Joe B. Dixon
Emeritus Professor, Soil Clay Mineralogy
Ph.D., Soil Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Email: j-dixon@tamu.edu
Voice: 979.845.8323
Office: 541A Heep Center
Biographical profile: Joe B. Dixon, Degrees: B.S. Agronomy and Masters in Agronomy U. of Kentucky, Ph.D. in Soil Science, U. of Wisconsin, Madison; NSF postdoctoral U. of Wisconsin, Madison, Sabbatical 
Arizona State University Facility for High Resolution Electron Microscopy.
Current research: Sorption of aflatoxin and other mycotoxins by bentonite clays.
Publications: Minerals in Soil Environments Dixon and Weed co-editors, 1977, 1989; Soil Mineralogy with Environmental Applications Dixon and Schulze, co-editors, 2002.
Soil Mineralogy Laboratory Manual Agronomy 626, G. Norman White and J. B. Dixon, 2003.
Smectite Clays as Adsorbents of Aflatoxin B1: Initial Steps, Kannewischer, Tenorio Arvide,White and Dixon, 2006. Clay Science, Japan. Available presentation as narration and text, English and Spanish: http://otscweb.tamu.edu
Aflatoxin Sequestration in Animal Feeds by Quality-Labeled Smectite Clays: an Introductory Plan, in review 2006. Dixon, Kannewischer, and Tenorio Arvide.
Instrumental use: XRD, TEM, FTIR, UV-VIS.
- AFLATOXIN - Spanish narration (Use Firefox to download)
- AFLATOXIN - Chinese narration
- Best Management Practices to Prevent or Reduce Mycotoxin Contamination in Texas
- Aflatoxin sequestration in animal feeds -- plan
- Diversity of Natural Nanoparticles in Soils
- Smectite Clays as Adsorbents of Aflatoxin B1: Initial Steps