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Joseph Blake Hughes

Adjunct Professor

Articles

  1. Da Silva, M. L. B., Daprato, R. C., Gomez, D. E., Hughes, J. B., Alvarez, P. J. J. and Ward, C. H. (2006) Comparison of Bioaugmentation and Biostimulation for the Enhancement of DNAPL Source Zone Remediation, Water Environment Research, in press.
  2. Lyon, D. L., J. D. Fortner, C. M. Sayes, V. L. Colvin, and J. B. Hughes (2005) Cell Association and Antimicrobial Activity on an Envronmentally-Relevant Pristine C60 Water Suspension with the Bacteria Eschericia Coli and Bacillus subtilis, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, accepted for publication.
  3. Daprato, R. C., C. Zhang, J. C. Spain, and J. B. Hughes (2005) Modeling Aerobic Bioremediation of 2,4-Dinitrotoluene in a Bioslurry Reactor, Environmental Engineering Science, accepted for publication.
  4. Tront, J., and J. B. Hughes (2005) Oxidative Microbial Degradation of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene via 3-methyl-4,6-dinitrocatecol, Environmental Science and Technology, (39), 4540-4549.
  5. Fortner, J D. D. Lyon, V. L. Colvin, and J. B. Hughes (2005) C60 in Water:Nanocrystal Formation and Biological Effects Environmental Science and Technology, (39), 4307-4316
  6. Lyon, D.L., J. D. Fortner, C. M. Sayes, V. L. Colvin, and J. B. Hughes (2004) Cell Association and Antimicrobial Activity on an Environmentally-Relevant Pristine C60 Water Suspension with the Bacteria Eschericia Coli and Bacillus subtilis, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, submitted for publication.
  7. Nutt, M. O.J. B. Hughes, and M. S. Wong (2004) Designing Pd-on-Au Bimetallic Nanoparticle Catalysts for Trichloroethene Hydrodechlorination, Environmental Science and Technology, submitted for publication.
  8. Sayes, C. M, J. D. Fortner, W. Guo, D. Lyon, A. M. Boyd, K. D. Ausman, Y. J. Tao, B. Sitharaman, L. J. Wilson, J. B. Hughes, J. L. West, V.L. Colvin (2004) The Differential Cytotoxicity of Water Soluble Fullerenes, in press Nanotechnology Letters.
  9. Adamson, D. T. and J. B. Hughes (2004) Flux and Product Distribution During Biological Treatment of PCE DNAPL, Environmental Science and Technology, (38), 2021-28.
  10. Fleischmann, T.J., K.C. Walker, J.C. Spain, J.B. Hughes, and A.M. Craig (2004) Anaerobic transformation of 2,4,6-TNT by bovine ruminal microbes, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. (314), 957-963.
  11. Nutt, M. O.J. B. Hughes, and M. S. Wong (2004) Designing Pd-on-Au Bimetallic Nanoparticle Catalysts for Trichloroethene Hydrodechlorination, Environmental Science and Technology, (39)1346-1353.
  12. Sayes, C. M, J. D. Fortner, W. Guo, D. Lyon, A. M. Boyd, K. D. Ausman, Y. J. Tao, B. Sitharaman, L. J. Wilson, J. B. Hughes, J. L. West, V.L. Colvin (2004) The Differential Cytotoxicity of Water Soluble Fullerenes, Nanotechnology Letters, (4)1881-87.
  13. Zhang, C. and J. B. Hughes (2004) Bacterial Energetics, Stoichiometry, and Kinetic Modeling of 2,4-Dinitrotoluene Biodegradation in a Batch Respirometer, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, (23)2799-2806.
  14. Fortner, J. D. , C. Zhang, J. C. Spain, and J. B. Hughes (2003) Soil Column Evaluation of Factors Controlling Biodegradation of DNT in the Vadose Zone, Environmental Science and Technology, (37), 3382-91.
  15. Wang, C., D. Lyon, J. B. Hughes and G. N. Bennett (2003) Role of hydroxylamine intermediates in the phytotransformation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene by Myriophyllum aquaticum. Environmental Science and Technology, (37), 3595-600.
  16. Adamson, D. T,. J. McDade, and J. B. Hughes (2003) Inoculation of a DNAPL Source Zone to Initiate Reductive Dechlorination of PCE, Environmental Science and Technology, (37), 2525-33.
  17. McGuire, T. and J. B. Hughes (2003) Effects of Surfactants on the Dechlorination of Chlorinated Ethenes, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, (22), 2630-38
  18. Padda R. S., C. Wang, J. B. Hughes, R. Kutty and G. N. Bennett (2003) Mutagenicity of Nitroaromatic Degradation Compounds, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, (22), 2293-97.
  19. Watrous, M, S. Clark, R. Kutty, S. Huang, F. Rudolph, J. B. Hughes, and G. N. Bennett, (2003) 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene Reduction by an Fe-only Hydrogenase in Clostridium acetobutylicm, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, (69), 1542-47.
