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Ramon Aravena
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Latest papers
Active phytoextraction of toluene shifts the microbiome and enhances degradation capacity in hybrid poplar
Journal of Environmental Management · 2024
Field demonstration for the solvent-based sampling method to perform compound-specific isotope analysis on gas-phase VOC.
Journal of contaminant hydrology · 2024
Hydrogeochemical and isotopic evaluation of VOC commingled plumes in a weathered fractured bedrock aquifer treated with thermal and bioremediation.
Journal of contaminant hydrology · 2022 · senior author
Latest funding
- $129,194
Laser isotope analyzer for Nitrogen cycling studies in human impacted watersheds.
NSERC · 2014 · Co-investigator
- $519,800
Characterization of physical, chemical and microbial processes related to phytoremediation of petroleum contamination in a shallow fractured bedrock system
NSERC · 2014 · Co-investigator
- $74,465
CRDS Methane Isotope Analyzer for Environmental Research
NSERC · 2012 · Principal investigator
21 publications.
Active phytoextraction of toluene shifts the microbiome and enhances degradation capacity in hybrid poplar
Michael BenIsrael, Dasiel Obregón, Philipp Wanner, Jeremy Fernandes, Joel G. Burken, Ramón Aravena, Beth L. Parker, Elizabeth A. Haack, David T. Tsao, Kari E. Dunfield
Field demonstration for the solvent-based sampling method to perform compound-specific isotope analysis on gas-phase VOC.
Bouchard D, Hunkeler D, Marchesi M, Aravena R, Buscheck T
Hydrogeochemical and isotopic evaluation of VOC commingled plumes in a weathered fractured bedrock aquifer treated with thermal and bioremediation.
Hart S, Bertolo RA, Agostini MS, Feig R, Lojkasek-Lima P, Gouvea JCR, Barreto FS, Aravena R
Identification of degrader bacteria and fungi enriched in rhizosphere soil from a toluene phytoremediation site using DNA stable isotope probing
Michael BenIsrael, Jemaneh Z. Habtewold, Kamini Khosla, Philipp Wanner, Ramón Aravena, Beth L. Parker, Elizabeth A. Haack, David T. Tsao, Kari E. Dunfield
Use of isotopes techniques to reveal the origin of water salinity in an arid region of Central-Western Argentina.
Gomez L, Alvarez A, D'Ambrosio S, Zalazar G, Aravena R
Use of environmental isotopes to assess groundwater pollution caused by agricultural activities.
Arumi J, Escudero M, Aguirre E, Salgado JC, Aravena R
Toluene biodegradation in the vadose zone of a poplar phytoremediation system identified using metagenomics and toluene-specific stable carbon isotope analysis
Michael BenIsrael, Philipp Wanner, Ramón Aravena, Beth L. Parker, Elizabeth A. Haack, David T. Tsao, Kari E. Dunfield
Assessing toluene biodegradation under temporally varying redox conditions in a fractured bedrock aquifer using stable isotope methods
Philipp Wanner, Ramón Aravena, Jeremy Fernandes, Michael BenIsrael, Elizabeth A. Haack, David T. Tsao, Kari E. Dunfield, Beth L. Parker
Quantification of toluene phytoextraction rates and microbial biodegradation functional profiles at a fractured bedrock phytoremediation site
Michael BenIsrael, Philipp Wanner, Jeremy Fernandes, Joel G. Burken, Ramón Aravena, Beth L. Parker, Elizabeth A. Haack, David T. Tsao, Kari E. Dunfield
Contrasting biogeochemical processes revealed by stable isotopes of H2O, N, C and S in shallow aquifers underlying agricultural lowlands.
Colombani N, Mastrocicco M, Castaldelli G, Aravena R
Laser isotope analyzer for Nitrogen cycling studies in human impacted watersheds.
Principal investigators: Schiff, Sherry
Characterization of physical, chemical and microbial processes related to phytoremediation of petroleum contamination in a shallow fractured bedrock system
Principal investigators: Dunfield, Kari
CRDS Methane Isotope Analyzer for Environmental Research
Principal investigators: Aravena, Ramon
Development of methods to investigate soil vapor intrusion risks for methane and BTEX compounds at ethanol-blended biofuel spill sites
Principal investigators: Mayer, Ulrich
Discrete chemistry analyzer for Nitrogen contamination of surface and ground waters
Principal investigators: Schiff, Sherry
Application of environmental isotopes in organic contaminant studies
Principal investigators: Aravena, Ramon
Evaluation and optimization of in situ chemical oxidation for groundwater remediation
Principal investigators: Thomson, Neil
Linking cycles of O2, P and N in impacted rivers: ecosystem response to changes in wastewater treatment plant effluent
Principal investigators: Schiff, Sherry
The IsoTrace laboratory
Principal investigators: Kieser, William(Liam)
Anammox - anaerobic oxidation of ammonium contamination in groundwater
Principal investigators: Clark, Ian
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Beth Parker and John Cherry: 106 shared papers
- Sherry Schiff and Josh Neufeld: 18 shared papers
- Danielle Fortin and Ian Clark: 15 shared papers
- Beth Parker and Kari Dunfield: 10 shared papers
- Beth Parker and Ramon Aravena: 10 shared papers
- Kari Dunfield and Ramon Aravena: 5 shared papers
- John Cherry and Sherry Schiff: 3 shared papers
- John Cherry and Ramon Aravena: 3 shared papers
- Ian Clark and Josh Neufeld: 3 shared papers
- Beth Parker and Cathryn Ryan: 2 shared papers
- John Cherry and Cathryn Ryan: 2 shared papers
- Ian Clark and Sherry Schiff: 2 shared papers
- Sherry Schiff and Cathryn Ryan: 2 shared papers
- Beth Parker and Neil Thomson: 1 shared paper
- Neil Thomson and Kari Dunfield: 1 shared paper
- Neil Thomson and Ramon Aravena: 1 shared paper
- Danielle Fortin and Sherry Schiff: 1 shared paper
- Danielle Fortin and Cathryn Ryan: 1 shared paper
- Danielle Fortin and Josh Neufeld: 1 shared paper
- Danielle Fortin and Ramon Aravena: 1 shared paper
- Ian Clark and Ramon Aravena: 1 shared paper
- Sherry Schiff and Ramon Aravena: 1 shared paper
- Cathryn Ryan and Ramon Aravena: 1 shared paper
- Josh Neufeld and Ramon Aravena: 1 shared paper
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- School of Environmental Sciences
- School of Engineering
- Department of Earth, Energy and Environment
- Department of Biology
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Co-authors at University of Waterloo, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Beth Parker
School of Environmental Sciences
10 shared papers, latest 2024
Kari Dunfield
School of Environmental Sciences
5 shared papers, latest 2024
John Cherry
School of Engineering
3 shared papers, latest 2018
Ian Clark
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2011
Sherry Schiff
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2011
Cathryn Ryan
Department of Earth, Energy and Environment
1 shared papers, latest 2011
Josh Neufeld
Department of Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2011
Neil Thomson
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2013
Danielle Fortin
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2011
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