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Jennifer Field

 jennifer field

Professor
Dept: EMT (1111 Ag Life Sciences Bldg)
Ph.D. 1990, Colorado School of Mines
Phone: 541-737-2265
Fax: 541-737-0497
Jennifer.Field@oregonstate.edu

Current general research focuses on the development and application of quantitative analytical methods for organic micropollutants and their transformation products in natural and engineered systems.  Early in her career, she focused on field-based research to investigate the fate and transport of surfactants in groundwater and wastewater treatment systems.  She participated in interdisciplinary research with hydrologists and engineers in order to develop ‘push-pull’ tracer test methods for determining in-situ rates of reductive dechlorination and anaerobic biodegradation of aromatic hydrocarbons.  She was a pioneer in the area of fluorochemical occurrence and behavior with a focus on groundwater contaminated by fire-fighting foams, municipal wastewater treatment systems, and in municipal landfill leachates.  Her current research in the area of environmental analytical chemistry concentrates on the use of large-volume injections with liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry as a quantitative yet cost- and time-saving approach for the analysis of aqueous environmental samples.  Applications of the large-volume injection technique include measurements of illicit drugs in municipal wastewater as an alternative indicator of community drug use.  Quantification of fullerene nanomaterials in natural and engineered systems also is a current research topic in the Field laboratory.  She served as an Editor for Water Research from 2004 to 2008 and in 2008, Field was appointed as an Associate Editor for Environmental Science and Technology.

Recent Publications Include:

  •  Gieg, L.M., Alumbaugh, R.E., Field, J., Jones, J., Istok, J.D., Suflita, J.M. 2009. Assessing in situ rates of anaerobic hydrocarbon bioremediation.  Microbial Biotech., doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2008.00081x
  •  Chiaia, A. and Field, J.A. 2008. Large Volume (1,800 mL) Injection for the Direct Analysis of Illicit Drugs in Municipal Wastewaters. Environmental Science and Technology, 42, 8841-8848.
  •  Huset, C., Chiaia, A., Barofsky, D., Jonkers, N., Kohler, H-P., Ort, C., Giger, W., and Field, J. 2008.  Occurrence and mass flows of fluorochemicals in the Glatt Valley Watershed, Switzerland. Environmental Science and Technology, 42; 6369-6377.
  •  Primbs, T., Piekarz, A., Wilson, G., Schmedding, D., Jaffe, D., Higginbotham, C., Field, J.A., and Simonich, S. 2007.  Influence of Asian and Western U.S. Urban Areas and Fires on the Atmospheric Transport of PAHs, PCBs, and FTOHs in the Western U.S.  Environmental Science and Technology, 41; 8248-8255.
  •  Piekarz, A., Primbs, T., Field, J., Barofsky, D., Simonich, S.  2007. Semi-Volatile Fluorinated Organic Compounds in Asian and Western U.S. Air Masses.  Environmental Science and Technology, 41; 8248-8255.
  •  Isaacson, C, Usenko, C.Y., Tanguay, R.L., Field, J.A..  2007.  Quantification of Fullerenes by LC-ESI/MS and its Application to in Vivo Toxicity Assays. Analytical Chemistry, 79, 9091-9097.
  •  Schultz, M, Higgins, C., Luthy, R., Criddle, C., Barofsky, D.F. and Field, J.A. 2006.  Behavior of fluorochemicals during municipal wastewater treatment. Environmental Science and Technology, 40, 7350-7357.
  •  Issacson, C. and Field, J.A. 2006. Quantitative Determination of 1,4-Dioxane in Ground Water by Solid Phase Extraction and GC-MS/MS. Environmental Science and Technology, 40, 7305-7311.
  •  Schultz, M, Barofsky, D.F. and Field, J.A.  2006.  Quantitative Determination of Fluorinated Alkyl Substances in Municipal Wastewater by High-Volume-Injection LC MS/MS. Environmental Science and Technology, 40, 289-295.
  •  Ennis, E., Reed, R., Dolan, M., Semprini, L., Istok, J., Field, J. 2005.  Reductive Dechlorination of the Vinyl Chloride Surrogate Chlorofluoroethene in TCE-Contaminated Groundwater.  Environmental Science and Technology, 39, 6777-6785.
  • Higgins, C. P.; Field, J. A.; Criddle, C. S.; Luthy, R. G.  2005.  Evidence of perfluorochemicals in sediments and sludge.  Environmental Science and Technology., 39(11), 3946-3956.
  • Martin, J.W., Kannan, K., Berger, U., de Voogt, P., Field, J., Franklin, J., Giesy, J., Harner, T., Muir, D., Scott, B., Kaiser, M., Jarnberg, U., Jones, K., Mabury, S., Schroeder, H., Simcik, M., Sottani, C., van Bavel, B., Karrman, A., Lindstrom, G., and van Leeuwen, S.  2004. Analytical challenges hamper perfluoroalkyl research.  Environ. Sci. Technol., 38, 249A-255A.
  •   Schultz, M.M., Barofsky, D.F., Field, J.A. 2004. Occurrence and distribution of fluoroalkyl telomer sulfonates in AFFF-contaminated groundwater.  Environmental Science and Technology, 38, 1828-1835.
  • Field JA, Simonich S, Barofsky D. Comment on "Detection of perfluorooctane surfactants in Great Lakes water" and "Mass budget of perluorooctane surfactants in Lake Ontario". Environ Sci Technol. 2005 May 15;39(10):3883-4; author reply 3885-6.
  • Field, J.A., Reed, R.L., Istok, J.D., Semprini, L., Bennett, P., and Buscheck, T.E. Trichlorofluoroethene: A Reactive Tracer for Evaluating Reductive Dechlorination in Large-Diameter Permeable Columns. Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation Volume 25, Issue 2, Page 68-77, May 2005
  • Hageman KJ, Field JA, Istok JD, Semprini L. Quantifying the effects of fumarate on in situ reductive dechlorination rates. J Contam Hydrol. 2004 Dec;75(3-4):281-96.
  • Schultz MM, Barofsky DF, Field JA. Quantitative determination of fluorotelomer sulfonates in groundwater by LC MS/MS. Environ Sci Technol. 2004 Mar 15;38(6):1828-35.
  • Alumbaugh, R.E., Geig, L.M., Field, J.A. Determination of alkylbenzene metabolites in groundwater by solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A, 1042 (2004) 89-97.