Faculty Publications

Ning Ai, Ph.D.

Ning Ai and Junjun Zheng. Forthcoming. “Community-Based Food Waste Modeling and Planning Framework for Urban Regions.” Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. 9(1): 1-20

Zongguo Wen, Chen Chen, Ning Ai, Weinan Bai, Wenting Zhang and Yihan Wang. 2019. “Environmental impact of carbon cross-media metabolism in waste management: A case study of municipal solid waste treatment systems in China.” Science of The Total Environment. 674: 512-523

Ning Ai, Junjun Zheng, and Weiqiang Chen. 2019. “U.S. End-of-Life Electric Vehicle Batteries: Dynamic Inventory Modeling and Spatial Analysis for Regional Solutions.” Resource, Conservation, and Recycling. 145: 208-219

Ning Ai, Marc Kjerland, Cynthia Klein-Banai, Thomas L. Theis. 2019. “Sustainability Assessment of Universities as Small-Scale Urban Systems: A Comparative Analysis Using Fisher Information and Data Envelopment Analysis.” Journal of Cleaner Production, 212: 1357-1367.

Yanyan Xue, Zongguo Wen, Hans Bressers, Ning Ai. 2019. “Can intelligent collection integrate informal sector for urban resource recycling in China?” Journal of Cleaner Production, 208: 307-315.

Ning Ai, Junjun Zheng, and Xiaochen Chen. 2018. “Electric vehicle park-charge-ride programs: A planning framework and case study in Chicago.” Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Volume 59, March 2018, Pages 433-450, ISSN 1361-9209.

Ning Ai and Nancey Green Leigh. “Planning for Sustainable Material and Waste Management.” American Planning Association Planning Advisory Service (PAS) Report #587. May 2017. ISBN 978-1-61190-195-5.

Susan Kaplan, Ning Ai, Peter Orris, and P. S. Sriraj. 2016. “Green Commuting in the Health Care Sector: Obstacles and Best Practices.“ Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 58(2):e34-8.

Ning Ai, Marcella Bondie, Anthony Grande, Shuo Ma, and Shi Yin. “Environmental Impact Assessment of Rail Infrastructure in Illinois.” Project report submitted to the US Department of Transportation – National University Rail (NURail) Center. June 2015.

Ning Ai. 2013. “Book Review: Metabolism of the Anthroposphere: Analysis, Evaluation, Design.” Journal of Planning Literature, 28: 365, DOI: 10.1177/0885412213501469.

Ning Ai and Karen R. Polenske. 2008. “Socioeconomic Impact Analysis of Yellow-Dust Storms: An Approach and Case Study for Beijing.” Economic Systems Research, 20 (2): 187‐203.

Zhan Guo, Ning Ai, and Karen R. Polenske. 2008. “Evaluating Environmental and Economic Benefits of Yellow Dust Storm-Related Policies in North China.” The International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, 15 (5): 457-470.

Nancey Green Leigh, Matthew Realff, Ning Ai, Steven French, Catherine Ross, and Bert Bras. 2007. “Modeling Obsolete Computer Stock under Regional Data Constraints: A Case Study in Atlanta.” Resources, Conservation, and Recycling, 51: 847‐869.

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Sybil Derrible, Ph.D.

Golshani, N., Shabanpour, R., Mahmoudifard, S., Derrible, S., & Mohammadian, A., 2017 “Modeling Travel Mode and Timing Decisions: Comparison of Artificial Neural Networks and Copula-based Joint Model”, Travel Behaviour and Society, in press

Kermanshah, A., Derrible, S., & Berkelhammer, M., 2017, “Using Climate Models to Estimate Urban Vulnerability to Flash Floods”, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 56(9):2637-2650

Akbarzadeh, M., Memarmontazerin, S., Derrible, S., Reihani. S., 2017, “The Role of Travel Demand and Network Centrality on the Connectivity ‎and Resilience of an Urban Street System”, Transportation, DOI: 10.1007/s11116-017-9814-y

Chancé, E., Ashton, W., Mulrow, J., Norberto, J., Derrible, .S., & Guilbert, S., 2017 “The Plant: An Experiment in Urban Food Sustainability”, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, DOI: 10.1002/ep.12712

Derrible, S., Chester, M., & Guikema, S., 2017 “Infrastructure Resilience to Climate Change”, ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, in press

Wisetjindawat, W., Kermanshah, A., Derrible, S., & Fujita, M., 2017 “Stochastic Modeling of Road System Performance to Multi-Hazard Events: Flash Floods and Earthquakes”, ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 23(4):04017031

Tennant, A., Ahmad, S., & Derrible, S., 2017 “Complexity Analysis in the Sport of Boxing”, Journal of Complex Networks, cnx010, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/comnet/cnx010

Mulrow, J., Derrible, S., Ashton, W., & Chopra, S., 2017, “Industrial Symbiosis at the Facility Scale”, Journal of Industrial Ecology, DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12592

Shabanpour, R., Golshani, N., Derrible, S., Mohammadian, A., & Miralinaghi, M., 2017 “Joint Discrete-Continuous Model of Travel Mode and Departure Time Choices”, Transportation Research Record, 2669:41-51

Peiravian, F., & Derrible, S., 2017 “Multi-Dimensional Geometric Complexity in Urban Transportation Systems”, Journal of Transport and Land Use, 10(1):589-625

Ahmad, N., Derrible, S., & Cabezas, H., 2017 “Using Fisher information to assess stability in the performance of public transportation systems”, Royal Society Open Science, 4: 160920

Wang, X., Koc, Y., Derrible, S., Ahmad, N., Pino, W., & Kooij, R., 2017 “Multi-Criteria Robustness Analysis of Metro Networks”, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 474:19-31

Kermanshah, A., & Derrible, S., 2017 “Robustness of Road Systems to Extreme Flooding: Using Elements of GIS, Travel Demand, and Network Science”, Natural Hazards, 86(1):151-164

Derrible, S., 2017 “Complexity in future cities: the rise of networked infrastructure“, International Journal of Urban Sciences, 21(sup1): 68-86

Kermanshah, Derrible, S., 2016  “Robustness of road systems to extreme flooding: using elements of GIS, travel demand, and network science“, Natural Hazards, pp. 1–14.

Peiravian, Derrible, S., 2016 “Multi-Dimensional Geometric Complexity in Urban Transportation Systems“, Journal of Transport and Land Use, available on arXiv while in press, pp. .

Ahmad, N., Derrible, S., Eason, T., Cabezas, H. 2016 “Using Fisher information to track stability in multivariate systems“, Royal Society Open Science, 3(11)

Derrible, S., 2016 “Urban infrastructure is not a tree: Integrating and decentralizing urban infrastructure systems”, Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 44 (3):553-569

Karduni, A., Kermanshah, A., Derrible, S. 2016 “A protocol to convert spatial polyline data to network formats and applications to world urban road networks”, Scientific Data, 3, pp. 160046.

Mohareb, E., Derrible, S., and Peiravian, F. 2016 “Intersections of Jane Jacobs’ Conditions for Diversity and Low-Carbon Urban Systems: A Look at Four Global Cities“, Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 142(2), pp. 05015004.

Kermanshah, A., and Derrible, S. 2016 “A geographical and multi-criteria vulnerability assessment of transportation networks against extreme earthquakes“, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 153, pp. 39 – 49.

Amini, B., Peiravian, F., Mojarradi, M., and Derrible, S., 2016 “Comparative Analysis of Traffic Performance of Urban Transportation Systems“, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2594, pp. 159–168.

Derrible, S., and Ahmad, N., 2015 “Network-Based and Binless Frequency Analyses“, PLoS ONE, 10(11), pp. e0142108.

Derrible, S., and Reeder, M., 2015 “The cost of over-cooling commercial buildings in the United States“. Energy and Buildings, 108, pp. 304–306. 

Derrible, S., 2015 “Inside the mind of an engineer“, Science, 349(6247):484-484

Derrible, S., 2015 “Seeing the forest for the trees“, Science, 347(6229):1426-1426

Derrible, S., 2015 “Smart Transport Networks: Market Structure, Sustainability and Decision Making, T. Vanoutrive, A. Verhetsel (Eds.).“, Journal of Transport Geography, 44(0):91

Dijkema, G., Xu, M., Derrible, S., and Lifset, R., 2015, “Complexity in Industrial Ecology: Models, Analysis, and Actions“, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 19(2):189-194

Ahmad, N., and Derrible, S., 2015 “Evolution of Public Supply Water Withdrawal in the USA: A Network Approach“, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 19(2):321-330

Derrible, S., 2015 “The New Science of Cities, by Michael Batty. Cambridge, MA, USA: MIT Press, 2013“, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 19(2):333:334

Cottrill, C., and Derrible, S., 2015 “Leveraging Big Data for the Development of Transport Sustainability Indicators“, Journal of Urban Technology, 22(1):45-64

Peiravian, F., Kermanshah, A., and Derrible, S., 2014 “Spatial Data Analysis of Complex Urban Systems“, 2014 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, October 27-30, Washington DC, United-States

Kermanshah, A., Karduni, A., Peiravian, F., and Derrible, S., 2014 “Impact Analysis of Extreme Events on Flows in Spatial Networks“, 2014 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, October 27-30, Washington DC, United-States

Peiravian, F.,  and Derrible, S., Ijaz, F., 2014 “Development and Application of the Pedestrian Environment Index (PEI)”, Journal of Transport Geography, 39:73-84

Good, M., and Derrible, S., 2013 “Book Review: Triumph of the City, Edward Glaeser“, Journal of Transport and Land Use, 6(3):87-89

Derrible, S., “Singapore real estate system: new modeling opportunities using an agent-based micro-simulation approach”, in progress.

Derrible, S., 2012. “Network Centrality of Metro Systems”, PLoS ONE, 7(7): e40575.

Derrible, S., 2012. “Reviewing and Assessing the Toronto Metro System”, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 39(2):154-162.

Derrible, S. and Kennedy, C., 2010. “Applications of Graph Theory and Network Science to Transit Network Design”, Transport Reviews: A Transnational Transdisciplinary Journal, 31(4): 495-519.

Derrible, S. and Kennedy, C. 2010, “The Complexity and Robustness of Metro Networks”, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 389(17): 3678-3691.

Derrible, S. and Kennedy, C., 2010, “Evaluating, Comparing, and Improving Metro Networks: an application to the Toronto plans”,Transportation Research Record, 2146: 43-51.

Derrible, S., Saneinejad, S., Sugar, L. and Kennedy, C. 2010, “Macroscopic Greenhouse-gases emissions model of urban transportation for municipalities”, Transportation Research Record, 2191: 174-181.

Derrible, S. and Kennedy, C. 2009, “Characterising Metro Networks: State, Form, and Structure”, Transportation, 37(2): 275-297.

Derrible, S. and Kennedy, C. 2009, “A Network Analysis of Subway Systems in the World using Updated Graph Theory”, Transportation Research Record, 2112: 17-25.

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Samuel Dorevitch, M.D.

DeFlorio-Barker, S, Wing C, Jones RM, Dorevitch S: Illness and Economic Costs Associated with Recreational Waterborne Illness on United States Surface Waters.  Environmental Research. In press, December 2017.

Kerins J, Dorevitch S, Dworkin M: Spotted Fever Group (SFG) Rickettsioses: Incidence, Weather, and Surveillance in Illinois. Epidemiology and Infection 2017, 145(12):2466-2472.

Dorevitch S, Shrestha A, DeFlorio-Barker S, Breitenbach C, Heimler I: Monitoring urban beaches with qPCR vs. culture measures of fecal indicator bacteria: Implications for public notification.  Environmental Health. 2017, 16:45, DOI: 10.1186/s12940-017-0256-y

Jagai J, Grossman E, Navon L, Sambanis A, Dorevitch S: Hospitalizations for Heat-Stress Illness Varies between Rural and Urban Areas: An Analysis of Illinois Data, 1987-2014.  Environmental Health 2017. Apr 7;16(1):38.

