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Person Details: Upal Ghosh Ph.D.

Superfund Research Program

Upal Ghosh Ph.D.

University of Maryland-Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, Maryland 21250
Phone: 410-455-8665
Fax: 410-455-1769
Email: ughosh@umbc.edu

Projects

Research Briefs

Hazardous Waste Sites

Aberdeen Proving Ground (Edgewood Area Site)

  • University of Maryland-Baltimore County: Development of in-situ Mercury Remediation Approaches Based on Methylmercury Bioavailability

Berry's Creek

  • University of Maryland-Baltimore County: Development of in-situ Mercury Remediation Approaches Based on Methylmercury Bioavailability

Frankford Inlet

  • Invalid project

Invista Inc. (Formerly DuPont Waynesboro)

  • University of Maryland-Baltimore County: Development of in-situ Mercury Remediation Approaches Based on Methylmercury Bioavailability

U.S. Army Site

  • Invalid project

U.S. DOE Oak Ridge Reservation

  • University of Maryland-Baltimore County: Development of in-situ Mercury Remediation Approaches Based on Methylmercury Bioavailability

Publications

2022

  • Washburn SJ, Damond J, Sanders JP, Gilmour CC, Ghosh U. 2022. Uptake mechanisms of a novel, activated carbon-based equilibrium passive sampler for estimating porewater methylmercury. Environ Toxicol Chem doi:10.1002/etc.5406 PMID:35698924

2018

  • Jonker MT, van der Heijden SA, Adelman D, Apell JN, Burgess RM, Choi Y, Fernandez LA, Flavetta GM, Ghosh U, Gschwend PM, Hale SE, Jalalizadeh M, Khairy M, Lampi MA, Lao W, Lohmann R, Lydy MJ, Maruya K, Nutile SA, Oen AM, Rakowska MI, Reible DD, Rusina TP, Smedes F, Wu Y. 2018. Advancing the use of passive sampling in risk assessment and management of sediments contaminated with hydrophobic organic chemicals: results of an international ex situ passive sampling interlaboratory comparison. Environ Sci Technol 52:3574-3582. doi:10.1021/acs.est.7b05752 PMID:29488382 PMCID:PMC5863099
  • Sanders JP, Andrade NA, Ghosh U. 2018. Evaluation of passive sampling polymers and nonequilibrium adjustment methods in a multiyear surveillance of sediment porewater PCBs. Environ Toxicol Chem 37:2487-2495. doi:10.1002/etc.4223 PMID:29978585

2017

2015

  • Fadaei H, Watson A, Place A, Connolly J, Ghosh U. 2015. Effect of PCB bioavailability changes in sediments on bioaccumulation in fish. Environ Sci Technol 49(20):12405-12413. doi:10.1021/acs.est.5b03107 PMID:26402889

2014

  • Lombard N, Ghosh U, Kjellerup B, Sowers KR. 2014. Kinetics and threshold level of 2,3,4,5-tetrachlorobiphenyl dechlorination by an organohalide respiring bacterium. Environ Sci Technol 48(8):4353-4360. doi:10.1021/es404265d PMCID:PMC3993611

2011

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