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Latest Papers from the Group

2025
Niu, S.*, Dong, Z., Zhang, Y., Ng, C., and Ducatman, A. Impact of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances exposure on statin medication efficacy: clinical and public health implications. Medicine Plus. 2025. Accepted.

Mijayahena, M., Moreira, I., Castro, P., Dowd, S., Marciesky, M., Ng, C., and Aga, D. PFAS biodegradation by Labrys portucalensis F11: Evidence of chain shortening and identification of metabolites of PFOS, 6:2 FTS, and 5:3 FTCA. Science of the Total Environment. 2025. Accepted.


Cao, Y., Ng, C.A.* High-throughput Screening of Protein Interactions with Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Used in Photolithography. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2025. Accepted.

Chen, R., Muensterman, D., Field, J., and Ng, C.* Deriving membrane-water and protein-water partition coefficients from in vitro experiments for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Environmental Science & Technology. 2025. Accepted.

2024
Dong, Z., Bain, D.J., Paudel, S., Buck, J.K. and Ng, C.* Impact of native vegetation and soil moisture dynamics on evapotranspiration in green roof systems. Science of the Total Environment. 2024 (952): 175747.

Dong, Z., Bain, D.J., Buck, J.K., and Ng, C.* Assessment of the long-term hydrological performance of a green roof system in stormwater control. Journal of Environmental Management. 2024 (370): 122831.

Niu, S.*, Dong, Z., Li, L., and Ng, C.* Identifying long-term health risks associated with environmental chemical incidents. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2024 (478): 135432.

DeWitt, J.C.*; Glüge, J.; Cousins, I.T.; Goldenman, G.; Herzke, D.; Lohmann, R.; Miller, M.; Ng, C. A.; Patton, S.; Trier, X.; Vierke, L.; Wang, Z.; Adu-Kumi, S.; Balan, S.; Buser, A. M.; Fletcher, T.; Haug, L. S.; Huang, J.; Kaserzon, S.; Leonel, J.; Sheriff, I.; Shi, Ya-Li; Valsecchi, S.; Scheringer, M. Zürich II Statement on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs): Scientific and Regulatory Needs. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 2024. 11, 8, 786-797.

Liang, H.-W.; Koistinen, H.; Barrett, E.; Xun, X.; Yin, Q.; K., Kurunthachalam; Moog, N.; Ng, C.; O’Connor, T.; Miller, R.; Adibi, J.*Associations of Serum Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Placental  Human Chorionic Gonadotropin in Early Pregnancy, Measured in the UPSIDE Study in Rochester, NY. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2024, 132(4).

Niu, S.; Zhu, X.; Chen, R.; Winchell, A.; Gao, P.; Barchowsky, A.; Buchanich, J. M.; Ng, C.* Personal Wearable Sampler for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Exposure Assessment. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 2024, 11, 4, 301–307.

Heinsberg, L. W.*; Niu, S.; Arslanian, K. J.; Chen, R.; Bedi, M.; Unasa-Apelu, F.; Fidow, U. T.; Soti-Ulberg, C.; Conley, Y. P.; Weeks, D. E.; Ng, C. A.; Hawley, N. L. Characterization of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Concentrations in a Community-Based Sample of Infants from Samoa. Chemosphere 2024, 353, 141527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141527.

Elkhadrawi, M.; Ng, C.; Bain, D. J.; Sargent, E. E.; Stearsman, E. V.; Gray, K. A.; Akcakaya, M. Novel Physics Informed-Neural Networks for Estimation of Hydraulic Conductivity of Green Infrastructure as a Performance Metric by Solving Richards–Richardson PDE. Neural Comput. Appl. 2024, 36 (10), 5555–5569. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-023-09378-z.

Bedi, M., Sapozhnikova, Y., and Ng, C.* Evaluating contamination of seafood purchased from U.S. retail stores by persistent environmental pollutants, pesticides, and veterinary drugs. Food Additives and Contaminants: Part A. 2024, 41(3):325-338. https://doi.org/10.1080/19440049.2024.2310128.

Antle, J., Larock, M., Falls, Z., Ng, C., Atilla-Gokcumen, E., Aga, D., and Simpson, S. Building Chemical Intuition About Physicochemical Properties of C8-Per/Poly-fluoroalkyl Carboxylic Acids Through Computational Means. ACS ES&T Engineering. 2024, 4, 1, 196–208 (Published online 12/4/2023).



