Faculty

Name	Areas of Interest	Email
John Baker Adjunct Professor, Research Leader, USDA-ARS	Biometeorology, Contaminant Hydrology and Water Quality, Crops	[email protected]
Jay Bell Professor	Pedology, Wetlands and Peatlands	[email protected]
Adam Birr Adjunct Assistant Professor	Contaminant Hydrology and Water Quality, Crops, Land Use and Land Cover Change, Nutrient Management	[email protected]
Kenneth Blumenfeld Senior Climatologist, Minnesota State Climate Office, Adjunct Assistant Professor		[email protected]
Anna Cates Assistant Extension Professor	Soil Health, Soil Carbon, Soil Organic Matter Pools, Soil Aggregation, Cropping Systems	[email protected]
Brent Dalzell Adjunct Assistant Professor	Biogeochemistry, Contaminant Hydrology and Water Quality, Ecosystem Modeling	[email protected]
Melinda Erickson Adjunct Associate Professor	Hydrogeology, Groundwater, Contaminants and Pollution	[email protected]
Fabian Fernandez Professor, Co-Director of Graduate Studies	Contaminant Hydrology and Water Quality, Crops, Nutrient Management	[email protected]
Gary Feyereisen Adjunct Assistant Professor	Biogeochemistry, Contaminant Hydrology and Water Quality, Crops	[email protected]
Joshua Gamble Adjunct Assistant Professor	Agroecology, Cropping Systems, Agronomy	[email protected]
Timothy Griffis Professor	Atmosphere-Biosphere Interactions, Biogeochemistry, Biometeorology	[email protected]
Jessica Gutknecht Associate Professor	Soil Environmental Microbiology, Sustainable Ecosystems	[email protected]
Satoshi Ishii Associate Professor	Aquatic Microbiology, Biogeochemistry, Biotechnology, Contaminant Hydrology and Water Quality, Environmental Microbiology, Soil Environmental Microbiology	[email protected]
Nic Jelinski Associate Professor	Pedology, Soil Management	[email protected]
Daniel Kaiser Associate Professor	Crops, Nutrient Management	[email protected]
Diana Karwan Adjunct Assistant Professor	Forest Hydrology, Catchment Science, Critical Zone Science, Watershed Management	[email protected]
Randall Kolka Adjunct Assistant Professor	Land Management, Natural Ecosystems	[email protected]
Yuxin Miao Associate Professor, Associate Director of the Precision Agriculture Center	Precision Agriculture, Remote Sensing, Plant Nutrition, Sustainable Agriculture, Agroecology	[email protected]
Dylan Millet Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Co-Director of Graduate Studies	Atmosphere-Biosphere Interactions, Atmospheric Chemistry, Climate Change	[email protected]
David Mulla Professor, Larson Endowed Chair in Soil and Water Resources, Director of the Precision Agriculture Center	Precision Agriculture, Precision Conservation, Water Quality, Watershed Management and Modeling	[email protected]
Peter Neff Assistant Research Professor	Ice Core Paleoclimatology, Glaciology, Climate Science, West Antarctic Climate, Science Communication	[email protected]
Paulo Pagliari Associate Professor	Crops, Nutrient Management	[email protected]
Lindsay Pease Assistant Professor, Extension Specialist in Nutrient and Water Management	Contaminant Hydrology, Water Quality, Nutrient Management	[email protected]
Pamela Rice Adjunct Assistant Professor	Contaminant Hydrology and Water Quality, Environmental Chemistry	[email protected]
Heidi Roop Assistant Professor, Extension Specialist, Director, Climate Adaptation Partnership	Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Climate Adaptation, Climate Change Communication, Science-society Interactions	[email protected]
Carl Rosen Department Head and Professor	Contaminant Hydrology and Water Quality, Crops, Environmental Chemistry, Nutrient Management	[email protected]
Michael Schmitt Professor, Associate Dean of CFANS and Extension	Extension, Manure Application, Nutrient Management	[email protected]
Vasudha Sharma Assistant Extension Professor	Irrigation Water Management, Water Quality	[email protected]
Peter Snyder Associate Professor	Atmosphere-Biosphere Interactions, Climate and Climate Change, Ecosystem Modeling	[email protected]
Kurt Spokas Adjunct Assistant Professor	Biogeochemistry, Contaminant Hydrology and Water Quality, Soil Physics	[email protected]
Jeff Strock Professor	Biogeochemistry, Contaminant Hydrology and Water Quality, Soil Physics	[email protected]
Brandy Toner Professor	Biogeochemistry, Environmental Chemistry	[email protected]
Tracy Twine Associate Professor	Atmosphere-Biosphere Interactions, Climate and Climate Change, Ecosystem Modeling, Urban Heat Islands	[email protected]
Rodney Venterea Adjunct Professor	Soil Biogeochemistry	[email protected]
Melissa Wilson Associate Professor	Manure Nutrient Management & Water Quality	[email protected]
Kari Wolf Teaching Assistant Professor	Biogeochemical processes in the soil, Hydrology, Undergraduate pedagogy	[email protected]
Ce Yang Assistant Professor	Precision Agriculture, Remote Sensing, Machine Vision, Spectroscopy, Hyperspectral Imaging, Machine Learning, Big Data in Agriculture	[email protected]
Kyungsoo Yoo Professor	Biogeochemistry, Natural Ecosystems, Pedology	[email protected]

Soil, Water, and Climate is located on the traditional and treaty land of the Dakota people, in the area known as Mnisóta Makhóčhe (the land of Minnesota).

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