Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications (27):

Lanzon, J.B. and Brown, D.G. 2013. "Partitioning of phenanthrene into surfactant hemi-micelles on the bacterial cell surface and implications for surfactant-enhanced biodegradation." Water Research, In Press.
Brown, D.G. 2013. "Development of a Raoult’s Law-Based Screening-Level Risk Assessment Methodology for Coal Tar and its Application to Ten Tars Obtained from Former Manufactured Gas Plants in the Eastern United States." J. Environ. Protection., 4(6A):In Press.
Brown, D.G. and Hong, Y., 2011. "Impact of the charge-regulated nature of the bacterial cell surface on the activity of adhered cells." Adhesion Sci. Technol., 25(17):2199-2218.
Hong, Y. and Brown, D.G., 2010. "Alteration of bacterial surface electrostatic potential and pH upon adhesion to a solid surface and impacts to cellular bioenergetics." Biotechnol. Bioeng., 105(5):965-972.
Hong, Y. and Brown, D.G., 2009. "Variation in bacterial ATP level and proton motive force due to adhesion to a solid surface." Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 75(8):2346-2353.
Cao, J., Zhang, W.-X., Brown, D.G., and Sethi, D., 2008. "Oxidation of lindate with Fe(II)-activated sodium persulfate." Environ. Engr. Sci., 25(2):221-228.
Hong, Y. and Brown, D.G., 2008. "Electrostatic behavior of the charge-regulated bacterial cell surface." Langmuir, 24(9):5003-5009.
Tripathi, S. and Brown, D.G., 2008. "Effects of linear alkylbenzene sulfonate on the sorption of Brij 30 and Brij 35 onto aquifer sand." Environ. Sci. Technol. 42(5):1492-1498.
Abramson, A. and Brown, D.G., 2007. "Influence of solution ionic strength on the collision efficiency distribution and predicted transport distance of a Sphingomonas sp. flowing through porous media." Water Res., 41(19):4435-4445.
Brown, D.G., 2007. "Relationship between micellar and hemi-micellar processes and the bioavailability of surfactant-solubilized hydrophobic organic compounds." Environ. Sci. Technol.,41(4):1194-1199.
Brown, D.G., 2007. "Adaptable method for estimation of parameters describing bacterial transport through porous media from column effluent data: Optimization based on data quality and quantity." Coll. Surf. A: Physichem. Engineer. Aspects, 296(1-3):19-28.
X. Li, Brown, D.G., Zhang, W., 2007. "Zero-valent iron nanoparticles for stabilization of biosolids." J. Nanoparticle Res., 9(2):233-243.
Hong, Y. and Brown, D.G., 2006. "Cell surface acid-base properties of Escherichia coli and Bacillus brevis and variation as a function of growth phase, nitrogen source and C:N ratio." Coll. Surf. B: Biointerfaces, 50(2):112-119.
Brown, D.G., Gupta, L, Kim, T.-H., Moo-Young, H.K., and Coleman, A.J., 2006 . "Comparative assessment of coal tars obtained from 10 former manufactured gas plant sites in the eastern United States." Chemosphere, 65(9):1562-1569.
Brown, D.G. and Abramson, A., 2006. "Collision efficiency distribution of a bacterial suspension flowing through porous media and implications for field-scale transport." Water Res., 40(8):1591-1598.
- Brown, D.G. and Abramson, A., 2007. Erratum to "Collision efficiency distribution of a bacterial suspension flowing through porous media and implications for field-scale transport." [Water Res., 40(8):1591-1598], Water Res., 41(3):719.
Brown, D.G. and Jaffé, P.R., 2006. "Effects of nonionic surfactants on the cell surface hydrophobicity and apparent Hamaker constant of a Sphingomonas sp." Environ. Sci. Technol., 40(1):195-201.
Brown, D.G. and Al Nuaimi, K.S., 2005. "Nonionic surfactant sorption onto the bacterial cell surface: A multi-interaction isotherm." Langmuir, 21(24):11368-11372.
Brown, D.G., Gupta, L., Moo-Young, H.K. and Coleman, A., 2005. "Raoult's law-based method for determination of coal tar average molecular weight." Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 24(8):1886-1892.
Brown, D.G., Komlos, J. and Jaffé, P.R., 2005. "Simultaneous utilization of acetate and hydrogen by Geobacter sulfurreducens and implications for use of hydrogen as an indicator of redox conditions." Environ. Sci. Technol., 39(9):3069-3076.
Dong, H., Onstott, T.C., Ko, C.-H., Hollingsworth, A.D., Brown, D.G., and Mailloux, B.J., 2002. "Theoretical prediction of collision efficiency between adhesion-deficient bacteria and sediment grain surface." Coll. Surf. B: Biointerfaces, 24(3-4):229-245.
Brown, D.G., Stencel, J.R., and Jaffé, P.R., 2002. "Effects of porous media preparation on bacteria transport through laboratory columns." Water Res., 36:105-114.
Brown, D.G., and Jaffé, P.R., 2001. "Effects of nonionic surfactants on bacterial transport through porous media." Environ. Sci. Technol.,35(19):3877-3883.
Brown, D.G., and Jaffé, P.R., 2001. "Effects of nonionic surfactants on the UV/visible absorbance spectrum of bacterial cells." Biotechnol. Bioeng., 74(6):476-482.
Brown, D.G., and Jaffé, P.R., 2001. "Spectrophotometric Assay of POE Nonionic Surfactants and its Application to Surfactant Sorption Isotherms." Environ. Sci. Technol., 35(10):2022-2025.
Brown, D.G., Knightes, C.D., and Peters, C.A., 1999. "Risk assessment for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon NAPLs using component fractions." Environ. Sci. Technol., 33(24):4357-4363.
Peters, C.A., Knightes, C.D., and Brown, D.G., 1999. "Long-term compositional dynamics of PAH-containing NAPLs and implications for risk assessment." Environ. Sci. Technol., 33(24):4499-4507.
Brown, D.G., Guha, S., and Jaffé, P.R., 1999. "Surfactant-enhanced biodegradation of a PAH in soil slurry reactors." Bioremediation J., 3(3):269-283.