2023
Marciesky, M., Aga, D., Bradley, I., Aich, N., and Ng, C.* Mechanisms and Opportunities for rational in silico design of enzymes to degrade per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 2023, 63, 23, 7299–7319

Dong, Z., Bain, D.J., Gray, K.A., Akcakaya, M., and Ng, C.* Modeling the hydrological benefits of green roof systems: applications and future needs. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology. 2023,9, 3120-3135. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/ew/d3ew00149k Featured rear cover article.

Sapozhnikova, Y.*, Taylor, R., Bedi, M., and Ng, C. Assessing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in globally sourced food packaging. Chemosphere 337(139381). DOI:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139381.
 
Niu, S., Cao, Y., Chen, R., Bedi, M., Sanders, A.P., Ducatman, A., Ng, C.* A State-of-the-Science Review of Interactions of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) with Renal Transporters in Health and Disease: Implications for Population Variability in PFAS Toxicokinetics. Environmental Health Perspectives, 2023. 131 (7): 76002. DOI: 0.1289/EHP11885. 

Bedi, M., Sapozhnikova, Y, Taylor, RB, Ng C.* Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) measured in seafood from a cross-section of retail stores in the United States. J Hazard Mater. 2023 Oct 5;459:132062. Epub 2023 Jul 13. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132062 PubMed PMID: 37480610.
 
Dong, Z., Bain, D.J., Akcakaya, M., and Ng, C.* 2023. Evaluating the Thiessen polygon approach for efficient parameterization of urban stormwater models. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30, 30295-30307.

Niu, S., Cheng, X., Chen, R., Zou, Y. Zhang, Z.Z., Li, L., Hageman, K.J., Ng, C., and Dong, L. 2023. Understanding inter-individual variability in short-chain chlorinated paraffin concentrations in human blood. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 443(Part B): 130235.

Niu, S., Chen, R., Hageman, K.*, McMullin, R., Wing, R., and Ng, C. 2023. Understanding impacts of organic contaminants from aquaculture on the marine environment using a chemical fate model. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 443(Part A): 130090. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazamat.2022.130090.

Smaili, H., and Ng, C.*, Adsorption as a remediation technology for short-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water – a critical review. Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2023, 9, 344-362 (Accepted Dec. 2022).
 
LaLone, Carlie A; Blatz, Donovan J; Jensen, Marissa A; Vliet, Sara MF; Mayasich, Sally; Mattingly, Kali Z; Transue, Thomas R; Melendez, Wilson; Wilkinson, Audrey; Simmons, Cody W; Ng, C.; Zhang, C.; Zhang, Y.; From Protein Sequence to Structure: The Next Frontier in Cross‐Species Extrapolation for Chemical Safety Evaluations. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2023, 42(2) 463-474 (Accepted Dec. 2022).

2022
Abrahamsson, D.*, Siddharth, A., Robinson, J. F., Soshilov, A., Elmore, S., Cogliano, V., Ng, C., Khan, E., Ashton, R., Chiu, W., Fung, J., Zeise, L., and Woodruff, T. J. 2022. Modeling the transplacental transfer of small molecules: A case study on poly/perfluorinated substances (PFAS). Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. 2022. 32, 808-819 DOI: 10.1038.s41370-022-00481-2
 
52. Bangma, J.T., Guillette, T.C., Bommarito, P.A., Ng, C.A., Reiner, J.L., Lindstrom, A.B., and Strynar, M.J. 2022 Understanding the dynamics of physiological changes, protein expression, and PFAS in wildlife. Environment International. 159: 107037.
 
51. Glüge, J., London, R., Cousins, I., DeWitt, J., Goldenman, G., Herzke, D., Lohmann, R., Miller, M., Ng, C., Patton, S., Trier, X., Wang, Z., Scheringer, M.* 2022 Information requirements under the essential use concept: PFAS case studies. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(10): 6232-6242.

2021
Cheng, W. and Ng, C.* 2021 Bayesian Refinement of the Permeability-Limited Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Model for Perfluorooctanoic Acid in Male Rats. Chemical Research in Toxicology. 2021, 34, 11, 2298–2308.
 
