Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  • Hurd, M., Wang, X., Benavidez, A., McGaughey, A.L., Spilde, M., Cerrato, J.M., Gonzalez-Estrella, J., and El Hayek, E. (2026). Spectroscopic Investigation of the Effects of Simulated Open Waste Burning on the Functional and Surface Chemistry of Commercial Polystyrene. Environmental Science: Advances, Accepted. DOI: 10.1039/d5va00291e
  • Arredondo-Navarro, A. Gallardo-Owens, D., Scott, J., Farias, S., Wang, X., Cochran, W., El Hayek, E., Minghetti, M.,Cerrato, J.M., and Gonzalez-Estrella, J. (2026). Thermal Oxidation, Ultraviolet Radiation, and Mechanical Abrasion - Understanding Mechanisms of Microplastic Generation and Chemical Transformation. Microplastics and Nanoplastics, Accepted, DOI: 10.1186/s43591-026-00178-5
  • Wu, Q., Huang, Y., Sinclair, L.L., Kang, Huinin, Eshleman, T., Picchi, M.A., Childs, M., Cerrato, M., Zhu, Y., Zhang, S., Belinski, S.A., Campen, M.J., Gong, X., Leng, S. (2026). Associations between wildfire smoke exposure and health-related quality of life: findings from the Lovelace Smokers Cohort. Respiratory Research, 27, 52.     DOI: 10.1186/s12931-026-03505-9.
  • Jemison, N., Benavidez, A., Spilde, M., Treviso, A., Brearley, A.J., Lezama-Pacheco, J., Latta, Drew, Gagnon, K., Emeanuwa, S., Latta, D., Garzon, F., Cabaniss, S., Lichtner, P., Ali, A.S., and Cerrato, M., (2026). Heterogeneous reactions control Cr(VI) release and sequestration in complex chemical mixtures of Cr, Fe, Cu, and organics. Environmental Science: Process & Impacts, 28, 98-111.
  • Rivadávia, R., Jemison, N., Moreira, G., Soares Faria, L.U., Friedman, M., Ali, A.S., Saenz-Treviso, A., Fisher, K., Williams, G.M., Peterson, E.J., Blake, J.M., Brearley, A.J., Rodrigues, D.F., Bonito, G., and Cerrato, J.M. (2025). Influence of Oxic/Anoxic Conditions on the Mobility of Pb, Cu, and Fe From Acid Mine Drainage-Affected Sediments. ACS ES&T Water, 5, (12), 7241-7252.
  • Lok-kun, T., Benavidez, A., Garzon, F.,Cerrato, M. (2025). Influence of the Anions and Oxalic Acid on the Electrochemical Reduction of Cr(VI)on Au and Magnetite Surfaces. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 172 (10), 100544. DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/ae15c1
  • Arredondo-Navarro, A. Wang, X, Hess, K., Gallardo-Owens, El Hayek, E., Cerrato, J.M., and Gonzalez-Estrella, J. (2025). Enhanced identification of weathered plastics through the enhancement of infrared spectral libraries. Environmental Engineering Science, Accepted. DOI: 1177/15579018251392009
  • Perea, E., Casuse Driovinto, T.Q., Ellis, B.R., Spilde, M., Peterson, E., Ali, A.S., Benavidez, A., Thomson, B.M., Stormont, J, and Cerrato, J.M. (2025). Wellbore Integrity in Energy Applications: Precipitation Products After Reaction with Produced Water from the Permian Basin.Environmental Engineering Science, 42, (10), 434-444.
  • Jemison, N., Benavidez, A., Gagnon, K., Emeanuwa, S., Latta, D., Garzon, F., Cabaniss, S., Lichtner, P., and Cerrato,M., (2025). Cr(VI) reduction on Fe(III) solid surfaces at vacuum pressures. Surface and Interface Analysis, 57, (6), 430-438.
  • Velasco, C.A., Jarvis, J.M., Tfaily, M.M., Brearley, A.J., Holguin, F.O., Lee, C.O., Benavidez, A., Ali, A.S., Lezama-Pacheco, J., Cabaniss, S.E., Artyushkova, K., and Cerrato, J.M. (2025). Changes in Dissolved Natural Organic Matter Composition Induced by Reaction with U(VI) at Acidic and Neutral pH. ACS ES&T Water, 5, (4), 1652-1662.
