Affiliated Researchers: Soil

Patrick J. Fox

John A. and Harriette K. Shaw Professor and Department Head, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Geosynthetics, Consolidation, Soils, Clay, Clay Liner

Sjoerd W. Duiker

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: No-tillage, Cover Crops, Corn, Soil, Tillage

Estelle Couradeau

Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Cyanobacteria, Carbonates, Lakes, Soil, Soil Crust

Megan Marshall

Research Assistant, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Biomass, Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis, Model Validation, Ethanol, Soil Solarization

Jason Kaye

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Cover Crops, Soil, Cover Crop, Pinus Ponderosa, Nitrogen

Patrick Drohan

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Soil, Appalachian Region, Shale Gas, Hydric Soils, Biochar

Francesco Di Gioia

Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Disinfestation, Tomatoes, Microgreens, Fresh Market, Soil

Suat Irmak

Department Head and Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Evapotranspiration, Maize, Irrigation, Crops, Corn

Denice Wardrop

Research Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Wetlands, Wetland, Headwater, Watershed, Mid-Atlantic Region

Ekaterina Bazilevskaya

Researcher, Materials Characterization Lab
Top research keywords: Weathering, Soil, Regolith, Diabase, Goethite

Roman Dibiase

Associate Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Bedrock, Hillslope, Erosion Rate, Sediments, Erosion

Ming Xiao

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Soils, Erosion, Soil, Fluids, Sand

Jonathan Lynch

Distinguished Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Phosphorus, Zea Mays, Soil, Beans, Corn

Linghao Zhong

Professor of Chemistry, Penn State Mont Alto
Top research keywords: Cellulose, Soil, Simulation, Trichoderma, Molecular Dynamics Simulation

Carolyn Lowry

Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Cover Crops, Rye, Weeds, Vicia, Tillage

Eric Zenner

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Man-made Trails, Overstory, Traffic, Harvest, Regeneration

Mary Ann Bruns

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Soil, Manure, Dairy Manure, Odorants, Odors

David Eissenstat

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Fine Roots, Soil, Citrus, Fine Root, Vitis

Katherine Freeman

Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Biomarker, Lipid, Carbon Isotope, Biological Marker, Alkane

Susan Brantley

Dr. Hubert Barnes and Dr. Mary Barnes Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Weathering, Dissolution, Shale, Regolith, Soil

Kathleen Brown

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Zea Mays, Ethylene, Soil, Phosphorus, Corn

Richard Stehouwer

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Soil, Soils, Trace Elements, Nutrients, Compost

Robert D. Shannon

Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Peatland, Methane, Peatlands, Settling Tanks, Animal Manures

Armen Kemanian

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Corn, Maize, Crop, Crops, Soil Organic Carbon

Felipe Montes

Associate Research Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Manure, Silage, Nitrous Oxide Production, Ammonia, Animal Manures

Michela Centinari

Associate Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Vines, Vineyards, Vitis, Cover Crops, Fruit

William Easterling

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Crop, Climate, Erosion Productivity Impact Calculator, Maize

Tamie L. Veith

Top research keywords: Watershed, Watersheds, Soil And Water Assessment Tool Model, Soil And Water Assessment Tool, Phosphorus

Michael Mashtare

Assistant Professor in BioRenewable Systems, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Biosolid, Hormone, Biotransformation, Biosolids, Pandemics

Chaopeng Shen

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Learning, Streamflow, Soil Moisture, Land Surface, Hydrology

Cibin Raj

Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Soil And Water Assessment Tool Model, Soil And Water Assessment Tool, Watersheds, Watershed, Bioenergy

Tyler Groh

Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Nitrates, Denitrification, Drainage, Nitrate, Buffer Solution

Charles Andrew Cole

Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Wetlands, Wetland, Hydrology, Floodplains, Mitigation

Laura Weyrich

Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Microbiota, Ancient DNA, Microbiome, Soil, DNA

Heather Preisendanz

Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Nutrients, Runoff, Manure, Drug Products, Impurities

Mary Barbercheck

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Cover Crops, Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Tillage, Soil, Corn

Erica Smithwick

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Ecosystems, Pinus Contorta Var. Latifolia, Nitrogen, Pine, Carbon Sinks

Amanda Johnsen

Assistant Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Neutron Activation Analysis, Irradiation, Trace Elements, Gas Cooled Fast Reactors, Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing

Michael G. Jacobson

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Landowners, Landowner, Sustainable Forestry, Economic Incentives, Agroforestry

Christina Grozinger

Distinguished Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Honey, Bee, Honey Bees, Apis Mellifera