Research Soil Scientist
Javier M Gonzalez has been with the USDA-ARS since 2002, first as a Research Chemist from 2002 to 2012 at the former Appalachian Farming Systems Research Center, Beaver, WV, and since 2012 as a Research Soil Scientist at the National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory, West Lafayette, IN and an adjunct assistant professor of Agronomy at Purdue University. His overall research goal is to develop fundamental knowledge of soil-plant-water interactions affecting biogeochemical processes associated fate and transport of nutrients and pollutants, soil organic matter transformations, and biological and physical soil properties, and ultimately, developing soil conservation practices that enhance soil health and water quality. Specific objectives include (1) assessing the impact of conservation practices on soil and water, (2) quantifying the use of industrial byproducts to improve soil and water quality, and (3) quantifying the effects of new and innovative cropping, tillage management practices on soil organic matter dynamics and nutrient cycling. He received his B.S. in Agronomy (Soil Science) from the Universidad Autónoma Chapingo (Mexico) and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Soil Science (Soil Chemistry) from Iowa State University.
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Assessment of Sediment and Chemical Transport Processes for Developing and Improving Agricultural Conservation Practices In-House Appropriated (D) Accession Number:441760 Improving Understanding of Soil Processes for Making More Informed Agricultural Management Decisions that Increase Agricultural Sustainability in the Central U.S. In-House Appropriated (D) Accession Number:445338
Gonzalez, J.M., Dick, W., Islam, K., Watts, D.B., Fausey, N.R., Flanagan, D.C., Batte, M., Vantoai, T.T., Reeder, R., Shedekar, V. 2024. Cover crops, crop rotation, and gypsum, as conservation practices, impact Mehlich-3 extractable plant nutrients and trace metals. International Soil and Water Conservation Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2023.11.001.
Wood, T.C., Smiley, P.C., Gillespie, R.B., Gonzalez, J.M. 2024. Identifying the environmental variables that predict crayfish assemblage structure in agricultural headwater streams. Freshwater Science. 43(1):18-36. https://doi.org/10.1086/729307.
Watts, D.B., Runion, G.B., Dick, W., Gonzalez, J.M., Islam, K., Flanagan, D.C., Fausey, N.R., Vantoai, T.T., Batte, M., Reeder, R., Kost, D., Chen, L., Jacinthe, P. 2023. Influence of gypsum and cover crop on greenhouse gas emissions in soybean cropping systems. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 78(2):154-162. https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2023.00042.
Williams, M.R., Livingston, S.J., Duriancik, L.F., Flanagan, D.C., Frankenberger, J.R., Gillespie, R.B., Gonzalez, J.M., Huang, C., Penn, C.J., Smith, D.R., Renschler, C.S. 2023. Twenty years of conservation effects assessment in the St. Joseph River watershed, Indiana. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 78(1):12A-19A. https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2023.1204A.
Islam, K.R., Dick, W.A., Watts, D.B., Gonzalez, J.M., Fausey, N.R., Flanagan, D.C., Reeder, R.C., Vantoai, T.T., Batte, M.T. 2022. Gypsum, crop rotation, and cover crop impacts on soil organic carbon and biological dynamics in rainfed transitional no-till corn-soybean systems. PLOS ONE. 17(9). Article e0275198. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275198.
Gonzalez, J.M., Dick, W., Islam, K.R., Watts, D.B., Fausey, N.R., Flanagan, D.C., VanToai, T.T., Batte, M.T., Reeder, R.C., Kost, D., Shedekar, V.S. 2022. Gypsum and cereal rye cover crops affect soil chemistry: Trace metals and plant nutrients. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 886:781-794. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20394.
De Campos, M., Penn, C.J., Gonzalez, J.M., Crusciol, A.C. 2021. Effectiveness of deep lime placement and tillage systems on aluminum fractions and soil chemical attributes in sugarcane cultivation. Geoderma. 407:115545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115545.
Shuman, T.C., Smiley, P.C., Gillespie, R.B., Gonzalez, J.M. 2020. Influence of physical and chemical charicteristics of sediment on macroinvertebrate communities in agricultural headwater streams. Water. 12(11). Article 2976. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12112976.
Gonzalez, J.M., Penn, C.J., Livingston, S.J. 2020. Utilization of steel slag in blind inlets for dissolved phosphorus removal. Water. 12(6):1593. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12061593.
