Publications
Below are selected publications from the group along the years (2020-2025). The complete list can be found here:
Regularly updated with preprints, accepted manuscripts, and high-impact journal articles.
Maria Guerra de Navarro, Mariana Botero, Caidence Brill, Richard Zurbaran, Natalia Quinete (2025). Assessment of particle-bound PFAS in ambient air from a coastal urban environment in South Florida. Journal of Hazardous Materials Volume 497, 5 October 2025, 139797.
Gebreab, Ariel Lawson, Giancarlos Garcia, Jessica Fox, Daniel Benetti, John D. Stieglitz, Natalia Soares Quinete and John P. Berry (2025). Bioconcentration and toxicity of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in embryonic stages of the ecologically and commercially relevant Olive Flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus), and the zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryo model system. Ecotoxicology.
Courtney Heath, Amy Castaneda, Edward Ornstein, Maria Guerra de Navarro, Brendan McNamee, Sergio Najera, Daniel Calzadilla, Natalia Quinete (2025). Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Composition and Distribution in Surface Water of the Miccosukee Indian Reservation, Everglades and Tributaries in the Coastal Environment of Miami, Florida. Environ Res. 2025 Apr 15;278:121627.
Natalia Quinete, Berrin Tansel, Yelena Katsenovich, Joshua Ocheje, Maria Mendonza Manzano, Zariah Nasir (2025). Leaching profile of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances from selected e-waste components and potential exposure pathways from discarded components. Journal of Hazardous Materials, Volume 491, 5, 137953.
Luciana Teresa Dias Cappelini, Olutobi Daniel Ogunbiyi, Vinícius Guimarães Ferreira, Carolina Cuchimaque Lugo, Monica Beatriz Perez, Mymuna Monem, Florence George, Piero Gardinali, Daniel M. Bagner, Natalia Quinete (2024/2025). Monitoring Emerging Contaminants in Soil and Household Dust Samples by Non-Targeted Analysis in the Greater Miami area, Florida. J AOAC Int. 2025 Feb 24:qsaf012. doi: 10.1093/jaoacint/qsaf012.
Dias Cappelini LT, Ogunbiyi OD, Guimarães Ferreira V, Monem M, Cuchimaque Lugo C, Perez MB, Gardinali P, George F, Bagner DM, Quinete N (2025). Assessing Variability in Children’s Exposure to Contaminants in Food: A Longitudinal Non-Targeted Analysis Study in Miami, Florida. J Xenobiot. 2025 Jan 14;15(1):11. doi: 10.3390/jox15010011
Yelena Katsenovich, Berrin Tansel, Natalia Soares Quinete, Zariah Nasir, Joshua Omaojo Ocheje, Maria Mendoza Manzano (2024). Leaching profile of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from biosolids after thickening, anaerobic digestion, and dewatering processes, and significance of protein, phosphorus, and selected ions. Sci Total Environ. 957, 20: 177777.
Maria Guerra de Navarro, Yosmely Reyna, and Natalia Quinete (2024). It’s raining PFAS in South Florida: Occurrence of poly- and perfluoroalkyls substances (PFAS) in wet atmospheric deposition from Miami-Dade, South Florida. Atmospheric Research Volume 15, Issue 12, 102302. doi: 10.1016/j.apr.2024.102302.
Joshua Omaojo Ocheje, Maria Mendoza Manzano, Zariah Nasir, Yelena Katsenovich, Berrin Tansel, Shyam Sivaprasad, Natalia Quinete (2024). Analytical protocol for detection and prioritization of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in biosolid leachates. Journal of Water Process Engineering Volume 68, 106546.
Leila S. Lemos, Estela Manfrin da Silva, Karen J. Steinman, Todd R. Robeck, Natalia Quinete. (2024) Assessment of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances and their relationship to physiological biomarkers in aquarium-based bottlenose dolphins and killer whales. Chemosphere 364:143038. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143038.
Olutobi Daniel Ogunbiyi, Leila S. Lemos, Richard P. Brinn and Natalia Quinete (2024). Bioaccumulation Potentials of Per-and poly fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Recreational fisheries: Occurrence, Health risk assessment and Oxidative stress biomarkers in Coastal Biscayne Bay. Environ Res. 263(Pt 2):120128. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.120128.
