Boris van Breukelen, Ph.D.

Assistant professor

International Master Program in Hydrology

Department of Hydrology and Geo-Environmental Sciences

Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences (FALW)
VU University Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1085
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Phone: +31-20-5987393
Fax: +31-20-5989940
e-mail: boris dot van dot breukelen at falw dot vu dot nl

Research activities

· Biogeochemistry and natural attenuation of landfill leachate, chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons, and petroleum hydrocarbon plumes

· Reactive transport modeling (PHREEQC, PHT3D)

· Applications of isotopes in soil and groundwater pollution research

· Microbial ecology in relation to biogeochemistry

Teaching

· Hydrochemistry & Reactive transport modeling (PHREEQC)

· Contaminant Hydrogeology

· Field courses (The Netherlands & Portugal)

Ph.D. thesis (2003)

Natural Attenuation of Landfill Leachate: a Combined Biogeochemical Process Analysis and Microbial Ecology Approach

Publications

2009		Hunkeler, D., van Breukelen, B.M., Elsner, M., 2009. Modeling chlorine isotope trends during sequential transformation of chlorinated ethenes. Environmental Science and Technology, 43(17), 6750–6756.
2009		Mangimbulude, J.C., van Breukelen, B.M., Krave, A.S., van Straalen N.M., Röling, W.F.M., 2009. Seasonal dynamics in leachate hydrochemistry and natural attenuation in surface run-off water from a tropical landfill. Waste Management, 29(2): 829-838.
2008		Brad, T., van Breukelen, B.M., Braster, M., van Straalen, N.M. and Roling, W.F.M., 2008. Spatial heterogeneity in sediment-associated bacterial and eukaryotic communities in a landfill leachate-contaminated aquifer. Fems Microbiology Ecology, 65(3): 534-543.
2008		Brad, T., Braster, M., van Breukelen, B.M., van Straalen, N.M. and Roling, W.F.M., 2008. Eukaryotic diversity in an anaerobic aquifer polluted with landfill leachate. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 74(13): 3959-3968.
2008		Van Breukelen, B.M., Prommer, H., 2008. Beyond the Rayleigh equation: reactive transport modeling of isotope fractionation effects to improve quantification of biodegradation. Environmental Science and Technology, 42(7), 2457-2463.
2007		Van Breukelen, B.M., 2007. Quantifying the degradation and dilution contribution to natural attenuation of contaminants by means of an open system Rayleigh equation. Environmental Science and Technology, 41(14), 4980-4985.
2007		Van Breukelen, B.M., 2007. Extending the Rayleigh equation to allow competing isotope fractionating pathways to improve quantification of biodegradation. Environmental Science and Technology, 41(11), 4004-4010.
2007		Lin, B., Braster, M., Röling, W.F.M., van Breukelen, B.M., 2007. Iron-reducing microorganisms in a landfill leachate-polluted aquifer: complementing culture-independent information with enrichments and isolations. Geomicrobiology Journal, 24: 283-294.
2007		Röling, W.F.M., van Breukelen, B.M., Bruggeman, F.J., Westerhoff, H.V., 2007. Ecological control analysis: Being(s) in control of mass flux and metabolite concentrations in anaerobic degradation processes. Environmental Microbiology, 9(2), 500-511.
2005		Mouser, P.J., Rizzo, D.M., Röling, W.F.M., van Breukelen, B.M., 2005. A multivariate statistical approach to spatial representation of groundwater contamination using hydrochemistry and microbial community profiles. Environmental Science and Technology, 39(19), 7551- 7559.
2005		Lin, B., Braster, M., van Breukelen, B.M., van Verseveld, H.W., Westerhoff, H.V., Röling, W.F.M., 2005. Geobacteraceae community composition is related to hydrochemistry and biodegradation in an iron-reducing aquifer polluted by a neighboring landfill. Applied and Environmental. Microbiology, 71(10): 5983-5991.
2005		Van Breukelen, B.M., Hunkeler, D., Volkering, F., 2005. Quantification of sequential chlorinated ethene degradation by use of a reactive transport model incorporating isotope fractionation. Environmental Science and Technology, 39(11): 4189-4197.
2004		Van Breukelen, B.M., Griffioen, J., 2004. Biogeochemical processes at the fringe of a landfill leachate pollution plume: potential for dissolved organic carbon, Fe(II), Mn(II), NH₄ and CH₄ oxidation. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 73(1-4): 181-205.
2004		Van Breukelen, B.M., Griffioen, J., Röling, W.F.M., Van Verseveld, H.W., 2004. Reactive transport modelling of biogeochemical processes and carbon isotope geochemistry inside a landfill leachate plume. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 70(3-4): 249-269.
2003		Van Breukelen, B.M., Röling, W.F.M., Groen, J., Griffioen, J., Van Verseveld, H.W., 2003. Biogeochemistry and isotope geochemistry of a landfill leachate plume. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 65(3-4): 245-268.
2002		Mancini, S.A., Lacrampe-Couloume, G., Jonker, H., Van Breukelen, B.M., Groen, J., Volkering, F., Lollar, B.S., 2002. Hydrogen isotopic enrichment: An indicator of biodegradation at a petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated field site. Environmental Science & Technology, 36(11): 2464-2470.
2001		Röling, W.F.M., Van Breukelen, B.M., Braster, M., Lin, B., Van Verseveld, H.W., 2001. Relationships between microbial community structure and hydrochemistry in a landfill leachate-polluted aquifer. Applied and Environmental. Microbiology, 67(10): 4619-4629.
2000		Röling, W.F.M., Van Breukelen, B.M., Braster, M., Goeltom, M.T., Groen, J., Van Verseveld, H.W., 2000. Analysis of microbial communities in a landfill leachate polluted aquifer using a new method for anaerobic physiological profiling and 16S rDNA based fingerprinting. Microbial Ecology, 40(3): 177-188.
2000		Röling, W.F.M., Van Breukelen, B.M., Braster, M., Van Verseveld, H.W., 2000. Linking microbial community structure to pollution: Biolog-substrate utilization in and near a landfill leachate plume. Water Science and Technology, 41(12): 47-53.
1998		Van Breukelen, B.M., Appelo, C.A.J., Olsthoorn, T.N., 1998. Hydrogeochemical transport modeling of 24 years of Rhine water infiltration in the dunes of the Amsterdam water supply. Journal of Hydrology, 209(1-4): 281-296.

Publications [in Dutch]

2007	Volkering, F., van Breukelen, B.M., Gemoets, J., Veld, H., 2007. Nieuwe inzichten in de natuurlijke afbraak van chloorkoolwaterstoffen. Bodem, 17(4): 169-171. [In Dutch]
2007	Drijver, B., Kappelhof, J., Polman, E., van Breukelen, B.M., 2007. Methaanwinning uit grondwater: duurzaam alternatief met economisch perspectief. H₂O, 40(19): 52-55. [In Dutch]

Selection of Reports

2005	Van Breukelen, B.M., 2005. Het zelfreinigend vermogen van de bodem als beheersmaatregel voor afstromend wegwater. In opdracht van Rijkswaterstaat. [in Dutch]
2002	Jonker, H., van Breukelen, B.M., Groen, J., Volkering, F., 2002. Isotopen analyse bij onderzoek naar bodem- en grondwaterverontreinigingen. SV-206, SKB, Gouda, the Netherlands. [in Dutch]

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