DR. EDWARD BERKELAAR
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Courses taught 2010/2011:
ENV101 Introduction to Environmental Science ENV221 Environment and Society ENV485 Independent Study
CHE122 General Chemistry II
ENV370 Issues in Environmental Science
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EDUCATION
Ph.D. (2000), Ecotoxicology, University of Guelph
Dissertation: "Accumulation of cadmium by durum wheat (Triticum turgidum): Influence of solution chemistry and root morphology."
M.Sc. (1995), Plant Physiology, University of Guelph
Thesis: "The effect of visible and ultraviolet-A radiation on the response of Arabidopsis thaliana to ultraviolet-B radiation."
B.Sc. (1993), Biology and Chemistry, Acadia University
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- My current research is on the bioavailability of trace elements (cadmium, thallium, and selenium) to plants. I am part of the Metals in the Human Environment Strategic Network (MITHE-SN). MITHE-SN is a collaboration of academia, government, and industry that conducts research in support of science based environmental and human health risk assessments for metals in water, soil and food, within well articulated and planned inter disciplinary research themes.
RESEARCH FUNDING
"The role of speciation in the uptake of Tl, As, and Se", NSERC Network Grant, 2005-2010
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Antunes, P.M.C., E. Berkelaar, D. Boyle, B.A. Hale, W. Hendershot, and A. Voigt. (2006) The Biotic Ligand Model for Plants and Metals: Technical Challenges for Field Application. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 25(3):875-882.
Berkelaar, E. (2005) Extending the life of your seeds. ECHO Development Notes 86: 1-3.
Berkelaar, E. and B.A. Hale (2003) Cadmium accumulation by durum wheat roots in ligand buffered hydroponic culture: Uptake of Cd ligand complexes or enhanced diffusion? Canadian Journal of Botany 81: 755-763.
Berkelaar, E. and B.A. Hale (2003) Accumulation of cadmium by durum wheat roots: Bases for citrate mediated exceptions to the free ion model. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 22(5): 1155 1161.
Berkelaar, E (2003) Formalizing your research: How to carry out an agricultural experiment. ECHO Development Notes 81: 3-6.
Berkelaar, E (2002) Methods of nematode management. ECHO Development Notes 75: 1-5.
Twiss, M. R., O. Errécalde, C. Fortin, P. G. C. Campbell, C. Jumarie, F. Denizeau, E. Berkelaar, B. Hale, and K. van Rees (2001) Coupling the use of computer chemical speciation models and culture techniques in laboratory investigations of trace metal toxicity. Chemical Speciation and Bioavailability 13(1): 9-24.
Hale, B., E. Berkelaar, D. Chan, W. Black, and D. Johnson (2001) Plants as modifiers of cadmium bioavailability. Geoscience Canada. 28(2): 55-58.
Berkelaar, E (2001) The effect of aluminum in acidic soils on plant growth. ECHO Development Notes 71: 1-3.
Berkelaar, E. and B. Hale (2000) The relationship between root morphology and cadmium accumulation in seedlings of two durum wheat cultivars. Canadian Journal of Botany 78: 381-387.
PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION & EXPERIENCE
Tropical Agriculture Extension
Environmental Consulting
CROSS APPOINTMENTS
Adjunct Professor and Associated Graduate Faculty, Department of Land Resource Science, University of Guelph