Superfund Research Program
Benoit Van Aken
Temple University
1947 N. 12th Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
Phone: 215-204-7087
Email: bvanaken@temple.edu
Projects
- University of Iowa: Phytoremediation to Degrade Airborne PCB Congeners from Soil and Groundwater Sources (2006-2020)
Publications
2019
- Subramanian S, Tehrani R, Van Aken B. 2019. Transcriptomic response of Arabidopsis thaliana exposed to hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls (OH-PCBs). Int J Phytoremediation 21(1):52-59. doi:10.1080/15226514.2018.1523872 PMID:30648423 PMCID:PMC6548195
2017
- Schnoor JL, Van Aken B, Subramanian S. 2017. Effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Their Hydroxylated Metabolites (OH-PCBs) on Arabidopsis thaliana. Environ Sci Technol 51(12):7263-7270. doi:10.1021/acs.est.7b01538 PMID:28541669 PMCID:PMC5772893
2016
- Bhalla R, Tehrani R, Van Aken B. 2016. Toxicity of hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls (HO-PCBs) using the bioluminescent assay Microtox(®). Ecotoxicology 25(7):1438-1444. doi:10.1007/s10646-016-1693-z PMID:27411941 PMCID:PMC5131519
2014
- Tehrani R, Lyv MM, Van Aken B. 2014. Transformation of hydroxylated derivatives of 2,5-dichlorobiphenyl and 2,4,6-trichlorobiphenyl by Burkholderia xenovorans LB400. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 21(10):6346-6353. doi:10.1007/s11356-013-1629-6 PMID:23589238 PMCID:PMC3884070
- Tehrani R, Van Aken B. 2014. Hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls in the environment: sources, fate, and toxicities. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 21(10):6334-6345. doi:10.1007/s11356-013-1742-6 PMID:23636595 PMCID:PMC3812322
2012
- Tehrani R, Lyv MM, Kaveh R, Schnoor JL, Van Aken B. 2012. Biodegradation of mono-hydroxylated PCBs by Burkholderia xenovorans. Biotechnol J 34:2247-2252. doi:10.1007/s10529-012-1037-x PMID:22918793 PMCID:PMC3592572
2010
- Correa PA, Lin L, Just CL, Hu D, Hornbuckle KC, Schnoor JL, Van Aken B. 2010. The effects of individual PCB congeners on the soil bacterial community structure and the abundance of biphenyl dioxygenase genes. Environ Int 36(8):901-906. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2009.07.015 PMID:19716603 PMCID:PMC2928393
- Van Aken B, Schnoor JL, Correa PA. 2010. Phytoremediation of polychlorinated biphenyls: new trends and promises. Environ Sci Technol 44(8):2767-2776. doi:10.1021/es902514d PMID:20384372 PMCID:PMC3025541