Publications

Note: * – co-first authorship, bold – self, underlined – supervised student author

Manuscripts under review


Forjanes, P., Fernández Díaz, L., Astilleros, J.M., Perez, J.P.H., Paje, M.C., Bahl, C., Griesshaber, E., Schmahl, W.W., Benning, L.G. Calcite formation or aragonite preservation? The role of thermal history in the diagenetic pathways of Arctica islandica aragonitic skeletons. Under review in Geology.

Peer-reviewed publications


Publications from postdoctoral research work

[35] Paskin, A., Couasnon, T., Blukis, R., Perez, J.P.H., Reinsch, S., Roddatis, V., Syczewski, M., Benning, L.G. (2025). Temperature-induced phase transitions of vivianite: In situ analysis of a redox-driven crystallization. Inorganic Chemistry, 64(36)18227-18236. [Open access]

[34] Perez, J.P.H., Chan, A.L.H., Mosselmans, J.F.W., Benning, L.G. (2025). Coexisting phosphate controls arsenate speciation and partitioning during Fe(II)-catalyzed ferrihydrite transformation. ACS Earth & Space Chemistry, 9(6), 1642-1653 DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.5c00061. [Open access]

[33] Villegas, V., Rajarajan, A., Funke, E., Mbedim S., Sparmann, S., Perez, J.P.H., Schupp, B., Wolinska, J. (2025). Exposure to polystyrene nanoplastics increases diversity and shifts the microbiome composition of Daphnia in both parasite-infected and uninfected hosts. Environmental Pollution, 382, 126698. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2025.126698. [Open access]

[32] Forjanes, P., Perez, J.P.H., Berryman, C., Syczewski, M.D., Benning, L.G. (2025). Textural and chemical inheritance during a pseudomorphic double mineral transformation. Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 34, 50-56. DOI: 10.7185/geochemlet.2513. [Open access]

[31] Delina, R.E.G., Perez, J.P.H., Roddatis, V.V., Stammeier, J.A., Prieur, D., Scheinost, A.C., Tan, M.M., Garcia, J.J.L., Arcilla, C.A., Benning, L.G. (2025). Immobilization of chromium by iron oxides in nickel-cobalt laterite mine tailings. Environmental Science & Technology, 59(11), 5683–5692. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c05383. [Open access]

[30] Guilbaud, R., Andersen, M.B., Freeman, H.M., Perez, J.P.H., Uhlig, D., Benning, L.G. (2025). Mackinawite partial oxidation to green rust produces a large, abiotic uranium isotope fractionation. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(96). DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-02088-5. [Open access]

[29] Corkett, A., Okhrymenko, M., Roddatis, V., Lebedev, O., van Leusen, J., Delina, R.E.G., Perez, J.P.H., Benning, L.G., Dronskowski, R. (2025). The mixed transition-metal cyanamide MnCr2(NCN)4. Inorganic Chemistry, 64(6), 2886-2896. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c04997.

[28] Chen, Z., Perez, J.P.H., Smales, G., Blukis, R., Pauw, B., Stammeier, J., Radnik, J., Smith, A., Benning, L. (2024). Impact of organic phosphates on the structure and composition of short-range ordered iron nanophases. Nanoscale Advances, 6(10), 2656–2668. DOI: 10.1039/D3NA01045G. [Open access: PDF]

[27] Delina, R.E.G., Perez, J.P.H., Stammeier, J., Bazarkina, E., Benning, L.G. (2024). Partitioning and mobility of chromium in iron-rich laterites from an optimized sequential extraction procedure. Environmental Science & Technology, 58(14), 6391–6401. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c10774. [Open access: PDF]

[26] Perez, J.P.H., Tobler, D.J., Benning, L.G. (2024). Synergistic inhibition of green rust crystallization by arsenic and silica. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 26(3), 632–643. DOI: 10.1039/D3EM00458A. [PDF]

[25] Wang, C., von Blanckenburg, F., Lian, E., Yang, S., Perez, J.P.H., Wittman, H. (2024). River-to-ocean pathways of beryllium-9 through estuaries. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 370, 89-103. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2024.01.029. [Open access: PDF]

[24] Wang, H., Xu, Y., Kumar, A., Knorr, K.-H., Zhao, X., Perez, J.P.H., Sun, G. (2023). Temperature and organic carbon quality control the anaerobic carbon mineralization in peat profiles via modulating microbes: A case study of Changbai Mountain. Environmental Research, 237(1), 116904. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116904. [PDF]

[23] Perez, J.P.H., Okhrymenko, M., Blukis, R., Roddatis, V., Mayanna, S., Mosselmans, J.F.W., Benning, L.G. (2023). Vivianite-parasymplesite solid solution: A sink for arsenic in ferruginous environments? Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 26, 50-56. DOI: 10.7185/geochemlet.2325. [Open access: PDF]

