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Publications (12/15/06)

 

Already published (* Graduate Student paper; Personal contribution. Citations from ISI):

 

*E. Carey, M. Taillefert. 2005. The role of soluble organic-Fe(III) in the cycling of iron and sulfur in coastal marine sediments. Limnology and Oceanography. 50(4), 1129-1141.

 

*M. Snyder, M. Taillefert, C. D. Ruppel. 2004. Redox stratification at the salinity boundaries of a surficial coastal aquifer. Journal of Hydrology, 296, 164-178.

 

*D. Rudolph, S. Neuhuber, C. Kranz, M. Taillefert, B. Mizaikoff. 2004. Scanning electrochemical microscopy imaging of rhodochrosite using gold amalgam microelectrodes. The Analyst, 129, 443-448.

 

M.-H. Tusseau-Vuillemin, R. Gilbin, M. Taillefert. 2003. A dynamic numerical model to characterize labile metal complexes collected with Diffusion Gradients in Thin film devices. Environmental Science and Technology, 37, 1645-1652.

 

E. Viollier, C. Rabouille, S. Apitz, E. R. Breuer, G. Chaillou, K. Dedieu, Y. Furukawa, C. Grenz, P. Hall, F. Janssen, J. Morford, J.-C. Poggiale, S. Roberts, T. Shimmield, M. Taillefert, A. Tenberg, F. Wenzhofer, U. Witte. 2003. In situ benthic biogeochemistry: State of the art technologies and guidelines for the future. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 285-286, 5-31.

 

M. Taillefert, V. C. Hover, T. F. Rozan, S. M. Theberge, G. W. Luther III. 2002. The Influence of Sulfides on Soluble Fe(III) in Anoxic Sediment Porewaters. Estuaries. 25(6), 1088-1096.

 

T. F. Rozan, M. Taillefert, R. E. Trouwborst, B. Glazer, S. Ma, J. Herszage, L. M. Valdes, K. S. Price, G. W. Luther III. 2002. Fe-S-P cycling in the sediments of a shallow coastal bay: implications for sediment nutrient release and benthic macroalgal blooms. Limnology and Oceanography, 47(5), 1346-1354.

 

M. Taillefert, B. MacGregor, J.-F. Gaillard, D. Perret, D. A. Stahl. 2002. Evidence for a dynamic cycle between Mn and Co in the water column of a stratified lake. Environmental Science and Technology. 36, 468-476.

 

 M. Taillefert, J.-F. Gaillard. 2002. Reactive Transport Modeling of Trace Elements in the Water Column of a Stratified Lake: Iron Cycling and Metal Scavenging. Journal of Hydrology. 256(1- 2), 16-34.

 

D. C. Bull, M. Taillefert. 2001 Environmental and seasonal variations in porewaters of a southeastern U.S.A salt marsh as revealed by voltammetric microelectrode profiling. Geochemical Transactions, 13, 1-8.

 

G. W. Luther III, T. F. Rozan, M. Taillefert, D. B. Nuzzio, C. Di Meo, T. M. Shank, R. A. Lutz, S. C. Cary. 2001. Chemical speciation drives hydrothermal vent ecology. Nature, 410, 813-816.

 

G. W. Luther III, B. T. Glazer, L. Hohmann, J. I. Popp, M. Taillefert, T. F. Rozan, P. J. Brendel, S. M. Theberge, D. B. Nuzzio. 2001. Sulfur speciation monitored in situ with solid state gold amalgam voltammetric microelectrodes: polysulfides as a special case in sediments, microbial mats, and hydrothermal vent waters. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 3, 61-66.

 

M. Taillefert, A. B. Bono, G.W. Luther III. 2000. Reactivity of freshly formed Fe(III) in synthetic solutions and marine porewaters: Voltammetric evidence of an aging process. Environmental Science and Technology, 34(11), 2169-2177.

 

M. Taillefert, G.W. Luther III, D. B. Nuzzio. 2000. The Application of Electrochemical Tools for In-Situ Measurements in Aquatic Systems: A Review. Electroanalysis, 12(6), 401-412.

 

M. Taillefert, C-P. Lienemann, J-F. Gaillard, D. Perret. 2000. Speciation, Reactivity, and Cycling of Fe and Pb in a Meromictic Lake (Paul Lake, MI). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 64(2), 169-183.

 

M. Taillefert, J-F. Gaillard. 1999. Tentacle Ion Exchange Separation of Pb-NOM in Aquatic Systems. Environmental Science and Technology, 33(22), 4107-4111.

