RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Catherine A. Peters  Associate Professor  Environmental Engineering and Water Resources Program  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering  Princeton University

Left to right: Juan Nogues, Hang Deng, Catherine Peters, Liz Costello, Arjun Arora, Brian Ellis, Lauren Crandell

• Geological storage of CO₂ in deep saline aquifers and the geochemical reactions that are important in this context.
• Reactive transport modeling and pore-scale network modeling to simulate geochemcial reactions and reaction rate upscaling in porous media
• The impacts of stress on microbiological metabolic processes. Stress induced by exposure to xenobiotic chemicals such as environmental pollutants.
• Biodegradation kinetics for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and the relationships between molecular properties and these kinetics. Biodegradation rates for mixtures of PAHs.

Ellis, B. R., Crandell, L. E., Peters, C. A. 1009. "Limitations for Brine Acidification due to SO2 Co-Injection in Geologic Carbon Sequestration." International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. DOI 10.1016/j.ijggc.2009.11.006.

Crandell, L. E., Ellis, B. R., Peters, C. A. 1009. "The Fate of SO2 Co-Injected with CO2 in Geologic Sequestration" Environmental Science & Technology. DOI 10.1021/es-2009-02612m. Download reprint.

Peters, C. A. 2008. "Accessibilities of reactive minerals in consolidated sedimentary rock: An imaging study of three sandstones." Chemical Geology. 265: 198-208. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.11.014. Download reprint.

Ray, S. and C. A. Peters. 2007. "Changes in Microbiological Metabolism under Chemical Stress" Chemosphere, doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.10.026.

Schulman, A. and C. A. Peters. 2008. "GIS Analysis of Urban Schoolyard Landcover in Three U.S. Cities", Urban Ecosystems. 11:65-80. Download preprint

Li, L.; C. A. Peters; M. A. Celia. 2007. "Applicability of Averaged Concentrations in Determining Geochemical Reaction Rates in Heterogeneous Porous Media", American Journal of Science. In Press.

B.R. Ellis; K.M. Bowman; C.A. Peters; M. Buschkuehle. 2007. "Consideration of formation buffering potential and reactive mineral availability pertaining to geological storage of carbon dioxide" Goldschmidt 2007. Cologne Germany. Download PDF of poster

D. Kavetski; C.A. Peters; M.A. Celia; B. Lindquist. 2007. "Upscaling reaction rate laws in geochemical reactive transport using pore-scale network models" Goldschmidt 2007. Cologne Germany. Download PDF of poster

Li, L.; C. A. Peters; M. A. Celia. 2007. "Effects of mineral spatial distribution on reaction rates in porous media" Water Resources Research 43, W01419, doi: 10.1029/2005WR004848. Download reprint.

Li, L.; C. A. Peters; M. A. Celia. 2007. "Reply to 'Comment on upscaling geochemical reaction rates using pore-scale network modeling' by Peter C. Lichtner and Qinjun Kang", Advances in Water Resources, 30:691-695.

Knightes, C. D. and C. A. Peters. 2006. "Multisubstrate biodegradation kinetics for binary and complex mixtures of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons." Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 25(7):1746-1756.

Li, L.; C. A. Peters; M. A. Celia. 2006. "Upscaling Geochemical Reaction Rates Using Pore-Scale Network Modeling." Advances in Water Resources, 29:1351-1370. Download reprint

Wammer, K.H. and C. A. Peters. 2006. "A Molecular Modeling Analysis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Biodegradation by Naphthalene Dioxygenase" Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 25(4)912-920.

Wammer, K. H. and C. A. Peters. 2005. "Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Biodegradation Rates: A Structure-Based Study", Environmental Science and Technology, 39(8):2571-2578.

Giammar, D. E.; R. G. Bruant, Jr.; and C. A. Peters. 2005. "Forsterite Dissolution and Magnesite Precipitation at Conditions Relevant for Deep Saline Aquifer Storage and Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide", Chemical Geology: 217:257-276. Download Reprint.

Bruant, R. G. Jr.; Guswa, A. J.; Celia, M. A.; Peters, C. A. "Safe Storage of Carbon Dioxide in Deep Saline Aquifers", Feature article in Environmental Science and Technology. 36(11):240A-245A, 2002. Download Reprint.

Peters, C. A.. "Statistics for Analysis of Experimental Data", In: AEESP Environmental Engineering Processes Laboratory Manual, Eds. S. E. Powers; J. J. Bisogni Jr.; Burken, J. G.; Pagilla, K. Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, Champaign, IL. 2001.