Graduate Students

Xiaoping Xin, PhD candidate

2015-2017, development of nanodelivery systems for nutrients and fertilizers in plants.

Liquang Li, PhD candidate

2013-2017, conducting research on speciation and bioavailability of nitrogen in stormwater from agricultural production systems.

Eduardo Chavez, PhD candidate

2011-2015, conducting research on soil chemistry of Cadmium.

Santanu Bakshi, PhD candidate

2011-2013, conducting research on transport mechanisms of copper from land to water.

Ms. Wendan Xiao, PhD candidate at Zhejiang University

Hangzhou, China visited the laboratory from Nov. 18, 2012 to May 17, 2013, conducting research on biogeochemistry of heavy metals in sediments.

Cheryl Dunne, Research Group Team Leader, Syngenta Crop Protection

2009-2012, M.S. non-thesis, Environmental Science.

James Lindsay III, US Army Corp of Engineers, Vicksburg, Mississippi

2009-2012, M.S. non-thesis, Environmental Science.

Dr. Alexandre Merlin, Research Scientist at Monsanto Inc.

conducted sandwich Ph.D. dissertation research on use of cover crop to enhance phosphorus use efficiency in my lab during 02/01/2010-01/31/2011.

John C. Katsantonis

2009-2013, M.S. non-thesis, Environmental Science.

Joseph Kasey Klink, M.S.

2010-2012, conducting research on chemical remediation of copper contaminated soils.

Wen Gu, M.S.

2010-2012, M.S. Soil Science

Dr. Jinhua Fan, Ph.D.

2006-2010 conducted research on chemical remediation of copper contaminated soils.

Dr. Eloise Mello Viana, Research Fellow at the Federal University of Pemambuco, Brazil

conducted "sandwich" Ph.D. dissertation research on phytoremediation of heavy metal contaminated soils in the laboratory during 07/01/2010-01/31/2011.

Dr. Thiago Assis Rodrigues Nogueira, Research Fellow at University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

conducted "sandwich" Ph.D. dissertation research on cadmium toxicity and remediation mechanisms in the laboratory during 09/01/2009-08/31/2010.

Dr. Bruno Fernando Faria Pereira, Assistant Professor at Amazon University, Brazil

conducted "sandwich" Ph.D. dissertation research on effect of reclaimed wastewater irrigation on soil quality and plant nutrition in my lab during 02/18/2008-08/17/2008.