Publications

Selected publications are listed below. A complete list can be found on Google Scholar. You are welcome to contact me to request reprints. 

1. Rockey, N.C., Le Sage, V., Marr, L.C., Lakdawala, S.S. (2024). Seasonal influenza viruses decay more rapidly at intermediate humidity in droplets containing saliva compared to respiratory mucus, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 0, e02010-02023, doi:10.1128/aem.02010-23.

2. Garg, A., Hawks, S., Pan, J., Wang, W., Duggal, N., Marr, L.C., Vikesland, P., Zhou, W. (2024). Machine learning-driven SERS fingerprinting of disintegrated viral components for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 in environmental dust, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 247, 115946, doi:10.1016/j.bios.2023.115946.

3. Shi, J.H., Olson, N.E., Birbeck, J.A., Pan, J., Peraino, N.J., Holen, A.L., Ledsky, I.R., Jacquemin, S.J., Marr, L.C., Schmale, D.G., III, Westrick, J.A., Ault, A.P. (2023). Aerosolized cyanobacterial harmful algal bloom toxins: microcystin congeners quantified in the atmosphere, Environmental Science & Technology, 57, 21801-21814, doi:10.1021/acs.est.3c03297.

4. Qian, Z., Morris, D.H., Avery, A., Kormuth, K.A., Sage, V.L., Myerburg, M.M., Lloyd-Smith, J.O., Marr, L.C., Lakdawala, S.S. (2023). Variability in donor lung culture and relative humidity impact the stability of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus on nonporous surfaces, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 89, e00633-00623, doi:10.1128/aem.00633-23.

5. Pan, J., Gmati, S., Roper, B.A., Prussin II, A.J., Hawks, S.A., Whittington, A.R., Duggal, N.K., Marr, L.C. (2023). Stability of aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 on masks and transfer to skin, Environmental Science & Technology, doi:10.1021/acs.est.3c01581.

6. Thamatam, N., Ahn, J., Chowdhury, M., Sharma, A., Gupta, P., Marr, L.C., Nazhandali, L., Agah, M. (2023). A MEMS-enabled portable gas chromatography injection system for trace analysis, Analytica Chimica Acta, 1261, 341209, doi10.1016/j.aca.2023.341209.

7. Morawska, L., Bahnfleth, W., Bluyssen, P.M., Boerstra, A., Buonanno, G., Dancer, S.J., Floto, A., Franchimon, F., Haworth, C., Hogeling, J., Isaxon, C., Jimenez, J.L., Kurnitski, J., Li, Y., Loomans, M., Marks, G., Marr, L.C., Mazzarella, L., Melikov, A.K., Miller, S., Milton, D.K., Nazaroff, W., Nielsen, P.V., Noakes, C., Peccia, J., Querol, X., Sekhar, C., Seppänen, O., Tanabe, S.-i., Tellier, R., Wai, T.K., Wargocki, P., Wierzbicka, A. (2023). Coronavirus disease 2019 and airborne transmission: science rejected, lives lost. Can society do better?, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 76, 1854-1859, doi:10.1093/cid/ciad068.

8. Gnegy-Spencer, M., Gohlke, C., Marr, L.C. (2023). Effect of a barrier on spatial distribution of respiratory particles in a room, Aerosol Science and Technology, 57, 384-405, doi:10.1080/02786826.2023.2181142.

9. Tang, J.W., Marr, L.C., Tellier, R., Dancer, S.J. (2023). Airborne transmission of respiratory viruses including severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 29, doi:10.1097/MCP.0000000000000947.

10. French, A.J., Longest, A.K., Pan, J., Vikesland, P.J., Duggal, N.K., Marr, L.C., Lakdawala, S.S. (2023). Environmental stability of enveloped viruses is impacted by initial volume and evaporation kinetics of droplets, mBio, 14, e03452-03422, doi:10.1128/mbio.03452-22.

11. Prussin, A.J., II, Cheng, Z., Leng, W., China, S., Marr, L.C. (2023). Size-resolved elemental composition of respiratory particles in three healthy subjects, Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 10, 356-362, doi:10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00156.

