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JEFFREY
THOMAS FRANK ASHLEY
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| Present | Assistant Professor of Chemistry Philadelphia University Philadelphia, PA |
| Present |
Research Scientist |
| 1998-2000 |
Organic Geochemistry Post Doctoral Fellow |
| 1999/2000 |
Adjunct Professor/Visiting Professor |
| Spring 1998 |
Visiting Instructor of Chemistry |
| Summer 1997 |
Teaching Assistant |
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1993-1997
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Graduate Research Assistant, University of Maryland |
| Summer 1993 | Intern Environmental Chemistry Division Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution Ft. Pierce, FL |
Sources, transport, and fate of bioaccumulative, persistent organic contaminants in natural waters (particularly urbanized/industrialized estuaries); modeling the bioaccumulation of pollutants in aquatic food webs; the role of eutrophication in determining organic contaminant exposure to organisms; environmental analytical chemistry, contaminated fisheries.
Publications
Ashley, J.T.F., D. Libero, E. Halscheid, L. Zaoudeh, and HM Stapleton. Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in American Eels (Anguilla rostrata) from the Delaware River, USA. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. In Press (May, 2007)
Weis, P. and JTF Ashley. Contaminants in Fish of the Hackensack Meadowlands, New Jersey: Size, Sex and Seasonal Relationships as Related to Health Risks. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 52 (2007) 80-89.
Bower, A., JTF Ashley, G. Buchanan, J. Dispensa, J. Pierce and F. Ross. Fostering Science Literacy: Non-Science Majors Discover the Science behind National Public Health Issues. Sci. Ed. Civic Engagement. Winter (2007) Volume1:Issue 1, p24-39.
Ashley, J.T.F., K. Bushaw-Newton, M. Wilhelm, G. Drames, B. Boettner, and D. Velinsky. The Effects of Small Dam Removal on the Distribution of Sedimentary Contaminants. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 114 (2006): 287-312.
Grafton, A., Libero, D., Lee, D., Miller, J.J., Rapko, K., Zaoudeh, L., and JTF Ashley. Levels of PCBs in Fish Roe Sold as Caviar. J. Young Invest. (On-line Journal) December, 2005.
Bushaw-Newton, K., .T. Ashley, and D. J. Velinsky. Assessing the Ecological Effects of a Proposed Dam Removal. Hydro Rev. XXIV, No.3 (2005): 36-44.
Ashley, J.T.F., R. Horwitz, B. Ruppel, and J. Steinbacher. A comparison of accumulated PCB patterns in American eels and striped bass from the Hudson and Delaware River estuaries. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 46 (2003):1294-1308.
Ashley, J.T.F., A. Moore, H. Stapleton, and D.Velinsky. Sedimentary nonylphenol contamination in an urbanized/industrialized segment of the Delaware River Estuary, USA. Bull. Environ. Cont. Toxicol. 70 (2003) 978-984.
Monosson, E., A.A. Elskus, A.E. McElroy, D. Woltering, and J.T.F. Ashley. PCB congener distributions in muscle, liver and gonad of Fundulus heteroclitus from the lower Hudson River Estuary and Newark Bay. Chemosphere. 52 (2003) 777-787.
Bushaw-Newton, K., D. D. Hart, J.E. Pizzuto, J.R. Thomson, J.Egan, J.T. Ashley, T.E. Johnson, R.J. Horwitz, M. Keeley, J. Lawrence, D. Charles, C. Gatenby, D.A. Kreeger, T. Nightengale, R. L. Thomas, and D.J. Velinsky. An Integrated Approach Towards Understanding Small Dam Removal: The Manatawny Creek Project. J. Am. Water Res. Assoc. 38 (2002) 1581-1600.
Ashley, J.T.F., J.E. Baker, E. Zlokovitz, D. Secor, and S. Wales. Linking habitat use of Hudson River striped bass to accumulation of PCB congeners. Env. Sci. Technol. 34 (2000) 1023-1029.
Ashley, J.T.F., and J. Baker. 1999. Hydrophobic organic contaminants in surficial sediments of Baltimore Harbor: Inventories and sources. Environ. Tox. Chem. 18:838-849.
