Publications
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Journal Articles
​1.     McKay, G.; Leresche, F. Impacts of Ozone Oxidation and Borohydride Reduction on the Optical Properties of Humic Substance Isolates. Accepted, Aquatic Sciences
2.     Fennell, B.D.; Odorisio, A.; McKay, G. Quantifying Hydrated Electron Transformation Kinetics in UV-Advanced Reduction Processes using the Re-,UV Method. Environmental Science & Technology 2022, 56, 10329-10338, doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c02003.
3.     Fennell, B.D.‡; Mezyk, S.P.; McKay, G. Critical Review of UV-Advanced Reduction Processes for the Treatment of Chemical Contaminants in Water. ACS Environmental Au 2022, 2, 178-205, doi: 10.1021/acsenvironau.1c0042.
4.     Couch, K.D.; Leresche, F.; Farmer, C.; McKay, G.; Rosario-Ortiz, F.L. Assessing the Source of the Photochemical Formation of Hydroxylating Species from Dissolved Organic Matter Using Model Sensitizers. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts 2022, 24, 102-115, doi: 10.1039/D1EM00345C.
5.     Liu, C.J.; McKay, G.; Jiang, D.; Tenorio, R.; Cath, J.T.; Amador, C.; Murray, C.C.; Brown, J.B.; Wright, H.B.; Schaefer, C.; Higgins, C.P.; Bellona, C.; Strathmann, T.J. Pilot-Scale Field Demonstration of a Hybrid Nanofiltration and UV-Sulfite Treatment Train for Groundwater Contaminated by Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs). Water Research 2021, 15, 117667, doi: /10.1016/j.watres.2021.117677.
6.     McKay, G. Autoxidized Hydroquinone Mimics the Optical Properties of Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter. Environmental Science & Technology Letters 2021, 8, 825-831, doi: 10.1021/acs.estlett.1c00484.
7.     Li, H.‡; McKay, G. Relationships between the Physicochemical Properties of Dissolved Organic Matter and Its Reaction with Sodium Borohydride. Environmental Science & Technology 2021, 55, 10843-10851, doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c01973.
8.     McKay, G.;  Hohner, A. K.; Rosario-Ortiz, F. L., Use of Optical Properties for Evaluating the Presence of Pyrogenic Organic Matter in Thermally Altered Soil Leachates. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts 2020, 22, 981-992, doi: 10.1039/c9em00413k.
9.     McKay, G., Emerging Investigator Series: Critical Review of Photophysical Models for the Optical and Photochemical Properties of Dissolved Organic Matter. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts 2020, 22, 1139-1165, doi: 10.1039/d0em00056f.
10.  Vialykh, E.; McKay, G.; Rosario-Ortiz, F.L. Computational Assessment of the Three-Dimensional Configuration of Dissolved Organic Matter Chromophores and Influence on Absorption Spectra. Environmental Science & Technology 2020, 54, 15904-15913, doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c05860
11.  Leresche, F.; McKay, G.; Kurtz, T.; von Gunten, U.; Canonica, S.; Rosario-Ortiz, F. L.* Effect of ozone on the photochemical and photophysical properties of dissolved organic matter. Environmental Science & Technology 2019, 53, 5622-5632., doi: 10.1021/acs.est.8b06410
12.  McKay, G; Korak, J.A.; Erickson, P.R.; Latch, D.; McNeill, K.; Rosario-Ortiz, F.L. The case against charge transfer interactions in Dissolved Organic Matter photophysics. Environmental Science & Technology 2018, 52, 406-414, doi: 10.1021/acs.est.7b03589.
13.  Ulliman, S.L.; McKay, G.; Rosario-Ortiz, F.L.; Linden, K.G. Low Levels of Iron Enhance UV/H2O2 Efficiency at Neutral pH. Water Research 2018, 130, 234-242. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.11.041.
14.  McKay, G.; Korak, J.A.; Rosario-Ortiz, F.L. Temperature-Dependence of Dissolved Organic Matter Fluorescence. Environmental Science & Technology 2018, 52, 9022-9032, doi: 10.1021/acs.est.8b00643.
15.  Oennby, L.; Walpen, Niccolas,; McKay, G.; Rosario-Ortiz, F.L.; Sanders, M.; von Gunten, U. Ozone and Chlorine Interactions with Dissolved Organic Matter – Insights into Oxidant-Reactive Moieties. Water Research 2018, 144, 64-75, doi: doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.06.059
16.  Gleason, J.M.; McKay, G.; Ishida, K.P.; Mezyk, S.P. Temperature dependence of hydroxyl radical reactions with chloramine species in aqueous solution. Chemosphere 2017, 187, 123-129.
17.  Silva, M.P.; Lastre-Acosta, A.M.; Mostafa, S.; McKay, G.; Linden, K.G.; Rosario-Ortiz, F.L.; Teixeira, A.C.S.C. Photochemical generation of reactive intermediates from urban-waste bio-organic substances under UV and solar irradiation. Environmental Science & Pollution Research 2017, 24, 18470-18478.
18.  McKay, G.; Huang, W.; Crouch; J.C.; Rosario-Ortiz, F.L.; Romera-Castillo, C. Jaffé, R.* Predicting Reactive Intermediate Quantum Yields from Dissolved Organic Matter Photolysis using Optical Properties and Antioxidant Capacity. Environmental Science & Technology 2017, 51, 5404-5413.
19.  McKay, G.; Couch, K. D.; Mezyk, S. P.; Rosario-Ortiz, F. L.* Investigation of the Coupled Effects of Molecular Weight and Charge-Transfer Interactions on the Optical and Photochemical Properties of Dissolved Organic Matter. Environmental Science & Technology 2016, 50 (15), 8093–8102.
20.  Silva, M.P.; Mostafa, S.; McKay, G.; Rosario-Ortiz, F. L.; Silva Costa, A. C. Environmental photochemical fate of amicarbazone in aqueous medium: laboratory measures and simulations, Environmental Engineering Science 2015, 32, 730-740, doi: 10.1089/ees.2015.0127
21.  McKay, G.; Rosario-Ortiz, F. L. Temperature Dependence of the Photochemical Formation of Hydroxyl Radical from Dissolved Organic Matter. Environmental Science & Technology 2015, 49, 4157-4154, doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00102
22.  Keen, O. S.; McKay, G.; Mezyk, S. P.; Linden, K. G.; Rosario-Ortiz, F. L. Identifying the factors that influence the reactivity of effluent organic matter with hydroxyl radicals. Water Research 2014, 50, 408–419, doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.10.049.
23.  McKay, G.; Sjelin, B.; Chagnon, M.; Ishida, K. P.; Mezyk, S. P. Kinetic study of the reactions between chloramine disinfectants and hydrogen peroxide: temperature dependence and reaction mechanism. Chemosphere 2013, 92, 1417–1422, doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.03.045.
24.  McKay, G.; Kleinman, J. L.; Johnston, K. M.; Dong, M. M.; Rosario-Ortiz, F. L.; Mezyk, S. P. Kinetics of the reaction between the hydroxyl radical and organic matter standards from the International Humic Substance Society. J Soils Sediments 2013, 14, 298–304, doi: 10.1007/s11368-013-0697-z
25.  McKay, G.; Dong, M. M.; Kleinman, J. L.; Mezyk, S. P.; Rosario-Ortiz, F. L. Temperature dependence of the reaction between the hydroxyl radical and organic matter. Environmental Science & Technology 2011, 45, 6932–6937, doi: 10.1021/es201363j.
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