Faculty Profile

W. Lee Daniels, Ph.D.

Professor

Appointment

Teaching : 40%

Research : 60%

Extension : 0%

Web

• Rehabilitation Home Page

 

Education

• B.S. Forestry Virginia Tech, 1978
• M.S. Soil Science Virginia Tech, 1980
• Ph.D. Soil Science Virginia Tech, 1985

Link to recent CV

Professional Activities and Interests

• 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 coal combustion byproducts..

Courses

Course Number	Course Name
CSES/ENSC 3114	Soils
CSES/ENSC 3134	Soils in the Landscape
CSES 3304	Geomorphology
CSES 4134	Soil Genesis & Classification Systems
CSES/ENSC 4854	Wetland Soils and Mitigation
CSES/ENSC 4774	Reclamation of Drastically Disturbed Lands
CSES 5114	Soils for Agricultural and Environmental Professionals
CSES 5124	Topics in Soil Genesis
CSES 5854	Advanced Wetland Soils
CSES 5774	Advanced Reclamation of Drastically Disturbed Lands

Current Projects

• Reclamation of Mineral Sands Mining -- Dinwiddie & Sussex Counties, Virginia

• Remediation & Utilization of Dredge Materials -- Charles City, Virginia

• Coal Mine Spoil Leaching & Weathering -- SW Virginia coalfields

• Non-Tidal Wetland Creation and Hydrology -- Eastern & N. Virginia

• Evaluation of Industrial Byproducts (e.g. fly ash) for Soil Amendmetns -- Statewide

Current Extension Programs

• Frequent short courses in basic soil science, wetland soils and acid-sulfate soil remediation.

Recent Honors

• USEPA National Biosolids Beneficial Use Research Award (2000)

• Coordinator, International Affiliation of Land Reclamationists (Since 2006)

Recent Publications

• Stolt, M.H., M.H. Genthner, W.L. Daniels, and V.A. Groover. 2001. Spatial variability in palustrine wetlands. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. 65:527-535.

• Stewart, B.R., W.L. Daniels, L.W. Zelazny and M.L. Jackson. 2001. Evaluation of leachates from coal refuse blended with fly ash at different rates. J. Env. Qual. 30:1382-1391.

• Daniels, W.L., P.D. Schroeder, S.M. Nagle, L.W. Zelazny, and M.M. Alley. 2003. Reclamation of prime farmland following mineral sands mining in Virginia. Mining Engineering, p. 42-48.

• Evanylo, G.K., W.L. Daniels, and S. Nagle. 2004. Suitability of fresh and aged paper sludge as soil amendments. Journal of Residuals Science and Technology 1(1):27-34.

• Orndorff, Z.W. and W.L. Daniels. 2004. Evaluation of acid-producing sulfidic materials in Virginia highway corridors. Environmental Geology 46:209-216.

• Fanning, D., M. Rabenhorst, C. Coppock, W. Daniels and Z. Orndorff. 2004. Upland active acid sulfate soils from construction of new Stafford County, Virginia, USA, Airport. Australian Journal of Soil Res. 42:527-536.

• Haering, K.C., W.L. Daniels and J.M. Galbraith. 2004. Appalachian mine soil morphology and properties: Effects of weathering and mining method. Soil Sci. Soc. 68:1315-1325.

• Tang, G.W., G.R. Whittecar, K.H. Johannesson, and W.L. Daniels, 2004. Potential contaminants at a dredged spoil placement site, Charles City County, Virginia, as revealed by sequential extraction. Geochem. Trans. 5 (4) (1) 12 p.

• Haering, K.C., W.L. Daniels and J.M. Galbraith. 2005. Mapping and classification of southwest Virginia mine soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 69: 463-472.

Personal Activities and Interests

I enjoy hiking and canoeing along with an occasional round of golf. I also follow college football and baketball with great interest.

Crop & Soil Environmental Sciences
330 Smyth Hall (0404)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Blacksburg, VA 24061
540-231.6305 (V)
540.231.3431 (F)