  • Hess, K., Forsythe, K., Wang, X, Tipling, G., Jones, J., Mata, M., Hughes, V., Martin, C, Doyle, J., Scott, J., Minghetti, M., Jilling, A., Cerrato, J.M., El Hayek, E., and Gonzalez-Estrella, J. (2025). Open dumping and burning: an overlooked source of terrestrial microplastics in underserved communities. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 27, 52-62.
  • Rodriguez, V., Majumdar A., Meza M.I., Corcoran, L., Pierson, A., Gagnon, K., Cano, C., Ali, A.S., Shuey, C., Jojola, G., Tan, W., Aprahamian. , Cerrato, J.M, and Burns, P.C. (2024). Radiological Analyses of 226Ra and 238U in Surface Water and Sediments from the Jackpile Member of the Morrison Formation, Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico. Environmental Science & Technology, 58, (34), 15138-15146.
  • Casuse, T.Q., Benavidez, A., Jemison, N., Cerrato, M., Feliu, J.M., and Garzon, F., (2024). Electrochemical redox of As(III) and Cu(II) mixtures with ultraflat Au(111) thin films in water. Electrochimica Acta, 489, 144220, DOI:10.1016/j.electacta.2024.144220.
  • Miller, C., Neidhart, A., Hess, K., Ali, A.S., Benavidez, A., Spilde, M., Peterson, E., Brearley, A., Wang, X, Dhanapala, B.D., Cerrato, J.M., Gonzalez-Estrella, J., and El Hayek, E.(2024), Uranium accumulation in environmentally relevant microplastics and agricultural soil at acidic and circumneutral pH. Science of the Total Environment, 926, 171834, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171834.
  • Janot, N., Dunham-Cheatham, S., Lezama-Pacheco, J.S., Cerrato, J.M., Alessi, D.S., Noel, V., Lee, E., Pham, D.Q., Suvorova, E., Bernier-Latmani, R., Williams, K.H., Long, P.E., and Bargar, J.R. (2024) Reducing conditions influence U(IV) accumulation in sediments during in-situ bioremediation, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 8, (2), 148-158.
  • Meza M.I., Hua, H., Gagnon, K., Mulchandani, A., Gonzalez-Estrella, J., Burns, P.C., Ali, A.S., Spilde, M., Peterson, E., Lichtner, P., and Cerrato, M(2023). Removal of Aqueous Uranyl and Arsenate Mixtures after Reaction with Limestone, PO43-, and Ca2+. Environmental Science & Technology, 57, (49), 20881-20892.
  • Meza M.I., Jemison, N., Gonzalez-Estrella, J., Burns, P.C., Rodriguez, V., Sigmon, G., Szymanowski, J., Ali, A.S., Gagnon, K., Cerrato, M, and Lichtner, P. (2023). Kinetics of Na- and K- uranyl arsenate dissolution. Chemical Geology, 636, 121642.
  • Quiambao, J., Hess, K., Johnston, S., El Hayek, E., Noureddine, A., Ali, A.S., Brearley, A.J., Spilde, M., Lichtner, P., Cerrato, J.M., Howe, K.J., and Gonzalez-Estrella, J. (2023) Interfacial interactions of uranium and arsenic with microplastics: from field detection to controlled laboratory tests. Environmental Engineering Science, 40 (11), 562-573.
  • El Hayek, E., Castillo, E., In, J.E., Garcia, M., Cerrato, J.M., Brearley, A., Gonzalez-Estrella, J., Herbert, G., Bleske, B., Benavidez, A., Hsiao, H., Yin, L., Campen, M.J., and Yu, X. (2023) Photoaging of polystyrene microspheres causes oxidative alterations to surface physicochemistry and enhances airway epithelial toxicity. Toxicological Sciences, 193, (1) 90-102.
  • Portman, T., Granath, A., Mann, M.A., El Hayek, E., Herzer, K., Cerrato, J.M., and Rudgers, J.A. (2023). Characterization of root-associated fungi and reduced plant growth in soils from a New Mexico uranium mine. Mycologia, 1-13.
