Poulin, Brett A.

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Assistant Professor
Email: bapoulin@ucdavis.edu
Office: 4145 Meyer Hall
Phone: 530-754-2454
Personal Professional Website: https://poulinlab.ucdavis.edu/

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
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Teaching:

  • New courses under development

Campus Memberships:

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

Recent Publications:

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)

Poulin, B.A., Ryan, J.N., Tate, M.T., Krabbenhoft, D.P., Hines, M.E., Barkay, T., Schaefer, J., and Aiken, G.R. (2019) Geochemical factors controlling dissolved elemental mercury and methylmercury formation in Alaskan wetlands of varying trophic status. Environmental Science & Technology 53, 6203-6213, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b06041. (link)

Poulin, B.A., Ryan, J.N., Nagy, K.L., Stubbins, A., Dittmar, T., Orem, W., Krabbenhoft, D.P., and Aiken, G.R. (2017) Spatial dependence of reduced sulfur in Everglades dissolved organic matter controlled by sulfate enrichment. Environmental Science & Technology 51, 3630-3639, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b04142. (link)

Poulin, B.A., Gerbig, C.A., Kim, C.S., Stegemeier, J.P., Ryan, J.N., and Aiken, G.R. Effects of sulfide concentration and dissolved organic matter characteristics on the structure of nanocolloidal metacinnabar. (2017) Environmental Science & Technology 51, 13133-13142, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b02687. (link)