Mailing and Contact Information: 3239 Energy, Coast, and Environment Building Wetland and Aquatic Biogeochemistry Laboratory Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences School of the Coast and Environment Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA -70803 Tel:225-578-8792 Fax:225-578-6423 E-mail: jrwhite@lsu.edu	John R. White Assistant Professor

Education:

Ph.D., Soil and Water Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 1999


M.S., Coastal Zone Management, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, 1993


M.S., Geological Oceanography, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, 1992


B.S., Geology, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, 1988

Grants:

• 2007-2010 Louisiana Dept of Natural Resources – Continuation of Spatial Influence of Davis Pond Freshwater Introduction (P.I. R.D.Delaune, Co-Pi J.R. White)


• 2006-2009 NOAA – Northern Gulf Institute – Exchange of nutrients and water between river channel and marsh along a salinity gradient. ( P.I. J.Cable, Co-Pis J.R.White, I.Mendelssohn)


• 2006-2008 Florida Dept of Transportation – Effects of road removal on phosphorus release in Lake Surprise, Key Largo, FL (P.I. J.R. White).


• 2006-2007 NSF-PilotFund – Pharmaceuticals in wastewater entering coastal marshes. (PI J.R. White).


• 2005-2008 Louisiana Board of Regents – Research Competitiveness Subprogram. Effect of large scale surface water diversions on wetland biogeochemistry and water quality in coastal marshes. (PI J.R. White, Co-PI R.D. DeLaune).

Recent Publications:

1. White, J.R., Hendrickson, J. and Conkle, J. 2008. Land Use and Water Quality in the Coastal Zone. In Land Management Impacts on Coastal Watershed Hydrology. A. Fares (ed.) WIT Press, Boston MA (in press).


2. Malecki-Brown, L.M, J.R. White and K.R. Reddy 2007. Soil Biogeochemical Characteristics Influenced by Alum Application in a Municipal Wastewater Treatment Wetland. J. of Environ Qual. 36: 1904-1913.


3. Reddy, K.R., Y. Wang, M.M. Fisher, J.R. White and R.T. James. 2007. Potential effects of sediment dredging on internal phosphorus loading in a shallow subtropical lake. Lake and Reservoir Management 23:27-38.


4. Bostic, E.M. and J.R. White. 2007. Phosphorus and vegetation effects on P retention in wetland soil after a drawdown/reflood event. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 71:233-238.


5. White, J.R., M.A. Belmont and C.D. Metcalfe. 2006. Pharmaceutical compounds in wastewater: wetland treatment as a potential solution. TheScientificWorld Journal 6:1731-1736.


6. White, J.R., K.R. Reddy and J.M. Newman. 2006. Hydrology and vegetation effects on water quality in subtropical constructed wetlands. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 70:1242-1251.


7. Wang, H., Jawitz, J.W., White, J.R. and Martinez, C.J. and Sees, M.D. 2006. Rejuvenating the largest municipal treatment wetland in Florida. Ecological Engineering 26:132-146.


8. White, J.R. and M.A. Belmont. 2005. Wetlands for treatment of nutrient laden runoff from agricultural lands: models and Stormwater Treatment Area 1W as a case study for protection of the Everglades Ecosystem, USA. In E.J. Dunne, K.R. Reddy and O.T. Carton (eds.) Nutrient Management in Agricultural Watersheds: A Wetland Solution. Wageningen Academic Publishers. The Netherlands, pp. 61-66. ISBN 9076998612


9. Malecki, L.M, J.R. White and K.R. Reddy. 2004. Nitrogen and phosphorus flux rates from sediment in the lower St. Johns River estuary. Journal of Environmental Quality 33:1545-1555.


10. White, J. R., K.R. Reddy, and M.Z. Moustafa. 2004. Influence of hydrology and vegetation on phosphorus retention in Everglades stormwater treatment wetlands. Hydrological Processes 18:343-355.