Journal Papers

1.       Alvarez, P.J.J., P.J. Anid, and T.M. Vogel* (1991).  Kinetics of aerobic biodegradation of benzene and toluene in sandy aquifer material.  Biodegradation; 2: 43-51.

2.       Alvarez, P.J.J. and T.M. Vogel* (1991).  Substrate interactions of benzene, toluene and para-xylene during microbial degradation by pure cultures and mixed culture aquifer slurries. Applied and Environmental Microbiology; 57: 2981-2985.

3.       Chen, Y.M., L.M. Abriola*, P.J.J. Alvarez, P.J. Anid, and T.M. Vogel, (1992).  Biodegradation and transport of benzene and toluene in sandy aquifer material: model-experiment comparisons. Water Resources Research; 28: 1833-1847.

4.       Anid, P.J., P.J.J. Alvarez, and T.M. Vogel* (1993).  Biodegradation of monoaromatic hydrocarbons in aquifer columns amended with hydrogen peroxide and nitrate. Water Research; 27: 685-691.

5.       Alvarez*, P.J.J., P.J. Anid, and T.M. Vogel (1994).  Kinetics of toluene degradation by denitrifying aquifer microorganisms.  ASCE J. Environmental Engineering.; 120: 1327-1336.

6.       Alvarez*, P.J.J. and T.M. Vogel (1995).  Degradation of BTEX and their aerobic metabolites by indigenous microorganisms under nitrate reducing conditions. Wat. Sci. Technol.; 31: 15-28.

7.       Helland B.R., P.J.J. Alvarez*, and J.L. Schnoor (1995).  Reductive dechlorination of carbon tetrachloride with elemental iron.   Journal of Hazardous Materials; 41: 205-216.

8.       Corseuil H.X and P.J.J. Alvarez* (1996).  Natural bioremediation perspective for BTX contaminated groundwater in Brazil.  Water Science and Technology.  34(7-8): 311-318.

9.       Corseuil H.X., J.R. Aires, and P.J.J. Alvarez* (1996). Implications of the presence of ethanol on intrinsic bioremediation of BTX plumes in Brazil.   Haz. Waste Haz. Mat. 13 (2): 213-221.

10.   Miller* C.M., R.L. Valentine, M. Roehl, and P.J.J. Alvarez (1996).  Chemical and microbiological assessment of pendimethalin contaminated soil after treatment with Fenton’s Reagent. Water Research. 30 (11) 2579-2586.

11.   Vermace M.E., R.F. Christensen, G.F. Parkin, and P.J.J. Alvarez* (1996).  Relationship between the concentration of denitrifiers and Pseudomonas spp. in soil: Implications for BTX bioremediation.  Water Research. 30 (12) 3139-3145

12.   Alvarez*, P.J.J. (1996).  Caution against the inappropriate use of analytical fate and transport models to estimate the age and risk of petroleum product releases. Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation.  Spring, 72-76.

13.   Schnabel W.E., A.C. Dietz, J.G. Burken, J.L. Schnoor, and P.J.J. Alvarez* (1997). Uptake and transformation of TCE  by edible garden plants.  Water Research, 31 (4) 816-824.

14.   Kovacs P.E., P.J.J. Alvarez*, and R.L. Valentine (1997). The Effect of static magnetic fields on biological systems: Implications for enhanced biodegradation.  Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 27(4), 319-382.

15.   Weathers* L.J., G.F. Parkin, and P.J.J. Alvarez (1997).  Utilization of cathodic hydrogen as electron donor for chloroform cometabolism by a mixed methanogenic culture. Environ. Sci. Technol. 31 (3), 880 -885.

16.   Jordahl J.L., L. Foster, J.L. Schnoor, and P.J.J. Alvarez* (1997).  Effect of poplar trees (Populus spp.) on microbial populations important to hazardous waste bioremediation.  Environ. Tox. and Chem. 16(6):1318-1321.

