Gregory V. Korshin
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BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
Professor, University of Washington, Department of Civil Engineering, September 2007 to present.
Invited Professor (Aquatic Geochemistry), Université de Paris VII Diderot, Paris, 2008.
Invited Research Fellow, Australian Water Research Centre, Adelaide, Australia, 2007.
Research Fellow, Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2003.
Associate Professor, University of Washington, Department of Civil Engineering, 2000 to 2007.Research Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Department of Civil Engineering, 1998-2000.
Research Associate, University of Washington, Department of Civil Engineering, 1991-1998.
Senior Research Scientist, Kirov State Technological University, Kazan, Russia, 1987-1991.
Research Scientist, Kirov State Technological University, Kazan, Russia, 1984-1987.
Engineer, Medical Instrumentation Corporation, Kazan, Russia, 1983-1984.
Engineer, Institute of Applied Optics, Kazan, Russia, 1978-1980.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (physical chemistry and electrochemistry), Kirov State University, Kazan, Russia 1984
M.S. (optics and spectroscopy), Kazan State University, Kazan, Russia 1978
B.S. (general physics), Kazan State University, Kazan, Russia 1976
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Water desalination
Corrosion and metal release in drinking water
Formation of halogenated disinfection by products
Chemistry and reactivity of natural organic matter
Occurrence and transformations of endocrine disruptors and pharmaceuticals
Complexation and metal speciation in natural systems
Optical spectroscopic methods for water quality monitoring
X-Ray Absorbance Spectroscopy for studies of complex environmental systems
Chemistry of radionuclides and nuclear remediation
CURRENT AND RECENTLY COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECTS
Effects of Desalinated Water and Its Blends with Conventionally Treated Water on the Corrosion of and Metal Release from Iron, Copper- and Lead-Containing Materials (National Science Foundation, final approval pending)
Impacts of Blending Santa Cruz Water on Lead and Copper Release and on Red Water (City of Santa Cruz/State of California)
Accumulation of Heavy Metals and Radionuclides in Corrosion Scales and Sediments formed in Drinking Water Distribution Systems (American Water Works Association Research Foundation)
Fundamental Mechanisms of Lead Oxidation: Effects of Chlorine, Chloramine and Natural Organic Matter on Lead Release in Drinking Water (National Science Foundation)
Effects of Change of Disinfectants on Release of Metals in Drinking Water (American Water Works Association Research Foundation) completed
Methods for the Detection of Residual Concentrations of Hydrogen Peroxide in Advanced Oxidation Processes (WateReuse Federation) completed
Characterization of Natural Organic Matter (NOM) in Washington, D.C. Drinking Water (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) completedCLASSES TAUGHT
CEE 350 Introduction to Environmental Engineering: Water and Air
CEE 485 Environmental Engineering Chemistry
CEE 486 Environmental Analysis Laboratory
CEE 543 Aquatic Chemistry
CEE 545 Advanced Environmental Chemistry
CEE 549 Advanced Topic in Environmental Engineering
CEE 577 Water Quality Modeling and ManagementPUBLICATIONS
Selected Recent Refereed Journal Publications (2000-present)
Korshin, G.V, A.I.Frenkel, A.L.Ankudinov (2000). XANES study of Cu2+-binding sites in aquatic humic substances. Environmental Science and Technology, 34 (11): 2138-2142.
Korshin, G.V., J.F.Ferguson, A.N.Lancaster (2000). Influence of natural organic matter on the corrosion of leaded brass in potable water. Behavior of the lead phase. Corrosion Science, 42 (1): 53-66.
Chi-Wang Li, M.M. Benjamin, G.V. Korshin (2000). Use of UV spectroscopy to characterize reactions between NOM and free chlorine. Environmental Science and Technology, 34 (12): 2570-2575.
Sørensen, M.A., M.M.Stackpoole, A.I.Frenkel, R.K.Bordia, G.V.Korshin, T.H.Christensen (2000). Aging of iron (hydr)oxides by heat treatment and effects on heavy metal binding. Environmental Science and Technology, 34 (18): 3991-4000.
Benjamin, M.M., P.Kwan, B.Hansen, G.V.Korshin (2001). Use of iron oxide coated sand to remove strontium from simulated Hanford tank wastes. Environmental Science and Technology, 35 (24): 4905-4909.
Korshin, G.V., M.D.Jensen (2001). Electrochemical reduction of haloacetic acids and exploration of their removal by electrochemical treatment. Electrochimica Acta, 47 (5): 747-751.
Korshin, G.V., M.M.Benjamin, Hong-Bin Xiao (2001). Interactions of chlorine with natural organic matter and formation of intermediates: Evidence by differential spectroscopy. Acta Hydrochimica et Hydrobiologica 28 (7): 378-384.
Wells Wu, M.M.Benjamin, G.V.Korshin (2001). Effects of thermal treatment on halogenated disinfection by-products in drinking water. Water Research, 35 (15): 3545-3550.
