Simonich, Staci

Education:
B.S., Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, Green Bay, WI (1990)
Ph.D., Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (1995)

Awards:
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry/Roy F. Weston Environmental Chemistry Award (2001)
NSF Career Award 2003

Research group web site:
http://emt.oregonstate.edu/people/faculty/staci-simonich

Affiliations: Joint appointment in OSU Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology

Research Interests

Current research focuses on understanding the atmospheric transport and deposition of semi-volatile organic compounds to high elevation ecosystems. The research program seeks to understand the relative impact of current and historical Asian, Pacific Ocean, and North American sources on contamination at high elevations. Source region identification and 'age' are determined using air trajectories and the enantiomer ratios of chiral semi-volatile organic compounds. Sampling sites for the research include Okinawa, Cheeka Peak observatory, Marys Peak Observatory, Mt. Bachelor Observatory, and eight Western U.S. National Parks. Analytes of interest include organochlorine pesticides, current use pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers. The research utilizes chromatography, mass spectrometry, and novel methods of sample extraction and purification.

Representative Publications

1.   J. Schrlau, L. Geiser, K. Hageman, D. Landers, S. Massey Simonich.  2011.  “Comparison of Lichen, Conifer Needles, Passive Air Sampling Devices, and Snowpack as Passive Sampling Media to Measure Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds in Remote Atmospheres”.  Environmental Science and Technology, 45(24), 10354-10361.

2.   J. Ding, J. Zhong, Y. Yang, B. Li, G. Shen, Y. Su, C. Wang, H. Shen, B. Wang, R. Wang, Y. Huang, Y. Zhang, H. Cao, Y. Zhu, S. Massey Simonich, S. Tao.  2012.  “Occurrence and exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their derivatives in a rural Chinese home through biomass fuelled cooking”.  Environmental Pollution, in press.

3.   W. Wang, N. Jariyasopit, J. Schrlau, Y. Jia, S. Tao, T. Yu, R. Dashwood, W. Zhang, X. Wang, S. Massey Simonich.  2011.  “Concentration and Photochemistry of PAHs, NPAHs, and OPAHs and Toxicity of PM2.5 during the Beijing Olympic Games”.  Environmental Science and Technology, 45, 6887-6895.

4.   S. Massey Simonich, O. Motorykin, N. Jariyasopit.  2011.  “PAH Intermediates:  Links between the Atmosphere and Biological Systems”.  Chemico-Biological Interactions, 192, 26-29.

5.   S. A. Genualdi, K.J. Hageman, L.K. Ackerman, S. Usenko, S. Massey Simonich.  2011.  “Sources and Fate of Chiral Organochlorine Pesticides in Western U.S. National Park Ecosystems”.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 30(7), 1533-1538.

6.   Y. Jia, D. Stone, W. Wang, J. Schrlau, S. Tao, S. Massey Simonich.  2011.  “Estimated Reduction in Cancer Risk due to PAH Exposures if Source Control Measures during the 2008 Beijing Olympics were Sustained”.  Environmental Health Perspectives, 119(6), 815-820.

7.   D.F. Bradford, R. Knapp, D. W. Sparling; M. Nash; K. Stanley, N.G. Tallent-Halsell; L.L. McConnell, S. Simonich.  2011.  “Pesticide Distributions and Population Declines of California Alpine Frogs, Rana muscosa and Rana sierra”, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 30(3), 682-691.

8.   W. Wang, S.L. Massey Simonich, B. Giri, M. Xue, J. Zhao, S. Chen, H. Shen, G. Shen, R. Wang, J. Cao, S. Tao.  2011.  “Spatial Distribution and Seasonal Variation of Atmospheric Bulk Deposition of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Beijing-Tianjin region, North China”, Environmental Pollution, 159, 287-293.

9.   W. Wang, S.L. Massey Simonich, B. Giri, Y. Chang, Y. Zhang, Y. Jia, S. Tao, R. Wang, B. Wang, W. Li, J. Cao, X. Lu.  2011.  “Atmospheric Concentrations and Air-Soil Gas Exchange of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Remote, Rural Village and Urban Areas of Beijing-Tianjin region, North China”, Science of the Total Environment, 409, 2942-2950.

