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Steven Siciliano

ResearcherSoil ScienceUniversity of Saskatchewan

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Steven Siciliano

Researcher

Soil Science

University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2024.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 37 research grants (37 NSERC), most recently in 2025.

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Research

climate change ecosystem service organic carbon in soils phosphorus biogeochemistry polar deserts positron emission tomography positron emitting isotopes root microbe interactions

Latest papers

Application of a new approach method to assess the hazard of complex legacy contaminated groundwater mixtures on fathead minnows in outdoor mesocosms.
The Science of the total environment · 2024
Characterization of Adverse Outcomes from Legacy-Contaminated Groundwater Exposure to Early Life Stages of Fathead Minnow.
Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology · 2024
Time-course of oral toxicity to contaminated groundwater in male Sprague Dawley rats.
Toxicology reports · 2024

All 8 publications

Latest funding

Slow release biostimulatory solution for in situ hydrocarbon remediation
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$270,925
Cost effective measurement of root exudates
NSERC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$61,025
Quantifying plant-mineral-microbe ecosystem services in the Arctic using Positron Emission Tomography.
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$306,000

All 50 grants and awards

8 publications.

Application of a new approach method to assess the hazard of complex legacy contaminated groundwater mixtures on fathead minnows in outdoor mesocosms.

Gasque-Belz L, Carrière K, Humeniuk B, Park B, Colville C, Siciliano S, Hogan N, Weber L, Campbell P, Peters R, Hecker M, Hanson M

The Science of the total environment2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176081 PMID: 39244049

Characterization of Adverse Outcomes from Legacy-Contaminated Groundwater Exposure to Early Life Stages of Fathead Minnow.

Gasque-Belz L, Park B, Siciliano S, Hogan N, Weber L, Campbell P, Peters R, Hanson M, Hecker M

Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology2024

DOI: 10.1007/s00244-024-01069-7 PMID: 38871949

Time-course of oral toxicity to contaminated groundwater in male Sprague Dawley rats.

Boamah B, Siciliano S, Hogan N, Hecker M, Hanson M, Campbell P, Peters R, Al-Dissi AN, Weber L

Toxicology reports2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2024.05.002 PMID: 38813463

Hazard assessment of complex legacy-contaminated groundwater mixtures using a novel approach method in adult fathead minnows.

Gasque-Belz L, Raes K, Park B, Colville C, Siciliano S, Hogan N, Weber L, Campbell P, Peters R, Hanson M, Hecker M

Journal of hazardous materials2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.133299 PMID: 38141307

Rocks, lichens, and woody litter influenced the soil invertebrate density in upland tundra heath.

Jegede OO, Standen KM, Siciliano S, Lamb EG, Stewart KJ

PloS one2023

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282068 PMID: 37130125

Correlation between in vitro toxicity of pesticides and in vivo risk guidelines in support of complex operating site risk management: A meta-analysis.

Alehashem M, Mamet S, Hogan N, Hecker M, Florou D, Tsatsakis A, Siciliano S

Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2022.113502 PMID: 36404522

Core and Differentially Abundant Bacterial Taxa in the Rhizosphere of Field Grown Brassica napus Genotypes: Implications for Canola Breeding.

Taye ZM, Helgason BL, Bell JK, Norris CE, Vail S, Robinson SJ, Parkin IAP, Arcand M, Mamet S, Links MG, Dowhy T, Siciliano S, Lamb EG

Frontiers in microbiology2019

DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.03007 PMID: 32010086

Microbes as Engines of Ecosystem Function: When Does Community Structure Enhance Predictions of Ecosystem Processes?

