HONORS AND AWARDS:
2002:
Fulbright Scholar; University of Wageningen, Department of
Environmental Sciences, Soil Chemistry, Wageningen, The Netherlands
2002: Educational Foundation Award for Research in Health
Sciences,University of South Carolina
2002: Research Fellowship, Netherlands Ministry of Agriculture,
Nature Management and Fisheries, The Netherlands
2001 - Research Award for Outstanding Scholarly Research, Norman J.
Arnold School of Public Health,University of South Carolina
1998: James A.Keith Excellence in Teaching Award,The School of
Public Health,University of South Carolina
1993: National Science Foundation, Presidential Faculty Fellow Award
in Engineering
RESEARCH
INTERESTS:
Dr. Aelion's research interests focus on environmental
contamination and the fate, transport and biodegradation of organic
and inorganic contaminants in aquatic sediments and groundwater.She
examines what environmental conditions increase and decrease
biodegradation and bioremediation of groundwater and sediment
pollutants. Current research projects include the impact of land
development and land use in coastal areas on nitrate removal by
sediment-associated bacteria; the role of sorption to organic matter
on the
biodegradation of pesticides and
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in coastal sediments; the use of
innovative methods for monitoring microbial degradation of
chlorinated solvents and petroleum in groundwater using stable
isotopes and naturally-occurring radiocarbon; and
the use of encapsulation technology
for the moderation of environmental conditions such as pH for
enhanced biodegradation of organic contaminants in situ. She also
has been involved in several field applications of
remediation of groundwater contamination
using bioremediation, air sparging, and soil vapor extraction.
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SELECT PUBLICATIONS:
Aelion, C.M. and D.C. Cresci. 1999.
Impact of land use on biological transformations of atrazine.
Journal of Environmental Quality 28:683-691.
Aelion, C.M, and B.C. Kirtland. 2000. Physical versus biological
hydrocarbon removal during air sparging and soil vapor extraction.
Environmental Science & Technology 34: 3167-3173.
Aelion, C.M. 2000. Natural Remediation of Radionuclides. In Natural
Remediation of Environmental Contaminants: Its Role in Ecological
Risk Assessment and Risk Management. C.M. Swindoll, R.G. Stahl, Jr.
and S.J. Ells (Eds.). SETAC Press, Society of Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry. pp. 273-295.
Rust, C.M., C.M. Aelion and J.R.V. Flora. 2000. Control of pH during
denitrification in subsurface sediment microcosms using encapsulated
buffer. Water Research 34:1447-1454.
Aelion, C.M., and J.N. Shaw. 2000. Denitrification in South Carolina
(USA) Coastal Plain aquatic sediments. Journal of Environmental
Quality 29:1696-1703.
Magar, V.S., T.M. Vogel, C.M. Aelion and A. Leeson, (Eds.). 2001.
Innovative Methods in Support of Bioremediation. Battelle Press,
Columbus, OH.; pp. 197.
Kirtland, B.C., C.M. Aelion, and M.A. Widdowson. 2001. Long-term AS/SVE
for petroleum removal in low permeability Piedmont saprolite.
Journal of Environmental Engineering 127:134-144.
Aelion, C.M. and P.P. Mathur. 2001. Atrazine biodegradation to
deisopropylatrazine and deethylatrazine in coastal sediments of
different land uses. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry
20:2411-2419.
Rust, C.M., C.M. Aelion, and J.R.V. Flora. 2002. Laboratory sand
column study of encapsulated buffer release for potential in situ pH
control. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 54:81-98.
Liu, L., C.M. Rust, J.R.V. Flora, and C.M. Aelion. 2002.
Mathematical modeling of encapsulated buffer performance in sand
columns. ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering 128 (12):
1128-1138.
Kirtland, B.C., C.M. Aelion, P.A. Stone and D. Hunkeler. 2003.
Isotopic and geochemical assessment of in situ biodegradation of
chlorinated hydrocarbons. Environmental Science & Technology
37:4205-4212.
Aelion, C.M. and B.C. Conte. 2004. Susceptibility of residential
wells to VOC and nitrate contamination. Environmental Science &
Technology 38:1648-1653.
Smalling, K. and C.M. Aelion. 2004. Distribution of atrazine into
three chemical fractions: Impact of sediment depth and organic
carbon content. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 23:1164-1171.
Kirtland, B.C., C.M. Aelion and P.A. Stone. 2005. Assessing in situ
mineralization of recalcitrant organic compounds in vadose zone
sediments using δ13C and 14C measurements. Journal of Contaminant
Hydrology 76:1-18.
Tuerk, K.J.S. and C.M. Aelion. 2005. Microbial nitrogen removal in a
developing suburban estuary along the South Carolina coast.
Estuaries 28:364-372.
Ma, H. and C.M. Aelion. 2005. Ammonium production during microbial
nitrate removal in soil microcosms from a developing marsh estuary.
Soil Biology & Biochemistry 37:1869-1878.
Aelion, C.M. and K. Tuerk. 2005. Technology development for
environmental problems of the Southeastern United States.
International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management
5:183-202.
Smalling, K. and C.M. Aelion. 2006. Biological and chemical
transformation of atrazine in coastal aquatic sediments. Chemosphere
62:188-196.
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COURSES TAUGHT:
Introduction to the Environment (ENVR 101)
Environmental Pollutants and Human Health (ENHS 670)
Hazardous Materials Management I (ENHS 788)
Hazardous Materials Management II (ENHS 789)
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