Debasish Saha
Assistant Professor (Principal Investigator)
Research focus: Sustainable management of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling to mitigate environmental impacts while enhancing soil health of agricultural production systems.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 865-974-7003
Jashanjeet Kaur Dhaliwal
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research focus: Determining the impact of long-term soil health practices (no till and cover crops) on nitrous oxide fluxes as influenced by soil oxygen concentration.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 605-690-8466
Saheed Garnaik
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research focus: Developing machine learning models to estimate greenhouse gas fluxes, particularly N2O, on a global scale.
Email: [email protected]
Arjun Chhetri
PhD Graduate Research Assistant
Research focus: Understanding the soil nitrogen dynamics and greenhouse gas emissions from organic grain production systems.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 808-650-9010
Ryan Ackett
PhD Graduate Research Assistant
Research focus: I am studying the biogeochemical response to drying and rewetting cycles in soils. My work includes developing models to predict greenhouse gas emissions under changing environmental conditions and to identify controlling factors.
Email: [email protected]
Facundo Lussich
PhD Graduate Research Assistant
Research focus: Using N isotopes and molecular methods in understanding biogeochemical mechanisms of soil nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions in response to long-term conservation practices (no-tillage and cover cropping).
Email: [email protected]
Presley Woodrum Nickens
PhD Graduate Research Assistant
Research focus: Enhancing soil health and climate change mitigation potential of grasslands.
Email: [email protected]