Owen Duckworth
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Bio
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Area(s) of Expertise
The activity of microbes greatly affects the biogeochemical flow of nutrients and contaminants in the environment. Current research focuses primarily on the thermodynamics and kinetics of aqueous and interfacial reactions involving biogenic exudates that contribute to understanding the biogeochemical cycling of natural and anthropogenic species. My approach is to blend traditional wet-chemical, field, and microbiological methods with modern spectroscopic, microscopic, genetic, and theoretical techniques to obtain an understanding of mechanisms and reaction pathways on molecular to macroscopic scales.
Publications
- Degradation of catecholate, hydroxamate, and carboxylate model siderophores by extracellular enzymes , PLOS ONE (2025)
- Impact of labile organic carbon and manganese oxide on chromium and vanadium subsurface mobility: evidence from laboratory incubation experiments , ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE-PROCESSES & IMPACTS (2025)
- Landscape Position and Burn Intensity Influence Heat-Induced Soil Chromium Contamination , (2025)
- Predicting arsenic and manganese contamination in private well water with Machine Learning: An integrated analysis of geologic, well construction, and permitting data. , (2025)
- Quantifying Summer Internal Phosphorus Loading in Large Lakes across the United States , Zenodo (2025)
- Quantifying Summer Internal Phosphorus Loading in Large Lakes across the United States , Zenodo (2025)
- Quantifying Summer Internal Phosphorus Loading in Large Lakes across the United States , ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (2025)
- Why Does Overapplication of Phosphorus Fertilizers Occur: Insights from North Carolina Farmers , AGRICULTURE-BASEL (2025)
- Commercial compost amendments inhibit the bioavailability and plant uptake of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in soil-porewater-lettuce systems , ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL (2024)
- Contrasting Effects of Catecholate and Hydroxamate Siderophores on Molybdenite Dissolution , ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (2024)