Sleight, T., Sexton, C. N., Mpourmpakis, G., Gilbertson, L. M.*, Ng, C. A.* 2021 A classification model to identify direct-acting mutagenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon transformation products. Accepted. Chemical Research in Toxicology. 34(11):2273-2286.
 
Cao, Y., and Ng, C.* 2021 The toxicokinetics, distribution, and toxicity of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the brain: a review. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts. 23, 1623-1640.
 
Ng, C.*, Cousins, I.T., DeWitt, J.C., Glüge, J., Goldenman, G., Herzke, D., Lohmann, R., Patton, S., Scheringer, M., Trier, X., and Wang, Z. 2021 Addressing urgent questions for PFAS in the 21st Century. Environmental Science & Technology. Feature Article. 2021, 55(19): 12755–12765.
 
Cousins, I. T. *, DeWitt, J. C., Glüge, J., Goldenman, G., Herzke, D., Lohmann, R., Miller, M., Ng, C., Patton, S., Scheringer, M., Vierke, L. and Wang, Z. 2021 Finding essentiality feasible – common questions and misinterpretations concerning the “essential-use” concept. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts. 23: 1079-1087

Han, J., Fu, J., Sun, J., Hall, D. R., Yang, D., Blatz, D., Houck, K., Ng, C. A., Doering, J., LaLone, C., and Peng, Hui*. 2021 Quantitative Chemical Proteomics Reveals Interspecies Variations on Binding Schemes of L-FABP with Perfluorooctanesulfonate. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(13): 9012–9023
 
Birru, R.; Liang. H.-W.; Farooq, F.; Bedi, M.; Feghali, M.; Ng, C.; Haggerty, C.; Mendez, D.; Catov, J.; Adibi, J 2021. A pathway level analysis of PFAS exposure and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus. Environmental Health. 20: 63.

Cheng, W., Doering, J., LaLone, C.*, and Ng, C.* 2021 Integrative computational approaches to inform relative bioaccumulation potential of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) across species. Toxicological Sciences. 180(2): 212-223.
 
Khazaee, M.†, Christie, E.†, Michalsen, M., Field, J., and Ng, C.* 2021 Perfluoroalkyl acid binding with peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors ⍺, 𝛾, and δ and fatty acid binding proteins by equilibrium dialysis with a comparison of methods. Toxics. 9(3):45. †co-first authors.
 
De Silva, A., Armitage, J., Bruton, T., Dassuncao, C., Heiger-Bernays, W., Hu, X., Kärrman, A., Kelly, B., Ng, C., Robuck, A., Sun, M., Webster, T., and Sunderland, E.* 2021 PFAS Exposure Pathways for Humans and Wildlife: A Synthesis of Current Knowledge and Key Gaps in Understanding. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry. 40(3): 631-657.
 
Fenton, S. E., Ducatman, A., Boobis, A., DeWitt, J.C., Lau, C., Ng, C., Smith, J.S. and Roberts, S.M. * 2021. Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Toxicity and Human Health Review: Current State of Knowledge and Strategies for Informing Future Research. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry. 40(3): 606-603.

2020 and earlier
Cousins, I. *, DeWitt, J., Lohmann, R., Glüge, J., Goldenman, G., Herzke, D., Miller, M., Ng, C., Scheringer, M., and Wang, Z. 2020. The High Persistence of PFAS is Sufficient for their Management as a Chemical Class. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts. 22: 2307-2312.
 
Lohmann, R. *, Cousins, I., DeWitt, J., Glüge, J., Goldenman, G., Herzke, D., Lindstrom, A., Miller, M., Ng, C., Patton, S., Scheringer, M., Trier, X., Wang, Z. 2020. Are fluoropolymers really of low concern for human and environmental health and separate from other PFAS? Environmental Science & Technology. 54(20): 12820-12828.
 
Glüge, J.*, Scheringer, M., Cousins, I., DeWitt, J.C., Goldenman, G., Herzke, D., Lohmann, R., Ng, C., Trier, X., and Wang Z. 2020. An overview of the uses of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts. 22: 2345-2372.
 
Sleight, T., Khanna, V., Gilbertson, L.M.*, and Ng, C.* 2020. Network analysis for prioritizing biodegradation metabolites of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Environmental Science & Technology. 54: 10735-10744.
 
