Professors
Dr. Peter J. Stoffella, Professor and Center Director
Dr. Peter J. Stoffella, IRREC Director, is a reserch professor of Horticultural Science. Part of the IRREC community since 1980, Peter Stoffella is an active member of many committees and organizations. Among his horticultural research interests, he established a research program on developing optimum compost utilization practices in commercial horticultural cropping systems. Specifically, Dr. Stoffella has interests in composts of biological weed controls, composts as peat substitutes for media used in transplant production systems, and composts as partial inorganic nutrient substitutes in field grown vegetable crop production systems. Recently, he developed a cooperative research program on utilization of compost in a vegetable cropping system as a mechanism of reducing nutrient leaching into ground water.
Dr. Zhenli He, Professor of Soil Science
A Professor of Soil and Water Sciences, Dr. He joined the IRREC Faculty as an Assistant Professor in 2004. His research interests include soil biogeochemistry of nutrients and contaminants, remediation of contaminated soil and water, citrus nutrition, management of nutrients, wastes, and water quality. He is currently teaching "Soil Quality" (SWS 6134) for graduates and "Agriculture and Environmental Quality" (ALS 3133) and "Soil Science Lab for the Environment" (SWS 3022L) for undergraduates. He is an active member of a number of organizations including the American Association for Advancement of Science, the American Chemical Society, the International Union of Soil Science, the Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Florida Soil and Crop Science Society, and the Florida Society of Environmental Analysis. He also serves on the International Steering Committee of Trace Elements and Health, the leader of US-Sino Agricultural Research Forum Community, and the editorial board for the International Journal of Communication in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, and the International Scholarly Research Network Soil Science.
Dr. Peter J. Stoffella
Professor and Center Director
Dr. Zhenli "Lee" He
Professor of Soil Science