Raut, Y.Y., Shedekar, V.S., Islam, K.R., Gonzalez, J.M., Watts, D.B., Dick, W.A., Flanagan, D.C., Fausey, N.R., Batte, M.T., Reeder, R.C., Vantoai, T.T. 2020. Soybean yield response to gypsum soil amendment, cover crop and rotation. Agricultural and Environmental Letters. 5:e20020. https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20020.
Gonzalez, J.M., Boddu, V.M., Jackson, M.A., Moser, B.R., Ray, P. 2020. Pyrolysis of creosote-treated railroad ties to recover creosote and produce biochar. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 149. Article 104826. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2020.104826.
Gonzalez, J.M., Murphy, L.R., Penn, C.J., Boddu, V.M., Sanders, L.L. 2020. Atrazine removal from water by activated charcoal cloths. International Soil and Water Conservation Research. 8(2):205-212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2020.03.002.
Wood, T.C., Smiley, P.C., Gillespie, R.B., Gonzalez, J.M., King, K.W. 2020. Injury frequency and severity in crayfish communities as indicators of physical habitat quality and water quality within agricultural headwater streams. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 192:227. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-8171-z.
Shedekar, V.S., Islam, K.R., Fausey, N.R., Watts, D.B., Gonzalez, J.M., Dick, W.A., Vantoai, T.T., Flanagan, D.C., Batte, M., Reeder, R. 2019. Effect of cover crops and crop rotation on physical properties of soils amended with flue gas desulfurization gypsum [abstract]. American Society of Agronomy Meetings. CD ROM.
Islam, K.R., Shedkar, V.S., Raut, Y., Bandaogo, A.A., Gonzalez, J.M., Watts, D.B., Flanagan, D.C., Vantoai, T.T., Fausey, N.R., Batte, M., Dick, W.A. 2019. Predicting soil carbon and nitrogen stocks under no-till soybean-corn amended with FGD gypsum and cover crops [abstract]. American Society of Agronomy Meetings. CD ROM.
Gonzalez, J.M., Boddu, V.M. 2019. Removal of atrazine and lead by charcoal [abstract]. American Geophysical Union. Abstract No. H43Q-2327.
Penn, C.J., Gonzalez, J.M., Williams, M.R., Smith, D.R., Livingston, S.J. 2019. The past, present, and future of blind inlets as a surface water best management practice. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science Technology. 50(7):743-768. https://doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2019.1642836.
Williams, M.R., Livingston, S.J., Penn, C.J., Gonzalez, J.M. 2020. Hydrologic assessment of blind inlet performance in a drained closed depression. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 75(3):352-361. https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.75.3.352.
Gonzalez, J.M. 2018. Runoff and losses of nutrients and herbicides under long-term conservation practices (no-till and crop rotation) in the U.S. Midwest: A variable intensity simulated rainfall approach. International Soil and Water Conservation Research. 6(4)265-274. doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2018.07.005.
Penn, C.J., Gonzalez, J.M., Chagas, I. 2018. Investigation of atrazine sorption to biochar with titration calorimetry and flow-through analysis: Implications for design of pollution-control structures. Frontiers in Chemistry. 6:307. https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2018.00307.
Nouwakpo, S.K., Song, J., Gonzalez, J.M. 2017. Soil structural stability assessment with the fluidized bed, aggregate stability, and rainfall simulation on long-term tillage and crop rotation systems. Soil and Tillage Research. 178:65-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2017.12.009.
Batte, M.T., Dick, W.A., Fausey, N.R., Flanagan, D.C., Gonzalez, J.M., Islam, R., Reeder, R., Vantoai, T.T., Watts, D.B. 2018. Cover crops and gypsum applications: soybean and corn yield and profitability impacts. Journal of American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. 2018:43-67.
Gonzalez, J.M., Shipitalo, M.J., Smith, D.R., Pappas, E.A., Livingston, S.J. 2016. Atrazine sorption by biochar, tire chips, and steel slag as media for blind inlets: A kinetic and isotherm sorption approach. Journal of Water Resource and Protection. 8:1266-1282.
Zhang, L., Liu, R., Gung, B.W., Tindall, S., Gonzalez, J.M., Halvorson, J.J., Hagerman, A. 2016. Polyphenol-aluminum complex formation: Implications for aluminum tolerance in plants. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 64:3025-3003. doi:10.1021/acs.jafc.6b00331.