  • Meza M.I., Gonzalez-Estrella, J., Burns, P.C., Rodriguez, V., Velasco, C.A., Sigmon, G., Szymanowski, J., Forbes, T.Z., Applegate, L.M., Ali, A.S., Lichtner, P., and Cerrato, M.(2023). Solubility and thermodynamic investigation of meta-autunite group uranyl arsenate solids with monovalent cations Na and K. Environmental Science & Technology, 57, (1), 255-265.
  • Casuse, T.Q., Rizo, R., Benavidez, A., Brearley, A.J., Cerrato, M., Garzon, F., Herrero, E., and Feliu, J.M. (2022). Increased sensitivity and selectivity for As(III) detection at Au(111) surface : single crystal and ultraflat thin films comparison. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 126, (48), 20343-20353.
  • Jemison, N., Garzon, F., Cabaniss, S., Lichtner, P., Benavidez, A.D., Jessop, E., and Cerrato, M., (2022). Effect of organic compounds and copper on chromium (VI) reduction: electrochemical investigation of electron transfer rates. ACS ES&T Water, 2, 2471-2480.
  • Shaikh, N., Qian, J., Kim, S., Phan, H., Lezama-Pacheco, J.S., Ali, A.S., Forbes, T.Z., Cwiertny, D.M., Haes, A.J., and Cerrato, J.M. (2022). Functionalized electrospun polymer nanofibers for treatment of water contaminated with uranium. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10, (5),
  • DeVore, C.L., Rodriguez-Freire, L., Villa, N., Soleimanifar, M., Gonzalez-Estrella, J., Ali, A.S., Lezama-Pacheco, J.S., Ducheneaux, C., and Cerrato, J.M.(2022). Mobilization of As, Fe, and Mn from Contaminated Sediment in Aerobic and Anaerobic Conditions: Chemical or Microbiological Triggers? ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 6 (7), 1644-1654.  
  • Casuse, T.Q., Benavidez, A., Plumley, J.B., Lok-kun, T., Ali, A.S., Cerrato, M., Garzon, F.(2022). DC Sputtered Ultralow Loading Gold Nanofilm Electrodes for Detection of As(III) in Water. ECS Sensor Plus, 1, 014602.
  • Velasco, C.A., Brearley, A.J., Gonzalez-Estrella, J., Ali, A.S., Meza M.I., Cabaniss, S.E., Thomson, B.M., Forbes, T.Z., Lezama-Pacheco, J., and Cerrato, M.(2021). From Adsorption to Precipitation of U(VI): What is the Role of pH and Natural Organic Matter? Environmental Science & Technology, 55, (23), 16246-16256.
  • El Hayek, E., Medina, S., Guo, J., Noureddine, A., Zychowski K.E., Hunter, R., Velasco, C.A., Wiesse, M., Maestas-Olguin, A., Brinker, J., Brearley, A.J., Spilde, M., Howard, T., Lauer, F.T., Hernert, G., Ali, A.S., Burchiel, S., Campen, M.J., and Cerrato, M.(2021). Uptake and Toxicity of Respirable Carbon-Rich Uranium-Bearing Particles: Insights into the Role of Particulates in Uranium Toxicity. Environmental Science & Technology, 55 (14), 9949-9957. 
  • Seip, A., Safari, S., Pickup, D.M.,1287Cadwick, A.V., Ramos, S., Velasco, C.A., Cerrato, J.M., and Alessi, D.S. (2021). Lithium Recovery from Hydraulic Fracturing Flowback and Produced Water Using a Selective Ion Exchange Sorbent. Chemical Engineering Journal, 426, 130713.
  • DeVore, C.L., El Hayek, E., Busch, T., Long, B., Mann, M., Rudgers, J.A., Ali, A.S., Howard, T., Spilde, M.N., Brearley, A.J., Ducheneaux, C., and Cerrato, J.M.(2021). Arsenic Accumulation in Hydroponically Grown Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem) Amended with Root-Colonizing Endophytes. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 5 (6), 1278-1287.  
  • Gonzalez-Estrella, J., Ellison, J., Shaikh, N., Stormont, J, Peterson, E., Lichtner, P., and Cerrato, M. (2021). Saline brine reaction with fractured wellbore cement and changes in hardness and hydraulic properties.Environmental Engineering Science,38 (3), 143-153.