12. Shen, Y., Haig, S.-J., Prussin, A.J., II, LiPuma, J.J., Marr, L.C., Raskin, L. (2022). Shower water contributes viable nontuberculous mycobacteria to indoor air, 1, pgac145 PNAS Nexus, doi:10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac145.

13. McKnight, M.X., Kolivras, K.N., Buttling, L.G., Gohlke, J.M., Marr, L.C., Pingel, T.J., Ranganathan, S. (2022). Associations between surface mining airsheds and birth outcomes in central Appalachia at multiple spatial scales, GeoHealth, 6, e2022GH000696, doi:10.1029/2022GH000696.

14. Jimenez, J.L., Marr, L.C., Randall, K., Ewing, E.T., Tufekci, Z., Greenhalgh, T., Tellier, R., Tang, J.W., Li, Y., Morawska, L., Mesiano-Crookston, J., Fisman, D., Hegarty, O., Dancer, S.J., Bluyssen, P.M., Buonanno, G., Loomans, M.G.L.C., Bahnfleth, W.P., Yao, M., Sekhar, C., Wargocki, P., Melikov, A.K., Prather, K.A. (2022). What were the historical reasons for the resistance to recognizing airborne transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic?, Indoor Air, 32, e13070, doi:10.1111/ina.13070.

15. Wang, S., Marr, L.C., Contreras, L.M., Theis, F.J., Nurse, P. (2022). The challenges in finding your home as a multidisciplinary scientist, Cell, 185, 2623-2625, doi:10.1016/j.cell.2022.06.044.

16. Kormos, D., Lin, K., Pruden, A., Marr, L.C. (2022). Critical review of antibiotic resistance genes in the atmosphere, Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 24, 870-873, doi:10.1039/D2EM00091A.

17. Tang, J.W., Caniza, M.A., Dinn, M., Dwyer, D.E., Heraud, J.-M., Jennings, L.C., Kok, J., Kwok, K.O., Li, Y., Loh, T.P., Marr, L.C., Nara, E.M., Perera, N., Saito, R., Santillan-Salas, C., Sullivan, S., Warner, M., Watanabe, A., Zaidi, S.K. (2022). An exploration of the political, social, economic and cultural factors affecting how different global regions initially reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic, Interface Focus, 12, 20210079, doi:10.1098/rsfs.2021.0079.

18. Tang, J.W., Marr, L.C., Li, Y., Eames, I. (2022). The role of SARS-CoV-2 aerosol transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic, Interface Focus, 12, 20220003, doi:10.1098/rsfs.2022.0003.

19. Huynh, E., Olinger, A., Woolley, D., Kohli, R.K., Choczynski, J.M., Davies, J.F., Lin, K., Marr, L.C., Davis, R.D. (2022). Evidence for a semisolid phase state of aerosols and droplets relevant to the airborne and surface survival of pathogens, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119, e2109750119, doi:10.1073/pnas.2109750119.

20. Peng, Z., Rojas, A.L.P., Kropff, E., Bahnfleth, W., Buonanno, G., Dancer, S.J., Kurnitski, J., Li, Y., Loomans, M.G.L.C., Marr, L.C., Morawska, L., Nazaroff, W., Noakes, C., Querol, X., Sekhar, C., Tellier, R., Greenhalgh, T., Bourouiba, L., Boerstra, A., Tang, J.W., Miller, S.L., Jimenez, J.L. (2022). Practical indicators for risk of airborne transmission in shared indoor environments and their application to COVID-19 outbreaks, Environmental Science & Technology, 56, 1125-1137, doi:10.1021/acs.est.1c06531.

21. Pan, J., Hawks, S.A., Prussin, A.J., Duggal, N.K., Marr, L.C. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces and HVAC filters in dormitory rooms, Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 9, 71-76, doi:10.1021/acs.estlett.1c00892.

22. Marr, L.C., Tang, J.W. (2021). A paradigm shift to align transmission routes with mechanisms, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 73, 1747-1749, doi:10.1093/cid/ciab722.

23. Samet, J.M., Prather, K., Benjamin, G., Lakdawala, S., Lowe, J.-M., Reingold, A., Volckens, J., Marr, L. (2021). Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2: what we know, Clinical Infectious Diseases, doi:10.1093/cid/ciab039.