Gonzalez, J.M., Smith, D.R., Livingston, S.J., Pappas, E.A., Zwonitzer, M. 2016. Blind inlets: Conservation practices to reduce herbicide losses from closed depressional areas. Journal of Soils and Sediments. doi:10.1007/s11368-016-1362-0.
Liu, C., Chuang, Y., Li, H., Teppen, B.J., Boyd, S.A., Gonzalez, J.M., Johnston, C.T., Lehmann, J., Zhang, W. 2016. Sorption of lincomycin by manure-derived biochars from water. Journal of Environmental Quality. 45:519–527.
Halvorson, J.J., Schmidt, M.A., Hagerman, A.E., Gonzalez, J.M., Liebig, M.A. 2015. Reduction of soluble nitrogen and mobilization of plant nutrients in soils from U.S. northern Great Plains agroecosystems by phenolic compounds. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 94:211-221.
Francesconi, W., Smith, D.R., Heathman, G.C., Gonzalez, J.M., Benage, M. 2015. Application of a calibrated/validated Agricultural Policy/Environmental eXtender model to assess sediment and nutrient delivery from the Wildcat Creek Mississippi River Basin Initiative – Cooperative Conservation Partnership. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation Initiative. 70(1):23-35.
Cala, A.C., Ferreira, J.F., Chagas, A.S., Gonzalez, J.M., Rodriguez, R., Foglio, M., Oliveira, M., Souza, I., Magalhaes, P.M., Barioni Junior, W. 2014. Anthelmintic activity of Artemisia annua L. extracts in vitro and the effect of an aqueous extract and artemisinin in sheep naturally infected with gastrointestinal nematodes. Parasitology Research. 113:2345-2353.
Hass, A., Gonzalez, J.M. 2014. Biochar. In: Lopez-Valdez, F. and Fernandez-Luqueno, F. Fertilizers: Components, Uses in Agriculture and Environmental Impacts. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers. ebook. p. 95-123.
Gonzalez, J.M., Hass, A., Lima, I.M., Boateng, A.A. 2013. Feedstock and Processes Affect Environmental Properties of Biochars [abstract]. American Chemical Society Abstracts. Pub. No. 4.
Cassida, K.A., Foster, J.G., Gonzalez, J.M., Zobel, R.W., Sanderson, M.A. 2013. Response of forage chicory seedlings to available soil phosphorus in two soils in a controlled environment. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 44:1992-2007.
Halvorson, J.J., Gonzalez, J.M., Hagerman, A.E. 2013. Retention of tannin-C is associated with decreased soluble-N and increased cation exchange capacity in a broad range of soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 77:1199-1213.
Schmidt, M.A., Kreinberg, A.J., Gonzalez, J.M., Halvorson, J.J., French, E., Bollmann, A., Hagerman, A.E. 2013. Soil microbial communities respond differently to three chemically defined polyphenols. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 72:190-197. pii:S0981-9428(13)00088-0. DOI:10.1016/j.plaphy.2013.03.003.
Smiley, P.C., Gillespie, R.G., Gonzalez, J.M., King, K.W., Smith, D. 2013. Implications of fish-habitat relationships for designing restoration projects within channelized agricultural headwater streams. Meeting Abstract. 2013 Upper Midwest Stream Restoration Symposium, February 24-27, 2013, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Oral Abstract Guide, pg. 7.
Schmidt, M.A., Gonzalez, J.M., Halvorson, J.J., Hagerman, A.E. 2013. Metal mobilization in soil by two structurally defined polyphenols. Chemosphere. 90:1870-1877.
Katiki, L., Ferreira, J.F., Gonzalez, J.M., Zajac, A., Lindsay, D., Chagas, A., Amarante, A. 2013. Anthelmintic effect of plant extracts containing condensed and hydrolyzable tannins on Caenorhabditis elegans and their antioxidant capacity. Veterinary Parasitology. 192(1-3):218-227.
Francesconi, W., Smith, D.R., Heathman, G.C., Gonzalez, J.M. 2012. Identifying best management practices to minimize P loss in a tile drained landscape. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, October 21-24, 2012, Cincinnati, OH. 2012 CDROM.
Ferreira, J.F., Zhelijazkov, V.D., Gonzalez, J.M. 2012. Artemisinin concentration and antioxidant capacity of Artemisia annua distillation byproduct. Industrial Crops and Products. 41:294-298.
