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CURRENT GROUP MEMBERS

Ben Newcomb

PhD Candidate

Research Interest: Dynamic soil properties in wildfire affected soils

ben.newcomb@ttu.edu

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Daniel Hirmas, PhD

B.L. Allen Endowed Chair and Professor of Pedology

Research Interest: Soil morphology, quantitative pedology, soil hydrology, soil geomorphology

dhirmas@ttu.edu

Vaishnavi Varikuti

PhD Candidate

Research Interest: Root, soil, and bedrock effects on soil hydraulic, chemical, and physical properties

vvarikut@ttu.edu

Maria Bronnikova, PhD

Research Scientist

Research Interest: Soil morphology and micromorphology, pedogenesis and soil development in space and time, paleosols, multiproxy records of environmental changes, and geoarchaeology

Maria.Bronnikova@ttu.edu

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Swagat Subedi

MS Student

Research Interest: Soil carbonates quantification, soil inorganic carbon formation, sequesteration of carbonates in soil

swsubedi@ttu.edu

Taylor McDowell, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar

Research Interest: Urban soils and their hydraulic properties, nature-based solutions for stormwater and runoff reduction

taylor.m.mcdowell@ttu.edu

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Adrian Parada

PhD Student

Research Interest: Soil structure, soil hydraulic properties, soil geomorphology, terroir

toparada@ttu.edu

Atefeh Ziyaee

PhD Student

Research Interest: Climate-soil interaction, vegetation-climate feedback, ecohydrological modeling

aziyaee@ttu.edu

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Nadeesha Vidanage

PhD Student

Research Interest: Effects of climatic conditions on soil hydraulic properties

vvindanag@ttu.edu

ALUMNI

Postdoc

Matthew Amato - 2023-24

Swagata Mukhopadhyay - 2023-26

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