Soil and Environmental Biogeochemistry Scott Fendorf
Scott Fendorf

Publications

NEWEST PUBLICATION! 

  • Coker, A., Moanga, D., Fendorf, S., & White, E. (2026). Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Wildfire on Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms Proliferation. ACS ES&T Water. 10.1021/acsestwater.6c00049

Arsenic in groundwater, soils, and sediments

  • Fakhreddine, S., J. Lee, P. K. Kitanidis, S. Fendorf, M. Rolle. 2016. Imaging geochemical heterogeneities using inverse reactive transport modeling An example relevant for characterizing arsenic mobilization and distribution, Adv. Water Res. 88 186-197. DOI 10.1016j.advwatres.2015.12.005.
  • Fakhreddine, S., J. Dittmar, D. Phipps, J. Dadakis, and S. Fendorf. 2015. Geochemical triggers of arsenic mobilization during managed aquifer recharge. Environ. Sci. Technol. 49 7802-7809. DOI 10.1021acs.est.5b01140.
  • Erban, L.E., S. M. Gorelick, and S. Fendorf. 2014. Arsenic in the multi-aquifer system of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam analysis of large-scale spatial trends and controlling factors. Environ. Sci. Technol. 48 6081-6088 doi 10.1021es403932t.
  • Kocar, B. D., S. G. Benner, and S. Fendorf. 2014. Deciphering and predicting spatial and temporal concentrations of arsenic within the Mekong Delta aquifer. Environ. Chem. 11 579-594.
  • Masue-Slowey, Y., S. C. Ying, B. D. Kocar, C. E. Pallud, and S. Fendorf. 2013. Dependence of arsenic fate and transport on biogeochemical heterogeneity arising from the physical structure of soils and sediments. J. Environ. Qual. 42 1119-1129.
  • Ying, S.C., Kocar, B.D. and Fendorf, S. 2012. Oxidation and competitive retention of arsenic between iron and manganese oxides. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 96 294-303.
  • Seyfferth, A.L., and S. Fendorf. 2012. Silicate mineral impacts on the uptake and storage of arsenic and plant nutrients in rice Oryza sativa L.. Environ. Sci. Technol. 46 13176-13183. DOI 10.1021es3025337.
  • Kocar, B.D, T. Borch, and S. Fendorf. 2010. Arsenic mobilization and repartitioning during biogenic sulfidization and transformation of ferrihydrite. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 74 980-994.
  • Fendorf, S., H. A. Michael, and A. van Geen. 2010. Spatial and temporal variations of groundwater arsenic in South and Southeast Asia. Science. 328 1123-1127.
  • Benner, S. G., and S. Fendorf. 2010. Arsenic in South Asia. Geography Compass. 4 1532-1552.
  • Ying, S.C., B.D. Kocar, S. Griffis, and S. Fendorf. 2011. Competitive Mn-oxide and microbially mediated redox process controlling arsenic speciation and partitioning. Environ. Sci. Technol. 455572-5577.
  • Manning, B. A., S. E. Fendorf, and D. L. Suarez. 2001. ArsenicIII oxidation and arsenicV adsorption reactions on synthetic birnessite. Environ. Sci. Technol. 65976 981.
  • Cummings, D. E.F. CaccavoS. FendorfR. F. Rosenzweig. 2000. Arsenic mobilization by the dissimilatory FeIII-reducing bacterium Shewanella alga BrY. Environmental Science Technology. 33723-729.
  • LaForce, M. J.C. M. HanselS. Fendorf. 2000. Arsenic speciation seasonal transformations and co-distribution with iron in a mine waste-influenced palustrine emergent wetland. Environmental Science Technology. 343937-3943.
  • Bostick, B.C., and S. Fendorf. 2003. Arsenite sorption on troilite FeS and pyrite FeS2. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 67909-921.
  • Fendorf, S.M. J. EickP. GrosslD. L. Sparks. 1997. Arsenate and chromate retention mechanisms on goethite .1. Surface structure. Environmental Science Technology. 31315-320.

