Area(s) of Expertise

Using a metabolomic approach, her doctoral work focused on understanding allelopathic interactions in invasive plants and how fungal pathogens can modulate the plant host’s metabolome to escape detection. She has over six years of mass spectrometry and metabolomics experience focused on analyzing small molecules from various plant species. During her time at METRIC, Rebecca has worked on developing methods to quantify per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from either water and biological matrices.

Publications

• Detection and Quantitation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in North Carolina Sea Foam and the Corresponding Sea Water , Environmental Science & Technology (2025)
• Release of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from Municipal and Construction and Demolition Waste Landfills and Wastewater Treatment Plants in North Carolina , ACS ES&T Water (2025)
• Trophic transfer of per- and polyfluoroalkyl acids in a periphyton-mayfly-zebrafish food chain , Aquatic Toxicology (2025)
• Commercial compost amendments inhibit the bioavailability and plant uptake of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in soil-porewater-lettuce systems , Environment International (2024)
• Measurement of Hydro-EVE and 6:2 FTS in Blood from Wilmington, North Carolina, Residents, 2017–2018 , Environmental Health Perspectives (2024)
• Non-Targeted PFAS Suspect Screening and Quantification of Drinking Water Samples Collected through Community Engaged Research in North Carolina’s Cape Fear River Basin , Toxics (2024)
• Reanalysis of PFO5DoA Levels in Blood from Wilmington, North Carolina, Residents, 2017–2018 , Environmental Health Perspectives (2024)
• Development and validation of a high resolving power absolute quantitative per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances method incorporating Skyline data processing , Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry (2022)
• Recovery of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances after solvent evaporation , Environmental Science Processes & Impacts (2022)

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