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Overview

Paul N. Williams is affiliated with Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with notable contributions spanning over 75 publications in these fields.

The main areas of study include pollution, environmental chemistry, soil science, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, as well as agronomy and crop science. Specific topics investigated by Williams cover heavy metals in the environment, arsenic contamination and mitigation, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, agronomic practices and intercropping systems, soil and water nutrient dynamics, heavy metal exposure and toxicity, and coal and its by-products.

Williams' frequent coauthors include Jun Luo, Wen Fang, Manus Carey, Paul Cottney, and Ethel White. Collaboration with these researchers has been consistent, reflecting a network of contributors across multiple studies.

Key publication venues for Williams' work include Agronomy, Exposure and Health, Environmental Science & Technology, Journal of Hazardous Materials, and Analytical Chemistry. These journals have featured their research multiple times, with Agronomy hosting five publications, Exposure and Health and Environmental Science & Technology each featuring three, and Journal of Hazardous Materials and Analytical Chemistry each including two.

Recent papers by Paul N. Williams include:

  • Rice Grain Cadmium Concentrations in the Global Supply-Chain (2020, Exposure and Health)
  • Municipal solid waste compost: Global trends and biogeochemical cycling (2023, Soil & Environmental Health)
  • Gather.town: An opportunity for self-paced learning in a synchronous, distance-learning environment (2021, Compass Journal of Learning and Teaching)
  • Localized Intensification of Arsenic Release within the Emergent Rice Rhizosphere (2020, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Rice Rhizospheric Effects on the Bioavailability of Toxic Trace Elements during Land Application of Biochar (2021, Environmental Science & Technology)

Williams has also contributed to book publications, including a 2024 work titled Spiritual Life, published by Cambridge University Press.

Best Publications

  • Variation in Arsenic Speciation and Concentration in Paddy Rice Related to Dietary Exposure

    Paul Williams;A H Price;A Raab;S A Hossain

  • Geographical Variation in Total and Inorganic Arsenic Content of Polished (White) Rice

    Andrew A. Meharg;Paul N. Williams;Eureka Adomako;Youssef Y. Lawgali

  • Greatly enhanced arsenic shoot assimilation in rice leads to elevated grain levels compared to wheat and barley

    Paul N. Williams;Antia Villada;Claire Deacon;Andrea Raab

  • Selenium in higher plants: understanding mechanisms for biofortification and phytoremediation

    Yong-Guan Zhu;Elizabeth A.H. Pilon-Smits;Fang-Jie Zhao;Paul N. Williams

  • Increase in Rice Grain Arsenic for Regions of Bangladesh Irrigating Paddies with Elevated Arsenic in Groundwaters

    Paul Nicholas Williams;Mohammad Ayub Islam;E. E. Adomako;Andrea Raab

  • Occurrence and Partitioning of Cadmium, Arsenic and Lead in Mine Impacted Paddy Rice: Hunan, China

    Paul N Williams;Ming Lei;Guoxin Sun;Qing Huang

  • Use of Carnobacterium sp. as a probiotic for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss, Walbaum).

    Peter Robertson;Colm O'Dowd;Charles Burrells;Paul Williams

  • Arsenic Sequestration in Iron Plaque, Its Accumulation and Speciation in Mature Rice Plants (Oryza Sativa L.)

    W. J. Liu;Y. G. Zhu;Y. Hu;P. N. Williams

  • High percentage inorganic arsenic content of mining impacted and nonimpacted Chinese rice.

    Y.G. Zhu;G. X. Sun;M. Lei;M. Teng

  • Variation in Rice Cadmium Related to Human Exposure

    Andrew A. Meharg;Gareth Norton;Claire Deacon;Paul Williams

  • Exposure to inorganic arsenic from rice: A global health issue?

    Yong-Guan Zhu;Paul N. Williams;Andrew A. Meharg

  • Inorganic arsenic in Chinese food and its cancer risk.

    Gang Li;Guo-Xin Sun;Paul N. Williams;Luis Nunes

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

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

  • Phylogenetic analysis of intestinal microflora indicates a novel Mycoplasma phylotype in farmed and wild salmon.

    William E. Holben;P. Williams;M. Saarinen;Laura K. Sarkilahti

  • Market basket survey shows elevated levels of As in South Central U.S. processed rice compared to California: consequences for human dietary exposure.

    Paul Williams;A. Raab;J. Feldmann;A. A. Meharg

  • Inorganic Arsenic in Rice Bran and Its Products Are an Order of Magnitude Higher than in Bulk Grain

    Guo-Xin Sun;Guo-Xin Sun;Paul N. Williams;Anne-Marie Carey;Yong-Guan Zhu

  • Uptake and translocation of inorganic and methylated arsenic species by plants

    Andrea Raab;Paul N. Williams;Andrew Meharg;Jörg Feldmann

  • In situ, high-resolution imaging of labile phosphorus in sediments of a large eutrophic lake

    Shiming Ding;Chao Han;Yanping Wang;Lei Yao

  • Selenium characterization in the global rice supply chain

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

  • Organic matter-solid phase interactions are critical for predicting arsenic release and plant uptake in Bangladesh paddy soils.

    Paul N. Williams;Hao Zhang;William Davison;Andrew A. Meharg

  • Market basket survey shows elevated levels of As in South Central U.S. processed rice compared to California

    P N Williams;A Raab;J Feldmann;A A Meharg

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew A. Meharg
Andrew A. Meharg Queen's University Belfast
Yong-Guan Zhu
Yong-Guan Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Andrea Raab
Andrea Raab International Committee of the Red Cross
Lena Q. Ma
Lena Q. Ma Zhejiang University
Hao Zhang
Hao Zhang Lancaster University
Fang-Jie Zhao
Fang-Jie Zhao Nanjing Agricultural University
William Davison
William Davison Lancaster University
Jörg Feldmann
Jörg Feldmann University of Aberdeen
Adam H. Price
Adam H. Price University of Aberdeen
Enzo Lombi
Enzo Lombi University of South Australia

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