Peer-Reviewed Publications

Ossanna, L. Q., Serrano, K., Jennings, L. L., Dillon, J., Maier, R. M., & Neilson, J. W. (2023). Progressive belowground soil development associated with sustainable plant establishment during copper mine waste revegetation. Applied Soil Ecology, 186, 104813.

Zeider, K., Van Overmeiren, N., Rine, K. P., Sandhaus, S., Sáez, A. E., Sorooshian, A., Muñoz, H. C., & Ramírez-Andreotta, M. D. (2021). Foliar surfaces as dust and aerosol pollution monitors: An assessment by a mining site. Science of The Total Environment, 790, 148164.

Heusinkveld, D., Ramírez-Andreotta, M. D., Rodríguez-Chávez, T., Sáez, A. E., Betterton, E., & Rine, K. (2021). Assessing Children’s Lead Exposure in an Active Mining Community Using the Integrated Exposure Uptake Biokinetic Model. Exposure and Health, 13(3), 517–533.

Rodríguez-Chávez, T. B., Rine, K. P., Almusawi, R. M., O’Brien-Metzger, R., Ramírez-Andreotta, M., Betterton, E. A., & Sáez, A. E. (2021). Outdoor/Indoor Contaminant Transport by Atmospheric Dust and Aerosol at an Active Smelter Site. Water, Air, &Amp; Soil Pollution, 232(6).

Kushwaha, P., Neilson, J. W., Barberán, A., Chen, Y., Fontana, C. G., Butterfield, B. J., & Maier, R. M. (2021). Arid Ecosystem Vegetation Canopy-Gap Dichotomy: Influence on Soil Microbial Composition and Nutrient Cycling Functional Potential. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 87(5).

Van Horne, Y. O., Chief, K., Charley, P. H., Begay, M.-G., Lothrop, N., Bell, M. L., Canales, R. A., Teufel-Shone, N. I., & Beamer, P. I. (2021). Impacts to Diné activities with the San Juan River after the Gold King Mine Spill. Journal of Exposure Science &Amp; Environmental Epidemiology, 31(5), 852–866.

Hammond, C. M., Root, R. A., Maier, R. M., & Chorover, J. (2020). Arsenic and iron speciation and mobilization during phytostabilization of pyritic mine tailings. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 286, 306–323.

Chen, Y., Neilson, J. W., Kushwaha, P., Maier, R. M., & Barberán, A. (2020). Life-history strategies of soil microbial communities in an arid ecosystem. The ISME Journal, 15(3), 649–657.

Khan, A. Z., Khan, S., Ayaz, T., Brusseau, M. L., Khan, M. A., Nawab, J., & Muhammad, S. (2020). Popular wood and sugarcane bagasse biochars reduced uptake of chromium and lead by lettuce from mine-contaminated soil. Environmental Pollution, 263, 114446.

Hottenstein, J. D., Neilson, J. W., Gil-Loaiza, J., Root, R. A., White, S. A., Chorover, J., & Maier, R. M. (2019). Soil Microbiome Dynamics During Pyritic Mine Tailing Phytostabilization: Understanding Microbial Bioindicators of Soil Acidification. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10.

Honeker, L. K., Gullo, C. F., Neilson, J. W., Chorover, J., & Maier, R. M. (2019). Effect of Re-acidification on Buffalo Grass Rhizosphere and Bulk Microbial Communities During Phytostabilization of Metalliferous Mine Tailings. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10.

Witten, M. L., Chau, B., Sáez, E., Boitano, S., & Clark Lantz, R. (2019). Early life inhalation exposure to mine tailings dust affects lung development. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 365, 124–132.

Thomas, A. N., Root, R. A., Clark Lantz, R., Sáez, A. E., & Chorover, J. (2018). Oxidative Weathering Decreases Bioaccessibility of Toxic Metal(loid)s in PM10 Emissions From Sulfide Mine Tailings. GeoHealth, 2(4), 118–138.

Gil-Loaiza, J., Field, J. P., White, S. A., Csavina, J., Felix, O., Betterton, E. A., Sáez, A. E., & Maier, R. M. (2018). Phytoremediation Reduces Dust Emissions from Metal(loid)-Contaminated Mine Tailings. Environmental Science &Amp; Technology, 52(10), 5851–5858.

Hammond, C. M., Root, R. A., Maier, R. M., & Chorover, J. (2018). Mechanisms of Arsenic Sequestration by Prosopis juliflora during the Phytostabilization of Metalliferous Mine Tailings. Environmental Science &Amp; Technology, 52(3), 1156–1164.

Gil-Loaiza, J., White, S. A., Root, R. A., Solís-Dominguez, F. A., Hammond, C. M., Chorover, J., & Maier, R. M. (2016). Phytostabilization of mine tailings using compost-assisted direct planting: Translating greenhouse results to the field. Science of The Total Environment, 565, 451–461.

Root, R. A., Hayes, S. M., Hammond, C. M., Maier, R. M., & Chorover, J. (2015). Toxic metal(loid) speciation during weathering of iron sulfide mine tailings under semi-arid climate. Applied Geochemistry, 62, 131–149.

Hayes, S. M., Root, R. A., Perdrial, N., Maier, R. M., & Chorover, J. (2014). Surficial weathering of iron sulfide mine tailings under semi-arid climate. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 141, 240–257.

Menka, N., Root, R., & Chorover, J. (2014). Bioaccessibility, release kinetics, and molecular speciation of arsenic and lead in geo-dusts from the Iron King Mine Federal Superfund site in Humboldt, Arizona. Reviews on Environmental Health, 29(1–2), 23–27.

Hayes, S. M., Webb, S. M., Bargar, J. R., O’Day, P. A., Maier, R. M., & Chorover, J. (2012). Geochemical Weathering Increases Lead Bioaccessibility in Semi-Arid Mine Tailings. Environmental Science &Amp; Technology, 46(11), 5834–5841.

Hayes, S. M., O’Day, P. A., Webb, S. M., Maier, R. M., & Chorover, J. (2011). Changes in Zinc Speciation with Mine Tailings Acidification in a Semiarid Weathering Environment. Environmental Science &Amp; Technology, 45(17), 7166–7172.