Dr Divina Navarro
My name is Divina Navarro and I’m an environmental chemist. I currently have a joint appointment with the University of Adelaide and CSIRO Land and Water as a Lecturer and Research Scientist in Soil/Environmental Chemistry. I work with Prof. Mike McLaughlin’s Soil Chemistry and Fertiliser Group at the UofA, and the Contaminant Biogeochemistry and Environmental Toxicology Group at CSIRO Land and Water. For more information about the research that I do, please visit: https://environmentalnano.wordpress.com/
My current research interests are on the environmental application, risk assessment and safety of engineered nanomaterials in the terrestrial environment. My goal is to ensure that environmental applications of nanotechnology, particularly those that reach soils through agriculture and remediation, are developed safely.For more information about what I do please visit: https://environmentalnano.wordpress.com/
We are looking for potential graduate students!
Appointments
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Lecturer | University of Adelaide |
| 2015 | Research Scientist | CSIRO |
| 2003 - 2006 | Instructor | University of the Philippines |
Education
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 - 2011 | The State University of New York University at Buffalo | USA | PhD Chemistry |
| 1999 - 2003 | University of the Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños | Philippines | BS Chemistry |
Postgraduate Training
| Date | Title | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Fellow | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Canberra | Australia |
Certifications
| Date | Title | Institution name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licensed Chemist | Republic of the Philippines Professional Regulation Commission | Philippine |
Journals
| Date | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Doolette,C, Gupta,V, Lu,Y, Payne,J, Batstone,D, Kirby,J, Navarro,D, McLaughlin,M, 2016, Quantifying the sensitivity of soil microbial communities to silver sulfide nanoparticles using metagenome sequencing, PLoS ONE, 11, 8, e0161979-1-e0161979-20 10.1371/journal.pone.0161979 |
| 2016 | Navarro,DA, Kookana,RS, Mclaughlin,MJ, Kirby,JK, 2016, Fullerol as a potential pathway for mineralization of fullerene nanoparticles in biosolid-amended soils, Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 3, 1, 7-12 10.1021/acs.estlett.5b00292 |
| 2016 | Navarro,D, Kookana,R, McLaughlin,M, Kirby,J, 2016, Fate of radiolabeled C60 fullerenes in aged soils, Environmental Pollution, 221, 293-300 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.11.077 |
| 2015 | Doolette,C, McLaughlin,M, Kirby,J, Navarro,D, 2015, Bioavailability of silver and silver sulfide nanoparticles to lettuce (Lactuca sativa): effect of agricultural amendments on plant uptake, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 300, 788-795 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.08.012 |
| 2014 | Wegst-Uhrich,S, Navarro,D, Zimmerman,L, Aga,D, 2014, Assessing antibiotic sorption in soil: a literature review and new case studies on sulfonamides and macrolides, Chemistry Central Journal, 8, 1, 1-12 10.1186/1752-153X-8-5 |
| 2014 | Navarro,D, Kirby,J, McLaughlin,M, Waddington,L, Kookana,R, 2014, Remobilisation of silver and silver sulphide nanoparticles in soils, Environmental Pollution, 193, 102-110 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.06.008 |
| 2013 | Navarro,D, Kookana,R, Kirby,J, Martin,S, Shareef,A, Du,J, McLaughlin,M, 2013, Behaviour of fullerenes (C₆₀) in the terrestrial environment: potential release from biosolids-amended soils, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 262, 496-503 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.08.021 |
| 2013 | Batley,G, Halliburton,B, Kirby,J, Doolette,C, Navarro,D, McLaughlin,M, Veitch,C, 2013, Characterization and ecological risk assessment of nanoparticulate CeO₂ as a diesel fuel catalyst, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 32, 8, 1896-1905 10.1002/etc.2246 |
| 2013 | Clabeaux,BL, Navarro,DA, Aga,DS, Bisson,MA, 2013, Combined effects of cadmium and zinc on growth, tolerance, and metal accumulation in Chara australis and enhanced phytoextraction using EDTA, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 98, 236-243 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.08.014 |
| 2012 | Navarro,DA, Bisson,MA, Aga,DS, 2012, Investigating uptake of water-dispersible CdSe/ZnS quantum dot nanoparticles by Arabidopsis thaliana plants, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 211-212, 427-435 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.12.012 |
| 2011 | Navarro,DA, Depner,SW, Watson,DF, Aga,DS, Banerjee,S, 2011, Partitioning behavior and stabilization of hydrophobically coated HfO2, ZrO2 and HfxZr1−xO2 nanoparticles with natural organic matter reveal differences dependent on crystal structure, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 196, 302-310 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.09.028 |
| 2011 | Akaighe,N, MacCuspie,RI, Navarro,DA, Aga,DS, Banerjee,S, Sohn,M, Sharma,VK, 2011, Humic Acid-Induced Silver Nanoparticle Formation Under Environmentally Relevant Conditions, Environmental Science & Technology, 45, 9, 3895-3901 10.1021/es103946g |
| 2011 | Navarro,DA, Banerjee,S, Watson,DF, Aga,DS, 2011, Differences in Soil Mobility and Degradability between Water-Dispersible CdSe and CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots, Environmental Science & Technology, 45, 15, 6343-6349 10.1021/es201010f |
| 2011 | Clabeaux,BL, Navarro,DA, Aga,DS, Bisson,MA, 2011, Cd Tolerance and Accumulation in the Aquatic Macrophyte, Chara australis : Potential Use for Charophytes in Phytoremediation, Environmental Science & Technology, 45, 12, 5332-5338 10.1021/es200720u |
| 2010 | Navarro,DA, Banerjee,S, Aga,DS, Watson,DF, 2010, Partitioning of hydrophobic CdSe quantum dots into aqueous dispersions of humic substances: Influence of capping-group functionality on the phase-transfer mechanism, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 348, 1, 119-128 10.1016/j.jcis.2010.04.021 |
| 2009 | Navarro,DA, Watson,DF, Aga,DS, Banerjee,S, 2009, Natural Organic Matter-Mediated Phase Transfer of Quantum Dots in the Aquatic Environment, Environmental Science & Technology, 43, 3, 677-682 10.1021/es8017623 |
I teach in the Environmental Toxicology and Remediation Course (Winter School Break) together with Prof. Mike McLaughlin.
Other teaching interests: Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Toxicology, Contaminant Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, and General Chemistry.
- Emma Knight (Co-supervised with Prof Mike McLaughlin), PhD Soil Science student
- Supriya Lath (Co-supervised with Prof. Mike McLaughlin), PhD Soil Science student
- Casey Doolette (Co-supervised with Prof. Mike McLaughlin), PhD Soil Science, Graduated 2015, now with the Department of Environment (Canberra)
- Dissertation: Behaviour of silver and silver sulfide nanoparticles in the environment: Effects on wastewater treatment processes and soil organisms
Memberships
| Date | Role | Membership | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Member | Australian Soil Science Society | Australia |
| 2015 | Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - Nanotechnology Advisory Group | ||
| 2007 | Member | American Chemical Society |
Position
Lecturer
Phone
83138587
Campus
Waite - CSIRO
Building
Prescott Building
Org Unit
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine