Heileen Hsu-Kim
- Office Location: 127A Hudson Hall
- Office Phone: (919) 660-5109
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Email Address:
- Web Page: http://hsukim.pratt.duke.edu/
Research Area(s): Water, Resources and Treatment
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Impacts
Professor Heileen (Helen) Hsu-Kim's research interests include the chemical processes that affect the fate of trace metals in the environment. In particular, she is interested in the biogeochemical cycling of pollutant metals and interfacial processes controlling the fate and bioavilability of nanoparticles in aqueous systems.
Dr. Hsu-Kim's current research efforts focus on the role of reduced sulfur and natural organic matter for controlling mobility and toxicity of metals in the aquatic environment. The methodologies her group employs for this research include laboratory techniques for quantifying trace metal speciation, water-surface interactions, and in-situ applications of solid-state microelectrodes to determine important aquatic constituents in water and sediment.
TEACHING (Spring 2010)
CE 265.01, AQUATIC GEOCHEMISTRY,Representative Publications (More Publications)
- Ruhl L., Vengosh A., Dwyer G.S., Hsu-Kim H., Deonarine A., Bergin M., Kravchenko J., Survey of the potential environmental and health impacts in the immediate aftermath of the coal ash spill in Kingston, Tennessee., Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 43 (2009), ppt. 6326-6333 , [es900714p]
- Deonarine A. and Hsu-Kim H., Precipitation of mercuric sulfide nanoparticles in NOM-containing water: Implications for the natural environment, Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 43 (2009), ppt. 2368-2373 , [es803130h]
- Lau B.L.T. and Hsu-Kim H., Precipitation and growth of Zn-sulfide nanoparticles in the presence of thiol-containing natural organic ligands, Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 42 (2008), ppt. 7236-7241 , [10.1021%2Fes801360b]
- Hsu-Kim H., Mullaugh KM., Tsang J.J., Yucel M., Luther G.W., Formation of Zn- and Fe-sulfides near hydrothermal vents at the Eastern Lau Spreading Center: Implications for sulfide bioavailability to chemoautotrophs, Geochemical Transactions, vol. 9 (2008), ppt. 6 , [6]
- Hsu-Kim H., Stability of Metal-Glutathione Complexes During Oxidation by Hydrogen Peroxide and Cu(II)-Catalysis, Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 41 no. 7 (2007), ppt. 2338-2342 , [es062269+]
Education:
- PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 2004
- MS, University of California, Berkeley, 1999
- BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998
Research Interests:
- Environmental chemistry; biogeochemical cycling of pollutant metals; aquatic geochemistry; water-particle surface processes; transformation of metals in engineered ecosystems
- American Chemical Society, member
- Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, member
- Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, member
