Masters student Cecilia Albert-Black and PhD students Binsiya Kallingal and Ravi Teja Neelipally attended the 2024 Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Meeting. Here are a few highlights from their…
Success at the 2024 SWCS Conference
Amber Gunter graduates summa cum laude
Undergraduate research assistant Amber Gunter has graduated summa cum laude with her Bachelor of Science in Environmental and Soil Sciences with a concentration in Conservation Agriculture and Environmental Sustainability. In…
Dr. Jagadamma receives Professional Promise and Creative Achievement award
We are excited to announce that Dr. Jagadamma has received the 2024 Professional Promise in Research and Creative Achievement award at the UTK Academic Honors Banquet! She is grateful to…
Rounak Patra successfully defends dissertation
Congratulations to Rounak Patra, who successfully defended his PhD dissertation: “Deciphering the Role of Microbial Functional Traits in Agricultural Subsoil Organic Carbon Dynamics.” Rounak was co-advised by Dr. Sindhu Jagadamma…
Sequencing grant funding from UTIA
The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture’s Genomics Center for the Advancement of Agriculture has awarded Drs. Wooliver, Jagadamma, and Stephanie Kivlin (EEB) a sequencing grant for their work on…
Dr. Jagadamma receives Mid-Career Research Excellence Award
Dr. Jagadamma received UTIA’s Mid-Career Research Excellence Award. This award is for faculty members who finish 7 to 15 years of service, and she earned it after just 7 years…
Dr. Avishesh Neupane now Soil Microbiology Post Doctorate at Bayer
Dr. Avishesh Neupane has been a postdoc in our laboratory since 2019. This past month, he joined Bayer as a post doctorate soil microbiologist. While in our lab, Avi’s research…
Amanda Kramer and Emily Walker are named Volunteers of Distinction
Master’s student Amanda Kramer and undergraduate student Emily Walker have received the award for “Volunteer of Distinction” from UTK’s Office of the Provost. This award recognizes academic excellence among undergraduate…
Lab alumni Surendra and Shikha Singh to lead Lind Dryland Station
Drs. Surendra and Shikha Singh have recently joined Washington State University to lead Lind Dryland Station. Surendra has become the new director and agronomist at the Station, and Shikha has…
Dr. Jagadamma receives Graduate Research Mentor of the Year award
Dr. Jagadamma has received the University of Tennessee Graduate Student Senate’s Graduate Research Mentor of the Year award. She was chosen as the top mentor out of 20+ applications. Thank…