Superfund Research Program

Rachel F. Marek

University of Iowa
4105 Seamans Center
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1527
Phone: 319-335-5585
Email: rachel-f-marek@uiowa.edu

Projects

• University of Iowa: Research Experience & Training Coordination Core (2006-2025)
• University of Iowa: Research Support Core: Analytical Core (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
• Bannavti MK, Marek RF, Just CL, Hornbuckle KC. 2023. Congener-specific emissions from floors and walls characterize indoor airborne polychlorinated biphenyls. Environ Sci Technol 10(9):762-767. doi:10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00360 PMID:37719204 PMCID:PMC10501191
• Hua J, Marek RF, Hornbuckle KC. 2023. Polyurethane foam emission samplers to identify sources of airborne polychlorinated biphenyls from glass-block windows and other room surfaces in a Vermont school. Environ Sci Technol 57(38):14310-14318. doi:10.1021/acs.est.3c05195 PMID:37713326 PMCID:PMC10537452
• Zhang C, Li X, Stietz KP, Sethi S, Yang W, Marek RF, Ding X, Lein PJ, Hornbuckle KC, Lehmler H. 2023. Rebuttal to correspondence on "machine learning-assisted identification and quantification of hydroxylated metabolites of polychlorinated biphenyls in animal samples". Environ Sci Technol 57(15):6251-6252. doi:10.1021/acs.est.3c01659 PMID:37017328

2022

• Li X, Hefti MM, Marek RF, Hornbuckle KC, Wang K, Lehmler H. 2022. Assessment of polychlorinated biphenyls and their hydroxylated metabolites in postmortem human brain samples: Age and brain region differences. Environ Sci Technol 56(13):9515-9526. doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c00581 PMID:35658127 PMCID:PMC9260965
• Zhang C, Li X, Stietz KP, Sethi S, Yang W, Marek RF, Ding X, Lein PJ, Hornbuckle KC, Joachim-Lehmler H. 2022. Machine learning-assisted identification and quantification of hydroxylated metabolites of polychlorinated biphenyls in animal samples. Environ Sci Technol 56(18):13169-13178. doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c02027 PMID:36047920
• Zhang D, Saktrakulkla P, Marek RF, Lehmler H, Wang K, Thorne PS, Hornbuckle KC, Duffel MW. 2022. PCB sulfates in serum from mothers and children in urban and rural US communities. Environ Sci Technol doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c00223 PMID:35500099 PMCID:PMC9118556

2021

• Bako CM, Mattes TE, Marek RF, Hornbuckle KC, Schnoor JL. 2021. Biodegradation of PCB congeners by Paraburkholderia xenovorans LB400 in presence and absence of sediment during lab bioreactor experiments. Environ Pollut 271:116364. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116364 PMID:33412450 PMCID:PMC818316
• Bako CM, Mattes TE, Marek RF, Hornbuckle KC, Schnoor JL. 2021. Dataset describing biodegradation of individual polychlorinated biphenyl congeners (PCBs) by Paraburkholderia xenovorans LB400 in presence and absence of sediment slurry. Data Brief 35:106821. doi:10.1016/j.dib.2021.106821 PMID:33604434 PMCID:PMC7873373
• Bannavti MK, Jahnke JC, Marek RF, Just CL, Hornbuckle KC. 2021. Room-to-room variability of airborne polychlorinated biphenyls in schools and the application of air sampling for targeted source evaluation. Environ Sci Technol 55(14):9460-9468. doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c08149 PMID:34033460 PMCID:PMC8427462
• Zhang D, Saktrakulkla P, Tuttle K, Marek RF, Lehmler H, Wang K, Hornbuckle KC, Duffel MW. 2021. Detection and quantification of polychlorinated biphenyl sulfates in human serum. Environ Sci Technol 55:2473-2481. doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c06983 PMID:33502843 PMCID:PMC7924310

2020

• 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
• Saktrakulkla P, Lan T, Hua J, Marek RF, Thorne PS, Hornbuckle KC. 2020. Polychlorinated biphenyls in food. Environ Sci Technol 54:11443-11452. doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c03632 PMID:32816464 PMCID:PMC7759298

2019

• Janechek N, Marek RF, Bryngelson N, Singh A, Bullard RL, Brune WH, Stanier CO. 2019. Physical properties of secondary photochemical aerosol from OH oxidation of a cyclic siloxane. Atmos Chem Phys 19:1649-1664. doi:10.5194/acp-19-1649-2019 PMID:31889955 PMCID:PMC6936766

2017

• Marek RF, Thorne PS, Herkert N, Awad AM, Hornbuckle KC. 2017. Airborne PCBs and OH-PCBs inside and outside urban and rural U.S. schools. Environ Sci Technol 51(14):7853-7860. doi:10.1021/acs.est.7b01910 PMID:28656752 PMCID:PMC5777175

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
• Koh WX, Hornbuckle KC, Marek RF, Wang K, Thorne PS. 2016. Hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls in human sera from adolescents and their mothers living in two US Midwestern communities. Chemosphere 147:389-395. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.12.113 PMID:26774304 PMCID:PMC4747419

2014

• Marek RF, Thorne PS, DeWall J, Hornbuckle KC. 2014. Variability in PCB and OH-PCB serum levels in children and their mothers in urban and rural US communities. Environ Sci Technol 48(22):13459-13467. doi:10.1021/es502490w PMID:25300024 PMCID:PMC4238695

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
• Marek RF, Thorne PS, Wang K, DeWall J, Hornbuckle KC. 2013. PCBs and OH-PCBs in serum from children and mothers in urban and rural U.S. communities. Environ Sci Technol 47(7):3353-3361. doi:10.1021/es304455k PMID:23452180 PMCID:PMC3645264
• Zhu Y, Mapuskar KA, Marek RF, Xu W, Lehmler H, Robertson LW, Hornbuckle KC, Spitz DR, Aykin-Burns N. 2013. A new player in environmentally induced oxidative stress: polychlorinated biphenyl congener, 3,3'-dichlorobiphenyl (PCB11). Toxicol Sci 136(1):39-50. doi:10.1093/toxsci/kft186 PMID:23997111 PMCID:PMC3829572

2008

• Marek RF, Martinez A, Hornbuckle KC. 2008. Hydroxylated PCBs in the sediments of Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal, Lake Michigan. Environ Sci Technol