Lisa Emili is an associate professor whose research focuses on contaminant transport and biogeochemical cycling in freshwater ecosystems. She leads the Freshwater and Environmental Ecosystems Research Group within the Institute for Sustainable Agricultural, Food and Environmental Science (SAFES). Her current projects examine microplastic contamination and blue carbon accumulation in coastal wetlands. Emili supports undergraduate research both in the laboratory and in the field and teaches courses in geology, geography, soil science, and environmental studies.
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Microplastic polymer accumulation, distribution, and toxicity in sediment of a freshwater tidal marsh, USA
Bussarakum, J., Drohan, P. J., Najjar, R. G., Arriola, J. M., Emili, L. A. & Warner, N. R., Dec 2025, In: Marine pollution bulletin. 221, 118566.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Decadal changes in microplastic accumulation in freshwater sediments: Evaluating influencing factors
Bussarakum, J., Burgos, W. D., Cohen, S. B., Van Meter, K., Sweetman, J. N., Drohan, P. J., Najjar, R. G., Arriola, J. M., Pankratz, K., Emili, L. A. & Warner, N. R., Dec 1 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 954, 176619.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Purification and translation in public memory: “Healing the landscape” at the Flight 93 National Memorial
White, W. J. & Emili, L. A., Nov 2018, In: Emotion, Space and Society. 29, p. 32-47 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Sustainable Remediation of Legacy Mine Drainage: A Case Study of the Flight 93 National Memorial
Emili, L. A., Pizarchik, J. & Mahan, C. G., Mar 1 2016, In: Environmental Management. 57, 3, p. 660-670 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
New cropland on former rangeland and lost cropland from urban development: The "replacement land" debate
Emili, L. A. & Greene, R. P., Jun 1 2014, In: Land. 3, 3, p. 658-674 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Biogeochemical processes in the soil-groundwater system of a forest-peatland complex, North Coast British Columbia, Canada
Emili, L. A. & Price, J. S., Sep 2013, In: Northwest Science. 87, 4, p. 326-348 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Modeling agricultural nonpoint source pollution using a geographic information system approach
Emili, L. A. & Greene, R. P., Jan 2013, In: Environmental Management. 51, 1, p. 70-95 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Hydrogeological influences on forest community type along forest-peatland complexes in coastal British Columbia
Emili, L. A., Price, J. S. & Fitzgerald, D. F., Aug 2006, In: Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 36, 8, p. 2024-2037 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Hydrological processes controlling ground and surface water flow from a hypermaritime forest-peatland complex, Diana Lake Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada
Emili, L. A. & Price, J. S., Aug 30 2006, In: Hydrological Processes. 20, 13, p. 2819-2837 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review