Plant and Soil Sciences
Elisa M. DAngelo
Faculty
University of Kentucky, PSS 
Ag. Science Bldg. North
1100 Nicholasville Road (Office:122J)
Lexington, KY 40546-0091
(859) 257-8651
(859) 257-3655
edangelo@uky.edu
Speciality
Soil and Water Biogeochemistry
Education
Ph.D., 1998, Soil and Water Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL B.S., 1986, Limnology and Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Primary research interests are determining chemical, physical, and biological factors that regulate aerobic and anaerobic fate and transport of inorganic and organic contaminants in upland soils, wetlands, and aquatic environments, and characterizing the microbial communities responsible for contaminant transformation processes.
2005-present, Associate Professor, Plant and Soil Science Department, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. 1999-2005, Assistant Professor, Plant and Soil Science Department, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. 1986-1999, Senior Biological Scientist, Department of Soil and Water Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Current Projects
"Career: Microbial community dynamics during bioremediation of PCBs in soils", National Science Foundation, 2002 to 2007. "Arsenic speciation and sub-surface losses in poultry litter-amended soils”, Senate Bill 271, 2006 to 2009 "Changes in livestock antibiotic levels and antibiotic resistant bacteria numbers along topohydrosequences in western Kentucky agroecosystems", USDA, 2005 to 2008.
This person page last updated on 2010-01-15
Classes
Pls104 - PLANTS, SOILS, AND PEOPLE: A SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE. ; Credits - 3
An introduction to the looming world food crisis and the scientific basis governing our ability to sustainably meet it. The course explores the biological and environmental constraints on food production, the ways that agricultural science has dealt with these in the past and possible ways for the future, as well as societal and cultural issues, such as population growth, human health, education, and food definitions, that also impact food security. Intended for any student interested in these topics..
Instructors: Elisa M. DAngelo Tim Phillips
An introduction to the looming world food crisis and the scientific basis governing our ability to sustainably meet it. The course explores the biological and environmental constraints on food production, the ways that agricultural science has dealt with these in the past and possible ways for the future, as well as societal and cultural issues, such as population growth, human health, education, and food definitions, that also impact food security. Intended for any student interested in these topics..
Instructors: Elisa M. DAngelo Tim Phillips
Pls450g - Biogeochemistry; Credits - 3
A course emphasizing the physical, chemical, and biochemical make-up of soil/water systems and the information required to predict chemical fate in the environment. Emphasis is placed on the relationships describing mineral solubility, sorption and exchange reactions, redox reactions, volatility, and biochemical cycling. Prereq: CHE 105, 107, 115; two semesters of college biology. (Same as NRC 450G.) .
Instructors: Elisa M. DAngelo
A course emphasizing the physical, chemical, and biochemical make-up of soil/water systems and the information required to predict chemical fate in the environment. Emphasis is placed on the relationships describing mineral solubility, sorption and exchange reactions, redox reactions, volatility, and biochemical cycling. Prereq: CHE 105, 107, 115; two semesters of college biology. (Same as NRC 450G.) .
Instructors: Elisa M. DAngelo
Research/Teaching Publications
Books and Book Chapters
Inglett, P.W., K.R. Reddy, W.G. Harris, and E.M. D'Angelo 2011. Biogeochemistry of wetlands. Chapter 20, pp. 1-26. IN: P.M. Huang, Y.C. Li, and M.E. Sumner, eds. Handbook of Soil Sciences. Second Edition, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. Karathanasis, A.D., J. Robinson, and E. D’Angelo. 2006. Solution geochemistry gradients in an acid mine drainage wetland substrate. pp. 142-149. IN: K.S. Sajwan, I. Twardowska, T. Punson, and A.K. Alva, ed. Coal Combustion Byproducts and Environmental Issues. Springer-Verlag, New York. Authors in PSS Dept.: Elisa M. DAngelo Tasios Karathanasis
Refereed Journal Articles
D'Angelo, E., G. Zeigler, G. Beck, J. Grove, and F. Sikora. 2012. Arsenic species in Broiler (Gallus gallus domesticus) Litter, Soils, Maize, (Zea mays L.), and groundwater from the Litter-Amended Fields. Science of the Total Environment 438: 286-292. Authors in PSS Dept.: Elisa M. DAngelo Frank Sikora Georgia Zeigler John Grove
Thompson, Y., E. D'Angelo, A. D. Karathanasis, and B. Sandefur. 2012. Plant community as a function of geochemistry and hydrology in three Appalachian Wetlands. Ecohydrology 5: 389-400. Authors in PSS Dept.: Elisa M. DAngelo Yvonne Thompson Tasios Karathanasis
D’Angelo, E.M., and A. Nunez. 2010. Effect of environmental conditions on polychlorinated biphenyl transformations and bacterial communities in a river sediment. Journal of Soils and Sediments 10:1186-1199. Authors in PSS Dept.: Elisa M. DAngelo Andres Nunez
Thompson, Y.L., B.C. Sandefur, A.D. Karathanasis, and E.M. D’Angelo. 2009. Redox potential and seasonal porewater
biogeochemistry of three mountain wetlands
in southeastern Kentucky, USA. Aquatic Geochemistry 15:349-370. Authors in PSS Dept.: Elisa M. DAngelo Yvonne Thompson Tasios Karathanasis
Inglett, P.W., E.M. D’Angelo, K.R. Reddy, P.V. McCormick, and S.E. Hagerthey. 2008. Periphyton nitrogenase activity as an indicator of wetland eutrophication: Spatial patterns and response to phosphorus dosing in a northern
Everglades ecosystem. Wetlands Ecological Management. Published online: doi: 10.1007/s11273-008-9095-5. Luo, W., E.M. D’Angelo, and M.S. Coyne. 2008. Organic carbon effects on aerobic
polychlorinated biphenyl removal and
bacterial community composition in soils and sediments. Chemosphere 70:364-373. Authors in PSS Dept.: Elisa M. DAngelo Mark Coyne
Thompson, Y.L., B.C. Sandefur, A.D. Karathanasis, and E.M. D’Angelo. 2008. Redox potential and seasonal porewater
biogeochemistry of three mountain wetlands in southeastern Kentucky, USA. Aquatic Geochemistry. Published online: doi: 10.1007/s10498-008-9042-3. Authors in PSS Dept.: Elisa M. DAngelo Yvonne Thompson Tasios Karathanasis
Luo, W., E.M. D’Angelo, and M.S. Coyne. 2007. Plant secondary metabolites, biphenyl, and hydroxypropyl-ß-cyclodextrin effects on aerobic polychlorinated biphenyl removal and microbial community structure in soils. Soil
Biology and Biochemistry 39:735-743. Authors in PSS Dept.: Elisa M. DAngelo Mark Coyne
Gandhapudi, S.K., M.S. Coyne, E.M. 2006. Potential nitrification in alum-treated oil slurries amended with poultry manure.
