RV Oceanus, New York Bight
 John Reinfelder
Professor
Department of Environmental Sciences

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

14 College Farm Road New Brunswick NJ
(848) 932-5737 (phone)
(732) 932-8644 (fax)
reinfelder@envsci.rutgers.edu		 North Branch
North Branch Raritan River, Far Hills, New Jersey
Education:
B.A. Biology, Johns Hopkins University, 1987
Ph.D. Coastal Oceanography, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1993
Teaching:
 Chemical Principles of Environmental Science 11:375:202
Applications of Aquatic Chemistry 16:375:517
Byrne Freshman Seminar: Exploring New Jersey's Waterways by Boat 11:090:101 Section 3
Research Interests:
Current Projects:

Microbial oxidation of Hg(0) and its effect on Hg stable isotope fractionation and methylmercury production with Nathan Yee (Rutgers), Tamar Barkay (Rutgers) and Tom Johnson (Illinois)

Mass dependent and independent mercury isotope fractionation in natural waters with Tamar Barkay (Rutgers) and Joel Blum (Michigan)

Regulation of the C4-CO2 Concentrating Mechanism in Marine Diatoms by CO2, Light and Nutrients-NSF Biological Oceanography with Kay Bidle (Rutgers), Adam Kustka (Rutgers), and Allen Milligan (Oregon State)

Trace metal cycling in the Hudson River plume with Derek Wright (Lake Superior State) and Tom Frazer (Florida)

Microbial Controls on the Mobilization and Speciation of Arsenic from Newark Basin Shale with Lily Young (Rutgers)

Past Projects:

Mercury volatilization from wetlands

Photosynthetic C4 Carbon Fixation in Marine Diatoms

Mercury in Berry's Creek, New Jersey Meadowlands

New Jersey Atmospheric Deposition Network-NJDEP, US EPA, Hudson River Foundation

Mercury Cycling in the Delaware River Estuary

Publications:

Columbo, M.J., J. Ha, J.R. Reinfelder, T. Barkay, and N. Yee (in press) Anaerobic oxidation of Hg(0) and methylmercury formation by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ND132. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta.

Tarique, Q., J. Burger, J.R. Reinfelder (in press) Relative importance of burrow sediment and pore water to the accumulation of trace metals in the clam Amiantis umbonella. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.

Kritee, K., J.D. Blum, J.R. Reinfelder and T. Barkay (2013) Microbial stable isotope fractionation of mercury: a synthesis of present understanding and future directions. Chem. Geol. 336: 13-25.

Reinfelder, J.R. (2012) Carbon dioxide regulation of nitrogen and phosphorus in four species of marine phytoplankton. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 466:57-67.

Zhu, W. and J.R. Reinfelder (2012) The microbial community of a black shale pyrite biofilm and its implications for pyrite weathering. Geomicrobiol J. 29:186-193.

Tarique, Q., J. Burger, J.R. Reinfelder (2012) Metal concentrations in organs of the clam Amiantis umbonella and their use in monitoring metal contamination of coastal sediments. Water Air Soil. Pollut. 223: 2125-2136.

Reinfelder, J.R. (2011) Carbon concentrating mechanisms in eukaryotic marine phytoplankton. Ann. Rev. Mar. Sci. 3.

Wright D.D., T.K. Frazer, and J.R. Reinfelder (2010) The influence of river plume dynamics on trace metal accumulation in calanoid copepods. Limnol. Oceanogr. 55: 2487-2502.

Smith, L.M. and J.R. Reinfelder (2009) Mercury volatilization from salt marsh sediments. J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci., 114, G00C09, doi:10.1029/2009JG000979.

Crespo-Medina, Melitza, Aspassia D. Chatziefthimiou, Nicolas S. Bloom, George W. Luther III, Derek D. Wright, John R. Reinfelder, Costantino Vetriani, and Tamar Barkay (2009) Adaptation of chemosynthetic microorganisms to elevated mercury concentrations in deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Limnol. Oceanogr. 54:41-49.

Mark A. Moline, Thomas K. Frazer, Robert Chant, Scott Glenn, Charles A. Jacoby, John R. Reinfelder, Jennifer Yost, Meng Zhou, and Oscar M.E. Schofield (2008) Biological responses in a dynamic buoyant river plume. Oceanography, 21:70-90.

Zhu, W., E. Danielle Rhine, Lily Y. Young, and John R. Reinfelder. (2008) Sulfide-driven arsenic solubilization from arsenopyrite and pyritic black shale. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 72:5243-5250.

Rhine, E.D., K.M. Onesios, M.E. Serfes, J.R. Reinfelder, and L.Y. Young (2008) Arsenic transformation and mobilization from minerals by the arsenite oxidizing strain WAO. Environ. Sci. Technol. 42:1423–1429.

