Greg Goss, University of Alberta

Latest papers

Enhanced uptake of perfluorooctanoic acid by polystyrene nanoparticles in Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas).
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Toxicology & pharmacology : CBP · 2025 · senior author
Impacts of UV light on the effects of either conventional or nano-enabled azoxystrobin on Daphnia magna.
Chemosphere · 2024 · senior author
A numerical modeling framework for simulating the key in-stream fate processes of PAH decay in Muskeg River Watershed, Alberta, Canada.
The Science of the total environment · 2022

All 10 publications

Latest funding

Mitigation of cationic polymer toxicity in industrial waters
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$60,000
Environmental safety of an advanced oxidation water treatment system
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Assessing the potential genotoxic effect of municipal wastewater effluent treated by Advanced Oxidation System (AOS)
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$12,500

All 14 grants and awards

10 publications.

01

Enhanced uptake of perfluorooctanoic acid by polystyrene nanoparticles in Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas).

Farajizadeh A, Giacomin M, Goss G

Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Toxicology & pharmacology : CBP2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2024.110119 PMID: 39725185

02

Impacts of UV light on the effects of either conventional or nano-enabled azoxystrobin on Daphnia magna.

Lari E, Elahi Z, Wong J, Bluhm K, Brinkmann M, Goss G

Chemosphere2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142965 PMID: 39069098

03

A numerical modeling framework for simulating the key in-stream fate processes of PAH decay in Muskeg River Watershed, Alberta, Canada.

Han Y, Du X, Farjad B, Goss G, Gupta A, Faramarzi M

The Science of the total environment2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157246 PMID: 35908714

04

Removal of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) from aqueous solution by amino-functionalized graphene oxide (AGO) aerogels: Influencing factors, kinetics, isotherms, and thermodynamic studies.

Tian D, Geng D, Tyler Mehler W, Goss G, Wang T, Yang S, Niu Y, Zheng Y, Zhang Y

The Science of the total environment2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147041 PMID: 34088148

05

Potentiation of lethal and sub-lethal effects of benzophenone and oxybenzone by UV light in zebrafish embryos.

Zhang Y, Shah P, Wu F, Liu P, You J, Goss G

Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2021.105835 PMID: 33887502

06

Effect of temperature on phenanthrene accumulation from hydraulic fracturing flowback and produced water in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).

Blewett TA, Boyd A, Folkerts EJ, Snihur KN, Alessi DS, Goss G

Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116411 PMID: 33486299

07

Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Na+/H+ Exchangers tNhe3a and tNhe3b Display Unique Inhibitory Profiles Dissimilar from Mammalian NHE Isoforms.

Blair S, Li X, Dutta D, Chamot D, Fliegel L, Goss G

International journal of molecular sciences2021Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/ijms22042205 PMID: 33672216

08

Global implications of regional grain production through virtual water trade.

Masud MB, Wada Y, Goss G, Faramarzi M

The Science of the total environment2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.392 PMID: 31096411

09

Mechanism of sodium uptake in PNA negative MR cells from rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss as revealed by silver and copper inhibition.

Goss G, Gilmour K, Hawkings G, Brumbach JH, Huynh M, Galvez F

Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology2011First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.02.025 PMID: 21377535

10

Proteome profile of cytosolic component of zebrafish liver generated by LC-ESI MS/MS combined with trypsin digestion and microwave-assisted acid hydrolysis.

Wang N, Mackenzie L, De Souza AG, Zhong H, Goss G, Li L

Journal of proteome research2007

DOI: 10.1021/pr060367o PMID: 17203970

Mitigation of cationic polymer toxicity in industrial waters

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Goss, Greg

$60,000

Environmental safety of an advanced oxidation water treatment system

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Goss, Greg

$25,000

Assessing the potential genotoxic effect of municipal wastewater effluent treated by Advanced Oxidation System (AOS)

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Engage Plus Grants Program

Principal investigators: Goss, Greg

$12,500

High efficiency separations as new environmental forensics tools for water monitoring around oil sands and hydraulic fracturing activity

Co-investigatorNSERC2015Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Martin, Jonathan

$146,943

Freshwater wells to support research in evolutionary genomics, physiology, and aquaculture, at Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre

Co-investigatorNSERC2015Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Anholt, Bradley

$61,354

Gas Sensing Equipment for Environmental Sciences Research

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Goss, Greg

$80,424

Assessing the ecological risk of emerging nanomaterials- developing a generalized understanding based upon their physicochemical properties

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Strategic Projects - Group

Principal investigators: Goss, Greg

$492,000

Informing best practices for hydraulic fracturing in Alberta: water sources and characterizing the toxicity of produced facturing fluids

Co-investigatorNSERC2014Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Alessi, Daniel

$995,725

Fluorescence imaging system for conventional and 3D deconvolution applications

Co-investigatorNSERC2013Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Ali, Declan

$81,670

Centrifuge for Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre

Co-investigatorNSERC2012Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Allison, WilliamTed

$13,196

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Biological Sciences
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Biochemistry
Chemistry
Environment and Sustainability, School of

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Monireh Faramarzi

Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2022

Larry Fliegel

Biochemistry

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Markus Brinkmann

Environment and Sustainability, School of

1 shared papers, latest 2024

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Latest papers

Latest funding

Enhanced uptake of perfluorooctanoic acid by polystyrene nanoparticles in Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas).

Impacts of UV light on the effects of either conventional or nano-enabled azoxystrobin on Daphnia magna.

A numerical modeling framework for simulating the key in-stream fate processes of PAH decay in Muskeg River Watershed, Alberta, Canada.

Removal of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) from aqueous solution by amino-functionalized graphene oxide (AGO) aerogels: Influencing factors, kinetics, isotherms, and thermodynamic studies.

Potentiation of lethal and sub-lethal effects of benzophenone and oxybenzone by UV light in zebrafish embryos.

Effect of temperature on phenanthrene accumulation from hydraulic fracturing flowback and produced water in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).

Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Na+/H+ Exchangers tNhe3a and tNhe3b Display Unique Inhibitory Profiles Dissimilar from Mammalian NHE Isoforms.

Global implications of regional grain production through virtual water trade.

Mechanism of sodium uptake in PNA negative MR cells from rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss as revealed by silver and copper inhibition.

Proteome profile of cytosolic component of zebrafish liver generated by LC-ESI MS/MS combined with trypsin digestion and microwave-assisted acid hydrolysis.

Mitigation of cationic polymer toxicity in industrial waters

Environmental safety of an advanced oxidation water treatment system

Assessing the potential genotoxic effect of municipal wastewater effluent treated by Advanced Oxidation System (AOS)

High efficiency separations as new environmental forensics tools for water monitoring around oil sands and hydraulic fracturing activity

Freshwater wells to support research in evolutionary genomics, physiology, and aquaculture, at Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre

Gas Sensing Equipment for Environmental Sciences Research

Assessing the ecological risk of emerging nanomaterials- developing a generalized understanding based upon their physicochemical properties

Informing best practices for hydraulic fracturing in Alberta: water sources and characterizing the toxicity of produced facturing fluids

Fluorescence imaging system for conventional and 3D deconvolution applications

Centrifuge for Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre

Frequent collaborators

Monireh Faramarzi

Larry Fliegel

Liang Li

Markus Brinkmann