Chromium, uranium, and other metals

  • Dewey, C., J.R Bargar, S Fendorf. 2021. Porewater lead concentrations limited by particulate organic matter coupled with ephemeral ironIII and sulfide phases during redox cycles within contaminated floodplain soils. Environ. Sci. Technol. httpsdoi.org10.1021acs.est.0c08162.
  • Dewey, C., D Sokaras, T Kroll, JR Bargar, S Fendorf. 2020. Calcium-uranyl-carbonato species kinetically limit U VI reduction by Fe II and lead to U V-bearing ferrihydrite. Environ. Sci. Technol. 54 6021-6030.
  • Lopez, A. M., A. Wells, and S. Fendorf. 2020. Soil and aquifer properties combine as predictors of groundwater uranium concentrations within the Central Valley, California. Environ. Sci. Technol. 55 352-361.
  • Bone, S.B., J. Cliff, K. Weaver, C.J. Takacs, S. Roycroft, S. Fendorf, J.R. Bargar. 2019. Complexation by organic matter controls uranium mobility in anoxic sediments. 54 1493-1502.
  • Hausladen, D., S. Fakhreddine, S. Fendorf. 2019. Governing constraints of chromiumVI formation from chromium III-bearing minerals in soils and sediments. Soil Systems 3 74-80.
  • McClain, C.N., S. Fendorf, S.T. Johnson, A. Menendez, and K. Maher. 2019. Lithologic and redox controls on hexavalent chromium in vadose zone sediments of Californias Central Valley. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 265 478-494.
  • Smith, R., R. Knight, and S. Fendorf. 2018. Over-pumping leads to California groundwater arsenic threat. Nature Communications DOI 10.1038s41467-018-04475-3.
  • Hausladen, D. M., A. Alexander-Ozinskas, C. McClain, and S. Fendorf. 2018. Hexavalent chromium sources and distribution in California groundwater. Environ. Sci. Technol. DOI 10.1021acs.est.7b06627.
  • Muehe, E.M., T. Wang, C.F. Kerl, B. Planer-Friedrich, S. Fendorf. 2019. Rice production threatened by coupled stresses of climate and soil arsenic. Nature Communications 10 4985.
  • Ginder-Vogel, M., Stewart, B.D. and S. Fendorf. 2010. Kinetic and Mechanistic Constraints on the Oxidation of Biogenic Uraninite by Ferrihydrite. Environmental Science and Technology. 441163-169.
  • Fendorf, S., M. J. Herbel, K. J. Tufano, and B. Kocar. 2007. Biogeochemical processes controlling the cycling of arsenic in soils and sediments. In A. Violante, P. M. Huang, and G. Gadd Eds Biophysico-Chemical Processes of Heavy Metals and Metalloids in Soil Environments. IUPAC Division VI-Chemistry and the Environment.
  • Oze, C., D.K. Bird, and S. Fendorf. 2007. Genesis of hexavalent chromium from natural sources in soil and groundwater. PNAS. 1046544-6549.
  • Kocar, B.D., M. J. Herbel, K. J. Tufano, and S. Fendorf. 2006. Contrasting effects of dissimilatory ironIII and arsenicV reduction on arsenic retention and transport. Environ. Sci. Technol. 406715-6721.

Redox, iron, sulfur, and mineral transformations

  • Lacroix, E.M., R.J. Rossi, D. Bossio, S. Fendorf. 2021. Effects of moisture and physical disturbance on pore-scale oxygen content and anaerobic metabolisms in upland soils. Sci. Tot. Environ. 780, 146572.
  • Naughton, H.R., M. Keiluweit, MM. Tfaily, J.J. Dynes, T. Regier, S. Fendorf. 2021. Development of energetic and enzymatic limitations on microbial carbon cycling in soils. Biogeochemistry 153, 191-213.
  • Eberle, A., J. Besold, C.F. Kerl, J.S. Lezama-Pacheco, S. Fendorf, and B. Planer-Friedrich. 2020. Arsenic fate in peat controlled by the pH-dependent role of reduced sulfur. Environ. Sci. Technol. 54 6682-6692.
  • Keiluweit, M., K. Gee, A. Denney, and S. Fendorf. 2018. Anoxic microsites in upland soils dominantly controlled by clay content. Soil Biol. Biochem. 118 42-50.
  • Boye, K., V. Nol, M. M. Tfaily, S. E. Bone, K. H. Williams, J. R. Bargar, and S. Fendorf. 2017. Thermodynamically controlled preservation of organic carbon in floodplains. Nature Geoscience 10415-419.
  • Keiluweit, M., T. Wanzek, M. Kleber, P. Nico, and S. Fendorf. 2017. Anaerobic microsites have an unaccounted role in soil carbon stabilization. Nature Communications 8, 1771.
  • Keiluweit, M., P.S. Nico, M. Kleber, and S. Fendorf. 2016. Are oxygen limitations under recognized regulators of organic carbon turnover in upland soils? Biogeochemistry 127 157-171.
  • Stuckey, J.W., M. V. Schaefer, B. D. Kocar, S. G. Benner, and S. Fendorf. 2016. Arsenic release metabolically constrained to permanently saturated soils in Mekong Delta. Nature Geosciences 9 70-76.
  • Stuckey, J. W., M. V. Schaefer, S. G. Benner, and S. Fendorf. 2015. Reactivity and speciation of mineral-associated arsenic in seasonal and permanent wetlands of the Mekong Delta. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 171 143-155.
  • Ying, S.C., J. Damashek, S. Fendorf, and C.A. Francis. 2015. Indigenous arsenicV-reducing microbial communities in redox-fluctuating near-surface sediments of the Mekong Delta. Geobiol. 13 581-587.
  • Pallud, C., Y. Masue-Slowey, and S. Fendorf. 2010. Aggregate-scale spatial heterogeneity in reductive transformation of ferrihydrite resulting from coupled biogeochemical and physical processes. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 7428112825.
  • Fendorf, S., H. A. Michael, and A. van Geen. 2010. Spatial and temporal variations of groundwater arsenic in South and Southeast Asia. Science. 3281123-1127.

