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Rachel Kozloski
GRA Affiliate
Campus 
Reno Campus
Division 
Hydrologic Sciences

Program(s)

 

Publications
2025
Cowger, W., Karapetrova, A., Lincoln, C., Chamas, A., Sherrod, H., Leong, N., Lasdin, K., Knauss, C., Teofilović, V., Arienzo, M. M., Steinmetz, Z., Primpke, S., Darjany, L., Murphy-Hagan, C., Moore, S., Moore, C., Lattin, G., Gray, A., Kozloski, R., Bryksa, J., & Maurer, B. (2025). Open Specy 1.0: Automated (Hyper)spectroscopy for Microplastics. Analytical Chemistry, 97(32), 17345-17356. American Chemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.5c00962

2024
Ciocan, C., Jha, K., Annels, C., Kozloski, R., & Steyl, I. (2024). Release of a “forever material” from end-of-life boats and glass-reinforced composite boats is pervasive and entering food chains. Global Change Biology, 30(e17520). https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17520

Kozloski, R., Cowger, W., & Arienzo, M. M. (2024). Moving toward automated µFTIR spectra matching for microplastic identification: addressing false identifications and improving accuracy. Microplastics and Nanoplastics, 4(1), 1-13. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43591-024-00106-5

Nava, V., Leoni, B., Arienzo, M. M., Hogan, Z., Gandolfi, I., Tatangelo, V., Carlson, E., Chea, S., Soum, S., & Kozloski, R. (2024). Plastic pollution affects ecosystem processes including community structure and functional traits in large rivers. Water Research, 121849. Elsevier

Conference Proceedings
2025
Kozloski, R., Hines, O. K., & Arienzo, M. M. (2025). Wastewater Treatment Wetlands: Microplastic Source or Sink?. 2025 NWRA Annual Conference: Reno, NV

Arienzo, M. M., Lukasik, H., Kozloski, R., Wright, M., & Kruger, B. R. (2025). Microplastic Concentration in the Truckee River, United States. Copernicus Meetings

2024
Kozloski, R., Arienzo, M. M., Saftner, D. M., Minatre, K. L., Chandra, S., Hogan, Z., & Chea, S. (2024). Tracking the Invisible: Glass fibers in the Mekong River. Bridging the Gab Between Science and Policy – End of Life Boats: Brighton, England, UK, July 4, 2024-July 5, 2024

Kozloski, R. & Arienzo, M. M. (2024). Wastewater Treatment Wetlands: Microplastic Source or Sink?. SETAC North America: Fort Worth, TX

Kozloski, R. & Arienzo, M. M. (2024). Wastewater Treatment Wetlands: Microplastic Source or Sink?. AGU Fall Meeting: Washington D.C.

2023
Saftner, D. M., Mora, L., DePauw, A., Lukasik, H., Kozloski, R., Son, Y., & Arienzo, M. M. (2023). Using Emerging Contaminants to Inform the Management of Hot Springs in the Black Rock Desert, Northern Nevada. CUAHSI Biennial Colloquium, June 11, 2023-June 14, 2023

Saftner, D. M., Arienzo, M. M., Chea, S., Minatre, K. L., Kozloski, R., Chandra, S., & Hogan, Z. (2023). Source Attribution of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Surface Waters of the Lower Mekong River Basin of Cambodia. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting 2023: San Francisco, CA, December 11, 2023-December 15, 2023, 1433270

Kozloski, R., Arienzo, M. M., & Cowger, W. (2023). µFTIR Spectra Matching for Microplastic Identification: Addressing False Positives and Improving Accuracy.. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting 2023: San Francisco, CA, December 15, 2023-December 15, 2023, GC53J-0943

2022
Arienzo, M. M., Ortega, L., Collins, M. J., Harrold, Z. R., Frey, E., & Kozloski, R. (2022). Stormwater drainages as a source of microplastics to Lake Tahoe: A pilot citizen science study. AWWA: Anaheim, CA

Kozloski, R., Chea, S., Arienzo, M. M., Saftner, D. M., Minatre, K. L., Chandra, S., & Hogan, Z. (2022). Microplastics in the Mekong River, Cambodia: Preliminary results. Frontiers in Hydrology: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Arienzo, M. M., Kozloski, R., Chea, S., Saftner, D. M., Minatre, K. L., Chandra, S., & Hogan, Z. (2022). Plastic pollution in the Mekong River and Tonle Sap, Cambodia. North American congress for Conservation Biology: Reno, NV

Kozloski, R., Chea, S., Arienzo, M. M., Chandra, S., Hogan, Z., & Son, Y. (2022). Microplastics in the Mekong River, Cambodia: Preliminary results. AGU Fall Meeting: Chicago, IL

Pooley, G., Johnson, A., Metzger, M., Kozloski, R., Arienzo, M. M., & Davison, J. (2022). PARTI (Particle Tracking-Inversion): A Numerical Microplastic Source Location Study. AGU Fall Meeting: Chicago, IL