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Tidal creek, Tuckerton, New Jersey

John Reinfelder
Associate Professor
Department of Environmental Sciences

Director
Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

14 College Farm Road New Brunswick NJ
(732) 932-9800 x6211 (phone)
(732) 932-8644 (fax)
reinfelder@envsci.rutgers.edu

Education:
B.A. Biology, Johns Hopkins University, 1987
Ph.D. Coastal Oceanography, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1993

Courses:
Chemical Principles of Environmental Science 11:375:202
Applications of Aquatic Chemistry 16:375:517

Research Interests:

inorganic carbon assimilation in marine diatoms

trace metal physiology and bioaccumulation in marine plankton

mercury cycling in estuaries and coastal waters

arsenic in sedimentary basin aquifers

Current Projects:
    Regulation of the C₄-CO₂ Concentrating Mechanism in Marine Diatoms by CO₂, Light and Nutrients-NSF Biological Oceanography
    LaTTE Hudson River Plume Project-NSF CoOP
    Microbial Controls on the Mobilization and Speciation of Arsenic from Newark Basin Shale-NSF Biogeosciences

Past Projects:
    Mercury Emissions from Meadowlands Sediments and Vegetation to the Atmosphere-NJDEP, Hudson River Foundation
    Photosynthetic C₄ Carbon Fixation in Marine Diatoms-NSF-CEBIC
    Factors Controlling Mercury Contamination in Berry's Creek and Downstream Ecosystems-MERI
    New Jersey Atmospheric Deposition Network-NJDEP, US EPA, Hudson River Foundation
    Volatilization and Transport of PCBs and Hg from Stabilized Harbor Sediments-NJMSC, NJDOT
    Mercury Cycling in the Delaware River Estuary-DRBC

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.

Gigliotti, C.L., L. A. Totten, J. H. Offenberg, J. Dachs, J. R. Reinfelder, E. Nelson, T. R. Glenn IV, and S. J. Eisenreich (2005) Atmospheric concentrations and deposition of PAHs to Mid-Atlantic east coast. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39: 5550-5559.

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.

Totten, L.A. C.L. Gigliotti, D.A. Van Ry, J.H. Offenberg, E.D. Nelson, J. Dachs, J.R. Reinfelder, S.J. Eisenreich (2004) Atmospheric Concentrations and Deposition of Polychorinated Biphenyls to the Hudson River Estuary. Environ. Sci. Technol. 38: 2568-2573.

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.