Peer-Reviewed Technical Reports:

Brown, D.G., Lanzon, J.B. and Brenner, L.M., 2008. Use of Natural Peat to Remediate Contaminated Water at Manufactured Gas Plant Sites. EPRI, Palo Alto, CA. 1016863.

Brown, D.G. and Tripathi, S., 2004. Microbial Ecology of Permeable Reactive Barriers. EPRI, Palo Alto, CA. 1009505.

Brown, D.G., Gupta, L., Guay, M., Ferland, C., Tsouprake, G., 2004. Coal Tar Treatability Test Program. Chemical oxidation effects on dense non-aqueous phase liquid using potassium permanganate. EPRI, Palo Alto, CA. 1005288.

Moo-Young, H.K., Brown, D.G., Mo, X., Waterman, R., 2004. Development of a Coal Tar Residual Saturation (Res-SAT) Field Tool(TM) for Manufactured Gas Plant Sites. EPRI, Palo Alto, CA. 1005285.

Moo-Young, H.K., Brown, D.G., Kim, T.H., and Gupta, L., 2004. Laboratory Assessment of Leaching Potential of Coal Tar at MGP Sites. EPRI, Palo Alto, CA. 1009425.

Moo-Young, H.K., Brown, D.G., Kim, T.H., and Gupta, L., 2004. Leaching Potential of Coal Tar at a MGP Site: A Laboratory Assessment. EPRI, Palo Alto, CA.

Proceedings:

Brown, D.G., Guha, S., and Jaffé, P.R., 1997. "Modeling biodegradation of phenanthrene in the presence of nonionic surfactant." in In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation, A. Leeson and B.C. Alleman (eds.), Vol. 2, pp 581-586, Battelle Press, Columbus, OH.

Brown, D.G. and Stone, K.W., 1993. "High accuracy/low cost tracking system for solar concentrators using a neural network." in Proceedings of the 28th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, Part 2, pp 577-584, SAE, Warrendale, PA.

Ph.D. Dissertation:

Brown, D.G., 2000. Effects of nonionic surfactants on bacterial transport through porous media. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. (UMI Digital Dissertations).