Paul L. Edmiston

Advanced materials for water purification using mesoporous organosilica; development of chemical sensors based on molecularly imprinted materials. (There is an article in the Wooster Magazine Summer 2009 about Paul’s research.)

• U.S. Department of Energy
• U.S. EPA

• CHEM 101: Chemistry and the World in Which We Live (Forensic Science)
• CHEM 111: General Chemistry I
• CHEM 112: General Chemistry II
• CHEM 215: Analytical Chemistry
• CHEM 316: Instrumental Analysis
• BCMB 303: Techniques
• BCMB 401: Introduction to Independent Study
• CHEM 401: Introduction to Independent Study
• First Year Seminar

• Rachel Bennett: Development of a Sensor for Gas-Phase Triacetone Triperoxide Using Waveguide Interferometry
• Deanna Pickett: In Situ Remediation of Groundwater Contaminants Trichloroethylene and Perchloroethylene by Swellable Organo Silica-Nano Zero Valent Iron Composite Materials
• Noél Mellor: Dosing on Demand: Enhanced Ibuprofen Release by an Organosilica Encapsulant
• Rachel Molé: Investigation of Antidepressant Load Reduction Following Tertiary Wastewater Disinfection Treatment

• Edmiston, P.L., Hill, N., Hershberger*, R., Hartmann*, H., Carter, E. and Divine, C., 2023. Laboratory validation of an integrative passive sampler for per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in water. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology. 2023
• Edmiston, P.L., Carter, E., Toth, K., Hershberger, R.*, Hill, N.*, Versluis, P., Hollinden, P., Divine, C. Field evaluation the Sentinel™ integrative passive sampler for the measurement of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in water using a modified organosilica adsorbent. Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation (2023) in press
• Kim, Y.,* Pike, K. A.*, Gray, R., Sprankle, J. W.*, Faust, J. A., & Edmiston, P. L. Non-targeted identification and semi-quantitation of emerging per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in US rainwater. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. 25, 1771 – 1787 (2023)
• Hunoor, A., Patil, S., Edmiston, P. L., & Ozkan, U. S. Animated organic-inorganic hybrid materials and their use as catalyst scaffolds. Catalysis Today.  (2022).
• Huff C. A., Gordon, C., Hartmann, H.A., Bartell, S.E., Ansah, E., Yan, T., Li, B., Dampha, N.K., Edmiston, P. L., Novak, P.J. and Schoenfuss, H.L., Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Lower Volta River, Ghana, West Africa: The Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Urban Development Nexus. Environmental toxicology and chemistry, 41(2), 69-381 (2022).
• Ailawar, S., Hunoor, A., Basu, D., Rudzinski, B., Burel, L., Millet, J.M.M., Miller, J.T., Edmiston, P.L., Ozkan, U.S. Aqueous phase hydrodechlorination of trichloroethylene using Pd supported on swellable organically modified silica (SOMS): Effect of support derivatization. Journal of Catalysis, 411, pp.15-30. (2022).
• Diamond, K.M., Good, C.J., Johnny, N., Sakihara, T.S., Edmiston, P. L., Faust, J.A., Schoenfuss, T.C., Rubin, A.M., Blob, R.W. and Schoenfuss, H.L.,Assessing Occurrence and Biological Consequences of Contaminants of Emerging Concern on Oceanic Islands. Water, 14(3) 275 (2022).
• Hartmann, H.A.; Hefner, C.; Cater, E.; Liles, D.; Divine, C.; Edmiston, P. L;  Passive Sampler Designed for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Using Polymer-Modified Organosilica Adsorbent. AWWA Water Science, 3, e1237 (2021).
• Pike, K.A., Edmiston, P. L., Morrison, J.J. and Faust, J.A., Correlation Analysis of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Regional US Precipitation Events. Water Research, 190, (2021)
• Pitell, S.E.; Pham, D.; Graham, A.L.; Edmiston, P.L. Function and Structural Stability of Protein Adsorbed to Swellable Organosilica. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. (in press) 2020.
• Stebel, E.K.; Pike, K.A.; Nguyen, H.; Hartmann, H.A.; Klonowski, M.J.*; Lawrence, M.G.; Collins, R.M.; Hefner, C.E. Edmiston, P.L. Absorption of Short-Chain to Long-Chain Perfluoroalkyl Substances Using Swellable Organically Modified Silica.” Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology 5, 1854-1866 (2019).
• Molé, R.A.; Good, C.J.; Stebel, E.K.; Higgins, J.F.; Pitell S.A.; Welch A.R.*; Minarik, T.A.; Schoenfuss, H.L.; Edmiston, P.L. Correlating effluent concentrations and bench-scale experiments to assess the transformation of endocrine active compounds in wastewater by UV or chlorination disinfection. Chemosphere, 226, 565-575 (2019).
• Edmiston, P.L.,  A Story Behind the Science: The Legacy of Melissa Schultz. Chemosphere. (2019)
