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Pedersen, Joel A.
Joel A. Pedersen
 Associate Professor

Research Area: Physical, chemical and biological processes affecting contaminant fate, transport, and bioavailability.

Home Dept: Soil Science, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Affiliated Depts: Molecular and Environmental Toxicology; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Environmental Chemistry & Technology

Address
Hiram Smith Annex 103
1555 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608/263-4971
Email

 Research
My research focuses on fundamental processes affecting the movement, reactivity and bioavailability of organic toxicants and engineered and biological nanoparticles in aquatic, soil and sediment systems. Major research interests include the environmental transmission of prion diseases (e.g., “mad cow” disease, chronic wasting disease of deer and elk and sheep scrapie); the behavior of and potential toxicity of pharmaceutically active compounds in the environment; elucidation of molecular mechanisms responsible for sequestration and time-dependent decline in bioavailability of sediment-and soil-associated contaminants.

 Publications
  • Bialk, H.M.; Hedman, C.; Castillo, A.; Pedersen, J.A. Laccase-mediated Michael addition of 15N-sulfapyridine to a model humic constituent. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 41, 3593-3600. doi: 10.1021/es0617338.
  • Ma, X.; Benson, C.H.; McKenzie, D; Aiken, J.M.; Pedersen, J.A. Adsorption of pathogenic prion protein to quartz sand. Environ. Sci. Technol.2007, 41, 2324-2330. doi: 10.1021/es062122i.
  • Gu, C.; Karthikeyan, K.G.; Sibley, S.D.; Pedersen, J.A. Complexation of the antibiotic tetracycline with humic acid. Chemosphere 2007, 66, 1494-1501. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.08.028.
  • Soliman, M.; Pedersen, J.A.; Park, H.; Castaneda-Jimenez, A.; Stenstrom, M.K; Suffet, I.H. Human pharmaceuticals, antioxidants and plasticizers in wastewater treatment plant and water reclamation plant effluents. Wat. Environ. Res. 2007, 79, 156-167. doi: 10.2175/106143006X111961.
  • Johnson, C.J.; Phillips, K.E.; Schramm, P.T.; McKenzie, D.; Aiken, J.M.; Pedersen, J.A. Prions adhere to soil minerals and remain infectious. PLoS Pathogens 2006, 2(4), 296-302 (e32). doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0020032.
  • Schramm, P.T.; Johnson, C.J.; McKenzie, D.; Aiken, J.M.; Pedersen, J.A. Potential role of soil in the transmission of prion disease. Medical
    Mineralogy and Geochemistry. Rev. Mineral. Geochem. 2006, 64, 135-152. doi: 10.2138/rmg.2006.64.5.
  • Rubert, K.F., IV; Pedersen, J.A. Kinetics of oxytetracycline reaction with a hydrous manganese oxide. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006, 40, 7216-7221. doi: 10.1021/es060357o.
  • Pedersen, J.A.; Yeager, M.A.; Suffet, I.H. Organophosphorus insecticides in agricultural and residential runoff: Field observations and implications for Total Maximum Daily Load development. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006, 40, 2120-2127. doi: 10.1021/es051677v.
  • Gao, J.; Pedersen, J.A. Adsorption of sulfonamide antimicrobial agents to clay minerals. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2005, 39, 9509 - 9516. doi: 10.1021/es050644c.
  • Bialk, H.M.; Simpson, A.J.; Pedersen, J.A. Cross-coupling of sulfonamide antimicrobial agents to model humic constituents. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2005, 39, 4436-4473. doi: 10.1021/es0500916.
  • Pedersen, J.A.; Soliman, M.A.; Suffet, I.H. Human pharmaceuticals, hormones and personal care product ingredients in runoff from agricultural fields irrigated with treated wastewater. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2005, 53, 1625-1632.
  • Rose, P.E.; Pedersen, J.A. Fate of oxytetracycline in streams receiving aquaculture discharges: Model simulations. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2005, 24(1), 40-50.
  • Soliman, M.A.; Pedersen, J.A.; Suffet, I.H. Rapid gas chromatography-mass spectrometry screening method for human pharmaceuticals, hormones, antioxidants and plasticizers in water. J. Chromatogr. A 2004, 1029(1-2), 223-227.
  • Lin, C.-H.M.; Pedersen, J.A.; Suffet, I.H. Influence of aeration on hydrophobic organic contaminant distribution and flux in estuarine sediments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2003, 37, 3547-3554.
  • Pedersen, J.A.; Yeager, M.A.; Suffet, I.H. Xenobiotic organic compounds in runoff from fields irrigated with treated wastewater. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2003, 51, 1360-1372.
  • Pedersen, J.A.; Yeager, M.A.; Suffet, I.H. Characterization and mass load estimates of organic compounds from agricultural irrigation runoff. Wat. Sci. Technol. 2002, 45(9), 103-110.
  • Pedersen, J.A.; Gabelich, C.J.; Lin, C.-H.; Suffet, I.H. Aeration effects on the partitioning of a PCB to anoxic estuarine sediment pore water dissolved organic matter. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1999, 33, 1388-1397.
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Joel Pedersen, PhD
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