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Kathryn (Kate) Szerlag - Assistant Professor
- Office:
- HPCT 618B
- Email:
- kate.szerlag@ag.tamu.edu
- Phone:
- 979-321-5914
- Resume/CV
- Undergraduate Education
- B.S. Environmental Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2013
- Graduate Education
- M.S. Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2016
- Ph.D. Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, 2021
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.