  20. Zhang, C. and J. B. Hughes, (2002) Kinetics and Metabolic Pathways of Hexahydro-1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-Triazine (RDX) by Clostridium acetobutylicum Chemosphere, (50), 665-71.
  21. Ahmad, F. and J. B. Hughes (2002) Reactivity of Partially Reduced Arylhydroxylamine and Nitrosoarene Metabolites of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT) Towards Biomass and Humic Acids, Environmental Science and Technology, (36), 4370-81.
  22. Neale, C. N., A. W. Holder, C. H. Ward, and J. B. Hughes (2002) "Ground Water Reaeration Effects on Hydrocarbon Plumes: a Modeling Approach", ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, (128) 40-50.
  23. Zhang, C., R. C., Daprato, S. F. Nishino, J. C. Spain, and J. B. Hughes (2001) Remediation of Dinitrotoluene Contaminated Soils from Former Army Ammunition Plants: Soil Washing Efficiency and Effective Process Monitoring in Bioslurry Reactors, Journal of Hazardous Materials, (87) 139-154.
  24. Zheng, D., C. S. Carr, and J. B. Hughes, (2001) "Influence of Hydraulic Retention Time on Extent of PCE Dechlorination and Preliminary Characterization of the Enrichment Culture", Bioremediation Journal, (5):159-168.
  25. Cope, N. and J. B. Hughes, (2001) "Biologically-Enhanced Removal of PCE from NAPL Source Zones", Environmental Science and Technology, (35):2014-2021.
  26. Bhadra, R., D. G. Wayment, R. K. Williams, S. N. Barman, M. B. Stone, J. B. Hughes, and J. V. Shanks, (2001) Studies on Plant-Mediated Fate of the Explosives RDX and HMX, Chemosphere, 44(5): 1259-1264.
  27. Padda, R. S. C. Y. Wang, J. B. Hughes, and G. N. Bennett, (2000) Mutagenicity of Trinitrotoluene and its Metabolites Formed During Anaerobic Degradation by Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, (19):2871-2875.
  28. Huang, S., P. A. Lindahl, C. Wang, G. N. Benett, F. B. Rudolph, and J. B. Hughes, (2000) 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT) Reduction by Carbon Monoxide Deydrogenase from Clostridium thermoaceticum, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, (66):1474-1478.
  29. Neale, C. N., J. B. Hughes, and C. H. Ward, (2000) Impacts of Unsaturated Zone Properties on Oxygen Transport and Aquifer Reaeration, Groundwater, (38):784-794.
  30. Zhang, C., J. B. Hughes, S. F. Nishino, and J. C. Spain, (2000) Slurry-Phase Biological Treatment of 2,4-Dinitrotoluene and 2,6-Dinitrotoluene: Role of Bioaugmentation and Effects of High Dinitrotoluene Concentrations, Environmental Science and Technology, (34):2810-2816.
  31. Tadros, M.G., A. Crawford, A. Mateo-Sullivan, C. Zhang, and J. B. Hughes, (2000) Toxic Effects of Hydroxylamino Intermediates from Microbial Transformation of Trinitrotoluene and Dinitrotoluenes on Algae Selenastrum capricornutum, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, (64):579-585.
  32. Carr, C. S., S. Garg, and J. B. Hughes, (2000) Effect of Dechlorination on the Longevity and Composition of NAPL Sources under Equilibrium Dissolution Conditions, Environmental Science and Technology, (34):1088-1094.
  33. Wang, C. Y., D. Zheng, and J. B. Hughes, (2000) Stability of Hydroxylamino and Amino Intermediates from Reduction of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene, 2,4-Dinitrotoluene and 2,6-Dinitrotoluene Biotechnology Letters, (22):15-19.
  34. Wayment, D. G., R. Bhadra, J. Lauritzen, J. B. Hughes, and J. V. Shanks, (1999) A Transient Study of Conjugate Formation During TNT Metabolism by Axenic Plant Roots, Journal of Phytoremediation, (1):227-239.
  35. Bhadra, R., R. J. Spanggord, D. G. Wayment, J. B. Hughes, and J. V. Shanks, (1999) Characterization of Oxidation Products of TNT Metabolism in Aquatic Phytoremediation Systems of Myriophyllum aquaticum, Environmental Science and Technology, (33):3354-3361.
  36. Holder, A.W., P. B. Bedient, and J. B. Hughes, (1999)Modeling the Impact of Oxygen Reaeration on Natural Attenuation, Bioremediation Journal, (3):137-149.
  37. Carr, C. S., and J. B. Hughes, Response to Comment: Enrichment of High Rate PCE Dechlorination and Comparative Study of Lactate, Methanol, and Hydrogen as Electron Donors to Sustain Activity, Environmental Science and Technology, (33):2683-2684.
  38. Hughes, J. B., C. Wang, and C. Zhang, (1999) Anaerobic Transformation of 2,4- and 2,6-Dinitrotoluenes by Clostridium acetobutylicum: A Pathway Through Dihydroxylamino-Intermediates, Environmental Science and Technology, (33):1065-1070.
