Kathleen Murphy

Professor at Water Environment Technology

Kate Murphy is a professor in the division Water Environment Technology (WET) at Chalmers, within the research theme Hazards and Risks for Drinking Water Resources and Treatment.

Kate's research focuses on the application of spectroscopic measurements to determine the quantity and quaility of dissolved organic matter in water. Goals with this work incude distinguishing between water sources, detecting changes in water quality, and optimising water treatment. Kate has worked in both natural aquatic systems (freshwater and oceanic) and technical systems (drinking water, wastewater and ships’ ballast water). Previously she created popular open-source data processing tools for spectroscopic measurements including the drEEM toolbox and the OpenFluor database.

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Publications (38)
Projects (10)

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2025

Prediction of Dissolved Organic Carbon Concentrations in Inland Waters Using Optical Proxies of Aromaticity

Kathleen Murphy

Environmental Science & Technology. Vol. 59 (31), p. 16430-16442

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2025

New Rapid Methods for Assessing the Production and Removal of Labile Organic Carbon in Water Treatment Using Fluorescence and Oxygen Measurements

Aina Mc Evoy, Catherine Paul, Oskar Modin et al

ACS ES and T Water. Vol. 5 (4), p. 1990-2001

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2023

Direct Measurement of Organic Micropollutants in Water and Wastewater Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy

Lesly Paradina-Fernández, Urban Wuensch, R. Bro et al

ACS ES and T Water. Vol. 3 (12), p. 3905-3915

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2022

Unified understanding of intrinsic and extrinsic controls of dissolved organic carbon reactivity in aquatic ecosystems

Martin Berggren, François Guillemette, Magdalena Bieroza et al

Ecology. Vol. 103 (9)

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2022

DOM Molecular Weight Fractionation and Fluorescence Quantum Yield Assessment Using a Coupled In-Line SEC Optical Property System

Blair Hanson, Urban Wuensch, Shelby Buckley et al

ACS ES and T Water. Vol. 2 (12), p. 2491-2501

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2022

Drinking water aromaticity and treatability is predicted by dissolved organic matter fluorescence

Marc Philibert, Simin Luo, Lavel Moussanas et al

Water Research. Vol. 220

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2022

AbspectroscoPY, a Python toolbox for absorbance-based sensor data in water quality monitoring

C. Cascone, Kathleen Murphy, H. Markensten et al

Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology. Vol. 8 (4), p. 836-848

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2021

Full-Scale Manipulation of the Empty Bed Contact Time to Optimize Dissolved Organic Matter Removal by Drinking Water Biofilters

Nashita Moona, Andrew Holmes, Urban J. Wunsch et al

ACS ES and T Water. Vol. 1 (5), p. 1117-1126

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2021

A simple method to isolate fluorescence spectra from small dissolved organic matter datasets

Urban Wuensch, Kathleen Murphy

Water Research. Vol. 190

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2021

Water quality changes during the first meter of managed aquifer recharge

Kristofer Hagg, Jing Li, Masoumeh Heibati et al

Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology. Vol. 7 (3), p. 562-572

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2020

Evaluating the accuracy of two in-situ optical sensors to estimate DOC concentrations for drinking water production

Svenja Hoffmeister, Kathleen Murphy, Claudia Cascone et al

Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology. Vol. 6 (10), p. 2891-2901

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2020

Fluorescence signatures of dissolved organic matter leached from microplastics: Polymers and additives

Y. K. Lee, Kathleen Murphy, Jin Hur

Environmental Science & Technology. Vol. 54 (19), p. 11905-11914

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2019

staRdom: Versatile Software for Analyzing Spectroscopic Data of Dissolved Organic Matter in R

Mathias Pucher, Urban Wuensch, Gabriele Weigelhofer et al

Water. Vol. 11 (11), p. 2366-

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2019

Temperature-dependent mechanisms of DOM removal by biological activated carbon filters

Nashita Moona, Urban Wuensch, Mia Bondelind et al

Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology. Vol. 5 (12), p. 2232-2241

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2019

Emerging patterns in the global distribution of dissolved organic matter fluorescence

Urban Wuensch, Rasmus Bro, Colin A. Stedmon et al

Analytical Methods. Vol. 11 (7), p. 888-893

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2018

Photochemistry Illuminates Ubiquitous Organic Matter Fluorescence Spectra

Kathleen Murphy, Stephen Andrew Timko, Michael Gonsior et al

Environmental Science & Technology. Vol. 52 (19), p. 11243-11250

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2018

The Molecular Fingerprint of Fluorescent Natural Organic Matter Offers Insight into Biogeochemical Sources and Diagenetic State

Urban Wuensch, Evrim Acar, Boris P. Koch et al

Analytical Chemistry. Vol. 90 (24), p. 14188-14198

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2018

Partial renewal of granular activated carbon filters for improved drinking water treatment

Nashita Moona, Kathleen Murphy, Mia Bondelind et al

Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology. Vol. 4 (4), p. 529-538

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2018

Quantifying the impact of solid-phase extraction on chromophoric dissolved organic matter composition

Urban Wuensch, Jana K. Geuer, Oliver J. Lechtenfeld et al

Marine Chemistry. Vol. 207, p. 33-41

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2018

Partial replenishment of biological activated carbon filters to improve natural organic matter removal

Nashita Moona, Kathleen Murphy, Mia Bondelind et al

Proceedings of IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2018

Paper in proceeding

2018

Organic matter fluorescence as a proxy for UV exposure dose in drinking water treatment

Masoumeh Heibati, Colin A. Stedmon, Olof Bergstedt et al

Other conference contribution

2017

The One-Sample PARAFAC Approach Reveals Molecular Size Distributions of Fluorescent Components in Dissolved Organic Matter

Urban Wuensch, Kathleen Murphy, C. A. Stedmon

Environmental Science & Technology. Vol. 51 (20), p. 11900-11908

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2017

Assessment of drinking water quality at the tap using fluorescence spectroscopy.