DeFlorio-Barker S, Wade TJ, Turyk ME, Dorevitch S: Water recreation and illness severity.  J Water and Health 2016, 14(5):713-726

DeFlorio-Barker S, Wade TJ, Jones RM, Wing C, Friedman LS, Dorevitch S: Estimated costs of sporadic gastrointestinal illness associated with surface water recreation: a combined analysis of data from NEEAR and CHEERS studies. Environmental Health Perspectives, 2017, 125(2):215-222. doi: 10.1289/EHP130/

Dorevitch S. Epidemiologic Aspects of Waterborne Infectious Disease, p 3.1.4-1-3.1.4-13. In Yates M, Nakatsu C, Miller R, Pillai S (ed), Manual of Environmental Microbiology, Fourth Edition. 2016. ASM Press, Washington, DC. doi: 10.1128/9781555818821.ch3.1.4

Dorevitch S. Health Effects of Waterborne Contaminants: A Focus on Emerging Concerns. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2015. 12, 12886-12888

Dorevitch S, DeFlorio-Barker S, Jones RM, Liu L. Water quality as a predictor of gastrointestinal illness following incidental contact water recreation. Water research. 2015 Oct 15;83:94-103

Jacobs DE, Ahonen E, Dixon SL, Dorevitch S, Breysse J, Smith J, Evens A, Dobrez D, Isaacson M, Murphy C, Conroy L. Moving into green healthy housing. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 2015 Jul 1;21(4):345-54.

Kanumuri V, Zautcke JL, Dorevitch S “Flight bags as a cause of back injuries among commercial pilots”. Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance. 2015 June 86(6); 563-6. PMID: 26099129

Dorevitch S, DeFlorio-Barker S, Jones RM, Liu L “Water quality as a predictor of illness following incidental contact water recreation”. Water Res. 2015 Jun 21;83:94-103. PMID:26141425

Wilson M, Conroy LM, Dorevitch S “Work-related stress and carotid artery intima medial thickness: A systematic review”. Int J Occ Env Health, 2014 Oct;20(4):271-80.  PMID 25072637

Jacobs D, Ahonen E, Dixon SL, Dorevitch S, Breysse J, Smith J, Evens A, Dobrez D, Isaacson M, Murphy C, Conroy L, Levavi P “Moving into green healthy housing”. Journal of Public Health Management & Practice. 2014 Nov;24(6):650-6. PMID:24378632

Nieh C, Dorevitch S, Liu LC, Jones RM “Evaluation of imputation methods for microbial surface water quality studies”. Environmental Science: Process and Impacts. In press, March, 2014 PMID 24705739

Sandel M, Murphy JS, , Dixon SL, Adgate JL, Chew GL, Dorevitch S, Jacobs D “A side by side comparison of three allergen sampling methods in settled house dust”. J Exposure Sci and Environ Epid. 2014 Nov;24(6):650-6. PMID 24802556

Yavuz, BM, Jones RM, DeFlorio-Barker S, Vannoy E, Dorevitch S “Receiver-operating characteristics analysis: a new approach to predicting pathogen presence in surface waters”. Environ Sci Technol. 2014 2014 May 20;48(10):5628-35 PMID 24754255

Pratap PL, Redman S, Fagen MC, Dorevitch S., “Improving Water Quality Communications at Beaches: Input from stakeholders”. J Water and Health. 2013; 11(4), 647-658. PMID 24334839

Rosul L, Artwohl J, Hendrickson W, Dorevitch S “A cross-sectional study of Helicobacter infection among laboratory animals and animal research workers (Letter)”. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2013 Nov;55(11):1375-6.  PMID 24202244

Samuel Dorevitch, Lorraine Conroy, Anand Karadkhele, Linda Rosul, Maria Stacewicz-Sapuntzakis, Giamila Fantuzzi “Associations between obesity and asthma in a low-income, urban, minority population”. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. 04 March 2013. (10.1016/j.anai.2013.02.001).

Dorevitch, S., M.S. Dworkin, S.A. DeFlorio, W.M. Janda, J. Wuellner, and R.C. Hershow “Enteric pathogens in stool samples of Chicago-area water recreators with new-onset gastrointestinal symptoms”. Water Research, 46(16) (2012): 4961-4972. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2012.06.030.

Samuel Dorevitch, Preethi Pratap, Meredith Wroblewski, Daniel O. Hryhorczuk, Hong Li, Li C. Liu, Peter A. Scheff “Health Risks of Limited-contact Water Recreation”. Environmental Health Perspectives, published online 26 October 2011.

Samuel Dorevitch, Suraj Panthi, Yue Huang, Hong Li, Angela M. Michalek, Preethi Pratap, Meredith Wroblewski, Li Liu, Peter A. Scheff, An Li “Water ingestion during water recreation”. Water Research, 45 (2011): 2020-2028.

A. Aslan, I. Xagoraraki, F.J. Simmons, J.B. Rose, S. Dorevitch “Occurrence of adenovirus and other enteric viruses in limited-contact freshwater recreational areas and bathing waters”. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 11(5) (2011):1250-61.

Samuel Dorevitch, Mary Doi, Fu-Chih Hsu, King-Teh Lin, Jennifer D. Roberts, Li C. Liu, Ross Gladding, Ember Vannoy, Hong Li, Margit Javor and Peter A. Scheff “A comparison of rapid and conventional measures of indicator bacteria as predictors of waterborne protozoan pathogen presence and density.” J. Environ. Monit., 13(9) (2011): 2427-35.

Dorevitch S., N.J. Ashbolt, C.M. Ferguson, R. Fujioka, C.D. McGee, J.A. Soller, R.L. Whitman “Meeting Report: Knowledge and Gaps in Developing Microbial Criteria for Inland Recreational Waters.” Environmental Health Perspectives. 18(6) (2010): 871-876.

Dorevitch S., S.E. Lacey, A. Abelmann, J. Zautcke “Occupational Needlestick Injuries in a US Airport.” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 52(5) (2010): 551-554.

Lacey S.E., A. Abelmann, S. Dorevitch “Exposure to Human Waste from Spills while Servicing Aircraft Lavatories: Hazards and Methods of Prevention.” Industrial Health. 48 (2010): 123-128.

Wei H., M. Turyk, S. Cali, S. Dorevitch, S. Erdal, A. Li “Particle Size Fractionation and Human Exposure of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Indoor Dust from Chicago.” Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A. 44 (2009): 1353-1361.

Mita P., R.A. Williamsom, S. Dorevitch, S. Buchanan “Pilot Study Investigating the Effects of the Static Magnetic Field from a 9.4-T MRI on the Vestibular System.” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 50(5) (2008): 576-583.

Dorevitch S., A. Karandikar, G.F. Washington, G.P. Walton, R. Anderson, L. Nickers “Efficacy of an Outdoor Air Pollution Education Program in a Community at Risk for Asthma Morbidity.” Journal of Asthma. 45 (2008): 839-844.

Dorevitch S., H. Demitras, P.A. Scheff, V.W. Persky “Bias and Confounding in Longitudinal Measures of Exhaled Monoxides in Epidemiologic Studies.” Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. 17(6) (2007): 583-590.

Martinez O., E. Gangi, D. Mordi, S. Gupta, S. Dorevitch, M. Lefranc, B.S. Prabhakar “Diversity in the Complementarity-determining Region 3 (CDR3) of Antibodies from Mice with Evolving Anti-Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Receptor Antibody Responses.” Endocrinology. 148(2) (2007): 752-761.

Dorevitch S., L. Tharenos, H. Demirtas, V. Persky, J. Artwohl, J.D. Fortman “Inverse Association between Rural Environment in Infancy and Sensitization to Rodents in Adulthood.” Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. 98 (2007): 440-446.

Dorevitch S., H. Demitras, V.W. Persky, S. Erdal, L. Conroy “Demolition of High-rise Public Housing Increases Particulate Matter Air Pollution in Communities of High-risk Asthmatcis.” Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association. 56 (2006): 1022-1032.

Krantz A., S. Dorevitch “Metal Exposure and Common Chronic Diseases: A Guide for the Clinitian.” Disease-a-Month. 50(5) (2004): 220-262.

Dorevitch S., L. Forst “The Occupational Hazards of Emergency Physicians.” American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 18(3) (2000): 300-311.

Dorevitch S., L. Forst, L. Conroy, P. Levy “Toxic Inhalation Fatalities of US Construction Workers, 1990 to 1999.” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 44(7) (2002): 657-662.

Dorevitch S., D. Marden “Occupational Hazards of Municipal Solid Waste Workers.” Occupational Medicine. 16(1) (2001): 125-133.

Dorevitch S., A. Babin “Health Hazards of Ceramic Artists.” Occupational Medicine. 16(4) (2001): 563-575.

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Nurtan A. Esmen, Ph.D.

Kennedy, K. J., Esmen, N. A., Buchanich, J. M., Zimmerman, S., Sleeuwenhoek, A. J., & Marsh, G. M. (2017). Mortality Among Hardmetal Production Workers: Occupational Exposures. J Occup Environ Med, 59(12), e297-e305. doi:10.1097/jom.0000000000001068

Marsh, G. M., Buchanich, J. M., Zimmerman, S., Liu, Y., Balmert, L. C., Esmen, N. A., & Kennedy, K. J. (2017). Mortality Among Hardmetal Production Workers: US Cohort and Nested Case-Control Studies. J Occup Environ Med, 59(12), e306-e326. doi:10.1097/jom.0000000000001075

Marsh, G. M., Buchanich, J. M., Zimmerman, S., Liu, Y., Balmert, L. C., Graves, J., . . . Cherrie, J. W. (Esmen, N. A. listed as 8th author) (2017). Mortality Among Hardmetal Production Workers: Pooled Analysis of Cohort Data From an International Investigation. J Occup Environ Med, 59(12), e342-e364. doi:10.1097/jom.0000000000001151

Svartengren, M., Bryngelsson, I. L., Marsh, G., Buchanich, J., Zimmerman, S., Kennedy, K., Esmen, N. A. & Westberg, H. (2017). Cancer Incidence Among Hardmetal Production Workers: The Swedish Cohort. J Occup Environ Med, 59(12), e365-e373. doi:10.1097/jom.0000000000001185

Westberg, H., Bryngelsson, I. L., Marsh, G., Buchanich, J., Zimmerman, S., Kennedy, K., Esmen, N. A. & Svartengren, M. (2017). Mortality Among Hardmetal Production Workers: The Swedish Cohort. J Occup Environ Med, 59(12), e263-e274. doi:10.1097/jom.0000000000001054

Westberg, H., Bryngelsson, I. L., Marsh, G., Kennedy, K., Buchanich, J., Zimmerman, S., Esmen, N. A. & Svartengren, M. (2017). Mortality Among Hardmetal Production Workers: Swedish Measurement Data and Exposure Assessment. J Occup Environ Med, 59(12), e327-e341. doi:10.1097/jom.0000000000001147

McElvenny, D. M., MacCalman, L. A., Sleeuwenhoek, A., Davis, A., Miller, B. G., Alexander, C., . . . Marsh, G. M. (Esmen, N. A. listed as 10th author) (2017). Mortality Among Hardmetal Production Workers: UK Cohort and Nested Case-Control Studies. J Occup Environ Med, 59(12), e275-e281. doi:10.1097/jom.0000000000001036