Frenkel A.I., G.V.Korshin (2001). Studies of humic substances and metal-humic complexes by X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy: current state and future prospects. Canadian Journal of Soil Sciences, 81 (3): 271-276.
Li, Chi-Wang, G.V.Korshin (2002). Studies of Metal-Binding Sites in Natural Organic Matter and Their Role in the Generation of Disinfection By-Products Using Lanthanide Ion Probes. Chemosphere, 49 (6): 631-638.
Li, Chi-Wang, M.M.Benjamin, G.V.Korshin (2002). The relationship between TOX formation and spectral changes accompanying chlorination of pre-concentrated or fractionated NOM. Water Research, 36 (13): 3265-3272.
Korshin, G.V., Wells Wu, M.M.Benjamin, O.Hemingway (2002). Correlations between differential absorbance and the formation of individual DBP species. Water Research, 36 (13): 3273-3282.
Velichenko, A.B., T.B.Lukianenko, P.Amadelli, G.V.Korshin, O.V.Kravtsov, F.Y.Danilov (2003). Effect of NAFION polymer on the electrodeposition of lead dioxide. Chemistry and Chemical Technology, 4: 106-111 (In Russian).
Lu, Junhe, M.M.Benjamin, G.V.Korshin, H.Gallard (2004). Reactions of the flavonoid hesperetin with chlorine: Mass-spectroscopic studies and spectrophotometric of the reaction pathways. Environmental Science and Technology, 38 (17): 4603-4611.
Kuznetsov, An.M., E.D.German, A.N.Masliy, G.V.Korshin (2004). A density functional study of dissociative electron transfer reactions with participation of halogenated methanes Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 573 (2): 315-325.
Korshin, G.V., M.Fabbricino (2005). Probing the mechanisms of NOM chlorination using fluorescence: formation of disinfection by-products in Alento River water. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, 4 (4): 227-233.
Korshin, G.V., J.F.Ferguson, A.N.Lancaster (2005). Influence of natural organic matter on the properties of corroding lead surface and behavior of lead-containing particles. Water Research, 39 (5): 811-818.
Fabbricino, M., and G.V.Korshin (2005). Disinfection by-products formation and applicability of differential absorbance spectroscopy to monitor halogenation in chlorinated coastal and deep ocean seawater. Desalination, 176 (1): 57-69.
Korshin, G.V., Jaeshin Kim, A.B.Velichenko (2005). Comparative study of electrochemical degradation and ozonation of nonylphenol. Water Research, 39 (12): 2527-2534.
Korshin, G.V., Jaeshin Kim, A.B.Velichenko, A.I.Frenkel (2006). Electrochemical and XAFS study of effects of carbonate in oxidation of arsenite. Environmental Science and Technology. 40 (1), 228-234.
Korshin, G.V., Jaeshin Kim, Lili Gan (2006). Comparative study of reactions of endocrine disruptors bisphenol A and diethylstilbestrol in electrochemical treatment and chlorination. Water Research, 40 (5), 1070-1078.
Chang, H.S., G.V.Korshin, Zheming Wang, J.M.Zachara (2006). Adsorption of uranyl on gibbsite: a time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy (TRLIFS) study. Environmental Science and Technology, 40 (4), 1244-1249.
Chang, H.S., G.V.Korshin, J.F.Ferguson (2006).Examination of reaction mechanisms and reaction products for the oxidation of EDTA by permanganate at high pH values. Environmental Science and Technology, 40 (16), 5089-5094.
Li, Chi-Wang, M.M.Benjamin, G.V.Korshin (2006). Characterization of NOM and its adsorption by iron-oxide coated sand (IOCS) using UV spectroscopy. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science, 5 (6), 467-472.
Korshin, G.V., H.S.Chang, A.I.Frenkel, J.F.Ferguson (2007) Structural study of the incorporation of heavy metals into solid phase formed during the oxidation of EDTA by permanganate at high pH. Environmental Science and Technology, 41 (7): 2560-2565.
Korshin, G.V., M.M.Benjamin, H.S.Chang, H.Gallard (2007) Examination of NOM chlorination reactions by conventional and stop-flow differential absorbance spectroscopy. Environmental Science and Technology, 41 (8): 2776-2781.
Dryer, D.J., G.V.Korshin (2007) Investigation of the reduction of lead dioxide by natural organic matter. Environmental Science and Technology, 41 (15): 5510-5514.
Kim, J., G.V.Korshin (2008) Examination of in situ generation of hydroxyl radicals and ozone in a flow-through electrochemical reactor. Ozone Science and Engineering, 30 (1), 113-119.
Korshin, G.V., C.W.K.Chow. M.Drikas (2008). Real time monitoring of disinfection by-products using UV absorption spectroscopy. Water, Journal of the Australian Water Association (5), 39-43.
Roccaro, P., H.S.Chang, G.V.Korshin, F.G.A.Vagliasindi (2008). Differential absorbance study of effects of temperature on chlorine consumption and formation of disinfection by-products in chlorinated water. Water Research, 42 (8/9), 1879-1888.
