staff member William R. Roy

William R. Roy, Ph.D.

Senior Geochemist
Geochemistry
Earth Resources Center

Office: Room 309, Natural Resources Building
Phone: 217-333-1197
E-mail: roy@isgs.illinois.edu

B.S. Geology, Indiana University, 1977
M.A. Geology, Indiana University, 1980
Ph.D. Soil Physical Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1985

His research areas include sequestration of carbon diozide in geologic formations, environmental impacts of agriculture, chemical fate and transport of contaminants in soil and groundwater, coal combustion by-product management, and radioactive waste management. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Illinois. He is a member of the Soil Science Society of America (since 1981) and the American Nuclear Society. William has been with the ISGS since 1980.


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