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2026

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Chemistry

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Citations
41914
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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
109
Citations
45459
World Ranking
215
National Ranking
98

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2002 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry
  • 1985 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1984 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1983 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
  • 1983 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)

Overview

Garrison Sposito is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within Environmental Science and Engineering.

The scientist's primary fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering

Within these fields, their work extends into several subfields such as:

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Geochemistry and Petrology
  • Biomaterials
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Garrison Sposito's research topics focus on soil and water interactions and include:

  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Clay minerals and soil interactions
  • Iron oxide chemistry and applications
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Landslides and related hazards

Their recent papers demonstrate an active involvement with topics related to water management, soil, and environmental interfaces. These papers include:

  • "Reassessing irrigation water quality guidelines for sodicity hazard," 2021, Agricultural Water Management
  • "Curvature-induced hydrophobicity at imogolite-water interfaces," 2020, Environmental Science Nano
  • "Dynamic water potential waves in unsaturated soils," 2022, Advances in Water Resources
  • "Correction: Curvature-induced hydrophobicity at imogolite-water interfaces," 2020, Environmental Science Nano

Garrison Sposito has published in several frequent venues, with a significant presence in:

  • Environmental Science Nano
  • Agricultural Water Management
  • Advances in Water Resources

The scientist has coauthored with multiple frequent collaborators, including:

  • Alejandro Fernández-Martínez
  • Jinhui Tao
  • Adam F. Wallace
  • Ian C. Bourg
  • Mark R. Johnson

Throughout their career, Garrison Sposito has received several professional recognitions, such as:

  • Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry (2002)
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU) (1985)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1984)
  • Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA) (1983)
  • Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) (1983)

Best Publications

  • The Chemistry of Soils

    Garrison Sposito

  • The surface chemistry of soils

    Garrison Sposito

  • Molecular Structure in Soil Humic Substances: The New View

    Rebecca Sutton;Garrison Sposito

  • The Environmental Chemistry of Aluminum

    Garrison Sposito

  • Trace metal chemistry in arid-zone field soils amended with sewage sludge: I. Fractionation of Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb in solid phases

    Garrison Sposito;L. J. Lund;A. C. Chang

  • Surface geochemistry of the clay minerals.

    Garrison Sposito;Neal T. Skipper;Rebecca Sutton;Sung-ho Park

  • Characterization of the manganese oxide produced by Pseudomonas putida strain MnB1

    Mario Villalobos;Brandy Toner;John Bargar;Garrison Sposito

  • Fractal Fragmentation, Soil Porosity, and Soil Water Properties: I. Theory

    Michel Rieu;Garrison Sposito

  • Structure of water adsorbed on smectites

    Garrison Sposito;Rene Prost

  • The thermodynamics of soil solutions

    Garrison Sposito

  • Monte Carlo simulation of interlayer molecular structure in swelling clay minerals; 1, Methodology

    N. T. Skipper;Fang-Ru Chou Chang;Garrison Sposito

  • Computer Simulation of Interlayer Molecular Structure in Sodium Montmorillonite Hydrates

    Fang-Ru Chou Chang;N. T. Skipper;Garrison Sposito

  • Redox properties of standard humic acids

    Z Struyk;Garrison Sposito

  • Structural model for the biogenic Mn oxide produced by Pseudomonas putida

    Mario Villalobos;Mario Villalobos;Bruno Lanson;Alain Manceau;Brandy Toner

  • Surface charge properties of kaolinite

    Brian K. Schroth;Garrison Sposito

  • On Points of Zero Charge

    Garrison Sposito

  • A Transfer Function Model of Solute Transport Through Soil: 1. Fundamental Concepts

    William A. Jury;Garrison Sposito;Robert E. White

  • A chemical model of phosphate adsorption by soils. I: Reference oxide minerals

    Sabine Goldberg;Garrison Sposito

  • On the Use of the Langmuir Equation in the Interpretation of ``Adsorption'' Phenomena1

    J. A. Veith;Garrison Sposito

  • Mechanisms of Pb(II) sorption on a biogenic manganese oxide.

    Mario Villalobos;John Bargar;Garrison Sposito

  • Chemical equilibria and kinetics in soils

    Garrison Sposito

  • On the mechanism of specific phosphate adsorption by hydroxylated mineral surfaces: A review

    Sabine Goldberg;Garrison Sposito

  • Chemistry of the solid-water interface

    Garrison Sposito

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian C. Bourg
Ian C. Bourg Princeton University
John R. Bargar
John R. Bargar SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
William A. Jury
William A. Jury University of California, Riverside
Nicola Senesi
Nicola Senesi University of Bari Aldo Moro
Ernest L. Majer
Ernest L. Majer Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Brandy M. Toner
Brandy M. Toner University of Minnesota
Paulo J.M. Monteiro
Paulo J.M. Monteiro University of California, Berkeley
Alain Manceau
Alain Manceau École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Samuel J. Traina
Samuel J. Traina University of California, Merced
David Andrew Barry
David Andrew Barry École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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