Water quality and drinking water

  • Sherris, A.R., M. Baiocchi, S. Fendorf, S.P. Luby, W. Yang, G.M. Shaw. 2021. Nitrate in Drinking water during pregnancy and spontaneous preterm birth A retrospective within-mother analysis in California. Environmental Health Perspectives 129, 057001.
  • Forsyth, J.E., S. Nurunnahar, S.S. Islam, M. Baker, D. Yeasmin, M.S. Islam, S. Fendorf, N. Ardoin, P.J. Winch, and S.P. Luby. 2019. Turmeric means yellow in Bengali Lead chromate pigments added to turmeric threaten public health across Bangladesh. Environmental Research 179, 108722.
  • Forsyth, J.E., K. K. Weaver, K. Maher, M. Islam, R. Raqib, M. Rahman, S. Fendorf, S. P. Luby. 2019. Sources of blood lead exposure in rural Bangladesh. Environ. Sci. Technol. 53 11429-11436.
  • Forsyth, J. E., M. S. Islam, S. M. Parvez, R. Raqib, M. S. Rahman, E. M. Muehe, S. Fendorf, S. P. Luby. 2018. Prevalence of elevated blood lead levels among pregnant women and sources of lead exposure in rural Bangladesh a case control study. Environmental Research. 166 1-9.
  • Schaefer, M. V., A. Shantz, S. Fendorf, and S.C. Ying. 2018. Arsenic leaching from ceramic water filters. Environmental Science Water Research Technol. 4 234-240.
  • Padowski, J, S. Gorelick, B. Thompson, S. Rozelle, S. Fendorf. 2015 Assessment of human-natural system characteristics influencing global freshwater supply vulnerability. Environ. Res. Letters 10 104014.

Soil carbon, oxygen, and microbial processes

  • Dewey, C., J.R Bargar, S Fendorf. 2021. Porewater lead concentrations limited by particulate organic matter coupled with ephemeral ironIII and sulfide phases during redox cycles within contaminated floodplain soils. Environ. Sci. Technol. httpsdoi.org10.1021acs.est.0c08162.
  • Naughton, H.R., M. Keiluweit, MM. Tfaily, J.J. Dynes, T. Regier, S. Fendorf. 2021. Development of energetic and enzymatic limitations on microbial carbon cycling in soils. Biogeochemistry 153, 191-213.
  • Lacroix, E.M., R.J. Rossi, D. Bossio, S. Fendorf. 2021. Effects of moisture and physical disturbance on pore-scale oxygen content and anaerobic metabolisms in upland soils. Sci. Tot. Environ. 780, 146572.
  • Boye, K., A. M. Herrmann, M. V. Schaefer, M. M. Tfaily, S. Fendorf. 2018. Discerning microbially mediated processes during redox transitions in flooded soils using carbon and energy balances. Frontiers Environmental Science doi 10.3389fenvs.2018.00015.
  • Wanzek, T., M. Keiluweit, J. Baham, M. I Dragila, S. Fendorf, S. Fiedler, P. S Nico, M. Kleber. 2018. Quantifying biogeochemical heterogeneity in soil systems. Geoderma 324 89-97.
  • Wanzek, T., M. Keiluweit, T. Varga, A. Lindsley, P.S. Nico, S. Fendorf, M. Kleber. 2018. The ability of soil pore network metrics to predict redox dynamics is scale dependent. Soil Systems 2 66-74.
  • Keiluweit, M., K. Gee, A. Denney, and S. Fendorf. 2018. Anoxic microsites in upland soils dominantly controlled by clay content. Soil Biol. Biochem. 118 42-50.

Legacy and methods

  • Fendorf, S., M.J. LaForce, and G.C. Li. 2004. Temporal changes in soilpartitioning and bioavailability of arenic, chromium, and lead. J. Environ. Qual.. 332049-2055.
  • Fendorf, S.E. 2000. Fundamental aspects and applications of x-ray absorption spectroscopy in clay and soil science. In D.G. Schulze and P.M. Bertsch Eds. Applications of synchrotron radiation in clay science. CMS Workshop Lectures, Vol. 9. Clay Mineral Society, Ottawa, Canada.
  • Sparks, D.L., S.E. Fendorf, C.V Toner, IV, and T.H. Carski. 1996. Kinetic Methods and Measurements. In Methods of Soil Analysis Chemical Methods. J.M. Bigham Ed, ASA, Madison, WI.
  • Fendorf, S.E., and D.L. Sparks. 1994. X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy. In Methods of Soil Analysis Chemical Methods. J.M. Bigham Ed, ASA, Madison, WI.