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Person Details: Lewis Semprini

Superfund Research Program

Lewis Semprini

Oregon State University
School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering
105 SW 26th St
Corvallis, Oregon 97331-3212
Phone: 541-737-6895
Fax: 541-737-3099
Email: lewis.semprini@oregonstate.edu

Projects

Research Briefs

Hazardous Waste Sites

Portland Harbor

  • Oregon State University: Development of Safe and Sustainable Systems of Enhanced Bioremediation of PAH Mixtures

Publications

2025

  • Huizenga JM, Semprini L, Garcia-Jaramillo M. 2025. Identification of potentially toxic transformation products produced in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon bioremediation using suspect and non-target screening approaches. Cardiovasc Toxicol 59(15):7561-7573. doi:10.1021/acs.est.4c13093 PMID:40208242 PMCID:12060897

2024

  • Harris C, Gedde H, Davis A, Semprini L, Rochefort WE, Fogg K. 2024. The optimization of poly(vinyl)-alcohol-alginate beads with a slow-release compound for the aerobic cometabolism of chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons. RSC Sustain doi:10.1039/D3SU00409K
  • Harris C, Semprini L, Rochefort WE, Fogg K. 2024. Statistical optimization of cell-hydrogel interactions for green microbiology - A tutorial review. RSC Sustain doi:10.1039/d4su00400k PMID:39464839 PMCID:PMC11499971
  • Huizenga JM, Schindler J, Simonich MT, Truong L, Garcia-Jaramillo M, Tanguay RL, Semprini L. 2024. PAH bioremediation with Rhodococcus rhodochrous ATCC 21198: Impact of cell immobilization and surfactant use on PAH treatment and post-remediation toxicity. J Hazard Mater 470:134109. doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134109 PMID:38547751 PMCID:11042972
  • Huizenga JM, Truong L, Semprini L. 2024. Rapid determination of chemical losses in a microplate bioassay using fluorescence spectroscopy. Analytical Methods doi:10.1039/d4ay01980f PMID:39655654 PMCID:PMC11806944

2023

2017

  • Schrlau J, Kramer AL, Chlebowski A, Truong L, Tanguay RL, Simonich SL, Semprini L. 2017. Formation of developmentally toxic phenanthrene metabolite mixtures by mycobacterium sp ELW1. Environ Sci Technol 51:8569-8578. doi:10.1021/acs.est.7b01377 PMID:28727453

2005

  • Ennis EG, Reed RL, Dolan ME, Semprini L, Istok JD, Field JA. 2005. Reductive dechlorination of the vinyl chloride surrogate chlorofluoroethene in TCE-contaminated groundwater. Environ Sci Technol 39(17):6777-6785. PMID:16190239

2004

  • Hageman KJ, Field JA, Istok JD, Semprini L. 2004. Quantifying the effects of fumarate on in situ reductive dechlorination rates. J Contam Hydrol 75(3-4):281-296. PMID:15610903
  • Pon G, Semprini L. 2004. Anaerobic reductive dechlorination of 1-chloro-1-fluoroethene to track the transformation of vinyl chloride. Environ Sci Technol 38(24):6803-6808. PMID:15669342

2003

  • Pon G, Hyman MR, Semprini L. 2003. Acetylene inhibition of trichloroethene and vinyl chloride reductive dechlorination. Environ Sci Technol 37(14):3181-3188. PMID:12901668
  • Pon G, Semprini L. 2003. The use of anaerobic reductive dechlorination of 1,1-cholro-fluoroethene to track the transformation of vinyl choloride. In: In Situ and On-site Bioremediation Seventh International Symposium, June 2-5. Orlando, FL.

2001

  • Hageman KJ, Istok JD, Field JA, Buscheck TE, Semprini L. 2001. In situ anaerobic transformation of trichlorofluoroethene in trichloroethene-contaminated groundwater. Environ Sci Technol 35(9):1729-1735. PMID:11355185
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