植物育种哲学博士-土壤微生物学

土壤微生物学计划涉及农业城市/郊区环境中的各种研究领域。项目范围从微生物生态学的基础研究到微生物系统在受干扰土地的开垦，污染土壤的修复和生活污水处理方面的应用。今天，我们继续专注于与理解和解决农业和城市/郊区环境中的问题有关的问题。在我们的许多研究中都可以找到环境角度，无论是分析人工湿地对废水的处理功能，还是为了更好地了解土地利用对土壤碳动态的影响，并着眼于提高碳储量在德克萨斯州的土壤中作为减少二氧化碳产生的一种手段。我们的计划还涉及草皮土壤的微生物学，因为它们是城市景观的重要组成部分。
The soil microbiology program addresses a variety of research areas in both agricultural urban/suburban environments. Projects have ranged from basic research on microbial ecology to applications of microbial systems for reclamation of disturbed lands, remediation of contaminated soils and treatment of domestic wastewaters. Today we continue to focus on issues relevant to understanding and solving problems in agricultural and urban/suburban settings. An environmental perspective can be found in much of our research whether it be in the analysis of the functions of constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment or toward developing a better understanding of the impacts of land use on carbon dynamics in soils with an eye toward enhancing carbon storage in Texas soils as a means of mitigating production of carbon dioxide. Our programs also deal with the microbiology of turfgrass soils as they are an important component of the urban landscape.