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Brenda E. Kitchens
Biographical Information
Name: Brenda E. Kitchens
Title: Environmental Scientist
Education:
A.A. 1968 Liberal Arts, Ferrum Junior College, Ferrum, VA
B.A. 1970 Biology, Radford College, Radford, VA
M.S. 1976 Poultry Science (emphasis in microbiology and ecology), University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1978 Principles of Ecology #650, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1979 Organic Chemistry #240 & 241, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1991 Anthropogenic Organic Compounds in the Environment AGY #468/668, audit University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Expertise/Research Interests:
The first fourteen of the past thirty-one years with the US Environmental Protection Agency I focused on the quantitative determination of the physical and chemical characteristics and the transformation, fate and effects of organic chemicals in soils, waters and sediments. My major emphasis was in laboratory determinations: microbial degradation; sorption; hydrolysis; photolysis; abiotic redox ; and other environmental process elucidation. The following twelve years I was involved in database development, literature data acquisition, and database testing, including development, testing and population of the FATE Database. Subsequent to the development of the FATE Database, I participated in development of a database structure for a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) study on a local watershed. The TMDL database involved entry and tracking of sediment and microbiological data collected and analyzed both with instrumentation and with manual techniques. The most recent assignment, from January 2004 until January 2005, has been in a “Detail” involving Environmental Education of local students in grades K-12, judging local science fairs, and providing on site laboratory tours for students from several minority colleges. Involvement with the education of students has been a career highlight.
Professional Activities:
Membership and participation on the Executive Committee of Sigma Xi
Publications:
Wolfe, N.L., B.E. Kitchens, D.L. Macalady and T.J. Grundl. 1986. Physical and Chemical Factors that Influence the Anaerobic Degradation of Methyl Parathion in Sediment Systems. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 5(12):1019-1026.
Latimer, B.E. and I.L. Brisbin, Jr. 1987. Early Growth Rates and Their Relationships to Mortalities of Five Breeds of Chickens Following Exposure to Acute Gamma Radiation Stress. Growth. 51:411-424.
Kollig, H.P. and B.E. Kitchens. 1990. Problems Associated with Published Environmental Fate Data. Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry. 28(2-3):95-103.
Kollig, H.P., B.E. Kitchens and K.J. Hamrick. 1993. FATE, the Environmental Fate Constants Information Database. Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences. 33(1):131-134.
Ellington, J.J., S.W. Karickhoff, B.E. Kitchens, H.P. Kollig, J.M. Long, E.J. Weber and N.L. Wolfe. 1993. Environmental Fate Constants for Organic Chemicals Under Consideration for EPA's Hazardous Waste Identification Projects; Compiled and edited by Heinz P. Kollig. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, GA, Publication No. EPA/600/R-93/132.
Current Projects:
Currently I am preparing for reassignment to field projects.
Phone Number/FAX Number:
(706) 355-8103 / (706) 355-8445 (in my office, or 355-8106 Branch office)
E-mail Address:
kitchens.brenda@epa.gov