Superfund Research Program
Robert L. Cook
Louisiana State University
232 Choppin Hall
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
Phone: 225-578-2980
Email: rlcook@lsu.edu
Projects
- Louisiana State University: Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals in Contaminated Soils (2011-2018)
- Louisiana State University: Microstructural Pathway of EPFR Formation and Their Decay Mechanisms (2020-2025)
Hazardous Waste Sites
Camilla Wood Preserving
- Louisiana State University: Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals in Contaminated Soils
Libby Asbestos Site
- Louisiana State University: Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals in Contaminated Soils
Lower Duwamish Waterway
- Louisiana State University: Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals in Contaminated Soils
Publications
2023
- Lokesh S, Lard ML, Cook RL, Yang Y. 2023. Critical role of semiquinones in reductive dehalogenation. Environ Sci Technol 57(38):14218-14225. doi:10.1021/acs.est.3c03981 PMID:37668505
2017
- Deese RD, Weldeghiorghis TK, Haywood BJ, Cook RL. 2017. Influence of surfactants and humic acids on Artemia Franciscana's embryonic phospho-metabolite profile as measured by 31P NMR. Aquat Toxicol 186:188-195. doi:10.1016/j.aquatox.2017.02.026 PMID:28285196
2016
- Deese RD, LeBlanc MR, Cook RL. 2016. Surfactant toxicity to Artemia Franciscana and the influence of humic acid and chemical composition. Environ Chem 13(3):507-516. doi:10.1071/EN15108 PMID:27453688 PMCID:PMC4955621
- Nwosu UG, Khachatryan L, Youm SG, Roy A, dela Cruz AL, Nesterov EE, Dellinger B, Cook RL. 2016. Model system study of environmentally persistent free radicals formation in a semiconducting polymer modified copper clay system at ambient temperature. RSC Adv 6(49):43453-43462. PMID:28670444 PMCID:PMC5489243
- Nwosu UG, Roy A, dela Cruz AL, Dellinger B, Cook RL. 2016. Formation of environmentally persistent free radical (EPFR) in iron(III) cation-exchanged smectite clay. Environ Sci Process Impacts 18(1):42-50. doi:10.1039/c5em00554j PMID:26647158 PMCID:PMC4743249
2015
- Nwosu UG, Cook RL. 2015. (13)C nuclear magnetic resonance and electron paramagnetic spectroscopic comparison of hydrophobic acid, transphilic acid, and reverse osmosis May 2012 isolates of organic matter from the Suwannee River. Environ Eng Sci 32(1):14-22. doi:10.1089/ees.2014.0261 PMID:25565761 PMCID:PMC4283068
2014
- dela Cruz AL, Cook RL, Dellinger B, Lomnicki S, Donnelly KC, Kelley MA, Cosgriff D. 2014. Assessment of environmentally persistent free radicals in soils and sediments from three Superfund sites. Environ Sci Process Impacts 16(1):44-52. doi:10.1039/c3em00428g PMID:24244947 PMCID:PMC3907510
2012
- dela Cruz AL, Cook RL, Lomnicki S, Dellinger B. 2012. Effect of low temperature thermal treatment on soils contaminated with pentachlorophenol and environmentally persistent free radicals. Environ Sci Technol 46:5971-5978. doi:10.1021/es300362k PMID:22548284 PMCID:PMC3381800
2011
- dela Cruz AL, Gehling W, Lomnicki S, Cook RL, Dellinger B. 2011. Detection of environmentally persistent free radicals at a superfund wood treating site. Environ Sci Technol 45(15):6356–6365. doi:10.1021/es2012947 PMID:21732664 PMCID:PMC3167238 (Completed with ARRA Funds)