Ogunbiyi OD, Massenat N, Quinete N (2024). Dispersion and stratification of Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in surface and deep-water profiles: A case study of the Biscayne Bay area. Sci Total Environ. 909:168413. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168413.
Lemos, L.S.; Angarica, L.M.; Hauser-Davis, R.A.; Quinete, N (2023). Cortisol as a Stress Indicator in Fish: Sampling Methods, Analytical Techniques, and Organic Pollutant Exposure Assessments. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 20, 6237.
Cui, D., Cox, J., Mejias, E. et al. Evaluating non-targeted analysis methods for chemical characterization of organic contaminants in different matrices to estimate children’s exposure. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol (2023).
Li, X., Cui, D., Ng, B., Ogunbiyi, O. D., Guerra de Navarro, M., Gardinali, P., & Quinete, N. (2023). Non-targeted analysis for the screening and semi-quantitative estimates of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in water samples from South Florida environments. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 452, 131224.
Ogunbiyi, O. D., Ajiboye, T. O., Omotola, E. O., Oladoye, P. O., Olanrewaju, C. A., & Quinete, N. (2023). Analytical approaches for screening of per- and poly fluoroalkyl substances in food items: A review of recent advances and improvements. Environmental Pollution, 329, 121705.
Xuerong Li, Morgan Fatowe, Leila Soledade Lemos, Natalia Quinete (2022). Spatial Distribution of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Waters from Central and South Florida. Environmental Science and Pollution Research.
Danni Cui, Melissa Ricardo, Natalia Quinete (2022). A novel report on phthalates levels in Biscayne Bay surface waters and drinking water from South Florida. Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 180, 113802.
Leila Lemos, Laura Gantiva, Catherine Kaylor, Alessandra Sanchez, Natalia Quinete (2022) American oysters as bioindicators of emerging organic contaminants in Florida, United States, Science of The Total Environment, 155316.
Xuerong Li, Morgan Fatowe, Danni Cui, Natalia Quinete (2022). Assessment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in Biscayne Bay surface waters and tap waters from South Florida. Science of The Total Environment, volume 806, part 1, 150393.
Brian Ng, Natalia Quinete, Piero Gardinali (2021). Differential Organic Contaminant Ionization Source Detection and Identification in Environmental Waters by Non-targeted Analysis. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Environ Toxicol Chem, 41: 1154-1164.
Lugo Charriez K., Lemos L.S., Carrazana Y., Rodriguez-Casariego J.A. , Eirin-Lopez J.M., Hauser-Davis R.A., Gardinali P., Quinete N (2021). Application of an Improved Chloroform-Free Lipid Extraction Method to Staghorn Coral (Acropora cervicornis) Lipidomics Assessments, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology.
Brian Ng, Natalia Quinete, Stephanie Maldonado, Kathleen Lugo, Julian Purrinos, Henry Briceño, Piero Gardinali (2021). Understanding the occurrence and distribution of emerging pollutants and endocrine disruptors in sensitive coastal South Florida Ecosystems, Science of The Total Environment, volume 757, 143720.
Quinete, N., Hauser-Davis, R.A (2021). Drinking water pollutants may affect the immune system: concerns regarding COVID-19 health effects. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28(1):1235-1246.
N. Quinete, R.A. Hauser-Davis, L. S. Lemos, J.F. Moura, S. Siciliano, P.R. Gardinali (2020). Occurrence and tissue distribution of organochlorinated compounds and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) from the southeastern coast of Brazil. STOTEN volume 749, 141473 .
D. Cui, X. Li, N. Quinete (2020). Occurrence, fate, sources and toxicity of PFAS: What we know so far in Florida and major gaps, Trends Anal. Chem. 115976. In Press. doi:10.1016/j.trac.2020.115976.
A M Abdullah; Natalia Soares Quinete; Piero Gardinali; Kevin O’Shea (2020). Investigation of ultrasonically induced degradation of tris (2-chloroethyl) phosphate in water. ASCE’s Journal of Environmental Engineering 146 (10).
Brian Ng, Natalia Quinete, Piero Gardinali (2019). Assessing accuracy, precision and selectivity using quality controls for non-targeted analysis. Science of The Total Environment, volume 713, 136568.