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Henry Alegria
Chemistry
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1998
Email: Dr. Henry Alegria
Phone: (727) 873-4777

My area of research is in the general field of fate and transport of pollutants. I have over ten years of designing, executing and supervising research projects on the fate and transport of pollutants, including organic pollutants (e.g. pesticides, PCBs and PAHs) and others (e.g. nutrients, metals) in air, soil and water in the U.S., Mexico, Central America, Canada and Europe (independently and in team setting). Research has included modeling and determination of the impact of pollutants on sensitive ecosystems.
I have also done research on chiral analysis of pesticides to track their movement in the environment. I will also be initiating a research programme on emerging contaminants (e.g. hormones and over-the-counter drugs) in surface waters.

I am also interested in developing new and innovative strategies in teaching chemistry and environmental science.

Selected Publications
Wong, F.; Alegria, H.A.; Bidleman, T.F.; Salvador, M. “Soil-air exchange of organochlorine pesticides in southern Mexico.” In preparation for submission to Environmental Science & Technology.

Alegria, H.A.; Wong, H.A.; Bidleman, T.F.; Gold-Bouchot, G.; Waliszewski, S. “Current-use pesticides in ambient air in southern Mexico.” In preparation for submission to Environmental Science and Technology.

Alegria, H.A.; Wong, F.; Bidleman, T.F.; Salvador, M. “Concentrations of organochlorine pesticides in southern Mexico and their transportation patterns.” Submitted to Environmental Science and Technology.

Alegria, H.A.; Bidleman, T.F.; Salvador-Figueroa, M. 2006. Organochlorine pesticides in the ambient air of Chiapas, Mexico. Environmental Pollution 140, 483-491.

Alegria, H.A.; Bidleman, T.F.; Wong, F.; Salvador, M.; Gold Bouchot, G.; Waliszewski, S. “Atmospheric transport of organochlorine pesticides in southern Mexico.” Chapter contributed to Golfo de Mexico, Contaminacion e Impacto Ambiental: Diagnostico y Tendencias. Alfonso Vazquez Botello, Jaime Rendon von Orsten, Claudia Agraz Hernandez, Gerardo Gold Bouchot (eds.), Impresora Univesidad Autonoma de Campeche, 2006, pp 225-235.

Alegria, H.A.; d’Autel, J.P.; Shaw, T.J. “Offshore transport of pesticides in the South Atlantic Bight: Preliminary estimates of export budgets,” Mar. Pollut. Bull. 2000, 40, 1178.

Alegria, H.A.; Bidleman, T.F.; Shaw, T.J. “Ambient air levels of organochlorine pesticides in Belize, Central America,” Environ. Sci. Technol. 2000, 34, 1953. (Preliminary results presented by H.A.A. at 17th Annual Meeting, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Washington D.C., Nov. 17-21, 1996.)

Alegria, H.A. and Shaw, T.J. “Rain deposition of pesticides in coastal waters of the South Atlantic Bight,” Environ. Sci. Technol. 1999, 33, 850.

Bidleman, T.F.; Jantunen, L.M.; Harner, T.; Wiberg, K.; Wideman, J.L.; Brice, K.; Su, K.; Falconer, R.L.; Aigner, E.J.; Leone, A.D.; Ridal, J.J.; Kerman, B.; Finizio, A.; Alegria, H.; Parkhurst, W.J.; Szeto, S.Y. “Chiral pesticides as tracers of air-surface exchange,” Environmental Pollution 1998, 102, 43.

Bidleman, T.F.; Alegria, H.; Ngabe, B.; Green, C. “Trends of chlordane and toxaphene in ambient air of Columbia, South Carolina,” Atmos. Environ. 1998, 32, 1849.

Wiberg, K.; Jantunen, L.M.; Harner, T.; Wideman, J.L.; Bidleman, T.F.; Brice, K.; Su, K.; Falconer, R.L.; Leone, A.D.; Parkhurst, W.J.; Alegria, H. “Chlordane enantiomers as source markers in ambient air,” Organohalogen Compounds 1997, 33, 209.

Courses
CHM 2210 – Organic Chemistry I
CHM 2211 – Organic Chemistry II
CHM 4932/EVR 4930 – Atmospheric Chemistry

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