Faculty - Harry F. Hemond

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Harry F. Hemond

William E. Leonhard Professor

MIT
Parsons Laboratory
Room 48-425
15 Vassar Street
Cambridge, MA, 02139

Telephone: 617.253.1637 e-mail: hfhemond@mit.edu

Education

  • B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  • M.A., Connecticut College
  • Ph.D. 1977, MIT

Research Interests

  • Cycling of chemicals in the environment
  • Acid rain and hillslope hydrology
  • Wetland geochemistry
  • Environmental instrumentation

Selected Publications

  1. Spliethoff, H.M., R.P. Mason, and H.F. Hemond (1995) "Interannual Variability in the Speciation and Mobility of Arsenic in a Dimictic Lake," Environ. Sci. & Technol., 29(8): 2157-2161.
  2. Mason, R.P., F. M. M. Morel and H. F. Hemond (1995) "The Role of Microorganisms in Elemental Mercury Formation in Natural Waters," Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 80: 775-787.
  3. Kim, H., H.F. Hemond, L.R., Krumholz, and B.A. Cohen (1995) "In-Situ Biodegradation of Toluene in a Contaminated Stream," 1. Field Studies, Environ. Sci. & Technol., 29(1): 108-116.
  4. Cohen, B.A., L.R. Krumholz, H. Kim, and H.F. Hemond (1995) "In-Situ Biodegradation of Toluene in a Contaminated Stream," 2. Laboratory Studies, Environ. Sci. & Technol., 29(1): 117-125.
  5. Hemond, H. F. (1995) Movement and distribution of arsenic in the Aberjona Watershed. Journal of Environmental Health Perspectives. 103 (Supplement): 1-7.
  6. Ernst, M. and H.F. Hemond (1994) "Multicomponent Vapor Transport Model for Viscous, Transitional, and Molecular Flow," Journal of Vacuum Science and Tech., in press.
  7. Spliethoff, H., and H. F. Hemond (1994) "History of Toxic metal discharge to Surface waters of the Aberjona Watershed," Environ. Sci. Technol. (accepted).
  8. Durant, J., W.G. Thilly, H. F. Hemond, and A.L. Lafleur (1994) "Identification of the Principal Human Cell Mutagen in an Organic Extract of a Mutagenic Sediment," Environ. Sci. Technol., 28: (in press).
  9. Ernst, M. and H.F. Hemond (1993) "A Model for Pumpdown in a Long Outgassing Tube," J. Vacuum Science Technology A 12(2): 554-563
  10. Durant, J.L., P.A. Monchamp, A.L. Lafleur and H.F. Hemond (1993) "A Combined Filtration - Solid Phase Extraction Procedure for Isolating Organic Residues from Natural Waters in Preparation for Mutagenicity Determination."
  11. Durant, J.L., W.G. Thilly and H.F. Hemond (1993) "Identification of the Principal Human Lymphoblast Mutagens in a Mutagenic Sediment from Wedge Pond, Eastern Massachusetts."
  12. Aurilio, A., R. Mason and H.F. Hemond (1993) "Speciation and Fate of Arsenic in Three Lakes of the Aberjona Watershed, Eastern Massachusetts," Environmental Science and Technology 28: 577-585
  13. Aurilio, A.C., J.L. Durant and H.F. Hemond (1992) "Sources and Distribution of Arsenic in the Aberjona Watershed, Eastern Massachusetts," Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
  14. Durant, J.L., W.G. Thilly and H.F. Hemond (1992) "Determination of Mutagenicity in Sediments of the Aberjona Watershed Using Human Lymphoblast and Salmonella Typhimurium Mutation Assays," Env. Sci. Technol. 26(3):599-608.
  15. Islam, S. and H.F. Hemond (1991) "Evaluation of a Freeze-concentration Technique for Enrichment of Natural Organic Substances in Water," Analytical Letters 24(6):1035-1045.
  16. Hemond, H.F. (1991) "A Backpack-portable Mass Spectrometer for Environmental Chemical Measurement," Rev. Sci. Instr., 62(6):1420-1425.
  17. Durant, J.L., J.J. Zemach and H.F. Hemond (1990) "The History of Leather Industry Waste Contamination in the Aberjona River Watershed: A Mass Balance Approach," Civil Eng. Practice 5(2):41-66.