Faculty Profile

Jim Gawel, Ph.D.

• Ph.D., Environmental and Aquatic Chemistry, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996.

Environmental chemistry of metals; limnology; and biogeochemistry. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle.

Selected Publications:

• Gawel, J.E., and C.L. Greengrove. 2005 (In press). Designing undergraduate research experiences for nontraditional student learning at sea. Journal of Geoscience Education.
• Gawel, J.E., and H.F. Hemond. 2004. Biomonitoring for metal contamination near two Superfund sites in Woburn, Massachusetts, using phytochelatins. Environmental Pollution, 131: 125-135.
• Durant, J.L., T. Ivushkina, K. MacLaughlin, H. Lukacs, J. Gawel, D. Senn, and H.F. Hemond. 2004. Elevated levels of arsenic in the sediments of an urban pond: sources, distribution and water quality impacts. Water Research, 38: 2989-3000.
• Wagner, W., J. Gawel, H. Furumai, M.P. De Souza, D. Teixeira, L. Rios, S. Ohgaki, A.J.B. Zehnder, and H.F. Hemond. 2002. Sustainable watershed management: an international multi-watershed case study. Ambio, 31: 2-13. (cover article)
• Gawel, J.E., C.G. Trick, and F.M.M. Morel. 2001. Phytochelatins are bioindicators of atmospheric metal exposure via direct foliar uptake in trees near Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Environmental Science and Technology, 35: 2108-2113.

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