B.A., Rice University, Environmental Science and Engineering, 1974
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, Environmental Engineering Science, 1980

Dr. Liljestrand's research interests are in environmental chemistry, in the air, aquatic systems, and hazardous materials. His current research activities are related to modeling of chemical conversion and transport processes in environmental systems. His most current research interests involve studies of the organic pollutants, especially endocrine disrupting compounds. Other recent work has involved transport and transformation processes in the vadose zone and remediation of aquifers with foams. His air pollution work has included modeling of particulate emissions from contaminated surface sites, structure-activity relationships for the kinetics of the photochemical oxidation of volatile organics by titanium dioxide photocatalysts, and source-receptor modeling of pollutants including chemical transformations during transport.

Representative Publications

Sattler, M. L., Liljestrand, H. M. (2003) "Method for Predicting Rates of Photocatalytic Oxidation of Organic Compounds in Air Over Titanium Dioxide," J. Air and Waste Management Association, 53(1), 3-12.

Yamamoto, H., Liljestrand, H. M. (2003) "The fate of estrogenic compounds in the aquatic environment: sorption onto organic colloids," Water Science & Technology, 47(9), 77-84.

Yamamoto, H., Liljestrand, H. M., Shimizu, Y., Morita, M. (2003) "Effects of Physical-Chemical Characteristics on the Sorption of Selected Endocrine Disruptors by Dissolved Organic Matter Surrogates," Environ. Sci. Technol., 37(12), 2646-2657.

Choe, S., Liljestrand, H. M., Khim J. (2004) "Nitrate Reduction by Zero-valent Iron Under Different pH Regimes," Applied Geochemistry, 19(3), 335-342.

Yamamoto, H., Liljestrand, H. M. (2004) "Partitioning of Selected Estrogenic Compounds between Synthetic Membrane Vesicles and Water: Effects of Lipid Components," Environ. Sci. Technol., 38(4), 1139-1147.

Yamamoto, H., Liljestrand, H. M., Shimizu, Y., (2004) "Effects of Dissolved Organic Matter Surrogates on the Partitioning of 17 -Estradiol and p-Nonylphenol between Synthetic Membrane Vesicles and Water," Environ. Sci. Technol., 38(8), 2351-2358.

Sattler, M. L., Liljestrand, H. M. (2005) “Source Apportionment of Fine Particulate Matter by a Chemical Mass Balance Model Including Fractionation,” Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, 55(9), 1335-1344.

Yamamoto, H., Liljestrand, H. M., Morita, M. (2005) “Sorption of endocrine disruptors by natural organic matter (NOM),“ The Society of Environmental Instrumentation, Control and Automation (EICA), Vol.10, No.2, pp.53-60.

Kwon, J-H, Liljestrand, H. M., Katz, L. E. (2006) “Partitioning of Moderately Hydrophobic Endocrine Disrupters Between Water and Synthetic Membrane Vesicles,” Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry,” 25(8), 1984-1992.

Kwon, J-H, Liljestrand, H. M., Katz, L. E. (2006) “Use of a Parallel Artificial Membrane System to Evaluate Passive Absorption and Elimination in Small Fish,” Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 25(12), 3106-3114.