Sean Stokes, Ph.D.
Research Director, Midwest Organic Center
Email: sean.stokes@rodaleinstitute.org
Address: 3706 St. Peters Road, Marion, IA 52302
Dr. Sean Stokes received a PhD from Colorado State University in Soil and Crop Science and an MS from CSU in Environmental Toxicology. His research has focused on a variety of topics related to agricultural systems, including molecular changes to soil organic matter after biochar or compost application and the relationship between soil health and crop productivity in orange trees infected with citrus greening disease. Additional research in these citrus groves included evaluating the efficacy of pesticide applications and their degradation rates once applied. Another focus of Sean’s prior research includes evaluating non-traditional water sources such as produced water and agricultural runoff to understand the potential for treating this water and applying it as agricultural irrigation. Understanding the impact of various regenerative management practices on water quality and soil health will be a major focus of Sean’s research at the Midwest Organic Center since nutrient runoff and soil degradation are currently major problems in Midwest cropland.
Select Publications
- Stokes, S. C.; Trivedi, P.; Otto, K.; Ippolito, J. A.; Borch, T., Determining soil health parameters controlling crop productivity in a Citrus Greening disease affected orange grove. Soil & Environmental Health, 2023, 1, (2).
- Jech, Sierra; Adamchak, Clifford; Stokes, Sean; Wiltse, Marin; VanderRoest, Jacob, Callen, Jessica; Kelly, Eugene; Hinckley, Eve-Lyn; Borch, Thomas; Fierer, Noah. The Potential for Soil Contamination Following Fire at the Wildland-Urban Interface. Plan to submit to: Environmental Science & Technology. In review
- Rehberg, R. A.; Trivedi, P.; Dooley, G. P.; Hageman, K. J.; Stokes, S. C.; Borch, T., Dissipation Rates and Effectiveness of Malathion, Imidacloprid, And Dimethoate at Controlling Asian Citrus Psyllids under Field Conditions. ACS Agricultural Science & Technology 2022.
- Hejase, C. A.; Weitzel, K. A.; Stokes, S. C.; Grauberger, B. M.; Young, R. B.; Arias-Paic, M. S.; Kong, M.; Chae, S.; Bandhauer, T. M.; Tong, T.; Herber, D. R.; Stout, S.; Miara, A.; Huang, Z.; Evans, A.; Kurup, P.; Talmadge, M.; Kandt, A.; Stokes-Draut, J. R.; Macknick, J.; Borch, T.; Dionysiou, D. D., Opportunities for Treatment and Reuse of Agricultural Drainage in the United States. ACS ES&T Engineering 2022, 2, (3), 292-305.
- Cooper, C. M.; McCall, J.; Stokes, S. C.; McKay, C.; Bentley, M. J.; Rosenblum, J. S.; Blewett, T. A.; Huang, Z.; Miara, A.; Talmadge, M.; Evans, A.; Sitterley, K. A.; Kurup, P.; Stokes-Draut, J. R.; Macknick, J.; Borch, T.; Cath, T. Y.; Katz, L. E., Oil and Gas Produced Water Reuse: Opportunities, Treatment Needs, and Challenges. ACS ES&T Engineering 2021, 2, (3), 347-366.
- Soryong Chae, Charifa Hejase, Robert B. Young, Sargeant Green, Tiezheng Tong, Kyoung-Yeol Kim, Jennifer Stokes-Draut, Sean C. Stokes, Minghao Kong, Hyunsik Kim, Parthiv Kurup, Jordan Macknick, Thomas Borch, and Dionysios D. Dionysiou. “Challenges and Opportunities in Reuse of Treated Wastewater for Agriculture in the United States: A Critical Review.” Submitted to Environmental Science and Technology – Engineering, In review
- Thomas Borch; Dion D. Dionysiou; Lynn Katz; Pei Xu; Todd Bandhauer; Richard Breckenridge; Soryong (Ryan) Chae; Kirk Ellison; Jessica Fox; Brandi Grauberger; Charifa A. Hejase; Daniel Herber; Minghao Kong; Jordan Macknick; David Sedlak; Sean Stokes; Jennifer Stokes-Draut; Tiezheng Tong; Katelin A. Weitzel; Robert B. Young. 2021. National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI) Technology Roadmap: Agriculture Sector. DOE/GO-102021-5562. https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy21osti/79881.pdf
- Rehberg, R. A.; Trivedi, P.; Bahureksa, W.; Sharp, J. L.; Stokes, S. C.; Menger, R. F.; Borch, T., Quantification of insecticide spatial distribution within individual citrus trees and efficacy through Asian citrus psyllid reductions under different application methods. Pest Management Science 2021, 77, (4), 1748-1756.