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Timothy R. Filley is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with an emphasis on soil science and related disciplines.

Their recent publication record includes studies in various specialized fields such as soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, soil erosion and sediment transport, soil and water nutrient dynamics, heavy metals in the environment, peatlands and wetlands ecology, hydrology and watershed management studies, and water quality and pollution assessment.

Timothy R. Filley's notable papers include:

  • A Self-Powered, Real-Time, LoRaWAN IoT-Based Soil Health Monitoring System (2021), published in IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • Revealing the Thermal Safety of Prussian Blue Cathode for Safer Nonaqueous Batteries (2021), published in Advanced Energy Materials
  • Warming yields distinct accumulation patterns of microbial residues in dry and wet alpine grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (2020), published in Biology and Fertility of Soils
  • Tillage-induced surface soil roughness controls the chemistry and physics of eroded particles at early erosion stage (2020), published in Soil and Tillage Research
  • Aboveground litter addition for five years changes the chemical composition of soil organic matter in a temperate deciduous forest (2021), published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry

They have frequently contributed to several publication venues, including:

  • Frontiers in Water
  • Soil and Tillage Research
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • Advanced Energy Materials

Timothy R. Filley often collaborates with a core group of coauthors who appear frequently in their research projects. These coauthors include:

  • A. N. Papanicolaou
  • Martha E. Jiménez-Castañeda
  • Tingyu Hou
  • Christopher G. Wilson
  • Neal E. Blair

Their main fields of study integrate various environmental topics with a focus on the biochemical and physical aspects of soil systems and how these impact ecosystems and agriculture. Subfields such as ecology, water science and technology, global and planetary change, and electrical and electronic engineering also contribute to their wide-ranging research portfolio.

Best Publications

  • Primordial Carbonylated Iron-Sulfur Compounds and the Synthesis of Pyruvate

    George D. Cody;Nabil Z. Boctor;Timothy R. Filley;Robert M. Hazen

  • Organic C and N stabilization in a forest soil: Evidence from sequential density fractionation

    Phillip Sollins;Christopher Swanston;Markus Kleber;Timothy Filley

  • Old and stable soil organic matter is not necessarily chemically recalcitrant: Implications for modeling concepts and temperature sensitivity

    Markus Kleber;Peter S. Nico;Alain Plante;Timothy Filley

  • Selective adsorption of L- and D-amino acids on calcite: Implications for biochemical homochirality

    Robert M. Hazen;Timothy R. Filley;Glenn A. Goodfriend

  • Lignin degradation in wood-feeding insects

    Scott M. Geib;Timothy R. Filley;Patrick G. Hatcher;Kelli Hoover

  • Sequential density fractionation across soils of contrasting mineralogy: evidence for both microbial- and mineral-controlled soil organic matter stabilization

    Phillip Sollins;Marc G. Kramer;Christopher Swanston;Kate Lajtha

  • Sources of plant-derived carbon and stability of organic matter in soil: implications for global change

    Susan E. Crow;Susan E. Crow;Kate Lajtha;Timothy R. Filley;Christopher W. Swanston

  • Lignin demethylation and polysaccharide decomposition in spruce sapwood degraded by brown rot fungi

    T.R. Filley;G.D. Cody;B. Goodell;J. Jellison

  • Photodegradation of decabromodiphenyl ether adsorbed onto clay minerals, metal oxides, and sediment.

    Mi Youn Ahn;Timothy R. Filley;Chad T. Jafvert;Loring Nies

  • Reductive debromination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in anaerobic sediment and a biomimetic system.

    John A. Tokarz;Mi-Youn Ahn;June Leng;Timothy R. Filley

  • Temporal variability in sources of dissolved organic carbon in the lower Mississippi river

    Thomas S. Bianchi;Timothy Filley;Karl Dria;Patrick G. Hatcher

  • The role of hydrology in annual organic carbon loads and terrestrial organic matter export from a midwestern agricultural watershed

    Brent J. Dalzell;Timothy R. Filley;Jon M. Harbor

  • Lignocellulosic polysaccharides and lignin degradation by wood decay fungi: the relevance of nonenzymatic Fenton-based reactions

    Valdeir Arantes;Adriane M. F. Milagres;Timothy R. Filley;Barry Goodell

  • Flood pulse influences on terrestrial organic matter export from an agricultural watershed

    Brent J. Dalzell;Brent J. Dalzell;Timothy R. Filley;Jon M. Harbor

  • Responses of enzymatic activities within soil aggregates to 9-year nitrogen and water addition in a semi-arid grassland

    Ruzhen Wang;Maxim Dorodnikov;Shan Yang;Shan Yang;Yongyong Zhang

  • Temporal variability in terrestrially-derived sources of particulate organic carbon in the lower Mississippi River and its upper tributaries

    Thomas S. Bianchi;Laura A. Wysocki;Mike Stewart;Timothy R. Filley

  • Soil microbial community dynamics over a maize (Zea mays L.) growing season under conventional- and no-tillage practices in a rainfed agroecosystem

    Bin Zhang;Hongbo He;Xueli Ding;Xudong Zhang

  • Chemical changes to nonaggregated particulate soil organic matter following grassland‐to‐woodland transition in a subtropical savanna

    Timothy R. Filley;Thomas W. Boutton;Julia D. Liao;Julie D. Jastrow

  • Increased belowground carbon inputs and warming promote loss of soil organic carbon through complementary microbial responses

    Francesca M. Hopkins;Timothy R. Filley;Gerd Gleixner;Markus Lange

  • Tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) thermochemolysis: proposed mechanisms based upon the application of 13C-labeled TMAH to a synthetic model lignin dimer

    T.R. Filley;T.R. Filley;R.D. Minard;P.G. Hatcher

  • Photochemistry and nature of organic matter in Arctic and Antarctic snow

    Amanda M. Grannas;Amanda M. Grannas;Paul B. Shepson;Timothy R. Filley

Frequent Co-Authors

Katalin Szlavecz
Katalin Szlavecz Johns Hopkins University
Knute J. Nadelhoffer
Knute J. Nadelhoffer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Thomas W. Boutton
Thomas W. Boutton Texas A&M University
Patrick G. Hatcher
Patrick G. Hatcher Old Dominion University
Thomas S. Bianchi
Thomas S. Bianchi University of New Hampshire
Ruth E. Stark
Ruth E. Stark City College of New York
Robert A. Blanchette
Robert A. Blanchette University of Minnesota
Cliff T. Johnston
Cliff T. Johnston Purdue University West Lafayette
Christopher W. Swanston
Christopher W. Swanston US Forest Service
Genxing Pan
Genxing Pan Nanjing Agricultural University

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