Allison MacKay

Position:
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Personal WWW Site:  http://www.engr.uconn.edu/~mackaya

Education:
B.A.Sc. (1991) University of Toronto (Canada)
S.M. (1993) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D. (1998) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Interests: 
Sorption of organic and inorganic anthropogenic compounds, kinetics of solid-water exchange, passive treatment of heavy metals and PAHs in storm water, contaminant removal during treatment of drinking water

Recent Publications:

• Gan, P., R. Yu, B.F. Smets, and A.A. MacKay.  2006.  Transport of arsenic across the groundwater/surface water interface at a closed landfill.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (In Press).
• Gan, P., R. Yu, B.F. Smets, and A.A. MacKay. 2006. Sampling methods to determine the spatial gradients and flux of arsenic at a groundwater seepage zone. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 25:1487-1495.
• Pignatello, J.J., E. Oliveros, and A.A. MacKay. 2006. Advanced oxidation processes for organic contaminant destruction based on the Fenton reaction and related chemistry. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 36:1-84.
• Ballard, B., and A.A. MacKay.  2005. Estimating the removal of anthropogenic organic chemicals from raw drinking water by coagulation-flocculation. Journal of Environmental Engineering 131:108-118.
• Figueroa, R.A., and A.A. MacKay. 2005. Oxytetracycline sorption to iron oxides and iron oxide-rich soils.  Environmental Science and Technology 39:6664-6671.
• Hu, Z., R.A. Ferraina, J.F. Ericson, A.A. MacKay, and B.F. Smets. 2005. Biomass characteristics in three sequencing batch reactors treating a wastewater containing synthetic organic chemicals. Water Research 39:710-720.
• MacKay, A.A., and B. Canterbury. 2005. Oxytetracycline sorption to organic matter by metal-bridging. Journal of Environmental Quality 34:1964-1971.
• Figueroa1, R.A., A. Leonard, and A.A. MacKay.  2004.  Modeling tetracycline antibiotic sorption to clays.  Environmental Science and Technology 38:476.
• MacKay, A.A., and J.J. Pignatello2001.  Application of Fenton-based reactions for treating dye wastewaters: Stability of azo dyes in the presence of Fe(III).  Helvetica Chimica Acta 84:2589.
• MacKay, A.A., and P. M. Gschwend.  2001.  Enhanced concentrations of PAHs in groundwater at a coal tar site.  Environmental Science and Technology 35:1320.
• MacKay, A.A., and P. M. Gschwend.  2000.  Sorption of monoaromatic hydrocarbons to wood.  Environmental Science and Technology 34:839.