Morfeld, P., Gross, J. V., Erren, T. C., Noll, B., Yong, M., Kennedy, K. J., . . . Marsh, G. M. (Esmen, N. A. listed as 7th author) (2017). Mortality Among Hardmetal Production Workers: German Historical Cohort Study. J Occup Environ Med, 59(12), e288-e296. doi:10.1097/jom.0000000000001061

Lopez, R., Lacey, S. E., Lippert, J. F., Liu, L. C., Esmen, N. A., & Conroy, L. M. (2015). Characterization of size-specific particulate matter emission rates for a simulated medical laser procedure–a pilot study. Ann Occup Hyg, 59(4), 514-524. doi:10.1093/annhyg/meu115

Lippert, J. F., Lacey, S. E., Lopez, R., Franke, J., Conroy, L., Breskey, J., Esmen, N. A. & Liu, L. (2014). A pilot study to determine medical laser generated air contaminant emission rates for a simulated surgical procedure. J Occup Environ Hyg, 11(6), D69-76. doi:10.1080/15459624.2014.888074

Kennedy, K. J., Esmen, N. A., Hancock, R. P., Lacey, S. E., Marsh, G. M., Buchanich, J. M., & Youk, A. O. (2013). Long-term health experience of jet engine manufacturing workers: VII: occupational exposures. J Occup Environ Med, 55(6), 676-689. doi:10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182717e8f

Marsh, G. M., Buchanich, J. M., Youk, A. O., Downing, S., Esmen, N. A., Kennedy, K. J., . . . Lieberman, F. S. (2013). Long-term health experience of jet engine manufacturing workers: results from a 12-year exploratory investigation. J Occup Environ Med, 55(6), 652-653. doi:10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182851605

Marsh, G. M., Youk, A. O., Buchanich, J. M., Downing, S., Kennedy, K. J., Esmen, N. A., . . . Fleissner, M. L. (2013). Long-term health experience of jet engine manufacturing workers: VIII. glioblastoma incidence in relation to workplace experiences with parts and processes. J Occup Environ Med, 55(6), 690-708. doi:10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182871583

Marsh, G. M., Youk, A. O., Buchanich, J. M., Xu, H., Downing, S., Kennedy, K. J., . . . Fleissner, M. L. (Esmen, N. A. listed as 7th author) (2013). Long-term health experience of jet engine manufacturing workers: VI: incidence of malignant central nervous system neoplasms in relation to estimated workplace exposures. J Occup Environ Med, 55(6), 654-675. doi:10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182749c4a

Youk, A. O., Marsh, G. M., Buchanich, J. M., Downing, S., Kennedy, K. J., Esmen, N. A., . . . Lacey, S. E. (2013). Long-term health experience of jet engine manufacturing workers: IX. further investigation of general mortality patterns in relation to workplace exposures. J Occup Environ Med, 55(6), 709-721. doi:10.1097/JOM.0b013e318289eeba

Buchanich, J. M., Youk, A. O., Marsh, G. M., Kennedy, K. J., Lacey, S. E., Hancock, R. P., . . . Fleissner, M. L. (2011). Long-term health experience of jet engine manufacturing workers: V. Issues with the analysis of non-malignant central nervous system neoplasms. J Registry Manag, 38(3), 115-119.

Pierce, J. S., & Esmen, N. A. (2011). A novel method for reducing the number of agents to be studied in an occupational epidemiologic study. J Occup Environ Hyg, 8(4), 236-248. doi:10.1080/15459624.2011.564097

Buchanich, J. M., Youk, A. O., Marsh, G. M., Kennedy, K. J., Esmen, N. A., Lacey, S. E., . . . Fleissner, M. L. (2010). Long-term health experience of jet engine manufacturing workers: IV. A comparison of central nervous system cancer ascertainment using mortality and incidence data. Ann Epidemiol, 20(10), 759-765. doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.06.008

Marsh, G. M., Buchanich, J. M., Youk, A. O., Cunningham, M. A., Lieberman, F. S., Kennedy, K. J., . . . Fleissner, M. L. (Esmen, N. A. listed as 7th author) (2010). Long-term health experience of jet engine manufacturing workers: III. Incidence of malignant central nervous system neoplasms. Neuroepidemiology, 35(2), 123-141. doi:10.1159/000310348

Buchanich, J. M., Youk, A. O., Marsh, G. M., Bornemann, Z., Lacey, S. E., Kennedy, K. J., . . . Lieberman, F. S. (Esmen, N. A. listed as 8th author) (2009). Methodological issues in a retrospective cancer incidence study. Am J Epidemiol, 170(1), 112-119. doi:10.1093/aje/kwp091

Marsh, G. M., Esmen, N. A., Buchanich, J. M., & Youk, A. O. (2009). Mortality patterns among workers exposed to arsenic, cadmium, and other substances in a copper smelter. Am J Ind Med, 52(8), 633-644. doi:10.1002/ajim.20714

Youk, A. O., Buchanich, J. M., Marsh, G. M., Cunningham, M., & Esmen, N. A. (2009). Pharmaceutical production workers and the risks of mortality from respiratory system cancer and lymphatic and hematopoietic tissue cancers. J Occup Environ Med, 51(8), 903-915. doi:10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181ab5999

Marsh, G. M., Buchanich, J. M., Youk, A. O., Cunningham, M. A., Lieberman, F. S., Kennedy, K. J., . . . Esmen, N. A. (2008). Long-term health experience of jet engine manufacturing workers: I. Mortality from central nervous system neoplasms. J Occup Environ Med, 50(10), 1099-1116. doi:10.1097/JOM.0b013e31818bc30e

Marsh, G. M., Buchanich, J. M., Youk, A. O., Cunningham, M. A., Lieberman, F. S., Kennedy, K. J., . . . Esmen, N. A. (2008). Long-term health experience of jet engine manufacturing workers: II. Total and cause-specific mortality excluding central nervous system neoplasms. J Occup Environ Med, 50(10), 1117-1129. doi:10.1097/JOM.0b013e31818bc327

Sorahan, T., Pang, D., Esmen, N., & Sadhra, S. (2008). Urinary concentrations of toxic substances: an assessment of alternative approaches to adjusting for specific gravity. J Occup Environ Hyg, 5(11), 721-723. doi:10.1080/15459620802399997

Marsh G.M., Youk A.O., Buchanich J.M., Erdal S., Esmen N.A. (2007) “Work in the Metal Industry and Nasopharyngeal Cancer Mortality Among Formaldehyde-exposed Workers”, Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 48: 308-319.

N. A. Esmen, K. J. Kennedy, T. A. Hall and M L. Phillips. (2007) “Classification of Worker Exposures”, Chemico-Biological Interactions, 166: 245-253.

N. A. Esmen, T. A. Hall, M. L. Phillips and G M Marsh. (2007) “Chemical Process based Reconstruction of Exposures for an Epidemiological Study: I. Theoretical and Methodological Issues”, Chemico-Biological Interactions, 166: 254-263.

N. A. Esmen, T.A. Hall, M.L. Phillips, E.P. Jones, H.Basara, G.M. Marsh, J.M. Buchanich. (2007) “Chemical Process based Reconstruction of Exposures for an Epidemiological Study: II. Estimated Exposures to Chloroprene and Vinyl Chloride”, Chemico-Biological Interactions, 166: 264-276.

T. A. Hall, N. A. Esmen, E. P. Jones, H. Basara, M. L. Phillips, G. M. Marsh, A. O. Youk, J. M. Buchanich, and R C. Leonard. (2007) “Chemical Process based Reconstruction of Exposures for an Epidemiological Study: III. Analysis of Industrial Hygiene Samples”, Chemico-Biological Interactions, 166:277-284.

G.M. Marsh, A.O. Youk, J.M. Buchanich, M. Cunningham, N.A. Esmen, T.A. Hall, M.L. Phillips. (2007) “Mortality Patterns among Industrial Workers Exposed to Chloroprene and other Substances: II. Mortality in Relation to Exposure”, Chemico-Biological Interactions, 166: 285-300.

G.M. Marsh, A.O. Youk, J.M. Buchanich, M. Cunningham, N.A. Esmen, T.A. Hall, M.L. Phillips. (2007) “Mortality Patterns among Industrial Workers Exposed to Chloroprene and other Substances: I. General Mortality Patterns”, Chemico-Biological Interactions, 166: 301-316.

Phillips, M. L., Esmen, N. A., Hall, T. A. and Lynch, R.L. (2005) “Determinants of Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds in Four Oklahoma Cities”, Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, 15: 35-46.

Marsh, G. M., Youk, A. O., Esmen, N. A. and Buchanich, J. M. (2005) “Mortality Patterns among Workers in a U.S. Pharmaceutical Production Plant”, Annals of Epidemiology, 15: 112-122.

Johnston, K. L., Phillips, M. L., Esmen, N. A. and Hall, T. A. (2005) “Evaluation of an Artificial Intelligence Program For Estimating Occupational Exposures”, Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 49: 147-153.

GA Day, G. A., AB Stefaniak, A.B.,Hoover, M. D., Dickerson,R.M., Peterson,E. J., Esmen, N. A., Scripsick, R. C. “Bioavailability of Beryllium Oxide Particles: An In Vitro Study in the Murine J774A.1 Macrophage Cell Line Model”, Experimental Lung Research, 31:341-360 (2005).

Esmen, N.A., Johnson, D. L., and Agron, G. M. (2002) “The Variability of Delivered Dose of Aerosols with the Same Respirable Concentration but Different Size Distributions”, Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 46: 401-408.

Esmen, N. A. and Hall, T. A. (2000) “Theoretical Investigation of the Interrelationship between Stationary and Personal Sampling in Exposure Estimation”, Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 15: 114-119.

Esmen, N. A. (2000) “Multicomponent Error Model for Mass Measurement Based Size Fractionating Aerosol Samplers”, Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 15: 72-79.

Collins J.J., R. Ness, R.W. Tyl, N. Krivanek, N.A. Esmen, T.A. Hall. (2001) “A Review of Adverse pregnancy Outcomes and Formaldehyde Exposures in Himan and Animal Studies”, Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 34(1): 17-34.

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Susan B. Kaplan, J.D.

Kaplan, Susan, Buchanan, Susan, (2017) Keys to Success in School Environmental Health Programs: Report from the Great Lakes Center for Children’s Environmental Health/Region 5 Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit. 

Kaplan, Susan, Forst, Linda, (2017) Linking Environmental Sustainability, Health, and Safety Data in Health Care: A Research Roadmap.. New solutions: a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS, 27(2), 189-209

Kaplan, Susan, Ai, N , Orris, Peter , Sriraj, P , (2016) Green Commuting in the Health Care Sector: Obstacles and Best Practices.. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 58(2), e34-8

Kaplan, Susan, Sustainable Brownfields Consortium, (2013) Green Redevelopment of Brownfield Sites: A Brief Guide to Benefits and Best Practices. 

Kaplan S., B. Sadler, K. Little, C. Franz and P. Orris. “Can Sustainable Hospitals Help Bend the Health Care Cost Curve?” The Commonwealth Fund, November 2012

Weber R., S. Kaplan. H. Sokol. (2009) “Market Analysis of Construction and Demolition Material Reuse in the Chicago Region”. Prepared for the Delta Institute

Kaplan S., P. Orris, R. Machi. (2009) “A Research Agenda for Advancing Patient, Worker and Environmental Health and Safety in the Health Care Sector”. Health Care Research Collaborative

Kaplan S. (2000) “Restructuring: The Story Continues”. Forum For Applied Research and Public Policy. 15(2): 6-11

Kaplan S. (2000) “Health Effects of Electromagnetic Fields: The State of the Science and Government Response”. The Electricity Journal. 13(1): 25-33

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Jie (Jane) Lin, Ph.D.

Ayala, D., Wolfson, O., DasGupta, B., Lin, J., Xu, B. (accepted) Spatio-temporal Matching for Urban Transportation Applications, ACM Transaction on Spatial Algorithms and Systems.

