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Daniel D. Richter

Daniel D. Richter

Theodore S. Coile Distinguished Professor
Earth and Climate Sciences
drichter@duke.edu
Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708-0328
A205 Lab; Lev Sci Res Ctr, Science Dr., Durham, NC 27708

Academic Honors

Nyle C. Brady Frontiers in Soil Science Lecture, "How Deep is Soil?"

International Soil Science Society of America · 2019 More about this honor

Fellow

Scholarly Society Soil Science Society of America · 2015

The Year of the Soil Lecture, "Global Soil Change"

International National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City · 2015

E.W. Russell Memorial Lectureship

International British Soil Science Society · 2013 More about this honor

Leadership Award for Advancing Long-Term Experimental Forests, Ranges, and Grasslands

National USDA Forest Service · 2009

News Items

Published June 30, 2026
What Wildfires Leave Behind
Published March 25, 2025
Duke Honors 31 New Distinguished Professors
Published September 11, 2023
Parks Built on Former Trash Sites Could Be Lead Hotspots
Published May 26, 2021
Lead Levels in Urban Soil are Declining but Hotspots Persist
Published November 16, 2018
Critical Zone Science Explores the 'Living Skin' of the Earth
Published August 23, 2018
A Walk in the Woods: Inside Duke's Biggest, Oldest Laboratory
Published November 29, 2016
Daniel Richter: With Drivers Distracted by Their Phone, I’m Off My Bike
Published May 9, 2016
Duke collection a time capsule of Piedmont soil conditions
Published May 3, 2016
Legacies of Cotton, Atomic Age Linger in Soil
Published January 15, 2014
Study Of Earth's "Critical Zone" Receives $5 Million In NSF Grants
Published January 8, 2014
Richter To Head $5M SC Soils Study
Published December 5, 2013
News & Observer
Daniel Richter: Sustaining a university forest is difficult given land values but necessary
Published December 5, 2013
News & Observer
Daniel Richter: Sustaining a university forest is difficult given land values but necessary
Published December 4, 2013
the News & Observer
Sustaining a University Forest