Yang, D., Han, J., Hall, D.R., Sun, J., Fu, J., Kutarna, S., Houck, K.A., LaLone, C.A., Doering, J.A., Ng, C., and Peng, H. 2020. Nontarget Screening of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Binding to Human Liver Fatty Acid Binding Protein. Environmental Science & Technology, 54(9): 5676-5686.
 
Bedi, M. and Ng, C.* 2020. Estimating polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) exposure through seafood consumption in Switzerland using international food trade data. Environment International, 138, 105652.
 
Khazaee, M., Guardian, M.A., Aga, D., and Ng, C.* 2020. Impacts of sex and exposure duration on gene expression in zebrafish following perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) exposure. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, 2020, 39(2), 437-449. 
 
Cousins, I.T.*, DeWitt, J.C., Glüge, J., Goldenman, G., Herzke, D., Lohmann, R., Miller, M., Ng, C., Scheringer, M., Vierke, L., and Wang, Z. 2020. Strategies for grouping per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to protect human and environmental health. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 22, 1444-1460.
 
Cheng, W., and Ng, C.* 2019.  Using Machine Learning to Classify Bioactivity for 3486 Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) from the OECD List. Environmental Science & Technology, 2019, 53(23), 13970-13980.
 
Cousins, I.T.*, Goldenman, G., Herzke, D., Lohmann, R., Miller, M., Ng, C., Patton, S., Scheringer, M., Trier, X., Vierke, L., Wang, Z., and DeWitt, J. 2019. The concept of essential use for determining when uses of PFASs can be phased out. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2019, 21, 1803-1815.

Cousins, I.T., Ng, C., Wang, Z. and Scheringer, M.* 2019: Why is High Persistence Alone a Major Cause of Concern? Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2019, 21, 781-79.
 
Sun, X., Ng, C., and Small, M. J.*. 2018. A population-based simultaneous fugacity model design for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) transport in an aquatic system. MethodsX, 5: 1311 - 1323.
 
Cheng, W., and Ng, C.* 2018. Predicting relative protein affinity of novel per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) by an efficient molecular dynamics approach. Environmental Science & Technology, 52(14): 7972 - 7980.
 
Sun, X., Ng, C., and Small, M.J.* 2018. Modeling the impact of biota on polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) fate and transport in Lake Ontario using a population-based multi-compartment fugacity approach. Environmental Pollution 241: 720-729.
 
Ng, C.*, Ritscher, A., Hungerbuehler, K. and von Goetz, N.* 2018. Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) accumulation in farmed salmon evaluated using a dynamic sea-cage production model. Environmental Science & Technology, 52(12): 6965 - 6973.
 
Mittal, K. and Ng, C.* 2018. Formation of PFAAs in fish through biotransformation: A PBPK approach. Chemosphere. 202: 218-227.
 
Khazaee, M. and Ng, C.* 2018. Evaluating parameter availability for physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in zebrafish. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts 20: 105-119.  Themed collection: Modeling in Environmental Chemistry. 
 
Mendez, A., Castillo, L.E., Ruepert, C., Hungerbuehler, K., and Ng, C.* 2018. Tracking pesticide fate in conventional banana cultivation in Costa Rica: A disconnect between protecting ecosystems and consumer health. Science of the Total Environment 613, 1250-1262. 
 
Cheng, W. and Ng, C.* 2017. A permeability-limited physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in male rats. Environmental Science & Technology, 51 (17): 9930-9939.
 
Armitage, J.M.*, Erickson, R.J., Luckenbach, T., Ng, C., Prosser, R.S., Arnot, J.A., Schirmer, K., and Nichols, J.W. 2017. Assessing the bioaccumulation potential of ionizable organic compounds: current knowledge and research priorities. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, 36(4): 882-897.
 
Ng, C.*, and N. von Goetz. 2017. The global food system as a transport pathway for hazardous chemicals: The missing link between emissions and exposure. Environmental Health Perspectives, 125(1): 1-7.
 
Gilbertson, L.M.* and Ng, C.* 2016. Evaluating the use of Alternatives Assessment to compare bulk organic chemical and nanomaterial alternatives to brominated flame retardants. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 4(11): 6019-6030.





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