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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# overview
My research focus is microbe-soil-plant interactions, studying the rhizosphere dynamics to improve the economic and environmental benefits of soil resources. Projects are in progress to identify soil management techniques for improving biodiversity of plant beneficial microbes in soils, increase soil carbon capture and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. I apply biogeochemical analysis and systems biology tools to measure soil microbial networks and their influence on biogeocycles. Other areas of interest include bioremediation of heavy metal contamination and acid soil management.

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

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WithinField Spatial Variability of Surface Soil Properties at Three Dairies in NorthCentral Texas

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Spatial variability of soil test phosphorus in manure-amended soils on three dairy farms in North Central Texas

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Water management impacts on arsenic speciation and iron-reducing bacteria in contrasting rice-rhizosphere compartments.

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Root-Microbe Interactions in Response to Soil Conditions

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Mercury methylation by novel microorganisms from new environments.

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Determining the Reliability of Measuring Mercury Cycling Gene Abundance with Correlations with Mercury and Methylmercury Concentrations.

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Hexavalent chromium reduction under fermentative conditions with lactate stimulated native microbial communities.

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Global prevalence and distribution of genes and microorganisms involved in mercury methylation.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Carbon Amendments Alter Microbial Community Structure and Net Mercury Methylation Potential in Sediments.

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Impact of Indian Mustard (Brassica juncea) and Flax (Linum usitatissimum) Seed Meal Applications on Soil Carbon, Nitrogen, and Microbial Dynamics

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Soil bacterial and fungal communities respond differently to various isothiocyanates added for biofumigation.

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Microbial communities in rice rhizosphere altered by intermittent and continuous flooding in fields with long-term arsenic application

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Microbial communities in soil profile are more responsive to legacy effects of wheat-cover crop rotations than tillage systems

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Nitrous oxide emissions as influenced by legume cover crops and nitrogen fertilization

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Fungal Community Structural and Microbial Functional Pattern Changes After Soil Amendments by Oilseed Meals of Jatropha curcas and Camelina sativa: A Microcosm Study.

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Developing soil management recommendations for improving plant beneficial microbial interactions to increase nutrient availability and carbon sequestration in forest lands

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National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Managing biogeocycles in forage and cropping systems for environmental and economic benefits

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

# streetAddress
Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Overton; 9999 TAMUS

# organizations[]
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# schools[]
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences