Superfund Research Program

Andres Martinez

University of Iowa
4105 Seamans Center
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1527
Phone: 319-335-6454
Email: andres-martinez@uiowa.edu

Projects

• University of Iowa: Mitigating Airborne PCB Emissions from Sediments with Black Carbon Materials and PCB-Degrading Biofilms (2020-2025)
• University of Iowa: Sources of Airborne PCB Congeners (2006-2025)
• University of Iowa: The AESOP Study: Airborne Exposures to Semi-volatile Organic Pollutants (2006-2025)

Publications

2023

• Bako CM, Martinez A, Marek RF, Hornbuckle KC, Schnoor JL, Mattes TE. 2023. Lab-scale biodegradation assay using passive samplers to determine microorganisms' ability to reduce polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) volatilization from contaminated sediment. MethodsX 10:102039. doi:10.1016/j.mex.2023.102039 PMID:36798837 PMCID:PMC9926300
• Nagorzanski MR, Qian J, Martinez A, Cwiertny DM. 2023. Electrospun nanofiber mats as sorbents for polar emerging organic contaminants: demonstrating tailorable material performance for uptake of neonicotinoid insecticides from water. J Hazard Mater Adv 9:100219. doi:10.1016/j.hazadv.2022.100219 PMID:37006725 PMCID:PMC1006322
• Paranjape N, Dean LE, Martinez A, Tjalkens RB, Lehmler H, Doorn JA. 2023. Structure-activity relationship of lower chlorinated biphenyls and their human-relevant metabolites for astrocyte toxicity. Chem Res Toxicol 36(6):971-981. doi:10.1021/acs.chemrestox.3c00095 PMID:37279407 PMCID:PMC10283044

2022

• Bako CM, Martinez A, Ewald JM, Hua J, Ramotowski DJ, Dong Q, Schnoor JL, Mattes TE. 2022. Aerobic bioaugmentation to decrease polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) emissions from contaminated sediments to air. Environ Sci Technol 56(20):14338-14349. doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c01043 PMID:36178372 PMCID:PMC9583607
• Hornbuckle KC, Jahnke JC, Martinez A. 2022. Response to letter to the editor "distinguishing aroclor and non-aroclor sources to Chicago air". Sci Total Environ 842:157404. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157404 PMID:35868889
• Jahnke JC, Martinez A, Hornbuckle KC. 2022. Distinguishing Aroclor and non-Aroclor sources to Chicago air. Sci Total Environ 823:doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153263 PMID:35066038
• Llanos Y, Cortes S, Martinez A, Pozo K, Pribylova P, Klanova J, Jorquera H. 2022. Local and regional sources of organochlorine pesticides in a rural zone in central Chile. Atmos Pollut Res 13:doi:10.1016/j.apr.2022.101411
• Martinez A, Awad AM, Jones MP, Hornbuckle KC. 2022. Intracity occurrence and distribution of airborne PCB congeners in Chicago. Sci Total Environ 812:doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151505 PMID:34762940 PMCID:PMC8810667
• Martinez A, Hua J, Haque E, Hornbuckle KC, Thorne PS. 2022. Occurrence and spatial distribution of individual polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in residential soils from East Chicago, southwest Lake Michigan. Sci Total Environ 850:157705. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157705 PMID:35931157
• Saktrakulkla P, Li X, Martinez A, Lehmler H, Hornbuckle KC. 2022. Hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls are emerging legacy pollutants in contaminated sediments. Environ Sci Technol 56:2269-2278. doi:10.1021/acs.est.1c04780 PMID:35107261 PMCID:PMC8851693
• Urbaniak M, Chinthakindi S, Martinez A, Hornbuckle KC, Kannan K. 2022. Occurrence of primary aromatic amines and nicotine in sediments collected from the United States. Sci Total Environ 851:158102. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158102 PMID:35987249

2021

• Mattes TE, Ewald JM, Liang Y, Martinez A, Awad AM, Hornbuckle KC, Schnoor JL. 2021. Microbial communities in polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-contaminated wastewater lagoon sediments: PCB congener, quantitative PCR, and 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing datasets. Data Brief 39:107546. doi:10.1016/j.dib.2021.107546 PMID:34820490 PMCID:PMC8601980

2020

• Heiger-Bernays WJ, Tomsho KS, Basra K, Petropoulos ZE, Crawford KA, Martinez A, Hornbuckle KC, Scammell MK. 2020. Human health risks due to airborne polychlorinated biphenyls are highest in New Bedford Harbor communities living closest to the harbor. Sci Total Environ 710:doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135576 PMID:31785914 PMCID:PMC7015809
• McCarthy RA, Gupta AS, Kubicek B, Awad AM, Martinez A, Marek RF, Hornbuckle KC. 2020. Signal processing methods to interpret polychlorinated biphenyls in airborne samples. IEEE Access 8:147738-147755. doi:10.1109/access.2020.3013108 PMID:33335823 PMCID:PMC7742762
• Qian J, Martinez A, Marek RF, Nagorzanski MR, Zhi H, Furlong ET, Kolpin DW, LeFevre G, Cwiertny DM. 2020. Polymeric nanofiber-carbon nanotube composite mats as fast-equilibrium passive samplers for polar organic contaminants. Environ Sci Technol 54:6703-6712. doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c00609 PMID:32343558 PMCID:PMC7665838

2019

• Boesen A, Martinez A, Hornbuckle KC. 2019. Air-water PCB fluxes from southwestern Lake Michigan revisited. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int doi:10.1007/s11356-019-05159-1 PMID:31062242 PMCID:PMC6834886
• Ewald JM, Humes SV, Martinez A, Schnoor JL, Mattes TE. 2019. Growth of dehalococcoides spp. and increased abundance of reductive dehalogenase genes in anaerobic PCB-contaminated sediment microcosms. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int doi:10.1007/s11356-019-05571-7 PMID:31209752 PMCID:PMC6918016
• Martinez A, Awad AM, Herkert N, Hornbuckle KC. 2019. Determination of PCB fluxes from Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal using dual-deployed air and water passive samplers. Environ Pollut 244:469-476. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2018.10.048 PMID:30366294 PMCID:PMC6277018

2018

• Herkert N, Spak SN, Smith A, Schuster JK, Harner T, Martinez A, Hornbuckle KC. 2018. Calibration and evaluation of PUF-PAS sampling rates across the Global Atmospheric Passive Sampling (GAPS) network. Environ Sci Process Impacts 20(1):210-219. doi:10.1039/c7em00360a PMID:29094747 PMCID:PMC5783774
• Mattes TE, Ewald JM, Liang Y, Martinez A, Awad AM, Richards P, Hornbuckle KC, Schnoor JL. 2018. PCB dechlorination hotspots and reductive dehalogenase genes in sediments from a contaminated wastewater lagoon. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 25(17):16376-16388. doi:10.1007/s11356-017-9872-x PMID:28803405 PMCID:PMC6206866
• Tomsho KS, Basra K, Rubin SM, Miller CB, Juang R, Broude S, Martinez A, Hornbuckle KC, Heiger-Bernays WJ, Scammell MK. 2018. Community reporting of ambient air polychlorinated biphenyl concentrations near a Superfund site. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 25(17):16389-16400. doi:10.1007/s11356-017-0286-6 PMID:29079973 PMCID:PMC6015112

2017

• Martinez A, Hadnott BN, Awad AM, Herkert N, Tomsho KS, Basra K, Scammell MK, Heiger-Bernays WJ, Hornbuckle KC. 2017. Release of airborne polychlorinated biphenyls from New Bedford Harbor results in elevated concentrations in the surrounding air. Environ Sci Technol Lett 4(4):127-131. doi:10.1021/acs.estlett.7b00047 PMID:28413805 PMCID:PMC5390305
• Qian J, Jennings B, Cwiertny DM, Martinez A. 2017. Emerging investigator series: development and application of polymeric electrospun nanofiber mats as equilibrium-passive sampler media for organic compounds. Environ Sci Process Impacts 19:1445-1456. doi:10.1039/c7em00289k PMID:29086783 PMCID:PMC5687983

2016

• Awad AM, Martinez A, Marek RF, Hornbuckle KC. 2016. Occurrence and distribution of two hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in Chicago air. Environ Sci Technol Lett 3:47-51. doi:10.1021/acs.estlett.5b00337
• Herkert N, Martinez A, Hornbuckle KC. 2016. A model using local weather data to determine the effective sampling volume for PCB congeners collected on passive air samplers. Environ Sci Technol 50(13):6690-6697. doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b00319 PMID:26963482 PMCID:PMC4935961
• Martinez A, Schnoebelen DJ, Hornbuckle KC. 2016. Polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in sediment cores from the Upper Mississippi River. Chemosphere 144:1943-1949. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.10.090 PMID:26547030 PMCID:PMC4695299

2015

• Ampleman MD, Martinez A, DeWall J, Rawn DF, Hornbuckle KC, Thorne PS. 2015. Inhalation and dietary exposure to PCBs in urban and rural cohorts via congener-specific measurements. Environ Sci Technol 49(2):1156-1164. doi:10.1021/es5048039 PMID:25510359 PMCID:PMC4303332
• Martinez A, Spak SN, Petrich NT, Hu D, Carmichael G, Hornbuckle KC. 2015. Atmospheric dispersion of PCB from a contaminated Lake Michigan harbor. Atmos Environ (1994) 122:791-798. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.10.040 PMID:26594127 PMCID:PMC4649934
• Peverly A, O'Sullivan C, Liu L, Venier M, Martinez A, Hornbuckle KC, Hites RA. 2015. Chicago's sanitary and ship canal sediment: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, brominated flame retardants, and organophosphate esters. Chemosphere 134:380-386. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.04.065 PMID:25981316
• Shanahan CE, Spak SN, Martinez A, Hornbuckle KC. 2015. Inventory of PCBs in Chicago and opportunities for reduction in airborne emissions and human exposure. Environ Sci Technol 49(23):13878-13888. doi:10.1021/acs.est.5b00906 PMID:26440379

2014

• Liang Y, Martinez A, Hornbuckle KC, Mattes TE. 2014. Potential for polychlorinated biphenyl biodegradation in sediments from Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal. Int Biodeterior Biodegradation 89:50-57. doi:10.1016/j.ibiod.2014.01.005 PMID:24764649 PMCID:PMC3993986

2013

• Marek RF, Martinez A, Hornbuckle KC. 2013. Discovery of hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls (OH-PCBs) in sediment from a Lake Michigan waterway and original commercial aroclors. Environ Sci Technol 47(15):8204–8210. doi:10.1021/es402323c PMID:23862721 PMCID:PMC3781593
• Martinez A, O'Sullivan C, Reible DD, Hornbuckle KC. 2013. Sediment pore water distribution coefficients of PCB congeners in enriched black carbon sediment. Environ Pollut 182:357-363. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2013.07.015 PMID:23974165 PMCID:PMC3833079
• Petrich NT, Spak SN, Carmichael G, Hu D, Martinez A, Hornbuckle KC. 2013. Simulating and explaining passive air sampling rates for semivolatile compounds on polyurethane foam passive samplers. Environ Sci Technol 47(15):8591–8598. doi:10.1021/es401532q PMID:23837599 PMCID:PMC3764502

2012

• Martinez A, Erdman NR, Rodenburg ZL, Eastling PM, Hornbuckle KC. 2012. Spatial distribution of chlordanes and PCB congeners in soil in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA. Environ Pollut 161:222-228. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2011.10.028 PMID:22230089 PMCID:PMC3255082

2011

• Hu D, Martinez A, Hornbuckle KC. 2011. Sedimentary records of non-Aroclor and Aroclor PCB mixtures in the Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research 37:359-364. doi:10.1016/j.jglr.2011.03.001 PMID:23538476 PMCID:PMC3607302
• Martinez A, Hornbuckle KC. 2011. Record of PCB congeners, sorbents and potential toxicity in core samples in Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal. Chemosphere 85:542-547. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.08.018 PMID:21899876 PMCID:PMC3222236

2010

• Lehmler H, Martinez A, Wang K, Hornbuckle KC, Hu D. 2010. Atmospheric PCB congeners across Chicago. Atmos Environ (1994) 44(12):1550-1557. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.01.006 PMID:21918637 PMCID:PMC3171135
• Martinez A, Norstrom K, Wang K, Hornbuckle KC. 2010. Polychlorinated biphenyls in the surficial sediment of Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal, Lake Michigan. Environ Int 36(8):849-854. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2009.01.015 PMID:19268364 PMCID:PMC2888873
• Martinez A, Wang K, Hornbuckle KC. 2010. Fate of PCB congeners in an industrial harbor of Lake Michigan. Environ Sci Technol 44:2803-2808. doi:10.1021/es902911a PMID:20131898 PMCID:PMC3257175

2008

• Hu D, Hornbuckle KC, Martinez A. 2008. Discovery of non-aroclor PCB (3,3'-dichlorobiphenyl) in Chicago air. Environ Sci Technol 42(21):7873-7877. PMID:19031874 PMCID:PMC2646757
• Marek RF, Martinez A, Hornbuckle KC. 2008. Hydroxylated PCBs in the sediments of Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal, Lake Michigan. Environ Sci Technol
• Martinez A, Hornbuckle KC. 2008. Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal is a source of airborne PCBs to the surrounding community. Environ Sci Technol