| Current Staff |
| Name |
Position |
Main field of research |
| Akio Enders |
Research Support Specialist |
Cryosectioning, Leland Pyrolysis Kiln, biochar characterization and overall experimental support |
| Annette Dathe |
Technician |
Soil-water-plant-microbe interactions, overall research support |
| Dominic Woolf |
Senior Research Associate |
Carbon modeling |
| Laurel Lynch |
Postdoctoral Associate |
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| Morgan Irons |
PhD Student |
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| Rachelle LaCroix |
PhD Student |
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| John Gaunt |
Adjunct Professor |
Soil organic matter dynamics, Carbon trading |
| Kelly Hanley |
Technician |
Biochar effects on nitrous oxide emissions from soils; overall research support |
| Johannes Lehmann |
Professor |
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| Itamar Shabtai |
Postdoctoral Associate |
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| David Bluhm |
PhD Student |
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| Angela Possinger |
PhD Student |
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| Mariana Carolina Pereira Vieira Devault |
PhD Student |
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| Thiago Inagaki |
PhD Student |
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| Dawit Solomon |
Adjunct Professor |
Soil organic matter, sulfur dynamics in soils |
| Former Students/Staff |
| Name |
Position |
Main field of research |
| David Guerena |
PhD Student |
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| John Recha |
PhD Student |
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| Leilah Krounbi |
PhD Student |
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| Lydiah Gatere |
PhD Student |
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| Marie Zwetsloot |
MS Student |
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| Marialuz Cayuela |
Postdoctoral Associate |
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| Rachel Hestrin |
MS/PhD Student |
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| Silene DeCiucies |
MS Student |
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| Tara Webster |
Postdoctoral Associate |
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| Tianran Sun |
Postdoctoral Associate |
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| Susana Blum |
Postdoctoral Associate |
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| Stefan Jirka |
Research Associate |
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| Bing Wang |
Visiting Scholar |
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| Saman Randombage |
Visiting Scholar |
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| Xavier Domene |
Visiting Scholar |
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| Karen Heymann |
PhD Student |
Black Carbon quantification and dynamics |
| Thea Whitman |
PhD Student |
Biochar stability and carbon balance |
| Dorisel Torres |
PhD Student |
Resource assessment for biochar stove systems in Kenya |
| Charles Hyland |
Masters Student |
Dissolved organic nutrient dynamics in agroecosystems |
| Verena Jauss |
PhD Student |
Black carbon distribution in soils of the United States |
| Shelby Rajkovich |
Undergraduate Student |
Biochar properties and crop yields |
| Mary Zhao |
Undergraduate Student |
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| John Recha |
PhD Student |
Nutrient and carbon exports from headwaters in Kenya as a function of soil degradation |
| Kelli Roberts |
Postdoctoral associate |
Life cycle assessment of biochar systems |
| Zhongmin Dai |
Visiting Scholar |
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| Sueng Han Woo |
Visiting Scholar |
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| Pedro Medrano |
Undergraduate Student (2003) |
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| Lauren Taylor |
Undergraduate Student (2001) |
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| Steinar Tveitnes |
Professor, sabbatical from Norway |
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| Lan Zhongdong |
Ass. Professor, sabbatical from P.R. of China |
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| Julia Lena Dathe |
Research Support Specialist (2003-2006) |
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| Wendy Lynn Schultz |
Undergraduate Student (2004/05) |
Organic sulfur dynamics |
| Shinjiro Sato |
Post-doctoral Associate (2003-2005) |
Phosphorus dynamics in manured soils of New York |
| 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 |
| Mark Johnson |
Post-doctoral Associate
(2007) |
Water and C fluxes in forested watersheds in Northern Mato |
| Julie Grossmann |
Postdoctoral Associate
(2005-2007) |
Microbial diversity and functions in Terra Preta soils |
| James Kinyangi |
PhD Student
(2003-2008) |
Soil organic matter dynamics in tropical soils in Kenya |
| Chih-Hsin Cheng |
PhD Student
(2003-2008) |
Black Carbon and charge dynamics |
| Biqing Liang |
PhD Student
(2006-2008) |
Terra Preta SOM dynamics |
| Joseph Kimetu |
PhD Student
(2005-2008) |
Soil organic matter dynamics in tropical soils in Kenya |
| Julie Major |
PhD Student
(2004-2008) |
Charcoal applications and soil fertility in Colombia |
| Binh Nguyen |
PhD Student
(2005-2008) |
Black Carbon decomposition |
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| Former Minor Advisor for |
| Name |
Major Advisor |
Topic |
| Amaya Atucha |
Ian Merwin |
Nutrient dynamics in avocado plantations in Chile |
| Kate Ballantine |
Rebecca Schneider |
Ecology of restored wetlands |
| John Beeby |
Janice Thies |
Microbial dynamics in biochar soils |
| Hongyan Jin |
Janice Thies |
Microbial dynamics in biochar soils |
| Steve Vanek |
Lauiei Drinkwater |
Crop ecology in Bolivia |
| Jose Juan Rosario |
Terry Jordan |
Palaeoclimate in South America |
| Mark Slavens |
Marty Petrovich |
Nutrient leaching under turf |
| Carol Schwendener (MS, 2001-2003) |
Erick Fernandes |
Nitrogen release from tree prunings and litter in central Amazonian agroforests |
| Christienne Kuzcak (MS, 2000-2002) |
Erick Fernandes |
Effect of earthworms on inorganic and organic P in soils of the central Amazon |
| Rob Nurse (PhD, 2001-2004) |
Toni DiTommaso |
Weed dynamics |
| Julie Major (MS, 2002-2004) |
Toni DiTommaso |
Weed dynamics on Terra Preta de Indio |
| Ilse Ackerman (PhD, 2003-2005) |
Erick Fernandes |
Termite effects on soil fertility |
| Ted Feldpausch (PhD, 2003-2005) |
Susan Riha |
Soil and biomass nutrient dynamics in a forest succession following degraded pasture in central Amazonia |
| Ilse Ackerman (PhD, 2002-2005) |
Erick Fernandes |
Termite dynamics in a forest succession following degraded pasture in central Amazonia |
| Larissa Smith (MS, 2002-2005) |
Toni DiTommaso |
Weed ecology of swallow-ward |
| Edward Yeboah (PhD, 2004-2005) |
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Soil organic matter in Ghana |
| Brendan O'Neill (MS, 2003-2006) |
Janice Thies |
Microbial diversity in Terra Preta soils |
| Andres Berger Ricca (MS, 2003-2006) |
Susan Riha |
Weed competition and modelling |
| Chandra Kumar Purohit (MS, 2005-2006) |
Ian Merwin |
Nutrient dynamics in an apple orchard |
| Dan Clune (MS, 2004-2007) |
Janice Thies |
Microbial dynamics in soils |
| Joshua Faulkner (PhD, 2006-2009) |
Tammo Steenhuis |
Phosphorus buffer strips |
| Meagan Cooke (PhD, 2004-2009) |
Laurie Drinkwater |
Biological nitrogen fixation and soil fertility in organic farming systems |
| Helen Markewich (PhD, 2004-2008) |
Alice Pell |
Nutrient release from animal manures in Kenya |
| Solomon Ngoze (PhD, 2002-2008) |
Susan Riha |
N and P dynamics in tropical soils |
| Kristina Schoening (PhD, 2005-2007) |
Allison Jack |
The Antropology of waste in Gaza |
| Andres Berger Ricca (PhD, 2006-2008) |
Susan Riha |
Weed ecology |
| Marina Molodovskaya (PhD, 2006-2009) |
Tammo Steenhuis |
Nitrous oxide emissions |
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