Recent Publications
A. Refereed Publications
1.
J. Niu, P.E. Rasmussen, N. Hassan, R.
Vincent. Concentration Distribution and Bioaccessibility of Trace
Elements in Nano and Fine Urban Airborne Particulate Matter:
Influence of Particle Size. Water soil and air pollution, DOI
10.1007/s11270-010-0379-z.
2.
I. Gaabass, J. Murimboh, N. Hassan. A
study of diffusive gradients in thin films for the chemical
speciation of Zn(II), Cd(II), Pb(II), and Cu(II): The role of
kinetics. Water soil and air pollution,. 2009, 202,131–140.
3.
N.M. Hassan, J. Murimboh
and C.L. Chakrabarti. Kinetic speciation of Ni(II) in model
solutions and freshwaters: Competition of Al(III) and Fe(III).
Water soil and air pollution, 2008, 193, 131-146.
4.
Heidi Chen, Ewa Dabek-Zlotorzynska,
Pat E Rasmussen, Nouri Hassan, Monique Lanouette.
Evaluation of Semiquantitative Analysis
Mode in ICP-MS. Talanta, 2008, 74, 1547-1555.
5.
P.E. Rasmussen, A. J. Wheeler, N. M.
Hassan, A.Filiatreault and M.Lanouette. Monitoring personal,
indoor, and outdoor exposures to metals in airborne particulate
matter: risk of contamination during sampling, handling and
analysis. Atmospheric Environment, 2007, 41, 5897–5907.
6.
A. Elhassadi, N. Hassan, A.Darbi and
T. Viraraghavan. Transport of Manganese Across Supported Liquid
Membranes. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin. 2007, 16, 4,
415-420.
7.
Hassan, N.M., Rasmussen,
P.E., Dabek-Zlotorzynska, E., Chen, H, Celo. V. Microwave-assisted
digestion procedure for the determination of metals in urban dust
samples using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Water
Air and Soil Pollution, 2007, 178, 323–334.
8.
N. Hassan, J.D. Murimboh,
A.L.R. Sekaly, R. Mandal, C.L. Chakrabarti, and D.C. Grégoire.
Cascade ultrafiltration and competing ligand exchange for kinetic
speciation of aluminium, iron, and nickel in fresh water. Anal.
Bioanal. Chem., 2006,384, 1558-1566.
9.
P.E. Rasmussen, R. Dugandzic, N. Hassan,
J. Murimboh, and D.C. Grégoire. Challenges in Quantifying Airborne
Metal Concentrations in Residential Environments. Can. J. Anal.
Sci. Spectrosc., 2006, 51, 1-8.
10.
J.W. Guthrie, N.M. Hassan, M.S.A. Salam, I.I. Fasfous,
C.A. Murimboh, J. Murimboh, C.L. Chakrabarti and D.C. Grégoire.
Complexation of Ni, Cu, Zn, and Cd by DOC in some metal-impacted
freshwater lakes: a comparison of approaches using electrochemical
determination of free-metal-ion and labile complexes and a computer
speciation model, WHAM V and VI. Anal. Chim. Acta., 2005,
528, 205-218.
11.
I.I. Fasfous, T. Yapici, J. Murimboh, N.M. Hassan, C.L.
Chakrabarti, M.H. Back, D.R.S. Lean and D.C. Grégoire. Kinetics of
trace metal competition in the freshwater environment: Some
characteristic features. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2004,
38, 4979-4986.
12.
A.L.R. Sekaly, J. Murimboh, M.E. Ben Younes, N.M. Hassan,
R. Mandal, C.L. Chakrabarti, M.H. Back and D.C. Grégoire. Kinetic
speciation of Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) in model solutions
and freshwaters: Lability and the d-electron configuration.
Environ. Sci. Technol., 2003, 37, 68-74.
13.
J.W. Guthrie, R. Mandal, M.S.A. Salam, N.M. Hassan, J.