Bioresource Technology 97:664-670. Authors in PSS Dept.: Elisa M. DAngelo Mark Coyne Chris Matocha
Luo, W. and E.M. D'Angelo
2006. Plant secondary metabolites, biphenyl, and
hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin effects on aerobic polychlorinated biphenyl removal and microbial community structure in soils.
Soil Biology and Biochemistry (in press) D’Angelo, E.M.
2005. Phosphorus retention and exchange by soils from mitigated and natural bottomland forest wetlands.
Wetlands 25:297-305. D’Angelo, E.M., A.D. Karathanasis, J.E. Sparks, S.A. Ritchey, and S.A. Wehr-McChesney.
2005. Soil carbon and microbial communities at mitigated and late successional bottomland forest wetlands.
Wetlands 25:162-175. Authors in PSS Dept.: Elisa M. DAngelo Tasios Karathanasis S.A. Ritchey
Elisa M.DAngelo 2005. Phosphorus retention and exchange by soils from mitigated and natural bottomland forest wetlands. Wetlands 25:297-305. Gandhapudi, S.K., M.S. Coyne, E. D’Angelo, and C.J. Matocha.
2005. Nitrification in soil slurries amended with alum-treated poultry manure.
Bioresource Technology 97:664-670. Authors in PSS Dept.: Elisa M. DAngelo Mark Coyne Chris Matocha
Meade, T., and E.M. D’Angelo. 2005. Pentachlorophenol degradation at the flooded rice root-soil interface. Chemosphere 61:48-55. Xu, S., E.M. D’Angelo, D. Ghosh, J. Feliciano, S. Deo, and S. Daunert.
2005. Detection of polychlorinated biphenyls employing chemical dechlorination followed by biphenyl whole-cell sensing system.
Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry. D'Angelo, E.M., and K.R. Reddy.
2003. Effect of aerobic and anaerobic conditions on chlorophenol sorption in wetland soils.
Soil Science Society of America Journal 67:787-794. D’Angelo, E.M., M.V. Vandiviere, W.O. Thom, and F.J. Sikora.
2003. Estimating soil phosphorus requirements and limits from oxalate extract data.
Journal of Enviromental Quality Quality 32: 1082-1088. Authors in PSS Dept.: Elisa M. DAngelo William Thom Martin Vandiviere Frank Sikora
D'Angelo, E.M.
2002. Wetlands: Biodegradation of organic pollutants. Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology pp. 3401-3417. John Wiley and Sons, NY. D'Angelo, E.M., J. Crutchfield, and M. Vandiviere. 2001. Rapid, sensitive, microscale determination of phosphorus in water and soil. Journal of Environmental Quality 30: 2206-2209. Reddy, K.R., E.M. D'Angelo, and W.G. Harris
2000. Biogeochemistry of wetlands.
In: (M.E. Sumner, ed.) Handbook of Soil Science pp. G89-G119. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. D’Angelo, E.M. and K.R. Reddy
1994. Diagenesis of organic matter in a wetland receiving hypereutrophic lake water: II. Role of inorganic electron acceptors in nutrient release.
Journal of Environmental Quality 5:937-943 D’Angelo, E.M. and K.R. Reddy.
1994. Diagenesis of organic matter in a wetland receiving hypereutrophic lake water: I. Distribution of dissolved nutrients in the soil and water column.
Journal of Environmental Quality 5:928-936 Reddy, K. R. and E. M. D’Angelo
1994. Soil processes regulating water quality in wetlands.
In: (J.W. Mitsch, ed.) Global Wetlands: Old World and New. pp. 309-324. Elsevier, NY. Regulatory Bulletins
D'Angelo, E.M. and K.R. Reddy 2000. Aerobic and anaerobic transformations of pentachlorophenol in wetland soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal 64:933-943. D’Angelo, E.M. and K.R. Reddy 1993. Ammonium oxidation and nitrate reduction in hypereutrophic lake sediment. Soil Science Society of America Journal 57:1156-1163.