Ashley, J.T.F., and J. Baker. 1999. The influence of varying planktonic and periphytic algal biomass on exposure of polychlorinated biphenyls in estuarine mesocosms. Chem. Ecol. 16:95-118.
Ashley, J.T.F. 1996. The adsorption of Zn(II) and Cu(II) by estuarine, riverine and terrestrial humic acids. Chemosphere. 33:2175-2187.
Baker, J.E., J.T.F Ashley, and F.C. Ko. 1996. The influence of biomass dependency on the kinetics of uptake of hydrophobic organic contaminants by algae in Interactions of Nutrients and Toxicants in the Food Chain of Aquatic Ecosystems, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands.
Gilchrist, G.F.R., C.L. Chakrabarti, J.T.F. Ashley, and D. Hughes. 1992. Vaporization and atomization of lead and tin from a pyrolytic graphite probe GFAAS. Anal. Chem. 64:1144-1153.
Exploring Science: A Undergraduate Non-Science Majors Course Aimed at Developing Life-Long Environmental Science Literacy Jeffrey TF Ashley, Anne T Bockarie, Amanda Bryant, George Buchanan, Jaclyn Dispensa, Evan Halscheid, Joell Miller, John Pierce, Faye Z Ross and Egbert Simon. Oral Presentation at the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Baltimore, MD (November, 2005).
Exploring Pollution Effects in an Urbanized Estuary Using a Hands-On Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment. Jeffrey Ashley. Oral Presentation at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the National Marine Educator Association, Kahului, Maui (July, 2005)
Using Hands-On Research in Environmental Chemistry to Build Science Literacy for Non-Science Majors. Jeff Ashley, Anne Bockarie, George Buchanan, John Pierce and Faye Ross. Oral Presentation at 230th Annual Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, DC (August, 2005)
Incorporating Guided Inquiry and Hands-On Research in Environmental Chemistry to Build Science Literacy for Non-Science Majors. Jeffrey Ashley, Anne Bockarie, George Buchanan, John Pierce and Faye Ross. Invited Workshop/Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Mid-Atlantic Discovery in Chemistry Project, Bethleham, PA (June, 2005).
PCB Concentrations in Fish Roe Sold as Caviar. Grafton, A., Libero, D., Lee, D., Miller, J.J., Rapko, K., Zaoudeh, L., and JTF Ashley. Annual Conference of the Hudson-Delaware Chapter of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, New Brunswick (April, 2005)
Polychlorinated Biphenyl Accumulation in Delaware River Estuary Food Webs. Jeffrey Ashley, David J. Velinsky, Matt Wilhelm, Joel E. Baker, and Megan Toaspern*. Delaware Estuary Science Conference, Cape May, NJ (January, 2005)
Water and Sediment Quality Assessment of the Tidal Freshwater Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, PA: Understanding Sources and Fate of Nutrients and Chemical Contaminants. David J. Velinsky, and Jeffrey Ashley. Delaware Estuary Science Conference, Cape May, NJ (January, 2005)
Lessons learned from using inquiry-based approaches in an undergraduate environmental chemistry course. Jeffrey Ashley. 25th Annual Conference of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Portland, OR (November, 2004).
Spatial and temporal changes in trace contaminants in the tidal Anacostia River after precipitation events. Velinsky, D.J., G.F. Riedel, J. Ashley, G. Foster, and C. Schultz. 25th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Portland, OR (November, 2004).
Sediment contamination in the Anacostia River: A pollution history of Washington. Riedel, G.F., D.J. Velinsky, J. Ashley, T.L. Wade, and J. Cornwell. 2004. 25th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Portland, OR (November, 2004).
