Richard F. Unz

  • Sorption kinetics of Fe(II), Zn(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cd(II), and Fe(II)/Me(II) onto hematite.

    Byong Hun Jeon;Brian A Dempsey;William D Burgos;Richard A Royer

  • Reactions of ferrous iron with hematite

    Byong Hun Jeon;Brian A. Dempsey;William D. Burgos;Richard A. Royer

  • Characterization of uraninite nanoparticles produced by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1

    William D. Burgos;Jeffrey T. McDonough;John M. Senko;Gengxin Zhang

  • Enhancement of hematite bioreduction by natural organic matter.

    Richard A. Royer;William D. Burgos;Angela S. Fisher;Byong Hun Jeon

  • Reversible Sorption and Irreversible Binding of Naphthalene and α-Naphthol to Soil: Elucidation of Processes

    William D. Burgos;John T. Novak;Duane F. Berry

  • Schwertmannite and Fe oxides formed by biological low-pH Fe(II) oxidation versus abiotic neutralization: Impact on trace metal sequestration

    William D. Burgos;Thomas Borch;Lyndsay D. Troyer;Fubo Luan

  • Promotion of Mn(II) Oxidation and Remediation of Coal Mine Drainage in Passive Treatment Systems by Diverse Fungal and Bacterial Communities

    Cara M. Santelli;Donald H. Pfister;Dana Lazarus;Lu Sun

  • The effect of U(VI) bioreduction kinetics on subsequent reoxidation of biogenic U(IV)

    John M. Senko;Shelly D. Kelly;Alice C. Dohnalkova;Jeffrey T. McDonough

  • Characterization of manganese oxide precipitates from Appalachian coal mine drainage treatment systems

    Hui Tan;Gengxin Zhang;Peter J. Heaney;Samuel M. Webb

  • Adsorption of quinoline to kaolinite and montmorillonite

    William D. Burgos;Nipon Pisutpaisal;Michael C. Mazzarese;Jon Chorover

  • Mineralogical transformations controlling acid mine drainage chemistry

    Tetyana Peretyazhko;John M. Zachara;Jean F. Boily;Yuanxian Xia

  • A general paradigm to model reaction-based biogeochemical processes in batch systems

    Yilin Fang;Gour Tsyh Yeh;William D. Burgos

  • Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Spreading Oil and Gas Wastewater on Roads

    T. L. Tasker;W. D. Burgos;P. Piotrowski;L. Castillo-Meza

  • Reduction of U(VI) by Fe(II) in the presence of hydrous ferric oxide and hematite: effects of solid transformation, surface coverage, and humic acid.

    Je Hun Jang;Brian A. Dempsey;William D. Burgos

  • Microbial reduction of U(VI) at the solid-water interface.

    Byong Hun Jeon;Shelly D. Kelly;Kenneth M. Kemner;Mark O. Barnett

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian A. Dempsey
Brian A. Dempsey Pennsylvania State University
Byong-Hun Jeon
Byong-Hun Jeon Hanyang University
Eric E. Roden
Eric E. Roden University of Wisconsin–Madison
John T. Novak
John T. Novak Virginia Tech
Christopher A. Gorski
Christopher A. Gorski Pennsylvania State University
Kyle Bibby
Kyle Bibby University of Notre Dame
Jon Chorover
Jon Chorover University of Arizona
Kenneth M. Kemner
Kenneth M. Kemner Argonne National Laboratory
Andrew L. Zydney
Andrew L. Zydney Pennsylvania State University
Susan L. Brantley
Susan L. Brantley Pennsylvania State University

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