[22] Paskin, A., Couasnon, T., Perez, J.P.H., Lobanov, S., Blukis, R., Reinsch, S., Benning, L.G. (2023). Nucleation and crystallization of ferrous phosphate hydrate via an amorphous intermediate. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(28), 15137-15151. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c01494. [Open access: PDF]

[21] Mangayayam, M.C.; Perez, J.P.H., Alonso-de Linaje, V., Dideriksen, K., Benning, L.G., Tobler, D.J. (2022). Sulfidation extent of nanoscale zerovalent iron controls selectivity and reactivity with mixed chlorinated hydrocarbons in natural groundwater. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 128534. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128534. [Open access: PDF]

[20] Caraballo, M.A., Asta, M.P., Perez J.P.H., Hochella, M. (2022). Past, present and future global influence of iron-bearing metastable nanominerals (Invited review article). Gondwana Research, 110, 283-304 . DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2021.11.009. [Open access: PDF]

Formation and transformation pathways of iron-bearing metastable minerals: schwertmannite, ferrihydrite and green rust. (Caraballo et al. 2022, Gondwana Research)

[19] Perez, J.P.H., Tobler, D.J., Freeman, H.M., Brown, A.P., Hondow, N.S., van Genuchten, C.M., Benning, L.G. (2021). Arsenic species delay structural ordering during green rust sulfate crystallization from ferrihydrite. Environmental Science: Nano, 8(11), 2950-2963. DOI: 10.1039/D1EN00384D. [PDF]

TEM images of the precipitates after 15 min of ferrihydrite transformation to green rust (GR): (a-b) Micron-scale hexagonal plates typical of GR; (c-d) Nano-sized GR platelets (<50 nm) with very poor crystallinity (Perez et al. 2021, ES Nano).

[18] Figueroa Campos, G.A., Perez, J.P.H., Block, I., Sagu, S.T., Saravia Celis, P., Taubert, A., Rawel, H.M. (2021). Preparation of activated carbons from spent coffee grounds and coffee parchment and assessment of their adsorbent efficiency. Processes, 9(8), 1396. DOI: 10.3390/pr9081396. [Open access: PDF]

[17] Krone, L.V., Hampl, F.J., Schwerdhelm, C., Bryce, C., Ganzert, L., Kitte, A., Übernickel, K., Dielforder, A., Aldaz, S., Oses, R., Perez, J.P.H., Sanchez, P., Wagner, D., Weckmann, U., von Blackenburg, F. (2021). Deep weathering in the semi-arid Coastal Cordillera, Chile. Scientific Reports, 11, 13057. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-90267-7. [Open access: PDF]

[16] Füllenbach, L.C., Perez, J.P.H., Freeman, H.M., Thomas, A.N., Mayanna, S., Parker, J.E., Göttlicher, J., Steininger, R., Radnik, J., Benning, L.G., Oelkers, E.H. (2020). Nanoanalytical identification of siderite dissolution coupled Pb removal mechanisms from oxic and anoxic aqueous solutions. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 4, 11, 1966-1977. DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.0c00180. [PDF]

Publications from PhD research work

Adsorbed As species and low temperature leads to the stabilization of ‘green rust’ in subsurface environments, preventing further As remobilization even after 1 year (Perez et al., 2021, J. Haz. Mat.)

[15] Perez, J.P.H., Schiefler, A.A., Navaz Rubio, S., Reischer, M., Overhue, N.D., Benning, L.G., Tobler, D.J. (2021). Arsenic removal from natural groundwater using ‘green rust’: Solid phase stability and contaminant fate. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 401, 123327. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123327. [Open access: PDF]

[14] Wang, H.Y., Byrne, J.M., Perez, J.P.H., Thomas, A.N., Göttlicher, J., Höfer H.E., Mayanna, S., Kontny, A., Kappler, A., Guo, H.M., Benning, L.G., Norra, S. (2020). Arsenic sequestration in pyrite and greigite in the buried peat of As-contaminated aquifer. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 284, 107-119. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2020.06.021. [PDF]

[13] Perez, J.P.H., Freeman, H.M., Brown, A.P., Van Genuchten, C.M., Dideriksen, K., Tobler, D.J., Benning, L.G. (2020). Direct visualization of arsenic binding on green rust sulfate. Environmental Science & Technology, 4, 6, 3297-3305. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b07092. [Open access: PDF]. Featured in the ESRF Highlights 2020.

