Dr. Darrell Lynn Sparks
Overview
Education
- Mississippi State University, Doctor of Philosophy (PHD), Engineering
- Mississippi State University, Bachelor of Science (BS), Chemical Engineering
Publications
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2022 | Crisler, G., Hernandez, C. G., Orr, A., Davis, R., Schauwecker, T. J., Johnson, J. C., Sparks, D. L., Brown Johnson, A. E., Wilding, K., Navarathna, C., Mlsna, T. E. 2022. Remediation of Aqueous Phosphate Agricultural Runoff Using Slag and Al/Mg Modified Biochar . Processes 10(8):1561. |
2020 | Wilson, A. E., Sparks, D. L., Knott, K., Willard, S. T., Brown Johnson, A. E. 2020. Simultaneous Choice Bioassays Accompanied by Physiological Changes Identify Civetone and Decanoic Acid as Pheromone Candidates for Giant Pandas. Zoo Biology 39(3):176-185. |
2020 | Terrell, K., Ballman, A., Brown Johnson, A. E., Childers, C. V., Knowles, S., Meredith, A. N., Sparks, D. L. 2020. Environmental Contamination and Unusual Snake Mortality in an Urban National Wildlife Refuge. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 15(3):652-665. |
2019 | Wilson, A. E., Sparks, D. L., Knott, K., Willard, S. T., Brown Johnson, A. E. 2019. Field Air Analysis of Volatile Compounds from Free-Ranging Giant Pandas. Ursus 29(2):75-81. |
2018 | Wilson, A. E., Sparks, D. L., Knott, K., Willard, S. T., Brown Johnson, A. E. 2018. Implementing Solid Phase Microextraction (SPME) as a Tool to Detect Volatile Compounds Produced by Giant Pandas in the Environment. PLOS-ONE 13(12). |
2018 | Wilson, A. E., Sparks, D. L., Knott, K., Willard, S. T., Kouba, A. J., Brown Johnson, A. E. 2018. Behavioral, Semiochemical and Androgen Responses by Male Giant Pandas to the Olfactory Sexual Receptivity Cues of Females. Theriogenology 114:330-337. |
2018 | Williams, C. L., Dill-McFarland, K., Sparks, D. L., Kouba, A. J., Willard, S. T., Suen, G., Brown, A. E. 2018. Dietary changes during weaning shape the gut microbiota of red pandas (Ailurus fulgens). Conservation Physiology 6(1). Download |
2016 | Reid, R. X., Sparks, D. L., Williams, W. P., Brown Johnson, A. E. 2016. Single corn kernel aflatoxin B1 extraction and analysis method. Natural Resources 7:405-410. |
2016 | Williams, C. L., Dill-McFarland, K. A., Vandewege, M. W., Sparks, D. L., Willard, S. T., Kouba, A. J., Suen, G., Brown, A. E. 2016. Dietary shifts may trigger dysbiosis and mucous stools in giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). Frontiers in Microbiology 7. |
2015 | Womack, E. D., Sparks, D. L., Brown Johnson, A. E. 2015. Aflatoxin M1 in milk and milk products: A short review. World Mycotoxin Journal Download |
2014 | Womack, E. D., Brown, A. E., Sparks, D. L. 2014. A recent review of non-biological remediation of aflatoxin-contaminated crops. Journal of the science of food and agriculture 94(9):1706-14. |
2012 | Smith, W. E., Shivaji, R., Williams, W. P., Luthe, D. S., Sandoya, G. V., Smith, C. L., Sparks, D. L., Brown Johnson, A. E. 2012. A maize line resistant to herbivory constitutively releases (E) -beta-caryophyllene. Journal of economic entomology 105(1):120-8. |
Extension Publications
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Graduate Students
- Ashley Meredith
Awards & Honors
- Joey Raines Distinguished MSCL Employee Award
Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory - Excellence in Teaching - Teacher of the Year Award
MSU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Excellence in Teaching - Upper Division Undergraduate Teaching Award
MSU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences - 2020 DAFVM Superior Faculty Award
Regions Bank - 2019 Faculty Service Award
CALS/MAFES - ALMS SRAI Travel Scholarship
Society of Research Administrators International - 2015 Excellence in Graduate Advising Award
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology
Society Memberships
- American Chemical Society
- American Oil Chemists' Society
- American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Association of Public Health Laboratories
- Phi Kappa Phi
- Society of Research Administrators International
- The Honor Society of Agriculture, Gamma Sigma Delta