Kafle, N., Zou, B., Lin, J. (2017) Design and Modeling of Crowdsourcing Enabled Relay System for Urban Parcel Delivery, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological Vol. 99, 62-82.

Lin, J., Zhou, W., Du, L. (2017) Is On-demand Same Day Delivery Service Green? Transportation Research Part D: Transportation and the Environment, online first, July 11, 2017, DOI information: 10.1016/j.trd.2017.06.016

Li, Q., Nie, Y., Vallamsundar, S., Lin, J., Homem-de-Mello, T. (2016) Finding efficient and environmentally friendly paths for risk-averse freight carriers, Networks and Spatial Economics, 16(1), 255-275.

Lin, J., Chen, Q., Kawamura, K. (2016) Logistics Cost and Environmental Impact Analyses of Urban Delivery Consolidation Strategies, Networks and Spatial Economics, 16(1), 227-253.

Vallamsundar, S., Lin, J., Konduri, K., Zhou, X., Pendyala, R. (2016) A Comprehensive Modeling Framework for Transportation-induced Health Exposure Assessment, Transportation Research Part D: Transportation and the Environment, 46, 94-113.

Vallamsundar, S., Lin, J., Chang, Y.T. (2016) Estimating Externality of Population Health Exposure to Emissions From Transportation Sources, International Journal of Shipping and Transportation Logistics, Vol. 8, No.6, 632-652.

Chen, Z., Y. Yin, F. He, J. Lin (2015) “Parking Reservation for Managing Downtown Curbside Parking”, Journal of Transportation Research Board, forthcoming

Lin, J., Szczurek, P., O. Wolfson, B. Xu (2015) “The Observe-Driver-and-Learn Platform for the Development of VANET Safety Applications”, Journal of Transportation Research Board, forthcoming

Zou, B., N. Kafle, O. Wolfson, J .Lin (2015), “A Mechanism Design Based Approach to Solving Parking Slot Assignment in the Information Era”, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Online First, June 2015, doi:10.1016/j.trb.2015.05.015

Li, Q., Y. Nie, S. Vallamsundar, J. Lin, T. Homem-de-Mello (2014) “Finding efficient and environmentally friendly paths for risk-averse freight carriers”, Networks and Spatial Economics, available On-line First, January 2014, DOI 10.1007/s11067-013-9220-8

Lin, J. Q. Chen, K. Kawamura (2014) “Logistics Cost and Environmental Impact Analyses of Urban Delivery Consolidation Strategies”, Networks and Spatial Economics, available On-line First, April 2014, DOI 10.1007/s11067-014-9235-9

Chen, Q., E. Adida, J. Lin, (2013) “Implementation of an iterative headway-based bus holding strategy with real-time information”, Public Transport, Vol.4 (3), 165-186

Zhou, Z., L. Li, J. Lin (2014) “Integrated Analytical Modeling for Production Systems Coupled with Material Handling Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems, Vol. 44, Issue 8, 1067-1076 (published online December 2013)

Thakuriah, P., P. Metaxatos, J. Lin, E. Jensen (2012), “An examination of factors affecting propensities to use bicycle and pedestrian facilities in suburban locations”, Transportation Research Part D: Transportation and the Environment, Vol.17 (4), 341-348

Ruan, M., J. Lin, K. Kawamura (2012) “Modeling Commercial Vehicle Daily Tour Chaining”, Transportation Research Part E: Transportation Review and Logistics, Vol 48 (6), 1169-1184

Szczurek, P., B. Xu, O. Wolfson, J. Lin (2012) “Estimating Relevance for the Emergency Electronic Brake Light Application”, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol 13 (4), 1638-1656

Vallamsundar, S., J. Lin (2012) “MOVES and AERMOD Used for PM2.5 Conformity Hot-Spot Air Quality Modeling”, Journal of Transportation Research Board, No. 2270, 39-48

Chen, Q., J. Lin, K. Kawamura (2012) “A Comparison between Urban Cooperative Delivery and Direct Delivery Strategies”, Journal of Transportation Research Board, No. 2288, 28-39

Vallamsundar, S., J. Lin (2011) “MOVES versus MOBILE: A comparison of GHG and Criteria Pollutant Emissions”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board, No. 2233, 27-35

Vallamsundar, S., J. Lin (2011) “Overview of U.S EPA New Generation Emission Model: MOVES”, ACEE International Journal on Transportation and Urban Development, Vol 1, Issue 1, pp. 39-43

Szczurek, P., B. Xu, J. Lin, O. Wolfson (2010) “Spatio-temporal Information Ranking in VANET Applications”, International Journal of Next Generation Computing Vol 1(1), 52-72

Ruan, M., J. Lin (2010) “A Synthesis Framework for Generating County Level Freight Data Using Public Sources for Spatial Autocorrelation Analysis”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board, No. 2160, 151-161

Barnum, D.T., J.M. Gleason, B. Hemily, J. Lin, P. Wang (2010) “Progressing from uncertainty to risk for DEA-based decisions”, Journal of the Operational Research Society 61 (10), 1548-1555

Long, L., J. Lin, K. Proussaloglou (2010) “Investigating Contextual Variability in Mode Choice Using Hierarchical Mixed Logit Model. Urban Studies 47(11): 2445-2459.

Szczurek, P., B. Xu, J. Lin, O. Wolfson (2010) “Spatio-temporal Information Ranking in VANET Applications”, International Journal of Next Generation Computing Vol 1(1), 52-72.

Ruan, M., J. Lin (2010) “Synthesis Framework for Generating County Level Freight Data Using Public Sources for Spatial Autocorrelation Analysis”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board , No. 2160: 151-161.

Barnum, D.T., J.M. Gleason, B. Hemily, J. Lin, P. Wang (2010) “Progressing from Uncertainty to Risk for DEA-based Decisions”. The Journal of the Operational Research Society 61 (10): 1548-1555.

Long, L., J. Lin, W. Pu (2009) “Model-Based Synthesis of Household Travel Survey Data in Small and Midsize Metropolitan Areas.” Transportation Research Record: The Journal of Transportation Research Board 2015, pp. 64-70, ISSN 0361-1981.

Pu, W., J. Lin (2009) “Real-Time Estimation of Urban Street Segment Travel Time Using Buses as Speed Probes.” Transportation Research Record: The Journal of Transportation Research Board 2129, pp. 81-89.

Lin, J., M. Ruan (2009) “Probability Based Bus Headway Regularity Measure.” IET Intelligent Transport Systems, Vol. 3, Iss. 4, pp. 400-408.

Lin, J., D. Yu (2008) “Traffic-related Air Quality Assessment for Open Road Tolling Highway Facility.” Journal of Environmental Management, Vol 88, Issue 4: 962-969.

Lin, J., P. Wang, D. Barnum (2007) “A Quality Control Framework for Bus Schedule Reliability.” Transportation Research Part E-Transportation Review and Logistics, Vol 44, Issue 6: 1086–1098.

Lin, J., L. Long (2008) “What Neighborhood Are You In? Empirical Findings of Relationships between Household Travel and Neighborhood Characteristics.” Transportation, Vol. 35, No.6, 739-758.

Lin, J., L. Long (2008) “Model-based Approach to Synthesize Household Travel Characteristics across Neighborhood Types and Geographic Areas.” The ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol.134, No.12, 493-503.

Haller, M., E. Welch, J. Lin, S. Fulla (2007) “Economic costs and environmental impacts of alternative fuel vehicle fleets in local government: An interim assessment of a voluntary ten-year fleet conversion plan.” Transportation Research Part D- Transportation and Environment, Vol. 12, Issue 3: 219-230.

Lin, J., C. Chen, D.A. Niemeier (2007) “An Analysis on Long Term Emission Benefits of a Government Vehicle Fleet Replacement Plan In Northern Illinois.” Transportation, Vol 35, No. 2: 219-235.

Lin, J., Y. Ge (2006) “Impacts of traffic heterogeneity on roadside air pollution concentration.” Transportation Research Part D- Transportation and Environment, 11 (2): 166-170.

Chen, C., J. Lin (2006) “Making an Informed Vehicle Scrappage Decison.” Transport Reviews, Vol. 26, No.6, pp. 731-748.

Lin, J., D.A. Niemeier (2003) “Estimating Regional Air Quality Vehicle Emission Inventories: Constructing Robust Driving Cycles.” Transportation Science, Vol. 37, No. 3: 330-346.

Lin, J., D.A. Niemeier (2003) “Regional driving characteristics, regional driving cycles.” Transportation Research Part D – Transportation and Environment, Vol. 8, Issue 5: 361-381.

Lin, J., D.A. Niemeier (2002) “An exploratory analysis comparing a stochastic driving cycle to California’s regulatory cycle.” Atmospheric Environment Vol 36 (38): 5759-5770.

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Emily S. Minor, Ph.D.

MA McCary, ES Minor, DH Wise. (in press) Covariation between local and landscape factors influences the structure of ground-active arthropod communities in fragmented metropolitan woodlands. Landscape Ecology

M Gharehaghaji, ES Minor, MV Ashley, ST Abraham, WD Koenig. (2017) Effects of landscape features on gene flow of valley oaks (Quercus lobata). Plant Ecology 218: 487-499

AY Davis, EV Lonsdorf, CR Shierk, KC Matteson, JR Taylor, ST Lovell, ES Minor. (2017) Enhancing pollination supply in an urban ecosystem through landscape modifications. Landscape and Urban Planning 162: 157-166

A Silva and ES Minor. (2017) Adolescents’ experience, knowledge, and attitudes toward bees: implications and recommendations for conservation. Anthrozoos 30:19-32.

E Anderson and ES Minor. (2017) Vacant lots: an underexplored resource for ecological and social benefits in cities. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 21: 146-152.

DM Hall and 22 other authors (ES Minor listed as 17^th author). (2017) The city as a refuge for insect pollinators. Conservation Biology 31:24-29.

M de la Peña-Domene, ES Minor, HF Howe. (2016) Restored connectivity facilitates recruitment by an endemic large-seeded tree in a fragmented tropical landscape. Ecology 97: 2511-2517

W Kang, ES Minor, D Woo, D Lee, C Park. (2016) Forest mammal roadkills as related to habitat connectivity in protected areas. Biodiversity and Conservation 25:2673-2686

DM Lowenstein, ES Minor. (2016) Diversity in flowering plants and their characteristics: integrating humans as a driver of urban floral resources. Urban Ecosystems 19: 1735-1748

W Kang, ES Minor, D Lee, CR Park. (2016) Predicting impacts of climate change on habitat connectivity of Kalopanax septemlobus in South Korea. Acta Oecologica 71:31-38

M Zellner, D Massey, ES Minor, M Gonzalez-Meler. (2016) Exploring the Effects of Green Infrastructure Placement on Neighborhood-Level Flooding via Spatially Explicit Simulations. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 59: 116-128.

BJ Kreakie, KC Hychka, JA Belaire, ES Minor, HA Walker. (2016) Internet-Based Approaches to Building Stakeholder Networks for Conservation and Natural Resource Management. Environmental Management 57:345-354

AY Davis, J Jung, BC Pijanowski, ES Minor. (2016) Combined vegetation volume and ‘greenness’ affect urban air temperature. Applied Geography 71:106-114

JA Belaire, L Westphal, ES Minor. (2016) Different social drivers, including perceptions of urban wildlife, explain the ecological resources in residential landscapes. Landscape Ecology 31:401-413

DM Lowenstein, ES Minor. (2015) Effect of number of Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera:Apidae) visits on eggplant yield. Journal of Economic Entomology 108:1456-1459

DM Lowenstein, KC Matteson, ES Minor. (2015) Diversity of wild bees supports pollination services in an urbanized landscape. Oecologia 179 (3): 811-821.

