Principal Investigator
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
Professor & Falasco Chair in Earth Sciences and Geology
Research focus: see Research page
PI info, see Prof. Berhe's page or AA Berhe CV
Postdocs
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.com
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Student and Post-baccaluarate Researchers
Debbo Elias
Nayeli Basulto
Roza Ruis
Charlotte Calavario
Lab Alumni
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
Lixia Jin
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
Mathew McClintock
Alexander Newman
Abigail Dziegiel
Hiroto Muranaka
Laura Jelpa
Stephen Ho
Jennifer Gurrero
Alex Gueorguieva
High school intern
Jessica Meyer
Research Associate