Incorporation of GC/MS into an Undergraduate Environmental Chemistry Course Using the Sediment Quality Triad Approach. Jeffrey Ashley, Joseph Corvo*, and Kenny Willson*. 228th Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Philadelphia, PA (August, 2004)
Understanding the fate and transport of PCBs in the tidal freshwater Anacostia River, Washington, D.C. David. J. Velinsky, Jeffrey T.F. Ashley
and Cherie Schultz. 228th Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Philadelphia, PA (August, 2004)Assessing the viability of analyzing museum fish specimens for PCBs. Joe Corvo*, David Velinsky, Linda Zaoudeh, Egbert Simon*, and Jeffrey Ashley. Annual Conference of the Hudson-Delaware Chapter of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Sandy Hook, NJ (April, 2004)
Using the sediment quality triad approach to assess contamination at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge. Kenneth Willson*, Luke Bourassa*, Amanda Bryant*, Joe Corvo*, Christina Czarnicki*, Evan Halscheid*, Damien Marycz*, Anita Monino*, Richard Tustin* and Jeffrey Ashley. Annual Conference of the Hudson-Delaware Chapter of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Sandy Hook, NJ (April, 2004)
Community Partnerships: Environmental Science Service Learning at Undergraduate Institutions. Jeff Ashley, Anne Bockarie and Brad Thompson. Invited Presentation at the SENCER Symposium V, Rutgers University, NJ (January, 2004)
Assessment of Metal Concentrations in Jamaican Sediment and Soil. Alison Scutti*, Richard Tustin*, Jeffrey Ashley and Anne Bockarie. Annual Conference of the Hudson-Delaware Chapter of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Prallsville, NJ (May, 2003)
Assessing Spatial and Temporal Trends in PCB Bioaccumulation in White Perch and Channel Catfish from the Delaware River Estuary. Erin Laverty*, Megan Toaspern**, Matt Wilhelm, Joel Baker and Jeffrey Ashley. Annual Conference of the Hudson-Delaware Chapter of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Prallsville, NJ (May, 2003)
Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Sashimi: Should you be Concerned About Exposure? Heather Vodzak*, Damien Marycz*, Kenny Willson*, Joe Corvo*, Doug Wade* and Jeffrey Ashley. Annual Conference of the Hudson-Delaware Chapter of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Prallsville, NJ (May, 2003)
Assessing Trace Metal Concentrations in the Manayunk Canal, Philadelphia, PA. Joe Corvo* and Jeffrey Ashley. Annual Conference of the Hudson-Delaware Chapter of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Prallsville, NJ (May, 2003)
How Fish Migration Influences Contaminant Bioaccumulation: Lessons Learned from the Hudson River. Jeffrey Ashley. Invited Speaker – Kennesaw State University (Georgia), January 2003
The Chemistry of Dam Removal. Jeffrey Ashley. Invited Speaker – Kennesaw State University (Georgia), January 2003
How Fish Migration Influences Contaminant Bioaccumulation: Lessons Learned from the Hudson River. Jeffrey Ashley Invited Speaker at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Biology and Paleoenviromental Seminar Lecture Series, Columbia University (March, 2003)
Using the Sediment Quality Triad (SQT) Approach to Assess Sedimentary Contamination in the Anacostia River, Washington, D.C. Velinsky, D.J., Ashley, J.T.F., Pinkney, F, and McGee, B. 23nd Annual Conference of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Salt Lake City, UT (November, 2002).
Assessing Sedimentary Nonlyphenol Contamination in the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers*. Ashley, J.T.F., Velinsky, D., Moore, A.*, and H. Stapleton. 23nd Annual Conference of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Salt Lake City, UT (November, 2002).
Adopting an Inquiry-based Laboratory Approach in Undergraduate Environmental Chemistry Courses. Ashley, J.T.F. 17th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education. Bellingham, WA (July, 2002)
Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Pre-Packaged Smoked Salmon: Results from an Undergraduate Inquiry-Based Laboratory. Valerie Braz*, Marianne Henderson*, Erin Laverty*, Tanesha Manning*, Seth Hayik*, Matt Wilhelm, Jeffrey Ashley. Annual Conference of the Hudson-Delaware Chapter of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Meadowlands, NJ (May, 2002)
The Manatawny Creek Dam Removal Project: Sedimentary Contaminants. Ashley, J.T.F., Wilhelm, M., Boettner, A., DeAlteris, J., and D. Velinsky. Schuylkill Watershed Congress. Ambler, PA (March, 2002)
Community Partnerships: A Model for Environmental Science Service Learning at Undergraduate Institutions. Ashley, J.T.F., Bockarie, A.T., Brendley, W., Fonjweng, G. 22nd Annual Conference of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Baltimore, MD (November, 2001).
