Brett Poulin

Research:

My research interests focus on the environmental transformations and toxicologic pathways of trace metal contaminants in man-made and natural environments.

Specialties/Focus:

• Environmental Chemistry
• Trace Metal Biogeochemistry and Toxicity
• Aqueous Organic Geochemistry

Education and Experience:

• U.S. Geological Survey, Boulder, Colorado, 2016-2020
• University of Colorado Boulder, Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, 2016
• University of Colorado Boulder, M.S. Environmental Engineering, 2013
• University of California Santa Cruz, B.S. Chemistry, 2008

Teaching:

• ETX 180 – Chemistry and Toxicology of Metals
• ETX 40 – Contaminants in Our Environment

Campus Memberships:

• Agriculture & Environmental Chemistry Graduate Group
• Pharmacology & Toxicology Graduate Group
• Hydrologic Sciences Graduate Group

Recent Publications:

Poulin, B.A. (2023) Selective Photochemical Oxidation of Reduced Dissolved Organic Sulfur to Inorganic Sulfate. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00210. (link)

Poulin, B.A. Tate, M.T., Ogorek, J., Breitmeyer, S.E., Baldwin, A.K., Yoder, A.M., Harris, R., Naymik, J., Gastelecutto, N., Hoovestol, C., Larsen, C., Myers, R., Aiken, G.R., Krabbenhoft, D.P. (2023) Biogeochemical and Hydrologic Synergy Control Mercury Fate in an Arid Land River-Reservoir System. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts 25, 912-928. DOI: 10.1039/D3EM00032J. (link)

Manceau, A., Brossier, R., Janssen, S.E., Rosera, T.J., Krabbenhoft, D.P., Cherel, Y., Bustamante, P., Poulin, B.A. (2021) Mercury isotope fractionation by internal demethylation and biomineralization reactions in seabirds: Implications for environmental mercury science. Environmental Science & Technology 55, 13942-13952, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c04388. (link)

Poulin, B.A. Janssen, S.J., Rosera, T.J., Krabbenhoft, D.P., Eagles-Smith, C.A., Ackerman, J.T., Stewart, A.R., Kim, E., Baumann, Z., Kim, J.-H., Manceau, A. (2021) Isotopic fractionation from in vivo methylmercury detoxification in waterbirds. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 5, 990-997, DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00051. (link)

Manceau A., Bourdineaud J.-P., Oliveira R.B., Sarrazin S.L.F., Krabbenhoft D.P., Eagles-Smith C.A., Ackerman J.T., Stewart A.R., Ward-Deitrich C., Estela del Castillo Busto M., Goenaga-Infanta H., Wack A., Retegan M., Detlefs B., Glatzel P., Bustamante P., Nagy K.L., Poulin B.A. (2021) Demethylation of methylmercury in bird, fish, and earthworm. Environmental Science & Technology 55, 1527-1534, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c04948. (link)