Research Interests

Dr. Artiola is a specialist in analytical, soil and water chemistry.  His research experience includes; movement and attenuation of metals and phenols in soils, management of landfill leachates, municipal sludges, and land treatment of hazardous and non-hazardous petroleum refinery and oilfield wastes.  Dr. Artiola has also worked as a consultant and peer reviewer on a variety of waste management, hazardous waste evaluation and cleanup programs for industry and government agencies.  He has co-authored several publications in research journals, has a professional certification (ARCPACS) and is a member of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) and the American Chemical Society (ACS).
Present fields of interest include: Soil, water and waste analytical and environmental chemistry, land treatment of hazardous and municipal wastes, waste management, development of strategies for the revegetation of flue gas wastes and mine tailings, development of in-situ leaching  and chemical treatment  techniques for the remediation of metal contaminated soils. Reclamation of saline soils. Removal of natural organic matter during Colorado River water recharge.

Education

1977-1980    Doctor of Philosophy--The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ                     85721.
                    Major: Soil & Water Science.(Soil & Water Chemistry)                     Department of Soils, Water & Engineering.
                    Minor: Analytical Chemistry. Department of Chemistry.
                    Dissertation:  Concentration of phenols in Wastewater
                    and their adsorption by soils
1974-1976    Master of Science--The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ                     85721.
                    Major: Soil and Water Science (Soil Chemistry). Department                      Soils, Water & Engineering.
 1970-1974    Bachelor of Arts--Drew University, Madison, NJ 07940
                    Major: Chemistry (ACS Certified). Minor: Russian Literature.

Employment History
7/'93-present Associate Research Scientist with Continuing Appointment(Tenure), Instructor and Laboratory Director of the Soil, Water & Plant Analysis Laboratory of the Department of Soil, Water & Environmental  Science.
4/'87-6/1993 Assistant Research Scientist, Instructor and Laboratory Director.  Soil and Water Science Department. The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. tel.520-621-3516.
1/'85-3/1987 Senior Staff Scientist, QA/QC Officer. K. W. Brown & Assoc. Inc. College Sta. TX.77840. tel. (409) 690-9280.

Committees, Honors and Awards
1986-87 Peer reviewer of the Love Canal soil and air sampling plan.
1987-88  Invited member of the Arizona State Technical Advisory Committee for Best Management Practices.
1992  Invited member of the Arizona State Reclaimed Wastewater Rules Advisory Committee.
1993-95 Selected member to Arizona's Comparative Environmental Risk Project Technical  Committee.
-Certified Professional Soil Scientist No. 1562 by ARCPACS since 1980.
-Member of the Soil Science Society of America and American Society of Agronomy.
-Member of the American Chemical Society.
-Member of the Council for Soil Science Examiners. Soil Science Society of America.

Teaching
SWES 505 Advanced chemical analysis of soil, water and plants, Spring 1992,93,94,95,96,97,98,99.
SWES 530 Environmental Monitoring & Remediation Fall 1994,95,96,97,98,99,00,01.
UNVR 195a Water Quality and the Environment Spring 98,Fall 99, Spring 01, Spring 02

Books, Chapters, Manual

1988 Artiola, J.F. Manual of Operating Procedures for the Analysis of Selected Soil, Water, Plant Tissue and Wastes Chemical and Physical Parameters. Department of Soil and Water Science Report #89-101. The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721.

1992 Carthy, D.J., and J.F. Artiola. Real-world soil-waste standards: Solution to differential analytical results among laboratories. In: Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soil and Groundwater, Volume 2, Chapter 12. Edited by E.J. Calabrese & P.T. Kostecki. Lewis Publishers.

1994 Artiola, J.F. and W. Crawley. Long-term use of glass brick lysimeters and ceramic porous cups to monitor soil-pore water quality in a non-hazardous waste land treatment case study. Chapter 33. In: Vadose zone characterization and monitoring principles, methods and case studies. Lewis Publishers.

1996 Warrick, A.W., S.A. Musil, and J.F. Artiola. Statistics in Pollution Science. Chapter 8. In: Pollution Science. Edited by I.L. Pepper, C.P. Gerba, and M.L. Brusseau. Academic Press.

1996 Artiola, J.F. M.L. Brusseau, A.D. Matthias, and S.A. Musil. Environmental Monitoring in Pollution Science. Chapter 9. In: Pollution Science. Edited by I.L. Pepper, C.P. Gerba, and M.L. Brusseau. Academic Press.

1996 Artiola, J.F.. Waste Disposal. Chapter 10. In: Pollution Science. Edited by I.L. Pepper, C.P. Gerba, and M.L. Brusseau. Academic Press.

1996 Artiola, J.F.. Industrial Sources of Pollution. Chapter 18. In: Pollution Science. Edited by I.L. Pepper, C.P. Gerba, and M.L. Brusseau. Academic Press.

1997 Artiola, J.F. and M. L. Brusseau. Soil Pollution. in Vol 18 of Encyclopedia of Applied Physics. 1996. VCH Publishers, Inc.

1998 Wang, W-Z, J.F. Artiola, and M.L. Brusseau. Nonequilibrium and nonlinear sorption during transport of cadmium, nickel and strontium through subsurface soils. Chapter 22 In: Metal Adsorption by Earth Materials. Academic Press.