  • Wilson, A., Velasco, C.A., Herbert, G.W., Lucas, S.N., Sanchez, B.N., Cerrato, J.M., Spilde, M., Li, Q.Z., Campen, M.J., and Zychowski K.E. (2021). Mine-site derived particulate matter exposure exacerbates neurological and pulmonary inflammatory outcomes in an autoimmune mouse model. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, 84 (12), 503-517.
  • Rodriguez-Freire, L., DeVore, C.L., El Hayek, E., Berti, D., Ali, A.S.., Lezama Pacheco, J.S., Blake, J.M., Spilde, M.N., Brearley, A.J., Artyushkova, K., and Cerrato, J.M. (2021). Entrapment of uranium-phosphorous nanocrystals inside root cells of Tamarix plants from a mine waste site. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 23, 73-85.
  • Miera, R., Shaikh, N., Artyushkova, K., Ali, A.S., Santoro, C., Thomson, B.M., Howe, K.J., and Cerrato, J.M.(2021).Acetaminophen and Caffeine Removal by MnOx(s) and GAC Media in Column Experiments. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology,7, 134-143.
  • Avasarala, S., Brearley, A.J., Spilde, M., Peterson, E.J., Jiang, Y.B., Benavidez, A. and Cerrato, J.M. (2020). Crystal Chemistry of Carnotite in Abandoned Mine Wastes. Minerals, 10 (10), 883.
  • Gonzalez-Estrella, J., Meza, I., Burns, A.J., Ali, A.S., Lezama-Pacheco, J.S., Lichtner, P., Shaikh, N., Fendorf, S., and Cerrato, M.(2020). Effect of Bicarbonate, Calcium, and pH on the Reactivity of As(V) and U(VI) Mixtures. Environmental Science & Technology, 54 (7), 3979-3987. 
  • Johns, A., Carolan, M.E., Shaikh, N., Peroutka, A., Seeger, A., Cerrato, J.M., Tori Z. Forbes, and Cwiertny, David M. (2020). Functionalized electrospun polymer nanofibers for treatment of water contaminated with uranium, Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 6, 622-634.
  • El Hayek, E., Brearley, A.J., Howard, T., Hudson, P., Torres, C., Spilde, M.N., Cabaniss, S., Ali, A.S., and Cerrato, J.M. (2019). Calcium in Carbonate Water Facilitates the Transport of U(VI) in Brassica juncea Roots and Enables Root-to-Shoot Translocation. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 3 (10), 2190-2196.
  • Ruiz, O., Thomson, B.M., Cerrato, J.M., Rodriguez-Freire, L. (2019). Groundwater restoration following in-situ recovery (ISR) mining of uranium. Applied Geochemistry, 109, 104418.
  • Avasarala, S., Torres, C., Ali, A.S., Thomson B.M., Spilde, M.N., Peterson, E.J., Artyushkova, K., Dobrica, E., Lezama-Pacheco, J.S., and Cerrato, J.M., (2019). Effect of bicarbonate and oxidizing conditions on U(IV) and U(VI) reactivity in mineralized deposits of New Mexico. Chemical Geology, 524, 345-355.
  • Blake, J.M., Avasarala, S., Ali, A.S., Spilde, M., Lezama-Pacheco, J.S., Latta, D., Artyushkova, K., Ilgen, A., Shuey, C., Nez, C., and Cerrato, J.M., (2019). Reactivity of As and U co-occurring in Mine Wastes in Northeastern Arizona. Chemical Geology, 522, 26-37.
  • Velasco, C.A.; Artyushkova, K.; Ali, A.S.; Osburn, C.L.; Gonzalez-Estrella, J.; Lezama-Pacheco, J.S.; Cabaniss, S.E.; Cerrato, J.M.(2019) Organic functional group chemistry in mineralized deposits containing U(IV) and U(VI) from the Jackpile Mine in New Mexico. Environmental Science & Technology, 53 (10), 5758-5767.