• Celik, G., Ailawar, S. A., Gunduz, S., Edmiston, P. L.,  Ozkan, U. S. Formation of Carbonaceous Deposits on Pd-based Hydrodechlorination Catalysts: Vibrational spectroscopy investigations over Pd/Al2O3 and Pd/SOMS. Catalysis Today 323, 129-140 (2019).
• Celik, G.; Ailawar, S.; Sohn, H.; Tang, Y.; Tao, F.; Miller, J.T.; Edmiston, P.L.; Ozkan, U.S. Swellable Organically-modified Silica (SOMS) as a Catalyst Scaffold for Catalytic Treatment of Water Contaminated with Trichloroethylene. ACS Catalysis 8, 6796-6809 (2018).
• Celik, G.; Ailawar, S. ; Sohn, H. ; Tang, Y. ; Tao, F. ;Miller, J.T. ; Edmiston, P.L. ; Ozkan, U.S. Swellable Organically-modified Silica (SOMS) as a Catalyst Scaffold for Catalytic Treatment of Water Contaminated with Trichloroethylene. ACS Catalysis.In press (2018).
• Celik, G., Ailawar, S.A., Gunduz, S., Edmiston, P.L. Ozkan, U.S., 2018. Formation of carbonaceous deposits on Pd-based hydrodechlorination catalysts: Vibrational spectroscopy investigations over Pd/Al2O3 and Pd/SOMS. Catalysis Today. In press (2018).
• Edmiston, P.L.;  Carter, K.A.;  Graham, A.L.; Gleason, E.J.Chemisorption of microcystins to a thiol and amine functionalized organosilica, Separation and Purification Technology, 197, 244-252 (2018).
• Sohn, H.; Celik, G.; Gunduz, S.; Majumdar, S.S.; Dean, S.L; Edmiston, P.L.; Ozkan U.S. Effect of high-temperature on the swellable organically-modified silica (SOMS) and its application to gas-phase hydrodechlorination of trichloroethylene. Applied Catalysis B. 2017, 209, 80-90.
• Edmiston, P.L.; Gilbert, A.R.; Harvey, Z.; Mellor, N. Adsorption of short chain carboxylic acids from aqueous solution by swellable organically modified silica materials. Adsorption 2018, 24, 53-63.
• Sohn, H.; Celik, G., Gunduz, S; Dean, S. L.; Painting, E.*; Edmiston, P. L.; Ozkan, U. S. Hydrodechlorination of Trichloroethylene over Pd Supported on Swellable Organically-Modified Silica (SOMS). Appl. Catal. B. 203, 641-653 (2017).
• Edmiston, P. L.; West, L. J.*, Chin, A.*; Mellor, N.*; Barth, D.*  Adsorption of Gas Phase Organic Compounds by Swellable Organically Modified Silica (SOMS). Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 55, 12068-12079 (2016).
• Edmiston, P. L.; Jolly, S. Nanoengineered Organosilica Materials for the Treatment of Produced Water.  In Aquananotechnology, Ed. David Reisner, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL (2014).
• Edmiston, P. L.; Swellable, Nanoporous Organosilica for Extended and Triggered Release, Cosmetics and Toiletries: Applied Science, 754-762 (2013).
• Edmiston, P. L.; Osborne, C.; Reinbold, K. P.; Pickett, D. C.*; Underwood, L. A. Pilot Scale Testing Swellable Organosilica Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron for In Sit Remediation of Trichloroethylene. Remediation, 22, 105-121 (2011).
• Edmiston, P.L.; Keener, J.; Buckwald, S.; Sloan, B.; Terneus, J. Flow Back Water Treatment Using Swellable Organosilica Media. Proceedings of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2011, DOI. 10.2115/148973-MS.
• Edmiston, P. L.; Campbell, D. P.; Gottfried, D. S.; Baughman, J.; Timmers, M. M.; Detection of Trinitrotoluene in the Parts-per-Trillion Range Using Waveguide Interferometry. Sensor & Actuators B, 143, 574-582 (2010).
• Edmiston, P. L.; Underwood, L. A. Absorption of Dissolved Organic Species from Water Using Organically Modified Silica that Swells. Separation and Purification Technology, 66, 532-540 (2009).
• Burkett, C. M.*; Underwood, L. A.*, Volzer, R. S.*; Baughman, J. A.*; Edmiston, P. L. Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials that Rapidly Swell in Non-Polar Liquids: Nanoscale Morphology and Swelling Mechanism. Chemistry of Materials 20, 1312-1321 (2008).
• Jourden, M. J.*; Clarke, C. N.*; Palmer, A. K.*; Barth, E. J.*; Prada, R. C.*; Hale, R. N.*; Fraga, D. Snider, M. J.; Edmiston, P. L. Changing the Substrate Specificity of Creatine Kinase from Creatine to Glycocyamine: Evidence for a Highly Evolved Active Site”Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1774, 1519-1527 (2007).
• Walker, N. R.*; Linman M. J.*; Timmers, M. M.*; Dean S. L.*; Burkett, C. M.*; Lloyd, J. A.*; Keelor, J. D.*; Baughman, B. M.*; Edmiston, P. L. Selective Detection of Gas-Phase TNT by Integrated Optical Waveguide Spectrometry Using Molecularly Imprinted Sol-Gel Sensing Films. Analytica Chimica Acta, 593, 82-91 (2007).
• Ohren, J. F.; Kundracik, M. L.*; Borders, C. L.; Edmiston, P. L.; and Viola R. E.  Structural Asymmetry and Intersubunit Communication in Muscle Creatine Kinase. Acta Cryst. D63, 381-389 (2007).
• Carlson, C. A.*; Lloyd, J. A.*; Dean, S. L.*; Walker, N. R.*, Edmiston, P. L. Sensor for Fluorene Based on the Incorporation of an Environmentally Sensitive Fluorophore Proximal to a Molecularly Imprinted Binding Site, Anal. Chem., 78 (11), 3537 -3542 (2006).
• Burkett, C. M.*; Edmiston, P. L.; Highly Swellable Sol-Gels Prepared  by Chemical Modification of Silanol Groups Prior to Drying. J  Non-Crystalline Solids ,351 , 3174-3178 (2005).
• Jourden, M. J.*; Geiss, P.*; Thomenius, M. J.*; Horst, L. A.*; Barty, M. M.*; Brym, M. J.*; Mulligan, G.B.*; Almeida, R.M.*; Kersteen, E.A.*; Myers, N.R.*; Snider, M. J.; Borders Jr., C. L.; Edmiston, P. L.; Transition State  Stabilization by Six Arginines Clustered in the Active Site of Creatine Kinase. Biochim. Biophys. Acta  ,1751 , 178-183 (2005).
• Cox, J. M.*, Davis, C. A.*, Chan, C.*, Jourden, M. J.*, Jorjorian, A. D.*, Brym, M. J.*, Snider, M. J., Borders, Jr., C. L., Edmiston, P. L. Generation of an Active Monomer of Rabbit Muscle Creatine Kinase by Site-Directed Mutagenesis: The Effect of Quaternary Structure on Catalysis and Stability. Biochemistry 42, 1863-1871 (2003).
• Borders, C. L.; MacGregor, K. M.*; Edmiston, P. L..; Gbeddy, E. R. K.*; Thomenius, M. J.*; Mulligan, G. B.*; Snider, M. J. Creatine Kinase: Asparagine 285 Plays a Key Role in Transition State Stabilization and Determination of the Catalytic Mechanism. Protein Sci. 12, 532-537 (2003).
• Lloyd, J. A.*; Edmiston, P. L. Preferential Extraction of Hydrocarbons from Fire Debris Samples by Solid Phase Microextraction.  Journal of Forensic Sciences.  48, 130-134 (2003).
• Graham, A. L.*, Carlson, C. A.*, Edmiston, P. L. Development and Characterization of Molecularly Imprinted Sol-Gel Materials for the Selected Detection of DDT. Anal. Chem. 74, 458-467 (2002).
• Edmiston, P. L.. A New Start to Advanced Analytical Laboratory: Comparison of the Performance Characteristics of Various Instruments. J. Chem. Ed. 79(5), 616-618 (2002).
• Borders, C. L. Snider, M. J., Wolfenden, R., Edmiston, P. L. Determination of the Affinity of Each Component of a Composite Quaternary Transition-State Analogue Complex of Creatine Kinase. Biochemistry, 41, 6995-7000. (2002).
• Thompson, R. Q. and Edmiston, P. L. Ohio’s Crime Solvers: Analytical Chemistry Students Making the Case for Homicide.  Anal. Chem. 73, 678A-684A (2001).
• Edmiston, P. L., Schavolt, K. L.*, Kersteen, B. A.*, Moore, N. R.*,  Borders C. L. Kinetic Analysis of R95 Mutants of Rabbit Muscle Creatine Kinase, Biochem. Biophys. Acta, 1546, 291-298 (2001).
• Edmiston, P. L. and Williams, T. R.  An Analytical Experiment in Error Analysis: Repeated Determination of Glucose Using Commercial Glucometers. J. Chem. Educ.77, 377-379 (2000).
• Edmiston, P. L. and Saavedra, S. S. Molecular Orientation Distributions in Protein Films III. Yeast Cytochrome c Films Immobilized on Pyridine Disulfide Capped Phospholipid Bilayers. Biophys. J. 74, 999-1006 (1998).
• Edmiston, P. L. and Saavedra, S. S. Molecular Orientation Distribution in Protein Films IV. A Multilayer Composed of Yeast Cytochrome c Bound through an Intermediate Streptavidin Layer to a Planar Supported Phospholipid Bilayer. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 120, 1665-1671 (1998).
• Wood, L. L., Cheng, S. S., Edmiston, P. L. and Saavedra, S. S. Molecular Orientation Distributions in Protein Films II. Site Directed Immobilization of Yeast Cytochrome c on Thiol-Capped, Self-Assembled Monolayers.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119, 571-576 (1997).
• Edmiston, P. L., Lee, J. E., Cheng, S. S. and Saavedra, S. S.  Molecular Orientation Distributions in Protein Films. I. Cytochrome c Adsorbed to Substrates of Variable Surface Chemistry. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119, 560-570 (1997).
• Edmiston, P. L.. and Saavedra, S. S.  Fabrication and Characterization of Uranium Oxide Doped Sol-Gel Planar Waveguides for Attenuated Total Reflectance Spectrometry. Chem. Mater. 9, 2599-2603 (1997).
• Edmiston, P. L., Lee, J. E., Wood, L. L. and Saavedra, S. S.  Dipole Orientation Distributions in Langmuir-Blodgett Films by Planar Waveguide Linear Dichroism and Fluorescence Anisotropy.  J. Phys. Chem. 100, 775-784 (1997).
• Kölchens, S., Phiphivong, S., Edmiston, P. L. and Saavedra, S. S.  Time-Resolved Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy of Cultured Cells using a Tb-Chelate Label.  Anal. Chim. Acta 307, 403-417 (1995).
• Edmiston, P. L., Wambolt, C., Smith, M. K. and Saavedra, S. S.  Spectroscopic Characterization of Albumin and Myoglobin Entrapped in Bulk Sol-Gel Glasses. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 163, 395-406 (1994).
• Edmiston, P. L.., Kolchens, S., Saavedra, S. S.  Temporally Gating a Slow-Scan CCD with a Liquid Crystal Shutter. Appl. Spectroscopy 47, 250 (1993).

