Superfund Research Program

Duke University Superfund Research Center - Developmental Co-Exposures: Mechanisms, Outcomes, and Remediation

Center Director: Heather M. Stapleton
Grant Number: P42ES010356
Funding Period: 2000-2027

Program Links

Hazardous Waste Sites with On-Going Research

Atlantic Wood Site, Elizabeth River - Chesapeake, Virginia

• Project: Duke University: Analytical Chemistry Core
  Project Investigator: P. Lee Ferguson
  Research Types: Fate and transport study
  Research/Outreach: On-going
• Project: Duke University: Mechanisms and Consequences of Evolved Adaptation to Environmental Pollution
  Project Investigator: Nishad Jayasundara
  Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study
  Research/Outreach: On-going
• Project: Duke University: Persistent Mitochondrial and Epigenetic Effects of Early Life Toxicant Exposure
  Project Investigator: Joel N Meyer
  Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
  Research/Outreach: On-going

Kerr McGee Site - Navassa, North Carolina

• Project: Duke University: Community Engagement Core
  Project Investigator: Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza
  Research Types: Communication Activities
  Research/Outreach: On-going
• Project: Duke University: Research Translation Core
  Project Investigator: Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza
  Research Types: Communication Activities, Research Translation
  Research/Outreach: On-going

Money Point, Elizabeth River - Chesapeake, Virginia

• Project: Duke University: Mechanisms and Consequences of Evolved Adaptation to Environmental Pollution
  Project Investigator: Nishad Jayasundara
  Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study
  Research/Outreach: On-going

Republic Creosoting, Elizabeth River - Chesapeake, Virginia

• Project: Duke University: Engineering the Physico-Chemical Environment to Enhance the Bioremediation of Developmental Toxicants in Sediment Fungal-Bacterial Biofilms
  Project Investigator: Claudia Gunsch
  Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Fate and transport study
  Research/Outreach: On-going
• Project: Duke University: Mechanisms and Consequences of Evolved Adaptation to Environmental Pollution
  Project Investigator: Nishad Jayasundara
  Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study
  Research/Outreach: On-going

Hazardous Waste Sites with Completed Research

Alcoa Badin Works - Badin, North Carolina

• Project: Duke University: Community Engagement Core
  Project Investigator: Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza
  Research Types: Communication Activities, Outreach or Community Engagement, Research Translation
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Atlantic Wood Site, Elizabeth River - Chesapeake, Virginia

• Project: Duke University: Developmental Effects of Superfund Hydrocarbon Mixtures in Fundulus heteroclitus
  Project Investigator: Richard T Di Giulio
  Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Fate and transport study
  Research/Outreach: Completed
• Project: Duke University: Duke University Superfund Research Center - Developmental Co-Exposures: Mechanisms, Outcomes, and Remediation
  Project Investigator: Claudia Gunsch, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Mark R Wiesner
  Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Fate and transport study
  Research/Outreach: Completed
• Project: Duke University: Duke University Superfund Research Center - Developmental Co-Exposures: Mechanisms, Outcomes, and Remediation
  Project Investigator: Claudia Gunsch, Mark R Wiesner, Heileen Hsu-Kim
  Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Fate and transport study
  Research/Outreach: Completed
• Project: Duke University: Mechanisms and Consequences of Evolved Adaptation to Environmental Pollution
  Project Investigator: Nishad Jayasundara
  Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Fate and transport study
  Research/Outreach: Completed
• Project: Duke University: Microbial and Photolytic Transformations of Superfund Chemicals
  Project Investigator: Mark R Wiesner, Claudia Gunsch, Heileen Hsu-Kim
  Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Fate and transport study
  Research/Outreach: Completed
• Project: Duke University: Nanoparticle Based Strategies for Remediation of Contaminated Sediments: Implications, Synergies, and Antagonistic Effects with Associated Nano-Bioremediation
  Project Investigator: Mark R Wiesner, Claudia Gunsch, Heileen Hsu-Kim
  Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Fate and transport study
  Research/Outreach: Completed
• Project: Duke University: Neurobehavioral Toxicity Core
  Project Investigator: Edward D. Levin
  Research Types: Others
  Research/Outreach: Completed
• Project: Duke University: Research Translation Core
  Project Investigator: Charlotte Clark
  Research Types: Communication Activities, Research Translation
  Research/Outreach: Completed

FCX, Inc. (Washington Plant) - Washington, North Carolina

• Project: Duke University: Developmental Effects of Superfund Hydrocarbon Mixtures in Fundulus heteroclitus
  Project Investigator: Richard T Di Giulio
  Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
  Research/Outreach: Completed
• Project: Duke University: Duke University Superfund Research Center - Developmental Co-Exposures: Mechanisms, Outcomes, and Remediation
  Project Investigator: Mark R Wiesner, Claudia Gunsch, Heileen Hsu-Kim
  Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
  Research/Outreach: Completed
• Project: Duke University: Microbial and Photolytic Transformations of Superfund Chemicals
  Project Investigator: Mark R Wiesner, Claudia Gunsch, Heileen Hsu-Kim
  Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Georgia-Pacific Corporation Hardwood Sawmill, Washington County - Plymouth, North Carolina

• Project: Duke University: Developmental Effects of Superfund Hydrocarbon Mixtures in Fundulus heteroclitus
  Project Investigator: Mark R Wiesner, Claudia Gunsch, Heileen Hsu-Kim
  Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
  Research/Outreach: Completed
• Project: Duke University: Duke University Superfund Research Center - Developmental Co-Exposures: Mechanisms, Outcomes, and Remediation
  Project Investigator: Claudia Gunsch, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Mark R Wiesner
  Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
  Research/Outreach: Completed
• Project: Duke University: Microbial and Photolytic Transformations of Superfund Chemicals
  Project Investigator: Richard T Di Giulio
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Peck Iron and Metal - Portsmouth, Virginia

• Project: Duke University: Community Engagement Core
  Project Investigator: Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza
  Research Types: Communication Activities, Outreach or Community Engagement, Research Translation
  Research/Outreach: Completed