 

G.W. Luther III, M. Taillefert, A.B. Bono, P.J. Brendel, B. Sundby, C.E. Reimers, D.B. Nuzzio, D. Lovalvo. 1998. Recent developments in the use of voltammetric solid state microelectrodes to understand diagenetic processes. Mineralogical Magazine, 62(A), 921-922.

 

B.J. MacGregor, M. Taillefert, J-F. Gaillard, D.A. Stahl, C.-P. Lienemann. 1998. Molecular characterization of microbial populations in the water column of a stratified lake (Paul Lake, Michigan) related to chemical zonation, Mineralogical Magazine, 62(A), 933-934.

 

M. Taillefert, J-F. Gaillard. 1998. The chemical speciation of Pb in the water column of Paul Lake (MI), Mineralogical Magazine, 62, 1490-1491.

 

C.-P. Lienemann, M. Taillefert, D. Perret, J.-F. Gaillard. 1997. Association of Co and Mn in Aquatic Systems: Chemical and Microscopic Evidence. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 61(7), 1437-1462.

 

M. Taillefert, E. Rose, J.-F. Gaillard. 1995. Trace Metal Cycling in a Meromictic Lake: the Influence of Hydrous-Iron Particles and Dissolved Organic Matter, Proceedings for the 3rd International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements - Paris, May 15-19 1995, R. Prost Ed., INRA-editions puM. Taillefert, J.-F. Gaillard. 2002. Reactive Transport Modeling of Trace Elements in the Water blisher, Versailles France, 289-320.

 

In preparation

 

*S. Chow, M. Taillefert. The effect of increasing arsenate concentrations on the chemical speciation of arsenic in freshwater sediments. Submitted.

 

*M. Beazley, R.J. Martinez, P.A. Sobecky, M. Taillefert. Uranium biomineralization as a result of bacterial phosphatase activity: Insights from a bacterial isolate from a contaminated subsurface. Submitted.

 

M. Taillefert, S. Neuhuber, G. Bristow. Effect of physical forcing on biogeochemical processes in intertidal marine sediments. Submitted.

 

M. Taillefert, J. Beckler, E. Carey, J. Burns, T. J. DiChristina. Voltammetric evidence for the production of endogenous chelators by iron-reducing bacteria to solubilize iron oxides. In preparation.

 

Books and Book Chapters

 

*S. S. Chow, M. Taillefert. 2005. Biogeochemical cycling of arsenic at the sediment-water interface of a recently flooded freshwater sediment. In: Advances in arsenic research: Integration of experimental and observational studies and implications for mitigation American Chemical Society Symp. Vol. 915 (O'Day, P., Vlassopoulos, D., Meng, X., and Benning, L. G., Eds.). 220-234.

 

M. Taillefert, T. F. Rozan (Editors). 2002. Environmental Electrochemistry: Analyses of Trace Element Biogeochemistry. American Chemical Society Symp. Vol. 811, p. 412.

 

D. B. Nuzzio, M. Taillefert, G.W. Luther III. 2002. Application of In situ Electroanalytical Techniques to Aquatic and Sediment Systems. In: Environmental Electrochemistry: Analyses of Trace Element Biogeochemistry. American Chemical Society Symp. Vol. 811 (M. Taillefert and T. F. Rozan, eds.). pp. 40-51.

 

G. W. Luther III, D. B. Nuzzio, M. Taillefert, S. C. Cary, T. F. Rozan. 2002. Chemical speciation from in-situ voltammetry provides ecological data on biological organisms at hydrothermal vents. In: Environmental Electrochemistry: Analyses of Trace Element Biogeochemistry. American Chemical Society Symp. Vol. 811 (M. Taillefert and T. F. Rozan, eds.). pp. 54-72.

 

M. Taillefert, T. F. Rozan, B. T. Glazer, J. Herszage, R. E. Trouwborst, G.W. Luther III. 2002. Seasonal variations of soluble Fe(III) in sediment porewaters as revealed by voltammetric microelectrodes. In: Environmental Electrochemistry: Analyses of Trace Element Biogeochemistry. American Chemical Society Symp. Vol. 811 (M. Taillefert and T. F. Rozan, eds.). pp. 247-264.

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Abstracts

 

2006

 

P. A. Sobecky, R. J. Martinez, M. J. Beazley, M. Taillefert. Promoting uranium immobilization by the activities of microbial phosphatases. Department of Energy, ERSD program. Warrenton, VA.

