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Recent Publications

Books Edited
Sparks, D.L. 2013. Editor, Advances in Agronomy. Vol. 118, Academic Press, San Diego, CA.   Advancessm1a
Sparks, D.L. 2013. Editor, Advances in Agronomy. Vol. 119, Academic Press, San Diego, CA.   Advancessm1a
Xu, J. and D.L. Sparks. 2013. Editors, Molecular Environmental Soil Science. Springer, Dordrecht.
 

Refereed Publications

Agrawal, B., K. Czymmek, D.L. Sparks, and H.P. Bais. 2013. Transient influx of nickel in root mitochondria modulates organic acid and reactive oxygen species production in nickel hyperaccumulator Alyssum murale. J. Biol. Chem. 288(10):7351-7362.
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.406645
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Lami, R., L.C. Jones, M. Cottrell, B. Lafferty, M. Ginder-Vogel, D.L. Sparks and D. Kirchman. 2013. Arsenite modifies structure of soil microbial communities and arsenite oxidization potential. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 84:270-279.
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12061
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Li , W., Y. Wang, D. Zhou, and D. L. Sparks. 2013. Inhibition mechanism of Zn adsorption/precipitation on aluminum oxide by glyphosate: A molecular scale study using Zn EXAFS and 31P NMR. Environ. Sci. Technol. (In press).
DOI: 10.1021/es305120x

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Shi, Z., D. M. Di Toro, H. E. Allen, and D. L. Sparks. 2013 .A general model for kinetics of heavy metal adsorption and desorption on soils. Environ. Sci. Technol.47(8):3761−3767.
DOI: 10.1021/es304524p
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Wang, X., F. Liu, W. Tan, W. Li, X. Feng and D. L. Sparks. 2013. Characteristics of phosphate sorption-desorption onto ferrihydrite: Comparison with crystalline Fe (hydro)oxides. Soil Science 178, 1–11.
DOI: 10.1097/SS.0b013e31828683f8
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Invited Presentations    
Sparks, D.L. 2013. The Role of Metal Redox Coupling Processes in Carbon and Arsenic Cycling in the Critical Zone. Department of Soil Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand. March 26.    
Sparks, D.L. 2013. Grand Challenges in Environmental Sustainability: The Water, Climate, Soil, and Food Nexus. Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand. March 28.    

Sparks, D.L. 2013. Surface Precipitation Mechanisms and their role in Metal Sequestration in Natural Environments. 245th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana. April 7-11.

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Sparks, D.L. 2013. Shining Light on Environmental Biogeochemical Processes: The Role of Synchrotron Radiation. Institute of Soil Science, Nanjing, China. April 20.    
Sparks, D.L. 2013. Soil and Environmental Sustainability: Research Challenges and Opportunities. Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China. April 22.    
Sparks, D.L. 2013. The Role of Mineral Complexation and Redox Cycling on Carbon Sequestration in the Earth’s Critical Zone.  Critical Zone Processes and Their Effects on Climatic, Ecological, and Environmental Changes Workshop, Nanjing, China. April 23-25.    
Sparks, D.L. 2013.  Grand Challenges in Environmental Sustainability: The Water, Climate, Soil, and Food Nexus. Northwest Agriculture University, Yangling, China. April 26.    

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Chen, C. and D. L. Sparks. 2013. Effect of Ferrihydrite-organic Matter Coprecipitation on the Fe(II)-catalyzed Transformation of Ferrihydrite. 245th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 7-11. abstract  
Chen, C., J. J. Dynes, J. Wang, T. Regier and D. L. Sparks. 2013. Mechanisms of Ferrihydrite-organic Matter Complex Formation via Adsorption and Coprecipitation. 245th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 7-11. abstract  
Feng, X., W. Li, M. Zhu, P. Northrup, and D. L. Sparks. 2013. Sorption Mechanism of Myoinositol Hexaphosphate on Boehmite: A 31P NMR and P EXAFS Study. 245th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 7-11. abstract  
Ginder-Vogel, M., B. Lafferty and D.L. Sparks. 2013. As(III) Oxidation by Hydrous Manganese(IV) oxide: Kinetics, Mechanisms, and Inhibition. 245th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 7-11. abstract  
Li, W., X. Feng, P. Northrup, J. D. Kubicki and D. L. Sparks. 2013. Glyphosate Sorption Mechanism at the Boehmite/Water Interface Using Solid State 31P NMR and P XANES. 245th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 7-11. abstract  
Li, W. M. Zhu, and D. L. Sparks. 2013. Advances in Understanding the Chemistry of Light Elements at Environmental Interfaces (Symposium). 245th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana,  April 7-11.    
Northrup, P. and D. L. Sparks. 2013. Advances in Spatially-resolved Tender-energy X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy at NSLS and NSLS-II. 245th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 7-11. abstract  
Siebecker, M., W. Li, S. Khalid and D. L. Sparks. 2013. Real-time Sorption and Precipitation of Nickel on Clay Minerals: An in situ Quick-EXAFS Investigation. 245th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 7-11. abstract  
Zhu, M. P. Northrup, D. L. Sparks and G. A. Waychunas. 2013. Sulfate Adsorption on Ferrihydrite Studied by Sulfur K-edge EXAFS Spectroscopy and Differential PDF Analyses. 245th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 7-11. abstract  

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