Vijay M. Vulava
Assistant Professor in Environmental Geochemistry
College of Charleston
Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
Education:
- B.S., Civil Engineering, J.N. Tech. University, Hyderabad, India
- M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
- Ph.D., Environmental Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
Current Teaching:
- GEOL 101: Dynamic Earth
- GEOL 103: Environmental Geology
- GEOL 250: Introduction to Geochemistry (coming Spring 2009)
- GEOL 441/EVSS 641: Aqueous Environmental Geochemistry
- EVSS 639: Wetland Hydrology and Biogeochemistry
- EVSS 695: Pollution in the Environment
Research Interests:
- delineation of groundwater and wetland recharge zones using geochemical tracers
- geochemistry of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the environment
- environmental physics and chemistry as applied to biogeochemical fate and transport of contaminants in shallow geological environment
- characterization and remediation of polluted environmental systems
- modeling of sorption and transport of inorganic and organic chemicals in subsurface environment
- environmental and natural resources management
Recent Publications:
- V.M. Vulava, L.D. McKay, S.G. Driese, F. Menn, and G.S. Sayler. 2007. Distribution and transport of coal tar-derived PAHs in fine-grained residuum. Chemosphere, 68:554-563. PDF.
- M. Lenczewski, L. McKay, A. Pitner, S. Driese, and V. Vulava. 2006. Pure phase transport and dissolution of TCE in sedimentary rock saprolite. Ground Water, 44:406-414. PDF.
- J.C. Seaman, V.M. Vulava, A.G. Sowder, B.P. Jackson, S.A. Aburime, and P.M. Bertsch. 2005. Metal extractability from contaminated SRS sediments: Comparison of column and batch results. Environ. Geosci., 12:235-242. PDF.
- J.C. Seaman, J. Hutchinson, B.P. Jackson, and V.M. Vulava. 2003. In situ treatment of metals in contaminated soils with phytate. J. Environ. Qual., 32:153-161. PDF.
- V.M. Vulava, R. Kretzschmar, K. Barmettler, A. Voegelin, D. Grolimund, and M. Borkovec. 2002. Cation competition in a natural subsurface material: Prediction of transport behavior. Water Resour. Res., 38. DOI:10.1029/2001WR000262. PDF.
- V.M. Vulava, E.B. Perry, C.S. Romanek, and J.C. Seaman. 2002. Multiple dissolved gases as partitioning tracers for determination of hydrogeological parameters. Environ. Sci. Technol., 36: 254-262. PDF.
- A. Voegelin, V.M. Vulava, and R. Kretzschmar. 2001. A reaction-based model describing competitive sorption and transport of Cd, Zn, and Ni in an acidic soil. Environ. Sci. Technol., 35: 1651-1657. PDF.
- V.M. Vulava and J.C. Seaman. 2000. Mobilization of lead from highly weathered porous material by extracting agents. Environ. Sci. Technol., 34: 4828-4834. PDF.
- A. Voegelin, V.M. Vulava, F. Kuhnen, and R. Kretzschmar. 2000. Multicomponent transport of major cations predicted from binary sorption experiments. J. Contam. Hydrol., 46:319-338. PDF.
- V.M. Vulava, R. Kretzschmar, U. Rusch, D. Grolimund, J.C. Westall, and M. Borkovec. 2000. Cation competition in a natural subsurface material: Modeling of sorption equilibria. Environ. Sci. Technol., 34: 2149-2155. PDF.
- V.M. Vulava, B.R. James, and A. Torrents. 1997. Copper solubility in Myersville B horizon soil in the presence of DTPA. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 61:44-52. PDF.
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