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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2023
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Laura Ruhl

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Researcher

Also affiliated: University of New Hampshire (2010–2012); Duke University (2009–2013); University of Florida (2005–2006)

Faculty Researcher

16 h-index 47 pubs 1,097 cited

  • Coal Ash
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical
  • Rivers
  • Geologic Sediments
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Coal
  • Tennessee
  • Water Pollution
  • Selenium
  • Disasters
  • Environment
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Power Plants
  • Carbon
  • Data Collection

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Laura Ruhl's research focuses on the environmental and health impacts of coal combustion residuals, as well as water quality in urban watersheds. Her work has investigated the influence of urban activity and wetlands on water quality in the Fourche Creek watershed in Little Rock, Arkansas. She has also studied groundwater-surface water interactions along Coleman Creek and estimated urban contributions to surface water using mixing models.

Ruhl has published on the environmental impacts and health perspectives of coal combustion residuals. Her research also includes an examination of urban road dust and its environmental and health implications. She collaborates with researchers from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Erik D. Pollock and Barry Shaulis, on shared publications. Ruhl's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 16, with 47 total publications and 1,058 total citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 16
  • Publications: 47
  • Citations: 1,097

Selected Publications

  • Environmental Impacts of Coal Combustion Residuals: Current Understanding and Future Perspectives (2023)
    Environmental Science & Technology 56 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Coal Combustion Residuals and Health (2021)
    9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Benign zinc oxide betaine-modified biochar nanocomposites for phosphate removal from aqueous solutions (2020)
    Journal of Environmental Management 77 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • WATER IN THE CITY: THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE URBAN FOURCHE CREEK WATERSHED (2019)
    Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America DOI OpenAlex
  • THE MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF SYNTHESIZED CALCIUM OXALATE KIDNEY STONES (2018)
    Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America DOI OpenAlex
  • Legacy Lead from Past Mining Activity and Gasoline Additives: Evidence from Lead Isotopes and Trace Element Geochemical Studies in the White River Basin, Southern Ozark Region, USA (2018)
    Geosciences 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Distribution of trace elements and Pb isotopes in stream sediments of the Tri-State mining district (Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri), USA (2017)
    Applied Geochemistry 24 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Origin of Hexavalent Chromium in Drinking Water Wells from the Piedmont Aquifers of North Carolina (2016)
    Environmental Science & Technology Letters 119 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Impacts of coal ash on methylmercury production and the methylating microbial community in anaerobic sediment slurries (2016)
    Environmental Science Processes & Impacts 16 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Lithium Isotope Fingerprints in Coal and Coal Combustion Residuals from the United States (2015)
    Procedia Earth and Planetary Science 18 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Boron and Strontium Isotopic Characterization of Coal Combustion Residuals: Validation of New Environmental Tracers (2014)
    Environmental Science & Technology 58 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Isotopic Imprints of Mountaintop Mining Contaminants (2013)
    Environmental Science & Technology 42 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The Impact of Coal Combustion Residue Effluent on Water Resources: A North Carolina Example (2012)
    Environmental Science & Technology 98 citations DOI OpenAlex

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