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Soil and Watershed Sciences
The specialization in Soil and Watershed Sciences graduate program prepares students to address challenging environmental issues that involve the soil resource at field, landscape and watershed scales.
Soils are the most complex and ecologically significant biogeochemical systems on Earth. Soil processes and the soil resource are critical to all terrestrial ecosystems from prairies to the Alaskan tundra, to wetlands, to our cities, to forests to biofuel farms. Soil Science is at the center of the study of what the National Science Foundation terms the Critical Zone - the confluence of atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere near the surface of the Earth.
Soil Science Faculty
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Frank Coale, Professor Agricultural Nutrient Management, Soil Fertility, Agroecology fjcoale@umd.edu |
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Gary Felton, Associate Professor Extension Water Quality Specialist gfelton@umd.edu |
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Bob Hill, Professor Soil Physics, Soil & Water Management rlh@umd.edu |
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Bruce James, Professor Soil Chemistry and Affiliate in Geology Director, Environmental Science and Policy Program. Director, Environmental Studies Program of College Park Scholars brjames@umd.edu |
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Joshua McGrath, Assistant Professor Research and Extension in Soil Fertility, Nutrient Management, Environmental Sustainability mcgrathj@umd.edu |
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Ray Miller, Professor Director, International Programs in Agriculture and Natural Resources millerrj@umd.edu |
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Brian Needelman, Assistant Professor Soil Science (Pedology), Water Quality, Carbon Sequestration bneed@umd.edu |
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Martin Rabenhorst, Professor Pedology, Soils of Wetland Ecosystems, Subaqueous Soils mrabenho@umd.edu |
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Ray Weil, Professor Soil Science, Nutrient Cycling, Sustainable Agriculture Systems rweil@umd.edu |
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Stephanie Yarwood, Assistant Professor Environmental Microbiology syarwood@umd.edu |
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Last updated: 08/7/2011
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