 

G. Bristow, M. Taillefert. Diagenetic modeling to constrain organic carbon remineralization rates in coastal marine sediments. 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

 

S. Chow, M. Taillefert. The effect of increasing arsenate concentrations on the speciation of arsenic in iron-rich sediments. 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

 

M. Beazley, R.J. Martinez, P. Sobecky, M. Taillefert. Uranium biomineralization as a result of bacterial phosphatase activity. 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

 

J. Newton, M. Taillefert. Evidence for manganese-catalyzed nitrogen cycling in salt marsh sediments. 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

 

S. Chow, D. Meiggs, G. Luther III, D.B. Nuzzio, M. Taillefert. Trace Metal Fluctuations Influenced by Tidal Mixing in the Suboxic and Anoxic Transition Zones at Station 858 in the Chesapeake Bay. 13 th Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI.

 

M. Taillefert, G. Bristow, J. Schur, D. Meiggs, J. Beckler. Quantifying Organic Carbon Remineralization Rates in Coastal Marine Sediments Using an In Situ Approach. 13 th Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI.

 

G. Bristow, S. Neuhuber, M. Taillefert. The effect of tidal forcing on the cycling of iron and sulfur in intertidal salt marsh sediments. 13 th Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI.

 

2005

 

M. Taillefert, G. Bristow, J. Schur, S. Chow, D. Meiggs. In Situ voltammetric measurements in coastal marine sediments. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC.

 

B. Carey, M. Taillefert. New insights on the formation of pyrite in salt marsh sediments. Gordon Research Conference in Chemical Oceanography. Tilton, NH.

 

P. A. Sobecky, R. J. Martinez, M. J. Beazley, M. Taillefert. Promoting uranium biomineralization by the activities of microbial phosphatases. Department of Energy, NABIR program. Warrenton, VA.

 

M. Taillefert, J. R. Elsenbeck, P. A. Sobecky. Biomineralization of uranium in the presence of organic phosphorus, American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA.

 

G. W. Luther III, D. B. Nuzzio, M. Taillefert, B. T. Glazer, C. Kraiya, T. Waite, J. Tsang, C. Janzen, G. Druschel. Exploring the chemistry of diverse marine environments using in situ voltammetry, American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA.

 

G. Bristow, M. Taillefert. Tidal effects on iron cycling in intertidal salt marsh sediments, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Science Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT.

 

J. King, C. Vance-Harris, E. Ingall, M. Taillefert. Evidence for coupling of manganese, nitrogen, and carbon in salt marsh sediments, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Science Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT.

 

2004

 

B. Carey, M. Taillefert. New insights on the formation of pyrite in salt marsh sediments. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Science Meeting. Savannah, GA.

 

2003

 

S. Chow, M. Taillefert. Arsenic speciation in porewaters of a freshwater sediment. 226th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New York, NY.

 

G. W. Luther, M. Taillefert, T. F. Rozan, D. Rickard. Geochemical implications of the polysulfide vs sulfide pyrite formation reactions based on real time measurements of soluble reactants. 225th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

 

G. M. Bristow, M. Taillefert. Iron and phosphorus cycling in intertidal saltmarsh sediments. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.

 

S. Neuhuber, M. Taillefert. High resolution in situ measurements and speciation of redox chemical species during a tidal cycle in saltmarsh sediments. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.

 

E. A. Carey, M. Taillefert. The role of soluble Fe(III) in the formation of FeS and FeS2 in shallow saltmarsh sediments from Skidaway Island, Georgia, USA. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.

 

M. Snyder, M. Taillefert, C. Ruppel. Redox chemical zonation at the salinity transitions of a surficial coastal aquifer. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.

 

2002

 

M. Taillefert, J.-F. Gaillard. Reactive transport modeling of trace metals in stratified water columns. Goldschmidt Conference. Davos, Switzerland.

 

M. Taillefert, D. A. Bull. Seasonal and three-dimensional distribution of redox species in saltmarsh sediments by in situ voltammetry. Benthic Dynamics: in situ surveillance of the sediment-water interface. Oceanlab and University of Aberdeen, Scotland.

 

M. Taillefert, D. A. Bull. The influence of bioturbation on the seasonal and three-dimensional distribution of redox species in saltmarsh sediments. Ocean Science Meeting: American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and American Geophysical Union, Honolulu, HI.

