Job Title: Research Assistant Professor
Employer: University of Waterloo
Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Public School attended: Monseigneur Deschamps, St. Joachin, Seignory Elementary School
High School attended: John Rennie High School
Further Education: Queen's University (B.Sc., M.Sc. - Geology), University of Waterloo (Ph.D. - Earth Sciences).
Geographic focus of research: Ontario
Brief synopsis of current research:
My research is concerned with fate and transport of organic chemicals in
groundwater, and the application of these processes to designing long-term
remediation technologies. I currently have projects in progress that
involve investigations of chlorinated compounds reactions in sulphate
reducing environments and nitroaroamatic transformations and sorption to
commercial granular iron (a material gaining acceptance as a reactive medium
for groundwater remediation). The latter studies are aimed at monitoring
iron reactivity as a function of time and geochemical composition of the
groundwater. I am also supervising a field project on in situ nitrate
treatment near a municipal well and the development of a groundwater
velocity probe.
Recent Publications:
Morkin, M., Devlin, J.F., Barker, J.F., Butler, B.J. (accepted). In situ treatment of a mixed contaminant plume. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology.
Arildskov, N.P., Devlin, J.F. (2000). Field and laboratory evaluation of a diffusive emitter for semi-passive release of PCE to an aquifer. Ground Water v. 38, no 1, 129-138.
Devlin, J.F., and Mueller, D. 1999. Field and laboratory studies of carbon tetrachloride transformation in a sandy aquifer under sulfate reducing conditions. Environmental Science and Technology, v. 33, no. 7, 1021-1027.
Devlin, J.F., Klausen, J., Schwarzenbach, R.P. 1998. Kinetics of nitroaromatic reduction on granular iron in recirculating batch experiments. Environmental Science and Technology, v. 32, no. 13, 1941-1947.