MC Lloyd, KA Rejniak, JS Brown, RA Gatenby, ES Minor, MM Bui. (2015) Pathology to enhance precision medicine in oncology: Lessons from landscape ecology. Advances in Anatomic Pathology 22: 267-272

W Kang, ES Minor, CR Park, D Lee. (2015) Effects of habitat structure, human disturbance, and habitat connectivity on urban forest bird communities. Urban Ecosystems 18:857-870

A Mallavarapu, L Lyons, T Shelley, M Zellner, E Minor, B Slattery. (2015) Developing Computational Methods to Measure and Track Learners’ Spatial Reasoning in an Open-Ended Simulation. Journal of Educational Data Mining 7:49-82

JA Belaire, CJ Whelan, L Westphal, ES Minor. (2015) Urban residents’ perceptions of birds in the neighborhood: biodiversity, cultural ecosystem services, and disservices. The Condor: Ornithological Applications 117(2):192-202

JA Belaire, CJ Whelan, ES Minor. (2014) Having our yards and sharing them too: the collective effects of yards on native bird species in an urban landscape. Ecological Applications 24: 2132-2143.

DM Lowenstein, KC Matteson, Y Xiao, AM Silva, ES Minor. (2014) Humans, bees, and pollination services in the city: the case of Chicago, IL (USA). Biodiversity and Conservation 23: 2857-2874.

TR Lookingbill, ES Minor, JR Ferrari, N Bukach, LA Wainger. (2014) Incorporating risk of reinvasion to prioritize invasive plant species management. Natural Areas Journal 34: 268-281.

AY Davis, N Malas, ES Minor. (2014) Substitutable habitats? The biophysical and anthropogenic drivers of an exotic bird’s distribution. Biological Invasions 16: 415- 427.

JA Belaire, BR Kreakie, T Keitt, ES Minor. (2014) Predicting and mapping potential whooping crane stopover habitat to guide site selection for wind energy projects. Conservation Biology 28: 541-550

MA Gonzalez-Meler, L Cotner, D Massey, M Zellner, ES Minor. (2013) The Environmental and Ecological Benefits of Green Infrastructure for Stormwater Runoff in Urban Areas. JSM Environmental Science and Ecology 1(2): 1007

KC Matteson, JB Grace, and ES Minor. (2013) Direct and indirect effects of land use on floral resources and flower-visiting insects across an urban landscape. Oikos 122: 682-694

Amelie Y. Davis, Nur Malas, Emily S. Minor. (2013). “Substitutable habitats? The biophysical and anthropogenic drivers of an exotic bird’s distribution.” Biological Invasions, DOI 10.1007/s10530-013-0530-z

Minor, E.S., C.W. Appelt, S. Grabiner, L. Ward, A. Moreno, and S. Pruett-Jones. (2012). “Distribution of exotic monk parakeets across an urban landscape.” Urban Ecosystems, 15(4):979-991. DOI 10.1007/s11252-012-0249-0.

Matteson, K.C., D.J. Taron and E.S. Monor. (2012). “Assessing Citizen Contributions to Butterfly Monitoring in Two Large Cities.” Conservation Biology, DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01825.x.

Pruett-Jones, S., C.W. Appelt, A. Sarfaty, B. Van Vossen, M.A. Leibold and E.S. Minor. (2011). “Urban Parakeets in Northern Illinois: A 40-year perspective.” Urban Ecosystems, DOI: 10.1007/s11252-011-0222-3.

Belaire, J.A., A.K. Dribin, D.P. Johnston, D.J. Lynch, and E.S. Minor. (2011). “Mapping stewardship networks in urban ecosystems.” Conservation Letters 4(6): 464-473.

Minor, E.S. and Robert H. Gardner. (2011). “Landscape Connectivity and Seed Dispersal Characteristics Inform the Best Management Strategy for Exotic Plants.” Ecological Applications, 21 (3): 739-749.

Ford, C., E. Minor, G. Fox. (2010). “Long-term Effects of Fire and Fire-return Interval on Population Structure and Growtn of Longleaf Pine (Pinus Palustris).” Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 40: 1410-1420.

Minor, E.S. and D.L. Urban. (2010). “Forest bird communities across a gradient of human development.” Urban Ecosystems, 13: 51-71.

Jaffe, M., M. Zellner, E. Minor, M. Gonzalez-Meller, L. Cotner, D. Massey, H. Ahmed, M. Elberts, H. Sprague, S. Wise, B. Miller. (2010). “Using green infrastructure to manage urban stormwater quality: A review of selected practices and state programs.” Report submitted to Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

Minor, E.S. and T.R. Lookingbill. (2010). “A Multiscale Network Analysis of Protected-Area Connectivity for Mammals in the United States.” Conservation Biology, 24: 1549-1558.

Urban, D.L, E.S. Minor, E.A. Treml, R S. Schick. (2009). “Graph models of habitat mosaics.” Ecology Letters, 12: 260-273.

Minor, E.S., T. Lookingbill, K. Engelhardt, and S. Tessel. (2009). “The role of landscape connectivity in assembling exotic plant communities: a network analysis.” Ecology, 90 (7): 1802-1809.

Minor, E.S., R.I. McDonald, E.A. Treml, and D.L. Urban. (2008). “Uncertainty in spatially explicit population models.” Biological Conservation, 141: 956-970.

Minor, E.S. and D.L. Urban. (2008). “A graph theory framework for evaluating landscape connectivity and conservation planning.” Conservation Biology, 22 (2): 297-307.

Minor, E.S. and D.L. Urban. (2007). “Graph theory as a proxy for spatially explicit population models in conservation planning.” Ecological Applications, 17 (6): 1771-1782.

Urban, D., R. McDonald, E. Minor, and E.Treml. (2006). “Causes and consequences of land use change in the North Carolina Piedmont: the scope of uncertainty.” In J. Wu, K. B. Jones, H. Li, and O. Loucks (Eds.), Scaling and Uncertainty Analysis in Ecology: methods and applications. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. p 239-258.

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Kathryn L. Nagy, Ph.D.

Lee S. S., Fenter P., Nagy K. L., and Sturchio N. C., 2017, Real-time observation of cation exchange kinetics and dynamics at the muscovite-water interface. Nature Communications DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15826.

Callagon E., Lee S. S., Eng P., Laanait N., Sturchio N. C., Nagy K. L., and Fenter P., 2017, Heteroepitaxial growth of cadmium carbonate at dolomite and calcite surfaces: Mechanisms and rates. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 205, 360-380.

Poulin B. A., Ryan J. N., Nagy K. L., Stubbins A., Dittmar T., Orem W., Krabbenhoft D. P., and Aiken G. R., 2017, Spatial dependence of reduced sulfur in Everglades dissolved organic matter controlled by sulfate enrichment.  Environmental Science & Technology 51, 3630–3639.

Enescu M., Nagy K. L., and Manceau A., 2016, Nucleation of mercury sulfide by dealkylation. Scientific Reports DOI: 10.1038/srep39359.

Manceau A.,  Enescu M., Simionovici A., Lanson M., Gonzalez-Rey M.,  Rovezzi M.,Tucoulou R., Glatzel P., Nagy K. L., Bourdineaud J.-P., 2016, Chemical forms of mercury in human hair reveal sources of exposure. Environmental Science & Technology 50, 10721–10729.

Poulin B. A., Aiken G. R., Nagy K. L., Manceau A., Krabbenhoft D. P., and Ryan J. N., 2016, Mercury transformation and release differs with depth and time in a contaminated riparian soil during simulated flooding. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 176, 118-138.

Lee S. S., Schmidt M., Fister T. F., Nagy K. L., Sturchio N. C., and Fenter P., 2016, Structural characterization of aluminum (oxy)hydroxide films formed at the muscovite (001)-water surface.  Langmuir 32, 477-486.

Manceau A., Lemouchi C., Rovezzi M., Lanson M., Glatzel P., Nagy K.L., Gautier-Luneau I.,  Joly Y., and Enescu M., 2015, Structure, bonding, and stability of mercury complexes with thiolate and thioether ligands from High-Resolution XANES Spectroscopy and first-principles calculations. Inorganic Chemistry 54, 11776-11791.

Buchanan S., Targos L., Kearney K. E., Nagy K. L., Turyk M., 2015, Fish consumption and hair mercury among Asians in Chicago. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 57, 1325-1330.

Manceau A., Lemouchi C. Enescu M., Gaillot, A.C., Lanson, M., Magnin V., Glatzel P., Poulin B., Ryan J., Aiken G., Gautier-Luneau I., and Nagy K. (2015) “Formation of mercury sulfide from Hg(II)- thiolate complexes in natural organic matter.” Environmental Science and Technology, in press.

Manceau A. and Nagy K. L. (2015) Comment on “Molecular controls on Cu and Zn isotopic fractionation in Fe–Mn crusts” by Little et al. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 411 (2015) 310–312. DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.12.028.

Callagon E., Fenter P., Nagy K. L., and Sturchio N.C. (2014) “Incorporation of Pb at the calcite (104)- water interface.” Environmental Science and Technology 48, 9263-9269. DOI 10.1021/es5014888.

Manceau A., Simionovici A., Lanson M., Perrin J., Tucoulou R., Bohic S., Fakra S.C., Marcus M.A., Bedell J.-P., and Nagy K.L. (2013) “Thlaspi arvense binds Cu(II) as a bis-(L-histidinato) complex on root cell walls in an urban ecosystem.” Metallomics 5, 1674-1684.

Lee S. S., Fenter P., Nagy K. L., and Sturchio N. C. (2013) “Changes in adsorption free energy and speciation during competitive adsorption between monovalent cations at the muscovite (001)-water interface.” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 123, 416-426.

Rouff A., Phillips B., Cochiara S., and Nagy K. L (2012) “Influence of humic acid on formation of imogolite-like structures and carbon uptake in amorphous aluminosilicates.” Applied and Environmental Soil Science, V.2012, Article ID 430354, 12 p., doi:10.1155/2012/430354.

Lee, S.S., P. Fenter, K.L. Nagy, and N.C. Sturchio. (2012). “Monovalent Ion Adsorption at the Muscovite (001)–Solution Interface: Relationships among Ion Coverage and Speciation, Interfacial Water Structure, and Substrate Relaxation.” Langmuir, 28(23):8637-8650. DOI: 10.1021/la300032h.

Manceau, A. and K.L. Nagy. (2012). “Quantitative analysis of sulfur functional groups in natural organic matter by XANES spectroscopy.” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 99:206-223. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2012.09.033.

Nagy, K.L., A. Manceau, J.D. Gasper, J.N. Ryan and G.R. Aiken. (2011). “Metallothionein-Like Multinuclear Clusters of Mercury(II) and Sulfur in Peat.” Environmental Science and Technology, 45(17):7298-7306. DOI: 10.1021/es201025v.

Lee, S.S., Nagy K.L., C. Park, and P. Fenter. (2011). “Heavy Metal Sorption at the Muscovite (001) Fulvic Acid Interface.” Environmental Science and Technology, 45(22):9574-9581. DOI: 10.1021/es201323a.

Lee S. S., Fenter P., Park C., Sturchio N. C., and Nagy K. L., (2010), “Hydrated cation speciation at the muscovite (001)-water interface.”  Langmuir 26, 16647-16651.  Highlighted in December 3, 2010 Issue of Science Magazine.

Lee S.S., Park C., Fenter P., Sturchio N.C., Nagy K.L., (2010), “Competitive adsorption of strontium and fulvic acid at the muscovite-solution interface observed with resonant anomalous X-ray reflectivity”, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74, 1762-1776.