Murimboh, C.L. Chakrabarti, M.H. Back and D.C. Grégoire. Kinetic
studies of nickel speciation in model solutions of a
well-characterized humic acid using the competing ligand exchange
method. Anal. Chim. Acta, 2003, 480, 157-169.
14.
R. Mandal, N.M. Hassan, J. Murimboh, C.L. Chakrabarti,
U. Rahayu, D.R.S. Lean and D.C. Grégoire. Chemical speciation and
toxicity of nickel species in freshwaters waters from the Sudbury
(Canada) area. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2002, 36,
1477-1484.
15.
M.T. Lam, J. Murimboh, N.M. Hassan and C.L. Chakrabarti,
Kinetic speciation of lead and cadmium in freshwaters using Square
Wave Anodic Stripping Voltammetry with a Thin Mercury Film Rotating
Disk Electrode. Electroanalysis, 2001, 13,
94-99.
16.
J. Murimboh, M.T. Lam, N.M. Hassan and C.L. Chakrabarti.
A study of Nafion-coated and uncoated thin mercury film-rotating
disk electrodes for cadmium and lead speciation in model solutions
of fulvic acid. Anal. Chim. Acta, 2000, 423,
115-126.
17.
R. Mandal, M.S.A. Salam, J. Murimboh, N.M. Hassan, C.L.
Chakrabarti and M.H. Back, Competition of Ca(II) and Mg(II) with
Ni(II) for binding by a well-characterized fulvic acid in model
solutions. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2000, 34,
2201-2208.
18.
M.T. Lam, J. Murimboh, N.M. Hassan and C.L. Chakrabarti.
Competitive Ligand Exchange / Adsorptive Cathodic Stripping
Voltammetry (CLE/AdCSV) for kinetic studies of nickel speciation in
aqueous environmental samples containing heterogeneous,
macromolecular, organic complexants. Anal. Chim. Acta,
1999, 402, 195-209.
19.
A.L.R. Sekaly, R. Mandal, N.M. Hassan, J.
Murimboh, C.L. Chakrabarti, M.H. Back, D.C. Grégoire and W.H.
Schroeder. Effect of metal/fulvic acid mole ratios on the binding of
Ni(II), Pb(II), Cu(II), Cd(II), and Al(III) by two
well-characterized fulvic acids in aqueous model solutions. Anal.
Chim. Acta, 1999, 402, 211-221.
20.
R. Mandal, A.L.R. Sekaly, N.M. Hassan, J. Murimboh,
C.L. Chakrabarti, M.H. Back, D.C. Grégoire and W.H. Schroeder.
Effect of the competition of copper and cobalt on the lability of
nickel (II)-organic ligand complexes. Part I. In model solutions
containing Ni(II) and a well-characterized fulvic acid. Anal.
Chim. Acta, 1999, 395, 309-322.
21.
R. Mandal, A.L.R. Sekaly, N.M. Hassan, J. Murimboh,
C.L. Chakrabarti, M.H. Back, D.C. Grégoire and W.H. Schroeder.
Effect of the competition of copper and cobalt on the lability of
nickel (II)-organic ligand complexes, Part II: in freshwaters
(Rideau River surface waters). Anal. Chim. Acta, 1999,
395, 323-334.
B. Invited Presentations
Seminar. P.E. Rasmussen, A. Wheeler,
N. Hassan, A. Filiatreault, M. Lanouette, and M. Nugent.
Refined analysis and characterization methods form metals in urban
residential air. Metals in the Human Environment Symposium,
Gatineau, QC, January 24-25, 2006.
Invited. N.
Hassan, P.E. Rasmussen, R. Vincent, J.
Guénette, and D.J. MacIntyre. Micro-Orifice Uniform
Deposit Impactor (MOUDI) for the characterization of metal
distribution in size-fractionated urban air particle samples.
Federation of Analytical Chemistry & Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS)
2005, Quebec City, QC, October 9-13, 2005.
Invited. N.M. Hassan,
M. Lanouette, P.E. Rasmussen, V. Celo, H. Chen, and E.
Dabek-Zlotorzynska. Microwave-assisted digestion procedure for
the determination of metals in urban dust samples using inductively
coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). In: Health Canada
Research Forum, Ottawa, ON, October 18-19, 2004.
