Congratulations to Dr. Binsiya Kallingal on successfully defending her Ph.D. dissertation, “Evaluating Soil Organic Carbon and Health Trajectories During Grassland Establishment Across Spatial Scales.” Her research examined how converting cropland…
Dr. Binsiya Kallingal completes her Ph.D. journey
Ravi Presents at 81st SWCS International Annual Conference and Celebrates Emerging Leaders Program Recognition
Dr. Ravi Teja Neelipally attended the 81st Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) International Annual Conference in St. Louis, Missouri. He presented on “Building Functional Organic Grain Systems Under Southeastern…
Facundo Presents on Legume Cover Crops at the 34th Milan No-Till Field Day
At the 2026 Milan No-Till Field Day, Dr. Facundo Lussich presented on “How Much Nitrogen Legume Cover Crops Contribute to Our Cropping Systems?” The presentation explored how legume cover crops…
Celebrating Dr. Sindhu Jagadamma’s Promotion to Professor
The Sustainable Soil Management Lab is proud to celebrate Dr. Sindhu Jagadamma’s promotion to Professor in the Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.…
Ravi Presents Organic Double-Cropping Research at the 2026 Grow and Tell Field Day
Dr. Ravi Teja Neelipally represented our lab at the 2026 Grow and Tell Field Day at the East Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center’s Organic Crops Unit. During his presentation, “Harnessing…
Jagadamma Lab Celebrates Honors at the BESS Annual Awards Banquet
Our lab is proud to celebrate outstanding recognitions received at the Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science Annual Awards Banquet. Amber Gunter was honored with the Graduate Student with Professional Promise…
Avery Presents at EURēCA
Undergraduate research assistant Avery Hood presented her work on soil carbon and nitrogen across UT’s Botanical Garden at the 2026 EURēCA event (https://eureca.utk.edu/) at the UT Student Union. This event showcases undergraduate research across…
Dr. Rachel Wooliver Publishes Three Papers on Soil Microbial and Agronomic Responses to Diversification and Drought
Congratulations to Dr. Rachel Wooliver, on publishing three new journal articles advancing knowledge on soil microbial communities, carbon cycling, and agronomic outcomes under crop and cover crop diversification. We are…
Dr. Sindhu Jagadamma Receives 2025 Mentoring Award at CANVAS Annual Meeting
We are excited to share that Dr. Sindhu Jagadamma received the 2025 Mentoring Award at the ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Annual Meeting. This national award recognizes excellence in mentoring and…
Binsiya Kallingal Wins Third Place in SSSA Oral Presentation Competition
Congratulations to PhD candidate Binsiya Kallingal, who earned third place in the oral presentation competition of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) Forest, Range, and Wildland Soils Division at…