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Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals
Asfaw, B. A., Sakaguchi-Söder, K., Schiedek, T., Michelsen, N., Bernstein, A., Siebner, H., Schüth, C. (2023). Isotopic evidence (δ13C, δ37Cl, δ2H) for distinct transformation mechanisms of chloroform: Catalyzed H2-water system vs. zero-valent iron (ZVI). Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 110005
Arar, M., Bakkour, R., Elsner, M., Bernstein, A. (2023). Microbial hydrolysis of atrazine in contaminated groundwater. Chemosphere. 322, 138226
Balaban, N., Gelman, F., Taylor, A.A., Walker, S.L., Bernstein, A., Ronen, Z. (2021). Degradation of brominated organic compounds (flame retardants) by a four-strain consortium isolated from contaminated groundwater. Applied Sciences. 11 (14), 6263
Bernstein, A., Siebner, H., Kaufman, G. A., Gross, A. (2021). Onsite chlorination of greywater in a vertical flow constructed wetland - Significance of trihalomethane formation. Water. 13, 903
Asfaw, B., Sakaguchi‐Söder, K., Bernstein, A., Siebner, H., Schüth, C. (2020). Optimization of compound‐specific chlorine stable isotope analysis of chloroform using Taguchi design of experiments. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. Accepted
Yankelzon I., Engelman, T., Bernstein A., Siebner, H., Ronen Z., and Gelman F. (2020). Multi-elemental C-Br-Cl isotope analysis for characterizing biotic and abiotic transformations of 1-bromo-2-chloroethane (BCE). Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Accepted
Bernstein, A., Studny, R., Shyntychea, V., Kurtzman, D., Ganot, Y., Katz, Y., Abrha, B., Sakaguchi-Söder, K., Schüth, C., Siebner, H. (2020). Low trihalomethanes formation during managed aquifer recharge with chlorinated desalinated water. Water. Accepted
Knossow, N., Siebner, H., and Bernstein, A. (2020). Isotope fractionation (13C, 15N) in the microbial degradation of bromoxynil by aerobic and anaerobic soil enrichment cultures. J. Agric. Food Chem. 68 (6): 1546-1554
Knossow, N. Siebner, H., and Bernstein, A. (2020). Isotope analysis method for the herbicide bromoxynil and its application to study photo-degradation processes. J. Hazard. Mater. Accepted
Gafni, A., Siebner, H., and Bernstein, A. (2020). Potential for co-metabolic oxidation of TCE and evidence for its occurrence in a large-scale aquifer survey. Water Research. Accepted
Gafni, A.,Gelman, F., Ronen, Z., Bernstein, A. (2020). Variable carbon and chlorine isotope fractionation in TCE co-metabolic oxidation. Chemosphere. 242: 125130
Balaban, N., Yankelzon, I., Adar, E., Gelman, F., Ronen, Z., and Bernstein, A. (2019). The spatial distribution of the microbial community in a contaminated aquitard below an industrial zone. Water. 11 (10): 2128
Bernstein, A., Golan, R., Gelman, F. , Kuder T . (2019). Microbial oxidation of tri-halogenated phenols - multi-element isotope fractionation. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation. 145: 104811
Lihl C., Renpenning J., Kümmel S., Gelman F., Schürner HKV, Daubmeier M., Heckel B., Melsbach A., Bernstein A., Shouakar-Stash O., Gehre M., Elsner M. (2019). Chemical synthesis of new chlorine isotope standard materials and characterization via complementary mass spectrometry methods. Analytical Chemistry. 91 (19): 12290-12297
Kuder, T., Bernstein, A., Gelman, F. (2019). Derivatization-Free Method for Compound-Specific Isotope Analysis of Nonexchangeable Hydrogen of 4-Bromophenol . Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 33: 667-677
Golan, R., Gelman, F., Kuder, T., Taylor, A., Ronen, Z., Bernstein, A. (2019). Degradation of 4-bromophenol by Ochrobactrum sp. HI1 isolated from desert soil: pathway and isotope effects. Biodegradation. 30(1): 37–46
Ganot, Y., Holtzman, R., Weisbrod, N., Bernstein, A., Siebner, H., Katz, Y., Kurtzman, D. (2018). Modeling the spreading of reverse-osmosis-desalinated-seawater in an aquifer using stable water isotopes. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS). 22: 6323–6333
Gafni, A., Lihl, C., Gelman, F., Elsner, M., Bernstein, A. (2018). δ13C and δ37Cl Isotope Fractionation To Characterize Aerobic vs Anaerobic Degradation of Trichloroethylene. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 5(4): 202-208
Balaban, N., Bernstein, A., Gelman, F., Ronen, Z. (2016). Microbial degradation of the brominated flame retardant TBNPA by groundwater bacteria: laboratory and field study. Chemosphere. 156: 367-373.
