W. James Catallo

Education.

B.S. Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 1981

M.S. Marine Sciences/Biochemistry, Wetland Biogeochemistry Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1984

Ph.D. Marine Sciences/Chemistry, Division of Chemistry and Toxicology, VIMS, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 1989.

Postdoctoral Training.

1996. Structural Equation Modeling Workshop; National Biological Survey, Southern Science Center, Lafayette, LA.

1992. Single Cell Gell Mutagencity Assay; Integrated Laboratory Systems, Research Triangle Park, N.C.

1991. Biomedical Electron Paramagnetic Spin Resonance Spectrometry (ESR). National Biomedical ESR Center, Medical College of Wisconsin (NIH Fellow).

1990. Molecular Biology and Biotechnology; Duke University.

Professional.

1990-1994; Research Assistant Professor, Institute for Environmental Studies and Wetland Biogeochemistry Institute, CCEER, LSU, Baton Rouge.

1994-1996; Assistant Professor of Environmental Toxicology, School of Veterinary Medicine, LSU Baton Rouge.

1996- ; Associate Professor of Environmental Toxicology; School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (LSU-BR), Awarded Tenure 1997; Director of the Laboratory for Ecological Chemistry.

1992-; Adjunct Professor, Biodynamics Institute (LSU-BR)

Contact. 225-578-9751(voice); 225-757-0409 (home); 225-578-9769 (FAX). Email:jcatallo@mail.vetmed.lsu.edu

Some Publications.

2003. Catallo W. J. and T. F. Shupe. Comprehensive hydrothermal treatment of CCA-impregnated wood. Submitted to Wood and Fiber Sci.

2002. Catallo, W. J. and T. F. Shupe. Hydrothermal treatment of creosote-impregnated wood. Wood and Fiber Sci. in press.

2002. Catallo W. J. and T. Junk. Effects of static vs. dynamic hydrology on pollutant transformations in wetland sediments, Journal Environ. Qual. (Submitted).

2002. Catallo, W. J. Effects of hydrologic conditions on biogeochemical processes and organic pollutant degradation in salt marsh sediments. pg. 30- 38. In: (Holland, M.M., Warren, M. L. and Stanturf, J. A. eds. 2002). Proceedings of a conference on sustainability of wetlands and water resources: how well can riverine wetlands continue to support society into the 21st century? Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-50, US Dept. Agriculture/Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Ashville, NC, 191pp.

2002. Goskonda S., W. J. Catallo, and Junk T. Sonochemical mineralization of organic pollutants. Waste Management, 22:351-56.

2002. Pezeshki, S. R., R. D. DeLaune, W. J. Catallo, J. A. Nyman, S. A. Milburn, K. B. Overstreet, C. A. Ochs, J. M. Melack, L. Mertes, L. Hess and B. Forsburg. Wetland Biogeochemistry. In: Sustainability of Wetlands. US Dept. Agriculture/Forest Service/Grove Press, in press.

2001. Catallo, W. J., C. H. Kennedy, W. Henk, S. Barker, S. Grace, A. Penn. Combustion products of 1,3-butadiene are cytotoxic and genotoxic to huan bronchial epithelial cells. Submitted: Environ. Health Persp. 109(9):965-71.

1999. Catallo, W. J., R.P. Gambrell, K. R. Reddy, J. H. Pardue, and J. Blankemeyer. "Biogeochemical Processes", In: Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment for Wetlands, ISBN: 1-880611-16-3; SETAC Special Publication Series, SETAC Foundation for Environmental Education, Pensacola FL, pp. 27-69.

1998. Junk, T. and W. J. Catallo. Environmental transformation products of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene. Chem. Spec. Bioavail. 10(2):47-52.

1998. Catallo, W. J. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in combustion residues of 1,3-butadiene. Chemosphere; 37(1):143-57.

1997. Junk, T. and W. J. Catallo. Organic reactions in supercritical polar fluids. Chemical Soc. Rev., 26:401-406. Royal Society of Chemists (U.K.).

