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Brian J. Reid is affiliated with the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong focus on Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change, Pollution, Environmental Chemistry, and Water Science and Technology.

The research topics Brian J. Reid has contributed to include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Soil Management and Crop Yield
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems

Brian J. Reid has co-authored numerous scientific papers with colleagues such as Agnieszka E. Latawiec, Aline F. Rodrigues, Katarzyna Anna Koryś, Frédéric Coulon, and Youchi Zhang.

They have published extensively in several journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Remediation of cadmium and lead polluted soil using thiol-modified biochar," 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Biochar induces mineralization of soil recalcitrant components by activation of biochar responsive bacteria groups," 2022, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "Organic matter chemistry and bacterial community structure regulate decomposition processes in post-fire forest soils," 2021, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "The removal of arsenic from solution through biochar-enhanced precipitation of calcium-arsenic derivatives," 2021, Environmental Pollution
  • "Capturing a soil carbon economy," 2021, Royal Society Open Science

Best Publications

  • Bioavailability of persistent organic pollutants in soils and sediments--a perspective on mechanisms, consequences and assessment.

    Brian J. Reid;Kevin C. Jones;Kirk T. Semple

  • Impact of composting strategies on the treatment of soils contaminated with organic pollutants.

    Kirk T. Semple;Brian J. Reid;T. R. Fermor

  • Nonexhaustive Cyclodextrin-Based Extraction Technique for the Evaluation of PAH Bioavailability

    Brian J. Reid;Joanna D. Stokes;Kevin C. Jones;Kirk T. Semple

  • Remediation of cadmium and lead polluted soil using thiol-modified biochar.

    Jiajun Fan;Chao Cai;Haifeng Chi;Brian J. Reid

  • The role of biochar properties in influencing the sorption and desorption of Pb(II), Cd(II) and As(III) in aqueous solution

    Eric F. Zama;Yong-Guan Zhu;Brian J. Reid;Gou-Xin Sun

  • Environmental contextualisation of potential toxic elements and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in biochar

    Alessia Freddo;Chao Cai;Brian J. Reid

  • Organic carbon amendments affect the chemodiversity of soil dissolved organic matter and its associations with soil microbial communities

    Xiaoming Li;Qing-Lin Chen;Chen He;Quan Shi

  • Earthworm assisted bioremediation of organic contaminants.

    Zachary A. Hickman;Brian J. Reid

  • Quantifying the influence of biochar on the physical and hydrological properties of dissimilar soils

    Lewis R. Peake;Brian J. Reid;Xiangyu Tang

  • Application of biochar to soil reduces cancer risk via rice consumption: a case study in Miaoqian village, Longyan, China.

    Sardar Khan;Brian J. Reid;Gang Li;Yong-Guan Zhu

  • The effects of sewage sludge and sewage sludge biochar on PAHs and potentially toxic element bioaccumulation in Cucumis sativa L.

    Muhammad Waqas;Sardar Khan;Huang Qing;Brian J. Reid

  • Biochar increased water holding capacity but accelerated organic carbon leaching from a sloping farmland soil in China

    Chen Liu;Honglan Wang;Xiangyu Tang;Zhuo Guan

  • Mitigating heavy metal accumulation into rice (Oryza sativa L.) using biochar amendment - a field experiment in Hunan, China

    Ruilun Zheng;Zheng Chen;Chao Cai;Baiqing Tie

  • Reduced bioaccumulation of PAHs by Lactuca satuva L. grown in contaminated soil amended with sewage sludge and sewage sludge derived biochar.

    Sardar Khan;Ning Wang;Brian J. Reid;Alessia Freddo;Alessia Freddo

  • A simple 14C-respirometric method for assessing microbial catabolic potential and contaminant bioavailability

    Brian J. Reid;Christopher J. A. MacLeod;Philip H. Lee;Alistair W. J. Morriss

  • Advances in research on the use of biochar in soil for remediation: a review

    Eric F. Zama;Brian J. Reid;Hans Peter H. Arp;Guo Xin Sun

  • Enhanced biodegradation of PAHs in historically contaminated soil by M. gilvum inoculated biochar.

    Bijing Xiong;Youchi Zhang;Yanwei Hou;Hans Peter H. Arp

  • Chlorophyll a fluorescence as a biomarker for rapid toxicity assessment.

    Patricia Bi Fai;Alastair Grant;Brian Reid

  • Biochar induces mineralization of soil recalcitrant components by activation of biochar responsive bacteria groups

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  • Application of sewage sludge and sewage sludge biochar to reduce polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and potentially toxic elements (PTE) accumulation in tomato

    Muhammad Waqas;Gang Li;Sardar Khan;Isha Shamshad

  • Cyclodextrin Enhanced Biodegradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Phenols in Contaminated Soil Slurries

    Ian J. Allan;Kirk T. Semple;Rina Hare;Brian J. Reid

Frequent Co-Authors

Kirk T. Semple
Kirk T. Semple Lancaster University
Kevin C. Jones
Kevin C. Jones Lancaster University
Yong-Guan Zhu
Yong-Guan Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kevin M. Hiscock
Kevin M. Hiscock University of East Anglia
Sardar Khan
Sardar Khan University of Peshawar
Graeme I. Paton
Graeme I. Paton University of Aberdeen
Philip L. Bond
Philip L. Bond University of Queensland
Julian E. Andrews
Julian E. Andrews University of East Anglia
Hans Peter H. Arp
Hans Peter H. Arp Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Irene Lorenzoni
Irene Lorenzoni University of East Anglia

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