William Manton

Ph.D.
University of the Witwatersrand - 1968

M.Sc.
University of the Witwatersrand - 1963

B.Sc.
(Hons.) University of the Witwatersrand - 1960

Hargrove III, U.S., Stern, R.J., Kimura, J .-I., Manton, W.I., and Johnson, P.R.. How juvenile is the Arabian-Nubian Shield? Evidence from Nd isotopes and pre-Neoproterozoic inherited zircon. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 252, 308-326, 2006 2006 - Publication

Manton, W.I., C.R. Angle, K.L. Stanek Krogsrand. Origin of lead in the United States diet. Environmental Science & Technology, 39, 8995-9000, 2005 2005 - Publication

Manton, W.I., C.R. Angle, K.L. Stanek, D. Kuntzelman, Y.R. Reese and T.J Kuehnemann. Release of lead from bone in pregnancy and lactation. Environmental Research 92, 139-151, 2003. 2003 - Publication

Kimura, J-I., W.I. Manton, C-H. Sun, S. Iizumi, T. Yoshida, and R.J. Stern. Chemical diversity of the Ueno basalts, Central Japan: Identification of mantle and crustal contributions to arc basalts. J. Petrol., 43, 1923-1946, 2002. 2001 - Publication

Manton W.I., S.J. Rothenberg, and M. Manalo. The lead content of blood serum. Environmental Research 86, 263-273, 2001. 2001 - Publication

Rothenberg, S.J., V. Kondrashov, M. Manalo, W.I. Manton, F. Khan, A.C. Todd and C. Johnson. Seasonal variation in bone lead contribution to blood lead during pregnancy. Environmental Research 86,191-194, 2001. 2001 - Publication

Manton, W.I., C.R. Angle, K.L Stanek, Y.R. Reese and T.J Kuehnemann. Acquisition and retention of lead by young children. Environmental Research 82, 60-80, 2000. 2000 - Publication

Barats, M.S., H.C. Gonick, S.J. Rothenberg, M. Balabanian and W.1. Manton. Severe lead-induced neuropathy in a dialysis patient. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 35, 963-968, 2000. 2000 - Publication

50 Years of Service Award - [2015]

Professor
University of Texas at Dallas [1989–Present]

Associate Professor
University of Texas at Dallas [1973–1989]

Assistant Professor
University of Texas at Dallas [1967–1973]

Research Scientist
The Southwest Center for Advanced Studies [1965–1967]

Research student
Bemard Price Institute of Geophysical Research [1962–1964]

Graduate Student
Vredefort Ring, South Africa [1961–1962]

Junior Geologist
Namwala Concession Ltd., Livingstone, N. Rhodesia (Zambia) [1958–1961]

Research Associate
The Southwest Center for Advanced Studies (now The University of Texas at Dallas) [8–1965]

Honors and Awards

• 1987. Senior Research Fellow, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Republic of South Africa.
• 1999. Shared Best Paper Award for the best paper in Fundamental and Applied Toxicology 1997.

Professional History

W. I. Manton was educated in England and South Africa. In 1955 he entered the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, where he majored in Physics and Geology, obtained an Honours degree in Mineralogy and Petrology, and completed research for a Master's degree in structural geology. In 1962 he began doctoral research at that Universitys Bemard Price Institute of Geophysical Research and used what was then the new technique of strontitun isotope ratios to address the origin of a suite of associated basalts and rhyolites. In 1972 at the University of Texas at Dallas he began working on the problem of the contribution of lead from gasoline to lead in blood. The isotopic teclmiques proved so insightful that he continued working in the field of biomedical research - measuring the baseline concentrations of lead and zinc in tissue by stable isotope dilution; using variations in lead isotope ratios to determine how children acquire lead; exploiting the long residence of lead in bone to study conditions, such as pregnancy, under which thc skeleton may be resorbed; and carrying out animal studies on lead poisoning from retained bullets. He has, however, maintained an interest in conventional geochronology, collaborating with a number of investigators working in Antarctica, Africa and India. His current interests include: using lead isotopes to investigate the resorption of the skeleton across the menopause; the origin of lead in cocoa and chocolate; and, with a view to determining their availability to plants, the distribution of lead and rare earth elements in the various components of soil.