Publications

Below, you’ll find my writing organized by publication type and year

Fate and transport of emerging contaminants in environmental systems

Gao et al., 2019, Environmental Science & Technology

Rodrigues, S., Bland, G.D., Gao, X., Rodrigues, S.M. and Lowry, G.V., 2021. Investigation of pore water and soil extraction tests for characterizing the fate of poorly soluble metal-oxide nanoparticles. Chemosphere, 267, p.128885.
Gao, X., Rodrigues, S., Spielman-Sun, E., Lopez, S., Rodrigues, S., Zhang, Y., Avellan, A., Duarte, R.; Duarte, A., Casman, E., Lowry, G.V. ,2019. Effect of moisture content, soil organic matter, and soil pore water pH on solubility and dissolution rate of CuO NPs in soil. Environmental Science & Technology, 53(9), pp.4959-4967.
McGivney, E.*, Gao, X.*, Liu, Y., Lowry, G.V., Casman, E.A., Gregory, K.B., Vanbriesen, J.M. and Avellan, A., 2018. Biogenic cyanide production promotes dissolution of gold nanoparticles in soil. Environmental Science & Technology, 53(3), pp.1287-1295.
Gao, X. and Lowry, G.V., 2018. Progress towards standardized and validated characterizations for measuring physicochemical properties of manufactured nanomaterials relevant to nano health and safety risks. NanoImpact, 9, pp.14-30.
Gao, X., Spielman-Sun, E., Rodrigues, S.M., Casman, E.A. and Lowry, G.V., 2017. Time and nanoparticle concentration affect the extractability of Cu from CuO NP-amended soil. Environmental Science & Technology, 51(4), pp.2226-2234.

Novel Materials for Resolving Sustainable Challenges

Gao et al., 2021, Environmental Science & Technology

Gao et al., 2023, Environmental Science & Technology

Gao, X., Kundu, A., Persson, D.P., Szameitat A., Minutello, F., Husted, S. and Ghoshal, S., 2023. Application of ZnO encapsulated in mesoporous silica nanocarrier on the abaxial side of a Solanum lycopersicum leaf enhances Zn uptake and translocation via the phloem. Environmental Science & Technology, 2023, 57, 51, pp 21704–21714
Kundu, A., Gao, X., Khandelwal, N., Banerjee, A., Ghoshal, S., 2023, Oleic-acid functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles with a hydroxyapatite core enhanced growth of hydrocarbon degrader Dietzia maris at the hexadecane–water interface. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 462, pp.132653.
Gao, X., Kundu, A., Bueno, V., Rahim, A.A. and Ghoshal, S., 2021. Uptake and Translocation of Mesoporous SiO2-Coated ZnO Nanoparticles to Solanum lycopersicum Following Foliar Application. Environmental Science & Technology, 55(20), pp.13551-13560.
Bueno, V., Gao, X., Abdul Rahim, A., Wang, P., Bayen, S., & Ghoshal, S., 2022. Uptake and Translocation of a Silica Nanocarrier and an Encapsulated Organic Pesticide Following Foliar Application in Tomato Plants. Environmental Science & Technology, 56(10), pp.6722-6732.
Zhang, Y., Yan, J., Avellan, A., Gao, X., Matyjaszewski, K., Tilton, R.D. and Lowry, G.V., 2020. Temperature-and pH-responsive star polymers as nanocarriers with potential for in vivo agrochemical delivery. ACS nano, 14(9), pp.10954-10965.
Gilbertson, L.M., Pourzahedi, L., Laughton, S., Gao, X., Zimmerman, J.B., Theis, T.L., Westerhoff, P. and Lowry, G.V., 2020. Guiding the design space for nanotechnology to advance sustainable crop production. Nature Nanotechnology, 15(9), pp.801-810.
Zhou, J., Lou, Z., Xu, J., Zhou, X., Yang, K., Gao, X., Zhang, Y. and Xu, X., 2019. Enhanced electrocatalytic dechlorination by dispersed and moveable activated carbon supported palladium catalyst. Chemical Engineering Journal, 358, pp.1176-1185.
Xu, J., Cao, Z., Wang, Y., Zhang, Y., Gao, X., Ahmed, M.B., Zhang, J., Yang, Y., Zhou, J.L. and Lowry, G.V., 2019. Distributing sulfidized nanoscale zerovalent iron onto phosphorus-functionalized biochar for enhanced removal of antibiotic florfenicol. Chemical Engineering Journal, 359, pp.713-722.

Environmental Impact of Emerging Contaminants

Dumont and Gao et al., 2023, Journal of Hazardous Materials,

Dumont, E.R., Gao, X., Zheng, J., Macairan, J., Hernandez, L.M., Baesu, A., Bayen, S., Robinson, S.A., Ghoshal, S. and Tufenkji, N., 2023. Unraveling the toxicity of tire wear contamination in three freshwater species: From chemical mixture to nanoparticles. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 453, p.131402.
Pikuda, O., Hernandez, L., Kyung, D., Chen, Q., Macairan, J., Liu, L., Gao, X., Bayen, S., Ghoshal, S., Berk, D., Tufenkji, N.,2023. Toxicity of particles and chemicals released from surgical face masks to the model aquatic organism Daphnia magna. Environmental Science: Nano, just accepted
Cheong, R.S., Dumont, E.R., Thomson, P.E., Castañeda-Cortés, D.C., Hernandez, L.M., Gao, X., Zheng, J., Baesu, A., Macairan, J.R., Smith, A.J. and Bui, H.N., 2023. Nanoparticle-specific and Chemical-specific Effects of Tire Wear Particle Leachate on Amphibian Early Life Stages. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, p.100357.
Guan, X. *, Gao, X. *, Avellan, A. *, Spielman-Sun, E., Xu, J., Laughton, S., Yun, J., Zhang, Y., Bland, G.D., Zhang, Y. and Zhang, R., 2020. CuO nanoparticles alter the rhizospheric bacterial community and local nitrogen cycling for wheat grown in a calcareous soil. Environmental Science & Technology, 54(14), pp.8699-8709.
Gao, X., Avellan, A., Laughton, S., Vaidya, R., Rodrigues, S.M., Casman, E.A. and Lowry, G.V., 2018. CuO nanoparticle dissolution and toxicity to wheat (Triticum aestivum) in rhizosphere soil. Environmental Science & Technology, 52(5), pp.2888-2897.