17.   Corseuil H.X., C.S. Hunt, R. dos Santos Ferreira, and P.J.J. Alvarez* (1998).  The influence of the gasoline oxygenate ethanol on aerobic and anaerobic BTX biodegradation.  Wat. Res. 32(7) 2065-2072.

18.   Alvarez* P.J., L.. Cronkhite, and C. Hunt (1998). Use of benzoate to establish reactive buffer zones for enhanced attenuation of BTX migration. Environ, Sci. Technol. 32(4) 509-515.

19.   Till B.A., L.J. Weathers, and P.J.J. Alvarez* (1998).  Fe(0)-supported autotrophic denitrification. Environmental Science and Technology 32(5) 634-639.

20.   Alvarez* P.J.J., R.C. Heathcote, and S.E. Powers (1998).  Caution against interpreting gasoline release dates based on BTEX ratios in ground water. Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation.  Fall, 69-76.

21.   Gülensoy N. and P.J.J. Alvarez* (1999).  Diversity and correlation of aromatic hydrocarbon biodegradation capabilities.  Biodegradation. 10:331-340.

22.   Aitchison E., S. Kelley, J.L. Schnoor*, and P.J.J. Alvarez (2000).  Phytoremediation of 1,4-dioxane by hybrid poplar trees.  Water Environment Research. 72: 313-321.

23.   Scherer M.M., S. Richter R.L. Valentine, and P.J.J. Alvarez* (2000). Chemistry and microbiology of permeable reactive barriers for in situ groundwater cleanup. Crit. Rev. Environ. Sci. Technol. 30:363-411.

24.   Rojas-Avelizapa N.G., R. Rodríguez-Vázquez*, S. Saval- Bohorquez, and P.J.J. Alvarez (2000). Effect of c/n/p ratio and nonionic surfactants on polychlorinated biphenyls biodegradation. World Journal of Microbiology 16(4):319-324.

25.   Wildman M. J. and P.J.J. Alvarez* (2001). RDX degradation using an integrated Fe(0)-microbial treatment approach.  Water Science and Technology 43(2): 25-33.

26.   Fang J., M. Barcelona and P.J.J. Alvarez* (2000) Phospholipids of five pseudomonad archetypes for different toluene degradation pathways. Bioremediation Journal 4(3):181-185.

27.   Fang* J., M. Barcelona and P.J Alvarez (2000). A direct comparison between fatty acid analysis and intact phospholipid profiling for microbial identification. Org. Geochem. 31: 881-887.

28.   Fang* J., M. Barcelona and P.J.J. Alvarez (2000).  Phospholipids compositional changes of five pseudomonad archetypes grown with and without toluene Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 54: 382-389.

29.   Dejournett T. and P.J.J. Alvarez* (2000) Combined microbial-Fe(0) system to remove nitrate from contaminated groundwater.  Bioremediation Journal 4:149-154.

30.   Costura R.K. and P.J.J. Alvarez* (2000).  Expression and longevity of toluene dioxygenase in Pseudomonas putida F1 grown at different dissolved oxygen concentrations.  Wat. Res..34: 3014-3018.

31.   Vaca-Mier* M., R. Gehr, B.E. Jimenez-Cisneros, and P.J.J. Alvarez (2001).  Heavy metal removal with Mexican clinoptilolite: multi-component ionic exchange. Wat. Res. 35:373-378.

32.   Egli K., U. Fanger, P.J.J. Alvarez, H. Siegrist, J.R. van der Meer*, and A.J.B. Zehnder (2001). Enrichment and characterization of a new anammox-bacterium from a rotating biological contactor treating ammonium-rich leachate.  Archives of Microbiology. 175(3): 198-207.

33.   Powers S.E., C.S. Hunt, S.E. Heermann, H.X. Corseuil, D. Rice, and P.J.J Alvarez* (2001). The transport and fate of ethanol and BTEX in groundwater contaminated by gasohol.  Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 31(1):79-123.

34.   Powers* S.E., D.W. Rice, B. Dooher, and P.J.J. Alvarez (2001). Replacing MTBE with ethanol as a gasoline oxygenate – How may groundwater resources be impacted? Environ. Sci. Technol. 35(1):24A-30A.

