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Person Details: Linda M. Abriola

Superfund Research Program

Linda M. Abriola

Tufts University
Civil and Environmental Engineering
105 Anderson Hall
Medford, Massachusetts 02155
Phone: 617-627-3237
Fax: 617-627-3819
Email: linda.abriola@tufts.edu

Projects

Research Briefs

Publications

2016

  • Putthividhya A, Kukor JJ, Abriola LM. 2016. The effects of substrate exposure history and carbon starvation-induced stress on the EPS synthesis of TCE degrading toluene oxidizing soil bacteria. Environ Earth Sci 75:775. doi:10.1007/s12665-015-5080-5

2004

  • Abriola LM, Bradford SA, Lang J, Gaither CL. 2004. Volatilization of binary nonaqueous phase liquid mixtures in unsaturated porous media. Vadose Zone Journal 3:645-655.

2003

  • Carnell AN, Goodman JI, Abriola LM. 2003. The long (LINEs) and the short (SINEs) of it: altered methylation as a precursor to toxicity. Toxicol Sci 65:229-235. PMID:12773759
  • Park J, Ramsburg A, Abriola LM, Tiedje JM. 2003. Biofilm-associated utilization of biphenyl on organo-coated sand by Burkholderia sp. LB400. In: Proceedings of the General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, May 23-27. New Orleans, LA.
  • Putthividhya A, Abriola LM, Kukor JJ. 2003. Effects of Substrate Exposure History on the EPS Production fo TCE Degrading Toluene Oxidizing Bacteria. In: Proceedings of the 103rd General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, May 18-22. Washington, DC.

2002

  • Park J, Kukor JJ, Abriola LM. 2002. Characterization of the adaptive response to trichloroethylene-mediated stresses in Ralstonia pickettii PKO1. Appl Environ Microbiol 68(11):5231-5240. PMID:12406709 PMCID:PMC129943

2001

  • Bradford SA, Abriola LM. 2001. Dissolution of residual tetrachloroethylene in fractional wettability porous media: Incorporation of interfacial area estimates. Water Resour Res 37(5):1183-1195.
  • Park J, Chen Y, Kukor JJ, Abriola LM. 2001. Influence of substrate exposure history on biodegradation in a porous medium. J Contam Hydrol 51(3-4):233-256. PMID:11588828
  • Park J, Kukor JJ, Abriola LM. 2001. TCE inducibility, cometabolism, and toxicity in Ralstonia pickettii PKO1 at high TCE concentrations. In: Proceedings of the American Society for Microbiology, 101st General Meeting. Orlando, FL.

2000

  • Bradford SA, Phelan TJ, Abriola LM. 2000. Dissolution of residual tetrachloroethylene in fractional wettability porous media: Correlation development and application. J Contam Hydrol 45(1-2):35-61.
  • Prak DL, Abriola LM, Weber WJ, Bocskay KA, Pennell KD. 2000. Solubilization rates of n-alkanes in micellar solutions of nonionic surfactants. Environ Sci Technol 34(3):476-482. doi:10.1021/es9903431

1999

  • Abriola LM, Park J, Chen Y, Kukor JJ. 1999. Exploring the dependence of PKO1 degradative activity on substrate exposure history in porous media. In: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Subsurface Microbiology, August 22-27. Vail, CO.
  • Abriola LM, Pennell KD, Weber WJ, Lang JR, Wilkins MD. 1999. Persistence and interphase mass transfer of organic contaminants in the unsaturated zone: Experimental observations and mathematical modeling. In: Vadose Zone Hydrology; Cutting Across Disciplines. Oxford University Press, New York, NY. pp.210-234.
  • Bradford SA, Vendlinski RA, Abriola LM. 1999. The entrapment and long-term dissolution of tetrachloroethylene in fractional wettability porous media. Water Resour Res 35(10):2955-2964.
  • Park J, Fathepure SL, Chen Y, Kukor JJ, Abriola LM. 1999. Effects of substrate concentration history on expression of toluene degradative activities of Ralstonia pickettii PKO1 in a laboratory sand column. In: Proceedings of the 99th General American Society for Microbiology Meeting. Chicago, IL.

1998

  • Abriola LM, Bradford SA. 1998. Experimental investigations of the entrapment and persistence of organic liquid contaminants in the subsurface environment. Environ Health Perspect 106(4):1083-1095. PMID:9703497
  • Bradford SA, Abriola LM. 1998. Entrapment and dissolution of organic liquids in chemically heterogeneous porous media. In: Groundwater Quality: Remediation and Protection, Proceedings of an International Conference of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences. Tubingen, Germany. pp.pp.167-172.
  • Bradford SA, Abriola LM, Rathfelder KM. 1998. Simulated entrapment and dissolution of organic liquids in chemically heterogeneous porous media. In: Enviromeet 98 - Behavior and Remediation of Nonaqueous Phase Contaminants in the Subsurface. University of California, Irvine, CA. pp.pp.7-16.

1997

  • Abu-El-Sha'r W, Abriola LM. 1997. Experimental assessment of gas transport mechanisms in natural porous media: Parameter evaluation. Water Resour Res 4:505-515.
  • Bradford SA, Abriola LM, Leij FJ. 1997. Estimating wettability effects on two- and three-fluid relative permeability relations. J Contam Hydrol 28:171-191.
  • Bradford SA, Abriola LM, Phelan TJ. 1997. Dissolution of residual tetrachloroethylene in fractional wettability porous media. Agronomy Abstracts: Soil Science Society of America 178.
  • Bradford SA, Abriola LM, Phelan TJ. 1997. The impact of fractional wettability and grain size distribution on the long-term dissolution of residual tetrachloroethylene. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 78:F331.

1996

  • Bradford SA, Abriola LM, Vendlinski RA. 1996. Entrapment and dissolution of tetrachloroethylene in fractional wettability porous media. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 77:F274-F275.
  • Gaither CL, Abriola LM. 1996. An experimental investigation of the volatilization of binary NAPL mixtures in unsaturated porous media. In: Proceedings of the Hazardous Substance Research Center (HSRC) / Waste-Management Education & Research Consortium Joint Conference on the Environment.

1995

  • Bradford SA, Leij FJ, Abriola LM. 1995. Estimation of two- and three-fluid relative permeability relations for fractional wettability media. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 76:45.
  • Pennell KD, Boyd SA, Abriola LM. 1995. Surface area of soil organic matter reexamined. Soil Science Society of America Journal 59(4):1012-1018.
  • Wilkins MD, Abriola LM, Pennell KD. 1995. An experimental investigation of rate-limited NAPL volatilization in unsaturated porous media: Steady state mass transfer. Water Resour Res 31:2159-2172.
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