Graham EB, Knelman JE, Schindlbacher A, Siciliano S, Breulmann M, Yannarell A, Beman JM, Abell G, Philippot L, Prosser J, Foulquier A, Yuste JC, Glanville HC, Jones DL, Angel R, Salminen J, Newton RJ, Bürgmann H, Ingram LJ, Hamer U, Siljanen HM, Peltoniemi K, Potthast K, Bañeras L, Hartmann M, Banerjee S, Yu RQ, Nogaro G, Richter A, Koranda M, Castle SC, Goberna M, Song B, Chatterjee A, Nunes OC, Lopes AR, Cao Y, Kaisermann A, Hallin S, Strickland MS, Garcia-Pausas J, Barba J, Kang H, Isobe K, Papaspyrou S, Pastorelli R, Lagomarsino A, Lindström ES, Basiliko N, Nemergut DR

Frontiers in microbiology2016

DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00214 PMID: 26941732

Slow release biostimulatory solution for in situ hydrocarbon remediation

Principal investigatorNSERC2025Advantage

Principal investigators: Siciliano, Steven

Keywords: Waste, waste management and recycling; Environment

$270,925

Cost effective measurement of root exudates

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Lamb, Eric

$61,025

Quantifying plant-mineral-microbe ecosystem services in the Arctic using Positron Emission Tomography.

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Siciliano, Steven

Keywords: climate change; ecosystem service; organic carbon in soils; phosphorus biogeochemistry; polar deserts; positron emission tomography; positron emitting isotopes; root microbe interactions; soil microbiology

$306,000

Quantifying plant-mineral-microbe ecosystem services in the Arctic using Positron Emission Tomography.

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Accelerator Supplements

Principal investigators: Siciliano, Steven

$120,000

NSERC/CO-OP Industrial Research Chair in In Situ Remediation and Risk Assessment

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Industrial Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Siciliano, Steven SD

Keywords: bioremediation; degradation rates; hydrocarbon; low molecular weight organic acids; microbial ecology; minerology; phosphorus; risk assessment; soil buffering; sustainability

$1,250,000

Permafrost Remediation Treatability System Development

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Engage Plus Grants Program

Principal investigators: Siciliano, Steven

$12,500

Positronic detection of iron reducing, ammonia oxidizing, microorganisms

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Siciliano, Steven

$135,000

Tundra restoration: Niche construction in early successional plant-soil crust

Co-investigatorNSERC2017Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Stewart, Katherine

$506,124

Permafrost Remediation Treatability System Development

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Siciliano, Steven

$25,000

Effects driven assessment and management of complex operating sites

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Siciliano, Steven

$784,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Steven Siciliano

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Application of a new approach method to assess the hazard of complex legacy contaminated groundwater mixtures on fathead minnows in outdoor mesocosms.

Characterization of Adverse Outcomes from Legacy-Contaminated Groundwater Exposure to Early Life Stages of Fathead Minnow.

Time-course of oral toxicity to contaminated groundwater in male Sprague Dawley rats.

Hazard assessment of complex legacy-contaminated groundwater mixtures using a novel approach method in adult fathead minnows.

Rocks, lichens, and woody litter influenced the soil invertebrate density in upland tundra heath.

Correlation between in vitro toxicity of pesticides and in vivo risk guidelines in support of complex operating site risk management: A meta-analysis.

Core and Differentially Abundant Bacterial Taxa in the Rhizosphere of Field Grown Brassica napus Genotypes: Implications for Canola Breeding.

Microbes as Engines of Ecosystem Function: When Does Community Structure Enhance Predictions of Ecosystem Processes?

Slow release biostimulatory solution for in situ hydrocarbon remediation

Cost effective measurement of root exudates

Quantifying plant-mineral-microbe ecosystem services in the Arctic using Positron Emission Tomography.

Quantifying plant-mineral-microbe ecosystem services in the Arctic using Positron Emission Tomography.

NSERC/CO-OP Industrial Research Chair in In Situ Remediation and Risk Assessment

Permafrost Remediation Treatability System Development

Positronic detection of iron reducing, ammonia oxidizing, microorganisms

Tundra restoration: Niche construction in early successional plant-soil crust

Permafrost Remediation Treatability System Development

Effects driven assessment and management of complex operating sites

Frequent collaborators

Markus Hecker

Mark Hanson

Lynn Weber

Nathan Basiliko

Melissa Arcand