Chris J. Matocha

Associate Professor

Faculty

• Contact Information
• University of Kentucky, PSS
  Ag. Science Bldg. North
  1100 Nicholasville Road (Office:N122R)
  Lexington, KY 40546-0091
  (859) 257-9312
  (859) 257-3655
  cjmato2@uky.edu

Specialty

Web Site

Classes

• Pls671 - Soil Chemistry; Credits - 4
  A study of the chemical characteristics of the soil and of the more important chemical processes in the soil. Lecture and discussion, three hours; laboratory, two hours. Prereq: PLS 470G, 581; CHE 442G, or consent of instructor. .
  Instructors: Chris J. Matocha

Research/Teaching Publications

• Refereed Journal Articles
• 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.: Chris J. Matocha, Mark S. Coyne, Elisa M. DAngelo

• 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.: Chris J. Matocha, Elisa M. DAngelo, Mark S. Coyne

• Karathanasis, A.D., D.M.C. Johnson, and C.J. Matocha. 2005. Biosolid colloid-mediated transport of Cu, Zn, and Pb in waste-amended soils. Journal of Environmental Quality.
  Authors in PSS Dept.: Chris J. Matocha, Tasos Karathanasis

• Matocha, C.J. 2005. Oxidation-reduction of inorganic and organic contaminants. pp. 133-140. IN: D. Hillel, ed. Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment. Vol. III. Elsevier Ltd., N.Y.
  Authors in PSS Dept.: Chris J. Matocha

• Matocha, C.J., K.G. Scheckel, and D.L. Sparks. 2005. Kinetics and mechanisms of soil biogeochemical processes. Chemical Processes in Soils Chapter 6, pp. 309-342. IN: D.L. Sparks and M.A. Tabatabai, ed. Chemical Processes in Soils. SSSA Book Series, No. 8, Madison, Wis.
  Authors in PSS Dept.: Chris J. Matocha

• Matocha, C.J., S. Rakshit, and K.M. Wagner. 2005. Reduction of Cu(II) by Fe(II) Journal of Environmental Quality 34:1539-1546.
  Authors in PSS Dept.: Chris J. Matocha, Tasos Karathanasis

• Rakshit, S., C.J. Matocha, and G.R. Haszler. 2005. Nitrate reduction in the presence of wüstite. Journal of Environmental Quality.
  Authors in PSS Dept.: Chris J. Matocha, Gerald R. Haszler

• Gandhapudi, S.K., M.S. Coyne, E. D’Angelo, and C.J. Matocha. 2004. Nitrogen fertilization suppresses soil phenol oxidase activity in no-tillage systems. Soil Science 169:708-714.
  Authors in PSS Dept.: Chris J. Matocha, Gerald R. Haszler, John H. Grove

This person page last updated on 2008-09-26