Avner Vengosh
Professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences
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My research aims to link environmental geochemistry and isotope hydrology in order to trace the sources and mechanisms of water contamination and relationships with human health. Current research includes global changes of the chemical and isotopic compositions of water resources due to human intervention and contamination, salinization of water resources in the Middle East and Northern Africa, naturally occurring contaminants (arsenic, fluoride, boron) and radioactivity in water resources, the impact of coal combustion residues on the environment, and the impact of gas drilling and hydro-fracking on the quality of shallow groundwater.
Education
- Ph.D., Australian National University (Australia) 1990
- M.S., Hebrew University 1986
- B.S., Hebrew University 1984
King, Katherine E., Thomas H. Darrah, Eric Money, Ross Meentemeyer, Rachel L. Maguire, Monica D. Nye, Lloyd Michener, et al. “Geographic clustering of elevated blood heavy metal levels in pregnant women..” Bmc Public Health 15 (October 9, 2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2379-9. Full Text
Kondash, A., and A. Vengosh. “Water Footprint of Hydraulic Fracturing.” Environmental Science and Technology Letters 2, no. 10 (September 15, 2015): 276–80. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.5b00211. Full Text
Lauer, Nancy E., James C. Hower, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Ross K. Taggart, and Avner Vengosh. “Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials in Coals and Coal Combustion Residuals in the United States..” Environmental Science & Technology 49, no. 18 (September 2, 2015): 11227–33. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b01978. Full Text
Burke, Katie L., and Avner Vengosh. “First Person: Avner Vengosh.” American Scientist 103, no. 5 (September 1, 2015): 10–14.
Down, A., K. Schreglmann, D. L. Plata, M. Elsner, N. R. Warner, A. Vengosh, K. Moore, D. Coleman, and R. B. Jackson. “Pre-drilling background groundwater quality in the Deep River Triassic Basin of central North Carolina, USA.” Applied Geochemistry 60 (September 1, 2015): 3–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2015.01.018. Full Text
Vidal, Adriana C., Viktoriya Semenova, Thomas Darrah, Avner Vengosh, Zhiqing Huang, Katherine King, Monica D. Nye, et al. “Maternal cadmium, iron and zinc levels, DNA methylation and birth weight..” Bmc Pharmacol Toxicol 16 (July 15, 2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40360-015-0020-2. Full Text
Elsner, Martin, Kathrin Schreglmann, Wolfgang Calmano, Axel Bergmann, Andrea Vieth-Hillebrand, Franziska D. H. Wilke, Klaus-Michael Wollin, et al. “Comment on the German draft legislation on hydraulic fracturing: the need for an accurate state of knowledge and for independent scientific research..” Environmental Science & Technology 49, no. 11 (June 2015): 6367–69. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b01921. Full Text
Merola, R. B., T. T. Hien, D. T. T. Quyen, and A. Vengosh. “Arsenic exposure to drinking water in the Mekong Delta..” The Science of the Total Environment 511 (April 2015): 544–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.12.091. Full Text
Nir, O., A. Vengosh, J. S. Harkness, G. S. Dwyer, and O. Lahav. “Direct measurement of the boron isotope fractionation factor: Reducing the uncertainty in reconstructing ocean paleo-pH.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters 414 (March 5, 2015): 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2015.01.006. Full Text
Harkness, Jennifer S., Gary S. Dwyer, Nathaniel R. Warner, Kimberly M. Parker, William A. Mitch, and Avner Vengosh. “Iodide, bromide, and ammonium in hydraulic fracturing and oil and gas wastewaters: environmental implications..” Environmental Science & Technology 49, no. 3 (February 2015): 1955–63. https://doi.org/10.1021/es504654n. Full Text