Leslie Cizmas

About

Leslie Cizmas, PhD, is an Instructional Associate Professor in the School of Public Health at Texas A&M University, specializing in Environmental & Occupational Health. Her research interests include water reuse and sustainability, occurrence and toxicity of drinking water contaminants, and the health effects of complex mixtures. Dr. Cizmas has contributed to understanding hydrocarbon contamination in sediments, disinfection by-products in water treatment, and the transformation of environmental pollutants such as bisphenol A and fluoroquinolones during water disinfection processes. Her work also encompasses the impact of treatment strategies on antibiotic resistance, the formation of disinfection byproducts, and the environmental fate of pharmaceuticals and personal care products. She is actively involved in teaching hazardous materials management, environmental toxicology, and public health courses, integrating her research expertise into her educational efforts.

Research topics

• Chemistry
• Biology
• Microbiology
• Environmental engineering
• Environmental chemistry
• Chromatography
• Toxicology
• Ecology
• Waste management
• Engineering

Selected publications

• Occurrence and toxicity of antibiotics in the aquatic environment: A review

  Chemosphere · 2020 · 1412 citations

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• Degradation of fluoroquinolone antibiotics by ferrate(VI): Effects of water constituents and oxidized products

  Water Research · 2016-07-12 · 246 citations

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• Synergistic effect of aqueous removal of fluoroquinolones by a combined use of peroxymonosulfate and ferrate(VI)

  Chemosphere · 2017-03-06 · 131 citations

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• Identification and Comparative Mammalian Cell Cytotoxicity of New Iodo-Phenolic Disinfection Byproducts in Chloraminated Oil and Gas Wastewaters

  Environmental Science & Technology Letters · 2017-10-31 · 103 citations

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  Hydraulic fracturing wastewaters discharged to surface water have led to elevated bromide and iodide levels, as well as enhanced formation of brominated trihalomethanes, haloacetic acids, haloacetonitriles, and iodo-trihalomethanes at downstream drinking water treatment plants, in chlorinated effluent from wastewater treatment plants, and in controlled laboratory studies. This enhanced formation of brominated and iodinated disinfection byproducts (DBPs) raises concerns regarding human health, be…

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• Impact of metal ions, metal oxides, and nanoparticles on the formation of disinfection byproducts during chlorination

  Chemical Engineering Journal · 2017-02-21 · 101 citations

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Frequent coauthors

• Kirby C. Donnelly

  Texas A&M Health Science Center

  28 shared

• Thomas J. McDonald

  Texas A&M Health Science Center

  27 shared

• Virender K. Sharma

  Texas A&M University

  16 shared

• T. D. Phillips

  Texas A&M University

  11 shared

• Rebecca Lingenfelter

  Texas A&M University System

  11 shared

• Timothy D. Phillips

  9 shared

• Mingbao Feng

  Xiamen University

  9 shared

• L.F. Kubena

  9 shared

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