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Brickman, Sarah

Degree Program: Ph.D.
Major Professor: Cristina Lazcano and Amelie Gaudin
Research Area: Agroecology, soil health management, & soil ecology
Email: sbrickman@ucdavis.edu

Cassandra Collins

Collins, Cassandra

Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Rebecca Lybrand
Research Area: Fungal-driven weathering of minerals in natural systems.
Email: cvcollins@ucdavis.edu

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Cui, Wenyi

Degree Program: Ph.D.
Major Professor: Dr. Helen Dahlke
Research Area: Agricultural managed aquifer recharge, nitrogen cycling, hydrologic modeling, copping system modeling.
Email:

Kelsey Fenn

Fenn, Kelsey

Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor:Mallika Nocco
Research Area: soil health impacts of conservation practices in almond systems
Email: kmfenn@ucdavis.edu

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Flores, Alyssa

Degree Program: MS
Major Professor: Toby O'Geen
Research Area: TBD
Email: alyflores@ucdavis.edu
 

Jane Fudyma

Fudyma, Jane

Degree Program: Ph.D.
Major Professor: Dr. Joanne Emerson
Research Area: Soil virology and biogeochemical cycling
Email:  jdfudyma@ucdavis.edu
Andy Gal

Gal, Andrew

Degree Program: Ph.D.
Major Professor: Dr. Mallika Nocco & Dr. Nicolas Bambach
Research Area: Environmental biophysics, land surface energy balance partitioning, micrometeorology, remote sensing of evapotranspiration, soil-plant-water interactions
Email: ajgal@ucdavis.edu

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Geise, Audrey

Degree Program: Ph.D.
Major Professor: TBD
Research Area: TBD
Email: augeise@ucdavis.edu

Heath Goertzen

Goertzen, Heath

Degree Program: Ph.D.
Major Professor: Toby O'Geen
Research Area:Pedology and Ecosystem Biogeochemistry Email: hrgoertzen@ucdavis.edu

Jonathan Grotenstein

Grotenstein, Jonathan

Degree Program: M.S.
Major Professor: TBD
Research Area: TBD
Email: jsgrotenstein@ucdavis.edu
 

Christopher Hight

Hight, Christopher

Degree Program: Ph.D.
Major Professor: Daniel Geisseler
Research Area: Mineralization and Temporal Dynamics of Nitrogen in Organic Cropping Systems
Email: cmhight@ucdavis.edu
 

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Heroux, Kelly Mae

Degree program: PhD
Major Professor: Majdi Abdou Najm
Research Area: Agrivoltaics and the food-water-energy nexus
Email: kheroux@ucdavis.edu

Yuanxin Ji

Ji, Yuanxin

Degree program: MS
Major Professor: Majdi Abou Najm
Research Area: TBD
Email: yxji@ucdavis.edu

 Macray, Julia

Macray, Julia

Degree program: MS
Major professor: Amanda Hodson
Research Area: Soil ecology, macro- and microfaunal interactions, earthworm-driven nutrient and carbon cycling in almond orchards
Email: jemacray@ucdavis.edu

 

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Morris, Maddie

Degree program: Ph.D.
Major professor: Rebecca Lybrand
Research Area: TBD
Email: madmorris@ucdavis.edu

 

 Kylee Nielsen

Nielsen, Kylee

Degree program: MS
Major professor: Rebecca Lybrand
Research Area: TBD
Email: krnielse@ucdavis.edu

 

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Reineke, Daniela

Degree program: Ph.D.
Major professor: Brown, Patrick
Research Area:  Nitrate and salt transport in the vadose zone under drip-irrigated almond orchards.
Email: dreineke@ucdavis.edu

David Robles

Robles, David

Degree program: Ph.D.
Major professor: Kerri Steenwerth, Amisha Poret-Peterson, Jorge Rodrigues
Research Area: Microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) and soil carbon sequestration potential of organic soil amendments (whole orchard recycling)
Email: dvdrobles@ucdavis.edu

Makena Savidge

Savidge, Makena

Degree program: PhD
Major professor:   Daniel Geisseler
Research Area: Nitrogen dynamics in organically managed agricultural systems.
Email:   mlsavidge@ucdavis.edu

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Smith, Cole

Degree program: MS
Major professor:   Horwath, Will
Research Area: Microbial biogeochemistry within intensively managed agroecosystems, sustainable nutrient management, organic amendments
Email:   cbrsmith@ucdavis.edu

Muhtarima Tabassum

Tabassum, Muhtarima

Degree program: MS (Plan I)
Major professor: Dr. Majdi Abou Najm
Research Area: Exploring available incentives and conducting cost-benefit assessments to evaluate the economic sustainability of agrivoltaics systems
Graduate Group: Soils and Biogeochemistry
Email: mtabassum@ucdavis.edu
 

Lauren Timmons

Timmons, Luaren

Degree program: MS
Major professor: Toby O'Geen
Research Area: Soil health assessment following catastrophic wildfire with mid-infrared spectral tools.
Email: mtabassum@ucdavis.edu