Daniel Brabander

Degrees: B.S., M.A., Binghamton University; Ph.D., Brown University

Previous positions:

Teaching Interests
I teach courses ranging from large introductory classes such as Earth Processes and the Environment with as many as 42 students to mid- and upper-level courses such as Environmental Science and Environmental Geochemistry. At present time all the courses I teach have a lab component, and the upper-level courses have field and semester-long projects. My tentative schedule for the coming academic year includes:

• GEOS 101 Earth Processes and the Environment (Fall 2007)
• GEOS 201/ES201 Methods and Problems in Environmental Science (Spring 2008)
• GEOS315/ES 315 Environmental Geochemistry (Fall 2007)

In the classroom I foster peer instruction and inquiry-based learning and assessment all within a context-based curriculum. In my classroom, I seek to create a learning community that increases students' self-confidence, encourages all students to participate, helps students learn how to define problems and seek solutions, and lends itself to authentic assessment of students' performance.

Research Interests
My research emphasizes multidisciplinary projects that cut across departmental boundaries and foster
collaboration among biologists, chemists, geologists and environmental engineers and involve research
experiences for undergraduates. Current research focus is environmental geochemistry and the
quantification of biogeochemical processes in watersheds, aquifers, and in the urban environment.
Applications include bioremediation, environmental biomonitoring, fate and transport of contaminants
(toxic metals) in watershed and aquifer systems, isotopic dating and mapping of contaminants within
sediments and soils, and sustainable urban agriculture.

PUBLICATIONS (* = undergraduate author)
Burnet A. *, Kurtz A. C., Brabander D. J., Shailer M. (2007) Dendrochemical record of historical
lead contamination sources, Wells G&H Superfund site, Woburn, Massachusetts Journal of
Environmental Quality 36:1488-1494.

Schaider L. A., Senn D. B., Brabander D. J., McCarthy K. D. *, Shine J. P. (2007) Characterization
of zinc, lead and cadmium in mine waste: Implications for transport, exposure, and bioavailability.
Environ. Sci. Technol. 41: 4164-4171.

Clark H.*, Brabander D., Erdil R.* (2006) Sources, sinks and exposure pathways of lead in urban garden soil.
Journal of Environmental Quality 35: (6) 2075-2083.

Rauch S., Hemond H., Brabander D. (2006) High spatial resolution analysis of lake sediment cores
by laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). Journal of
Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 4: 268-274.

Harvey C. F., Swartz C. H., Badruzzaman A. B. M., Keon-Blute N., Yu W., Ashraf Ali M., Jay J.,
Beckie R., Niedan V., Brabander D. J., Oates P. M., Ashfaque K. N., Islam S., Hemond H. F.,
Ahmed M. F. (2005) Groundwater arsenic contamination on the Ganges Delta: biogeochemistry,
hydrology, human perturbations, and human suffering on a large scale. C. R. Geoscience 337: 285–296.

Blute N. K., Brabander D. J., Hemond H. F., Sutton S., Newville M. G., Rivers M. L. (2004)
Arsenic sequestration by ferric iron plaque on cattail roots. Environ. Sci. Technol. 38: 6074–6077.

Swartz C. H., Keon-Blute N., Badruzzaman A. B. M., Ashraf Ali M., Brabander D. J., Jay J.,
Besancon J., Islam S., Hemond H. F., Harvey C. F. (2004) Mobility of arsenic in a Bangladesh
aquifer: Inferences from geochemical profiles, leaching data, and mineralogical characterization.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68 (22): 4539–4557.

Oktay S. D., Brabander D. J., Smith J. P., Kada J., Bullen T., Olsen C. R. (2003) WTC
geochemical fingerprint recorded in New York harbor sediments, EOS Trans. AGU, 84: (3) 21–28.

Harvey C. F., Swartz C. H., Badruzzaman A. B. M., Keon-Blute N., Yu W., Ashraf Ali M., Jay J.,
Beckie R., Niedan V., Brabander D. J., Oates P. M., Ashfaque K. N., Islam S., Hemond H. F.,
Ahmed M. F. (2003) Response to comments on “Arsenic mobility and groundwater extraction
in Bangladesh.” Science 300: 584d.

Rogers C. E., Brabander D. J., Barbour M. T., and Hemond H. F. (2002) Use of physical, chemical,
and biological indices to assess impacts of contaminants and physical habitat alteration in urban
streams. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 21 (6): 1156–1167.

Harvey C. F., Swartz C. H., Badruzzaman A. B. M., Keon-Blute N., Yu W., Ashraf Ali M., Jay J.,
Beckie R., Niedan V., Brabander D. J., Oates P. M., Ashfaque K. N., Islam S., Hemond H. F.,
Ahmed M. F. (2002) Arsenic mobility and groundwater extraction in Bangladesh. Science 298: 1602–1606.

Edmands J. D.*, Brabander D. J., Coleman D. S. (2001) Uptake and mobility of uranium in black oaks:
Implications for biomonitoring depleted uranium-contaminated groundwater. Chemosphere 44: 789-795.

Keon N., Swartz C. H., Brabander D. J., Harvey C., Hemond H. F. (2001) Validation of an arsenic
sequential extraction method for evaluating mobility in sediments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 35: 2778–2784.

Farver J. R., Brabander D. J. (2001) Magma ascent rates from mineral reaction rims and extension to
teaching about volcanic hazards. Journal of Geoscience Education 49 (2): 140-145.

Brabander D. J., Keon N., Stanley R. H. R.*, Hemond H. F. (1999) Intra-ring variability of Cr, As,
Cd, and Pb in red oak revealed by secondary ion mass spectrometry: Implications forenvironmental
biomonitoring. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
96: (25) 14635–14640.

Brabander D. J., Giletti B. (1995) Strontium diffusion kinetics in amphiboles and significance to
thermal history determinations. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 59 (11): 2223–2238.

Brabander D. J., Hervig R. L., Jenkins D. M. (1995) Experimental determination of F-OH interdiffusion
in tremolite and significance to fluorine-zoned amphiboles. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 59
(17): 3549–3560.

MANUSCRIPTS IN REVIEW
Clark H. F.*, Hausladen D. M. *, Brabander D. J. (2007) Urban gardens: lead exposure, recontamination
mechanisms, and implications for remediation design. Submitted: Environmental Research.

MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
Brabander D. J., Stanley R. H. R. *, Hemond H. F. (2007) Isotopically mapping multiple Pb sources on an
urban watershed using a rapid assessment method. To be submitted: Journal of Environmental Quality.

Ross L.*, Beattie R. B., Brabander D. J. (2007) Fingerprinting arsenic released from pressure
treated wood in playground soils. To be submitted: Journal of Environmental Quality.