Cardona-Marek, T., J. Schaefer, K. Ellickson, T. Barkay, and J.R. Reinfelder (2007) Mercury speciation, reactivity, and bioavailability in a highly contaminated estuary, Berry’s Creek, New Jersey Meadowlands, U.S.A. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41:8268-8274.

Wolfe-Simon, F., V. Starovoytov, J.R. Reinfelder, O. Schofield, and P.G. Falkowski (2006) Localization and role of manganese superoxide dismutase in a marine diatom. Plant Physiol. 142:1701-1709.

Finkel, Z.V., A.S. Quigg, J.A. Raven, J.R. Reinfelder, O.E. Schofield, and P.G. Falkowski (2006) Irradiance-induced changes in the elemental stoichiometry of marine phytoplankton. Limnol. Oceanogr. 51:2690-2701.

Quigg, A., J.R. Reinfelder, and N.S. Fisher (2006) Copper uptake kinetics in diverse marine phytoplankton. Limnol. Oceanogr. 51: 893-899.

Goodrow, S.M., R. Miskewitz, R.I. Hires, S.J. Eisenreich, W.S. Douglas, J.R. Reinfelder (2005) Mercury emissions from cement-stabilized dredged material. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39: 8185-8190.

correction to Goodrow et al. (2005): Goodrow et al. (2006) Environ. Sci. Technol. 40: 409.

Reinfelder, J.R., A.J. Milligan, and F.M.M. Morel (2004) The role of the C4 pathway in carbon accumulation and fixation in a marine diatom. Plant Phys. 135:2106-2111.

Schaefer, J.K., J. Yagi, J.R. Reinfelder, T. Cardona, K.M. Ellickson, S. Tel-Or, and T. Barkay (2004) Role of the bacterial organomercury lyase (MerB) in controlling methylmercury accumulation in mercury-contaminated natural waters. Environ. Sci. Technol. 38: 4304 –4311.

Koelliker, Y., Totten, L.A., Gigliotti, C.L., J.H. Offenberg, J.R. Reinfelder, Y. Zhuang, S.J. Eisenreich (2004) Atmospheric Wet Deposition of Total Phosphorus in New Jersey. Water, Air, and Soil Pollut. 154: 139-150.

Quigg, A., Z.V. Finkel, A.J. Irwin, Y. Rosenthal, T-Y Ho, J.R. Reinfelder, O. Schofield, F.M.M. Morel, P.G. Falkowski (2003) The evolutionary inheritance of elemental stoichiometry in marine phytoplankton. Nature 425: 291-294.

Fan, C.-W. and J. R. Reinfelder (2003) Phenanthrene Accumulation Kinetics in Marine Diatoms. Environ. Sci. Technol. 37:3405-3412.

Chang, S.I. and J.R. Reinfelder (2002) Relative importance of dissolved versus trophic bioaccumulation of copper in marine copepods. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 231:179-186.

Morel, F.M.M., E.H. Cox, A.M.L. Kraepiel, T.W. Lane, A.J. Milligan, I. Schaperdoth, J.R. Reinfelder, and P.D. Tortell (2002) Acquisition of inorganic carbon by the marine diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii. Funct. Plant Biol. 29:301-308.

Reinfelder, J.R., A. M.L. Kraepiel and F.M.M. Morel (2000) Unicellular C4 photosynthesis in a marine diatom. Nature 407:996-999.

Chang, S.I. and J.R. Reinfelder (2000) Bioaccumulation, subcellular distribution and trophic transfer of copper in a coastal marine diatom. Environ. Sci. Technol. 34:4931-4935.

Reinfelder, J.R., R.E. Jablonka, and M. Cheney (2000) Metabolic responses to sub-acute toxicity of trace metals in a marine microalga. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 19:448-453.

Reinfelder, J.R. and S.I. Chang. (1999) Speciation and microalgal bioavailability of inorganic silver. Environ. Sci. Technol. 33:1860-1863.

Reinfelder, J.R., N.S. Fisher, W. -X. Wang, J. Nichols, S.N. Luoma (1998) Trace element trophic transfer in aquatic organisms: a critique of the kinetic model approach. Sci. Total Environ. 219:117-135.

Reinfelder, J.R., W.-X. Wang, Luoma, S.N., and N.S. Fisher (1997) Assimilation efficiencies and turnover rates of trace elements in marine bivalves: a comparison of oysters, clams, and mussels. Mar. Biol. 129:443-452.

Tortell, P.D., J.R. Reinfelder, and F.M.M. Morel (1997) Bicarbonate utilization in coastal diatom blooms. Nature 390:243-244.

Mason, R. P., J.R. Reinfelder, and F.M.M. Morel (1996) The uptake, toxicity and trophic transfer of inorganic mercury and methylmercury in a marine diatom. Environ. Sci. Technol., 30:1835-1845.

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