Publications (1990 - 2003)

1990 Artiola J.F., D. Zabcik, and S.H. Johnson. In-situ treatment of arsenic contaminated soil from a hazardous industrial site. Laboratory studies. Waste Management, 10:73-78.

1990 Artiola, J.F. Determination of Carbon, Nitrogen and Sulfur in soils, sediments and wastes. Intern. J. Envir. Anal. Chemistry. 41:159-171.

1990 Artiola, J.F., and A.S. Ali. Determination of Sulfur in soil and plant samples using sodium bicarbonate/silver oxide dry ashing and ion chromatography. Commun. in Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 21 (11&12) 941-949.

1990 Brown, K.W., J.C. Thomas, M. Holder, and J.F. Artiola. The Ability of sorbent materials to adsorb and retain organic liquids under landfill conditions. Hazardous Waste & Hazardous Materials. Vol. 7, No.4.

1995 Herman, D.C., J.F. Artiola, and R.M. Miller. Biosurfactant removal of metals from soil. in Environ. Sci. Technol. 29 (9) 2280-2285.

1995 Artiola, J.F. What weighs more-a gram of wet soil or a gram of dry soil; how soil moisture content is measured affects treatment. Soils-analysis, monitoring remediation. March 1995. 27-31.

1996. Salo, L.F. and J.F. Artiola, and J.W. Goodrich-Mahoney. Plant species for revegetation of a saline flue gas desulfurization sludge pond. Journal of Environmental Quality. 25:802-808.

1996. Wang, W-Z., M.L. Brusseau, and J.F. Artiola. The Use of Calcium to facilitate desorption and removal of cadmium and nickel in subsurface soils. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 25:325-336.

1997. Salo, L.F., J.F. Artiola, and J. Goodrich-Mahoney. 1996. Selected Species and Amendments for Revegetating saline flue gas desulfurization sludge: Greenhouse studies. Journal of Environmental Quality.

1997 Artiola, J.F. Denitrification activity in the vadose zone beneath a sludge amended semi-arid soil. Comm. in Soil Sci. & Plant Anal. 28(9&10),797-812.

1998 Artiola, J.F. Temporal and spatial distributions of nitrate-N in two furrow-irrigated semiarid soils amended with sludge and fertilizer. Commun, Soil Sci.Plant Anal., 29(3&4), 393-407.

1998 Baumgartner, D.J., E.P Glenn, R.O. Kuehl, T.L.Thompson, J.F. Artiola, S.E.Menke, R.A. Saar, G.S. Moss, and M.A. Algharaibeh.1998. Plant uptake response to metals and nitrate in simulated uranium mill tailings contaminated ground water. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. 1998.

1998 Baumgartner, D.J., E.P Glenn, G.S. Moss, T.L.Thompson, J.F. Artiola, R.O.Kuehl. 1998. Effect of Irrigation Water Contaminated with Uranium Mill Tailings on Sudan Grass and Fourwing Saltbush. Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation. December 9, 1998.

1999 Salo, L.F., J.W. Goodrich-Mahoney, and J.F. Artiola. . Evaluation of revegetation techniques of saline flue gas desulfurization sludge pond. J. Environ. Qual.29:218-225.

1999 S.A. Barlas, J.F. Artiola, L.F. Salo, and J.W. Goodrich-Mahoney. 1998. Sulfur transformations related to the revegetation of flue gas desulfurization sludge. Comm. Soil Sci. & Plant Anal. 30(9&10), 1403-1416.

2000 Baumgartner, D.J., E.P Glenn, G.S. Moss, T.L.Thompson, J.F. Artiola, R.O.Kuehl. 2000. Effect of Irrigation Water Contaminated with Uranium Mill Tailings on Sudan Grass and Fourwing Saltbush. Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation. 14:43-57.

2000 Baumgartner, D.J., E.P Glenn, R.O. Kuehl, T.L.Thompson, J.F. Artiola, S.E.Menke, R.A. Saar, G.S. Moss, and M.A. Algharaibeh.1998. Plant uptake response to metals and nitrate in simulated uranium mill tailings contaminated ground water. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. Volume 118, page??.

2000 Artiola, J.F. H. Gebrekidan. Use of Langbeinite to reclaim sodic and saline sodic soils. Comm. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 31(17&18), 2879-2842.

2000 Garcia-Hernandez, J., Glenn, E.P., Artiola, J., and Baumgartner, D.J. Bioaccumulation of Selelinum in the Cienega,de Santa Clara wetland, Sonora, Mexico. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 45:298-304.

2001 Maier, R.M. J.W. Neilson, J.F. Artiola, F.L. Jordan, E.P. Glenn, and S.M. Descher. Remediation of metat-contaminated soil and sludge using biosurfactant technology. J. Occupational Med. Environ. Health, 14:241-248.

2001 Karpiscak, M.M., L.R. Whiteaker, J.F. Artiola and K.E. Foster. Nutrient and heavy metal uptake and storage in constructed wetland systems in Arizona. Water Science and Technology. Vol 44 No 11-12. 445-462.

2002 Whiteaker, L., M. Karpiscak, J.F. Artiola, and S. Hopf. Background concentrations of nutrients and heaby metals in wetland macrophytes. Journal of Arid Environments

2003 Neilson, J.W., J.F. Artiola and R.M. Maier. Characterization of lead removal from contaminated soil by nontoxic soil-washing agents. Accepted to J. Environ. Qual.