2008 Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz
2000 B.A. Dartmouth College
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
2009-2011 Post-Doctoral Scholar, Geosciences Department, Princeton University
2008-2009 Fulbright Scholar/Visiting Researcher, Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Research Centre, University of Botswana
2003-2008 Teaching and Research Assistant, Environmental Toxicology Department, UC Santa Cruz
2003 Research Assistant, Swiss Federal Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG)
1999-2000 Research Assistant, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College
1998-1999 Research Assistant, Sandia National Laboratories, Geochemistry and Hydrology Departments
AWARDS AND FUNDING
2012-2013 Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, Great Salt Lake Mercury Research Grant 2012-2013 Myriad Excellence in Research and Learning Leadership Award 2010-2011 National Science Foundation Earth Sciences Post-Doctoral Fellowship
2008-2009 Fulbright Grant
2008-2009 California Sea Grant Program Development Grant
2007-2008 UC Santa Cruz President's Dissertation Year Fellowship
2007 STEPS Institute Graduate Research Award
2006 Dr. Earl Myers and Ethel Myers Oceanographic Trust Graduate Student Grant
2006 Goldschmidt Conference NSF/Geochemical Society Travel Grant
2005-2006 Packard Endowment for Ocean Sciences and Technology Research Grant
2005 Center for Dynamics and Evolution of the Land Sea Interface Graduate Student Grant
2005 Nominated for UC Santa Cruz Teaching Assistant of the Year Award
2004-2007 National Science Foundation Graduate Student Fellowship
2004-2005 UC Toxic Substance Teaching and Research Graduate Student Fellowship
2003 ARCS Foundation Fellowship (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists)
2002-2003 UC Santa Cruz Chancellor's Fellowship
2000 Sigma Xi Reed Memorial Award, honorary membership in Sigma Xi Scientific Society
2000 Mellon Memorial Research Grant
1999 Richter Research Grant
1999 Francis L. Town Award in Earth Sciences
PUBLICATIONS
McGinn, P.J., Dickinson, K.E., Park, K.C., Whitney, C.G., MacQuarrie, S.P., Black, F.J., Frigon, J.C., Guiot, S.R., and O'Leary, S.J.B, 2012. Assessment of the bioenergy and bioremediation potentials of the microalga Scenedesmus sp. AMDD cultivated in municipal wastewater effluent in batch and continuous mode. Algal Research, 1: 155-165.
Black, F.J., Poulin, B.A., and Flegal, A.R., 2012. Factors controlling the abiotic photo-demethylation of monomethylmercury in surface waters. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 84: 492-507.
Black, F.J., Conaway, C.H., and Flegal, A.R., 2012. Mercury in the marine environment. In: Mercury in the Environment: Pattern and Process, Michael S. Bank (Ed.), University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
Black, F.J., Bokhutlo, T., Somoxa, A., Maethamako, M., Modisaemang, O., Kemosedile, T., Cobb-Adams, C., Mosepele, K., and Chimbari, M., 2011. The tropical African mercury anomaly: lower than expected mercury concentrations in fish and human hair. Science of the Total Environment, 409: 1967–1975.
Quan, T., Yuh, P., and Black, F.J., 2010. Central Dog-ma Disease Detectives: A molecular biology inquiry activity for undergraduates. Learning from Inquiry in Practice Volume, University of California Press.
Conaway, C.H., Black, F.J., Weiss-Penzias, P., Gault-Ringold, M., and Flegal, A.R., 2010. Mercury speciation in Pacific coastal rainwater, Monterey Bay, California. Atmospheric Environment, 44: 1788-1797.
David, N., McKee, L.J., Black, F.J., Flegal, A.R., Conaway, C.H., Schoellhammer, D.H., and Ganju, N.K.,2009. Mercury concentrations and loads in a large river system tributary to San Francisco Bay, California, USA. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 28: 2091–2100
Black, F.J., Paytan, A., Knee, K.L., de Sieyes, N.R., Ganguli, P.M., Gray, E., and Flegal, A.R., 2009. Submarine groundwater discharge of total mercury and monomethylmercury to central California coastal waters. Environmental Science and Technology, 43: 5652–5659.
Black, F.J., Conaway, C.H., and Flegal, A.R., 2009. Stability of dimethyl mercury in seawater and its conversion to monomethyl mercury. Environmental Science and Technology, 43: 4056–4062.
Conaway, C.H., Black, F.J., Gault-Ringold, M., Pennington, J.T., Chavez, F.P., and Flegal, A.R., 2009. Dimethylmercury in coastal upwelling waters, Monterey Bay, California. Environmental Science and Technology, 43: 1305–1309.
Black, F.J., Gallon, C., and Flegal, A.R., 2008. Ecological Processes: Sediment Retention and Release. In: Encyclopedia of Ecology. Jorgensen, S.E. (Ed.), Elsevier Press.
Conaway, C.H., Black, F.J., Grieb, T.M, Roy, S., and Flegal, A.R., 2008. Mercury in the San Francisco Estuary. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 194: 29–48.
Black, F.J., Bruland, K.W., and Flegal, A.R., 2007. Competing ligand exchange-sold phase extraction method for the determination of the complexation of dissolved inorganic Hg(II) in natural waters. Analytica Chimica Acta, 598: 318–333.
Sigg, L, Black, F., Buffle, J., Cao, J., Cleaven, R., Davison, W., Galceran, J., Gunkel, P., Kalis, E., Kistler, D., Martin, M., Noel, S., Nur, Y, Odzak, N., Puy, J., Van Riemsdijk, W., Temminghoff, E., Tercier-Waeber, M.L., Toepperwien, S., Town, R.M., Unsworth, E., Warnken, K.W., Weng, L., Xue, H., Ozhang, A., 2006. Comparison of analytical techniques for dynamic trace metal speciation in natural freshwaters. Environmental Science and Technology, 40: 1934–1941.
Unsworth, E. R.; Warnken, K. W.; Zhang, H.; Davison, W.; Black, F.; Buffle, J.; Cao, J.; Cleven, R.; Galceran, J.; Gunkel, P.; Kalis, E.; Kistler, D.; van Leeuwen, H. P.; Martin, M.; Noel, S.; Nur, Y.; Odzak, N.; Puy, J.; van Riemsdijk, W.; Sigg, L.; Temminghoff, E.; Tercier-Waeber, M.-L.; Toepperwien, S.; Town, R. M.; Weng, L.; Xue, H., 2006. Model predictions of metal speciation in freshwaters compared to measurements by in-situ techniques. Environmental Science and Technology, 40: 1942–1949.
