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Steven D. Siciliano

Steven D. Siciliano

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Environmental Sciences
Canada
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
69
Citations
18200
World Ranking
1775
National Ranking
65

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
18170
World Ranking
7342
National Ranking
256

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Steven D. Siciliano is affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan in Canada and works primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans various subfields, including Plant Science, Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology, and Atmospheric Science.

The primary focus of Siciliano's work involves topics such as Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies, Heavy Metals in the Environment, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity, Climate Change and Permafrost, and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Recent publications by Steven D. Siciliano include:

  • Nitrous oxide emissions from permafrost-affected soils (2020), Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Core and Differentially Abundant Bacterial Taxa in the Rhizosphere of Field Grown Brassica napus Genotypes: Implications for Canola Breeding (2020), Frontiers in Microbiology
  • A survey of invasive plants on grassland soil microbial communities and ecosystem services (2020), Scientific Data
  • Introducing the Adverse Ecosystem Service Pathway as a Tool in Ecological Risk Assessment (2020), Environmental Science & Technology
  • The role of monodentate tetrahedral borate complexes in boric acid binding to a soil organic matter analogue (2021), Chemosphere

Siciliano frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Eric G. Lamb
  • Steven D. Mamet
  • Bobbi L. Helgason
  • Natacha Hogan
  • Sally Vail

Their publications are often found in journals and venues such as:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Chemosphere

Best Publications

  • Biofuel Cells Select for Microbial Consortia That Self-Mediate Electron Transfer

    Korneel Rabaey;Nico Boon;Steven D. Siciliano;Marc Verhaege

  • A microbial fuel cell capable of converting glucose to electricity at high rate and efficiency.

    Korneel Rabaey;Geert Lissens;Steven D. Siciliano;Willy Verstraete

  • Microbes as engines of ecosystem function: When does community structure enhance predictions of ecosystem processes?

    Emily B. Graham;Emily B. Graham;Joseph E. Knelman;Joseph E. Knelman;Andreas Schindlbacher;Steven Siciliano

  • Strain-Specific Ureolytic Microbial Calcium Carbonate Precipitation

    Frederik Hammes;Nico Boon;Johan de Villiers;Willy Verstraete

  • Selection of Specific Endophytic Bacterial Genotypes by Plants in Response to Soil Contamination

    Steven D. Siciliano;Nathalie Fortin;Anca Mihoc;Gesine Wisse

  • Diversity of root-associated bacteria associated with field-grown canola (Brassica napus L.) and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

    James J. Germida;Steven D. Siciliano;J. Renato de Freitas;Arlette M. Seib

  • Changes in microbial community composition and function during a polyaromatic hydrocarbon phytoremediation field trial

    Steven D. Siciliano;James J. Germida;Kathy Banks;Charles W. Greer

  • Characterization of an Autotrophic Nitrogen-Removing Biofilm from a Highly Loaded Lab-Scale Rotating Biological Contactor

    Kris Pynaert;Barth F. Smets;Stijn Wyffels;Daan Beheydt

  • Bioaugmentation as a Tool To Protect the Structure and Function of an Activated-Sludge Microbial Community against a 3-Chloroaniline Shock Load

    Nico Boon;Eva M. Top;Willy Verstraete;Steven D. Siciliano

  • Detection and quantification of the human‐specific HF183 Bacteroides 16S rRNA genetic marker with real‐time PCR for assessment of human faecal pollution in freshwater

    Sylvie Seurinck;Tom Defoirdt;Willy Verstraete;Steven D. Siciliano

  • Microbial community responses to anthropogenically induced environmental change: towards a systems approach

    Andrew Bissett;Mark V. Brown;Steven D. Siciliano;Peter H. Thrall

  • Soil fertility is associated with fungal and bacterial richness, whereas pH is associated with community composition in polar soil microbial communities

    Steven D. Siciliano;Anne S. Palmer;Tristrom Winsley;Tristrom Winsley;Eric Lamb

  • Mechanisms of phytoremediation: biochemical and ecological interactions between plants and bacteria

    S D Siciliano;J J Germida

  • Impact of agricultural practices on the Zea mays L. endophytic community.

    Dave Seghers;Lieven Wittebolle;Eva M. Top;Willy Verstraete

  • Taxonomic diversity of bacteria associated with the roots of modern, recent and ancient wheat cultivars

    J. J. Germida;S. D. Siciliano

  • Human Colon Microbiota Transform Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons to Estrogenic Metabolites

    Tom Van de Wiele;Lynn Vanhaecke;Charlotte Boeckaert;Kerry Peru

  • Legacy effects of soil moisture on microbial community structure and N2O emissions

    Samiran Banerjee;Bobbi Helgason;Lianfeng Wang;Tristrom Winsley

  • Taxonomic diversity of bacteria associated with the roots of field‐grown transgenic Brassica napus cv. Quest, compared to the non‐transgenic B. napus cv. Excel and B. rapa cv. Parkland

    S.D Siciliano;J.J Germida

  • Differences in the microbial communities associated with the roots of different cultivars of canola and wheat

    S D Siciliano;C M Theoret;J R de Freitas;P J Hucl

  • Microbial Reduction and Oxidation of Mercury in Freshwater Lakes

    Steven D. Siciliano;Nelson J. O'driscoll;D. R. S. Lean

Frequent Co-Authors

Willy Verstraete
Willy Verstraete Ghent University
James J. Germida
James J. Germida University of Saskatchewan
Ian Snape
Ian Snape Frontline Mind
David R. S. Lean
David R. S. Lean University of Ottawa
Nico Boon
Nico Boon Ghent University
Eva M. Top
Eva M. Top University of Idaho
Charles W. Greer
Charles W. Greer National Research Council Canada
Dirk Reheul
Dirk Reheul Ghent University
Mark V. Brown
Mark V. Brown University of Technology Sydney
Tom Van de Wiele
Tom Van de Wiele Ghent University

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