UF/IFAS Soil and Water Sciences Department
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Dr. Julie Meyer has recently been appointed as a Research Assistant Professor in the Soil and Water Sciences Department with a specialty in Marine Microbial Ecology. We asked her a little about how her career has… Read More
Jessica Southard Pardo, Communications Specialist, SWS Sarah Strauss, Assistant Professor, SWS Dr. Sarah Strauss is a new Assistant Professor of Soil Microbiology in the Soil and Water Sciences Department, stationed at the Southwest Florida Research and… Read More
By Jessica Southard Pardo, Communications Specialist, Soil and Water Sciences Department Dr. Allan Bacon is a relatively new Assistant Professor of Environmental Pedology here in the Soil and Water Sciences Department. Bacon grew up in… Read More
By Dr. Sabine Grunwald Working with a global team of researchers, we synthesized a spectral dataset and measured soil data to model various critical soil indicators at a global scale. The study focused on modeling… Read More
By Dr. Sabine Grunwald Soil Carbon Assessment across the United States Soils may act as a source or sink for atmospheric CO2 but the uncertainty related to accurate assessment of the spatial variation of soil… Read More
By Dr. Sabine Grunwald Research on soil-landscape modeling of soil organic carbon provided the first high-resolution soil organic carbon (SOC) assessment for the State of Florida. SOC is critical to sustain soil health and security,… Read More
By Jessica Southard Pardo, Communications Specialist, Soil and Water Sciences Department Since Masanori Fujimoto was a small child, he always wanted to understand things – how does this work, why does that look a certain… Read More
Jessica Southard Pardo, Communication Specialist, SWS Jehangir Bhadha, Assistant Professor, SWS Dr. Jehangir Bhadha joined SWS as an Assistant Professor of Nutrient Management at the Everglades Research and Education Center (EREC) in Belle Glade, Florida…. Read More
By Jessica Pardo, Communications Specialist, SWS Davie Kadyampakeni is a new Soil and Water Sciences assistant professor at the UF/IFAS Citrus Research and Education Center in Lake Alfred. His specialization is citrus water and nutrient management,… Read More
By Jessica Pardo, Communications Specialist, SWS World-renowned tropical soils scientist and World Food Prize laureate, Dr. Pedro Sanchez, has joined the University of Florida’s Soil and Water Sciences Department as a Research Professor. Pedro Sanchez’s… Read More