Lee S. S., Nagy K. L., Park C. and Fenter P., (2009), “Enhanced uptake and modified distribution of mercury(II) by fulvic acid on the muscovite (001) surface.” Environmental Science & Technology 43, 5295-5300.  Highlighted in July 3, 2009 Issue of Science Magazine.

Park C., Fenter P. A., Sturchio N. C., and Nagy K. L., (2008), “Thermodynamics, interfacial structure, and pH hysteresis of Rb+ and Sr2+ adsorption at the muscovite (001)-solution interface.”  Langmuir 24, 13993-14004.

Gorman-Lewis D., Skanthakumar S., Jensen M. P., Nagy K. L., and Soderholm L., (2008), “FTIR characterization of amorphous uranyl silicates. Chemical Geology 253, 136-140.

Lee S.S., Fenter P., Park C.Y. and Nagy K.L., (2008), “Fulvic Acid Sorption on Muscovite Mica as a function of pH and Time Using In-situ X-ray Reflectivity”, Langmuir, 24, 7817-7829.

Manceau A. and Nagy K. L., (2008), “Relationships between Hg(II)-S bond distance and Hg(II) coordination in thiolates”, Dalton Transactions, 11, 1421-1425.

Manceau A., Nagy K. L., Marcus M. A., Lanson M., Geoffroy N., Jacquet T., and Kirpichtchikova T., (2008), “Formation of metallic copper nanoparticles at the soil-root interface”, Environmental Science & Technology, 42, 1766-1772.

Soderholm L., Skanthakumar S., Gorman-Lewis D., Jensen M. P., and Nagy K. L., (2008), “Characterizing solution and solid-phase amorphous uranyl silicates”, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72, 140-150.

Bickmore B. R., Wheeler J. C., Bates B., Nagy K. L., Eggett D. L., (2008), “Reaction Pathways for Quartz Dissolution Determined by Statistical and Graphical Analysis of Macroscopic Experimental Data”, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72, 4521-4536.

Fenter, P., Park C., Nagy K. L., Struchio N. C., (2007), “Resonant anomalous X-ray reflectivity as a probeof ion adsorption at solid-liquid interfaces”, Thin Solid Films, 515, 5654-5659.

Lee S. S., Nagy K. L., and Fenter P., (2007), “Distribution of barium and fulvic acid at the mica-solution interface using in-situ X-ray reflectivity”, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 71, 5763-5781.

Park C., Fenter P., Nagy K. L., and Sturchio, N. C., (2006), “Hydration and distribution of ions at the mica-water interface”, Physical Review Letters, 97, 016101.

Schlegel M. L., Nagy K. L., Fenter P., Cheng L., Sturchio N. C., and Jacobsen S. D., (2006), “Cation sorption on the muscovite (001) surface in chloride solutions using high-resolution X-ray reflectivity”, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70, 3549-3565.

Bickmore B. R., Nagy K. L., Gray A. K., and A. R. Brinkerhoff, (2006), “The effect of Al(OH)4- on the dissolution rate of quartz, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta”, 70, 290-305.

Waples J. S., Nagy K. L., Aiken G. R., and Ryan J. N., (2005), “Dissolution of cinnabar (HgS) in the presence of natural organic matter”, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69, 1575-1588.

Samson S. D., Nagy K. L., and Cotton, Worth B., III., (2005), “Transient and quasi-steady-state dissolution of biotite at 22-25°C in high pH, sodium, nitrate, and aluminate solutions”, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69, 399-413.

Zhao H., Nagy K.L., (2004), “Dodecyl sulfate-hydrotalcite nanocomposites for trapping chlorinated organic pollutants in water”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 274, 613-624.

Wakoff B. and Nagy K. L., (2004), “Perrhenate uptake by iron and aluminum oxyhydroxides: an analogue for pertechnetate incorporation in Hanford waste tank sludges.” Environmental Science & Technology. 38, 1765-1771.

Bickmore B. R., Rosso K. M., Nagy K. L., Cygan R. T., and Tadanier C. J., (2003), “Ab initio determination of edge surface structures for dioctahedral 2:1 phyllosilicates: implications for acid-base reactivity.”  Clays and Clay Minerals, 4, 359-371.

Schilegel, M.L., Nagy K.L., Fenter P., Sturchio N.C., (2002), “Structures of Quartz (1010)- and (1011)-water interfaces determined by X-ray reflectivity and atomic force microscopy of natural growth surfaces”, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 66(17), 3037-3054.

Drexel R. T., Haitzer, M., Ryan J. N., Aiken G. R., and Nagy K. L., (2002), “Mercury(II) Sorption to two Florida Everglades peats: Evidence for strong and weak binding and competition by dissolved organic matter released from the peat.” Environmental Science & Technology 36, 4058-4064.

Bickmore B. R., Nagy K. L., Sandlin P. E., and Crater T. S., (2002), “Quantifying surface areas of clays by atomic force microscopy.” American Mineralogist 87, 780-783.

Bickmore B. R., Nagy K. L., Young J. S., and Drexler J. W., (2001), “Nitrate-cancrinite precipitation on quartz sand in simulated Hanford tank solutions.” Environmental Science & Technology, 35, 4481-4486.

Cheng L., Fenter P., Nagy K. L., Schlegel M. L., and Sturchio N. C., (2001), “Molecular-scale density oscillations in water adjacent to a mica surface.” Physical Review Letters 87, 156103.

Zhao H., Nagy K. L., Waples J. S., and Vance G., (2000), “Surfactant-templated mesoporous silicate materials as sorbents for organic pollutants in water.”  Environmental Science & Technology, 34, 4822-4827.

Fenter P., Teng H., Geissbuhler P., Hanchar J. M., Nagy K. L., and Sturchio N. C., (2000), “Atomic-scale structure of the orthoclase (001)-water interface measured with high-resolution X-ray reflectivity.” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 64, 3663-3673.

Manceau A., Nagy K. L., Spadini L., and Ragnarsdottir K. V., (2000), “Influence of Anionic Layer Structure of FE-Oxyhydroxides on the Structure of Cd Surface Complexes.” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 228, 306-316.

Hanchar J. M., Nagy K. L., Fenter P., Finch R. J., Beno D. J., and Sturchio N. C., (2000), “Quantification of minor phases in growth kinetics experiments with powder X-ray diffraction.” American Mineralogist, 85, 1217-1222.

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THOMAS L. THEIS

Bozeman, J. F., Bozeman, R., & Theis, T.L., Overcoming Climate Change Adaptation Barriers: A Study on the Demographics of the Food-Energy-Water (FEW) Nexus for U.S. Food Consumption. Submitted to Journal of Industrial Ecology

Falinski, M. M.; Plata, D. L.; Chopra, S. S.; Theis, T. L.; Gilbertson, L. M.; Zimmerman, J. B. (2018) “Navigating nanomaterial space for performance, hazard, and cost: approaching more responsible nanomaterial selection and design”, Nature Nanotechnology DOI 10.1038/s41565-018-0120-4 .

Pourzahedi, L., M. Pandorf, D. Ravikumar, J. B. Zimmerman, T. P. Seager, T. L. Theis, P. Westerhoff, L. M. Gilbertson, G. V. Lowry (2018). Life cycle considerations of nano-enabled agrochemicals:  Are today’s tools up to the task? Environmental Science:Nano 5 (5):1047–1254.

Chopra, S., and T.L. Theis (2017). “Comparative Cradle-to-Gate Energy Assessment of Indium Phosphide and Cadmium Selenide Quantum Dot Displays”, Environmental Science: Nano, 4, 244-254.

Hicks, A.L., R.B. Reed, T.L. Theis, D. Hanigan, H. Huling, T. Zaikova, J.E. Hutchison, and J. Miller (2016). “Environmental of reusable nanoscale silver-coated hospital gowns compared to single -use, disposable gowns” Environ. Sci.: Nano 3:1124-1132.

Brecheisen, T., and T. Theis (2015) “Life-cycle Assessment as a Comparative Analysis Tool for Sustainable Brownfield Redevelopment Projects:  Cumulative Energy Demand and Greenhouse Gas Emissions”, Chapter 10 in Assessing and Measuring Environmental Impact and Sustainability, J. Klemes and H. Cabezas editors, Elsevier pp. 323-361.

Erisman, J.W., G. Brasseur, P. Ciais, N. van Eekeren, and T. L. Theis (2015). “Put People at the Centre of Global Risk management”, Nature, 519:151-153 (12 March 2015).

Hicks, A.L., L.M. Gilbertson, J.S. Yamani, T.L. Theis, and J.B. Zimmerman (2015). “Life Cycle Payback Estimates of Nano-silver Enabled Textiles under Different Silver Loading, Release, and Laundering Scenarios Informed by Literature Review”, Environmental Science and Technology 49 (13): 7529–7542.

Hicks, A., M. Zellner, and T. Theis (2015). “Emergent Effects of Residential Lighting Choices: Prospects for Energy Savings”, Journal of Industrial Ecology 19(2): 285-295.

Galloway, J.N., T.L. Theis, and O.C. Doering (2015). “Managing Nitrogen Pollution in the US: a Success, a Challenge and an Action Plan”, Air and Waste Management Association: Environmental Management, September 2015, 6-11.

Hicks, A.L., and T.L. Theis (2015). “A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Commercially Available Household Silver Enabled Polyester Textiles” Int. Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 22 (2): 256–265.

Hicks, A., and T.L. Theis (2014). “Residential Energy Efficient Lighting Adoption Survey”, Energy Efficiency, 7:323-333.

Hicks, A., and T.L. Theis (2014). “An Agent Based Approach to the Potential for Rebound Resulting from Evolution of Residential Lighting Technologies”, The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 19(2), 370-376.

Cynthia Klein-Banai, Thomas L. Theis (2013). “Quantitative analysis of factors affecting greenhouse gas emissions at institutions of higher education.” Journal of Cleaner Production, Available online 12 July 2011, ISSN 0959-6526, 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.06.004. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652611002071).

Brecheisen, T. and T. Theis (2013). “The Chicago Center for Green Technology: Life-cycle Assessment of a Brownfield Redevelopment Project.” Environ. Res. Lett. 8 (2013) 015038 (13pp).

Galloway, J.N., T.L. Theis, O. Doering, V. Aneja, E. Boyer, K.G. Cassman, E.B. Cowling, R.R. Dickerson, W. Herz, D.L. Hey, R. Kohm, J.S. Lighty, W. Mitsch, W. Moomaw, A. Mosier, H. Paerl, B. Shaw, and P. Stacey (2011). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board. “Reactive Nitrogen in the United States: An Analysis of Inputs, Flows, Consequences, and Management Options – A Report of the EPA Science Advisory Board”. EPA-SAB-11-013, U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board, Washington, DC.

Theis, T.L., B. Bakshi , R. Clift, D. Durham , V. Fthenakis , T. Gutowski , J. Isaacs , T. Seager , and M.R. Wiesner (2011). “A Life Cycle Framework for the Investigation of Environmentally Benign Nanoparticles and Products”, Physica Status Solidi RRL 1-6.

Klein-Banai, C. and T.L. Theis (2011). “An Urban University’s Ecological Footprint and the Effect of Climate Change”, Ecological Indicators, 11 (3): 857-860.

Sengul, H. and T.L. Theis (2011). “An Environmental Impact Assessment of Quantum Dot Photovoltaics (QDPV) from Raw Material Acquisition through Use”, Journal of Cleaner Production, 19 (1): 21-31.

Klein-Banai, C., T.L. Theis, T. A. Brecheisen, and A. Banai (2010). “A Greenhouse Gas Inventory as a Measure of Sustainability for an Urban Public Research University”, Environmental Practice, 12 (1): 35-47.

Fiksel, J., T. Graedel, A.D. Hecht, D. Rejeski, G.S. Saylor, P.M. Senge, D.L. Swackhamer, and T.L.Theis (2009). “EPA at 40:  Bringing Environmental Protection into the 21st Century”, Environmental Science and Technology, 43 (23): 8716-8720.

Zellner, M. L., T. L. Theis, A. T. Karunanithi, A. S.  Garmestani, and H. Cabezas (2008). “A New Framework for Urban Sustainability Assessments: Linking Complexity, Information and Policy”, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, Special Issue on Geocomputation, 32: 474-488.

Sengul, H., T.L. Theis, and S. Ghosh (2008). “Towards Sustainable Nanoproducts: An Overview of Nanomanufacturing Methods”, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 12 (3): 329-359.

Sengul, H., and T. L. Theis (2008). “Life Cycle Inventory of Semiconductor CdSe Quantum Dots for Environmental Applications”, in Nanotechnology for Water Quality, edited by A. Street, N. Savage, M.Diallo, J. Duncan, and R. Sustich. William Andrew, Inc. Norwich, NY.

Grimes-Casey, H.G., T. P. Seager, T. L. Theis and S. E. Powers (2007). “A Game Theory Framework for Cooperative Management of Refillable and Disposable Bottle Lifecycles”, Journal of Cleaner Production, 15 (17): 1618-1627.

Miller, S.A., A.E. Landis, T.L. Theis, and R.L. Reich (2007). “A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Petroleum and Soybean-Based Lubricants”, Environmental Science and Technology, 41 (11): 4143-4149.

Miller, S.A., A.E. Landis, and T.L. Theis (2007). “Environmental Tradeoffs of Bio-based Production”, Environmental Science and Technology, 41: 5176-5182.

Landis, A.E., S. A. Miller, and T. L. Theis, (2007). “Life Cycle of the Corn-Soybean Agroecosystem for Biobased Production”, Environ. Sci. Technol., 41 (4): 1457-1464.

Miller, S.A., A. E. Landis, T. L. Theis (2006). “Use of Monte Carlo Analysis to Charecterize Nitrogen Fluxes in Agroecosystems”, Environmental Science and Technology, 40 (7): 2324-2332.

Miller, S.A., and T. L. Theis. (2005). “Comparison of Life-Cycle Inventory Databases: A Case Study Using Soybean Production”, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 10 (1-2): 133-147.

Seager, T.P., and T.L. Theis. (2004). “A Taxonomy of Metrics for Testing the Industrial Ecology Hypothesis and Application to Design of Freezer Insulation”, Journal of Cleaner Production, 12 (8): 865-875.

Thomas V., T. Theis, R. Lifset, D. Grasso, B. Kim, C. Koshland, and R. Pfahl. (2003). “Industrial Ecology: Policy Potential and Research Needs”, Environmental Engineering, 20 (1): 1-9.

Ahmadi, A., B. Williamson, T.L. Theis, and S.E. Powers. (2003). “Life-Cycle Inventory of Toner Produced for Xerographic Processes”, Journal of Cleaner Production, 11: 573-582.

Seager, T.P., and T.L. Theis. (2002). “Exergetic Pollution Potential: Estimating the Revocability of Chemical Pollution”, Exergy, An International Journal, 2: 273-282.

Yi, Y., and T.L. Theis, (2002). “The Effect of Chlorination on Organocyanide Compounds”, Water Environment Research Journal, 79 (1): 51-57.

Gardner, K.H., T.L. Theis, and R. Iyer, (2002). “An Experimental and Analytical Approach to Understanding the Dynamic Leaching from Municipal Solid Waste Combustion Residue”, Environmental Engineering Science, 19 (2): 89-100.

Seager, T.P., and T.L. Theis, (2002). “A Uniform Definition and Quantitative Basis for Industrial Ecology”, Journal of Cleaner Production, 10 (3): 225-235.

Theis, T.L., and D.A. Moye, (2000). “The Influence of Aqueous Copper Speciation on Bioluminosity”, Chemical Speciation and Bioavailability, 12 (1): 27-33.

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David H, Wise, PhD

McCary, M. A., M. L. Zellner, and D. H. Wise.  Under Revision. The role of plant-mycorrhizal mutualisms in deterring plant invasions: Insights from an individual-based model.  To be submitted in December to the Journal of Ecology.

Heneghan, L., L. Westphal, K. Ross, C. Watkins, P. Gobster, B. Iannone III, J. Vining, M. Tudor, A. Wali, M. Zellner and D. H. Wise. Under Revision. Institutional diversity in restoration planning yields similar biodiversity outcomes. To be re-submitted in December to Conservation Letters; or submitted to Society and Natural Resources or Restoration Ecology.

Sánchez-de León, Y, D. H. Wise, J. Lugo-Pérez, R. Norby, S. James and M. A. González-Meler. In revsion. Endogeic earthworm densities increase in response to higher fine-root NPP in a forest exposed to elevated CO₂.  Revision being prepared for Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

McCary, M. A., E. Minor and D. H. Wise.  In Press.  Covariation between local and landscape factors influences the structure of ground-active arthropod communities in fragmented metropolitan woodlands. Landscape Ecology.

Lawrence, K. L. and D. H. Wise. 2017. Long-term resource addition to a detrital food web yields a pattern of response more complex than pervasive bottom-up control.  PeerJ 5: e3572 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3572.

Lowenstein, D. M., Gharehaghaji, M. and D. H. Wise.  2017. Substantial mortality of cabbage looper (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from predators in urban agriculture is not influenced by scale of production or variation in local and landscape-level factors.  Environmental Entomology 46: 30-37.

McCary, M. A., R. Mores, M. A. Farfan and D. H. Wise.  2016. “Invasive plants have different effects on trophic structure of green and brown food webs in terrestrial ecosystems: a meta-analysis”.  Ecology Letters 19: 328-335.

McCary, M., M. Martinez, L. Umek, L. Heneghan, and D. H. Wise. 2015. “Effects of woodland restoration and management on the community of surface-active arthropods in the metropolitan Chicago region”. Biological Conservation, 190: 154–166.

Verdeny-Vilaltal, O., C. W. Fox, D. H. Wise, and J. Moya-Laraño. 2015. “Foraging mode affects the evolution of egg size in generalist predators embedded in complex food webs”. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28: 1225-1233. DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12647

Iannone, B. V., III, L. Heneghan, D. Rijal, and D. H. Wise. 2015. “Below-ground causes and consequences of woodland shrub invasions: a novel paired-point framework reveals new insights”. Journal of Applied Ecology,. 52: 78-88.

Sánchez-de León, Y, J. Lugo-Pérez, D. Wise, J. D. Jastrow, and M. A. González-Meler. 2014. “Aggregate formation and carbon sequestration by earthworms in soil from a temperate forest exposed to elevated atmospheric CO2: A microcosm experiment”. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 68: 223-230.

Iannone, B. V. III, M. L. Zellner, and D. H. Wise. 2014. “Modeling the impacts of life-history traits, canopy dynamics, and establishment location on woodland shrub invasions”. Ecological Applications, 24: 467–483.

Heneghan L, C. Mulvaney, K. Ross, A. Wali, C. Watkins, L. M. Westphal, D. H. Wise, and L. Umek. 2013. “Local assessment: from wild Chicago to Chicago Wilderness: Chicago’s ecological setting and recent efforts to protect and restore nature in the region.” pp 337-354, In: Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities: A Global Assessment, T. Elmqvist et al. (eds.)

Iannone, B. V., III, L. G. Umek, L. Heneghan, and D. H. Wise. 2013. “Amending soil with mulched European buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) does not reduce reinvasion.” Ecological Restoration, 31: 264-273.

Heneghan, L., C. Mulvaney, K. Ross, C. Watkins, L. M. Westphal, D. Wise and L. Umek. (2012). “Lessons learned from Chicago Wilderness: Implementing and sustaining conservation management in an urban setting.” Diversity, 4: 74-93.

Iannone, B. V., L. G. Umek, D. H. Wise and L. Heneghan. (2012). “A Simple, Safe, and Effective Sampling Technique for Investigating Earthworm Communities in Woodland Soils: Implications for Citizen Science.” Natural Areas Journal, 32(3):283-292.

Orlando, P. A., J. S. Brown and D. H. Wise. (2012). “Coexistence and community structure in a consumer resource model with implicit stoichiometry.” Theoretical Population Biology, 82(2): 77-84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2012.05.005.

Birkhofer, K., A. Fließbach, D. H. Wise and S. Scheu. (2011). “Arthropod food webs in organic and conventional wheat farming systems of an agricultural long-term experiment: a stable isotope approach.” Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 13: 197-204.

Castro, A. and D. H. Wise. (2010). “Influence of fallen coarse woody debris on the diversity and community structure of forest-floor spiders (Arachnida: Araneae).” Forest Ecology and Management, 260: 2088-2101.

Castro, A. and D. H. Wise. (2009). “Influence of fine woody debris on spider diversity and community structure in forest leaf litter.” Biodiversity and Conservation, 18: 3705-3731.

Rabaneda-Bueno, R., M. A. Rodríguez-Gironés, S. Aguado de la Paz, C. Fernández-Montraveta, D. H. Wise and J. Moya-Laraño. 2008. “Sexual cannibalism: High incidence in a natural population with benefits to females”. PLoS ONE 3(10): e3484 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003484.

Birkhofer, K., A. Fließbach, D. H. Wise and S. Scheu. (2008). “Generalist predators in organically and conventionally managed grass-clover fields: implications for conservation biological control.” Annals of Applied Biology, 153: 271-280.

Birkhofer, K., E. Gavish-Regev, K. Endlweber, Y. D. Lubin, K. von Berg, D. H. Wise and S. Scheu. (2008). “Cursorial spiders retard initial aphid population growth at low densities in winter wheat.” Bulletin of Entomological Research, 98: 249-255.

Birkhofer, K., S. Scheu and D. H. Wise. (2008). “Subsidy from the detrital food web, but not microhabitat complexity, affects the role of generalist predators in an aboveground herbivore food web.” Oikos, 117: 494-500.

Birkhofer, K., S. Scheu and D. H. Wise. (2007). “Small-scale spatial pattern of web-building spiders (Araneae) in alfalfa: Relationship to disturbance from cutting, prey availability and intraguild interactions.” Environmental Entomology, 36: 801-810.

Moya-Laraño, J. and D. H. Wise. (2007). “Two simple strategies of analysis to increase the power of experiments with multiple response variables.” Basic and Applied Ecology, 8: 398-410.

Moya-Laraño, J. and D. H. Wise. (2007). “Direct and indirect effects of ants on a forest-floor food web.” Ecology, 88: 1454-1465.

Harwood, J. D., M. R. Bostrom, E. E Hladilek, D. H. Wise and J. J. Obrycki. (2007). “An order-specific monoclonal antibody to Diptera reveals the impact of alternative prey on spider feeding behavior in a complex food web.” Biological Control, 41: 397-407.

Lensing, J. R. and D. H. Wise. (2007). “Impact of changes in rainfall amounts predicted by climate-change models on decomposition in a deciduous forest.” Applied Soil Ecology, 35: 523-534.

Lensing, J. R. and D. H. Wise. (2006). “Predicted climate change alters a trophic cascade that affects an ecosystem process.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 103: 15502-15505.

Williams, J. L., J. Moya-Laraño and D. H. Wise. (2006). “Burrow decorations as antipredatory devices.” Behavioral Ecology, 17: 586-590.

Wise, D. H., D. M. Moldenhauer and J. Halaj. (2006). “Using stable isotopes to reveal shifts in prey consumption by generalist predators.” Ecological Applications, 16: 865-876.

