Publications

  • Rodgers, T. F. M.; Drew, S.; Brown, T.; Hiki, K.; Hiroshi, Y.; King, M.; Kolodziej, E. P.; Krogh, E. T.; McIntyre, J. K.; Miller, K.; Peng, H.; Tomlin, H.; Wang, Y.; Scholes, R. C. Turning the corner on hazardous tire compounds: A management framework for tire additive pollution. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.5c00453
  • King, M.D.; Rodgers, T. F. M.; Sharma, G.; Reger, S.; Liao, S.; Ross, A. R. S.; Mueller, M.; Drew, S.; Scholes, R. C.; Brown, T. M. Tracking 6PPD-quinone dynamics in a coho salmon-bearing stream following rain reveals elevated concentrations for multihour periods during high flow. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.5c00477
  • Anderson, C.M.; Mushtaq, A.; Leckie, M.; Scholes, R. C. Enhanced removal of common wastewater-derived trace organic contaminants in vertical-flow constructed wetlands amended with Fe(III)-EDTA. ACS Environmental Au. 2025. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00017
  • Lynn, L.; Scholes, R. C.; Kim, J. H.; Wilson-Wedler, J. H.; Orts, W. J.; Hart-Cooper, W. M. Antimicrobial, Preservative, and Hazard Assessments from Eight Chemical Classes. ACS Omega. 2024, 9(16), 17869-17877. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c08672
  • Rodgers, T. M.; Spraakman, S.; Wang, Y.; Johannessen, C.; Scholes, R. C.; Giang, A. Bioretention Design Modifications Increase the Simulated Capture of Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Trace Organic Compounds. Environmental Science & Technology. 2024, 58(12), 5500-5511. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c10375
  • Rodgers, T. M.; Wang, Y.; Humes, C.; Jeronimo, M.; Johannessen, C.; Spraakman, S.; Giang, A.; Scholes, R. C. Bioretention Cells Provide a 10-Fold Reduction in 6PPD-Quinone Mass Loadings to Receiving Waters: Evidence from a Field Experiment and Modeling. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 2023, 10(7), 582-588. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00203
  • Stiegler, A. N.; Cecchetti, A. R.; Scholes, R. C.; Sedlak, D. L. Persistent Trace Organic Contaminants Are Transformed Rapidly under Sulfate- and Fe(III)-Reducing Conditions in a Nature-Based Subsurface Water Treatment System. Environmental Science & Technology. 2023, 57(43), 16616-16627. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c03719
  • Brady, A. R.; Vega, M. A. P.; Stiegler, A. N.; Scholes, R. C.; Riddle, K. N.; Peel, H. F.; Sedlak, D. L.; Sharp, J. O. Pharmaceutical attenuation differs within woodchip-based lignocellulose bioreactors across nitrate and sulfate reducing conditions. ACS ES&T Water. 2023, 3(5), 1352-1363. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.3c00030
  • Vega, M. A. P.; Scholes, R. C.; Brady, A. R.; Narrow, A. B.; Vanzin, G.; Wrighton, K.; Sedlak, D. L.; Sharp, J. O. Methane-oxidizing activity enhances sulfamethoxazole biotransformation in a benthic constructed wetland biomat. Environmental Science & Technology. 2023, 57(18), 7240–7253. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c09314
  • Vega, M. A. P.; Scholes, R. C.; Brady, A. R.; Daly, R. A.; Narrowe, A. B.; Bosworth, L. B.; Wrighton, K. C.; Sedlak, D. L.; Sharp, J. O. Pharmaceutical Biotransformation is Influenced by Photosynthesis and Microbial Nitrogen Cycling in a Benthic Wetland Biomat. Environmental Science & Technology. 2022, 56(20), 14462-14477. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c03566
  • Scholes, R. C. Contributions of Reactive Nitrogen Species to Transformations of Organic Compounds in Water: A Critical Review. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. 2022, 24, 851-869. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2EM00102K
  • Scholes, R. C.; Stiegler, A. N.; Anderson, C. M.; Sedlak, D. L. Enabling Water Reuse by Treatment of Reverse Osmosis Concentrate: The Promise of Constructed Wetlands. ACS Environmental AU. 2021, 1(1), 7-17. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenvironau.1c00013
  • Scholes, R. C.; Vega, M. A.; Sharp, J. O.; Sedlak, D. L. Nitrate Removal from Reverse Osmosis Concentrate in Pilot-Scale Open-Water Unit Process Wetlands. Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol. 2021, 7, 650-661. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0EW00911C
  • Scholes, R. C.; King, J. F.; Mitch, W. A.; Sedlak, D. L. Transformation of Trace Organic Contaminants from Reverse Osmosis Concentrate by Open-Water Unit Process Wetlands with and without Ozone Pre-Treatment. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2020, 54(24), 16176-16185. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c04406
  • Scholes, R. C.; Prasse, C.; Sedlak, D. L. The Role of Reactive Nitrogen Species in Sensitized Photolysis of Wastewater-Derived Trace Organic Contaminants. Env. Sci Technol 2019, 53, 6483–6491. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b01386
  • Scholes, R. C.; Hageman, K. J.; Closs, G. P.; Stirling, C. H.; Reid, M. R.; Gabrielsson, R.; Augspurger, J. M. Predictors of Pesticide Concentrations in Freshwater Trout – The Role of Life History. Environ. Pollut. 2016, 219, 253–261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.10.017