Halvorson, J.J., Gollany, H.T., Kennedy, A.C., Hagerman, A.E., Gonzalez, J.M., Wuest, S.B. 2012. Sorption of tannin and related phenolic compounds and effects on extraction of soluble-N in soil amended with several carbon sources. Agriculture. 2:52-72.
Cassida, K.A., Foster, J.G., Gonzalez, J.M., Zobel, R.W., Sanderson, M.A. 2012. Available soil phosphorus affects herbage yield and stand persistence in forage chicory. Agronomy Journal. 104:807-816.
Schmidt, M.A., Halvorson, J.J., Gonzalez, J.M., Hagerman, A.E. 2012. Kinetics and binding capacity of six soils for structurally defined hydrolyzable and condensed tannins and related phenols. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 12:366-375.
Hass, A., Gonzalez, J.M., Lima, I.M., Godwin, H.W., Halvorson, J.J., Boyer, D.G. 2012. Chicken manure biochar as liming agent and nutrient source for acid Appalachian soil. Journal of Environmental Quality. 41:1096-1106.
Halvorson, J.J., Gonzalez, J.M., Hagerman, A.E. 2012. Changes in Soluble-N in forest and pasture soils after repeated applications of tannins and related phenolic compounds. International Journal of Agronomy. DOI: 10.1155/2012/163054.2012.
Ritchey, K.D., Norton, L.D., Hass, A., Gonzalez, J.M., Snuffer, J.D. 2012. Effect of selected soil conditioners on soil properties, erosion, runoff, and rye growth in nonfertile acid soil. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 67:264-274.
Gonzalez, J.M., Neel, J.P., Snuffer, J.D. 2010. Changes in soil lignin by the conversion of forest to silvopastoral systems in hill-lands of Appalachia [abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts. Paper No. 60325.
Gonzalez, J.M., Ventura, E., Castellanos, J.Z., Brevik, E. 2010. Soil science in Mexico: history, challenges, and future. Soil Survey Horizons. 51:63-71.
Halvorson, J.J., Gonzalez, J.M., Hagerman, A.E., Smith, J.L. 2009. SORPTION OF TANNIN AND RELATED PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS AND EFFECTS ON SOLUBLE-N IN SOIL. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 41:2002-2010.
Cassida, K.A., Foster, J.G., Sanderson, M.A., Gonzalez, J.M. 2009. Yield and persistence response of forage chicory to phosphorus fertility. In: Proceedings of the American Forage and Grassland Council. 2009 Annual Conference, June 21-23, 2009, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 2009 CDROM.
Cassida, K.A., Foster, J.G., Sanderson, M.A., Gonzalez, J.M. 2010. Nutritive value response of forage chicory cultivars to phosphorus fertility. CD-ROM. Proceedings of the American Forage and Grassland Council, June 21-23, 2010, Springfield, MO.
Gonzalez, J.M. 2009. Clay surface catalysis of formation of humic substances: potential role of maillard reactions. Clay Mineral Society. 16:51-76.
Ferreira, J.F., Gonzalez, J.M. 2008. CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL STABILITY OF ARTEMISININ IN COW RUMEN FLUID AND ITS KINETICS IN GOATS (CAPRA HIRCUS). Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology. 17(1):103-109.
Ferreira, J.F., Gonzalez, J.M. 2009. Analysis of underivatized artemisinin and related sesquiterpene lactones by high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection. Phytochemical Analysis. 20:91-97.
Halvorson, J.J., Gonzalez, J.M., Hagerman, A.E., Smith, J.L. 2007. Tannic Acid Reduces Recovery of Water Soluble Carbon and Nitrogen from Soil. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts. Available: https://www.acsmeetins.org/2007/poster_oral/#find
Halvorson, J.J., Gonzalez, J.M. 2008. Tannic acid reduces recovery of water-soluble carbon and nitrogen from soil and affects the composition of Bradford-reactive soil protein. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 40(1):186-197.
Ferreira, J.F., Ritchey, K.D., Cassida, K.A., Turner, K.E., Gonzalez, J.M. 2006. Agrotechnological aspects of the anti-malarial plant "Artemisia annua" and its potential use in animal health in Appalachia. In: Revue de Régions Arides – Numéro special – Actes du séminaire international “les Plants à Parfum, Aromatiques et Medicinales” (English version: International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas, International Symposium on Perfume, Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, November 2-4, 2006, Jerba, Tunisia. p. 797-804.
