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Chemistry

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69
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19746
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6116
National Ranking
1865

Plant Science and Agronomy

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50
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2102
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546

Environmental Sciences

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69
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20055
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1760
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738

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)

Overview

Kirk G. Scheckel is affiliated with the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on pollution, environmental chemistry, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, radiological and ultrasound technology, and geochemistry and petrology.

The scientist has a strong publication record in topics related to heavy metals in the environment, heavy metal exposure and toxicity, mine drainage and remediation techniques, arsenic contamination and mitigation, radioactivity and radon measurements, air quality and health impacts, and clay minerals and soil interactions.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kirk G. Scheckel include:

  • Matthew Noerpel
  • Karen D. Bradham
  • Aaron R. Betts
  • Albert L. Juhasz
  • Ranju R. Karna

Their publications are often found in several key venues, including:

  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Pollution
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Kirk G. Scheckel are:

  • Remediation of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contaminated soils - To mobilize or to immobilize or to degrade?, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Insights into the fate of antimony (Sb) in contaminated soils: Ageing influence on Sb mobility, bioavailability, bioaccessibility and speciation, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Novel franklinite-like synthetic zinc-ferrite redox nanomaterial: synthesis, and evaluation for degradation of diclofenac in water, 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Bioavailable soil Pb minimized by in situ transformation to plumbojarosite, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • High Lead Bioavailability of Indoor Dust Contaminated with Paint Lead Species, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology

Kirk G. Scheckel has also been recognized by professional societies with fellowships from the American Society of Agronomy (ASA) and the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), both awarded in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Remediation of heavy metal(loid)s contaminated soils - To mobilize or to immobilize?

    Nanthi Bolan;Nanthi Bolan;Anitha Kunhikrishnan;Ramya Thangarajan;Ramya Thangarajan;Jurate Kumpiene

  • Impact of Environmental Conditions (pH, Ionic Strength, and Electrolyte Type) on the Surface Charge and Aggregation of Silver Nanoparticles Suspensions

    Amro M. El Badawy;Todd P. Luxton;Rendahandi G. Silva;Kirk G. Scheckel

  • Surface charge-dependent toxicity of silver nanoparticles.

    Amro M. El Badawy;Rendahandi G. Silva;Brian Morris;Kirk G. Scheckel

  • An evidence-based environmental perspective of manufactured silver nanoparticle in syntheses and applications: a systematic review and critical appraisal of peer-reviewed scientific papers.

    Thabet M. Tolaymat;Amro M. El Badawy;Ash Genaidy;Kirk G. Scheckel

  • Speciation and Localization of Arsenic in White and Brown Rice Grains

    Andrew A. Meharg;Enzo Lombi;Paul N. Williams;Kirk G. Scheckel

  • Methods for speciation of metals in soils: a review.

    J. J. D'Amore;S. R. Al-Abed;K. G. Scheckel;J. A. Ryan

  • Grain unloading of arsenic species in rice.

    Anne Marie Carey;Kirk G. Scheckel;Enzo Lombi;Enzo Lombi;Matt Newville

  • XAS and XPS Characterization of Mercury Binding on Brominated Activated Carbon

    Nick D. Hutson;Brian C. Attwood;Kirk G. Scheckel

  • Remediation of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contaminated soils - To mobilize or to immobilize or to degrade?

    Nanthi Bolan;Binoy Sarkar;Yubo Yan;Qiao Li

  • Toxic Metals in the Environment: Thermodynamic Considerations for Possible Immobilization Strategies for Pb, Cd, As, and Hg

    Spencer K. Porter;Kirk G. Scheckel;Christopher A. Impellitteri;James A. Ryan

  • Speciation and distribution of arsenic and localization of nutrients in rice grains

    E. Lombi;E. Lombi;K. G. Scheckel;J. Pallon;Anne-Marie Carey

  • Peer Reviewed: Reducing Children's Risk from Lead in Soil

    James A. Ryan;Kirk G. Scheckel;William R. Berti;Sally L. Brown

  • Fate of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles during Anaerobic Digestion of Wastewater and Post-Treatment Processing of Sewage Sludge

    Enzo Lombi;Erica Donner;Erica Donner;Ehsan Tavakkoli;Terence William Turney

  • Selenium characterization in the global rice supply chain

    Paul Nicholas Williams;Enzo Lombi;Enzo Lombi;Guo-Xin Sun;Guo-Xin Sun;Kirk Scheckel

  • Understanding arsenic dynamics in agronomic systems to predict and prevent uptake by crop plants.

    Tracy Punshon;Brian P Jackson;Andrew A Meharg;Todd Warczack

  • The impact of stabilization mechanism on the aggregation kinetics of silver nanoparticles

    Amro M. El Badawy;Kirk G. Scheckel;Makram Suidan;Thabet Tolaymat

  • Arsenic sorption on TiO2 nanoparticles: size and crystallinity effects.

    Gautham Jegadeesan;Souhail R. Al-Abed;Vijayakumar Sundaram;Hyeok Choi

  • Temperature Effects on Nickel Sorption Kinetics at the Mineral–Water Interface

    Kirk G. Scheckel;Donald L. Sparks

  • Transformation of four silver/silver chloride nanoparticles during anaerobic treatment of wastewater and post-processing of sewage sludge.

    Enzo Lombi;Erica Donner;Erica Donner;Shima Taheri;Ehsan Tavakkoli

  • Phloem transport of arsenic species from flag leaf to grain during grain filling

    Anne-Marie Carey;Gareth J. Norton;Claire Deacon;Kirk G. Scheckel

Frequent Co-Authors

Enzo Lombi
Enzo Lombi University of South Australia
Erica Donner
Erica Donner University of South Australia
Albert L. Juhasz
Albert L. Juhasz University of South Australia
Nicholas T. Basta
Nicholas T. Basta The Ohio State University
David J. Thomas
David J. Thomas Environmental Protection Agency
Euan Smith
Euan Smith University of South Australia
Peter M. Kopittke
Peter M. Kopittke University of Queensland
Ravi Naidu
Ravi Naidu University of Newcastle Australia
Andrew A. Meharg
Andrew A. Meharg Queen's University Belfast
Peter R. Jaffé
Peter R. Jaffé Princeton University

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