Susan Wilson
Lecturer, Agronomy and Soil Science
Qualifications
BSc Hons (Bristol, UK), MSc (London), PhD (Lancaster, UK)
Contact
| Email: | susan.wilson@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Agronomy & Soil Science Building 242 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2789 (or +61 2 6773 2789 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3238 |
Affiliations
Member (Soil chemistry, soil contamination) - Centre for Sustainable Farming Systems
Research interests
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The chemistry and amelioration of contaminated soils
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Fate and behaviour of pollutants, specifically organic pollutants in soils including sludge amended soils
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Soil-plant-air contaminant transfers and modelling of the processes.
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Exposure and health risk assessments.
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Chemistry and behaviour of arsenic and antimony in contaminated soil and waters.
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Method development and analysis of organic contaminants in environmental samples.
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Bioremediation of contaminated soils.
Research Fund Information:
Jointly awarded IRG 2002 funding for PhD student ($5000). Project: Fate and Behaviour of Arsenic and Antimony Contamination in Agricultural and Natural Systems of the Macleay Floodplain and Catchment.
IRG 2004 ($4000). The use and effectiveness of manure as a biostimulant in the treatment of contaminated soil.
URG 2005 ($12500).The effects of agricultural land management and soil degradation in NSW on pesticide behaviour and availability.
Jointly awarded NSW Environment Trust 2005 ($100000). Bioavailability and risk from antimony and arsenic contamination.
Awarded CRC CARE Research Grant 2007 with University of South Australia ($56,900). Manure amendment effects on the biological degradation and bioavailability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in contaminated soil: Development of a bioremediation decision support tool.
Published papers since 1999
Wilson, S. C. & Meharg, A. A. (1999). Investigation of organic xenobiotic transfers, partitioning and processing in air-soil-plant systems using a microcosm apparatus. Part I. Microcosm development. Chemosphere, 38, 2885-2896.
Wilson, S. C. & Jones, K. C. (1999). Volatile organic compound losses from sewage sludge amended soils. Journal of Environmental Quality, 28, 1145-1153.
Wilson, S. C. & Meharg, A. A. (2003). Investigation of organic xenobiotic transfers, partitioning and processing in air-soil-plant systems using a microcosm apparatus. Part II. comparing the fate of chlorobenzenes in grass planted soil. Chemosphere, 53, 583-591.
Tighe, M., Lockwood, P., Wilson, S. C., Lisle, L. (2004) Comparison of digestion methods for ICP-OES analysis of a wide range of analytes in heavy metal contaminated soil samples with specific reference to arsenic and antimony. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 35: 1369-1385.