  • Zychowski K.E., Wheeler A., Sanchez B., Harmon M., Steadman-Tyler C.R., Herbert G., Lucas S.N., Ali A.S., Avasarala S., Kunda N., Robinson P., Muttil P., Cerrato, J.M., Bleske B., Smirnova O., Campen M.J. (2019) Toxic effects of particulate matter derived from dust samples near the Dzhidinski ore processing mill, eastern Siberia, Russia. Cardiovascular Toxicology, 19 (5), 401-411. 
  • DeVore, C.L., Rodriguez-Freire, L., Ali, A.S., Ducheneaux, C., Artyushkova, K., Zhou, Z., Latta, D., Lueth, V.W., Gonzales, M., Lewis, J., and Cerrato, J.M.(2019) "Effect of bicarbonate and phosphate on arsenic release from mining-impacted sediments in the Cheyenne River Watershed, South Dakota, USA", Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 20, 1046-1055.
  • El Hayek, E., Torres, C., Rodriguez-Freire, L., Blake, J.M., DeVore, C.L., Brearley, A.J., Spilde, M., Cabaniss, S., Ali, A.S., and Cerrato, J.M.(2018) Effect of Calcium on the Bioavailability of Dissolved U(VI) in Plant Roots under Circumneutral pH. Environmental Science & Technology, 52 (22), 13089-13098.
  • Gayen, P., Spataro, J., Avasarala, S., Ali, A.S., Cerrato, J.M., and Chaplin, B.P. (2018). Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitrate using Magnéli Phases TiO2 Reactive Electrochemical Membranes Doped with Pd-based Catalysts. Environmental Science & Technology, 52 (16), 9370-9379. Best Paper in the Category of Environmental Technology, 2018.
  • Rahman, A., El Hayek, E., Blake, J.M., Bixby, R., Ali, A.S., Spilde, M., Otieno, A.A., Miltenberger, K., Ridgeway, C., Artyushkova, K., Atudorei, V., and Cerrato, J.M., (2018). Metal Reactivity in Laboratory Burned Wood from a Watershed Affected by Wildfires. Environmental Science & Technology,52 (15), 8115-8123.
  • Shaikh, N., Zhang, H., Rasamani, K.D., Artyushkova, K., Ali, A.S., Cerrato, J.M,(2018) Reaction of Bisphenol A with Synthetic and Commercial MnOx(s): Spectroscopic and Kinetic Study. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 20, 1046-1055.
  • Zychowski, K.E.,  Kodali, V., Harmon,  M., Tyler, C., Sanchez, B., Ordonez Suarez, Y., Herbert, G., Wheeler, A., Avasarala, S., Cerrato, J.M., Kunda, N.K., Muttil, P., Shuey, C.,Brearley, A., Ali, A.S., Lin, Y., Shoeb, M.,  Erdely, A., and Campen, M.J. (2018) Respirable Uranyl-Vanadate Containing Particulate Matter Derived from a Legacy Uranium Mine Site Exhibits Potentiated Cardiopulmonary Toxicity. Toxicological Sciences, 164, 101-114.
  • Lopez Moruno, F., Rubio, J.E., Atanassov, P., Cerrato, J.M., Arges, C.G., and Santoro, C. (2018) . Microbial desalination cell with sulfonated sodium poly(ether ether ketone) as cation exchange membranes for enhancing power generation and salt reduction. Bioelectrochemistry, 121, 176-184.
  • Lopez, F., Rubio, J.E., Santoro, C., Atanassov, P., Cerrato, J.M., and Arges, C., (2018) Investigation of patterned and non-patterned poly(2,6-dimethyl 1,4-pheneylene) oxide based anion exchange membranes for enhanced desalination and power generation in microbial desalination cell. Solid State Ionics, 314, 141-148.
  • Avasarala, S., Lichtner, P., Ali, A.S., González-Pinzón, R., Blake, J.M., and Cerrato, J.M., (2017) Reactive transport of U and V from abandoned mine wastes. Environmental Science & Technology, 51 (21), 12385-12393.
  • Ilgen A.G., Kukkadapu R.K., Dunphy D.R., Artyushkova K., Cerrato, J.M., Kruichak J.N., Janish M.T., Sun C. J., Argo J. M., and Washington R. E. (2017). Synthesis and characterization of redox-active ferric nontronite.  Chemical Geology, 470, 1-12.
