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Introducing Megan Plumlee...


Megan is interested in water reuse, emerging contaminants, environmental fate, green chemistry, photochemistry, and the intersection of public and environmental health. Here is a list of her publications:

  • Plumlee, M.H., Larabee, J., Reinhard, M., 2008. Perfluorochemicals in Water Reuse. Chemosphere, in press.
  • Plumlee, M.H., Reinhard, M., 2007. Photochemical Attenuation of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) and other Nitrosamines in Surface Water. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41, 6170-6176.
  • Steinle-Darling, E., Zedda, M., Plumlee, M.H., Ridgway, H.F., Reinhard, M., 2007. Evaluating the impacts of membrane type, coating, fouling, chemical properties and water chemistry on reverse osmosis rejection of seven nitrosoalkylamines, including NDMA. Water Res. 41, 3959-3967.
  • Hoehn, E., Plumlee, M.H., Reinhard, M., 2007. Natural attenuation potential of downwelling streams for perfluorochemicals and other emerging contaminants. Water Sci. Technol. 56, 59-64.
  • Plumlee, M.H., López-Mesas, M., Heidlberger, A., Ishida, K.P., Reinhard, M., 2007. N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) Removal by Reverse Osmosis and UV Treatment and Analysis via LC-MS/MS. Water Res 42, 347-355.
  • Lin, A.Y.-C., Plumlee, M.H., Reinhard, M., 2006. Natural attenuation of pharmaceuticals and alkylphenol polyethoxylate metabolites during river transport: photochemical and biological transformation. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 25, 1458–1464.
  • Webb, M.A.H., Feist, G.W., Fitzpatrick, M.S., Foster, E.P., Schreck, C.B., Plumlee, M., Wong, C., Gundersen, D.T., 2006. Mercury concentrations in gonad, liver, and muscle of white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus in the lower Columbia River. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 50, 443-451.
Contact Information

Megan Plumlee
466 7th  Avenue
Menlo Park, CA 94025
meganp  at stanford.edu
650.283.4852