Fernanda Santos

Postdoc
email:fsantos4@ucmerced.edu

Research focus: Dynamics of pyrogenic carbon in soil, effect of combustion temperature on composition of dissolved organic matter in fire affected systems
https://www.fsantosresearch.com

Rebecca Lever

Ph.D. Candidate
Environmental Systems Graduate Group, UC Merced
email: rlever(at)ucmerced(dot)edu

Research focus: Lateral transport of pyrogenic C with soil erosion, and determining mean residence time of PyC in dynamic hillslopes

Lixia Jin

Ph.D. student
Environmental Systems Graduate Group, UC Merced
email: ljin3(at)ucmerced(dot)edu

Research focus: Role of metal oxides in soil organic matter dynamics, and distribution of natural nano-particulate metal oxides in soil

Morgan Barnes

PhD student
Environmental Systems Graduate Group, UC Merced
co-advised by Stephen C. Hart
email:mbarnes7(at)ucmerced(dot)edu

Research focus: Phosphorous Biogeochemistry, and effect of soil development on biogeochemical cycling of essential elements

Kimber Moreland

PhD student
Environmental Systems Graduate Group, UC Merced
email:kmoreland(a)ucmerced.edu

Research focus:Dynamics of deep SOM, and climatic controls on biogeochemical cycling of essential elements

Chelsea Arnold

Ph.D. 2014, UC Merced
Environmental Systems Graduate Group
Co-advised by Teamrat A. Ghezzehei
Research focus: Coupled hydrology and biogeochemistry of high elevation meadow soils in the Sierra Nevada
Current: Director of

Samuel Negusse Araya

M.Sc. 2014, UC Merced
Environmental Systems Graduate Group
email
Research focus: The effect of combustion temperature on soil and soil organic matter properties
Current:

Erin Stacy

M.Sc.  2012, UC Merced
Environmental Systems Graduate Group
Co-advised by Stephen C. Hart
Research focus: effect of soil erosion on storage and stabilization of soil organic matter in the S. Sierra Nevada
Current: Field Manager for the Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory

Michael Kaiser

Former Postdoc (2010-2012)
currently a senior lecturer at University of Kassel, Germany
Research focus: effect of ultrasonication, air-drying rewetting on soil organic matter dynamics; effect of biochar and CaCO3 on soil aggregation

 

Deoyani V. Sarkhot

Former Postdoc (2009-2010)
Research focus:nutrient enrichment of biochar with flushed dairy manure, effects on soils C and N dynamics
Currently at EcoPro, India

 

Emma McCorkle

M.Sc. student
Environmental Systems Graduate Group
UC Merced
Co-advised by Stephen C. Hart
email: emccorkle(at)ucmerced(dot)edu
Research focus: Role of erosion in terrestrial carbon sequestration; and Using stable isotopes to determine source of organic matter eroded in low-order granitic catchments in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
Current position: Research technician, Reynolds Creek CZO, Moscow, ID

Jesseca Meyer

Former Lab Manager
Current Position: High school Life Science teacher, Atwater, CA

 

 

Elisabet Nadeu
Visiting Ph.D. Student
Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS), Spain

 

Sebastian Doetterl
Visiting Postdoc
University of Ghent, Belgium

 

Yaxian Hu
Visiting Postdoc
University of Basel, Switzerland

Matthew McClintock
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Currently a graduate student at Oregon State University

 Alexander Newman

• Lateral redistribution of Fe and Al oxides  by soil erosion
• Storage and stabilization of C in soil

 

 Abigail Dziegiel

Yosemite REU student researcher

 

Stephen Ho
Yosemite REU student researcher

Laura Jelpa
Undergraduate lab research assistant

Jennifer Gurrero

Undergraduate lab research assistant

Intern