35.   Fernandez-Sanchez J.M, R. Rodriguez-Vazquez*, G. Ruiz-Aguilar, and P.J.J. Alvarez (2001). PCB biodegradation in aged contaminated soil: interactions between exogenous Phanerochaete chrysosporium and indigenous microorganisms. J. Environ. Sci. Health A36(7):1145-1162

36.   Kelley S.L., E.W. Aitchison, J.L. Schnoor, and P.J.J. Alvarez* (2001). Biodegradation of 1,4-dioxane in planted and unplanted soil: effect of bioaugmentation with Amycolata sp. CB1190. Water Research. 35(16):3791-3800.

37.   Oh B-T, C.L. Just, and P.J.J. Alvarez* (2001). Hexahydro-1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-Triazine (RDX) mineralization by zero-valent iron and mixed anaerobic cultures. Environ. Sci. Technol. 35(21):4341-4346

38.   Gandhi S., B.-T. Oh, J. L. Schnoor, P. J. J. Alvarez*. 2002. Degradation of TCE, Cr(VI), sulfate, and nitrate mixtures by granular iron in flow-through columns under different microbial conditions. Water Res. 36(8): 1973-1982.

39.   Lovanh N., C.S. Hunt, and P.J.J. Alvarez* (2002). Effect of ethanol on BTEX degradation kinetics: continuous culture experiments. Wat. Res. 36:3739-3746.

40.   Deeb* R. A., J. O. Sharp, A. Stocking, S. McDonald, K. A. West, M. Laugier, P. J. J. Alvarez, M. C. Kavanaugh and L. Alvarez-Cohen (2002). Impact of Ethanol on Benzene Plume Lengths: Microbial and Modeling Studies. ASCE J. Env. Engrg. 128(9):868-875.

41.   Da Silva M.L. and P.J.J. Alvarez* (2002). Effects of ethanol versus MTBE on BTEX migration and natural attenuation in aquifer columns. ASCE J. Env. Engrg. 128(9):862-867.

42.   Beller* H. R., S. R. Kane T.C. C. Legler^, and P.J.J. Alvarez (2002). A novel real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method for monitoring anaerobic, hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria. Environ. Sci. Technol. 36(18):3977-3984.

43.   Ruiz-Aguilar G.M, J. M. Fernandez-Sanchez, S. R. Kane, D. Kim and P.J.J. Alvarez* (2002). Effect of ethanol and methyl-tert-butyl ether on  monoaromatic hydrocarbon biodegradation: response variability for different aquifer materials under various electron-accepting conditions. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 21(12):2631-2639.

44.   Oh B-T and P.J.J. Alvarez* (2002). Hexahydro-1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-Triazine (RDX) degradation in biologically active iron columns. Water, Air Soil and Soil Pollution 141 (1-4): 325-335.

45.   Rentz J.A., B. Chapman, P.J.J. Alvarez, and J.L. Schnoor* (2002). Stimulation of hybrid poplar growth in petroleum contaminated soils through oxygen addition and soil nutrient amendments.  Int. J. Phytoremediation 4(1) 57-62.

46.   Ruiz-Aguilar G.M, K. O’Reilley, and P.J.J. Alvarez* (2002). A comparison of benzene and toluene plumes for sites contaminated with regular versus ethanol-amended gasoline. Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation. 23(1):48-53.

47.   Fernandez-Sanchez J.M., Sawvel E.J., and Alvarez* P.J.J. (2003). Effect of Fe⁰ quantity on microbial processes that enhance the efficacy of permeable reactive barriers.  Chemosphere.  54 (7): 923-829.

48.   Gaddi M., T. Sexton, M. Muste, V.C. Patel, and P.J.J. Alvarez* (2003). International Perspectives in Water Resources Management: The Paraná River Watershed. World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education, v2n3:435-439.