As(III) adsorbs onto ‘green rust’ crystal edges and prevents its dissololution (Perez et al., 2020, ES&T)

[12] Mangayayam, M.C.; Perez, J.P.H., Dideriksen, K., Freeman, H.M., Bovet, N., Benning, L.G., Tobler, D.J. (2019). Structural transformation of sulfidized zerovalent iron and its impact on long-term reactivity. Environmental Science: Nano, 6, 3422-3430. DOI: 10.1039/C9EN00876D. [PDF]

[11] Hövelmann, J., Stawski, T.M., Freeman, H.M., Besselink, R.B., Mayanna, S., Perez, J.P.H., Hondow, N.S., Benning, L.G. (2019). Struvite crystallization and the effect of Co2+ ions. Minerals, 9(9), 503. DOI: 10.3390/min9090503. [Open access: PDF]

[10] Freeman, H.M., Perez, J.P.H., Hondow, N., Benning, L.G., Brown, A.P. (2019). Beam-induced oxidation of green rust monitored by STEM-EELS. Micron, 122, 46-52.  DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2019.02.002. [PDF]

[9] Perez, J.P.H., Tobler, D.J., Thomas, A., Freeman, H.M., Dideriksen, K., Radnik, J., Benning, L.G. (2019). Adsorption and reduction of arsenate during the Fe2+-induced transformation of ferrihydrite. ACS Earth & Space Chemistry, 3(6), 884-894. DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.9b00031. [Open access: PDF]

In the presence of dissolved Fe2+ at slightly acidic pH, As(V)-bearing ferrihydrite (FH) partially transforms to green rust (GR) and goethite (GT). (Perez et al., 2019, ACS Earth & Space Chem.)

[8] Perez, J.P.H., Freeman, H.M., Schuessler, J.A., Benning, L.G. (2019). The interfacial reactivity of arsenic species with green rust sulfate (GRSO4). Science of the Total Environment, 648, 1161-1170. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.163. [PDF]

[7] Perez, J.P.H., Freeman, H.M., Schuessler, J.A., Benning, L.G. (2019). Efficient removal of arsenic species by green rust sulfate (GRSO4). In: Y.G. Zhu, H. Guo, Bhattacharya, P., Ahmad, A., Bundschuh, J. & R. Naidu (eds.) “Environmental Arsenic in a Changing World As2018”. Interdisciplinary Book Series: “Arsenic in the Environment—Proceedings”. Series Editors: J. Bundschuh & P. Bhattacharya, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis (ISBN 978-1-138-48609-6), pp. 409-411. [Extended conference abstract]

[6] Perez, J.P.H.*, Mangayayam, M.*, Navaz Rubio, S., Freeman, H.M., Tobler, D.J., Benning, L.G. (2018). Intercalation of aromatic sulfonates in ‘green rust’ via ion exchange. Energy Procedia, 146, 179-187. DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2018.07.023. [Open access: PDF]

Papers from MSc research work

[5] Perez, J.P.H.*, Folens, K.*, Leus, K., Vanhaecke, F., Van Der Voort, P., Du Laing, G. (2019). Progress in hydrometallurgical technologies to recover critical raw materials and precious metals from low-concentrated streams. Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 142, 177-188. DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.11.029. [PDF]

[4] Leus, K.*, Folens, K.*, Nicomel, N.R., Perez, J.P.H., Filippousi M., Meledina, M., Dîrtu, M.M., Turner, S., Van Tendeloo, G., Garcia, Y., Du Laing, G., Van Der Voort, P. (2018). Removal of arsenic and mercury species from water by covalent triazine framework encapsulated γ-Fe2O3. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 353, 312-319. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.04.027. [PDF]

Iron nanoparticles (red) supported in a porous covalent triazine framework (CTF-1) material for the removal for As and Hg in water (Leus, Folens, et al., 2018, J. Haz. Mat.)

[3] Leus, K.*, Perez, J.P.H.*, Folens, K., Meledina, M., Van Tendeloo, G., Du Laing, G., Van Der Voort, P. (2017). UiO-66-(SH)2 as stable, selective and regenerable adsorbent for the removal of mercury from water under environmentally-relevant conditions. Faraday Discussions, 201, 145-161. DOI: 10.1039/c7fd00012j. [PDF]

Hg adsorption onto a thiol-functionalized porous metal oraganic framework (UiO-66-SH2) material (Leus, Perez, et al., 2017, Faraday Discussions)

[2] Addicoat, M., Bennett, T., Chapman, K., Denysenko, D., Dincă M., Doan, H., Easun, T., Eddaoudi, M., Farha, O., . . . Perez, J.P.H., . . . Yaghi, O. (2017). New directions in gas sorption and separation with MOFs: General discussion. Faraday Discussions, 201, 175-194. DOI: 10.1039/C7FD90044A. [PDF]

[1] Carraro, F., Chapman, K., Chen, Z., Dincă, M., Easun, T., Eddaoudi, M., Farha, O., . . . Perez, J.P.H., . . . Yaghi, O. (2017). Catalysis in MOFs: General discussion. Faraday Discussions, 201, 369-394. DOI: 10.1039/C7FD90046E. [PDF]