James Saiers, PhD
Clifton R. Musser Professor at the School of the Environment and Professor of Geology and GeophysicsDownloadHi-Res Photo
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Clifton R. Musser Professor at the School of the Environment and Professor of Geology and Geophysics
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Saiers studies freshwater quality and supply. He runs experiments, collects observations, and develops models to illuminate how human activities affect the chemical composition of drinking-water resources and alter freshwater flows within aquifers, wetlands, and river basins. His recent research projects address water-quality impacts of fossil-fuel development, carbon and nutrient transport through watersheds, radionuclide migration in groundwater, and climate-change effects on water resources in Africa.
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Education & Training
- PhD
- University of Virginia, Environmental Sciences (1995)
- MS
- University of Virginia, Environmental Sciences (1991)
- BS
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Geology (1989)
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Frequent collaborators of James Saiers's published research.
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A big-picture view of James Saiers's research output by year.
Nicole Deziel, PhD, MHS
Michelle L. Bell, PhD
Joshua Warren, PhD
Xiaomei Ma, PhD
26Publications
1,035Citations
Publications
2024
Domestic groundwater wells in Appalachia show evidence of low-dose, complex mixtures of legacy pollutants
Bugher N, Xiong B, Gentles R, Glist L, Siegel H, Johnson N, Clark C, Deziel N, Saiers J, Plata D. Domestic groundwater wells in Appalachia show evidence of low-dose, complex mixtures of legacy pollutants. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts 2024 PMID: 39501836, DOI: 10.1039/d4em00364k.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVolatile organic compoundsMaximum contaminant levelEnvironmental Protection AgencyDrinking water sourcesContaminated sitesVOC concentrationsIndustrial activitiesConcentrations of volatile organic compoundsVolatile organic compound contaminationVolatile organic compound concentrationsWater sourcesIndustrially contaminated sitesLack of water quality dataPotential groundwater contaminationU.S. Environmental Protection AgencyWater quality dataComplex geochemical processesLegacy pollutantsGroundwater contaminationSuperfund siteContaminant occurrenceWest VirginiaMultiple volatile organic compoundsContamination levelsExposure riskAccuracy of self-reported distance to nearest unconventional oil and gas well in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia residents and implications for exposure assessment
Clark C, Casey J, Bell M, Plata D, Saiers J, Deziel N. Accuracy of self-reported distance to nearest unconventional oil and gas well in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia residents and implications for exposure assessment. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2024, 34: 512-517. PMID: 38448680, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-023-00637-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-reported distanceWest Virginia residentsAssociated with adverse health outcomesVirginia residentsAdverse health outcomesExposure to environmental hazardsCohen's weighted kappaYears of educationSelf-reported dataHealth outcomesWest VirginiansSelf-report measuresIndicators of awarenessWeighted kappaSelf-reportDemographic characteristicsEducational attainmentAdverse health effectsSelf-reported metricsEnvironmental exposuresDistance categoriesHealth effectsResidentsExposure assessmentRisk
2023
Predictors of early life residential mobility in urban and rural Pennsylvania children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and implications for environmental exposure assessment
Clark C, Warren J, Saiers J, Ma X, Bell M, Deziel N. Predictors of early life residential mobility in urban and rural Pennsylvania children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and implications for environmental exposure assessment. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2023, 1-10. PMID: 38148338, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-023-00636-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConventional Fossil Fuel Extraction, Associated Biogeochemical Processes, and Topography Influence Methane Groundwater Concentrations in Appalachia
Li Y, Siegel H, Thelemaque N, Bailey K, Moncrieffe P, Nguyen T, Clark C, Johnson N, Soriano M, Deziel N, Saiers J, Plata D. Conventional Fossil Fuel Extraction, Associated Biogeochemical Processes, and Topography Influence Methane Groundwater Concentrations in Appalachia. Environmental Science And Technology 2023, 57: 19702-19712. PMID: 37982799, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c01862.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsFACTORS INFLUENCING PFAS OCCURRENCE IN DOMESTIC WELLS WITHIN AN UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS PRODUCING REGION OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
Siegel H, Nason S, Deziel N, Saiers J. FACTORS INFLUENCING PFAS OCCURRENCE IN DOMESTIC WELLS WITHIN AN UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS PRODUCING REGION OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. Abstracts With Programs (Geological Society Of America) 2023 DOI: 10.1130/abs/2023se-385263.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGroundwater Vulnerability to Contamination from Fossil-Fuel Development
Saiers J, Soriano M, Siegel H, Clark C, Plata D, Deziel N. Groundwater Vulnerability to Contamination from Fossil-Fuel Development. 2023 DOI: 10.7185/gold2023.18436.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdvancing Methods for Contaminant-source Attribution in Complex Aquifer Settings: Applications in the Northwestern Appalachian Basin, USA
Siegel H, Nason S, Soriano M, Clark C, Johnson N, Wulsin G, Deziel N, Plata D, Saiers J, Darrah T. Advancing Methods for Contaminant-source Attribution in Complex Aquifer Settings: Applications in the Northwestern Appalachian Basin, USA. 2023 DOI: 10.7185/gold2023.18531.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
METAMODELING OF GROUNDWATER WELL VULNERABILITY TO CONTAMINATION FOR ELUCIDATING POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF SHALE GAS DEVELOPMENT ON WATER QUALITY
Soriano M, Siegel H, Johnson N, Gutchess K, Xiong B, Li Y, Clark C, Plata D, Deziel N, Saiers J. METAMODELING OF GROUNDWATER WELL VULNERABILITY TO CONTAMINATION FOR ELUCIDATING POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF SHALE GAS DEVELOPMENT ON WATER QUALITY. Abstracts With Programs (Geological Society Of America) 2021 DOI: 10.1130/abs/2021am-369703.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Methane in groundwater before, during, and after hydraulic fracturing of the Marcellus Shale
Barth-Naftilan E, Sohng J, Saiers JE. Methane in groundwater before, during, and after hydraulic fracturing of the Marcellus Shale. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2018, 115: 6970-6975. PMID: 29915033, PMCID: PMC6142237, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1720898115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsShale gas developmentGroundwater qualityGroundwater pressureMonitoring wellsMethane concentrationMarcellus ShaleRegional flow systemLocal flow systemsMultilevel monitoring wellsGas developmentConsiderable temporal variabilityGas wellsGas-phase migrationFlow systemIsotopic compositionValley settingsBedrock aquifersAquifer depthShale gas wellsTemporal variabilityIsolated intervalsHydrocarbon compositionFugitive methaneUnconventional oilShaleElucidating Environmental Fingerprinting Mechanisms of Unconventional Gas Development through Hydrocarbon Analysis
Piotrowski PK, Weggler BA, Yoxtheimer DA, Kelly CN, Barth-Naftilan E, Saiers JE, Dorman FL. Elucidating Environmental Fingerprinting Mechanisms of Unconventional Gas Development through Hydrocarbon Analysis. Analytical Chemistry 2018, 90: 5466-5473. PMID: 29580048, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b00822.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsGC × GC separationGC separationTwo-dimensional gas chromatographyMass defect plotsEnvironmental forensic investigationsHigh-resolution timeEnvironmental contamination eventsFlight mass spectrometryHydrocarbon fingerprintingMass spectrometryGas chromatographyCyclic hydrocarbonsSubstituted hydrocarbonsPolyaromatic hydrocarbonsInstrumental combinationFlowback fluidMethod developmentHydrocarbon analysisMarcellus Shale gas wellsHydrocarbonsPoint source identificationChemical factors
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