A5002328008- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
- Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
- Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Petroleum Processing and Analysis
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Delphi Technique in Research
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
- Analytical chemistry methods development
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
Hawaii Pacific University
2023-2025
William & Mary
2020-2025
National Institute of Standards and Technology
2023-2024
Material Measurement Laboratory
2023
The University of Texas at Austin
2018-2020
Abstract Society has become increasingly reliant on plastics since commercial production began in about 1950. Their versatility, stability, light weight, and low costs have fueled global demand. Most are initially used discarded land. Nonetheless, the amount of microplastics some oceanic compartments is predicted to double by 2030. To solve this problem, we must understand plastic composition, physical forms, uses, transport, fragmentation into (and nanoplastics). Plastic...
Abstract Microplastics are ubiquitous in estuarine, coastal, and deep sea sediments. The impacts of microplastics on sedimentary microbial ecosystems biogeochemical carbon nitrogen cycles, however, have not been well reported. To evaluate if influence the composition function communities, we conducted a microcosm experiment using salt marsh sediment amended with polyethylene (PE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyurethane foam (PUF) or polylactic acid (PLA) microplastics. We report that...
In excess of 13,000 chemicals are added to plastics ('additives') improve performance, durability, and production plastic products. They categorized into numerous chemical classes including flame retardants, light stabilizers, antioxidants, plasticizers. While research on additives in the marine environment has increased over past decade, there is a lack methodological standardization. To direct future measurement additives, we compiled first-of-its-kind dataset literature assessing...
A sense of kuleana (personal responsibility) in caring for the land and sea. An appreciation laulima (many hands cooperating). understanding aloha 'āina (love land). The University Hawai'i at Manoa hosted 2023 Ecological Dissertations Aquatic Sciences (Eco-DAS) program, which fostered each these intentions by bringing together a team early career aquatic ecologists week networking collaborative, interdisciplinary project development (Fig. 1). Association Limnology Oceanography (ASLO)...
Synopsis Microplastic pollution is an emerging stressor of concern to coral reef ecosystems, which are already threatened by additional global and local level anthropogenic stressors. The effects ingesting microplastics alone on corals have been well studied, but the chemical composition these particles understudied. Many microplastic-associated chemicals endocrine disrupters potentially posing a threat organismal reproduction. Therefore, goal this study was determine if differences exist...
Scientists have discovered that microplastics are polluting many environments worldwide, including our oceans and coastlines. Some of these plastics will make their way into a particularly important environment—coastal sediments, or the layer mud below water. This sediment is home to diverse bacterial life, which plays key role in nutrient cycles ecosystem. These bacteria critical for healthy environments, but also easily affected by environmental pollution. Unfortunately, little known about...