  • Blake, J., DeVore, C., Avasarala, S., Ali, A.S., Roldan, C., Bowers, F., Spilde, M., Artyushkova, K., Kirk, M.F., Peterson, E., Rodríguez-Freire, L., and Cerrato, J.M., (2017). Uranium mobility and accumulation along the Rio Paguate, Jackpile Mine in Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 19, 605-621.
  • Saup, C., Williams, K., Rodríguez-Freire, L., Cerrato, J.M., Johnston, M.D., and Wilkins, M.J., (2017). Anoxia stimulates microbially catalyzed metal release from Animas River sediments. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 19, 578-585.
  • Rodriguez-Freire, L., Avasarala, S., Ali, A.S., Agnew, D., Hoover, J., Artyushkova, K., Latta, D., Peterson, E., Lewis, J., Brearley, A.J., andCerrato, J.M., (2016) Post Gold King Mine spill investigation of metal stability in water and sediments of the Animas River watershed. Environmental Science & Technology, 50 (21), 11539–11548.
  • Ruiz, O., Thomson, B., andCerrato, J.M., (2016) Investigation of in-situ leach (ISL) mining of uranium in New Mexico and post-mining reclamation. New Mexico Geology, 38, 77-89.
  • Shaikh, N., Taujale, S., Zhang, H., Artyushkova, K., Ali, A.S., and Cerrato, J.M., (2016) Spectroscopic investigation of interfacial interaction of manganese oxide with Triclosan aniline, and phenol. Environmental Science & Technology, 50 (20),10978-10987.
  • Asadi, M., Kim, K., Liu, C., Addepalli, A.V.,Abbasi, P., Yasaei, P., Phillips, P., Behranginia, A., Cerrato, J.M., Haasch, R., Zapol, P., Kumar, B., Klie, R.F., Abiade, J., Curtiss, L.A., Salehi-Kojin, A., (2016). Nanostructured transition metal dichalcogenide electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction in ionic liquid.  Science, 353 (6298), 467-470.
  • Cerrato, J.M., Blake, J.M., Hirani, C., Clark, A.L., Ali, A.S., Artyushkova, K., Peterson, E., and Bixby, R. (2016). Wildfires and Water Chemistry: Effect of Metals Associated with Wood Ash. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 18, 1078-1089.
  • Blake, J.M., Avasarala, S., Artyushkova, K., Ali, A.S., Brearly, A.J., Shuey, C., Robinson, Wm. P., Nez, C., Bill, S., Lewis, J., Hirani, C., Lezama-Pacheco, J.S., and Cerrato, J.M., (2015) Elevated concentrations of U and co-occurring metals in abandoned mine wastes in a Northeastern Arizona Native American community. Environmental Science &Technology, 49 (14), 8506-8514.
  • Lezama-Pacheco, J.S., Cerrato, J.M., Alessi, D.S., Veeramani, H., Suvorova, E.I., Bernier-Latmani, R., Giammar, D.E., Long, P.E., Williams, K.H., and Bargar, J.R., (2015) Long-term in-situ oxidation of biogenic uraninite in an alluvial aquifer: impact of dissolved oxygen and calcium, Environmental Science & Technology, 49 (12), 7340-7347.
  • Alessi, D.S., Lezama-Pacheco, J.S., Janot, N., Suvorova, E.I., Cerrato, J.M., Giammar, D/E., Davis, J.A., Fox, P.M., Williams, K.H., Long, P.E., Handley, K.M., Bernier-Latmani, R., and Bargar, J.R. (2014) Speciation and reactivity of uranium products formed duringin situ bioremediation in an alluvial aquifer, Environmental Science & Technology, 48 (21), 12842-12850.   
  • Massey, M.S., Lezama-Pacheco, J.S., Jones, M.E., Ilton, E.S., Cerrato, J.M., Bargar, J.R., and Fendorf, S., (2014) Competing retention pathways of uranium upon reaction with Fe(II), Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 142, 166 - 185.
  • Cerrato, J.M., Ashner, M.N., Alessi, D.S., Bernier-Latmani, R., Lezama-Pacheco, J.S., Bargar, J.R., and Giammar, D.E., (2013) Relative Reactivity of Biogenic and Chemogenic Uraninite and Biogenic Non-crystalline U(IV), Environmental Science & Technology, 47 (17), 9756 - 9763.
  • Giammar, D.E., Cerrato, J.M., Mehta, V., Wang, Z., Wang, Y., Pepping, T.J., Ulrich, K., Lezama-Pacheco, J.S., and Bargar, J.R., (2012) Effect of diffusive transport limitations on UO2 dissolution, Water Research, 46, 6023 - 6032.
  • Cerrato, J.M., Barrows, C.J., Blue, L.Y., Lezama-Pacheco, J.S., Bargar, J.R., and Giammar, D.E., (2012) Effect of Ca2+ and Zn2+ on UO2 dissolution rates, Environmental Science & Technology, 46 (5), 2731 - 2737.
  • Cerrato, J.M., Knocke, W.R., Hochella, Jr., M.F., Dietrich, A.M., Jones, A., and Cromer, T.F., (2011) Application of XPS and solution chemistry analyses to investigate soluble manganese removal by MnOx(s)-coated media, Environmental Science &Technology, 45 (23), 10068 - 10074.
  • Cerrato, J.M., Hochella, Jr., M.F., Knocke, W.R., Dietrich, A.M., and Cromer, T.F. (2010) Use of XPS to identify the oxidation state of Mn in solid surfaces of filtration media oxide samples from drinking water treatment plants. Environmental Science &Technology, 44 (15), 5881 - 5886.
  • Cerrato, J.M., Falkinham III, J.O., Dietrich, A.M., Knocke, W.R., McKinney, C.W., and Pruden, A. (2010) Manganese-oxidizing and -reducing microorganisms isolated from biofilms in chlorinated drinking water systems. Water Research, 44, 3935 - 3945.
  • Cerrato, J.M., Reyes, L.P., Alvarado, C.N., and Dietrich, A.M. (2006) Effect of PVC and iron materials in drinking water distribution systems on Mn(II) deposition. Water Research, 40 2720 - 2726.

 Book Chapters

  • Wasserman, N.L., Jemison, N.E., Jin, Q., Kirk M.F., Cerrato, J.M. (2024) Redox processes in groundwater. In Treatise on Geochemistry, Ariel D. Anbar, Dominique Weiss, Adina Paytan, Catherine Chauvel (Eds.), 3rd Edition, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99762-1.00025-5
  • HooverH., Bolt A.M., Burchiel S.W., Cerrato J.M., Dashner-Titus E.J., Erdei E., Gonzalez Estrella J., El Hayek E., Hudson L.G., Luo L., MacKenzie D., Medina S., Schilz J.R., Velasco C.A., Zychowski K., Lewis J.L. (2021) A transdisciplinary approach for studying uranium mobility, exposure, and human health impacts on tribal land sin the southwest, United States. In Malcolm Siegel, Olle Selinus and Robert Finkelman (Eds.), Practical Applications of Medical Geology, Springer, ISBN: 978-3-030-53892-7
  • Cerrato, J.M., DeVore, C.L., Velasco, C.A. (2019) “Mine Waste Effects on Water and Soil in Native American Land in Western USA”, In Wiley Encyclopedia of Water: Science, Technology, and Society 2019. DOI: 1002/9781119300762.wsts0051
Opinions and Other Publications
  • Gadhamshetty, V., Peters, C.A., Cerrato, J.M., Nelson, K, Hsu-Kim, H., Ladner, D.A., and Blaney, L. (2025). Leadership in Environmental Engineering and Science: Celebrating Dr. Domenico Grasso’s Editorial Legacy and Presidential Appointment.Environmental Engineering Science, Accepted, https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2025.0117.

 Patents

  • Casuse, T., Cerrato Corrales, J.M., Garzon, F. (2025). Thin Film for Aqueous Electrochemical Heavy Metal Detection and Methods Thereof. U.S. Patent No 12,504,395 B1.
  • Casuse, T., Cerrato Corrales, J.M., Garzon, F. (2025). Ion Exchange Membrane Separated Two Electrode Flow Analyzer for Continuous Aqueous Electrochemical Heavy Metal Detection. U.S. Patent No 12,365,998 B2.