Cassida, K.A., Foster, J.G., Sanderson, M.A., Gonzalez, J.M., Ritchey, K.D. 2006. Response of Forage Chicory Seedlings to Available Soil Phosphorus. 2006 Annual Meeting Abstracts on CD-ROM. Amer. Soc. Agron., Madison, WI, November 2006.
Halvorson, J.J., Gonzalez, J.M. 2006. Bradford reactive soil protein in Appalachian soils: distribution and response to incubation, extraction reagent and tannins. Plant and Soil Journal, 286:339-356.
Halvorson, J.J., Gonzalez, J.M., Smith, J.L. 2006. Tannic Acid Affects Extraction of Water Soluble Carbon and Nitrogen from Soil, and Carbon and Nitrogen Composition of Bradford Reactive Protein. In: Ecological Society of America Abstracts, August 6-11, 2006, Memphis, Tennessee. CDROM.
Gonzalez, J.M., Ventura, E., Castellanos, J. 2006. History and Development of Soil Science in Mexico. In: Abstracts of the 18th World Congress of Soil Science, July 9-15, 2006, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. CD-ROM.
Halvorson, J.J., Gonzalez, J.M. 2005. Tannins can affect measurement of soil proteins and recovery of soluble carbon and nitrogen from soil. Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Mechanisms of Soil Organic Matter Stabilization and Destabilization, Monterey, CA, October 9-13-2005.
Gonzalez, J.M., Laird, D.A. 2005. Role of clay minerals on soil organic matter formation and stabilization. In: Abstracts of the EMSI/North Central NOM Workshop, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, June 15-17.
Halvorson, J.J., Gonzalez, J.M. 2005. Patterns of Recovery of Bradford Total Protein (glomalin) from Appalachian Soils: Effects of Land Use, Depth and Extraction Reagent (poster abstract). Page 46 In Abstracts of the EMSI/North Central NOM Workshop, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, June 15-17, 2005.
Foster, J.G., Cassida, K.A., Gonzalez, J.M., Ritchey, K.D., Sanderson, M.A. 2005. Impact of phosphorus fertility on sesquiterpene lactone concentrations in forage chicory cultivars. p. 36, 237-241. In K. Cassida (ed.) Proc. Amer. Forage Grassl. Counc., Vol. 14, Bloomington, IL. 11-15 June 2005. AFGC, Georgetown, TX.
Cassida, K.A., Foster, J.G., Gonzalez, J.M., Sanderson, M.A., Ritchey, K.D. 2005. Establishment response of forage chicory to available soil phosphorus in Appalachia. p. 52, 232-236. In K. Cassida (ed.) Proc. Amer. Forage Grassl. Counc., Vol. 14, Bloomington, IL. 11-15 June 2005. AFGC, Georgetown, TX.
Gonzalez, J.M., Halvorson, J.J. 2005. Patterns of recovery of Bradford total protein (glomalin) from Appalachian soils: Effects of land use, depth, extraction reagent and tannin. Ecological Society of America Abstracts CD-ROM. Poster presentation at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, August 7-12, 2005, Montreal, Canada.
Gonzalez, J.M., Laird, D.A. 2006. Smectite catalyzed dehydration of glucose. Clays and Clay Minerals. 54(1):38-44.
Halvorson, J.J., Gonzalez, J.M. 2004. Patterns of Recovery of Bradford Total Protein (Glomalin) from Appalachian Soils: Effects of Land Use, Depth and Extraction Reagent. IN ASA-CSSA-SSSA-CSSS Abstracts 2004 [CD-ROM]. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA, Madison, WI.
Gonzalez, J.M., Laird, D.A. 2004. Role of smectites and a1-substituted goethites on the catalytic condensation of arginine and glucose. Clays and Clay Minerals. 52(4):443-450.
GONZALEZ, J.M., LAIRD, D.A. SMECTITE AND GOETHITE CATALYZED CONDENSATION OF ARGININE AND GLUCOSE. ASA-CSSA-SSSA ANNUAL MEETING ABSTRACTS. 2003. CD-ROM. MADISON, WI.
GONZALEZ, J.M., LAIRD, D.A. SMECTITE CATALYZED DEHYRATION OF GLUCOSE. CLAY MINERALS SOCIETY MEETING. 2003. Abstract p. 67.
GONZALEZ, J.M., LAIRD, D.A. CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN CLAY MINERAL FRACTIONS FROM 14C-LABELED PLANT RESIDUES. SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL. 2003. V. 67. P. 1715-1720.