Soil Biogeochemistry Group members
Principal Investigator
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
PI; Professor, Soil Biogeochemistry; Falasco Chair in Earth Sciences and Geology
Postdocs
Kyungjin Min
Postdoc
Research focus: deep soil organic matter storage and stabilization
co-mentored by Wolfgang Busch (Salk Insitute)
Todd Longbottom
Postdoc
Research Focus: Deep Soil Organic Matter (SOM) dynamics; Application of spectroscopy to determine SOM composition; and role of fire in SOM dynamics
Si Gao
Postdoc
Research focus: Biochar and pyrogenic carbon in soil C, N, and P cycling; sustainable forest and agricultural practices on soil health. See also: www.gaosi.weebly.com. Co-mentored by Profs. Rebecca Ryals and Teamrat A. Ghezzehei
Hannah Palmer
Postdoc
Research focus: geochemical tracing of wildfire: implications for paleofire reconstruction and wildfire pollutant distribution; investigation of past fire, oceans, and climate. See also:
www.hannahmpalmer.comGraduate Students
Manisha Dolui
Ph.D. Candidate
Research focus: Vulnerability of Buried Soil Carbon due to Future Climate Change
Leila Wehab
Ph.D. Candidate
Research focus: Effect of changing precipitation patterns on Soil organic nitrogen dynamics
Melinda Gonzales
Ph.D. Student
Research focus: role of biochar in reducing greenhouse gas fluxes from soil: effects of feedstock, pyrolysis temperature, and effectiveness for reducing methane fluxes form dairy waste.
Zachary Malone
Ph.D. Student
Research focus: Effect of land management practices on SOM dynamics. Co-advised by Prof. Rebecca Ryals
Anna Jurusik
Ph.D. Student
Research focus: Pyrogenic carbon dynamics in soil, Effect of changes in precipitation on SOM dynamics
Maeve McCormick
Ph.D. Student
Coupled biogeochemical and hydrological response of soils to changing climate. Co-advised by Prof. Teamrat A. Ghezzehei
Undergraduate Student Researchers
Former Group Members
Former Postdocs
Yang Yang
Now at University of California, Riverside
Nate Bogie
Now at San Jose State University
Fernanda Santos
Now at OakRidge National Lab
Michael Kaiser
Now at University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Deoyani V. Sarkhot
Now at nature.farm
Former Graduate Students
Morgan Barnes
Now at Pacific Northwest National Lab
Kimber Moreland
Now at Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Rebecca Abney
Now at University of Georgia
Erin Stacy
Now at Mariposa Highschool
Samuel Negusse Araya
Now at Stanford University
Emma McCorkle
Now at California State Water Resources Control Board
Chelsea Arnold
Now at University of California, Merced (CalTeach)
Former Visting Scholars
Ben Sulman
Postdoc, Princeton University/NOAA GFDL; USA
Ray Alves
Ph.D. student; University of Brazilia; BRAZIL
Chun Liu
Ph.D. student; Hunan University and State Key Lab of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau; CHINA
Moritz Mainka
Undergraduate student, University of Augsburg GERMANY
Veronica Ullman
Undergraduate student, University of Augsburg GERMANY
Xin Gao
Ph.D. student; Northwest A&F University CHINA
Sebastian Doetterl
Postdoc, University of Augsburg GERMANY
Yaxian Hu
Ph.D. student; University of Basel SWITZERLAND
Elisabet Nadeu
Ph.D. student; Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS) SPAIN
Former Undergraduate Student researchers, high school interns, and research associate
Alex Gueorguieva
High school intern
Jessica Meyer
Research Associate
