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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Lloyd R. Frederick Soil Teaching Travel Study Award, American Society of Agronomy
  • 2012 - Soil Science Education and Extension Award, American Society of Agronomy

Overview

Eric C. Brevik is affiliated with Southern Illinois University Carbondale in the United States, focusing primarily on environmental science with a significant contribution to soil science.

The research topics covered by Brevik span several areas including:

  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications

Main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science

Subfields of study include:

  • Soil Science
  • Pollution
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Plant Science
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Brevik comprise:

  • Hassan El-Ramady
  • József Prokisch
  • Tamer Elsakhawy
  • Alaa El-Dein Omara
  • Heba Elbasiouny

Frequent publication venues where Brevik's work appears are:

  • Environment, Biodiversity and Soil Security
  • Egyptian Journal of Soil Science
  • Natural sciences education
  • CATENA
  • European Journal of Soil Science

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Brevik include:

  • "Soils and sustainable development goals of the United Nations: An International Union of Soil Sciences perspective," 2021, Geoderma Regional
  • "Soil and Human Health: Current Status and Future Needs," 2020, Air Soil and Water Research
  • "Soil Science Challenges in a New Era: A Transdisciplinary Overview of Relevant Topics," 2020, Air Soil and Water Research
  • "Selenium and Nano-Selenium Biofortification for Human Health: Opportunities and Challenges," 2020, Soil Systems
  • "Managing Soils for Recovering from the COVID-19 Pandemic," 2020, Soil Systems

Awards received by Brevik include the Lloyd R. Frederick Soil Teaching Travel Study Award from the American Society of Agronomy in 2016 and the Soil Science Education and Extension Award from the American Society of Agronomy in 2012.

Best Publications

  • The interdisciplinary nature of SOIL

    E.C. Brevik;A. Cerdà;J. Mataix-Solera;L. Pereg

  • The use of electromagnetic induction techniques in soils studies

    James A. Doolittle;Eric C. Brevik

  • Effects of soil management techniques on soil water erosion in apricot orchards

    Saskia Keesstra;Paulo Pereira;Paulo Pereira;Agata Novara;Eric C. Brevik

  • Soils and sustainable development goals of the United Nations: An International Union of Soil Sciences perspective

    Rattan Lal;Johan Bouma;Eric Brevik;Lorna Dawson

  • Heavy metal accumulation related to population density in road dust samples taken from urban sites under different land uses

    Juan Manuel Trujillo-González;Marco Aurelio Torres-Mora;Saskia Keesstra;Eric C. Brevik

  • Soil ecosystem services, sustainability, valuation and management

    Paulo Pereira;Igor Bogunovic;Miriam Muñoz-Rojas;Miriam Muñoz-Rojas;Eric C. Brevik

  • The effect of soil on human health: an overview

    J. J. Steffan;E. C. Brevik;L. C. Burgess;A. Cerdà

  • Soil mapping, classification, and pedologic modeling: History and future directions

    Eric C. Brevik;Constanza Calzolari;Bradley A. Miller;Paulo Pereira

  • Soil electrical conductivity as a function of soil water content and implications for soil mapping

    Eric C. Brevik;Thomas E. Fenton;Andreas Lazari

  • Soil and Human Health: Current Status and Future Needs:

    Eric C Brevik;Lindsey Slaughter;Bal Ram Singh;Joshua J Steffan

  • Use of barley straw residues to avoid high erosion and runoff rates on persimmon plantations in Eastern Spain under low frequency–high magnitude simulated rainfall events

    Artemi Cerdà;Óscar González-Pelayo;Antonio Giménez-Morera;Antonio Jordán

  • Assessment and Monitoring of Soil Degradation during Land Use Change Using Multivariate Analysis

    Yones Khaledian;Yones Khaledian;Farshad Kiani;Soheila Ebrahimi;Eric C. Brevik

  • The Potential Impact of Climate Change on Soil Properties and Processes and Corresponding Influence on Food Security

    Eric C. Brevik

  • The past, present, and future of soils and human health studies

    E. C. Brevik;T. J. Sauer

  • Soils and Human Health

    Eric C. Brevik;Lynn C. Burgess

  • Early soil knowledge and the birth and development of soil science.

    Eric C. Brevik;Alfred E. Hartemink

  • Post-fire soil management

    Paulo Pereira;Marcos Francos;Eric C. Brevik;Xavier Ubeda

  • Soils and Climate Change: Gas Fluxes and Soil Processes

    Eric C. Brevik

  • Impact of topographic aspect and vegetation (native and reforested areas) on soil organic carbon and nitrogen budgets in Mediterranean natural areas.

    Beatriz Lozano-García;Luis Parras-Alcántara;Eric C. Brevik

  • Soil-forming factors and Soil Taxonomy

    J.G. Bockheim;A.N. Gennadiyev;A.E. Hartemink;E.C. Brevik

  • A 5000 year record of carbon sequestration from a coastal lagoon and wetland complex, Southern California, USA

    Eric C Brevik;Jeffrey A Homburg

Frequent Co-Authors

Artemi Cerdà
Artemi Cerdà University of Valencia
Jesús Rodrigo-Comino
Jesús Rodrigo-Comino University of Granada
Agata Novara
Agata Novara University of Palermo
Saskia Keesstra
Saskia Keesstra Wageningen University & Research
Antonio Jordán
Antonio Jordán University of Seville
Miriam Muñoz-Rojas
Miriam Muñoz-Rojas University of New South Wales
Alfred E. Hartemink
Alfred E. Hartemink University of Wisconsin–Madison
David C. Weindorf
David C. Weindorf Central Michigan University
John N. Quinton
John N. Quinton Lancaster University
Bal Ram Singh
Bal Ram Singh Norwegian University of Life Sciences

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