 

2001

 

M. Taillefert, G. W. Luther III, D. B. Nuzzio. In situ measurements of redox chemistry in aquatic systems with voltammetric microelectrodes. 28th Annual Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry & Spectroscopy Societies, Detroit, MI. October 7-12, 2001.

 

D. C. Bull, M. Taillefert, C. A. Moore, T. J. DiChristina. Soluble Fe(III)-organic species in marine sediments. 53rd Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Savannah, GA.

 

M. Taillefert, D. C. Bull. Voltammetric Microelectrodes to Investigate the Effect of Bioturbation on the 3-D Distribution of Redox Species in Sediment Porewaters. 221th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA.

 

2000

 

M. Taillefert, T. F. Rozan, B. T. Glazer, J. Herszage, R. E. Trouwborst, G.W. Luther III. Seasonal Variations of Soluble Fe(III) in Sediment Porewaters as Revealed by Voltammetric Microelectrodes. 220th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC.

 

M. Taillefert, J-F. Gaillard. Reactive Transport Modeling of Trace Elements in the Water Column of a Stratified Lake: Iron Cycling and Metal Scavenging. 220th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC.

 

G. W. Luther III, M. Taillefert, T. F. Rozan, B. Sundby, D. B. Nuzzio. Determination of Key Porewater Redox Components in Marine and Lake Sediments Using Voltammetric Microelectrodes. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) 21st Annual Meeting. Nashville, TN.

 

Luther, III, G. W., M. Taillefert, T. F. Rozan, S. M. Theberge, J. I. Popp, B. T. Glazer, P. J. Brendel, D. B. Nuzzio.  Sulfur speciation monitored in situ with solid state gold amalgam voltammetric microelectrodes. 4th International Symposium on

"Speciation of elements in Biological, Environmental and Toxicological Sciences" Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.

 

G. W. Luther III, M. Taillefert, D. B. Nuzzio, S. C. Cary, T. F. Rozan. In situ voltammetry at hydrothermal vents. 219th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

 

1999

 

M. Taillefert, S.M. Theberge, V. Hover, G.W. Luther III. The Influence of Sulfides on Soluble Fe(III) in Anoxic Sediment Porewaters. 9th Annual V.M.Goldschmidt Conference, Boston (USA).

 

M. Taillefert, A. B. Bono, G. W. Luther III. Reactivity of freshly formed Fe(III) in synthetic solutions and (pore)waters: Voltammetric Evidence of an Aging Process. Gordon Res. Conf. on Chemical Oceanography, Meriden, NH.

 

1998

 

G.W. Luther III, M. Taillefert, A.B. Bono, P.J. Brendel, B. Sundby, C.E. Reimers, D.B. Nuzzio, D. Lovalvo. Recent developments in the use of voltammetric solid state microelectrodes.

8th Annual V.M.Goldschmidt Conference, Toulouse (France).

 

M. Taillefert, J-F. Gaillard. The chemical speciation of Pb in the water column of Paul Lake (MI).

8th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Toulouse (France).

 

B.J. MacGregor, M. Taillefert, J-F. Gaillard, D.A. Stahl, C-P. Lienemann. Molecular characterization of microbial populations in the water column of a stratified lake (Paul Lake, Michigan) related to chemical zonation.

8th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Toulouse (France).

 

M. Taillefert, A.B. Bono, G.W. Luther III. Voltammetric evidence for the aging and reactivity of freshly formed Fe(III) in marine porewaters.

216th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA.

 

S.M. Theberge, M. Taillefert, A.B. Bono, G.W. Luther III, C.E. Reimers, D.B. Nuzzio, D. Lovalvo. In situ measurement of pore water redox species and pH using microelectrodes from a ROV.

216th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA.

 

1997

 

M.Taillefert, C-P. Lienemann, D. Perret, and J-F. Gaillard. A Multi-method Approach to the Speciation of Lead in Aquatic Systems.

American Chemical Society Regional Meeting, Chicago, IL (USA).

 

M.Taillefert, C-P. Lienemann, D. Perret, and J-F. Gaillard. Analytical Speciation of Lead in the Water Column of Paul Lake (MI).

213th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA (USA).

 

1996

 

M.Taillefert, C-P. Lienemann, D. Perret, and J-F. Gaillard. Trace Metal Cycling in a Meromictic Lake: Interplay Between Adsorption onto Colloidal Hydrous Oxides and Complexation with NOM.

American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI (USA).

 

M. Taillefert, C. Féliers, B. Greidanus, C-P. Lienemann, and J-F. Gaillard. The Influence of NOM and Hydrous Oxides on Trace Elements Cycling in a Meromictic Lake.

