Donald Sparks

Plant & Soil Science

Phone: (302) 831-0287

Email: dlsparks@udel.edu

Office: 108 DE Biotechnology Institute DBI

• Researches how contaminants, such as metals, bind to soils and move into water.
• Develops remediation strategies for cleaning up contaminated soils.
• Can discuss water pollution, soil pollution, climate change and nanoparticles.

Curriculum Vitae:
http://ag.udel.edu/plsc/pdf/SparksVita.pdf

Web Site:
http://ag.udel.edu/plsc/faculty/sparks.htm

Titles:
S Hallock duPont Chair, Plant and Soil Science
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

In The News:
Research down under (Huffington Post)
Team to study human effect on watershed (News Journal (Wilmington, Del.))

UDaily Articles:
Climate expert looks to knowledge institutions for solutions to climate change
New enterprise to focus on environment
DENIN Director Sparks speaks in Germany, China
Sparks to receive Liebig Medal from International Union of Soil Sciences

Keywords:
biochemistry, chemistry, civil and environmental engineering, plant and soil sciences, water quality, water supply