• SERDP Webinar Series. “Field-Ready PFAS Passive Sampler Calibrated to EPA 1633 Analytes” August 2023
• “Passive Sampler for the Time-Integrative Measurement of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Water, SETAC North America Conference November 2022.
• 2022 Emerging Contaminants in the Environment Conference, “Elucidating the Mechanisms of PFAS Adsorption by Varying Sorbent Surface Chemistry” March 2022
• SERDP & ESTCP Symposium, “Elucidating the Mechanisms of PFAS Adsorption by Varying Sorbent Surface Chemistry” December 2021
• BASF Scientific Innovation and Interaction Seminar, BASF North America, “Adsorption and Encapsulation Using Mesoporous Organosilica that Swells”, Detroit, February 2020.

ABSMaterials, Inc. Founded in 2008, ABSMaterials has applied Dr. Paul Edmiston’s patented organosilica materials for water treatment, environmental remediation, and personal care.

• American Chemical Society (ACS)
• National Science Foundation Advisory Committee (CHEM): Nexus of Water and Agriculture. August 2013-July 2014
• U.S. EPA Technical Advisory Board for Analytical Methods to Monitor Drinking Water Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing, 2013. National Science Foundation Committee of Visitors (IIP). April 2013.
• National Science Foundation Water Remediation Proposal Review Panelist. Dec 2010.
• National Science Foundation Committee of Visitors (CHEM). February 2004.
• American Chemical Society Analytical Chemistry Graduate Fellowship Committee, 2000-2021, Co-Chair
• Pfizer Graduate Travel Grants Committee: Division of Analytical Chemistry, American Chemical Society, Chairperson 2002-2008

• Popular Mechanics, Breakthrough of the Year, 2011.
• NorTech Gold Metal for Advanced Materials, 2010
• MIT Clean Energy Prize, Clean Hydrocarbons. 2009
• National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2003
• Society of Applied Spectroscopy Graduate Student of the Year Award, 1997
• American Chemical Society Fellowship, Analytical Division, 1996 Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Award, FACSS, 1996