24. Gandhi, M., Marr, L.C. (2021). Uniting infectious disease and physical science principles on the importance of face masks for COVID-19, Med, 2, 29-32, doi: 10.1016/j.medj.2020.12.008.

25. Tang, J.W., Bahnfleth, W.P., Bluyssen, P.M., Buonanno, G., Jimenez, J.L., Kurnitski, J., Li, Y., Miller, S., Sekhar, C., Morawska, L., Marr, L.C., Melikov, A.K., Nazaroff, W.W., Nielsen, P.V., Tellier, R., Wargocki, P., Dancer, S.J. (2021). Dismantling myths on the airborne transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), Journal of Hospital Infection, doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2020.12.022.

26. Huang, Q., Wei, H., Marr, L.C., Vikesland, P.J. (2021). Direct quantification of the effect of ammonium on aerosol droplet pH, Environmental Science and Technology, 55, 778-787, doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c07394.

27. Jatta, M., Kiefer, C., Patolia, H., Pan, J., Harb, C., Marr, L.C., Baffoe-Bonnie, A. (2021). N95 reprocessing by low temperature sterilization with 59% vaporized hydrogen peroxide during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, American Journal of Infection Control, 49, 8-14, doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2020.06.194.

28. Bezek, L.B., Pan, J., Harb, C., Zawaski, C.E., Molla, B., Kubalak, J.R., Marr, L.C., Williams, C.B. (2021). Additively manufactured respirators: quantifying particle transmission and identifying system-level challenges for improving filtration efficiency, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, doi:10.1016/j.jmsy.2021.01.002.

29. Lin, K., Schulte, C.R., Marr, L.C. (2020). Survival of MS2 and Φ6 viruses in droplets as a function of relative humidity, pH, and salt, protein, and surfactant concentrations, PLoS One, 15, e0243505, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0243505.

30. Prather, K.A., Marr, L.C., Schooley, R.T., McDiarmid, M.A., Wilson, M.E., Milton, D.K. (2020). Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Science, eabf0521, doi:10.1126/science.abf0521.

31. Miller, S.L., Nazaroff, W.W., Jimenez, J.L., Boerstra, A., Buonanno, G., Dancer, S.J., Kurnitski, J., Marr, L.C., Morawska, L., Noakes, C. (2020). Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by inhalation of respiratory aerosol in the Skagit Valley Chorale superspreading event, Indoor Air, doi:10.1111/ina.12751.

32. Allen, J.G., Marr, L.C. (2020). Recognizing and controlling airborne transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 in indoor environments, Indoor Air, 30, 557-558, doi:10.1111/ina.12697.

33. Morawska, L., Tang, J.W., Bahnfleth, W., Bluyssen, P.M., Boerstra, A., Buonanno, G., Cao, J., Dancer, S., Floto, A., Franchimon, F., Haworth, C., Hogeling, J., Isaxon, C., Jimenez, J.L., Kurnitski, J., Li, Y., Loomans, M., Marks, G., Marr, L.C., Mazzarella, L., Melikov, A.K., Miller, S., Milton, D.K., Nazaroff, W., Nielsen, P.V., Noakes, C., Peccia, J., Querol, X., Sekhar, C., Seppänen, O., Tanabe, S.-I., Tellier, R., Tham, K.W., Wargocki, P., Wierzbicka, A., Yao, M. (2020). How can airborne transmission of COVID-19 indoors be minimised?, Environment International, 142, 105832, doi:10.1016/j.envint.2020.105832.

34. Patolia, H.H., Pan, J., Harb, C., Marr, L.C., Baffoe-Bonnie, A.W. (2020). Filtration evaluation and clinical use of expired elastomeric P-100 filter cartridges during the COVID-19 pandemic, Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 1-2, doi:10.1017/ice.2020.257.

35. Blocken, B., van Druenen, T., van Hooff, T., Verstappen, P.A., Marchal, T., Marr, L.C. (2020). Can indoor sports centers be allowed to re-open during the COVID-19 pandemic based on a certificate of equivalence?, Building and Environment, 180, 107022, doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.107022.