49.   Ginner J.L., P.J.J. Alvarez, S.L. Smith, and M.M. Scherer* (2004). Nitrate and Nitrite Reduction by Fe⁰: Influence of Mass Transport, temperature, pH, and Denitrifying Microbes. Environ. Eng. Sci. 21(2): 219-229.

50.   Fang* J., N. Lovanh, and P.J.J. Alvarez (2004). The Use of Isotopic and Lipid Analysis Techniques linking Toluene Degradation to Specific Microorganisms: Applications and Limitations. Wat. Res. 38:2529-2536.

51.   Rentz J.A., P.J.J. Alvarez, and J.L. Schnoor* (2004). Repression of Pseudomonas putida phenanthrene degrading activity by plant root extracts. Environmental Microbiology 6(6): 574-583.

52.   Oh B-T and P.J.J. Alvarez (2004). Removal of explosives using an integrated Fe⁰-microbial treatment in flow-through columns.Bull. Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 73:1-8.

53.   Lovanh N. and P.J.J. Alvarez* (2004). Effect of ethanol, acetate, and phenol on toluene degradation activity and tod-lux expression in Pseudomonas putida TOD102: an evaluation of the metabolic flux dilution model. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 86(7):801-808.

54.   Kamath R., J.L. Schnoor, and P.J.J. Alvarez* (2005). A model for the effect of simulated rhizodeposition on the fate of phenanthrene in aged contaminated soils. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39:9669-9675.

55.   Kamath R., J. Rentz, J.L. Schnoor, and P.J.J. Alvarez* (2004). Phytoremediation of hydrocarbon-cobtaminated soils: principles and applications. In: R. Vazquez-Duhalt and R. Quintero-Ramirez (Eds.). Petroleum Biotechnology, 151. Elsevier, ISBN: 0-444-51699-9.

56.   Rysz M. and P.J.J. Alvarez* (2004). Amplification and Attenuation of Tetracycline Resistance in Soil Bacteria: Aquifer Column Experiments. Wat. Res. 38: 3705-3712.

57.   Meléndez-Estrada J., M. A. Amezcua-Allieri, P.J.J. Alvarez and R. Rodríguez-Vázquez (2004). Phenanthrene removal by Penicillium frequentans grown on a solid-state culture: effect of oxygen concentration. Environmental Technology 27 (10): 1073-1080.

58.   Sherburne L.A, J.D. Shrout, and P.J.J. Alvarez (2004). Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) degradation by Acetobacterium paludosum. Biodegradation 3:1-9.

59.   Da Silva M.L.B. and P.J.J. Alvarez* (2004). Enhanced anaerobic biodegradation of btex-ethanol mixtures in bioaugmented aquifer columns. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70(8):4720-4726.

60.   Rentz J.A., P.J.J. Alvarez, and J. L. Schnoor (2005). Benzo[a]pyrene co-metabolism in the presence of plant root extracts and exudates: Implications for phytoremediation. Environmental Pollution 136:477-484.

61.   Shrout J., P. Larese-Casanova,^, M.M. Scherer, and P.J.J. Alvarez (2005). Sustained and complete hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) degradation in zero-valent iron simulated barriers under different microbial conditions. Environmental Pollution 12: 1115-1126.

62.   Da Silva M.L.B., G.M. Ruiz-Aguilar, and P.J.J. Alvarez* (2005). Enhanced anaerobic biodegradation of BTEX-ethanol mixtures in aquifer columns amended with sulfate, chelated ferric iron or nitrate. Biodegradation 16: 105-114.

63.   De Grey* A.D.N.J., P.J.J. Alvarez, R.O. Brady, A.M. Cuervo, J. Jerome, P.L. McCarty, R.A. Nixon, B.E. Rittmann, J.R. Sparrow (2005). Medical bioremediation: prospects for the application of microbial catabolic diversity to several major age-related diseases Ageing Research Reviews. 4:315-338.

64.   Kamath R., J.L. Schnoor, and P.J.J. Alvarez* (2005). Effect of simulated rhizodeposition on the fate of phenanthrene in aged contaminated soils. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39:9669-9675.

