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Laosheng Wu

Professor of Soil Physics
CE Water Management Specialist

• Office: 2314 Geology
• Phone: (951) 827-4664
• FAX: (951) 827-4664
• laosheng.wu@ucr.edu

Academic Degrees:

• Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1991
• MS, Oregon State University, 1987

Specialization:

• Measurement and modeling water and solute transport in field soil and water systems; Development of best management practices to maximize water and fertilizer use efficiency and minimize surface and ground water pollution; Water quality and management; Interaction between soil physical, hydrological, and chemical properties; soil salinity; and reclaimed wastewater reuse.

Research Group:

• Graduate Students

• Other

Representative Publications:

• Yiqiang Zhang, Jianhang Lu, Laosheng Wu, Andrew Chang, and William T. Frankenberger Jr. 2007. Simultaneous Removal of Chlorothalonil and Nitrate by Bacillus cereus Strain NS1. Sci. Total Environ. 383: 383-387.
• Weiping Chen, Lianqing Li, Andrew C. Chang, Laosheng Wu, Soon-Ik Kwon, and Rick Bottoms. 2007. Modeling the uptake kinetics of cadmium by field-grown lettuce. Environ. Pollut., doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2007.05.004.
• Li, Hang and Laosheng Wu. 2007. A generalized linear equation for non-linear diffusion in external fields and non-ideal systems. New J. Phys. 9. 357., doi:10.1088/1367-2630/9/10/357
• Wu, Laosheng, R. Green, M. Yates, P. Pacheco, and G. Klein. 2007. Nitrate Leaching in Overseeded Bermudagrass Fairways in Two Southern California Irrigated Soils. Crop Science. 47: 2521-2528.
• Li, Hang and Laosheng Wu. 2007. A New Approach to Estimate Ion Distribution between the Exchanger Phase and Solution Phase. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 71: 1694-1698.
• Shinsuke Haruta, Weiping Chen, Jay Gan, Jirka Simunek, Andrew Chang, and Laosheng Wu. 2008. Leaching risk of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in soil receiving reclaimed wastewater. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 69: 374-380.
• Chen, W.P., A.C. Chang, L. Wu, and Y.S. Zhang. 2008. Metal Uptake by Corn Grown on Media Treated with Particle-Size Fractionated Biosolids. Sci. Total Environ. 392:166-173.

Courses Taught:

• SLSC 107 - Soil Physics (Spring Quarter)
• SWSC 127- Fate and Transport of Contaminants in Soil (Co-taught)
• SWSC 101 - Water Resources (Winter Quarter)

Graduate Program Affiliations and Research Focus Areas:

• Research Focus Areas

  • Soil and Water Sciences

• Program

  • Environmental Sciences

Links:

• Watsuit for Windows (new--revised 2/03)
• Publications List
• Cooperative Extension Web Page: http://esce.ucr.edu