Albert L. Page

Professor, Emeritus

• Office: 2310 Geology
• Phone: (951) 827-3433
• albert.page@ucr.edu

Academic Degrees:

• B.A., 1956, Univ. of California, Riverside (Chemistry
• Ph.D., 1960, Univ. of California, Davis (Soil Science)

Specialization:

• Soil chemistry
• Ion-exchange equilibria
• Biogeochemistry of trace elements

Professional Service - Soil Science Society of America (SSSA):

• Chair, SSSA Membership Committee, 1963-66.
• Chair, div. S-2,Soil Chemistry, 1969-70.
• Member, Board of Directors, SSSA, 1992-95.
• Associate editor, Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 1969-72.
• Member, Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. Editorial Board, 1969-72.
• Chair, Workshop on Utilization, Treatment and Disposal of Waste on Land, 1985.
• Editorial Committee: Methods of Soil Analysis, Part 3 Chemical Methods. 1996.
• Nominee, President, SSSA, 1996.

Service in Associated Societies:

• Agronomic Education Committee, American Society of Agronomy (ASA), 1964-68.
• Information Retrieval Committee, ASA, 1968-74.
• Executive Committee, California Chapter ASA, 1984-88.
• Associate Editor, Jour. Environ. Qual., 1974-78.
• Editorial Board, Jour. Environ Qual., 1974-78.
• Associate Editor, Advances in Environmental Science, 1987-92.
• Associate Editor, Environmental Reviews, 1992-present.
• Editorial Board, Science of the Total Environment, 1979-83.
• Board of Directors, 1980-83, President, 1983-84, Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health.
• Editor, Methods of Soil Analysis, ASA Monograph 9, Part 2.
• Consultant, Science Advisory Board, US EPA 1985-93.
• Science Advisory Committee, US EPA, NE Hazardous Substances Research Committee, 1991-present.

Honorary Positions and Awards:

• Fulbright Fellowship, 1966-67.
• Guggenheim Fellowship, 1966-67.
• Distinguished Teaching Award, University of California, 1976.
• Fellow, American Society of Agronomy, 1976.
• Fellow, Soil Science Society of America, 1976.
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1996.
• Environmental Quality Research Award, American Society of Agronomy,1985.
• Distinguished Service Award, US Department of Agriculture, 1991.
• Environment Award, Association of Metropolitan Sewage Agencies, 1992.
• Alumni University Service Award, Univ. of California, 1994.
• Distinguished Service Award, Soil Science Society of America, 1998.
• Distinguished Service Award, Univ. of California, Riverside, 2001.

Contributions to Human Welfare Through Professional Activities:

• Teaching and research have contributed to a better understanding of the impact of trace element contamination of soils on human and ecosystem health. Contributed to 4 Council for Agricultural Science and Technology task force reports. Service to 4 National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences committees, Chair of one. Contributed to the organization and conduct of National and International Workshops/Symposia.

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