65.   Vazquez-Morilla A., M, Vaca-Mier and P.J.J. Alvarez (2006). Biological activation of ferric oxide for reduction of hexavalent chromium in presence of different anions. Eur. J. Soil Biol. 42:99-106.

66.   Da Silva M.L.B., Kamath R., and P.J.J. Alvarez* (2006). Effect of simulated rhizodeposition on the relative abundance of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon catabolic genes in a contaminated soil. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 25(2): 386–391.

67.   Cápiro^* N.L, B. P. Stafford, W.G. Rixey, P.J.J. Alvarez, and P.B. Bedient (2006). Fuel-Grade Ethanol Transport at the Water Table Interface in a Pilot-Scale Aquifer Tank. Water Research 41(3):656-664.

68.   Rysz M. and P.J.J. Alvarez* (2006). Transport of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria and Resistance Carrying Plasmids through Porous Media. Wat. Sci. Technol. 164(11):363-370.

69.   Adams* L.K. D. Y. Lyon and P.J.J. Alvarez (2006). Comparative Toxicity of Nano-Scale TiO₂, SiO₂ and ZnO Water Suspensions. Wat. Res. 40(19):3527-3532.

70.   Xiaoshan Zhu, LinZhu*, Yan Li, Zhenghua Duan, Wei Chen and Pedro J. Alvarez (2006). Developmental Toxicity in Zebrafish Embryos After Exposure to Manufactured Nanomaterials: Buckminsterfullerene Aggregates (nC₆₀) and Fullerol. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. (In press).

71.   Da Silva M.L.B. and P.J.J. Alvarez* (2006). Quantification of Anaerobic Benzene Degraders Using Real-Time PCR. Environ. Microbiol. 9 (1): 72-80.

72.   Lyon* D. Y., L. K. Adams, J. C. Falkner, and P.J.J. Alvarez (2006). Antibacterial Activity of Fullerene Water Suspensions: Effect of Preparation Method and Particle Size. Environ. Sci. Technol. 40 (14):4360-4366.

73.   Wiesner* M. R., G. V. Lowry, P.J.J. Alvarez, D. Dionysiou, and P. Biswas (2006). Assessing the risks of manufactured nanomaterials. Environ. Sci. Technol. 40 (14):4337-4445.

74.   Alvarez P.J.J. (2006). Nanotechnology in the environment – the good, the bad and the ugly. ASCE. J. Environ. Engrg. (editorial). 132(10)1233.

75.   Melendez-Estrada J., M.A. Amezcua-Allieri, P.J.J. Alvarez and R. Rodriguez-Vazquez (2006). Phenanthrene removal by Penicillium frquentans grown on a solid state culture: effect of oxygen concentration. Environmental Technology: 27: (10): 1073-1080.

76.   O. Nut M., K. N. Heck, P.J.J. Alvarez, and M. S. Wong* (2006). Improved Pd-on-Au Bimetallic Nanoparticle Catalysts for Aqueous-phase Trichloroethene Hydrodechlorination. Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 69:115-125.

77.   Da Silva M.L.B., R.C. Daprato, D.E. Gomez, J.B. Hughes, C.H. Ward^*, and P.J.J. Alvarez (2006). Comparison of Bioaugmentation and Biostimulation for the Enhancement of DNAPL Source Zone Bioremediation. Water Environment Research. 78 (13): 2456-2465.

78.  Xiaoshen Zhu, Lin Zhu, Yan Li, Zhenghua Duan, Wei Chen, and P.J.J. Alvarez (2007). Developmental Toxicity in Zebrafish (Danio Rerio) Embryos after Exposure to Manufactured Nanomaterials: Buckminsterfullerene Aggregates (nC60) and Fullerol. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 26 (5): 976-979.

79.  Fang* J., D.Y. Lyon, M Wiesner, J. Dong and P.J.J. Alvarez (2007). Effect of a fullerene water suspension on bacterial phospholipids and membrane phase behavior. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41(7): 2636-2642.