Invited. N.M. Hassan,
P.E. Rasmussen, E. Dabek-Zlotorzynska, H. Chen, M. Lanouette, and V.
Celo. Routine determination of metals in urban dust samples using
microwave-assisted nitric acid digestion and inductively coupled
plasma mass spectrometry. 87th Canadian Society for Chemistry
(CSC) Conference, London, ON, May 29 - June 1, 2004.
Invited. N.M. Hassan, J. Murimboh,
L. Si, C.L. Chakrabarti, and D.C. Grégoire. Metal Speciation
Dynamics in Freshwaters: A Kinetic Exploration. 86th
Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC) Conference, Ottawa, ON, August
10-15, 2003.
Invited. N.M. Hassan,
J. Murimboh, C.L. Chakrabarti, D.R.S. Lean, and D.C. Grégoire.
Kinetics of Trace metal Competition in the freshwater Environment:
Some Fundamental Characteristics. Varian Day Symposium. Ottawa,
ON, April 20, 2003. Awarded 1st Prize for Best Student
Oral Presentation.
Invited. N.M. Hassan, J. Murimboh,
F. Raoufi, A. Jamaluddin, L. Si, and C.L. Chakrabarti. Speciation
parameters for characterization of Ni, Cu, Pb and Zn species in lake
waters, soil pore waters and throughfall samples. 85th
Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC) Conference, Vancouver, BC, June
1-5, 2002.
Invited. N.M. Hassan, J. Murimboh,
and C.L. Chakrabarti. Metal Speciation in the Natural
Environment: Some Recent Results. Ottawa-Carleton Chemistry
Institute (OCCI) Symposium, Ottawa, ON, May 4-6, 2002.
Invited. N.M. Hassan, J. Murimboh,
and C.L. Chakrabarti. Metal Speciation in Freshwaters system.
Varian Day Symposium. Ottawa, ON, April 30, 2002.
Invited. N.M. Hassan, J. Murimboh,
J. Guthrie, D. Lean, R. Mandal, and C.L. Chakrabarti.
Effect of UV Irradiation on Nickel and Copper Speciation in
Raisin River Water Samples. 6th
International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements,
Guelph, ON, July 29 – August 2, 2001.
Invited. M. Hassan, J. Murimboh,
J. Guthrie, D.R.S. Lean, R. Mandal, and C.L. Chakrabarti.
Effect of UV-B Radiation on Nickel and Copper
Speciation in Raisin River Water Samples. Varian
Day Symposium. Ottawa, ON, April 30, 2001.
Invited. N.M. Hassan, J. Murimboh,
R. Mandal, J. Guthrie, C.L. Chakrabarti, M.H. Back, and D.C.
Grégoire. Kinetic Speciation of Al, Fe and Ni in Freshwaters
using Competing Ligand Exchange Method (CLEM). 46th
International Conference on Analytical Sciences and Spectroscopy
(ICASS), August 13-16, 2000, Winnipeg, MB.
Invited. N.M. Hassan, J. Murimboh,
D.C. Grégoire and C.L. Chakrabarti. Kinetic Speciation of Al, Fe
and Ni in Freshwaters by Cascade Ultrafiltration. Varian Day
Symposium. Ottawa, ON, April 30, 2000.
Invited. N.M. Hassan, J.W.
Guthrie, R. Mandal, J. Murimboh, M.A. Salam, C.L. Chakrabarti, M.H.
Back, and D.C. Grégoire. Competing Ligand Exchange Method (CLEM)
with GFAAS or AdCSV for Determining the Speciation of Al, Cu, Fe and
Ni in Ultrafiltered Fractions of Natural Water samples. XXVI
Annual Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and
Spectroscopy Societies, Vancouver, BC, October 25-29, 1999.
Invited. N.M. Hassan, R. Mandal,
and C.L. Chakrabarti. Competitive Binding of Al, Cd, Ni, Cu
and Pb by a Well-Characterized Fuvlic Acid Model Solutions. 44th
ICASS, Kingston, ON, August 9-12, 1998.
