Penny Vlahos
University of Connecticut
Department of Marine Sciences
1080 Shennecossett Road
Groton, CT 06340
voice: (860) 405-9269
fax: (860) 405-9153
e-mail:
penny.vlahos@uconn.edu
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My research interests
are in the geochemistry of carbon and nitrogen. My training
is in chemical engineering and chemical oceanography.
I am particularly interested in understanding and identifying
the processes that control the global cycling of carbon
(with an emphasis on organic carbon). The cycling of
carbon on our planet is of critical importance to the
biosphere, our climate and is directly related to the
cycling of other elements.
Research:
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Understanding and identifying
the processes that control the global cycling of
carbon (with an emphasis on organic carbon).
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Measuring the distributions and
transport of organic contaminants
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Development of chemical samplers
for the monitoring of organic contaminants
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Understanding the distribution
and bioavailability of nitrogen pools
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| Current projects:
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Organic contaminants in arctic
air
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Organic contaminants along the
Thames River Estuary
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Structure of naturally occurring
organic matter in Arctic surface waters
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Development of a Thin film Rapid
Equilibrating Passive Sampler for the detection
of organic contaminants in sediments and water
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Transformation of Organic compounds
in whitecaps
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Dissolved inorganic carbon transport
in surface waters
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Nutrient (organic nitrogen, nitrate,
nitrite and ammonium) and Carbon (organic and inorganic)
distributions in Long Island Sound (LISICOS)
Some
Representative Publications
Vlahos, P. Harner T. Shoeib, M., Currently Used
Pesticides in Arctic Air. (submitted to ES&T)
Manalao, C., Vlahos, P. Dissolved Organic carbon
and nutrients in Long Island Sound. (submitted
to Marine Chemistry)
Skoog, A., Vlahos, P., Amend, J. P., Concentration
and distribution of Dissolved Neutral Aldoses in a Shallow
Hydrothermal vent system of Vulcano, Italy. (submitted
to Organic Geochemistry)
Shoeib, M., Harner T., Vlahos, P. (2006) Air Concentrations
of fluorinated chemicals from a trans-Atlantic cruise
from Sweden to Alaska (in print ES&T)
Vlahos P., Chen R. F., and Repeta D. (2002) Dissolved
organic carbon (DOC) in the Mid-Atlantic Bight. Deep-Sea
Research II 49, 4369-4385.
Chen R. F., Zhang Y., Vlahos P., and Rudnick S. M. (1992)
The fluorescence of dissolved organic matter in the
Mid-Atlantic Bight. Deep Sea Research II 49(20),
4461 - 4478.
Vlahos P. (2001) Dynamics of dissolved organic and inorganic
carbon in the Mid-Atlantic Bight. Ph.D., University
of Massachusetts.
Vlahos P., Mackay D., and Eisenreich S. (1995) Chemical
exchange between air and water. In Physics and chemistry
of lakes - second edition (ed. A. Lerman, J. Gat, and
D. Imboden). Springer-Verlag.
Vlahos P. (1994) Hydrophobic contaminant dynamics in
freshwater lakes: the role of process interactions,
equilibrium-partitioning onto particles and the nepheloid
layer. Masters Thesis, University of Toronto.
Mackay D., Sang S., Vlahos P., Diamond M., Gobas F.,
and Dolan D. (1994) A rate constant model of chemical
dynamics in a lake ecosystem: PCBs in Lake Ontario.
Journal of Great Lakes Research 20(4), 625-642.
Vlahos P., Mackay D., and Sang S. (1993) Determining
and projecting the fate of PCBs in freshwater lakes
using a rate constant model. 5th International Conference
on the Conservation and Management of Lakes "Strategies
for Lake Ecosystems Beyond 2000", 351-354.
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