80.  Hotze M., A.R. Badireiddy, S. Chelam, P.J.J.Alvarez and M. Wiesner (2007). Toxicity of fullerol nanoparticles to bacteriophages. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41(18): 6627-6632. 

81.  Da Silva M.L.B., R.L.. Johnson, and P.J.J. Alvarez* (2007). Microbial characterization of a subsurface undergoing treatment with a permeable reactive iron barrier. Environ. Engrg. Sci. (24(8) 1122-1127.

82.  Rentz J.A., P.J.J. Alvarez, and J. L. Schnoor (2008). Salicylate induced benzo[a]pyrene co-metabolism by Sphingomonas yanoikuyae JAR02. Environmental Pollution 151:669-677.

83.   Lyon, D.Y., D.A. Brown and P J.J. Alvarez (2008).Implications and Potential Applications of Bactericidal Fullerene Water Suspensions: Effect of nC₆₀ Concentration, Exposure Conditions and Shelf Life. Wat. Sci. Technol. 57(10): 1533-1538.

84.   Dominguez R., M.L.B. da Silva, T.M. McGuire, D.A. Adamson, C.J. Newell, B.S. Yare and P.J.J. Alvarez (2008). Source zone bioremediation of chlorobenzene DNAPLs: performance assessment using real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Biodegradation. 19(4):545-553.  

85.   Brunet L., D.Y Lyon., K. Zodrow, J-C Rouch, B. Caussat, P.Serp, J-C Remigy, M.R Wiesner, P.J.J. Alvarez (2007). Properties of membranes containing semi-dispersed carbon nanotubes. Environ. Engrg. Sci. 24(8): 1122-1127.

86.  Gomez D., P. Leblanc P. Bedient. W. Rixey and P.J.J. Alvarez (2008). Modeling Benzene Plume Elongation Mechanisms Exerted by Ethanol Using RT3D with a General Substrate Interaction Module. Wat. Resour. Res. 44(5), W05405, doi:10.1029/2007WR006184. 

87.  Lyon D.Y., L. Brunet, G.W. Hinkal, M.R. Wiesner, and P.J.J. Alvarez (2008). Antibacterial activity of fullerene water suspensions (nC₆₀) is not due to ROS-mediated damage.  Nanoletters. 8(5): 1539-1543. 

88.  Hotze M., J. Labille, P.J.J. Alvarez and M. Wiesner (2008). Mechanisms of photochemistry and reactive oxygen production by fullerene suspensions in water. Environ. Sci. Technol. 42, 4175–4180. 

89.  Cápiro N.L, M.L. Da Silva, B. P. Stafford, W.G. Rixey, and P.J.J. Alvarez (2008).Microbial community response to a release of neat ethanol onto residual hydrocarbons in a pilot-scale aquifer tank. Environmental Microbiology. 10(9), 2236–2244. 

90.  Li, D., Lyon D.Y., Q. Li, and P.J.J. Alvarez (2008). Effect of natural organic matter on the antibacterial activity of a fullerene water suspension.   Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 27(9):1888-1894. 

91.   Stephen J. Klaine S.J., P.J.J. Alvarez, G.E. Batley, T.F. Fernandes, R.D. Handy, D.Y. Lyon, S. Mahendra, M.J. McLaughlin, and J.R. Lead (2008). Critical review of Nanomaterials in the Environment. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 27(9):1825-1851. 

92.  Mathieu J., J. Schloendorn, B.E. Rittmann and P. J.J. Alvarez (2008). Microbial degradation of 7-ketocholesterol. Biodegradation. DOI 10.1007/s10532-008-9183-5. 

93.   Li Q., S. Mahendra, D. Y. Lyon, L. Brunet, M. V. Liga, D. Li and P. J.J. Alvarez (2008). Antimicrobial Nanomaterials for Water Disinfection and Microbial Control: Potential Applications and Implications. Wat. Res. 42:4591-4602. 

