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
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)