James Longstaffe Environmental Chemistry

About James

James Longstaffe
Associate Professor
School of Environmental Sciences
Ontario Agricultural College
University of Guelph
Canada

BSc Hons. Chemistry (2005)- The University of Western Ontario

MSc Materials Chemistry (2007) – Dalhousie University

PhD Environmental Chemistry (2013) – University of Toronto.


Hello! I am an associate professor of environmental chemistry in the School of Environmental Sciences and the Ontario Agricultural College at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. My academic interests are relate to the impacts of human activity on environmental health. The types of projects I work on are generally related to the characterization and remediation of contaminated environments and the role that soil chemistry plays in soil health and fertility.

Current and past projects have focused on:

Novel analytical methods for the characterization of complex contaminant mixtures.

Environmental metabolomics

Soil organic matter composition and function

Soil phosphorus