Cretnik S., Bernstein A., Shouakar-Stash O., Löffler F., Elsner M. (2014). Chlorine isotope effects from isotope ratio mass spectrometry suggest intramolecular C-Cl bond competition in trichloroethene (TCE) reductive dehalogenation. Molecules. 19: 6450-6473.
Cretnik, S., Thoreson, K., Bernstein, A., Ebert, K., Buchner, D., Laskov, C., Haderlein, S., Shouakar-Stash, O., Kliegmann, S., McNeill, K., Elsner, M. (2013). Reductive dechlorination of TCE by chemical model systems in comparison to dehalogenating bacteria: Insights from dual element isotope analysis (13C/12C, 37Cl/35Cl). Environ. Sci. Technol. 47 (13), 6855–6863.
Bernstein, A., Ronen, Z., Gelman F. (2013). Insight on RDX degradation mechanism by Rhodococcus strains using 13C and 15N kinetic isotope effects. Environ. Sci. Technol., 47(1):479-484.
Bernstein, A., Ronen, Z., Levin, E., Halicz, L., Gelman, F. (2013): Kinetic bromine isotope effects: Example from the microbial debromination of brominated phenols. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 405(9): 2923-2929.
Elsner, M., Jochmann, M., Hofstetter, T., Hunkeler, D., Bernstein, A., Schmidt, T., Schimmelmann, A. (2012): Current challenges in compound-specific stable isotope analysis of environmental organic contaminants. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 403:2471-2491
Sagi-Ben Moshe, S., Dahan, O., Weisbrod, N., Bernstein, A., Ronen, Z. (2012): Biodegradation of explosives mixture under different water-content conditions. J. Hazard. Mater. 203-204: 333-340.
Bernstein, A., Shouakar-Stash, O., Ebert, K., Laskov, C., Hunkeler, D., Jeannottat, S., Sakaguchi-Söder, K., Laaks, J., Jochmann, M.A., Cretnik, S., Jager, J., Haderlein, S.B., Schmidt, T.C., Aravena, R., Elsner, M. (2011): Compound-specific chlorine isotope analysis: a comparison of GC-IRMS and GC-qMS methods in an inter-laboratory study. Anal. Chem., 83 (20), 7624-7634.
Bernstein, A., Adar, E., Nejidat, A., Ronen, Z. (2011): Isolation and characterization of RDX–degrading Rhodococcus species from a contaminated aquifer. Biodegradation, 22 (5), 997-1005.
Sagi-Ben Moshe, S., Ronen, Z., Dahan, O., Bernstein, A., Weisbrod, N. Gelman, F., Adar, E. (2010): Isotopic evidence and quantification assessment of in situ RDX biodegradation in the deep unsaturated zone. Soil Biol. and Biochem., 42 (8), 1253-1262.
Reinnicke, S., Bernstein, A., Elsner, M. (2010): Small and reproducible isotope effects during methylation with trimethylsulfonium hydroxide (TMSH): A convenient derivatization method for isotope analysis of negatively charged molecules. Anal. Chem., 82 (5), 2013-2019.
Bernstein, A., Adar, E., Ronen, Z., Lowag, H., Stichler, W., Meckenstock, R.U. (2010): Quantifying RDX biodegradation in groundwater using δ15N isotope analysis. J. Cont. Hydrol., 111 (1-4), 25-35.
Bernstein, A., Ronen, Z., Adar, E., Nativ, R., Lowag, H., Stichler, W., Meckenstock, R.U. (2008): Compound-specific isotope analysis of RDX and stable isotope fractionation during aerobic and anaerobic biodegradation. Environ. Sci. Technol., 42 (21), 7772–7777.
Gross, A., Bernstein, A., Vulcan, R., Trachchicki, C., Ben-Gal, A., Yirmiyahu, U. (2008): Simple and accurate digestion procedure followed by the azomethine-H method for the discrimination between boron fractions in wastewater and soil. Chemosphere, 72 (3), 400-406.
Bernstein, A., Adar, E., Yakirevich, A., Nativ, R. (2007): Point-dilution tests in a low-permeability fractured chalk formation: the effect of matrix diffusion. Ground Water, 45 (2), 235-241.
Book chapters
Bernstein, A., Gelman, F. (2021). Tracking Degradation of Organic Pollutants in Israeli Groundwater by Stable Isotope Analysis. In:The Many Facets of Israel’s Hydrogeology. p. 485-488, The Springer Hydrogeology series, Springer Verlag
Bernstein, A., Gelman, F., and Ronen, Z. (2013). Stable isotope tools for tracking in situ degradation processes of military energetic compounds. In: Biological remediation of explosive residues. (Singh SH, ed.). p. 259-284, Springer-Verlag
Bernstein A., and Ronen, Z. (2011): Biodegradation of the Explosives TNT, RDX and HMX. In: Microbial Degradation of Xenobiotics. Singh SH (Ed). p. 135-176, Springer Verlag
