Steve CulmanAffiliated Faculty Curriculum Vitae Steve is a soil scientist and agronomist. He has a diversity of interests in soil health, soil fertility and nutrient management, perennial grain cropping systems and agroecology. |
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Leonardo DeissVisiting Assistant Professor Leo's Google Scholar Profile Leo works with ecology, agriculture, and soil science. He is a trained soil scientist and agronomist interested in understanding how soils function in a variety of ecological conditions to support management solutions and promote sustainable development goals. |
Current Members
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Ben Robinson, Research Associate
Alyson Holzworth, Student Assistant Alyson is an undergraduate student at Ashland University, studying environmental science, toxicology, and chemistry. Alyson has familiarity with solid-state synthesis, column chromatography, thin layer chromatography, gas chromatography, atomic absorption spectrometry, and UV-VIS. She previously interned at the OARDC and worked with water quality variability, field sampling within multiple agricultural fields, and soil samples. Alyson has also interned with The Ohio State University at Mansfield where she managed the campus Micro Farm, pinpointed vernal pools via GIS, managed inventory data and collection for the maple tree farm on campus, and sampled bee, butterfly, and vegetation plots. Alyson is very passionate about the environment and loves butterflies! She hopes to have fun while gaining experience with IR Spectroscopy and soil analysis applications at the Soil Fertility Lab! |
Former Lab Members
Graduate Students
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Theresa Brehm M.S. 2022 |
Jennie Pugliese, M.S. 2017 |
Phoo Pye Zone, M.S. 2018 |
Noely Gonzalez-Maldonado, M.S. 2019 |
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Jordon Wade, Ph.D. 2019 |
Louceline Fleuridor Ph.D. 2022 |
Postdoctoral Researchers
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Anthony Fulford Extension Advisor, University of California |
Vijay Chaganti PostDoc Researcher, Texas A&M |
Tunsisa Hurriso Assistant Professor, Lincoln University |
Christine Sprunger Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University |
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Will Osterholz Research Scientist, USDA-ARS |
Research Staff
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Bethany Fortune Lab Manager |
Camila Gutierrez Manriquez Research Scholar |
Nicole Hoekstra Research Associate |
Meredith Mann Research Assistant |
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Stuti Sharma Research Assistant |
Muhammad Tariq Saeed |
Kenzie Reynen Research Assistant |
Priscilla Nyamai Research Associate |
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Clay Dygert Research Associate |
Mason Gingery, Research Assistant |
Summer Interns
Faheem Ali (Case Western University), Aista Sall (University of South Florida), Nakian Kim (Rice University), Otto Oppenheimer Lugo (University of Puerto Rico), Andrew Herzog (Ohio State), Samantha Wander (Ohio State), Noely Gonzalez-Maldonado (University of Puerto Rico), Madison Campbell (Ohio State).
Undergraduate Student Assistants
Grace Chapman, Caroline Bensman, Brady Linker, Cassian Filbrun, Nick LaRue, Ryan Hayes, Grant Ratliff, Cassie Reed, Annamarie Davies, Hannah Johnson, Lexie Popejoy, Brenden Tully, Jodi Livesay, Kristina Workinger.