Patrick Gorski, Ph.D.

Contact Information

Title

• Supervisor, Inorganic Chemistry and Trace Element Clean Lab

Education

• PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Limnology & Marine Science and  Environmental Chemistry & Technology Programs, 2004 
• MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Zoology Department, 1993
• BS, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Zoology Department, 1991

Fields of Interests

• bioavailability and bioaccumulation of mercury and other trace metals
• application of stable isotopes to enviromental research
• method development of trace metals analysis and application to biological (clinical or environmental) or ecological questions
• fate and transport of toxic contaminants
• chemical and biological limnology  

Publications

• Langer, Johnson, Shafer, Gorski, Overdier, Musselman, Ross. (in press). Characterization of the elemental composition of newborn blood spots using sector-field inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrophotometry. J. Exposure Sci. Environ. Epidemiol.
• Drevnick, Otter, Gorski, Long, Canfield and Oris. 2009. Lake-specific responses in sedimentary sulfur, after additions of copper sulphate to lakes in Michigan, USA. Lakes Reserv: Res Manage. 14: 193-201.
• Gorski P, Armstrong D, Hurley J and Krabbenhoft D. 2008.  Influence of natural dissolved organic carbon on the bioavailability of mercury to a freshwater alga. Environ Pollut. 154: 116-123.
• Drevnick, Canfield, Gorski, Shinneman, Engstrom, Miur, Smith, Garrison, Cleckner, Hurley, Noble, Otter, Oris. 2007. Deposition of sulfur controls mercury accumulation in Isle Royale fish. Envrion Sci Technol. 41: 7266-7272.
• Gorski P, Armstrong D, Hurley J, and Shafer M. 2006.  Speciation of aqueous methylmercury influences uptake by a freshwater alga (Selenastrum capricornutum). Environ Toxicol Chem. 25: 534-540.
• Gorski P, Armstrong D, Hurley J. 2004.  A bioassay framework for the study of methylmercury bioavailability to freshwater algae. RMZ-M&G. 51:1014-1018.
• Cleckner L, Back R, Gorski P, Hurley J, and Byler S. 2003. Seasonal and size-specific distribution of methylmercury in seston and zooplankton of two contrasting Great Lakes Embayments. J Great Lakes Res. 29:134-144.
• Back R, Gorski P, Cleckner L, and Hurley J. 2003. Mercury content and speciation of the plankton and benthos of Lake Superior. Sci Total Environ. 304:349-354.
• Gorski P, Cleckner L, Hurley J, Sierszen M, and Armstrong D. 2003. Factors affecting enhanced mercury bioaccumulation in inland lakes of Isle Royale National Park, USA. Sci Total Environ. 304:327-348.
• Vucetich L, Vucetich J, Cleckner L, Gorski P, and Peterson R. 2001. Mercury concentrations in deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) tissue from Isle Royale National Park. Environ Pollut. 114:113-118.
• Gorski P, Lathrop R, Hill S, and Herrin R. 1999. Temporal mercury dynamics and diet composition in the mimic shiner. Trans Am Fish Soc. 128: 701-712.
• Herrin R, Lathrop R, Gorski P, and Andren A. 1998. Hypolimnetic methylmercury and its uptake by plankton during fall destratification: a key entry point of mercury into lake food chains? Limnol Oceanog. 43: 1476-1486.
• Gorski P and Dodson S. 1996. Free-swimming Daphnia pulex can avoid following Stokes’ Law. Limnol Oceanog. 41:1815-1821.
• Dodson S, Hanazato T, and Gorski P. 1995. Behavioral responses of Daphnia pulex exposed to carbaryl and Chaoborus kairomone. Environ Toxicol Chem. 14:43-50.