Avner Vengosh
Professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Research Professor of Global Health
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vengosh@duke.edu(919) 681-8050
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Avner Vengosh
Professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Research Professor of Global Health
My research aims to link environmental geochemistry and isotope hydrology in order to trace the sources and mechanisms of water contamination and relationships with human health. Current research includes global changes of the chemical and isotopic compositions of water resources due to human intervention and contamination, salinization of water resources in the Middle East and Northern Africa, naturally occurring contaminants (arsenic, fluoride, boron) and radioactivity in water resources, the impact of coal combustion residues on the environment, and the impact of gas drilling and hydro-fracking on the quality of shallow groundwater.
Projects
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Processes Controlling Groundwater Quality and Impacts on Human Health in the Main Ethiopian Rift
Ethiopia
- Investigating Salinity and Radioactivity in Water Resources in Morocco
- Arsenic and Salinity Distribution in Groundwater from the Mekong Delta: Implications for sustainability of water utilization in southern Vietnam
Publications
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Mukherjee A, Coomar P, Sarkar S, Johannesson KH, Fryar AE, Schreiber ME, et al. Arsenic and other geogenic contaminants in global groundwater. Nature Reviews Earth and Environment. 2024 Jan 1;Gao J, Zou C, Zhang X, Guo W, Yu R, Ni Y, et al. The water footprint of hydraulic fracturing for shale gas extraction in China. The Science of the total environment. 2024 Jan;907:168135.Hu J, Wang Z, Williams GDZ, Dwyer GS, Gatiboni L, Duckworth OW, et al. Evidence for the accumulation of toxic metal(loid)s in agricultural soils impacted from long-term application of phosphate fertilizer. The Science of the total environment. 2024 Jan;907:167863.Wang Z, Hill R, Williams G, Dwyer GS, Hu J, Schnug E, et al. Lead isotopes and rare earth elements geochemistry of global phosphate rocks: Insights into depositional conditions and environmental tracing. Chemical Geology. 2023 Nov 20;639.
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