Shultz, B. J., J. R. Lensing, and D. H. Wise. (2006). “Effects of altered precipitation and wolf spiders on the density and activity of forest-floor Collembola.” Pedobiologia, 50: 43-50.

Wise, D. H. (2006). “Cannibalism, food limitation, intraspecific competition and the regulation of spider populations.” Annual Review of Entomology, 51: 441-465.

Lensing, J. R., S. Todd and Wise, D.H. (2005). “The impact of altered precipitation on spatial stratification and activity-densities of springtails (Collembola) and spiders (Araneae).” Ecological Entomology, 30: 194-200.

Moya-Laraño, J., J. Pascual and D. H. Wise. (2004). “Approach strategy by which male Mediterranean tarantulas adjust to the cannibalistic behaviour of females.” Ethology, 110: 717-724.

Wise, D. H. (2004). “Wandering spiders limit densities of a major microbi-detritivore in the forest-floor food web.” Pedobiologia, 48: 181-188.

Lensing, J. R. and D. H. Wise. (2004). “A test of the hypothesis that a pathway of intraguild predation limits densities of a wolf spider.” Ecological Entomology, 29: 294-299.

Lawrence, K. L. and D. H. Wise. (2004). “Unexpected indirect effect of spiders on the rate on litter disappearance in a deciduous forest.” Pedobiologia, 48: 149-157.

Moya-Laraño, J., J. Pascual and D. H. Wise. (2003). “Mating patterns in late-maturing female Mediterranean tarantulas reflect the costs and benefits of sexual cannibalism.” Animal Behaviour, 66: 469-476.

Williams, J. L., and D. H. Wise. (2003). “Avoidance of wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) by striped cucumber beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): laboratory and field studies.” Environmental Entomology, 32: 633-640.

Wagner, J.D., S. Toft and D. H. Wise. (2003). “Spatial stratification in litter depth by forest-floor spiders.” Journal of Arachnology, 31: 28-39.

Moya-Laraño, J., J. M. Orta-Ocaña, J. A. Barrientos, C. Bach and D. H. Wise. (2003). “Intriguing compensation by adult female spiders for food limitation experienced as juveniles.” Oikos, 101: 539-548.

Halaj, J. and D. H. Wise. (2002). “Impact of a detrital subsidy on trophic cascades in a terrestrial grazing food web.” Ecology 83: 3141-3151.

Moya-Laraño, J., J. Halaj and D. H. Wise. (2002). “Climbing to reach females: Romeo should be small.” Evolution, 56: 420-425.

Moya-Laraño, J., J. M. Orta-Ocaña, J. A. Barrientos, C. Bach and D. H. Wise. (2002). “Territoriality in a cannibalistic burrowing wolf spider.” Ecology, 83: 356-361.

Vichitbandha, P. and D. H. Wise. (2002). “A field experiment on the effectiveness of spiders and carabid beetles as biocontrol agents in soybean.” Agricultural and Forest Entomology 4: 31-38.

McNabb, D. M., J. Halaj and D. H. Wise. (2001). “Inferring trophic positions of generalist predators and their linkage to the detrital food web in agroecosystems: a stable isotope analysis.” Pedobiologia, 45: 289-297.

Snyder, W. E. and D. H. Wise. (2001). “Contrasting trophic cascades generated by a community of generalist predators.” Ecology, 82: 1571-1583.

Williams, J. L, W. E. Snyder and D. H. Wise. (2001). “Sex-based differences in anti-predator behavior in the spotted cucumber beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).” Environmental Entomology, 30: 327-332.

Kreiter, N. A. and D. H. Wise. (2001). “Prey availability limits fecundity and influences the movement pattern of female fishing spiders.” Oecologia, 127: 417-424.

Halaj, J. and D. H. Wise. (2001). “Terrestrial trophic cascades: how much do they trickle?” American Naturalist, 157: 262-281.

Moya-Laraño, J. and D. H. Wise. (2000). “Survival regression analysis: a powerful tool for evaluating fighting and assessment.” Animal Behaviour, 60: 307-313.

Snyder, W. E. and D. H. Wise. (2000). “Antipredator behavior of spotted cucumber beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in response to predators that pose varying risks.” Environmental Entomology, 29: 35-42.

Lawrence, K. L. and D. H. Wise. (2000). “Spider predation on forest-floor Collembola and evidence for indirect effects on decomposition.” Pedobiologia, 44: 33-39.

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Moira L. Zellner, Ph.D.

Levine, J.; Zellner, M.; Arquero, M. J.; Shiftan, Y.; Massey, D.; 2018. “The Impact of Automated Transit, Pedestrian, and Bicycling Facilities on Urban Travel Patterns.” Transportation Planning and Technology .

Milz, D.; Zellner, M.L.; Hoch, C.; Radinsky, J.; Pudlock, K.; Lyons, L.; 2017. “Reconsidering Scale: Using GIS To Inform Spatial Planning Talk.” Planning Practice & Research 60(7): 1296-1323.

Gray, S; Voinov., A.; Paolisso, M.; Jordan, R.; BenDor, T.; Bommel, P.; Glynn, P.; Hedelin, B.; Hubacek, K.; Introne, J.; Kolagani, N.; Laursen, B.; Prell, C.; Schmitt-Olabisi, L.; Singer, A.; Sterling, E.; Zellner, M.; 2018. “Purpose, Processes, Partnerships, and Products: 4Ps to advance Participatory Socio-Environmental Modeling.” Ecological Applications 28(1): 46-61.

Thakuriah, P., Tilahun, N.; Zellner, M. (Editors); 2016. Seeing Cities Through Big Data: Research Methods and Applications In Urban Informatics. Springer.

Radinsky, J.; Milz, D.; Zellner, M.L.; Pudlock, K.; Witek, C.; Hoch, C.; Lyons, L.; 2016. “How Planners and Stakeholders Learn with Visualization Tools: Using Learning Sciences Methods to Examine Planning Processes.” Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 1-28.

Zellner, M.; Massey, D.; Minor, E.; Gonzalez-Meler, M.; 2016. “Exploring the Effects of Green Infrastructure Placement on Neighborhood-Level Flooding via Spatially Explicit Simulations.” Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 59 (2016): 116-128.

Zellner, M.L., Massey, D.; Shiftan, Y.; Levine, J.; Arquero, M. J.; 2016. “Overcoming the last-mile problem with transportation and land-use improvements:  An agent-based approach.” International Journal of Transportation, Special Issue on Agent Based Modeling in Transportation Planning and Operations, 4 (1): 1-26

Zellner, M.L.; Campbell, S.; 2015. “Planning for Deep-Rooted Problems: What Can We Learn from Aligning Complex Systems and Wicked Problems?” Planning Theory and Practice 16 (4): 457-478.

Mallavarapu, A.; Lyons, L.; Shelley, T.; Zellner, M.; Minor, E.; Slattery, B.; 2015. “Developing Computational Methods to Measure and Track Learners’ Spatial Reasoning in an Open-Ended Simulation.” JEDM-Journal of Educational Data Mining, 7(2), 49-82.

Tendick-Matesanz, F.; Ahonen, E.Q.; Zellner, M.L.; Lacey, S.E.; 2015. “Applying evaluative thinking to a community-engaged safe drinking water project in peri-urban Guatemala.” International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering, Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship, 10 (1): 59-79.

Hoch, C. J.; Zellner, M. L.; Milz, D. C.; Radinsky, J.; Lyons, L.; 2015. “Seeing is not believing: cognitive bias and modelling in collaborative planning.” Planning Theory and Practice 16 (3): 319-335.

Hicks, A.; Theis, T. L.; Zellner, M. L.; 2015. “Emergent effects of residential lighting choices: prospects for energy savings.” Journal of Industrial Ecology, Special Issue on Advances in Complex Adaptive Systems and Industrial Ecology, 19 (2): 285-295

Zellner, M.; Watkins, C.; Massey, D.; Westphal, L.; Brooks, J.; Ross, K.; 2014. “Advancing Collective Decision-Making Theory with Integrated Agent-Based Modeling and Ethnographic Data Analysis.” Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 17 (4) 11:

Iannone III, B. V.; Zellner, M.L.; Wise, D. H.; 2014. “Modeling the impacts of life-history traits, canopy gaps, and establishment location on woodland shrub invasions.” Ecological Applications 24(3): 467-483

Gonzalez-Meler, M.A.; Cotner, L.A.; Massey, D.A.; Zellner, M.L.; Minor, E.S.; 2013. “The Environmental and Ecological Benefits of Green Infrastructure for Stormwater Runoff in Urban Areas.” JSM Environmental Science and Ecology 1(2): 1007.

Watkins, C.; Massey, D.; Brooks, J.; Ross, K.; Zellner, M.; 2013. “Understanding the mechanisms of collective decision-making in ecological restoration: An agent-based model of actors and organizations.” Ecology and Society 18 (2): 32. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol18/iss2/art32/

Zellner, M.L., and Howard W. Reeves; (2012). “Examining the contradiction in ‘sustainable urban growth’: an example of groundwater sustainability.” Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 55(5):545-562. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2011.614426

McDonnell, S. and Zellner, M.L.; (2011). “Exploring the effectiveness of bus rapid transit a prototype agent-based model of commuting behavior.” Transport Policy, 18(6):825-838. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2011.05.003

Zellner, M.L., Reeves, H.W.; (2010). “Integrating Land-use and Groundwater Modeling: Opportunities, Challenges and Implications for Policy Analysis.” International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management, 16(4): 389-414

Reeves, H.W.; Zellner, M.L.; (2010). “Linking MODFLOW with an Agent-Based Lnad-Use Model to Support Decision Making.” Ground Water, 48(5): 649-660.

Zellner, M.L.; Riolo, R.; Rand. W.; Brown, D.G.; Page, S.E.; Fernandez, L.E.; (2010). “The Problem with Zoning: Nonlinear Effects of Interactions between Location Preferences and Externalities on Land Use and Utility.” Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 37:408-428.

Zellner, M.L.; Page, S.E.; Rand, W.; Brown, D.G.; Robinson, D.T.; Nassauer, J.; Low, B.; (2009). “The Emergence of Zoning Policy Games in Exurban Jurisdictions: Informing Collective Action Theory.” Land Use Policy, 26: 356-367.

Lu, Y.; Kawamura, K.; Zellner, M.L.; (2008). “Exploring the Influence of Urban Form on Work Travel Behavior with Agent-Based Modeling.” Journal of the Transportation Research Record, (2082): 132-40.

Zellner, M. L.; (2008). “Embracing Complexity and Uncertainty: The Potential of Agent-Based Modeling for Environmental Planning and Policy.” Planning Theory and Practice, 9(4): 437-457.

Zellner, M.L.; Theis, T.L.; Karunanithi, A.T.; Garmestani, A.S.; Cabezas, H.; (2008). “A New Framework for Urban Sustainability Assessments: Linking Complexity, Information and Policy.” Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, Special Issue on Geocomputation: Modeling with Spatial Agents, 32(6): 474-488.

Brown, D.G.; Robinson, D.T., An, L.; Nassauer, J.I.; Zellner, M.L.; Rand, W.; Riolo, R.; Page, S.E.; Low, B.; Wang, Z.; (2008). “Exurbia from the bottom-up: Confronting empirical challenges to characterizing a complex system.” Geoforum, 39(2): 805-818.

Zellner, M. L.; (2007). “Generating Policies for Sustainable Water Use in Complex Scenarios: An Integrated Land-Use and Water-Use Model of Monroe County, Michigan.” Environment and Planning B, Planning and Design 34(4): 664-686.

Brown, D.G.; Page, S.E.; Riolo, R.; Zellner, M.L.; Rand. W.; (2005). “Path dependence and the validation of agent-based spatial models of land use.” International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 19(2): 153-174.

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