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Jeff Skousen is affiliated with West Virginia University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and engineering, with significant contributions to subfields such as environmental chemistry, agronomy and crop science, geochemistry and petrology, soil science, and civil and structural engineering.

The main topics addressed in their work include mine drainage and remediation techniques, bioenergy crop production and management, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, coal and its by-products, biofuel production and bioconversion, agronomic practices and intercropping systems, and geotechnical and geomechanical engineering.

Jeff Skousen has authored multiple papers, with notable recent publications including:

  • An Overview of Soil Pollution and Remediation Strategies in Coal Mining Regions (2023) published in Minerals
  • Bioenergy crop Miscanthus x giganteus acts as an ecosystem engineer to increase bacterial diversity and soil organic matter on marginal land (2023) published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Soil microbial succession following surface mining is governed primarily by deterministic factors (2020) published in FEMS Microbiology Ecology
  • Coal's legacy in Appalachia: Lands, waters, and people (2021) published in The Extractive Industries and Society
  • Nutrient management and bioaugmentation interactively shape plant-microbe interactions in Miscanthus × giganteus (2022) published in GCB Bioenergy

Their frequent coauthors include Jennifer Kane, Zachary B. Freedman, Louis M. McDonald, Ember M. Morrissey, and Bob Kleinmann.

Jeff Skousen has been published regularly in various scientific venues. Their frequent publication outlets include:

  • Mine Water and the Environment
  • The Extractive Industries and Society
  • Soil Science Society of America Journal
  • Minerals
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Best Publications

  • Review of Passive Systems for Acid Mine Drainage Treatment

    Jeff Skousen;Carl E. Zipper;Arthur Rose;Paul F. Ziemkiewicz

  • TREATMENT OF DOMESTIC WASTEWATER BY THREE PLANT SPECIES IN CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS

    Jerry Coleman;Keith Hench;Keith Garbutt;Alan Sexstone

  • Acid mine drainage control and treatment.

    Jeffrey G. Skousen;Alan Sexstone;Paul F. Ziemkiewicz

  • Restoring Forests and Associated Ecosystem Services on Appalachian Coal Surface Mines

    Carl E. Zipper;James A. Burger;Jeffrey G. Skousen;Patrick N. Angel

  • Forest restoration following surface mining disturbance: challenges and solutions

    S. Ellen Macdonald;Simon M. Landhäusser;Jeff Skousen;Jennifer Franklin

  • Fate of physical, chemical, and microbial contaminants in domestic wastewater following treatment by small constructed wetlands.

    Keith R. Hench;Gary K. Bissonnette;Alan J. Sexstone;Jerry G. Coleman

  • Acid mine drainage formation, control and treatment: Approaches and strategies

    Jeffrey G. Skousen;Paul F. Ziemkiewicz;Louis M. McDonald

  • Long-term Performance of Passive Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Systems

    P. F. Ziemkiewicz;J. G. Skousen;J. Simmons

  • Acid Mine Drainage Treatment with Armored Limestone in Open Limestone Channels

    P. F. Ziemkiewicz;J. G. Skousen;D. L. Brant;P. L. Sterner

  • Ameliorants to immobilize Cd in rice paddy soils contaminated by abandoned metal mines in Korea

    Yong Sik Ok;Sung Chul Kim;Dong Kuk Kim;Jeffrey G. Skousen

  • Neutralization Potential of Overburden Samples Containing Siderite

    J. Skousen;J. Renton;H. Brown;P. Evans

  • Acid-base accounting to predict post-mining drainage quality on surface mines.

    J. Skousen;J. Simmons;L. M. McDonald;P. Ziemkiewicz

  • Natural Revegetation of 15 Abandoned Mine Land Sites in West Virginia

    J. G. Skousen;C. D. Johnson;K. Garbutt

  • Post-mining policies and practices in the Eastern USA coal region

    Jeff Skousen;Carl E. Zipper

  • Performance of 116 Passive Treatment Systems for Acid Mine Drainage 1

    Jeff Skousen;Paul Ziemkiewicz

  • Chemical and Physical Properties of Overburdens and Minesoils

    Andrew A. Sobek;Jeffrey G. Skousen;Scott E. Fisher

  • Survival and growth of hardwoods in brown versus gray sandstone on a surface mine in West Virginia.

    P. Emerson;J. Skousen;P. Ziemkiewicz

  • Rebuilding Soils on Mined Land for Native Forests in Appalachia

    Carl E. Zipper;James A. Burger;Christopher D. Barton;Jeffrey G. Skousen

  • Influence of herbaceous ground cover on forest restoration of eastern US coal surface mines

    Jennifer A. Franklin;Carl E. Zipper;James A. Burger;Jeffrey G. Skousen

  • Survival of Three Tree Species on Old Reclaimed Surface Mines in Ohio

    J. D. Zeleznik;J. G. Skousen

Frequent Co-Authors

James A. Burger
James A. Burger Virginia Tech
Yong Sik Ok
Yong Sik Ok Korea University
Douglass F. Jacobs
Douglass F. Jacobs Purdue University West Lafayette
Simon M. Landhäusser
Simon M. Landhäusser University of Alberta
Jan Frouz
Jan Frouz Charles University
Michael T. French
Michael T. French University of Miami
George F. Vance
George F. Vance University of Wyoming
Sylvie A. Quideau
Sylvie A. Quideau University of Alberta
Brian C. McCarthy
Brian C. McCarthy Ohio University
S. Ellen Macdonald
S. Ellen Macdonald University of Alberta

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