Publications

Butkus, Camille R., Julie N. Weitzman, Alireza Mohammadzadeh, Patrick J. Dunn, Jason P. Kaye, Leanne M. Gilbertson, Steven R. Little, and Emily M. Elliott. “A Lecithin Liposome Stimulates Soil Microbial Respiration and Nitrate Immobilization.” ACS Agricultural Science & Technology 5, no. 12 (December 2025): 2509–18. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsagscitech.5c00587.

Shah, Y., and L. M. Gilbertson. “Tuning Reactive Species Production of Graphitic Carbon Nitride via Oxygen Doping.” ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 13, no. 44 (November 10, 2025): 18915–23. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c01792.

Modi, Sujit, Yash Shah, Onochie Okonkwo, Leanne M. Gilbertson, and Pratim Biswas. “Toward Sustainable Scaled-Up Synthesis of Lignin-Derived Carbon Nanoparticles Using a Furnace Aerosol Reactor: Insights from a Life Cycle Assessment.” Environmental Science & Technology 59, no. 37 (September 2025): 19802–12. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c06572.

Dunn, P., E. Elliott, and L. M. Gilbertson. “Estimating Daily Nitrate Loads in Iowa Streams Using a Partial Least Squares Regression Framework.” Journal of the American Water Resources Association 61, no. 4 (August 1, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.70036.

Battula, Venugopala Rao, Gabriel Mark, Muhammad Saad Naeem, Yash Shah, Michael Volokh, Leanne M. Gilbertson, Núria López, and Menny Shalom. “Light-Driven Chemical Cascade Reduces Barriers to Hydrogen Production.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 147, no. 30 (July 2025): 26739–47. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c07557.

Dunn, Patrick J., Alireza Mohammadzadeh, Sai Thejaswini Pamuru, Camille R. Butkus, Julie N. Weitzman, Qinyi Tian, Nihan Yonet Tanyeri, et al. “A Liposomal Carrier to Reduce Leaching of Ionic Nutrient Loads in Agricultural Soils.” Environmental Science & Technology 59, no. 23 (June 2025): 11574–85. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c14370.

Dunn, Patrick J., and Leanne M. Gilbertson. “A mechanistic model for determining factors that influence inorganic nitrogen fate in corn cultivation.” Environmental Science. Processes & Impacts 27, no. 3 (March 2025): 549–62. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4em00566j.

Pitell, Sarah, Cheolwoon Woo, Jill Millstone, Janet Stout, Leanne Gilbertson, and Sarah-Jane Haig. “The effects of silver nitrate on Mycobacterium abscessus biofilms in a simulated antimicrobial showerhead environment.” Frontiers in Public Health 13 (January 2025): 1572869. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1572869.

Pitell, Sarah, Isaiah Spencer-Williams, Daniel Huffman, Paige Moncure, Jill Millstone, Janet Stout, Leanne Gilbertson, and Sarah-Jane Haig. “Not the Silver Bullet: Uncovering the Unexpected Limited Impacts of Silver-Containing Showerheads on the Drinking Water Microbiome.” ACS ES&T Water 4, no. 12 (December 2024): 5364–76. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.4c00492.

Gilbertson, L. M., M. J. Eckelman, and T. L. Theis. “Leveraging engineered nanomaterials to support material circularity.” Environmental Science Nano 11, no. 7 (April 29, 2024): 2885–93. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4en00110a.

Huffman, D. P., S. Pitell, P. Moncure, J. Stout, J. E. Millstone, S. J. Haig, and L. M. Gilbertson. “Moving beyond silver in point-of-use drinking water pathogen control.” Environmental Science Water Research and Technology 10, no. 5 (February 20, 2024): 1009–18. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ew00564j.

Shah, Y., and L. M. Gilbertson. “Balancing functional properties and environmental impact of graphitic carbon nitride: a case study on boron doping syntheses.” Environmental Science Nano 11, no. 1 (December 5, 2023): 78–90. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3en00633f.

