CONTACT INFORMATION
 for Dr. Jack E. Rechcigl

address: Soil and Water Sciences
14625 C.R. 672, Wimauma, FL  33598
phone: (813) 633-4111/SC514-6801
FAX (813) 634-0001
email: rechcigl@ufl.edu

Consulting:

  • Philphos Inc., Manila, Philippines

  • Taiwan Banana Research Institute, Taiwan, Republic of China

  • Potash Phosphate Institute, Nicaragua

  • Togolais Des Phosphates, Togo, Africa

  • Hi Fert PTY, LTD, Melbourne, Australia

  • PALMAVEN, Caracas, Venezuela

  • Pan American Laboratories, Arcadia FL
     

Certifications:

  • Certified Radiation Training for the use of radioisotopes

  • Certified Professional Soil Specialist

  • Certified Professional Agronomist

Selected Grants and Contracts:

  • Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Developing cost effective sustainable forage production and fertilization strategies for remediation of P enriched soils in South Florida, 2006-2007, $349,994.

  • USDA/CSREES Tropical/Subtropical Agriculture-Section 406-Caribbean Basin Group, Management of dairy effluent/manure for forage production and their effects on nutrient leaching/runoff in the tropics, 2004-2007, $120,000

  • Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Crop phyto-remediation of phosphorus-enriched soils in Lake Okeechobee region, 2004-2006, $419,580.

  • South Florida Water Management District: Evaluation of limestone and gypsum for reducing phosphorus leaching and runoff from beef cattle pastures. 1998-2001. $574,000.

  • Florida Institute of Phosphate Research Grant: Phosphogypsum uses in agriculture and its effects on the environment. 1990-1998. $1.4 million.

  • Biogro Systems Grant: Sludge effects on forage and the environment, 1994-1998. $84,000.

  • Allied Fibers and Plastics Corporation Grant: Ammonium sulfate uses in agriculture. 1988-1997. $70,000.

  • U.S.D.A. Competitive Grants Program: Modeling the fate and transport of nitrogen fertilizer, carbaryl and bromide applied to bahiagrass, 1992-1995. $130,000.

  • U.S.D.A. Research and Scientific Exchanges Division/ University of the Philippines Grant: Utilization of phosphogypsum for forage and crop productions and associate environmental concerns, 1994. $10,000.

  • South Florida Water Management District Grant: Development of fertilization practices for beef cattle pastures to minimize nutrient loss in runoff, 1987-1990. $292,000.

Honors:

  • Fellow, Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences, 2003

  • University of Delaware Presidential Citation for Outstanding Achievement Award, 1999

  • Research Foundation Professor, University of Florida, 1999

  • IFAS Interdisciplinary Extension Team Award, 1999

  • Honorary Professor at the Czech Agricultural University, 1999

  • University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship, 1999

  • Fellow, Soil Science Society of America, 1999

  • Fellow, American Society of Agronomy, 1998

  • Central Mindanao University, Philippines Research Award, 1994

  • University of Florida Research Honor Award, 1992

  • University of Florida Research Achievement Award, 1991

  • Sigma Xi Research Award, 1981

  • University of Delaware Research Award, 1981
     

Editorial Activities:

  • Associate Editor: Florida Soil and Crop Science Society Proceedings, 1999-Present.

  • Associate Editor: Journal of Environmental Quality, 1993-1997.

  • Editor-in-Chief: Agriculture & Environment Series, CRC Press, 1993-Present.

Society Memberships and Activities:

  • Soil Science Society of America, Member since 1984

      • Member, Troug Soil Science Award Committee, 1992-1994
      Member, State Membership Committee, 1992- Present
      Member, Soil Science Professional Service Award Committee, 1995-1997
      Member, Soil Science Society of America Fellows Committee, 2000-2002

  • American Society of Agronomy, Member since 1984

      • Member, Placement/Career Promotion Committee, 1992-1994
      Member, Public Relations Committee, 1994-Present
      Member, Monograph Committee, 1999-Present

  • International Society of Soil Science, Member since 1993

  • American Chemical Society, Member since 1995

  • Organizer/Moderator of the Symposium on Uses of Wastes and By-Products in Agriculture, ACS National Meeting, Orlando, FL 1996

  • Florida Fertilizer & Agrichemical Association, Member since 1987

    Soil and Crop Science Society of Florida, Member since 1986

      Chairman, Site/Local Arrangements Committee, 1988
      Member, Nomination Committee, 1993-1995
      Chairman, Nomination Committee, 1995-1996

  • Sigma Xi, Member since 1984

  • Phi Sigma Society, Member since 1985

  • Gama Beta Phi, Member since 1983

  • Gama Sigma Delta, Member since 1990

  • Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences, Member since 1982

      • Coordinator/Moderator of the Agricultural Section of the 16th World Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, 1992

  • Manatee Chamber of Commerce

      • Member, Partners in Education Committee, 1993-1995
      Member, Environmental Committee, 1993-1995

 

University Service:

  • Vice President's Faculty Advisory Committee, 1999-2001

  • University Senate, 1995-1996

  • University Tenure and Promotion Committee, 1999

    Search and Screen Committies:

      • Chair Soil and Water Science Department, 1999
      Animal Scientist, Range Cattle REC, 1998
      Agronomist, Range Cattle REC, 1996
      Chair Soil & Water Science Department, 1994
      Soil Scientists, 1988

  • Agro-Ecology Advisory Committee, 1993-Present

  • Pasture Plant Nutrition Recommendation Work Group, 1993-Present

    IFAS Review Committies:

      • Sorption, transformation, and transport of chemicals in the soil, 1997
      Reactions of trace metals in water and soil, 1995
      Environmental pedology and land use investigations, 1993
      Fertilization effects on turfgrass and environment, 1992

  • Chairman of Fertilizer Task Force, 1991-Present

  • Chairman of Livestock and Forage Environment Task Force, 1991-Present

  • IFAS Analytical Research Laboratory Advisory Committee, 1989-Present

 

International Activities:

    Invited to present talks and provide technical assistance:


      Montpellier, France, 1998.
      Brazil, South America, 1995.
      Taiwan, Republic of China, 1994.
      Philippines, 1994.
      Nicaragua, 1993.
      Australia, 1993.
      New Zealand, 1993.
      Caracas, Venezuela, 1992.
      Czech Republic, 1991, 1992, 1998.