Specialty:

Soil and Water Chemistry

Research:

For my research, I aim to achieve a better understanding of fundamental soil phosphorus chemistry. I utilize bulk wet chemical experiments paired with advanced synchrotron-based X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) to investigate the different species of phosphorus in the soil and how these different species affect phosphorus solubility and mobility in soils and water. More specifically, using these techniques I am investigating the impacts of sea level rise on phosphorus mobility and speciation, potential mechanisms to make phosphorus more soluble in agricultural soils, and speciation and mobility of phosphorus in high phosphorus agricultural soils.