Getzinger, Gordon | Scholars@Duke

Gordon Getzinger
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Dr. Getzinger is an Environmental Chemist specializing in the identification of organic contaminants by high-resolution mass spectrometry. As a research scientist in the Michael and Annie Falk Foundation Environmental Exposomics Laboratory , Dr. Getzinger works to develop chemical informatics tools for identifying unexpected or previously unreported contaminants in environmental media relevant to human and ecological health.

Education and Training:
Postdoctoral Associate, ETH Zurich (2016-2019)
PhD, Duke University (2016)
BA, Chemistry, Loyola University Chicago (2010)
BS, Environmental Science, Loyola University Chicago (2010)

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Affiliate, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering
Affiliate, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment

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Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - McGrath, Joy, Gordon Getzinger, Aaron D. Redman, Melanie Edwards, Alberto Martin Aparicio, and Eleni Vaiopoulou. “Application of the Target Lipid Model to Assess Toxicity of Heterocyclic Aromatic Compounds to Aquatic Organisms.” Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 40, no. 11 (November 2021): 3000–3009. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5194.
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  - Overdahl, Kirsten E., David Gooden, Benjamin Bobay, Gordon J. Getzinger, Heather M. Stapleton, and P Lee Ferguson. “Characterizing azobenzene disperse dyes in commercial mixtures and children's polyester clothing.” Environmental Pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) 287 (October 2021): 117299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117299.
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  - Getzinger, Gordon, and Lee Ferguson. “High-Throughput Trace-Level Suspect Screening for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Environmental Waters by Peak-Focusing Online Solid Phase Extraction and High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry.” Acs Es&T Water, April 8, 2021.
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  - Overdahl, Kirsten E., Rebecca Sutton, Jennifer Sun, Noelle J. DeStefano, Gordon J. Getzinger, and P Lee Ferguson. “Assessment of emerging polar organic pollutants linked to contaminant pathways within an urban estuary using non-targeted analysis.” Environmental Science. Processes & Impacts 23, no. 3 (March 3, 2021): 429–45. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0em00463d.
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  - Getzinger, Gordon J., Christopher P. Higgins, and P Lee Ferguson. “Structure Database and In Silico Spectral Library for Comprehensive Suspect Screening of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in Environmental Media by High-resolution Mass Spectrometry.” Analytical Chemistry 93, no. 5 (February 2021): 2820–27. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04109.
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  - Getzinger, G. J., and P. L. Ferguson. “Illuminating the exposome with high-resolution accurate-mass mass spectrometry and nontargeted analysis.” Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health 15 (June 1, 2020): 49–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coesh.2020.05.005.
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  - Evans, Morgan V., Gordon Getzinger, Jenna L. Luek, Andrea J. Hanson, Molly C. McLaughlin, Jens Blotevogel, Susan A. Welch, et al. “In situ transformation of ethoxylate and glycol surfactants by shale-colonizing microorganisms during hydraulic fracturing.” The Isme Journal 13, no. 11 (November 2019): 2690–2700. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-019-0466-0.
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  - Manfrin, Alessandro, Sergey A. Nizkorodov, Kurtis T. Malecha, Gordon J. Getzinger, Kristopher McNeill, and Nadine Borduas-Dedekind. “Reactive Oxygen Species Production from Secondary Organic Aerosols: The Importance of Singlet Oxygen.” Environmental Science & Technology 53, no. 15 (August 2019): 8553–62. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b01609.
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  - De Hoe, Guilhem X., Michael T. Zumstein, Gordon J. Getzinger, Isabelle Rüegsegger, Hans-Peter E. Kohler, Melissa A. Maurer-Jones, Michael Sander, Marc A. Hillmyer, and Kristopher McNeill. “Photochemical Transformation of Poly(butylene adipate- co-terephthalate) and Its Effects on Enzymatic Hydrolyzability.” Environmental Science & Technology 53, no. 5 (March 2019): 2472–81. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b06458.
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  - Walpen, Nicolas, Maximilian P. Lau, Annika Fiskal, Gordon J. Getzinger, Stefan A. Meyer, Taylor F. Nelson, Mark A. Lever, Martin H. Schroth, and Michael Sander. “Oxidation of Reduced Peat Particulate Organic Matter by Dissolved Oxygen: Quantification of Apparent Rate Constants in the Field.” Environmental Science & Technology 52, no. 19 (October 2018): 11151–60. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b03419.
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  - Walpen, Nicolas, Gordon J. Getzinger, Martin H. Schroth, and Michael Sander. “Electron-Donating Phenolic and Electron-Accepting Quinone Moieties in Peat Dissolved Organic Matter: Quantities and Redox Transformations in the Context of Peat Biogeochemistry.” Environmental Science & Technology 52, no. 9 (May 2018): 5236–45. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b00594.
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  - Hoelzer, Kathrin, Andrew J. Sumner, Osman Karatum, Robert K. Nelson, Brian D. Drollette, Megan P. O’Connor, Emma L. D’Ambro, et al. “Indications of Transformation Products from Hydraulic Fracturing Additives in Shale-Gas Wastewater.” Environmental Science & Technology 50, no. 15 (August 2016): 8036–48. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b00430.
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  - Li, Heng-Xiang, Gordon J. Getzinger, P Lee Ferguson, Beatriz Orihuela, Mei Zhu, and Daniel Rittschof. “Effects of Toxic Leachate from Commercial Plastics on Larval Survival and Settlement of the Barnacle Amphibalanus amphitrite.” Environmental Science & Technology 50, no. 2 (January 2016): 924–31. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b02781.
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  - Getzinger, Gordon J., Megan P. O’Connor, Kathrin Hoelzer, Brian D. Drollette, Osman Karatum, Marc A. Deshusses, P Lee Ferguson, Martin Elsner, and Desiree L. Plata. “Natural Gas Residual Fluids: Sources, Endpoints, and Organic Chemical Composition after Centralized Waste Treatment in Pennsylvania.” Environmental Science & Technology 49, no. 14 (July 6, 2015): 8347–55. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b00471.
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  - Fang, Mingliang, Gordon J. Getzinger, Ellen M. Cooper, Bryan W. Clark, Lindsey V. T. Garner, Richard T. Di Giulio, P Lee Ferguson, and Heather M. Stapleton. “Effect-directed analysis of Elizabeth River porewater: developmental toxicity in zebrafish (Danio rerio).” Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 33, no. 12 (December 2014): 2767–74. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.2738.
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  - Stapleton, Heather M., Smriti Sharma, Gordon Getzinger, P Lee Ferguson, Michelle Gabriel, Thomas F. Webster, and Arlene Blum. “Novel and high volume use flame retardants in US couches reflective of the 2005 PentaBDE phase out.” Environmental Science & Technology 46, no. 24 (December 2012): 13432–39. https://doi.org/10.1021/es303471d.
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- Datasets
  - Getzinger, Gordon, Christopher P. Higgins, and P Lee Ferguson. “Data and scripts from: A structure database and in silico spectral library for comprehensive suspect screening of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in environmental media by high-resolution mass spectrometry,” November 20, 2020. https://doi.org/10.7924/r4c53n875.
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