Dr. Duvil has a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from Boston's Suffolk University and M.S. degrees in Applied Geosciences from University of Pennsylvania and Environmental Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. Ricardi investigated the dynamics of nitrate control on mercury cycling in surface waters while at Washington State University. His research was published in two papers in Water Research, one focused on mercury-contaminated reservoirs in Santa Clara, CA and the other focused on nitrate-rich reclaimed water addition to Occoquan Reservoir, VA. In 2012, Ricardi won the Bullitt Foundation Environmental Fellowship, a two-year $100,000 prize to spur action related to environmental protection. He now works for the USEPA in Seattle protecting drinking water quality in the Pacific Northwest.

PUBLICATIONS

Duvil R, Beutel MW, Fuhrmann B, Seelos M. Effect of oxygen, nitrate and aluminum addition on methylmercury efflux from mine-impacted reservoir sediment. Water Research. 2018;144 :740-751.

Beutel MW, Duvil R, Cubas FJ, Grizzard TJ. Effects of nitrate addition on water column methylmercury in Occoquan Reservoir, Virginia, USA. Water Research. 2017;110 :288-296.

Beutel MW, Duvil R, Cubas FJ, Matthews DA, Wilhelm FM, Grizzard TJ. A review of managed nitrate addition to enhance surface water quality. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 2016;46 (7) :673-700.