1997. Catallo, W. J. Invalidation of the ‘Dardik postulates’: and experimentalist’s reply, Cycles. October 1997. 23-40

1996. Catallo, W. J., W. Henk, L. Younger, O. Mills, D. J. Thiele, and S. P. Meyers. "Trace metal uptake by Pichia spartinae, an endosymbiotic yeast in the salt marsh cord grass, Spartina alterniflora". Chemistry and Ecology, 13(2):113-131.

1996. Catallo, W. J. "Transformation of N-, O-, and S- heterocycles (NOSHs)in estuarine sediments: Effects of redox potential and particle size". Chemosphere: 33/12:2543-2563.

1995. Catallo, W. J., R. P. Gambrell, and B. S. Shane. "Toxic chemicals and metals in sediments from rural and industrialized Louisiana lakes: Recent historical profiles and toxicological significance", Environ. Sci. Technol. 29(6):1436-45.

1995. Catallo, W. J. and T. Junk. "Sonochemical dechlorination of hazardous wastes in aqueous systems" Waste Management 15(4):303-309.

1994. Catallo, W. J., D. H. Hoover, and D. Vargas. "Effects of quinoline on ultrastructure in Paramecium caudatum and the protective effects of dissolved calcium", Aquatic Toxicol., 29(324):291-303.

1993. Catallo, W. J. "Ecotoxicology of wetland ecosystems. Current understanding and future research needs", Annual Review Article, Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 12(12):2209-2224.

1992. Catallo, W. J., J. B. Feix, and R. J. Gale. "Movement of methylphenazyl free radicals in polar and nonpolar liquids"; Free Radicals in Biology and Medicine, 13:35-40.

1992. Catallo, W. J. "Applications of bioremediation technologies to seafood industry wastes: Current practice and R&D horizons", Proceedings 1991 Seafood Industry Environmental Summit, University of North Carolina Sea Grant Program, Raleigh, NC. UNC-SG-92-06, pp. 37 - 42.

1992. Catallo, W. J., and R. J. Portier. "Use of indigenous and adapted microbial assemblages in the removal of organic chemicals from soils and sediments", Water Sci. Technol., 25(3):229-237.

1990. Catallo, W. J., D. R. Cleland, and M. E. Bender. "Toxicity of nitrogen-containing aromatic compounds (NCACs). Quinoline and 4-azafluorene behavior in an Escherichia coli test system: Evidence of membrane effects", In: Aquatic Toxicology and Risk Assessment. ASTM Special Technical Publication 1096, W. G. Landis and W. H. van der Schalie (Eds.), American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, PA, pp. 199 - 221.

1990. Catallo, W. J., R. J. Gale, R. L. Wong, and M. E. Bender. "The Reducible Dye 2-(p-iodophenyl)-3-(p-nitrophenyl)- 5-phenyl-2H-tetrazolium chloride (INT) for use in aquatic toxicology. Notes on chemical structure, electrochemistry, and toxicity", In: Aquatic Toxicology and Risk Assessment. ASTM Special Technical Publication 1096, W. G. Landis and W. H. van der Schalie (Eds.), American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, PA, pp. 222 - 236.

Patents.

2002. Hydrothermal Aqueous Treatment of Coal and Petroleum Chemicals and Treated Wood Products: Complete Transformation and Recovery. United States Patent Pending.

2001. United States Patent. # 6,180,845. Transforming Biomass to Hydrocarbon Mixtures in Near-critical and Supercritical Water”.

1998. United States Patent # 5,830,763 (11/3/98). “Process for Preparing Deuterium Tagged Compounds”.

Some Papers presented at professional meetings.

2003. Catallo, W. J., S. Barker, A. Penn and W. Henk. 1,3-Butadiene as a standard reference material for inhalation toxicology studies. Accepted for Publication. Society of Toxicolgy 42^nd Annual Meeting, 3/3/03 Salt Lake City, UT.

