Full up-to-date list is easily accessible on my Google Scholar page.
Most have open access preprints or postprints linked below if they are not open access themselves. If you cannot access a publication, please contact me.
Bold are Joudan lab members. Undergrads are italicized. *denotes corresponding author(s)
Preprints
1. Zhefei Guo,‡ Genviève W. Tremblay,‡ Jingdan Chen, Shira Joudan.* Spontaneous aqueous defluorination of trifluoromethylphenols: Substituent effects and revisiting the mechanism. ChemRxiv. ‡co-first authors
Peer-Reviewed Publications
13. Zhefei Guo, Azka A. Attar, Qiqige Qiqige, Rylan J. Lundgren, Shira Joudan*. Photochemical formation of trifluoroacetic acid: Mechanistic insights into a fluoxetine-related aryl-CF3 compound. Environmental Science & Technology, 2025, 59 (2), 1367-1377. [first posted to ChemRxiv]
12. Cora J. Young*, Shira Joudan, Ye Tao, Jeremy J.B. Wentzell, John Liggio*. High time resolution ambient observations of gas-phase perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids: Implications for atmospheric sources. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2024, 11 (12), 1348-1354. [first posted to ChemRxiv].
11. Shira Joudan*, Jeremy Gauthier, Scott A. Mabury, Cora J. Young*. Aqueous leaching of ultrashort-chain PFAS from (fluoro)polymers: Targeted and nontargeted analysis. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2024, 11 (3), 237-242.
10. Shira Joudan, Holly Barrett, Amila O. De Silva, Shane R. de Solla, Hui Peng, Jessica C. D’eon*. Measuring perfluoroalkyl acid contamination at a local hot spot: An authentic field-based laboratory experience in a senior analytical environmental chemistry course. Journal of Chemical Education, 2022, 99, 4032-4042.
9. Shira Joudan*, John J. Orlando, Geoffrey S. Tyndall, Teles C. Furlani, Cora J. Young, Scott A. Mabury. Atmospheric fate of a new polyfluoroalkyl building block, C3F7OCHFCF2SCH2CH2OH. Environmental Science & Technology, 2022, 56, 6027-6035.
Invitation to S.J. for special issue “Emerging Contaminants: Fluorinated Alternatives to Existing PFAS Compounds”.
8. Shira Joudan* & Scott A. Mabury. Aerobic biodegradation of a novel polyfluorinated surfactant using wastewater treatment plant sludge. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 2022, 24, 62-71.
Selected as an ESPI Recent HOT Article
7. Andrew P. Folkerson*, Shira Joudan, Scott A. Mabury, Jessica C. D’eon. In vivo biotransformation of a novel fluorinated surfactant. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, 2021, 40, 3328-3336.
6. Shira Joudan, Amila O. De Silva, Cora J. Young*. Insufficient evidence for the existence of natural trifluoroacetic acid. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2021, 23, 1641-1649. [open access postprint]
Awarded best review paper of 2021 from the journal: doi:10.1039/D2EA90011D
5. Shira Joudan*, Runzeng Liu, Jessica C. D’eon, Scott A. Mabury. Unique analytical considerations for laboratory studies identifying metabolic products of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2020, 124, 11543.
4. Shouming Zhou, Shira Joudan, Matthew W. Forbes, Zilin, Zhou, Jonathan P.D. Abbatt*. Reaction of condensed-phase Creigee intermediates with carboxylic acids and perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2019, 6, 243-250. [open access postprint]
3. Jonathan K. Challis, Leah D. Cuscito, Shira Joudan, Kim H. Luong, Charles W. Knapp, Mark L. Hanson, Charles S. Wong*. Inputs, source apportionment, and transboundary transport of pesticides and other polar organic contaminants along the lower Red River, Manitoba, Canada. Science of The Total Environment, 2018, 635(1), 803-816.
2. Shira Joudan*, Leo W.Y. Yeung, Scott A. Mabury. Biological cleavage of the C-P bond in perfluoroalkyl phosphinic acids in Sprague Dawley rats and the formation of persistent and reactive metabolites. Environmental Health Perspectives, 2017, 125(11), 117001. (open access)
1. Julie C. Anderson, Shira Joudan, Eira Shoichet, Leah D. Cuscito, Ayana E.C. Alipio, Craig S. Donaldson, Sadia Khan, Douglas M. Goltz, Martina D. Rudy, Richard A. Frank, Charles W. Knapp, Mark L. Hanson, Charles S. Wong*. Reducing nutrients, organic micropollutants, antibiotic resistance, and toxicity in rural wastewater effluent with subsurface filtration treatment technology. Ecological Engineering, 2015, 84, 375-385.
Non Peer-Reviewed Publications
2. Carrie A. McDonough*, Shira Joudan, Natalia Soares Quinete, Xiaomeng Wang. Transformation of environmental contaminants: Uncovering mechanisms, identifying novel products, and understanding environmental implications. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2024, 43 (11), 2249-2251. Intro to special issue as guest editors.
1. Shira Joudan, & Rylan J. Lundgren. Taking the “F” out of forever chemicals. Science. 2022, 377, 816-817.
Featured in UAlberta’s Folio news
Featured in UAlberta’s student newspaper The Gateway
Shira’s Thesis columns in Nature Chemistry
Shira writes a column for the Thesis section in Nature Chemistry about their career and environmental chemistry. You can find them here:
10. Joudan, S.* Evolving learning styles. Nature Chemistry. 2024, 16, 1927-1928. open access link
9. Joudan, S.* A new research group’s first conferences. Nature Chemistry. 2024, 16, 1385-1386. open access link
8. Joudan, S.* How we talk about harmful chemicals in the environment. Nature Chemistry. 2024, 16, 839-840. open access link
7. Joudan, S.* The importance of community as a pre-tenure faculty member. Nature Chemistry. 2024, 16, 297-298. open access link
6. Joudan, S.* The joys and challenges of teaching for the first time. Nature Chemistry. 2023, 15, 1651-1652. open access link
5. Joudan, S.* Learning when to say ‘yes’ and when to say ‘no’. Nature Chemistry. 2023, 15, 1197-1198. open access link
4. Joudan, S.* Making a start on the tenure track. Nature Chemistry. 2023, 15, 743-744. open access link
3. Joudan, S.* Working towards a new job. Nature Chemistry. 2023, 15, 295-296. open access link
2. Joudan, S.* Postdoc progression. Nature Chemistry. 2022, 14, 1089-1090. open access link
1. Joudan, S.*. My pandemic postdoc. Nature Chemistry. 2022, 14, 591-593. open access link
Book chapters
1. Shields, S.W.J.; Canez, C.R.; Wasslen, K.V.; Lee, H.; Stalinski, D.; Trouborst, L.; Joudan, S.; Whitton, S.; Weinert, H.P.; Manthorpe, J.M.; Smith, J.C.* Enhancing the Analysis of Complex Lipid Samples Through Developments in Chromatography and Chemical Derivatization. In Molecular Technologies for Detection of Chemical and Biological Agents. Banoub, J.H.; Caprioli, R.M., Eds.; NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology. Springer, Dordrecht, 2017: pp 177-206. doi: 10.1007/978-94-024-1113-3_11