10.  W. Wang, S. Massey Simonich, W. Wang, B. Giri, J. Zhao, M. Xue, J. Cao, X. Lu, S. Tao.  2011.  “Atmospheric Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon concentrations and gas/particle partitioning at background, rural village, and urban sites in the North China Plain”, Atmospheric Research, 99. 197-206.

11.  S. Usenko, S. Massey Simonich, K. Hageman, J. Schrlau, L. Geiser, D. Campbell, P. Appleby, D. Landers.  2010.  “Sources and Deposition of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons to Western U.S. National Parks”, Environmental Science and Technology, 44(12), 4512-4518.

12.  K. Hageman, W. Hafner, D. Campbell, D. Jaffe, D. Landers, S.L. Massey Simonich. 2010.  “Variability in Pesticide Deposition and Source Contributions to Snowpack in Western U.S. National Parks”, Environmental Science and Technology, 44(12), 4452-4458.

13.  D.H. Landers, S. Massey Simonich, D. Jaffe, L. Geiser, D.H. Campbell, A. Schwindt, C. Schreck, M. Kent, W. Hafner, H.E. Taylor, K. Hageman, S. Usenko, L. Ackerman, J. Schrlau, N. Rose, T. Blett, M. Morrison Erway. 2010.  “The Western Airborne Contaminant Assessment Project (WACAP):  An Interdisciplinary Evaluation of the Impacts of Airborne Contaminants”, Environmental Science and Technology, 44(3), 855-859.

14.  D.F. Bradford, K. Stanley, L.L. McConnell, N.G. Tallent-Halsell, M. S. Nash, S. Massey Simonich.  2010.  “Spatial Patterns of Atmospherically Deposited Organic Contaminants at High-Elevation in the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains, California”, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 29(5), 1056-1066.

15.  X. Zeng, S. Massey Simonich, K. Robrock, P. Korytar, L Alvarez-Cohen, D. Barofsky. 2010.  “Application of a congener specific debromination model to study photodebromination, anaerobic microbial debromination, and Fe0 reduction of PBDEs”, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 29(4), 770-778.

16.  W. Wang, S.L. Massey Simonich, M. Xue, J. Zhao, N. Zhang, R. Wang, J. Cao, S. Tao.  2010.  “Concentrations, Sources and Toxicity of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in soils from Beijing, Tianjin, and surrounding areas, North China”, Environmental Pollution, 158(5), 1245-1251.

17.  J. Layshock, S. Massey Simonich, K. Anderson.  2010.  “Effect of Dibenzopyrene Measurement on Assessing Air Quality and Cancer Risk in Beijing Air”.  Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 12, 2290-2298.

18.  J. Layshock, S. Massey Simonich, K. Anderson*.  2010.  “Effect of Dibenzopyrene Measurement on Assessing Air Quality and Cancer Risk in Beijing Air”. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, in press.

19.  W. Wang, S. Massey Simonich, W. Wang, B. Giri, J. Zhao, M. Xue, J. Cao, X. Lu, S. Tao*.  2010.  “Atmospheric Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon concentrations and gas/particle partitioning at background, rural village, and urban sites in the North China Plain”, Atmospheric Research, in press.

20.  S. Usenko, S. Massey Simonich*, K. Hageman, J. Schrlau, L. Geiser, D. Campbell, P. Appleby, D. Landers.  2010.  “Sources and Deposition of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons to Western U.S. National Parks”, Environmental Science and Technology, 44(12), 4512-4518.

21.  K. Hageman, W. Hafner, D. Campbell, D. Jaffe, D. Landers, S.L. Massey Simonich*. 2010.  “Variability in Pesticide Deposition and Source Contributions to Snowpack in Western U.S. National Parks”, Environmental Science and Technology, 44(12), 4452-4458.

22.  D.H. Landers*, S. Massey Simonich, D. Jaffe, L. Geiser, D.H. Campbell, A. Schwindt, C. Schreck, M. Kent, W. Hafner, H.E. Taylor, K. Hageman, S. Usenko, L. Ackerman, J. Schrlau, N. Rose, T. Blett, M. Morrison Erway. 2010.  “The Western Airborne Contaminant Assessment Project (WACAP):  An Interdisciplinary Evaluation of the Impacts of Airborne Contaminants”, Environmental Science and Technology, 44(3), 855-859.

23.  D.F. Bradford*, R. Knapp, D. W. Sparling; M. Nash; K. Stanley, N.G. Tallent-Halsell; L.L. McConnell, S. Simonich.  2010.  “Pesticide Distributions and Population Declines of California Alpine Frogs, Rana muscosa and Rana sierra”, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, in press.

24.  D.F. Bradford*, K. Stanley, L.L. McConnell, N.G. Tallent-Halsell, M. S. Nash, S. Massey Simonich.  2010.  “Spatial Patterns of Atmospherically Deposited Organic Contaminants at High-Elevation in the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains, California”, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 29(5), 1056-1066.

25.  X. Zeng, S. Massey Simonich*, K. Robrock, P. Korytar, L Alvarez-Cohen, D. Barofsky. 2010.  “Application of a congener specific debromination model to study photodebromination, anaerobic microbial debromination, and Fe0 reduction of PBDEs”, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 29(4), 770-778.

26.  W. Wang, S.L. Massey Simonich, M. Xue, J. Zhao, N. Zhang, R. Wang, J. Cao, S. Tao*.  2010.  “Concentrations, Sources and Toxicity of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in soils from Beijing, Tianjin, and surrounding areas, North China”, Environmental Pollution, 158(5), 1245-1251.

27.  W. Wang, S.L. Massey Simonich, B. Giri, M. Xue, J. Zhao, S. Chen, H. Shen, G. Shen, R. Wang, J. Cao, S. Tao*.  2010.  “Spatial Distribution and Seasonal Variation of Atmospheric Bulk Deposition of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Beijing-Tianjin region, North China”, Environmental Pollution, in press.

28.  S. Genualdi, S. Massey Simonich*, T. Primbs, T. Bidleman, L. M. Jantunen, K.S. Ryoo, and T. Zhu. 2009.  “Enantiomeric Signatures of Organochlorine 

29.  S. Genualdi, S. Massey Simonich*, T. Primbs, T. Bidleman, L. M. Jantunen, K.S. Ryoo, and T. Zhu. 2009.  “Enantiomeric Signatures of Organochlorine Pesticides in Asian, Trans-Pacific and Western U.S. Air Masses”, Environmental Science and Technology, 43(8), 2806-2811.

30.  S. Genualdi, R. Killin, J. Woods, G. Wilson, D. Schmedding, S. Massey Simonich*. 2009.  “Trans-Pacific and Regional U.S. Atmospheric Transport of PAHs and Pesticides in Biomass Burning Emissions”, Environmental Science and Technology, 43(4), 1061-1066.

31.  W. Wang, T. Primbs, S. Tao, and S. Massey Simonich*. 2009.  “Atmospheric Particulate Matter Pollution during the 2008 Beijing Olympics”,Environmental Science and Technology, 43(14), 5314-5320.

32.  S.L. Massey Simonich*.  2009.  “Response to Comment on “Atmospheric Particulate Matter Pollution during the 2008 Beijing Olympics””, Environmental Science and Technology, 43(19), 7590-7591.

33.  K.A. Stanley, L.R. Curtis, S.L. Massey Simonich, R.L. Tanguay*.  2009.  “Endosulfan I and Endosulfan Sulfate Disrupts Zebrafish Embryonic Development”,Aquatic Toxicology, 95(4), 355-361.

34.  M. Scheringer*, KC Jones, M. Matthies, S. Simonich and D. Van de Meent.  2009. “Multimedia Partitioning, Overall Persistence, and Long-Range Transport Potential in the Context of POPs and PBT Assessments”.  Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 5(4), 557-576.

35.  A.R. Schwindt*, M.L. Kent, L.K. Ackerman, S.L. Massey Simonich, D.H. Landers, T. Blett, C.B. Schreck.  2009.  “Reproductive Abnormalities in Trout from Western U.S. National Parks”, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 138, 522-531.

36.  K. Stanley, S. Massey Simonich*, D. Bradford, C. Davidson, N. Tallent-Halsell. 2009.  “Comparison of Pressurized Liquid Extraction and Matrix Solid Phase Dispersion for the Measurement of Semi-Volatile Organic Compound Accumulation in Tadpoles”.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 28(10), 2038-2043.