Superfund Research Program

Upal Ghosh Ph.D.

University of Maryland-Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, Maryland 21250
Phone: 410-455-8665
Fax: 410-455-1769
Email: ughosh@umbc.edu

Projects

• University of Maryland-Baltimore County: Combining Bioavailability Assays with Modeling to Predict PCBs in Fish After Remediation (2011-2016)
• University of Maryland-Baltimore County: Development of in-situ Mercury Remediation Approaches Based on Methylmercury Bioavailability (2014-2021)
• University of Maryland-Baltimore County: Leveraging the Chemo-Physical Interaction of Halorespiring Bacteria with Solid Surfaces to Enhance Halogenated Organic Compounds Bioremediation (2021-2025)
• University of Maryland-Baltimore County: Pilot-scale Research of Novel Amendment Delivery for in situ Sediment Remediation (2007-2012)

Research Briefs

• 252 - Bioavailability Changes in Sediments and Bioaccumulation in Fish

Hazardous Waste Sites

Aberdeen Proving Ground (Edgewood Area Site)

• University of Maryland-Baltimore County: Development of in-situ Mercury Remediation Approaches Based on Methylmercury Bioavailability

Berry's Creek

• University of Maryland-Baltimore County: Development of in-situ Mercury Remediation Approaches Based on Methylmercury Bioavailability

Frankford Inlet

• University of Maryland-Baltimore County: Pilot-scale Research of Novel Amendment Delivery for in situ Sediment Remediation

Invista Inc. (Formerly DuPont Waynesboro)

• University of Maryland-Baltimore County: Development of in-situ Mercury Remediation Approaches Based on Methylmercury Bioavailability

U.S. Army Site

• University of Maryland-Baltimore County: Pilot-scale Research of Novel Amendment Delivery for in situ Sediment Remediation

U.S. DOE Oak Ridge Reservation

• University of Maryland-Baltimore County: Development of in-situ Mercury Remediation Approaches Based on Methylmercury Bioavailability

Publications

2022

• Washburn SJ, Damond J, Sanders JP, Gilmour CC, Ghosh U. 2022. Uptake mechanisms of a novel, activated carbon-based equilibrium passive sampler for estimating porewater methylmercury. Environ Toxicol Chem doi:10.1002/etc.5406 PMID:35698924

2018

• Jonker MT, van der Heijden SA, Adelman D, Apell JN, Burgess RM, Choi Y, Fernandez LA, Flavetta GM, Ghosh U, Gschwend PM, Hale SE, Jalalizadeh M, Khairy M, Lampi MA, Lao W, Lohmann R, Lydy MJ, Maruya K, Nutile SA, Oen AM, Rakowska MI, Reible DD, Rusina TP, Smedes F, Wu Y. 2018. Advancing the use of passive sampling in risk assessment and management of sediments contaminated with hydrophobic organic chemicals: results of an international ex situ passive sampling interlaboratory comparison. Environ Sci Technol 52:3574-3582. doi:10.1021/acs.est.7b05752 PMID:29488382 PMCID:PMC5863099
• Sanders JP, Andrade NA, Ghosh U. 2018. Evaluation of passive sampling polymers and nonequilibrium adjustment methods in a multiyear surveillance of sediment porewater PCBs. Environ Toxicol Chem 37:2487-2495. doi:10.1002/etc.4223 PMID:29978585

2017

• Fadaei H, Williams E, Place A, Connolly J, Ghosh U. 2017. Assimilation efficiency of sediment-bound PCBs ingested by fish impacted by strong sorption. Environ Toxicol Chem 36:3480-3488. doi:10.1002/etc.3932 PMID:28763114 PMCID:PMC5705292

2015

• Fadaei H, Watson A, Place A, Connolly J, Ghosh U. 2015. Effect of PCB bioavailability changes in sediments on bioaccumulation in fish. Environ Sci Technol 49(20):12405-12413. doi:10.1021/acs.est.5b03107 PMID:26402889

2014

• Lombard N, Ghosh U, Kjellerup B, Sowers KR. 2014. Kinetics and threshold level of 2,3,4,5-tetrachlorobiphenyl dechlorination by an organohalide respiring bacterium. Environ Sci Technol 48(8):4353-4360. doi:10.1021/es404265d PMCID:PMC3993611

2011

• Ghosh U, Luthy RG, Cornelissen G, Werner D, Menzie CA. 2011. In-situ sorbent amendments: a new direction in contaminated sediment management. Environ Sci Technol 45:1163-1168. doi:10.1021/es102694h PMID:21247210 PMCID:PMC3037809