C. Non-Peer Reviewed Literature
1.
J. Murimboh and N.M. Hassan. ICASS
2000 in Winnipeg! L’Actualite chimique canadienne—Canadian
Chemical News, 2000, 52, 37.
Other Refereed Contributions
2.
N.M. Hassan, L. Kraeme, W. Zheng,
H. Hintelmann, D. Evans, P.J. Dillon, Hiriart-Baer, Veronique.
Mercury isotope fractionation in the Hamilton Harbour (Burlington,
Ontario, Canada). The 9th International Conference on
Mercury as a Global Pollutant (9th ICMGP), Guiyang,
China, June 7-12, 2009.
3.
E. Fjeld, S. Rognerud, N. Hassan, B. Skjelkvaale,
O. Roeyseth, G. Christensen, P.J. Dillon. A national survey of
mercury in Norwegian lake sediments, 2004–2006. The 9th
International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (9th
ICMGP), Guiyang, China, June 7-12, 2009.
4.
Q. Xie, N.M. Hassan,
H. Hintelmann, D. Evans, P.J. Dillon. Analysis of Sr and Pb isotope
ratios in wine by MC-ICP-MS. Goldschmidt 2008, Vancouver, BC, July
13-18 2008.
5.
N.M. Hassan, L.
Molot, Q. Xie, P.J. Dillon. Fe isotope composition of seston from
Canadian lakes: implications for Fe chemistry and bioavailability.
Goldschmidt 2008, Vancouver, BC, July 13-18 2008.
6.
N.M. Hassan, P.J. Dillon, E. Epova, D.
Foucher, E. Fjelf, S. Rognerud, B.L. Skjelkvaale.
Measurement of high-precision isotope ratios for
mercury from lake sediments using cold-vapor generation MC-ICP-MS.
The 2007 European Winter Plasma Conference, Taromina, Italy,
February 18-23, 2007.
7.
Rasmussen, P.E., Ch[1]enier,
M., Niu, J., Hassan, N., 2007b. Characterization of metals in
indoor particles: development of methods to determine the
relationship between particle size and solubility. Metals in the
human environment NSERC research network symposium (MITHE-2007),
Aylmer, QC, Jan. 23-24, I1.
8.
N.M. Hasssan,
Rasmussen P.E., Dabek-Zlotorzynska E., Vincent R., Guénette J., Liao
X., MacIntyre DJ. Use of Micro-Orifice Uniform Deposit
Impactor (MOUDI), Microwave Digestion, and ICP-MS Instrumentation to
Characterize Metal Distribution in Size-Fractionated Urban Air
Particle Samples. 89th Canadian Society
for Chemistry (CSC) Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 27-31,
2006.
9.
P.E. Rasmussen, A. Wheeler, N. Hassan, A. Filiatreault,
and M. Lanouette. Assessing Personal
Exposure to Metals in Airborne Particulate Matter: Challenges and
Solutions. 89th Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC) Conference,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 27-31, 2006.
10.
J. Guthrie, N.M. Hassan,
M.S.A. Salam, I.I. Fasfous, C.A. Murimboh, J.D. Murimboh, and C.L.
Chakrabarti. Complexation of Ni, Cu, Zn, and Cd in Freshwater
Lakes: A Comparison of Approaches using Electrochemical
Determination of free-Metal Ion and labile Complexes and a
Speciation Model, WHAM V and VI. 89th
Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC) Conference, Halifax, Nova
Scotia, May 27-31, 2006.
11.
P.E. Rasmussen, N. Hassan, M. Nugent, M.
Lanouette and M. Chénier. Affecting
Bioaccessibility of Metals in Household Dust. 89th Canadian Society
for Chemistry (CSC) Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 27-31,
2006.
12.
P. E. Rasmussen, A. Wheeler, N. Hassan, A. Filiatreault
and M. Lanouette. Development of SOP for
Personal, Indoor and Outdoor Monitoring of Airborne Metals.