Inventories and Sources of Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants in Surficial Sediments of the Chesapeake Bay and its Tributaries. Ashley, J.T.F., J.E. Baker, McGee, B.M., and D.J. Velinsky. 22nd Annual Conference of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Baltimore, MD (November, 2001).
Sedimentary Organic Contaminants in the Manatawny Creek, PA: Pre and Post Dam Removal Assessments. Ashley, J.T.F., Wilhelm, M., Bushaw-Newton, K., Drames, G.*, Velinsky, D.J. Annual Conference of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Baltimore, MD (November, 2001).
Assessing
Sediment Contamination in Two Restored Wetlands. Boerckel, T., J.T.F.
Ashley, A. Boettner, D. Velinsky, M. Wilhelm and A. Lawrence.
Annual Hudson/Delaware Chapter Meeting of the Society for Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry, West Chester, PA (April, 2001).
PCBs in Blue Crab Muscle Tissue and Hepatopancreas from Raritan Bay, NJ. Boerckel, T.*, J. Hover*, A. Monino*, L. Schultz*, J. Zappetelli*, M. Wilhelm and J.T.F. Ashley. Annual Hudson/Delaware Chapter Meeting of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, West Chester, PA (April, 2001).
Restoration of the Manatawny Creek Watershed through Dam Removal. Bushaw-Newton, K., T. Johnson, J. Pizzuto, R. Horwitz, D. Charles, J. Ashley, C. Gatenby, D. Velinsky, D. Kreeger, and D. Hart. North American Benthogical Society (June, 2001).
Using sediment quality triad to characterize toxic conditions in the Chesapeake Bay. McGee, Fisher, Velinsky, and Ashley (1999-2000) USEPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program ($48, 871)
Assessing the magnitude of nonylphenol contamination adjacent to suspected sources in the Delaware Estuary. Ashley and Velinsky (1999-2001) Philadelphia Environmental Associates ($9,900)
A comparison of PCB congener accumulation in American eels and striped bass from the Hudson and Delaware Rivers. Ashley (2000-2001) Hudson River Foundation ($11,555)
Deposition and Spatial Distribution of Sediment-bound Contaminants in the Anacostia River, District of Columbia. Velinsky, Ashley, Church and Hussain (2000-2001) Anacostia Watershed Toxics Alliance ($93,972)
Delaware River Estuary Bioaccumulation Field Study. Ashley, Baker, Secor and Velinsky (2001-2003) Delaware River Basin Commission ($243,492).
Assessment of the Water Quality of the Tidal Anacostia River: Trace Metals and Organic Contaminants. Velinsky, Ashley, and Riedel (2001-2002) Bureau of Environmental Quality, Washington, D.C. Department of Health. ($187,872)
Spatial and Temporal Variability in Food Web Structures in the Delaware River Estuary. Horwitz, Ashley and Velinsky. (2001-2002). Environmental Associates of Philadelphia. ($40,300).
Using the Sediment Quality Triad and Integrative Water Sampling Devices to Characterize Chemical Contaminant Impacts in Chesapeake Bay Tributaries. McGee, Fisher, Velinsky, Ashley and Riedel. Chesapeake Bay Program. (2002-2003) ($144,422).