  39. Gerlach, R., C. Zhang, M. Steioff, and J. B. Hughes, (1999) Hydrophobic Electron Donors for the Reduction of Nitroaromatics in Anaerobic Sediments, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, (36):91-104.
  40. Bhadra, R., D. G. Wayment, J. B. Hughes, and J. V. Shanks, (1999) Confirmation of Conjugation Processes During TNT Metabolism by Axenic Plant Roots, Environmental Science and Technology,(33):446-452.
  41. Wang, C. and J. B. Hughes, (1998) Derivatization and Separation of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene Metabolic Products, Biotechnology Techniques, (12):839-842.
  42. Pucik, L. E. and J. B. Hughes, (1998)Fate of TNT and TNT-Transformation Products in Aerobic Mixed Cultures, Bioremediation Journal, (2):57-67.
  43. Beckles, D. M., C. H. Ward, and J. B. Hughes, (1998) The Effect of Mixtures of PAHs and Sediments on Fluoranthene Biodegradation Patterns, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry,(17):1246-1251.
  44. Carr, C. S. and J. B. Hughes, (1998) Enrichment of High Rate PCE Dechlorination and Comparative Study of Lactate, Methanol, and Hydrogen as Electron Donors to Sustain Activity, Environmental Science and Technology, (32):1817-1824.
  45. Jee, V., D. Beckles, C. H. Ward, and J. B. Hughes, (1998) Bioremediation of Phenathrene-Contaminated Estuarine Sediments, Water Research, (32):1231-1239.
  46. Hughes, J. B., C. Wang, K. Yesland, A. Richardson, R. Bhadra, G. Bennett, and F. Rudolph, (1998) Bamberger Rearrangement During TNT-Metabolism by Clostridium acetobutylicum, Environmental Science and Technology, (32):494-500.
  47. Hughes, J. B., C. Wang, R. Bhadra, A. Richardson, G. Bennett, and F. Rudolph, (1998) Reduction of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene by Clostridium acetobutylicum through Hydroxylamino-Nitrotoluene Intermediates, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, (17):343-348.
  48. Wang, C. Y., R. Bhadra, and J. B. Hughes, (1997) The Rapid Separation of Reduction Products of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene using TLC Biotechnology Techniques, (11):519-521.
  49. Tadros, M. G. and J. B. Hughes, (1997) Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) by Indigenous Mixed and Pure Cultures Isolated from Coastal Sediments, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, (63-65):865-870.
  50. Vanderford, M., J. V. Shanks, and J. B. Hughes, (1997) Phytotransformation of Trinitrotoluene (TNT) and Distribution of Metabolic Products in Myriophyllum aquaticum, Biotechnology Letters, (19):277-280.
  51. Hughes, J. B., D. M. Beckles, S. D. Chandra, and C. H. Ward, (1997) Utilization of Bioremediation Processes for the Treatment of PAH-Contaminated Sediments, Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology,(18):152-160.
  52. Khan, T. A., R. Bhadra, and J. B. Hughes, (1997) Transformation of TNT and Related Nitroaromatic Compounds by Clostridium acetobutylicum, Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, (18):198-203.
  53. Hughes, J. B., J. V. Shanks, M. Vanderford, J. Lauritzen (1997), Transformation of TNT by Aquatic Plants and Plant Tissue Cultures, Environmental Science and Technology, (31):266-271.
  54. Pucik, L. E., and J. B. Hughes, (1996) Capillary Electrophoretic Separation of TNT and its Transformation Products, Journal of Capillary Electrophoresis, (3):209-215.
  55. Chandra, S., C. H. Ward, and J. B. Hughes (1996), Biodegradation of Sorbed Fluorene in Sediment Slurries, Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials, (13):375-385.
  56. Hughes, J. B., and G. F. Parkin, (1996). Concentration Effects on Chlorinated Aliphatic Transformation Kinetics, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, (122):92-98.
  57. Hughes, J. B., and G. F. Parkin, (1996). Individual Biotransformation Rates in Chlorinated Aliphatic Mixtures, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, (122):99-106.
  58. Tsomides, H. J., J. B. Hughes, J. M. Thomas, and C. H. Ward, (1995) Effect of Surfactant Addition on Phenanthrene Biodegradation in Sediments, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, (14):953-959.
  59. Hughes, J. B. and G. F. Parkin, (1992)The Effect of Mixtures of Xenobiotics and Primary Electron Donor on the Anaerobic Biotransformation of High Concentrations of Chlorinated Aliphatics, Water, Science and Technology, (26):117-126.
  60. Zhang, C. and J. B. Hughes (2004) Bacterial Energetics, Stoichiometry, and Kinetic Modeling of 2,4-Dinitrotoluene Biodegradation in a Batch Respirometer, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, in press.

