10. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Center for Coastal and Land Margin Research
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering
Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Technology
P.O. Box 91000, 20000 N.W. Walker Road
Portland, Oregon 97291-1000
(503) 690-1099

Research Focus

Prof. Fish's research answers questions about the chemical processes that affect the risks and movement of pollutants in water. He is especially interested in chemical reactions that occur in the submicroscopic realm where water comes in contact with the surfaces of fine particles. For example, toxic metals such as lead or mercury attach strongly to the surfaces of mineral particles found in soils and lakes and rivers. What chemical process makes these metals stick to the surface? How can we reproduce this phenomenon in a computer model? When contaminants stick to particles, how does this affect their movement in the environment? The answers to these types of questions are vital to our understanding of a myriad of environmental issues, ranging from groundwater pollution to the role of oceanic algae in countering the Greenhouse Effect.

Education

1979

University of Florida (B.S.E. in Environmental Engineering with High Honors)

1984

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D. in Civil Engineering)

Employment History

1992 - Present

Oregon Graduate Institute, Portland, Oregon. Department of Environ- mental Science & Engineering. Associate Professor.

1987 - 1992

Oregon Graduate Institute, Portland, Oregon. Department of Environ- mental Science & Engineering. Assistant Professor.

1986 - 1987

Oregon Graduate Institute, Portland, Oregon. Department of Environ- mental Science & Engineering. Research Scientist.

1984 - 1986

Oregon Graduate Institute, Portland, Oregon. Department of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Sciences. Postdoctoral Research Associ- ate.

1984

Pro-Solve, Inc., Cambridge, MA. Research Consultant.

1979 - 1984

Massachusetts Insitute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Graduate Research Assistant.

Professional Affiliations

American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, American Geophysical Union, Mineralogical Society of America, International Humic Substances Society, The Oceanography Society, Sigma Xi

Selected Publications

1. Elovitz, M.S., and W. Fish. Redox interactions of Cr(VI) and substituted phenols: Products and mechanism. Environ. Sci. Technol. 29:1933-1943 (1995).
2. Elovitz, M.S., and W. Fish. Redox interactions of Cr(VI) and substituted phenols: Kinetic Investigation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 28:2161-2169 (1994).
3. W. Fish. The afterlife of solid wastes: Managing a post-closure landfill. Environ. Sci. Technol. 27(10):10-13 (1993).
4. W. Fish. Sub-surface redox chemistry: A comparison of equilibrium and reaction-based approaches. In: Metals in Groundwater (H.E. Allen, E.M. Perdue, D.S. Brown, eds.) Lewis Publishers (1993).
5. Bonn, B., and W. Fish. Measurement of electrostatic and site-specific associations of alkali metal cations with humic acid. J. Soil Sci. 44:335-345 (1993).
6. Mesuere, K.L., and W. Fish. Chromate and oxalate adsorption on goethite (a-FeOOH). 2. Surface complexation modeling of competitive adsorption. Environ. Sci. Technol. 26:2365-2370 (1992).
7. Mesuere, K.L., and W. Fish. Chromate and oxalate adsorption on goethite (a-FeOOH). 1. Comparison of models. Environ. Sci. Technol. 26:2365-2370 (1992).
8. Hutchins, D.A., J.G. Rueter, and W. Fish. Siderophore production and nitrogen fixation are mutually exclusive strategies in Anabaena 7120. Limnol. Oceanogr., 36:1-12 (1991).
9. Bonn, B., and W. Fish. Variability in the measurements of humic carboxyl content. Environ. Sci. Technol. 25:232-240 (1991).
10. Mesuere, K.L, Edelstein-Martin, R., and W. Fish. Identification of copper contamination in sediments by a microscale partical extraction technique. J. Environ. Qual.. 20:114-118 (1991).
11. Mesuere, K.L., and W. Fish. Behavior of heavy metals in an urban-runoff detention pond system. Water, Air and Soil Poll. 46:125-138 (1989).
12. Johnson, R.L., C.D. Palmer, and W. Fish. Subsurface chemical processes. In: Transport and Fate of Contaminants in the Subsurface. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Technology Transfer Seminar Publication, EPA/625/4-89/019, U.S. EPA, Washington, D.C. (1989).
13. Palmer, C.D., J.F. Keely, and W. Fish. Inorganic contaminants: Recognizing the problem. In: Proc. Second Annual Outdoor Action Conference on Aquifer Restora- tion, Ground Water Monitoring, and Geophysical Methods, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 23-26, 1988.
14. Fish, W., D.A. Dzombak and F.M.M. Morel. Humate-metal interactions. II. Application and comparison of models. Environ. Sci. Technol., 20:676-683 (1986).
15. Dzombak, D.A., W. Fish and F.M.M. Morel. Humate-metal interactions. I. Discrete ligand and continuous distribution models. Environ. Sci. Technol., 20:669-675, (1986).
16. Fish, W. and F.M.M. Morel. Propagation of error in fulvic acid titrations. Org. Geochem., 8:119-120, (1985).
17. Fish, W. and F.M.M. Morel. Propagation of error in fulvic acid titration data: A comparison of three analytical methods. Can. J. Chem., 63:1185-1193 (1985).
18. Fish, W. and F.M.M. Morel. Characterization of organic copper-complexing agents released by Daphnia magna. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 40:1270-1277, (1983).
19. Fish, W. and F.M.M. Morel. Effects of natural and synthetic chelators on toxic metal transport in a porous medium. Proceedings: N.E. Conference on Impact of Waste Storage and Disposal on Groundwater Resources, June 28 - July 1, 1982, Richard P. Novitski and Gilbert Levine (eds.), USGS (1982).