Implementing Guided-Inquiry Laboratories Utilizing Gas-Chromatography Mass-Spectrometry in the Chemistry/Biochemistry Majors Sequence. Longfellow, Ashley and Bhat. (2002-2004) National Science Foundation (DUE0126468) ($65,000)
Routine Monitoring Program for Toxics in New Jersey Fish. Horwitz, Velinsky and Ashley. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (2003-2005) $250,000
Evaluating the use of archived fish samples to assess historical polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) trends. Ashley. Philadelphia University Summer Research Grant (2003-2004) ($4922)
PCBs and OCPs in the Lower Hackensack River. Ashley. Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute (2003-2004) ($35,000)
Assessing Flame Retardant Contamination in the Delaware River Estuary using American Eels. Ashley. Philadelphia University Summer Research Grant (2004-20054) ($5,000)
Distribution of Sediment-Bound Chemical Contaminants in Deep Cores from the Tidal Potomac River, Washington, D.C. Velinsky, Riedel, and Ashley. Environmental Health Administration-Bureau of Environmental Health (2004-2006) $160,000
Assessment of Water Quality of the Tidal Potomac River in Washington, D.C.: Trace Metals and Organic Contaminants. Riedel, Velinsky, and Ashley. Environmental Health Administration-Bureau of Environmental Health (2004-2006) $150,000
Exploring Science: Using Hands-on Research to Build Science Literacy for Non-Science Majors. Bockarie, Ashley, Pierce, and Ross. National Science Foundation DUE0410216 (2004-2006) ($85,000)
PCB Accumulation in Humans: Evaluating the Role of Fish Consumption in Determining Body Burdens. Ashley. Philadelphia University Summer Research Grant (2005-2006) ($5,000)
PBDE Levels in the Delaware River Estuary: Use of the American Eel as a Monitoring Tool. Delaware Estuary Program (2005) ($5,000)
River Sediment Investigation near Poplar Point in the tidal Anacostia River, Washington, DC. Velinsky, D.J., J.T.F. Ashley and G.R.Riedel. 2004. Submitted to Ridolfi Engineers (Seattle, WA) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) (Seattle, WA).
Using the Sediment Quality Triad to Characterize Toxic Conditions in the Chesapeake Bay (2002): An assessment of tidal river segments in the Bohemia, Elk, Northeast, and Severn Rivers. Pinkney, A.E., B.L. McGee, P.C. McGown, D.J. Fisher, J.T.F. Ashley and D.J. Velinsky. 2004. Submitted by the US Fish and Wildlife Service to Chesapeake Bay Program Office to US EPA Chesapeake Bay Program, Annapolis, MD.
Ashley, J., D.J. Velinsky, M. Wilhelm, J. Baker, D. Secor and M. Toaspern. 2003. Bioaccumulation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the Delaware River Estuary. 2003. Submitted to Delaware River Basin Commission.
Deposition and Spatial Distribution of Sediment-bound Contaminants in the Anacostia River, District of Columbia. Report No. 01-30. Velinsky, D.J. and J.T.F. Ashley. 2001. Report Submitted to the District of Columbia from the Patrick Center for Environmental Research, The Academy of Natural ciences, Philadelphia, PA.
2003 R/V Bay Eagle; Anacostia River (2 days)
1999-present R/V Discovery; Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers (various sampling events)
1998 R/V Anderson, Chesapeake Bay (4 days)
1995 R/V Johnson and Submersible Celia, Lake Superior (2 weeks)
· Environmental Chemistry (St. Mary’s College of Maryland)
· Environmental Science for Non-Science Majors (Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science)
· Environmental Chemistry (Philadelphia University)
· Chemistry for Non-Science Majors (Philadelphia University)
· Instrumental Methods of Analysis (Philadelphia University)
· Oceanography (Philadelphia University)
· Freshman Chemistry (Philadelphia University)
· Exploring Science - Hands On Science for Non-Science Majors (Philadelphia University)
· Endocrine Disruptors - Independent Study (Philadelphia University)
· Service Learning Coordinator, Philadelphia University, Fall/Spring Semesters (2000/1)
· School of Science and Health’s Academic Liaison to the School of General Studies, Philadelphia University, Fall (2000) to present
· School of Science and Health’s Representative on the Sub-Committee for Information Literacy, Philadelphia University, Fall (2000) to present
· Proposal Reviewer for Hudson River Foundation, South Carolina Sea Grant, and University of Minnesota’s Water Resource Center
· Manuscript Reviewer for Environmental Science and Technology, Journal of Contaminated Soil and Sediment and Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
· Session Chair, Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Conferences, 2000-2002
· Alternate, Toxics Advisory Committee, Delaware River Basin Commission
· Board Member, Hudson/Delaware Chapter of SETAC, 2001
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