Published articles in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters

1. Leads, R., Gray, A. D., & Olapade, O. A. (2027). Microbial Bioremediation of Microplastics: Mechanisms, Challenges, and Future Prospects. Microbial Diversity and Environmental Resilience in Polluted Ecosystems, 265-296.

2. Mohsen, M., Yu, K., Zhang, H., Kan, G., Gray, A.D., Ismail, S., ... & Jiang, J. Interpreting the Microplastics Intake–Detection Gap in Human Biomonitoring. Environmental Science & Technology.

3. Gray, A., Love, J., Barrett, N., Campbell, J., Miller, J., Petric, R., ... & Foroutan, H. (2026). Influence of Hurricane Helene on Microplastic Deposition in the Mountainous Southeastern United States. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, vjag130.

4. Boxall, A. B., Amerasinghe, P., Beckenham, S., Bertram, M. G., Gaw, S., Gray, A. D., ... & Brooks, B. W. (2026). Environmentally Safe and Just Pharmacy: A Framework and Action Plan for Operating within the Earth System Boundary for Novel Entities. Environmental science & technology, 60(19), 13804.

5. Doti, B., Gray, A., Strom, K., & Foroutan, H. (2026). Potential Release of Micro-and Nanoplastics from Stormwater Infrastructure. ACS Es&t Water, 6(6), 3314.

6. Gray, A., & Leads, R. (2026). Incorporating plastic pollution into the global change framework. Environmental Research Letters, 21(10), 101003.

7. Boxall, A. B., Amerasinghe, P., Beckenham, S., Bertram, M. G., Gaw, S., Gray, A. D., ... & Brooks, B. W. (2026). Environmentally Safe and Just Pharmacy: A Framework and Action Plan for Operating within the Earth System Boundary for Novel Entities. Environmental science & technology, 60(19), 13804.

8. Gore, B. K., Leads, R. R., Weinstein, J. E., & Gray, A. D. (2026). Beyond microplastics: A scoping review of the ecotoxicology of emerging micro-synthetic particles. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 101082.

9. O'Connor, A., Irhin, K., Sabo-Attwood, T., & Gray, A. (2025). Toxicological impacts of microplastic fibers: a review assessing risk to human and aquatic health. Environmental Research, 123272. 

10. Albi, K., Krometis, L. A., Ling, E., Cohen, A., Xia, K., Gray, A., ... & Ellis, K. (2025). Comparing in-home and bottled drinking water quality: regulated and emerging contaminants in rural Central Appalachia. Journal of Water and Health, 23(9), 1078-1094.

11. Gray, A., Gore, B., Gaesser, M., Rodriguez Sequeira, L., Thibodeau, T., Montgomery, A., ... & Mayer, K. (2025). Insights into the in-situ degradation and fragmentation of macroplastics in a low-order riverine system. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 44(7), 2017-2028.

12. Elnahas, A., Gray, A., Lee, J., AlAmiri, N., Pokhrel, N., Allen, S., & Foroutan, H. (2024). Atmospheric Deposition of Microplastics in South Central Appalachia in the United States. ACS ES&T Air. 

13. Miller, J., Barrett, N., Love, J., Gray, A., Youker, R., Hall, C., ... & Spafford, J. (2024). Temporal and Spatial Variations in Microplastic Concentrations in Small Headwater Basins in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina, USA. Environments, 11(11), 240. 

14. Dziobak, M. K., Fahlman, A., Wells, R. S., Takeshita, R., Smith, C., Gray, A., ... & Hart, L. B. (2024). First evidence of microplastic inhalation among free-ranging small cetaceans. Plos one, 19(10), e0309377. 

15. Gray, A., Mayer, K., Gore, B., Gaesser, M., & Ferguson, N. (2024). Microplastic burden in native (Cambarus appalachiensis) and non-native (Faxonius cristavarius) crayfish along semi-rural and urban streams in southwest Virginia, USA. Environmental Research, 258, 119494. 

