Christoph Aeppli, PhD

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Fate and Effects of Petroleum Hydrocarbons

Aeppli C, Mitchell DA, Keyes P, Beirne EC, McFarlin KM, Roman-Hubers AT, Rusyn I, Prince RC, Zhao L, Parkerton TF, Nedwed T (2022). Oil irradiation experiments document changes in oil properties, molecular composition and dispersant effectiveness associated with oil photooxidation. Environ Sci Technol. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c06149
Katz SD, Chen H, Fields DM, Beirne EC, Keyes P, Drozd GT, Aeppli C (2022). Changes in chemical composition and copepod toxicity during photo-oxidization of oil. Environ Sci Technol. 56:5552–5562. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c00251
Aeppli C (2022). Recent Advance in Understanding Photooxidation of Hydrocarbons after Oil Spills. Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering 36, 100763. DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2021.100763
Aeppli C, Swarthout RF, O’Neil GW, Katz SD, Nabi D, Ward CP, Nelson RK, Sharpless CM, Reddy CM (2018). How persistent and bioavailable are oxygenated Deepwater Horizon oil transformation products? Environ Sci Technol (52) 7250-7258. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b01001
Aeppli C, Nelson RK, Radovic JR, Carmichael CA, Valentine DL, Reddy CM (2014). Recalcitrance and degradation of petroleum biomarkers upon abiotic and biotic natural weathering of Deepwater Horizon oil. Environ. Sci. Technol. (48) 6726-6734. DOI: 10.1021/es500825q
Aeppli C, Carmichael CA, Nelson RK, Lemkau KL, Graham WM, Redmond MC, Valentine DL, Reddy CM (2012). Oil weathering after the Deepwater Horizon disaster led to the formation of oxygenated residues. Environ. Sci. Technol. (46) 8799-8807. DOI: 10.1021/es3015138

Fate of Halogenated Pollutants

DiMento BP, Tusei CL, Aeppli C (2022). Photochemical degradation of short-chain chlorinated paraffins in aqueous solution by hydrated electrons and hydroxyl radicals. Chemosphere. In press. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134732
St-Gelais AT, Aeppli C, Burnell C, Costa-Pierce BA (2017). Non-dioxin like polychlorinated biphenyl indicator congeners in Northwest Atlantic spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias). Mar. Pollut. Bull., 120 (1–2), 414-421. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.05.001
Aeppli C, Bastviken D, Andersson P, Gustafsson Ö (2013). Chlorine isotope effects and composition of naturally produced organochlorines from chloroperoxidases, flavin-dependent halogenases, and in forest soil. Environ. Sci. Technol. (47) 6864-6871. DOI: 10.1021/es3037669
Aeppli C., Holmstrand H, Andersson P, Gustafsson Ö (2010). Direct compound-specific stable chlorine isotope analysis of organic compounds with quadrupole GC/MS using standard isotope bracketing. Anal. Chem. (82) 420–426.DOI: 10.1021/ac902445f
Aeppli C, Hofstetter TB, Amaral HIF, Kipfer R, Schwarzenbach RP, Berg M (2010). Quantifying in situ transformation rates of chlorinated ethenes by combining compound-specific stable isotope analysis, groundwater dating, and carbon isotope mass balances. Environ. Sci. Technol. (44) 3705-3711. DOI: 10.1021/es903895b
Aeppli C, Berg M, Cirpka OA, Holliger C, Schwarzenbach RP, Hofstetter TB (2009). Influence of mass-transfer limitations on carbon isotope fractionation during microbial dechlorination of trichloroethene. Environ. Sci. Technol. (43) 8813–8820. DOI: 10.1021/es901481b

Book Chapters

Aeppli C (2022). Photooxidation of Crude Oil: Formation, Characterization, and Fate of Oil Photoproducts in the Environment. In: Chemistry of Crude Oil and Petroleum Products; Fingas M. (Ed), Chapter 11, Walter de Gruyter GmbH. In press
Nelson RK, Aeppli C, Arey JS, Chen H, de Oliveira A, Eiserbeck C, Frysinger GS, Gaines RB, Grice K, Gros J, Hall GJ, Koolen HHF, Lemkau KL, McKenna A, Reddy CM, Rodgers RP, Swarthout RF, Valentine DL, White HK (2016). Applications of comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC) in studying the source, transport, and fate of petroleum hydrocarbons in the environment. In Standard Handbook of Oil Spill Environmental Forensics, Stout, S A and Z Wang (Eds), Chapter 8, pp. 339-448, Elsevier.