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1614
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Don and Betty Kirkham Soil Physics Award, American Society of Agronomy
  • 2013 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)

Overview

Scott A. Bradford is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Environmental Science, with significant contributions to Environmental Engineering and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's work spans multiple subfields, including Environmental Engineering, Water Science and Technology, Civil and Structural Engineering, Pollution, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Key topics in their research include:

  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Fecal contamination and water quality
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Urban Stormwater Management Solutions

Frequent publication venues where Bradford's work appears include:

  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Water Research
  • Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Scott A. Bradford are:

  • Environmental applications and risks of nanomaterials: An introduction to CREST publications during 2018-2021, 2021, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
  • Uncovering the gaps in managed aquifer recharge for sustainable groundwater management: A focus on hillslopes and mountains, 2024, Journal of Hydrology
  • Pore-network modeling of colloid transport and retention considering surface deposition, hydrodynamic bridging, and straining, 2021, Journal of Hydrology
  • Particle-bubble interaction energies for particles with physical and chemical heterogeneities, 2020, Minerals Engineering
  • Shape and orientation of bare silica particles influence their deposition under intermediate ionic strength: A study with QCM-D and DLVO theory, 2020, Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bradford include:

  • Jiřı́ Šimůnek
  • Salini Sasidharan
  • Chongyang Shen
  • Dantong Lin
  • M. M. Bitew

Scott A. Bradford has been recognized with professional awards, including the Don and Betty Kirkham Soil Physics Award from the American Society of Agronomy in 2019. They have also been elected Fellow of both the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) and the American Society of Agronomy (ASA) in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Modeling colloid attachment, straining, and exclusion in saturated porous media.

    Scott A. Bradford;Jirka Simunek;Mehdi Bettahar;Martinus Th. Van Genuchten

  • Physical factors affecting the transport and fate of colloids in saturated porous media

    Scott A. Bradford;Scott R. Yates;Mehdi Bettahar;Jirka Simunek

  • Coupling of physical and chemical mechanisms of colloid straining in saturated porous media.

    Scott A. Bradford;Saeed Torkzaban;Sharon L. Walker

  • Colloid Transport and Retention in Unsaturated Porous Media: A Review of Interface-, Collector-, and Pore-Scale Processes and Models

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  • Significance of straining in colloid deposition: Evidence and implications

    S. A. Bradford;J. Simunek;M. Bettahar;M. T. van Genuchten

  • Straining and Attachment of Colloids in Physically Heterogeneous Porous Media

    Scott A. Bradford;Mehdi Bettahar;Jirka Simunek;Martinus Th. van Genuchten

  • Resolving the coupled effects of hydrodynamics and DLVO forces on colloid attachment in porous media.

    Saeed Torkzaban;Scott A. Bradford;Sharon L. Walker

  • Concentration dependent transport of colloids in saturated porous media

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  • Transport and fate of manure-borne pathogens: Modeling perspective

    Y.A. Pachepsky;A.M. Sadeghi;S.A. Bradford;D.R. Shelton

  • Transport and fate of bacteria in porous media: Coupled effects of chemical conditions and pore space geometry

    Saeed Torkzaban;Shiva S. Tazehkand;Sharon L. Walker;Scott A. Bradford

  • Transport and Fate of Microbial Pathogens in Agricultural Settings

    Scott A. Bradford;Verónica L. Morales;Wei Zhang;Ronald W. Harvey

  • Colloid transport in unsaturated porous media: The role of water content and ionic strength on particle straining

    Saeed Torkzaban;Scott A. Bradford;Martinus Th. van Genuchten;Sharon L. Walker

  • Transport and straining of E. coli O157:H7 in saturated porous media

    Scott A. Bradford;Jirka Simunek;Sharon L. Walker

  • Sensitivity of the transport and retention of stabilized silver nanoparticles to physicochemical factors

    Yan Liang;Scott A. Bradford;Jiri Simunek;Harry Vereecken

  • Colloid-Facilitated Solute Transport in Variably Saturated Porous Media: Numerical Model and Experimental Verification

    Jirka Šimůnek;Changming He;Liping Pang;S. A. Bradford

  • Transport, retention, and size perturbation of graphene oxide in saturated porous media: effects of input concentration and grain size.

    Yuanyuan Sun;Bin Gao;Scott A. Bradford;Lei Wu

  • Analysis of Steroid Hormones in a Typical Dairy Waste Disposal System

    Wei Zheng;Scott R. Yates;Scott A. Bradford

  • Humic Acid Facilitates the Transport of ARS-Labeled Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles in Iron Oxyhydroxide-Coated Sand

    Dengjun Wang;Scott A. Bradford;Ronald W. Harvey;Bin Gao

  • Transport and retention of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in saturated porous media: effects of input concentration and grain size.

    Daniela Kasel;Scott A. Bradford;Jiří Šimůnek;Marc Heggen;Marc Heggen

  • Straining, Attachment, and Detachment of Cryptosporidium Oocysts in Saturated Porous Media

    S. A. Bradford;M. Bettahar

  • Colloid release and clogging in porous media: Effects of solution ionic strength and flow velocity.

    Saeed Torkzaban;Scott A. Bradford;Joanne L. Vanderzalm;Bradley M. Patterson

  • Straining of colloids at textural interfaces

    Scott A. Bradford;Jirka Simunek;Mehdi Bettahar;Yadata F. Tadassa

  • Estimating interfacial areas for multi-fluid soil systems

    Scott A. Bradford;Feike J. Leij

  • Retention and remobilization of stabilized silver nanoparticles in an undisturbed loamy sand soil.

    Yan Liang;Scott A. Bradford;Jiri Simunek;Marc Heggen

  • Reuse of concentrated animal feeding operation wastewater on agricultural lands.

    Scott A. Bradford;Eran Segal;Wei Zheng;Qiquan Wang

  • Bacteria transport and deposition under unsaturated conditions: the role of the matrix grain size and the bacteria surface protein.

    G. Gargiulo;S. Bradford;J. Šimůnek;P. Ustohal

Frequent Co-Authors

Hyunjung Kim
Hyunjung Kim Hanyang University
Jiří Šimůnek
Jiří Šimůnek University of California, Riverside
Erwin Klumpp
Erwin Klumpp Forschungszentrum Jülich
Harry Vereecken
Harry Vereecken Forschungszentrum Jülich
Sharon L. Walker
Sharon L. Walker Drexel University
Linda M. Abriola
Linda M. Abriola Tufts University
Jirka Šimůnek
Jirka Šimůnek University of California, Riverside
Feike J. Leij
Feike J. Leij California State University, Long Beach
Dongmei Zhou
Dongmei Zhou Nanjing University
Denis M. O'Carroll
Denis M. O'Carroll University of New South Wales

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