Soil Fertility Management
and
Soil Biogeochemistry
 

 

 

 

 

The Team

 

 

.
Main field of research
Email

Chih-Hsin Cheng

PhD student
Black carbon and charge dynamics cc392@cornell.edu

Lydiah Gatere

PhD student
Conservation agriculture as affected by environmental variables in Zambia lwg2@cornell.edu

John Gaunt

Senior Research Associate
Soil organic matter dynamics, Carbon trading johngaunt@comcast.net
Julie Grossman
Postdoctoral Associate Microbial diversity and functions in Terra Preta soils jmg225@cornell.edu

Kelly Hanley

Technician
Cryo-sectioning, incubation, soil analyses klh54@cornell.edu

Karen Heymann

PhD student
Black carbon quantification and dynamics xxxxxxx@cornell.edu

Charles Hyland

Undergraduate student
Dissolved organic nutrient dynamics in agro-ecosystems cph22@cornell.edu

Joseph Kimetu

PhD student
Soil organic matter dynamics in tropical soil, Kenya jmk229@cornell.edu

James Kinyangi

PhD student
Soil organic matter dynamics in tropical soil, Kenya jmk88@cornell.edu

Mark Johnson

Post-doctoral Associate
Water and C fluxes in forested watersheds in Northern Mato Grosso, Brazil msj8@cornell.edu

Johannes Lehmann

Associate Professor
  CL273@cornell.edu

Biqing Liang

PhD student
Terra Preta SOM dynamics bl93@cornell.edu

Julie Major

PhD student
Charcoal applications and soil fertility in Colombia jm322@cornell.edu

Binh Nguyen

PhD student
Black carbon decomposition btn4@cornell.edu

John Recha

PhD student
Nutrient and carnon exports from headwaters in Kenya as a function of soil degradation xxxxxx@cornell.edu

Dawit Solomon

Postdoctoral Associate
Soil organic matter, sulfur dynamics in soil ds278@cornell.edu
       

 

Minor advisor for:

 

Major advisor
Topic

Dan Clune

Janice Thies Microbial dynamics in soil

Meagan Cooke

Laurie Drinkwater Biological nitrogen fixation and soil fertility in organic farming systems
Helen Markewich
Alice Pell Nutrient release from animal manures in Kenya
Solomon Ngoze
Susan Riha N and P dynamics in tropical soils
Andres Berger Ricca
Susan Riha
Weed ecology
Steve Vanek
Laurie Drinkwater
Crop ecology in Bolivia
Krista Schoening
Allison Jack
The Anthropology of Waste in Gaza
Marina Molodovskaya
Tammo Steenhuis
Nitrous oxide emissions
Jose Juan Rosario
Terry Jordan
Palaeoclimate in South America

 

 

Former Team Members:

Name

.
. Period
. Topic

Pedro Medrano

Undergraduate student

Jan-Aug/2003

 

Lauren Taylor

Undergraduate student

May-Aug/2001

 

Steinar Tveitnes

Professor, sabbatical from the Agricultural University of Norway

Aug/2002-Aug/2003

 

Lan Zhongdong

Ass. Professor, sabbatical from Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, P.R. of China

Jan-Jun/2003

 

Julia Lena Dathe

Research Support Specialist

2003-2006

 

Wendy Lynn Schultz

Undergraduate student

2004-2005

Organic sulfur dynamics

Shinjiro Sato

Post-doctoral Associate

2003-2005

Phosphorus dynamics in manured soils of NY

Rebbie Harawa

PhD student

2002-2005

Nutrient dynamics and budgets in agricultural watersheds in Southern Malawi

Biqing Liang

MS student

2003-2006

Black carbon and nutrient retention

Mark Johnson

PhD student

2002-2006

Water and C fluxes in forested watersheds and hydrophobicity in Northern Mato Grosso, Brazil

 

Minor graduate student advisor for:

Years
Topic
Major advisor

Christienne Kuzcak (MS)

2000-2002
Effect of earthworms on inorganic and organic P in soils of the central Amazon Erick Fernandes

Carol Schwendener (MS)

2001-2003
Nitrogen release from tree prunings and litter in central Amazonian agroforests Erick Fernandes

Rob Nurse (PhD)

2001-2004
Weed dynamics Toni DiTommaso

Julie Major (MS)

2002-2004
Weed dynamics on Terra Preta de Indio Toni DiTommaso

Ilse Ackerman (PhD)

2003-2005
Termite effects on soil fertility Erick Fernandes

Ted Feldpausch (PhD)

2003-2005
Soil and biomass nutrient dynamics in a forest succession following degraded pasture in central Amazonia Susan Riha

Larissa Smith (MS)

2002-2005
Weed ecology of swallow-ward Toni DiTommaso

Edward Yeboah (PhD)

2004-2005
Soil organic matter in Ghana Abekoe (University of Ghana)

Brendan O'Neill (MS)

2003-2006
Microbial diversity in Terra Preta soils Janice Thies

Andres Berger Ricca (MS)

2003-2006
Weed competition and modeling Susan Riha

Chandra Kumar Purohit (MS)

2005-2006
Nutrient dynamics in an apple orchard Ian Merwin