Rachel Coyte

Rachel Coyte's research focuses on water quality and geochemistry, particularly the sources and behavior of natural and human-derived contaminants such as arsenic, uranium, lithium, and coal ash byproducts in groundwater and produced water from oil and gas operations. Recent work has expanded to include gadolinium-based contrast agents (used in medical imaging) as environmental contaminants and their presence in placental tissue, linking environmental geochemistry to human health. Methods often involve isotopic tracing (e.g., strontium, boron, lithium isotopes) to identify contamination sources and mechanisms.

Publication output peaked around 2019-2020 and has since declined to a steadier, lower pace of about 4-7 papers per year in recent years.

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