Lu, J., G.V.Korshin (2008) A spectroscopic study of the bromination of the endocrine disruptor ethynyl estradiol. Chemosphere, 72 (3), 504-508.
Liu, H., G.V.Korshin, J.F.Ferguson (2008). Investigation of the kinetics and mechanisms of the oxidation of cerussite and hydrocerussite by chlorine. Environmental Science and Technology, 42 (9), 3241-3247.
Dryer, D.J, G.V. Korshin, M. Fabbricino (2008). In situ examination of the protonation behavior of fulvic acids using differential absorbance spectroscopy. Environmental Science and Technology, 42 (17), 6644-6649.
Boyd, G.R., K.M.Dewis, G.V.Korshin, S.H.Reiber, A.M.Sandvig, R. Giani (2008) Effects of changing disinfectants on lead and copper release in distribution systems – a review. Journal of American Water Works Association, 100 (11), 75-84.
Korshin, G.V., P.Roccaro, F.G.A.Vagliasindi (2008) Drinking water quality: emerging contaminants and issues related to the performance of water distribution systems. Ingegneria Sanitaria Ambientale, 2 (May-September), 4-12 (ISSN 1972-2761).
Dryer, D.J., G.V. Korshin, A.Heitz, C.Joll. (2008) Characterization of proton and copper binding properties of natural organic matter from an Australian drinking water source by differential absorbance spectroscopy. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply 8 (6), 611-614. 2008
Roccaro, P., F.G.A.Vagliasindi, G.V.Korshin (2009). Changes of NOM fluorescence caused by chlorination and their associations with disinfection by-products formation. Environmental Science and Technology, 43 (3), 724-729.
Korshin, G.V., C.W.K.Chow, R.Fabris, M.Drikas (2009). Absorbance spectroscopy-based examination of effects of coagulation on the reactivity of fractions of natural organic matter with varying apparent molecular weights. Water Research, 43 (6), 1541-1548.
Liu, H., G.V.Korshin, J.F.Ferguson (2009). Interactions of Pb(II)/Pb(IV) solid phases with chlorine and their effects on lead release. Environmental Science and Technology, 43 (9), 3278-3284.
Fabbricino, M., G.V. Korshin (2009) Modelling disinfection by-products formation in bromide-containing waters. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 168 (2/3): 782–786.
Books
Korshin, G.V., J.F.Ferguson, A.N.Lancaster, Hao Wu (1999). Corrosion and Metal Release from Lead-Containing Materials: Influence of Natural Organic Matter and Corrosion Mitigation AWWA Research Foundation and American Water Works Association. Denver, CO. ISBN 0-89867-974-5 (176 pages).
Croué, J.-P., G.V.Korshin, J.A.Leenheer, M.M.Benjamin (2000). Isolation, Fractionation and Characterization of Natural Organic Matter in Drinking Water. AWWA Research Foundation and American Water Works Association, Denver, CO. ISBN 1-58321-015-6 (324 pages).
Korshin, G.V., M.M.Benjamin, O.Hemingway, Wells Wu (2002). Development of Differential UV Spectroscopy for On-line DBP Monitoring. AWWA Research Foundation and American Water Works Association, Denver, CO ISBN 1-58321-205-1 (118 pages).
Kirmeyer, G., B.Murphy, A.Sandvik, G.V.Korshin, B.Shaha, M.Fabbricino and G.Burlingame (2004). Post-Optimization Lead and Copper Control Monitoring Strategies. AWWA Research Foundation, Denver, CO (260 pages).
Korshin, G.V., M.M.Benjamin, and H.S.Chang (2004). Modeling Disinfection By-Products Formation Kinetics: Mechanistic and Spectroscopic Approaches. AWWA Research Foundation and American Water Works, Denver, CO (150 pages).
Korshin, G.V., Jaeshin Kim, A.B.Velichenko (2004). Development of an Electrochemical System for Arsenite Oxidation in Drinking Water. AWWA Research Foundation and American Water Works Association, Denver, CO.
Boyd, G.R., K.M.Dewis, A.M.Sandvig, G.J.Kirmeyer, S.H.Reiber and G.V.Korshin (2006) Effect of Changing Disinfectants on Distribution System Lead and Copper Release. Part 1. Literature Review. Awwa Research Foundation and American Water Works Association, Denver, CO.
Boyd, G.R., K.M.Dewis, A.M.Sandvig, G.J.Kirmeyer, S.H.Reiber and G.V.Korshin (2009) Effect of Changing Disinfectants on Distribution System Lead and Copper Release. Part 2. Experimental Data. Awwa Research Foundation and American Water Works Association, Denver, CO. (in review)
Hill, A., Friedman, M., Valentine, R., C.Y.Peng, A.Larson and G.V.Korshin (2009) Control of Accumulation of Inorganic Contaminants in Distribution Systems Awwa Research Foundation, Denver, CO. (in review)