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Email: hale@vims.edu |
Robert C. Hale
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My primary research interests are in the identification of anthropogenic compounds and the elucidation of their fate, bioavailability and effects in the aquatic environment.
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Hale, R.C. et al. Accepted Nature 2001. Persistent flame retardants are prominent in land-applied sewage sludges and wild-caught fish in the U.S.
Hale, R.C., M.J. LaGuardia, E. Harvey and T.M. Mainor. Accepted Chemosphere 2001. The potential role of fire retardant-treated polyurethane foam as a source of brominated diphenyl ethers to the U.S. environment.
Chu, F-L., A.K. Volety, R.C. Hale and Y. Huang. Accepted Mar. Envir. Res. 2000. Cellular responses and disease expression in oysters (Crassostrea virginica) exposed to field-contaminated sediments.
Hale, R.C. and M.J. La Guardia. In press 2001. Emerging contaminants of concern in coastal and estuarine environments. In: Risk Assessment in Coastal and Estuarine Environments. Ed. M.C. Newman, M.H. Roberts Jr and R.C. Hale. CRC Press Inc.
Hale, R.C., M.J. La Guardia, E.P. Harvey, T.M. Mainor, W.H. Duff, *M.O. Gaylor, E.M. Jacobs and G.L. Mears. 2000. Comparison of brominated diphenyl ether fire retardant and organochlorine burdens in fish from Virginia Rivers (USA). Organohalogen Cpds. 47:65-72.
*Mezin, L. and R.C. Hale. 2000. Effects of
contaminated sediment on the epidermis of the mummichog, Fundulus
heteroclitus. Environ.
Toxicol. Chem. 19:2779-2787.
Hale, R.C. C.L. Smith, P.O. de Fur, E. Harvey, E.O.
Bush, M.J. La Guardia and G.G. Vadas. 2000. Nonylphenols in sediments and
effluents associated with diverse Virginia (USA) wastewater outfalls. Environ.
Toxicol. Chem. 19:946-952.
*Padma, T.V., R.C. Hale, M. H. Roberts, Jr and R.N.
Lipcius. 1999. Toxicity of
creosote water soluble fractions generated from contaminated sediments to
the bay mysid. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Safety 42:171-176.
Hale, R.C., C. Enos and K. Gallagher.
1998. Sources and distribution of polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs)
at a major U.S. aeronautics research facility. Environ. Management
22:937-945.
Hale, R.C. and K.M. Aneiro. 1997. Invited Review: Detection of coal tar and creosote constituents in
the aquatic environment. J. Chromatogr.A 774:79-95.
Hale, R.C and C.L. Smith. 1996. A multiresidue
approach for trace organic pollutants: Application to effluents and
associated aquatic sediments and biota from the Southern Chesapeake Bay
drainage basin 1985-1992. Intern.
J. Environ. Anal. Chem. 64:21-33.
Hale, R.C. and *M. Gaylor. 1995. Analysis of PCBs in fish tissues using supercritical fluid extraction. Environ. Sci. Technol. 29:1043-1047.
Chu, F.L. and R.C. Hale. 1994. Relationship between pollution and susceptibility to infectious disease in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Mar. Environ. Res. 38:243-256.
*Gallagher, K., R.C. Hale, J. Greaves, E.O. Bush and D.A. Stillwell. 1993. Trophic level distribution of polychlorinated terphenyls in aquatic species inhabiting a tidal creek. Ecotox. Environ. Safety 26:302-312.
*Mothershead, R.F., II and R.C. Hale. 1992. Influence of ecdysis on the accumulation of polycylic aromatic hydrocarbons in field exposed blue crabs. Mar. Environ. Res. 33:145-156.
*Mothershead, R.F., II and R.C. Hale. 1991. Lipophilic pollutants in blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, collected from the heavily contaminated Elizabeth River, Virginia. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 10:1341-1349.
Hale, R.C., J. Greaves, *K. Gallagher and G. Vadas. 1990. Novel chlorinated terphenyls in sediments and shellfish of an estuarine environment. Environ. Sci. Technol. 24:1727-1731.
Hale, R.C. 1989. Accumulation and biotransformation of an organophosphorus pesticide in fish and bivalves. Mar. Environ. Res. 28:67-71.
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MS 561 Analytical Approaches in Biogeochemical Studies
Chem 409 Chemistry Research (W&M)
Chem 320 Introduction to Research (W&M)
Chem 496 Honors Chemistry Research (W&M)
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SETAC-CPRC Graduate Student Award. 2000. M. Gaylor
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Research Biology Fellowship. 1999.
P. Rajan (undergrad)
High Honors Thesis in Chemistry (W&M). 1999. M. Jacobs (undergrad)
Honorable mention – Virginia Junior Academy of Science –
Environmental Science Division. Gloucester HS Science Project. 1999. B.
Oesterling
W&M Environmental Sciences & Policy Summer Research Fellowship. 1998.
M. Jacobs (undergrad)
Honorable mention - State Junior Science Competition - Microbiology
Division. Gloucester HS Science Project. 1998. B. Oesterling
Best Graduate Student Presentation - 50th Annual Virginia Water
Environment Association Conference. 1996. M. Gaylor
Best Undergraduate Student Presentation - 50th Annual Virginia Water
Environment Association Conference 1996. B.
Bierwagen
High Honors Thesis in Chemistry (W&M) 1996.
B. Bierwagen (undergrad)
VIMS Women in Science Award 1994. K.
Gallagher
NSF Travel Fellowship-Japan 1993.
K. Gallagher
NSF Travel Fellowship-Japan 1993. J.
Gundersen
Best Student Paper Award. 13th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle
Biology and Conservation. Jekyll Island, 1993.
M. Rybitski
The Henri Seibert Award for Outstanding Student Presentation. 2nd place.
Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. El
Paso, Texas. 1993.
M. Rybitski
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American Chemical Society: Environmental Chemistry Division
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
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With F.L. Chu (VIMS):
Impacts of organic pollutants on disease susceptibility in oysters
With E. Turf, S. Harris
(Virginia Commonwealth University) & M. Monti (Virginia Health Dept.):
Levels of brominated flame retardants in human sera.
With S. Mudge (U. Wales, Bangor): Nonylphenols in sewage sludges
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