W. Lee Daniels

Professor of Environmental Soil Science

Department of Crop & Soil Environmental Sciences

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 - 0404

540-231-7175 (W) 540 – 961 - 1226 (H)

540-231-7630 (F) wdaniels@vt.edu

Education

B.S. Forestry VPI & SU 1978

M.S. Soil Genesis VPI & SU 1980

Ph.D. Forest Soils & Geomorph. VPI & SU 1985

Honors and Recognition

• Outstanding Ph.D. Candidate Award, VPI & SU Sigma Xi Science Society (1985)
• Governor's Advisory Committee on Mined Land Reclamation in Virginia (1985 - 1993)
• President, Virginia Association of Professional Soil Scientists (1988)
• President, American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation (1990)
• Reclamation Researcher of the Year, Amer. Soc. for Surface Mining and Rec. (1993)
• USEPA National First Place Research Award for Biosolids Utilization (2000)

Areas of Specialization and Expertise

· Restoration of disturbed lands including areas disturbed by mining, road building, waste disposal, urbanization and erosion. Extensive experience in mine reclamation and wetlands restoration.

· Geochemistry of near‑surface weathering reactions and their influence on soil solution, leachate chemistry, and runoff water quality, including lab simulations and field verification.

· The influence of land application of wastes on soil properties, geochemical weathering reactions, and water quality. Extensive experience with municipal and industrial sludges and ash materials.

· Soil geomorphology and landscape analysis with particular emphasis on the relationships among surficial geology, hydrology, soil patterns and long‑term landscape evolution processes.

· Screening and evaluation of industrial/municipal waste streams for utilization as soil amendments.

Recent Wetlands and Geomorphology-Related Publications of W. Lee Daniels

Daniels, W.L., M.H. Genthner, and R.L. Hodges. 1992. Soil development in sandy tailings derived from mineral sands mining in Florida. pp. 37‑47 In: Proc., 1992 Annual Meeting of the Am. Soc. for Surf. Mining and Reclam., Duluth, MN., Published by IRRB, Chisolm, MN.

Daniels, W.L., L.W. Zelazny, M.M. Alley and K.C. Haering. 1992. The development of restoration strategies for prime farmlands disturbed by surface mining in the Coastal Plain of the eastern USA. pp. 183‑190 In R.E. Dunker et al., (Ed.) Proc. of the 1992 National Symp. on Prime Farmland Reclamation. Dept. of Agronomy, Univ. of Ill, Urbana.

Atkinson, R.B., W.L. Daniels and J. Cairns Jr. 1996. Ontogeny of accidental wetland and hydric soil development in surface mined landscapes. p. 516-528 In: Daniels, W.L., J.A. Burger, and C.E. Zipper (eds.). Proc., 1996 Annual Meeting of the Amer. Soc. For Surface Mining and Rec., Knoxville, TN, May 18-23, 1996. Virginia Tech Research Division, Powell River Project, Blacksburg.

Atkinson, R.B., W.L. Daniels and J. Cairns, Jr. 1998. Hydric Soil Development in Depressional Wetlands: A Case Study from Surface Mined Landscapes. p. 170 -182 In: S.K. Majumdar, W.W. Miller and F.J. Brenner (eds.). Ecology of Wetlands and Associated Habitats. Pennsylvania Academy of Science, Philadelphia.

Whittecar, G.R. and W. L. Daniels. 1999. Use of hydrogeomorphic concepts to design created wetlands in southeastern Virginia. Geomorphology 31: 355-371.

Stolt, M.H., M.H. Genthner, W.L. Daniels, V.A. Groover and S.M. Nagle. 1998. Quantifying Fe, Mn, and carbon fluxes in palustrine wetlands. p. 25-42 In: M.L. Rabenhorst et al. (Eds.), Quantifying Soil Hydromorphology. SSSA/ASA Special Publication, Amer. Soc. Agron., Madison, WI.

Genthner, M.H., W.L. Daniels, R.L. Hodges and P.J. Thomas. 1998. Redoximorphic features of the seasonal high water Beginning, Upper Coastal Plain, Virginia. p. 43-60 In: M.L. Rabenhorst et al. (Eds.), Quantifying Soil Hydromorphology. SSSA/ASA Special Publication, Amer. Soc. Agron., Madison, WI.

R.I. Barnhisel, R.G. Darmody, and W.L. Daniels (eds.). 2000. Reclamation of Drastically Disturbed Lands. American Soc. Agron. Mono. #41, Madison WI. 1082 p.

A full list of publications (150+) is available upon request.