Masoumeh Heibati, Colin A Stedmon, Karolina Stenroth et al

Water research. Vol. 125, p. 1-10

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2016

Natural organic matter (NOM) removal by modifying granular activated carbon filter using simple operational strategy

Nashita Moona, Kathleen Murphy, Mia Bondelind et al

Conference poster

2016

Inflow rate-driven changes in the composition and dynamics of chromophoric dissolved organic matter in a large drinking water lake

Yongqiang Zhou, Yunlin Zhang, Erik Jeppesen et al

Water Research. Vol. 100, p. 211-221

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2016

Chemical assessment of ballast water exchange compliance: Implementation in North America and New Zealand

Monaca Noble, Gregory Ruiz, Kathleen Murphy

Frontiers in Marine Science. Vol. 3 (MAY)

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2015

Fluorescence Quantum Yields of Natural Organic Matter and Organic Compounds: Implications for the Fluorescence-based Interpretation of Organic Matter Composition

Urban Wuensch, Kathleen Murphy, Colin A. Stedmon

Frontiers in Marine Science. Vol. 2 (November), p. 1-15

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2014

Improving odour assessment in LCA - the odour footprint

Gregory Peters, Kathleen Murphy, AP Adamsen et al

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. Vol. 19 (11), p. 1891-1900

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2014

Non-methane volatile organic compounds predict odor emitted from five tunnel ventilated broiler sheds

Kathleen Murphy, G. Parcsi, R.M. Stuetz

Chemosphere. Vol. 95, p. 423-432

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2014

Chapter 10. Chemometric analysis of organic matter fluorescence

Kathleen Murphy, R. Bro, C.A. Stedmon

Aquatic organic matter fluorescence, p. 339-376

Book chapter

2014

OpenFluor- an online spectral library of auto-fluorescence by organic compounds in the environment

Kathleen Murphy, C. A. Stedmon, P. Wenig et al

Analytical Methods. Vol. 6 (3), p. 658-661

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2013

Fluorescence spectroscopy and multi-way techniques. PARAFAC

Kathleen Murphy, C.A. Stedmon, D. Graeber et al

Analytical Methods. Vol. 5 (23), p. 6557-6566

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2013

Exploring the limits of dissolved organic matter fluorescence for determining seawater sources and ballast water exchange on the US Pacific coast

Kathleen Murphy, J.R. Boehme, C.W. Brown et al

Journal of Marine Systems. Vol. 111-112, p. 157-166

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2013

Inner filter correction of dissolved organic matter fluorescence

D.N. Kothawala, Kathleen Murphy, C.A. Stedmon et al

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. Vol. 11 (DEC), p. 616-630

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2012

Characterizing odorous emissions using new software for identifying peaks in chemometric models of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry datasets

Kathleen Murphy, P. Wenig, G. Parcsi et al

Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems. Vol. 118, p. 41-50

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2011

Evaluation of effluent organic matter fouling in ultrafiltration treatment using advanced organic characterisation techniques

R.K. Henderson, N. Subhi, A. Antony et al

Journal of Membrane Science. Vol. 382 (1-2), p. 50-59

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2011

Organic matter fluorescence in municipal water recycling schemes: Toward a unified PARAFAC model

Kathleen Murphy, A.C. Hambly, S.P. Singh et al

Environmental Science & Technology. Vol. 45 (7), p. 2909-2916

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2011

A note on determining the extent of the water Raman peak in fluorescence spectroscopy

Kathleen Murphy

Applied Spectroscopy. Vol. 65 (2), p. 233-236

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Showing 10 research projects

2023–2028

A treatability sensor for water quality monitoring and treatment

Kathleen Murphy Water Environment Technology

Formas

1 publication exists

2022–2024

Syrebehov och hastighet (ODaR) som en känslig indikator för mikrobiell tillväxtpotential i dricksvatten

Kathleen Murphy Water Environment Technology

Formas

1 publication exists

2022–2023

New eyes on old GAC: toward optimization and automated control of carbon filters in drinking water treatment

Kathleen Murphy Water Environment Technology

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1 publication exists

2021–2022

A novel and scalable sensor for quantifying bioavailable carbon in drinking water

Kathleen Murphy Water Environment Technology

Åke och Greta Lissheds stiftelse

J. Gust. Richert stiftelse

1 publication exists

2020–2020

Hidden carbon - a gap in urban water planning

Gregory Peters Environmental Systems Analysis

Kathleen Murphy Water Environment Technology

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2019–2020

An optical sensor for reducing biocide dependence inchemical manufacturing

Kathleen Murphy Water Environment Technology

VINNOVA

2019–2020

Benchmarking granulated active carbon treatment during drinking water production

Kathleen Murphy Water Environment Technology

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2018–2020

Improved specificity for drinking water treatment monitoring

Kathleen Murphy Water Environment Technology

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11 publications exist

2017–2024

Technical and behavioural change for a more sustainable textile life cycle

Gregory Peters Environmental Systems Analysis

Erik Klint Environmental Systems Analysis

Magdalena Svanström Environmental Systems Analysis

Kathleen Murphy Water Environment Technology

Lars-Olof Johansson Unknown organization

Electrolux Professional Laundry

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5 publications exist

2014–2017

Novel fluorescence-based indicators of drinking water disinfection

Kathleen Murphy Water Environment Technology

Masoumeh Heibati Water Environment Technology

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1 publication exists

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