Steven Geis, M.S.

Contact Information

Title

• Supervisor, Organic Chemistry & Environmental Toxicology

Education

• MS, Water Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Madison
• BS, Water Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

Fields of Interests

• Environmental Organic Chemistry
• Endocrine Disruptors
• Whole Effluent Toxicity Tests
• Sediment Toxicity Tests
• Algal Toxins 

Select Publications

• Corsi, SR, Geis, SW, Bowman, G, Failey, GG, Rutter, TD. 2009. Aquatic Toxicity of Airfield-Pavement Deicer Materials and Implications for Airport Runoff. Environmental Science & Technology. Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 40-46.
• Wang, N., Augspurger, T., Barnhart, M. C., Bidwell, J.R., Cope, W.G., Dwyer, F.J., Geis, S., Greer, I.E., Ingersoll, C.G., Kane, C.M., May, T.W., Neves, R.J., Newton, T.J., Roberts, A.D., and Whites, D.W. 2007. Intra- and Interlaboratory Variability in Acute Toxicity Tests with Glochidia and Juveniles of Freshwater Mussels (Unionidae). Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 26, No. 10, pp. 2029-2035.
• Guo, T., Geis, S., Hedman, C., Arndt, M., Sonzogni, W. 2007. Characterization of ethyl chloroformate derivative of beta-methylamino-L-alanine. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. Vol. 18 No. 5, pp. 817-825.
• Corsi, S.R., Geis, S.W., Loyo-Rosales, J.E., and Rice, C.P. 2006. Aquatic Toxicity of Nine Aircraft Deicer and Anti-Icer Formulations and Relative Toxicity of Additive Package Ingredients Alkylphenol Ethoxylates and 4,5-Methyl-1H-benzotriazoles. Environmental Science & Technology. Vol. 40. pp. 7409-7415.
• Corsi, S.R., Harwell, G.R., Geis, S.W., and Bergman, D. 2006. Impacts of aircraft deicer and anti-icer runoff on receiving waters from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, USA. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry. Vol. 25, No. 11, pp. 2890-2900.
• Corsi, S.R, S.W. Geis, Loyo-Rosales, J.E., Sheesley, R.J., Failey, G.G., and Cancilla, D.A. 2006. Characterization of Aircraft Deicer and Anti-Icer Components and Toxicity in Airport Snowbanks and Snowmelt Runoff. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry. Vol xx. No. x, pp. xx.
• Sheesley, RJ, Schauer, JJ, Hemming, JD, Geis, SW, Barman, MA., 2005. Seasonal and spatial relationship of chemistry and toxicity in atmospheric particulate matter using aquatic bioassays. Environ. Sci Technol. Vol. 39, pp. 999-1010.
• Harrahy, E. A.; Barman, M.; Geis, S.; Hemming, J.; Karner, D., and Mager, A. (Harrahy EA/Wisconsin Dept Nat Resources/Bur Watershed Management/101 S Webster St/Madison,WI 53702 USA). Effects of ammonia on the early life stages of northern pike (Esox lucius). Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 2004; 72(6)1290-1296; ISSN 0007-4861
• Geis, SW, Fleming, K, Mager, A, Reynolds, L. 2003. Modifications to the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) chronic test method to remove mortality due to pathogenic organisms. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry. Vol 22, No. 10 pp. 2400-2404.
• Rebecca J. Sheesley, James J. Schauer, Jocelyn D. Hemming, Miel A. Barman, Steven W. Geis, and James J. Tortorelli. Toxicity of ambient atmospheric particulate matter from the Lake Michigan (USA) airshed to aquatic organisms. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry: Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 133-140.
• Cancilla, DA, Baird, JC, Geis, SW, Corsi SR. 2003. Studies of the environmental fate and effect of aircraft deicing fluids: detection of 5-methyl-1H-benzotriazole in the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas). Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry. Vol 22, No. 1 pp. 134-140.
• Amrhein J.F. and S. W. Geis. 2001. Mercury Concentrations in Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) from Vilas County, Wisconsin: 1920s versus 1980s. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology. Vol 66. No. 5, pp. 638-645.
• Corsi, S.R., D.W. Hall, and S.W. Geis. 2001. Aircraft and Runway Deicers at General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. 2. Toxicity of Aircraft and Runway Deicers. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry. Vol 20. No. 7, pp. 1483-1490.
• Geis, S.W., K. Fleming, E. Korthals, G. Searle, L. Reynolds, and D. Karner. 2000. Modifications to the Algal Growth Inhibition Test for Use as a Regulatory Assay. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Vol 19. No. 1, pp. 36-41.
• Masnado, R.G., S.W. Geis, and W.C. Sonzogni.1995. Comparative Acute Toxicity of a Synthetic Mine Effluent to Ceriodaphnia dubia, larval fathead minnow, and the freshwater mussel, Anodonta imbecilis. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Vol 14. No. 11, pp. 1913-1920.