36. Satterwhite, E., Bell, S.E., Marr, L.C., Thompson, C.K., Prussin II, A.J., Buttling, L., Pan, J., Gohlke, J.M. (2020). Building interdisciplinary partnerships for community-engaged environmental health research in Appalachian Virginia, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 1695, doi:10.3390/ijerph17051695.

37. Bakker, A., Siegel, J.A., Mendell, M.J., Prussin II, A.J., Marr, L.C., Peccia, J. (2020). Bacterial and fungal ecology on air conditioning cooling coils is influenced by climate and building factors, Indoor Air, 30, 326-334, doi:10.1111/ina.12632.

38. Dancer, S.J., Tang, J.W., Marr, L.C., Miller, S., Morawska, L., Jimenez, J.L. (2020). Putting a balance on the aerosolization debate around SARS-CoV-2, Journal of Hospital Infection, 105, 569-570, doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2020.05.014.

39. Lin, K., Marr, L.C. (2020). Humidity-dependent decay of viruses, but not bacteria, in aerosols and droplets follows disinfection kinetics, Environmental Science and Technology, 54, 1024-1032, doi:10.1021/acs.est.9b04959.

40. Prussin, A.J., Belser, J.A., Bischoff, W., Kelley, S.T., Lin, K., Lindsley, W.G., Nshimyimana, J.P., Schuit, M., Wu, Z., Bibby, K., Marr, L.C., (2020). Viruses in the Built Environment (VIBE) meeting report, Microbiome, 8, 1, doi:10.1186/s40168-019-0777-4.

41. Alsved, M., Bourouiba, L., Duchaine, C., Löndahl, J., Marr, L.C., Parker, S.T., Prussin Ii, A.J., Thomas, R.J., (2019). Natural sources and experimental generation of bioaerosols: challenges and perspectives, Aerosol Science and Technology, 1-33, doi:10.1080/02786826.2019.1682509.

42. Kormuth, K.A., Lin, K., Qian, Z., Myerburg, M.M., Marr, L.C., Lakdawala, S.S., (2019). Environmental persistence of influenza viruses is dependent upon virus type and host origin, mSphere, 4, e00552-00519, doi:10.1128/mSphere.00552-19.

43. Manuja, A., Ritchie, J., Buch, K., Wu, Y., Eichler, C.M.A., Little, J.C., Marr, L.C., (2019). Total surface area in indoor environments, Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 21, 1384-1392, doi:10.1039/C9EM00157C.

44. Hochella, M.F., Mogk, D.W., Ranville, J., Allen, I.C., Luther, G.W., Marr, L.C., McGrail, B.P., Murayama, M., Qafoku, N.P., Rosso, K.M., Sahai, N., Schroeder, P.A., Vikesland, P., Westerhoff, P., Yang, Y., (2019). Natural, incidental, and engineered nanomaterials and their impacts on the Earth system, Science, 363, eaau8299.

45. Prussin II, A.J., Torres, P.J., Shimashita, J., Head, S.R., Bibby, K.J., Kelley, S.T., Marr, L.C., (2019). Seasonal dynamics of DNA and RNA viral bioaerosol communities in a daycare center, Microbiome, 7, 53.

46. Marr, L.C., Tang, J.W., Mullekom, J.V., Lakdawala, S.S., (2019). Mechanistic insights into the effect of humidity on airborne influenza virus survival, transmission and incidence, Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 16, 20180298.

47. Kormuth, K.A., Lin, K., Prussin II, A.J., Vejerano, E.P., Tiwari, A.J., Cox, S.C., Myerburg, M.M., Lakdawala, S.S., Marr, L.C. (2018). Influenza virus infectivity is retained in aerosols and droplets independent of relative humidity, Journal of Infectious Diseases, 218, 739-747.

48. Wei, H., Vejerano, E.P., Leng, W., Huang, Q., Willner, M.R., Marr, L.C., Vikesland, P.J., (2018). Aerosol droplets exhibit a stable pH gradient, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115, 7272-7277.

49. Vejerano, E.P., Marr, L.C., (2018). Physico-chemical characteristics of evaporating respiratory fluid droplets, Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 15, 20170939.