Joseph Sanford

Program Affiliations

Soil and Crop Science, UW-Platteville

Dairy Innovation Hub Affiliate

Biological Systems Engineering UW–Madison

Education and Certificates

• B.S. 2013 – Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• M.S. 2016 – Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Ph.D 2019 – Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Fields of Interest

• Agricultural waste management
• Manure processing and management
• Agricultural runoff treatment systems
• Waste- to-energy technologies (anaerobic digestion, pyrolysis)
• Agricultural sustainability

Publications

• Tominac, P.A., H.A. Aguirre-Villegas, J.R. Sanford, R.A. Larson, & V.M. Zavala. 2021. Evaluating municipal landfill diversion strategies for organic waste management using environmental and economic factors. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 9(1):489-498. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c07784
• Sanford, J.R., R.A Larson, & M.F. Digman. 2020. Assessing certified manure analysis laboratory accuracy and variability. Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 36(6):905-912. https://doi.org/10.13031/aea.14214
• Sanford, J.R., & R.A. Larson. 2020. Assessing Nitrogen Cycling in Corncob Biochar Amended Soil Columns for Application in Agricultural Treatment Systems. Agronomy, 10(7), 979. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10070979
• Sanford, J.R, H.A. Aguirre-Villegas, & R.A. Larson. 2020. Pork production survey to assess factors of facility design and operation that impact the surrounding community. Sustainability, 12(11), 4536. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12114536
• Sanford, J.R., & R.A. Larson. 2020. Treatment of horizontal silage bunker runoff using biochar amended vegetative filter strips. Journal of Environmental Management, 253, 109746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109746
• Walsh, J., J.R. Sanford, & R.A. Larson. 2019. Evaluation of Biochar Nitrate Extraction Methods. Applied Sciences, 9(17), 3514. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9173514
• Sanford, J.R., R.A. Larson, & T. Runge. 2019. Nitrate sorption to biochar following chemical oxidation. Science of The Total Environment, 669, 938–947. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.061
• Sanford, J.R., & R.A. Larson. 2016. Evaluation of Phosphorus Filter Media for an Inline Subsurface Drainage Treatment System. Journal of Environment Quality, 45(6), 1919–1925. https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2016.01.0038
• Larson, R.A., J. Panuska, J.R. Sanford, & C. Burnson. 2016. Inexpensive In-Field Manure Solids Tester. Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 32(1), 63–68. https://doi.org/10.13031/aea.32.10883

Awards and Honors

2020 Wisconsin Dairy Innovation Hub Postdoctoral Fellow
2016 ASABE Wisconsin Graduate Student of the Year