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Kurunthachalam Kannan

Kurunthachalam Kannan

Research Scientist, Wadsworth Center, Organic Analytical Chemistry
Professor, School of Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences

Ph.D. Ehime University, Japan (1994)
Postdoctoral Training: Michigan State University, USA

E-mail: kkannan@wadsworth.org

<< Research Interests

Select Publications (out of 300)

  • Oldi, J.F. and Kannan, K. (2009). Analysis of perchlorate in human saliva by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Environmental Science and Technology, 43, 142-147.
  • Shaw, S.D. and Kannan, K. (2009). Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in marine ecosystems of the American continents: Foresight from current knowledge. Reviews of Environmental Health, 24, 157-229.
  • Johnson-Restrepo, B. and Kannan, K. (2009). An assessment of sources and pathways of human exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the United States. Chemosphere, 76, 542-548.
  • Tao, L., Kannan, K., Aldous, K.M., Mauer, M.P. and Eadon, G.A. (2008). Biomonitoring of perfluorochemicals in plasma of New York state personnel responding to the World Trade Center disaster. Environmental Science and Technology, 42, 3472-3478
  • Tao, L., Ma, J., Kunisue, T., Libelo, E.L., Tanabe, S. and Kannan, K. (2008). Perfluorinated Compounds in Human Breast Milk from Several Asian Countries, and in Infant Formula and Dairy Milk from the USA. Environmental Science and Technology, 42, 8597-8602.
  • Nakata, H., Sasaki, H., Takemura, A., Yoshioka, M., Tanabe, S. and Kannan, K. (2007). Bioaccumulation, temporal trend, and geographical distribution of synthetic musks in the marine environment. Environmental Science and Technology, 41, 2216-2222.
  • Sinclair, E. and Kannan, K. (2006). Mass loading and fate of perfluoroalkyl surfactants in wastewater treatment plants. Environmental Science and Technology, 40, 1408-1414.
  • Taniyasu, S., Kannan, K., So, M.K., Gulkowska, A., Sinclair, E., Okazawa, T. and Yamashita, N. (2005). A method for the analysis of fluorotelomer alcohols, fluorotelomer acids, and short- and long-chain perfluorinated acids in water and biota. Journal of Chromatography A, 1093, 89-97.
  • Kannan, K., Reiner, J.L., Yun, S-H., Perrotta, E.E., Tao, L., Johnson-Restrepo, B., and Rodan, B.D. (2005). Polycyclic musk compounds in higher trophic level aquatic organisms and humans from the United States. Chemosphere, 61, 693-700.
  • Kannan, K., Corsolini, S., Falandysz, J., Fillman, G., Senthil Kumar, K., Loganathan, B.G., Mohd, M.A., Olivero, J., Van Wouwe, N., Yamg, J.H. and Aldous, K.M. (2004). Perfluorooctanesulfonate and related fluorochemicals in human blood from several countries. Environmental Science and Technology, 38, 4489-4495.
  • Giesy, J.P. and Kannan, K. (2002). Perfluorochemicals in the environment. Environmental Science and Technology, 36, 147A-152A
  • Giesy, J.P. and Kannan, K. (2001). Global distribution of perfluorooctane sulfornate and related perfluorinated compounds in wildlife. Environmental Science and Technology, 35, 1339-1342.

Contact Information

Phone: (518) 474-0015
Fax: (518) 473-2895
E-mail: kkannan@wadsworth.org.