Heather Preisendanz

Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Heather Preisendanz

Research Summary

The fate, transport, and impacts of emerging contaminants in the environment.

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Most Recent Publications

Pharmaceuticals at Penn State's Living Filter: From wastewater to groundwater

Brittany Ayers, Kyle Elkin, Faith Kibuye, Heather Gall, on p. 14

The importance of intra-management practice variability in sediment and phosphorus loss from agricultural fields

Melissa Miller, Louis Saporito, Anthony Buda, Heather Gall, Tamie Veith, Charles White, Clinton Williams, Kathryn Brasier, Peter Kleinman, J Watson, on p. 13

Simulating PFAS transport in effluent-irrigated farmland using PRZM5, LEACHM, and HYDRUS-1D models

Shuchi Liao, Uriel Garza-Rubalcava, Linda M. Abriola, Heather E. Preisendanz, Linda S. Lee, Kurt D. Pennell, 2025, Journal of Environmental Quality on p. 54-65

PFAS in agroecosystems: Sources, impacts, and opportunities for mitigating risks to human and ecosystem health

Heather E. Preisendanz, Hui Li, Michael Mashtare, Odette Mina, 2025, Journal of Environmental Quality on p. 1-5

Incorporating the benefits of vegetative filter strips into risk assessment and risk management of pesticides

Huajin Chen, Danesha Seth Carley, Rafael Muñoz-Carpena, Giulio Ferruzzi, Yongping Yuan, Eric Henry, Amy Blankinship, Tamie L. Veith, Ross Breckels, Garey Fox, Yuzhou Luo, Deanna Osmond, Heather E. Preisendanz, Zhenxu Tang, Kevin Armbrust, Kevin Costello, Laura L. McConnell, Patricia Rice, Johnny Westgate, Mélanie Whiteside, 2024, Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management on p. 454-464

Priority screening of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in surface water: Comparing cell-based bioassays and exposure-activity ratios (EARs)

John P. Vanden Heuvel, Megan Granda, Francesca Ferguson, Scott R. Glaberman, Heather E. Preisendanz, 2024, Science of the Total Environment on p. 176115

From wastewater to feed: Understanding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances occurrence in wastewater-irrigated crops

Kelly Kosiarski, Charles Usner, Heather E. Preisendanz, 2024, Journal of Environmental Quality on p. 66-79

Prioritizing conservation practice locations for effective water quality improvement using the Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework (ACPF) and the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT)

A. N. Rohith, R. Karki, T. L. Veith, H. E. Preisendanz, J. M. Duncan, Peter J A Kleinman, R. Cibin, 2024, Journal of Environmental Management on p. 119514

From wastewater to feed: Understanding PFAS occurrence in wastewater-irrigated crops

Kelly Kosiarski, Charles Usner, Heather E. Preisendanz, 2024, 2024 ASABE Annual International Meeting on p. 17

A Review of Data Quality and Cost Considerations for Water Quality Monitoring at the Field Scale and in Small Watersheds

Robert Daren Harmel, Heather Elise Preisendanz, Kevin Wayne King, Dennis Busch, Francois Birgand, Debabrata Sahoo, 2023, Water (Switzerland)

Most-Cited Papers

Fate of pharmaceuticals in a spray-irrigation system: From wastewater to groundwater

Faith Kibuye, Heather E. Gall, Kyle Elkin, Brittany Ayers, Tamie Veith, Megan Miller, Shannon Jacob, Kathryn Hayden, John E. Watson, Herschel A. Elliott, 2019, Science of the Total Environment on p. 197-208

Adsorption of pharmaceuticals from aqueous solutions using biochar derived from cotton gin waste and guayule bagasse

Marlene C. Ndoun, Herschel A. Elliott, H Preisendanz, Clinton F. Williams, Allan Knopf, John E. Watson, 2021, Biochar on p. 89-104

A Conceptual Framework for Social, Behavioral, and Environmental Change through Stakeholder Engagement in Water Resource Management

Weston M. Eaton, Kathryn J. Brasier, Mark E. Burbach, Walt Whitmer, Elyzabeth W. Engle, Morey Burnham, Barbara Quimby, Anil Kumar Chaudhary, A Kumary Chaudhary, Hannah Whitley, Jodi Delozier, Lara B. Fowler, Amber Wutich, Julia C. Bausch, Melissa Beresford, C. Clare Hinrichs, Cheryl Burkhart-Kriesel, H Gall, Heather E. Preisendanz, Clinton Williams, J Watson, Jason Weigle, 2021, Society and Natural Resources on p. 1111-1132

Occurrence, concentrations, and risks of pharmaceutical compounds in private wells in central Pennsylvania

Faith Kibuye, Heather Gall, Kyle Elkin, Bryan Swistock, Tamie Veith, John E. Watson, Herschel A. Elliott, 2019, Journal of Environmental Quality on p. 1057-1066

Lorenz Curve and Gini Coefficient Reveal Hot Spots and Hot Moments for Nitrous Oxide Emissions

Debasish Saha, Armen R. Kemanian, Felipe Montes, Heather Gall, Paul R. Adler, Benjamin M. Rau, 2018, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences on p. 193-206

Comparison of export dynamics of nutrients and animal-borne estrogens from a tile-drained Midwestern agroecosystem

Heather E. Gall, Stephen A. Sassman, Byron Jenkinson, Linda S. Lee, Chad T. Jafvert, 2015, Water Research on p. 162-173

Fixed bed column experiments using cotton gin waste and walnut shells-derived biochar as low-cost solutions to removing pharmaceuticals from aqueous solutions

Heather Preisendanz, Marlene C. Ndoun, Allan Knopf, Marlene Ndoun, Allan Knopf, Heather E. Preisendanz, Natasha Vozenilek, Herschel A. Elliott, Herschel Elliot, Michael L. Mashtare, Stephanie Velegol, Tamie L. Veith, Clinton F. Williams, 2023, Chemosphere

Influence of hydrologic and anthropogenic drivers on emerging organic contaminants in drinking water sources in the Susquehanna River Basin

Faith Kibuye, Heather E. Gall, Tamie Veith, Kyle Elkin, Herschel Elliott, Jeremy Harper, John E. Watson, 2020, Chemosphere on p. 125583

Complexity as a streamflow metric of hydrologic alteration

Tijana Jovanovic, Susana García, Heather Gall, Alfonso Mejía, 2017, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment on p. 2107-2119

Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on pharmaceuticals in wastewater treated for beneficial reuse: Two case studies in central Pennsylvania

Kathryn Hayden, Matthew Jones, Kyle Elkin, Michael Shreve, William Clees, Shirley Clark, Michael L. Mashtare, Tamie Veith, Hershel Elliott, J Watson, Justin Silverman, Thomas L. Richard, Andrew F. Read, Heather E. Preisendanz, 2022, Journal of Environmental Quality on p. 1066-1082