2000. Catallo, W. J. Significant Hourly and Daily Variations, In: Biogeochemical Processes in Tidal Wetlands: Implications for Modeling, Restoration, and Management. INVITED. Biogeochemistry Workgroup, Strategies to Monitor, Restore, and Manage Riverine Wetlands in the 21^st Century. University of Mississippi Center for Wetland Science, Oxford MS 5/5-5/11.

2000. Catallo, W. J. S. C. Grace, and S. Barker. The Chemistry of Fine Particles, PAHs, and Organic Free Radicals in Soot from Combustion of 1,3-Butadiene at Petrochmeical Plants and Refineries. Society of Toxicology 39th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia PA, 3/2000.

2000. Kennedy, C. H., W. J. Catallo, W. Henk, and A. Penn. Cytotoxic and Genotoxic Responses to Butadiene Soot DMSO Extract (BSDE) By Cultured Normal Human Bronchial Epithelial (NHBE) Cell Lines. Society of Toxicology 39th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia PA, 3/2000.

1999. Catallo, W. J., A. Penn, S. Barker. The Chemistry and Toxicology of Fine Particles, PAHs, and Organic Free Radicals in Soot from Combustion of Gaseous Hydrocarbons at Petrochmeical Plants and Refineries. Third Colloquium on Particulate Air Pollution and Human Health, Durham N.C. 6/6-6/8 1999.

1999. Catallo, W. J. Hydrocarbon Transformation in High Energy Aqueous Systems: Analytical and Mechanistic Challenges. Physical Sciences Division Seminar, Nicholls State University, Thibadaux, LA 2/10/99.

1999. Goskonda, S. T. Junk, and W. J. Catallo. Utltrasonic treatment of refractory environmental pollutants. Louisiana Aacdemy of Sciences, Annual Meeting, 2/5/99.

1998. Catallo, W. J. Transformation of Organic Chemicals in High Energy Aqueous Systems, Federation of American Spectroscopists and Analytical Chemists, Austin TX 10/98.

1998. Junk , T. and Catallo, W. J. Sonochemical remediation of organic pollutants, 216^th National Meeting, American Chem Soc. National Meeting, Boston MA; 8/23-27 1998.

1998. Lane, G. M. and W. J. Catallo. Development of methods for remote sensing and identification of fugative emissions with hyperspectral infrared imaging. 215^th National Meeting, American Chemical Society, Dallas TX 5/29-6/2 1998.

1997. Catallo, W. J. Biodegradation of Aromatic Heterocycles from Petroleum, Produced Water, and Pyrogenic Sources in Marine Sediments: Transformation Pathway Studies and Evaluation of Remediation Options. US Department of Interior/MMS, Gulf of Mexico 17th Information Transfer Meeting. A Mini Symposium: Fate and Effects Studies (P. Rosigno, Chair), 12/18/97.

1997. Junk, T and W. J. Catallo. The properties and environmental fates of 3,4-dichloroproprionanilide (Propanil) transformation products. American Chemical Society, National Meeting. Las Vegas NV, Sept 7.-11, 1997

1997. Catallo, W. J. Effects of Hydrology and Associated Biogeochemical Processes on Transformation and Transport of Aromatic Hydrocarbons (Ahs) and N-, O-, and S- Heterocycles (NOSHs) in Coastal Wetland Sediments. Proc. WERC/HSRC ‘97 Joint Conference on the Environment; 4/22-4/24 1997 Albuquerque NM; pp. 161-16.

Scientific Research Interests.

Include: organic mass spectrometry of environmental chemicals and their transformation products; identification and characterization of gas phase and liquid samples; electrochemical analysis; time series data acquisition/spectral analysis; stable isotope organic chemistry; organic geochemistry; environmental chemistry of wetlands and coastal marine systems; analysis of multivariate complex systems; environmental restoration/remediation; ecosystem analysis; chemistry and toxicology of airborne pollutants from VOC incineration.