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VITAE AND PUBLICATION LIST  

Paul McDaniel             
Professor of Soil Science             
Soil & Land Resources Division             
University of Idaho             
Moscow, ID  83844-2339      
USA 

Education:

Ph.D., 1989 Soil Science (Geology minor) North Carolina State University
M.S., 1983 Soil Science (Geology minor) Montana State University
B.S., 1975 Biology University of Kentucky

Professional Experience:

2006-present Technical Editor, Soil Science Society of America Journal
2002-present Professor, Soil & Land Resources Division, University of Idaho
2001-present Affiliate Faculty, Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Turrialba, Costa Rica
1996-2002 Associate Professor, Soil Science Division, University of Idaho 
1990-1996 Assistant Professor, Soil Science Division, University of Idaho
1989-1990 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Plant & Soil Science Dept., Montana State University
1984-1988 Instructor, Soil Science Dept., North Carolina State University

Publications (last 5 years):

Vaughan, K.L., and P.A. McDaniel. 2009. Organic soils on basaltic lava flows in a cool, dry environment. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 73: 1510-1518.

McDaniel, P.A., and K.W. Hipple. 2009. Mineralogy of less and volcanic ash mantels in Pacific Northwest (USA) landscape. Geoderma. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.12.023

Lin, H.S., E. Brooks, P. McDaniel, and J. Boll. 2008. Hydropedology and Surface/Subsurface Runoff Processes. In M. G. Anderson (Editor-in-Chief) Encyclopedia of Hydrologic Sciences. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. DOI: 10.1002/0470848944.hsa306

Polidoro, B., Winowiecki, L., Johnson-Maynard, J., McDaniel, P. and Morra, M. 2008. Suelos del valle y del piedmonte en Talamanca: un paisaje dinámicopara el almacenamiento de carbono. Agroforestería en las Américas 46: 40-44.
Hickey, P.J., P.A. McDaniel, and D.G. Strawn. 2008. Characterization of iron- and manganese-cemented redoximorphic aggregates in wetland soils contaminated with mine wastes. Journal of Environmental Quality 37: 2375-2385.
Kimsey, M.J., J. Moore, and P.A. McDaniel. 2008. A geographically weighted regression analysis of Douglas-fir site index in north central Idaho. Forest Science 54: 356-366.
McDaniel, P.A., M.P. Regan, E. Brooks, J. Boll, S. Barndt, A. Falen, S.K. Young, and J.E. Hammel. 2008. Linking fragipans, perched water tables, and catchment-scale hydrological processes. Catena 73: 166-173.
Ferguson, D.E., Johnson-Maynard, J., and McDaniel, P.A. 2007. The Grand Fir Mosaic ecosystem – History and Management Impacts. pp. 175-184 In Page-Dumroese et al. (eds.) Volcanic-ash-derived forest soils of the inland Northwest: Properties and implications for management and restoration. 9-10 November 2005; Coeur d'Alene, ID. Proceedings RMRS-P-44; Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
McDaniel, P.A., and M.A. Wilson. 2007. Physical and chemical characteristics of ash-influenced soils of Inland Northwest forests. pp. 31-45 In Page-Dumroese et al. (eds.) Volcanic-ash-derived forest soils of the inland Northwest: Properties and implications for management and restoration. 9-10 November 2005; Coeur d'Alene, ID. Proceedings RMRS-P-44; Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
Page-Dumroese,D., Ferguson, D.E., McDaniel, P.A., and Johnson-Maynard, J. 2007. Chemical Changes Induced by pH Manipulations of Volcanic Ash-Influenced Soils. pp. 185-202 In Page-Dumroese et al. (eds.) Volcanic-ash-derived forest soils of the inland Northwest: Properties and implications for management and restoration. 9-10 November 2005; Coeur d'Alene, ID. Proceedings RMRS-P-44; Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
Brooks, E.S, J. Boll, and P.A. McDaniel. 2007. Distributed and integrated response of a GIS-based hydrologic model in the eastern Palouse region, Idaho. Hydrological Processes 21:110-122.
Briggs, C., A.J. Busacca, and P.A. McDaniel. 2006. Pedogenic Processes and Soil-landscape Relationships in North Cascades National Park, Washington. Geoderma 137: 192-204.
Dechert, T.V., P.A. McDaniel, K.L. Pierce, A.L. Falen, and M.A. Fosberg. 2006. Late Quaternary Stratigraphy, Idaho National Laboratory, Eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho. Idaho Geological Survey Tech. Rep. 06-1. ISBN 1-555765-512-X. 17 pp.
Wilson, M.A., S.H. Bare, and P.A. McDaniel. 2006. Southwick soil of the Idaho Palouse. Soil Surv. Horiz. 47: 3-4.
Dahlquist, R.M., M.P. Whelan, L. Winowiecki, B. Polidoro, S. Candela, C.A. Harvey, J.D. Wulfhorst, P.A. McDaniel, and N.A. Bosque-Pérez. 2006. Incorporating livelihoods in biodiversity conservation: a case study of cacao agroforestry systems in Talamanca, Costa Rica. Biodiversity and Conservation 16: 2311-2333.
Kimsey, M, P. McDaniel, D. Strawn, and J. Moore. 2005. Fate of applied sulfate in volcanic ash-influenced forest soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 69:1507-1515.
McDaniel. P.A., M.A. Wilson, R. Burt, D. Lammers, T.D. Thorson, C.L. McGrath, and N. Peterson. 2005. Andic soils of the Inland Pacific Northwest, USA: Properties and ecological significance. Soil Science 170: 300-311.
O’Geen, A.T., P.A. McDaniel, J. Boll, and C.K. Keller. 2005. Paleosols as deep regolith: Implications for ground-water recharge across a loessial climosequence. Geoderma 126: 85-99.
Brooks, E.S., J. Boll, and P. A. McDaniel 2004. A hillslope-scale experiment to measure lateral saturated hydraulic conductivity, Water Resour. Res. 40: W04208, doi:10.1029/2003WR002858.
Rockefeller, S.L., P.A. McDaniel, and A.L. Falen. 2004. Perched water table responses to forest clearing in northern Idaho. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 68: 168-174.