Johnson, E. P., N. Aquino de Carvalho, L. M. Gilbertson, and D. L. Plata. “Acid Treatment in Alkyl-Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes: Soft Functionalization Techniques with Lower Environmental Footprint.” ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 11, no. 43 (October 30, 2023): 15523–32. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c02560.

Norton, A., D. Scheff, and L. M. Gilbertson. “Preface.” ACS Symposium Series 1449 (October 2, 2023): IX–X. https://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2023-1449.pr001.

Stabryla, Lisa M., Paige J. Moncure, Jill E. Millstone, and Leanne M. Gilbertson. “Particle-Driven Effects at the Bacteria Interface: A Nanosilver Investigation of Particle Shape and Dose Metric.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 15, no. 33 (August 2023): 39027–38. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c00144.

Aquino de Carvalho, N., and L. M. Gilbertson. “Comparative life cycle assessment of graphitic carbon nitride synthesis routes.” Journal of Industrial Ecology 27, no. 3 (June 1, 2023): 1008–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13390.

Dunn, P. J., L. Pourzahedi, T. L. Theis, and L. M. Gilbertson. “Thinking in systems: sustainable design of nano-enabled agriculture informed by life cycle assessment.” In Nano Enabled Sustainable and Precision Agriculture, 461–91, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91233-4.00019-3.

Gilbertson, L. M., and P. J. Vikesland. “Inspiring a nanocircular economy.” Environmental Science Nano 9, no. 3 (February 14, 2022): 839–40. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2en90005j.

Stabryla, L. M., R. M. Clark, and L. M. Gilbertson. “Assessment of Using Design Thinking to Foster Creativity in an Undergraduate Sustainable Engineering Course.” Advances in Engineering Education 10, no. 4 (January 1, 2022): 20–56. https://doi.org/10.18260/3-1-1153-36036.

Sleight, Trevor W., Caitlin N. Sexton, Giannis Mpourmpakis, Leanne M. Gilbertson, and Carla A. Ng. “A Classification Model to Identify Direct-Acting Mutagenic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Transformation Products.” Chemical Research in Toxicology 34, no. 11 (November 2021): 2273–86. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrestox.1c00187.

Stabryla, Lisa M., Kathryn A. Johnston, Nathan A. Diemler, Vaughn S. Cooper, Jill E. Millstone, Sarah-Jane Haig, and Leanne M. Gilbertson. “Role of bacterial motility in differential resistance mechanisms of silver nanoparticles and silver ions.” Nature Nanotechnology 16, no. 9 (September 2021): 996–1003. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-021-00929-w.

Barrios, A. C., Y. P. Cahue, Y. Wang, J. Geiger, R. C. Puerari, W. G. Matias, S. P. Melegari, L. M. Gilbertson, and F. Perreault. “Emerging investigator series: a multispecies analysis of the relationship between oxygen content and toxicity in graphene oxide.” Environmental Science Nano 8, no. 6 (June 1, 2021): 1543–59. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0en01264e.

Carvalho, N. A. de, Y. Wang, N. Morales-Soto, D. Waldeck, K. Bibby, K. Doudrick, and L. M. Gilbertson. “Using C-Doping to Identify Photocatalytic Properties of Graphitic Carbon Nitride That Govern Antibacterial Efficacy.” ACS Es and T Water 1, no. 2 (February 12, 2021): 269–80. https://doi.org/10.1021/ACSESTWATER.0C00053.

Cruces, Edgardo, Ana C. Barrios, Yaritza P. Cahue, Brielle Januszewski, Leanne M. Gilbertson, and François Perreault. “Similar toxicity mechanisms between graphene oxide and oxidized multi-walled carbon nanotubes in Microcystis aeruginosa.” Chemosphere 265 (February 2021): 129137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129137.

Albalghiti, E., L. M. Stabryla, L. M. Gilbertson, and J. B. Zimmerman. “Towards resolution of antibacterial mechanisms in metal and metal oxide nanomaterials: a meta-analysis of the influence of study design on mechanistic conclusions.” Environmental Science Nano 8, no. 1 (January 1, 2021): 37–66. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0en00949k.