Agenda for the Health
Canada-US EPA (Windsor/Detroit Studies) Workshop, Cadillac Place,
Detroit, Michigan, USA, October 21, 2005.
13.
P. E. Rasmussen, A. Wheeler, N. Hassan, A. Filiatreault
and M. Lanouette. Development of
analytical and sampling protocols for personal, indoor and outdoor
monitoring of airborne metals and PM2.5
in Windsor residential environments. Health Canada Research
Forum, Ottawa, ON, Canada, October 24-25, 2005.
14.
Hassan, N.M.,
Rasmussen, P.E., Dabek-Zlotorzynska, E., Chen, H, Lanouette, M.,
Celo, V., Mathieu, D., Vincent, R.,
Relationships between aerodynamic particle size and metal
concentrations in urban dust samples using Inductively Coupled
Plasma Mass Spectrometry, X-ray Fluorescence and a Micro-Orifice
Uniform Deposit Impactor. Plasma Winter Conference 2005,
Budapest, Hungary, Jan. 29th –Feb. 3, 2005.
15.
N.M. Hassan,
M. Lanouette, P.E. Rasmussen, V. Celo, H. Chen, and E.
Dabek-Zlotorzynska. Microwave-assisted digestion procedure for the
determination of metals in urban dust samples using inductively
coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). In: Health Canada
Research Forum, Ottawa. ON, October 18-19, 2004
16.
H. Chen, E. Dabek-Zlotorzynska,
N.M. Hassan, P.E. Rasmussen, and M. Lanouette.
Evaluation of semi-quantitative mode in trace
element determination by inductively coupled plasma mass
spectrometry in the event of a chemical emergency. In: Health
Canada Research Forum, Ottawa. ON, October 18-19, 2004
17.
N.M., Hassan, M.
Lanouette, P.E. Rasmussen, V. Celo, H. Chen, and E.
Dabek-Zlotorzynska Determination of Metals in Urban Dust Samples
Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry : Influence of
Microwave Digestion Procedures. Federation of Analytical
Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) 2004,
Portland, OR, October 03-07, 2004
18.
H. Chen, and E.
Dabek-Zlotorzynska, N.M., Hassan, M. Lanouette, P.E.
Rasmussen, Semi Quantitation Mode in
Modern ICP-MS for the Determination of Trace Elements in Routine
Laboratories. Federation of Analytical
Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies
(FACSS) 2004, Portland, OR , October 03-07, 2004
19.
N.M. Hassan,
R. Mandal and C.L. Chakrabarti. Kinetic Speciation of aluminium,
Cadmium, Nickel, Copper, and Lead in Fulvic Acid Model Solutions.
In: Proceedings of EnviroAnalysis’98. The Biennial International
Conference on Chemical Measurement and Monitoring of the Environment,
Eds. R. Clement and R. Burk, Ottawa, ON, May 11-14, 1998, pp.
603-609. (Ph.D. work)
20.
C.L.
Chakrabarti, M.T. Lam, J. Murimboh, A.L.R. Sekaly, R. Mandal,
N.M. Hassan, D.C. Grégoire, J.Y. Lu and W.H. Schroeder. A novel
scheme for chemical speciation of potentially toxic metals and
metalloids in aqueous environmental samples. In: Proceedings of
EnviroAnalysis’98. The Biennial International Conference on Chemical
Measurement and Monitoring of the Environment, Eds. R. Clement
and R. Burk, May 11-14, 1998, Ottawa, ON, pp. 569-580.
21.
A.A. El-Hassadi, A.M. Derbi and
N.M. Hassan. Fundemental
Studies on the Transport of Iron across Supported Liquid Membrane.
Tunisia-Libya Seminar on Chemical Engieering, 1991,
Gabes, Tunisia. (M. Sc. Work)
22.
N.M. Hassan
and A.A. El-Hassadi. Separation of Manganese by
using Supported Liquid Membrane (SLM). 9th Arabic Chemical
Conference. 1990, Kuwait. (M. Sc. Work).