Books

  1. Ahmad, F., J.B. Hughes, and G.N. Bennett, (2005) "Biodegradation of Hazardous Materials by Clostridia", Handbook on Clostridia, Peter Durre, ed) CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
  2. Bock, C., M. Kolb, M Bokern, H. Harms, M. Mackova, L. Chroma, T. Macek, J. B. Hughes, C. Just, and J. Schnoor (2002) Advances in Phytoremediation: Phytotransformation in Innovative Approaches to the On-Site Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sites, D. Reible and K. Demnerova, Eds. NATO Science Series, Volume 15. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston.
  3. Ward, C.H., J. B. Hughes G. A. Pope, M. Delshad, V. Dwaranath, J. Spain, S. Nishino, J. S. Fruchter, W. R. Vermeul, M. D. Williams, and J. E. Szecsody (2002) In-Situ Treatment Technologies, Environmental Restoration, in Innovative Approaches to the On-Site Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sites, D. Reible and K. Demnerova, Eds. NATO Science Series, Volume 15. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston.
  4. Metabolism of Nitroaromatics and Explosive Compounds, (2000) Eds. J. Spain, H. Knackmuss, and J. B. Hughes, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
  5. Ahmad, F. and J. B. Hughes, (2000) Anaerobic Transformation of TNT by Clostridium, Chapter 8 of Metabolism of Nitroaromatics and Explosive Compounds, Eds. J. Spain, H. Knackmuss, and J. B. Hughes, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
  6. Hughes, J. B., C. N. Neale, and C. H. Ward (2000) Bioremediation, Encyclopedia of Microbiology, Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
  7. Hughes, J. B., (1999) Fate Processes, Chapter 7 of Groundwater Contamination: Transport and Remediation, Ed. III, by Bedient, Rifai and Newell, Prentice-Hall, NJ.
  8. Reible, D., R. Chaney, and J. B. Hughes (1999) Bioavailability, in Environmental Availability in Soils: of Chlorinated Organics, Explosives, and Heavy Metals, Eds. W.C. Anderson, R. C. Loehr, and B. P. Smith, American Academy of Environmental Engineers, Annapolis, MD.
  9. Hughes, J. B. (1996) Biological Treatment of Hazardous Wastes, Frontiers of Engineering, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.

Patents

Hughes, J. B., C. J. Newell, R. T. Fisher, Process for in situ Biodegradation of Chlorinated Aliphatic Hydrocarbons by Subsurface Hydrogen Injection, February 11, 1997, U. S. Patent Number 5,602,296.