American Geophysical Union Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA (USA).

 

1995

 

M. Taillefert, E. Rose, and J-F. Gaillard. Trace Metal Cycling in a Meromictic Lake: the Influence of Hydrous-Iron Particles and Dissolved Organic Matter.

3rd International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace elements, Paris (Fr).

 

M. Taillefert and J-F. Gaillard, Biogeochemical Cycling of Trace Elements in a Meromictic Lake.

Gordon Research Conference on Chemical Oceanography, Henniker, NH (USA).

 

1994

 

M. Taillefert, E. Rose, and J-F. Gaillard (1994). The Chemistry of Trace Elements at the Oxic/Anoxic Boundary in a Small Meromictic Lake.

American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA (USA).

 

M. Taillefert, E. Rose, and J-F. Gaillard. Biogeochemical Cycling of Trace Elements in Paul Lake (MI).

17th Midwest Environmental Chemistry Workshop, Michigan St. Uni. MI (USA).

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Invited Seminars

 

School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. 2005. A new biogeochemical approach to characterize carbon fluxes to marine sediments.

 

The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference, Moscow, ID. 2005. Formation of soluble organic-Fe(III) complexes during microbial iron reduction.

 

Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. 2005. Biogeochemical cycling of metals in aquatic systems: Field and laboratory approaches.

 

SECOSEE (SouthEast Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence) - Fernbank Science Center. 2005. Characterizing biogeochemical processes that control carbon cycling in sediments.

 

American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Science Meeting, Savannah GA. 2004. The role of tidal forcing on biogeochemical processes in salt marsh sediments.

 

Department of Oceanography, Florida State University. 2004. Dynamics of diagenetic processes in intertidal salt marsh sediments.

 

Gordon Research Conference in Chemical Oceanography. 2003. Dynamics of Diagenetic Processes in Marine Sediments: New Insights from Voltammetric Techniques.

 

ACRES and Summer Research Program, Department of Geology, Georgia State University. 2003.

Characterizing Biogeochemical Processes that Control Carbon Cycling in Sediments.

 

Center for Catalysis and Surface Science, Northwestern University. 2002. Mechanisms of Microbial Metal Reduction: A Chemical and Biological Agreement?

 

Department of Geology, Georgia State University. 2002.

Life in Extreme Environments: Does geochemistry regulate deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecology?

 

Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia. 2001

Does chemistry control the biology in marine sulfidic environments? Insights from in situ voltammetry in coastal sediments and at hydrothermal vents.

 

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, GA. 2001.

In situ speciation of iron and sulfide in two marine environments with high sulfide concentrations: does chemistry control the biology or biology control the chemistry?

 

Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, AL. 2001.

In situ speciation of iron and sulfide in two marine environments with high sulfide concentrations: does chemistry control the biology or biology control the chemistry?

 

Department of Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. 2000.

In situ speciation of iron and sulfide in two marine environments with high sulfide concentrations: a shallow estuary (Rehoboth Bay, DE) and deep sea hydrothermal vents (9oN EPR).

 

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. 1999.

Distribution of Trace Metals in Aquatic Environments: Analytical Speciation and Modeling.

 

School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. 1999.

Distributions of trace metals in aquatic systems: the need for in situ analytical speciation.

 

Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 1998.

Fate of trace metals in aquatic environments: The need for in situ analytical speciation.

 

General Electric Plastics, Mt. Vernon, IN. 1998.

Heavy metals in aquatic environments: The importance of chemical speciation for predicting contamination problems.

 

CABE, Département de Chimie Minérale, Analytique, et Appliquée, Université de Genève (Switzerland). 1997.

Spéciation Analytique des Métaux Traces dans les Milieux Lacustres: Comparaison des Comportements du Cobalt et du Plomb.

 

Department of Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. 1996.

Chemical Speciation of Trace Metals in the Water Column of Paul Lake (MI).

 

Séminaires de l’Institut Lorrain des Géosciences, CRPG, Nancy (France). 1995.

Influence de la Matière Organique Naturelle et des Oxydes et Hydroxydes sur le Cycle des Eléments Traces dans un Lac Méromictique.

 

Institut de Chimie Minérale et Analytique, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, (Switzerland). 1994

Cycles Biogéochimiques des Eléments Traces dans un lac Meromictique.

 

Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, Seminar Series, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN. 1994.

Biogeochemical Cycling of Trace Elements in Paul Lake (MI).