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  • 2005 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Overview

Willie G. Harris is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a notable emphasis on phosphorus and nutrient management.

Their work covers multiple subfields including industrial and manufacturing engineering, soil science, environmental chemistry, ecology, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. The central topics addressed in their research include phosphorus and nutrient management, soil and water nutrient dynamics, constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, soil erosion and sediment transport, and plant nutrient uptake and metabolism.

Harris has contributed to several publications. Frequent venues for their research include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • Agrosystems Geosciences & Environment
  • Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis
  • Nature Communications

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Harris include:

  • Soil phosphorus forms and storage in stormwater treatment areas of the Everglades: Influence of vegetation and nutrient loading, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Biochar as Influenced by Feedstock Variability: Implications and Opportunities for Phosphorus Management, 2020, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • Mining of soil legacy phosphorus without jeopardizing crop yield, 2020, Agrosystems Geosciences & Environment
  • Mineralogy of particulate inputs and P-speciation and mineralogy of recently accreted soils within Everglades stormwater treatment wetlands, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Valorization of farm pond biomass as fertilizer for reducing basin-scale phosphorus losses, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Harris frequently collaborates with other researchers including Andressa M. Freitas, Vimala D. Nair, K. R. Reddy, Lynn E. Sollenberger, and Amanda N. Rodriguez.

In 2005, Harris was recognized as a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA).

Best Publications

  • Dairy-manure derived biochar effectively sorbs lead and atrazine.

    Xinde Cao;Lena Ma;Bin Gao;Willie Harris

  • Properties of dairy-manure-derived biochar pertinent to its potential use in remediation

    Xinde Cao;Willie Harris

  • Surface chemistry variations among a series of laboratory-produced biochars

    A. Mukherjee;A.R. Zimmerman;W. Harris

  • Removal of arsenic by magnetic biochar prepared from pinewood and natural hematite

    Shengsen Wang;Bin Gao;Andrew R. Zimmerman;Yuncong Li

  • Simultaneous Immobilization of Lead and Atrazine in Contaminated Soils Using Dairy-Manure Biochar

    Xinde Cao;Lena Ma;Yuan Liang;Bin Gao

  • Baseline Concentrations of 15 Trace Elements in Florida Surface Soils

    Ming Chen;Lena Q. Ma;Willie G. Harris

  • Phosphate-induced metal immobilization in a contaminated site.

    Rocky X Cao;Lena Q Ma;Ming Chen;Satya P Singh

  • Manganese oxide-modified biochars: preparation, characterization, and sorption of arsenate and lead.

    Shengsen Wang;Bin Gao;Yuncong Li;Ahmed Mosa

  • Impacts of phosphate amendments on lead biogeochemistry at a contaminated site.

    Xinde Cao;Lena Q. Ma;Ming Chen;Satya P. Singh

  • Weathering of lead bullets and their environmental effects at outdoor shooting ranges.

    Xinde Cao;Lena Q. Ma;Ming Chen;Donald W. Hardison

  • Digital mapping of soil carbon fractions with machine learning

    Hamza Keskin;Hamza Keskin;Sabine Grunwald;Willie G. Harris

  • Physicochemical and sorptive properties of biochars derived from woody and herbaceous biomass.

    Shengsen Wang;Bin Gao;Andrew R. Zimmerman;Yuncong Li

  • Enhanced Cr(VI) reduction and As(III) oxidation in ice phase: important role of dissolved organic matter from biochar.

    Xiaoling Dong;Lena Q. Ma;Lena Q. Ma;Julia Gress;Willie Harris

  • Heavy metal interactions with phosphatic clay: sorption and desorption behavior.

    S. P. Singh;L. Q. Ma;W. G. Harris

  • Carbonate and Magnesium Interactive Effect on Calcium Phosphate Precipitation

    Xinde Cao;Willie Harris

  • X-ray Diffraction Techniques for Soil Mineral Identification

    Willie Harris;G. Norman White

  • Concentrations and distributions of eleven metals in Florida soils

    Lena Q. Ma;Fang Tan;Willie G. Harris

  • Phosphorus Immobilization in Micropores of Drinking-Water Treatment Residuals: Implications for Long-Term Stability

    Konstantinos C. Makris;Willie G. Harris;George A. O'connor;Thomas A. Obreza

  • Modelling soil carbon fractions with visible near-infrared (VNIR) and mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy

    N.M. Knox;N.M. Knox;N.M. Knox;S. Grunwald;M.L. McDowell;G.L. Bruland

  • Lead transformation and distribution in the soils of shooting ranges in Florida, USA.

    Xinde Cao;Lena Q Ma;Ming Chen;Donald W Hardison

  • Physicochemical properties related to long-term phosphorus retention by drinking-water treatment residuals.

    Konstantinos C. Makris;Willie G. Harris;George A. O'Connor;Thomas A. Obreza

Frequent Co-Authors

Lena Q. Ma
Lena Q. Ma Zhejiang University
Vimala D. Nair
Vimala D. Nair University of Florida
Xinde Cao
Xinde Cao Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Sabine Grunwald
Sabine Grunwald University of Florida
Yuncong Li
Yuncong Li University of Florida
Bin Gao
Bin Gao University of Florida
George A. O'Connor
George A. O'Connor University of Florida
Andrew R. Zimmerman
Andrew R. Zimmerman University of Florida
Zhenli He
Zhenli He University of Florida
Nicholas B. Comerford
Nicholas B. Comerford University of Florida

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