Robert K. Nelson

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

48h-index7.9kcitations180works2.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation(51), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis(40), Petroleum Processing and Analysis(36), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact(32), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics(31)

Publications180 total

Gas chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (GC-APCI) expands the analytical window for detection of large PAHs (≥ 24 ringed-carbons) in pyroplastics and other environmental matrices
2025Open Access
The black tears of USS Arizona: Forensic assessment of residual oil from the Pearl Harbor shipwreck
Marine Pollution Bulletin·2025· 1 cited
GC-APCI expands the analytical window for detection of large PAHs (> 24 ringed-carbons) in pyroplastics and other environmental matrices
2025Open Access
A Bottled High-Sulfur Fuel Oil Stranded with the Mysterious Oil Spill on the Brazilian Coast in Early 2022: Geochemical Correlation and Ocean Dumping Evidence
Energy & Fuels·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Long-range transport of oil by marine plastic debris: Evidence from an 8,500 km journey
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Chemical fingerprinting and weathering assessment of Sanchi oil tanker spill residues that impacted the southern Japanese islands
Marine Pollution Bulletin·2025· 3 cited
Chemical Fingerprinting and Weathering Assessment of Sanchi Oil Tanker Spill Residues that Impacted the Southern Japanese Islands
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Very low sulfur fuel oil spilled from the MV Wakashio in 2020 remains in sediments in a Mauritius mangrove ecosystem nearly three years after the grounding
Marine Pollution Bulletin·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Forecasting Photo-Dissolution for Future Oil Spills at Sea: Effects of Oil Properties and Composition
Environmental Science & Technology·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Moldable Plastics (Polycaprolactone) can be Acutely Toxic to Developing Zebrafish and Activate Nuclear Receptors in Mammalian Cells
ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering·2024· 12 citedOpen Access
Leveraging Convolutional Neural Networks and Multimodal Imaging Data for Accurate and Early Lung Cancer Screening
2024· 1 cited
Moldable plastics (polycaprolactone) can be acutely toxic to developing zebrafish and activate nuclear receptors in mammalian cells
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Monitoring Changes to Alkenone Biosynthesis in Commercial <i>Tisochrysis lutea</i> Microalgae
ACS Omega·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Hydrocarbon markers for assessing the influence of human activities in the tropical semi-arid region (Acaraú River, state of Ceará, Brazil)
Chemosphere·2023· 7 cited
Fire and Oil Led to Complex Mixtures of PAHs on Burnt and Unburnt Plastic during the M/V <i>X-Press Pearl</i> Disaster
ACS Environmental Au·2023· 26 citedOpen Access
Sterane and hopane biomarkers capture microbial transformations of complex hydrocarbons in young hydrothermal Guaymas Basin sediments
Communications Earth & Environment·2022· 19 citedOpen Access
Fish Fingerprinting: Identifying Crude Oil Pollutants using Bicyclic Sesquiterpanes (Bicyclanes) in the Tissues of Exposed Fish
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry·2022· 2 citedOpen Access
Is there a similarity between the 2019 and 2022 oil spills that occurred on the coast of Ceará (Northeast Brazil)? An analysis based on forensic environmental geochemistry
Environmental Pollution·2022· 14 cited
Hydroxyapatite catalyzed hydrothermal liquefaction transforms food waste from an environmental liability to renewable fuel
iScience·2022· 22 citedOpen Access
Divergent Forms of Pyroplastic: Lessons Learned from the M/V <i>X-Press Pearl</i> Ship Fire
ACS Environmental Au·2022· 25 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Christopher M. Reddy(44), G. Todd Ventura(10), David L. Valentine(10), J. Samuel Arey(9), Christoph Aeppli(9), Catherine A. Carmichael(8), Karin L. Lemkau(7), Glenn S. Frysinger(7), Ryan P. Rodgers(6), Li Xu(6), Sean P. Sylva(5), Emily E. Peacock(5), Oliver C. Mullins(5), Richard B. Gaines(5), Helen K. White(4), Alan G. Marshall(4), Desirée L. Plata(4), Richard Camilli(3), Michael D. DeGrandpre(3), Nelson M. Frew(3)