94.  Da Silva M.L.B. and P.J.J. Alvarez (2008). Exploring the correlation between halorespirer biomarker concentrations and TCE dechlorination rates. J. Environ. Engrg. 134(11)895-901. 

95.  Lyon D.Y., D, Brown, E. Sundstrom, and P. J.J.Alvarez (2008). Assessing a fullerene water suspension as an antibiofouling surface treatment. Int. Biodeterior. Biodegrad. 62:475-478. 

96.   Lyon D.Y. and P.J.J. Alvarez (2008). Fullerene water suspension (nC₆₀) exerts antibacterial effects via ROS-independent protein oxidation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 42:8127-8132. 

97.  Mahendra S., H. Zhu, V. Colvin and P. J. J. Alvarez (2008). Quantum dot weathering results in microbial toxicity. Environ. Sci. Technol. 42 (24), 9424-9430. 

98.   Wong M.S., P.J.J. Alvarez, Y.L. Fang, N. Akçin, M.O. Nutt, and K.H. Heck. (2008). Cleaner Water using Bimetallic Nanoparticle Catalysts. J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. DOI 10.1002/jctb.2002. 

99.   Zodrow K., L. Brunet, S. Mahendra, Q. Li, and P.J.J. Álvarez (2009). Polysulfone ultrafiltration membranes impregnated with silver nanoparticles show improved biofouling resistance and virus removal. Wat. Res. 43:715-723. 

100. Gomez D. and P.J.J. Alvarez (2009). Modeling the Natural attenuation of benzene in groundwater impacted by ethanol-blended fuels: effect of ethanol content on the lifespan and maximum length of benzene plumes. Wat. Resour. Res., 45, W03409, doi:10.1029/2008WR007159 

101. Illman W. and P.J.J. Alvarez (2009). Performance assessment of bioremediation and natural attenuation. Crit. Rev. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39 (4): 209 – 270.

102.  Mathieu J.M., J. Schloendorn, B.E.Rittmann and P.J.J. Alvarez (2009). Medical bioremediation of age-related diseases. Microbial Cell Factories. 8:21 (9 April 2009).

103. Dominguez R., S.E. Powers, J.G. Burken and P.J.J. Alvarez (2009). The water footprint of biofuels: a drink or drive issue? Environ. Sci. Technol. 43 (9), 3005-3010.

104.   Parisi V.A., G.R. Brubaker, M.J. Zenker, R.C. Prince, L.M. Gieg, M.L.B. da Silva, P.J.J. Alvarez, and J.M. Suflita (2009). Field metabolomics and laboratory assessments of anaerobic intrinsic bioremediation of hydrocarbons at a petroleum-contaminated site. Microbial Biotechnology. 2(2), 202–212.

105. Brunet L., Lyon D.Y., Hotze E.M., Alvarez P.J.J., and Wiesner M.R. (2009). Comparative photoactivity of fullerenes and titanium dioxide: mechanisms, implications on antimicrobial activity and applications. Environ. Sci. Technol. 43, 4355–4360. 

106.   Goyal A. , A. Kumar, P. K. Patra, S. Mahendra,  P. J. J. Alvarez, G. John, and P.M. Ajayan (2009). In-situ synthesis of silver nanoparticles-PDMS composite films. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 30: 1116–1122. 

107.  Alvarez P.J.J., V. Colvin, J. Lead and V. Stone (2009). Research Priorities to Advance Eco-Responsible Nanotechnology. ACS Nano 3(7): 1616-1619. 

108.  Stafford B., N. Capiro, P.J.J. Alvarez and W. Rixey (2009). Pore Water Characteristics Following the Release of Neat Ethanol onto Pre-existing NAPL. Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation. 29(3): 93-104. 

109.   Lee J., Y. Mackeyev, M. Cho, D. Li, J-H. Kim, L.J. Wilson, and P.J.J. Alvarez (2009). Photochemical and Antimicrobial Properties of Novel C₆₀ Derivatives in Aqueous Systems. Environ. Sci. Technol. 43(17):6604-6610.