Past Members
Grad Students/Postdoctoral Research Associates
Ruwandi Kumarasinghe, Research Associate
Professor of Chemistry
(Saint Peter’s University, USA)
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Manjot Kaur Rekhi
PhD student
(University of New Hampshire)
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Sevendeep Kaur Chahal
PhD student
(University of Guelph, Canada)
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Buddhika Galkaduwa, Postdoctoral Fellow
Chemistry Supervisor
(Kansas Department of Agriculture Laboratory)
Dissertation title: Mechanistic understanding of fate and transport of selenium, arsenic, and sulfur in a pilot-scale constructed wetland treatment system designed for flue-gas desulfurization wastewater
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Zafer Alasmary, Ph.D. Summer 2020
Assistant Professor
(King Saud University, Saud Arabia)
Zafer Saad Alasmary | KSU Faculty
Dissertation title: Laboratory- to field-scale investigations to evaluate phosphate amendments and Miscanthus for phytostabilization of lead-contaminated military sites
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Mohammad Almutari, Ph.D. Fall 2019
Director of Plant Production Management
(Ministry of Environment, Water, and Agriculture, Saudi Arabia)
Dissertation title: Improving crop quality: Investigations on soil selenium and zinc transfer and bioavailability
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Jay Weeks, Ph.D. Spring 2019
Soil Data Manager, Field Data Solutions
(Indigo Ag )
jweeks@indigoag.com
https://www.indigoag.com/
Dissertation title: Improving environmental health: Investigations into soil lead and phosphorus fate and transport
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Joy Pierzynski, Ph.D. Fall 2016
Program Director
(C. Wayne Ellett Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic, Ohio State University)
Dissertation title: The effects of P fertilizer addition on P transformations on high-P fixing and grassland soils
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Pavithra Pitumpe Arachchige, Ph.D. Summer 2016
Scientific Editor at Nature Communications
Dissertation title: Understanding of coupled physicochemical and mineralogical mechanisms controlling soil carbon storage and preservation
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Dorothy Menefee, M.S. Spring 2016
Ph.D. student
(Texas A&M)
Thesis title: Anthropogenic influences on soil microbial properties
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Ranju Karna, Ph.D. summer 2014
Post doctoral researcher
(NRMRL-USEPA, Cincinnati, OH)
Dissertation title: Mechanistic understanding of biogeochemical transformation of trace elements in contaminated minewaste materials under reduced condition
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Chammi Attanayake, Ph.D. spring 2014
Research scientist
(Soils Lab, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
chammiattanayake@gmail.com
Dissertation title: Bioavailability of contaminants in urban soils
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Phillip Defoe, Ph.D. spring 2014
Adjunct professor (Env. science)
Exp. lab tutor (chemistry)
(Broward College, Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
phillipdefoe@gmail.com
Dissertation title: Urban brownfields to gardens : minimizing human exposure to lead and arsenic
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Vindhya Gudichuttu, M.S. fall 2013
Thesis title: Phytostabilization of multi-metal contaminated mine waste materials: long-term monitoring of influence of soil amendments on soil properties, plants, and biota and the avoidance response of earthworms
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Raju Khatiwada, M.S. fall 2011
Thesis title: Speciation of phosphorus in reduced tillage systems: placement and source effect
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Janelle Price, Graduate Research Assistant
(2010 Aug- 2012 Dec)
Project : Trace Metal Uptake and Distribution Among Vegetable Varieties
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Ravinder Pannu, Graduate Research Assistant
(2008 Aug- 2009 Aug)
Project: Understanding Biogeochemical Transformations of Trace Elements in Multi Metal-Rich Geomaterials Under Stimulated Redox Conditions
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Monica Paloma, Postdoctoral Research Associate
(May-August, 2008)
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Lab Assistants
Sage Holmes
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Kaila Carnley
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Vindhya Fernando
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Faisal Alqahtani
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Buddhika Aththanayaka
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Talha Shahryar
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Oshadhi Athukorala Arachchige
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Caleb Gravesen
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Pushpika Munaweera
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Kasun Dissanayake
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Shreedhara Bajracharya
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Shelby Arnold
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Carolyn Fox
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Rojee Chipalu Pradhan
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Prabha Bajracharya
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Amy Vu
