Aaron J. Specht
Environmental Science · Purdue University West Lafayette
Publications
99
Citations
1,051
Est. group size
~5
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
39
Publishing since 1988
Aaron J. Specht develops and validates X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and related spectroscopy methods to measure toxic metals (like lead, arsenic, mercury, and uranium) in human and animal tissues, blood, bone, and environmental samples. His work spans applications from human health studies (e.g., exposure in people who inject drugs, residents near contaminated sites) to wildlife and environmental monitoring, often comparing these portable/lab-based XRF tools against standard techniques like ICP-MS. Prospective students would likely work on analytical method development and its application to real-world exposure and contamination questions.
Publication output has grown over the last decade, rising from roughly 6-10 papers per year in 2017-2023 to 17 per year in 2024 and 2025.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Provides New Option for Measuring Arsenic, Mercury, and Lead in Dried Blood Spots
SSRN Electronic Journal · 2026
- Feasibility of using a novel optically filtered monochromatic portable X-ray fluorescence (MXRF) to quantify lead in wild bird bones
Environmental Research · 2026
- Ways to Measure Metals: From ICP-MS to XRF
Current Environmental Health Reports · 2025
- Safety and Immunogenicity of Poultry Vaccine for Protecting Critically Endangered Avian Species against Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus, United States
Emerging infectious diseases · 2025
- Residential and occupational exposure to indoor radon and associated human health risk in Nigeria buildings assessed by multiple monitoring techniques
The Science of The Total Environment · 2025
- Per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) promote osteoclastogenesis and bone loss through PPARα activation
Toxicology Reports · 2025
- Feasibility and accuracy of In Vivo and Ex Vivo XRF bone lead assessment wild birds: An example with black vultures, Coragyps atratus
Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology · 2025
- Metal exposures among Native Americans who inject methamphetamine
Drug and Alcohol Dependence · 2025
- Nasosorption as a Non-Invasive Approach to Measure Metals and Metalloids in the Airway by Benchtop Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence
Exposure and Health · 2025
- Comparison between inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry and benchtop X-ray fluorescence performance for trace elemental exposure in rat tissues
Journal of Trace Elements and Minerals · 2025
- Bone uranium and lead concentrations in adults from Fallujah, Iraq
Environmental Pollution · 2025
- Comparative assessment of different quantification methods in Micro-XRF
Applied Radiation and Isotopes · 2025
- Sub-micrometer scale synchrotron x-ray fluorescence measurements of trace elements in teeth compared with laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology · 2025
- Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Provides New Option for Measuring Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, and Mercury in Dried Blood Spots
SSRN Electronic Journal · 2025
- Comparative Assessment of Different Quantification Methods in Micro-X-Ray Fluorescence
SSRN Electronic Journal · 2025
- The Science of The Total Environment×11
- ISEE Conference Abstracts×11
- SSRN Electronic Journal×6
- Environmental Research×5
- Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology×4
- Ellen M. Wells
Environmental Science · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Michelle Del Rio
Environmental Science · Indiana University
- Wei Zheng
Environmental Science · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Linda H. Nie
Environmental Science · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Aaron B. Bowman
Environmental Science · Purdue University West Lafayette
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.
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