Proposals receiving funding (past 5 years):

2007-08 Assessing university soil characterization for the national soil characterization database. USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service. $200,000
2007 Soil Geomorphology Institute at University of Idaho. USDA-NRCS. $15,000.
2007-08 Soil hydrology at the Weippe Prairie. USDI-National Park Service. $15,980.
2005 Andisol pedogenesis at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service. $21,307.
2004 Organic carbon accumulation in andisols under bracken fern successional communities in the Grand Fir mosaic. USDA-Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. $9.375.

Graduate students completed:

2008 Karen Vaughan. Ph.D. in Soil & Land Resources. Dissertation title: Pedogenesis at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA. . .
2008 Leigh Winowiecki. Ph.D. in Soil & Land Resources. Dissertation title: Soil biogeochemical patterns in the Talamanca Foothills, Costa Rica: Local soil knowledge and implications for agroecosystems.
2008 Robert Brown. M.S. in Soil & Land Resources. Thesis title: Volcanic ash in a mountainous landscape of northern Idaho: Digital modeling and mapping.
2005 Jason Jimenez. M.S., Soil & Land Resources. Thesis title: Bracken fern communities of the Grand Fir Mosaic: Biomass allocation and influence on selected soil properties.
2005 Hillary Talbott. M.S., Soil & Land Resources. Thesis title: Changes in soil properties after 10 years of grazing exclusion.
2003 Mark Kimsey. M.S., Soil Science. Thesis title: Sulfate sorption in andic soils of the Inland Northwest.
2002 Anthony (Toby) T.O'Geen. Ph.D., Soil Science. Dissertation title: Assessment of hydrological processes across multiple scales in soil/paleosol sequences using environmental tracers.
2000 Michael P. Regan. M.S., Soil Science. Thesis title: Perched water table dynamics and hydrologic processes in an eastern Palouse catchment.
2002 Shawn L. Barndt. M.S., Environmental Science. Thesis title: Tracer movement via perched water tables and implications for agriculture.
2000 Joel Murray. M.S., Environmental Science. Thesis title: Development of a GIS database for recharge assessment in the Palouse Basin.
1998 Sara K. Young. M.S., Soil Science. Thesis title: Soil hydrology in an eastern Palouse micro-catchment underlain by a fragipan.
1997 Shaney L. Rockefeller. M.S., Soil Science. Thesis title: Seasonal responses of perched water tables to forest canopy removal.
1996 Rodney W. Gabehart. M.S., Soil Science. Thesis title: Effects of hydraulically restrictive subsurface horizons on episaturation in loess-derived soils of the eastern Palouse.
1995 Ronald J. Reuter. M.S., Soil Science. Thesis title: Transport and flow characteristics of perched water in loess-derived soilscapes.
1995 Jodi Johnson-Maynard. M.S., Soil Science. Thesis title: Alteration of Andisols in the Grand Fir Mosaic Ecosystem by bracken fern successional plant communities.
1994 Eileen Falen-Rowan. M.S., Soil Science. Thesis title: Ectomycorrhizal fungi densities and soil properties in forest soils of northwest Wyoming


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