16. Ertel, B. M., Weinstein, J. E., & Gray, A. D. (2023). Rising seas and roadway debris: Microplastic and low-density tire wear particles in street-associated tidal floodwater. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 195, 115502.

17. Leads, R. R., Weinstein, J. E., Kell, S. E., Overcash, J. M., Ertel, B. M., & Gray, A. D. (2023). Spatial and temporal variability of microplastic abundance in estuarine intertidal sediments: Implications for sampling frequency. Science of the Total Environment, 859, 160308. 

18. Gray, A. D., Miller, J. A., & Weinstein, J. E. (2022). Are Green Household Consumer Products Less Toxic than Conventional Products? An Assessment Involving Grass Shrimp (Palaemon pugio) and Daphnia magna. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 

19. Weinstein, J. E., Ertel, B. M., & Gray, A. D. (2022). Accumulation and depuration of microplastic fibers, fragments, and tire particles in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica: A toxicokinetic approach. Environmental Pollution, 308, 119681.

20. Gray, A. D., Weinstein, J. E., & Riegerix, R. C. (2022). Assessment of acute toxicity and developmental transformation impacts of polyethylene microbead exposure on larval daggerblade grass shrimp (Palaemon pugio). Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-8.

21. Gray AD, Bernhardt E (2022) Are nitrogen and carbon cycle processes impacted by common stream antibiotics? A comparative assessment of single vs. mixture exposures. PLoS ONE 17(1): e0261714. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261714

22. Gray, A. (2021). The use of non-target high-resolution mass spectrometry screening to detect the presence of antibiotic residues in urban streams of Greensboro North Carolina. Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering, 1-9.

23. Gray, A. D., Todd, D., & Hershey, A. E. (2020). The seasonal distribution and concentration of antibiotics in rural streams and drinking wells in the piedmont of North Carolina. Science of the Total Environment, 710, 136286.

24. Gray, A. D., Wertz, H., Leads, R. R., & Weinstein, J. E. (2018). Microplastic in two South Carolina estuaries: Occurrence, distribution, and composition. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 128, 223-233.

25. Gray, A. D., & Weinstein, J. E. (2017). Size‐and shape‐dependent effects of microplastic particles on adult daggerblade grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 36(11), 3074-3080.

26. Weinstein, J. E., Crocker, B. K. and Gray, A. D. (2016), From macroplastic to microplastic: Degradation of high-density polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene in a salt marsh habitat. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 35(7), 1632-1640. doi:10.1002/etc.3432

Technical Reports

1. Miller, J., Love, J., Gray, A.D., Barrett, N., Youker, R., Cullowhee, N. C., & Highlands, N. C. (2025). Microplastic Sources, Abundance, and Transport Dynamics in Water and Sediments of a Representative Appalachian Headwater Basin. NC WRRI.

2. McFee, W., Gray, A.D., Ertle., B., and Mayer, K. Long-term monitoring of microplastics and polymer identification in intestinal tracts of coastal dolphins. Technical Report to the National Centers For Coastal Ocean Science (2023).   

3. Gray, A.D., and Hershey, A.E. Distribution and Concentration of Antibiotics in Rural Streams and Wells. Final Project Report Submitted to North Carolina Sea Grant and Waters Resource Research Institute (2019)

4. Weinstein, J.E., Klaine, S.J., Au, S.Y., and Gray, A.D. Particle Contamination: Direct Effects on Salt Marsh-Tidal Creek Organisms and Indirect Effects on the Bioavailability and Toxicity of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs). Submitted to the Ocean and Coastal Resource Management and South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, Charleston, SC. 2016

5. Weinstein, J.E., Gray, A.D., Wertz, H. Marine Plastic Debris: Assessing the Hazards to Larval Oysters Crassostrea Virginica, and Grass Shrimp, Palaemonetes Pugio. Submitted to the Ocean and Coastal Resource Management and South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, Charleston, SC. 2014