SOIL SUSTAINABILITY LAB

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June 2022: Congratulations to undergrad researcher Jordan Kelly for receiving Soil Health Institute 2022 summer internship. Jordan will work alongside SHI scientists on Soil Health and Carbon Targets, Soil Health Education, Soil Microbiome Research, and Soil Health Economics 

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May 2022: Our hemp nitrogen fertility field trial was published in Open Agriculture "Response of cannabidiol hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) varieties grown in the southeastern United States to nitrogen fertilization"

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April 2022: Congratulations to grad student Ashlee George for receiving 1st prize for organic hemp management poster at the 2022 ARD 1890 Meetings at Atlanta, GA.

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March 2022: Happy to announce that I have won the University-wide Jr. Excellence in Teaching Award. 

 

Feb 2022: Our first lab data paper was published in Plos one "Hemp biochar impacts on selected biological soil health indicators across different soil types and moisture cycles"

 

Dec 2021: Proud to receive the College-wide CAES Jr. Excellence in Teaching Award

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Nov 2021: Congratulation Janeva for being selected (1 in 8 nationwide) as one of the prestigious Encompass Fellow sponsored by Tri-societies and Bayer Crop Science. This will provide a chance to represent her soils research at the highest level during the Congressional Visits Day, held in Washington, D.C. (March 7-8, 2022).

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Oct 2021: It was an honor to be an invited speaker at New York Scientific
Data Summit 2021 organized by Brookhaven National Lab. I presented on "Microbial controls of climate-smart soil health management practices".

 

Sept 2021: Glad to share our hemp research as an invited featured speaker at the 3rd Southern Hemp Expo at Raleigh, NC 

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Aug 2021: It was a pleasure and honor to be able to provide introductory remarks and moderate a session at the 6th SHI Annual Meeting on "Understanding and Managing the Soil Microbiome" 

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July 2021: Congratulations URSP mentee Amira for winning second position at NC A&T undergraduate research symposium. She presented her research on hemp biochar and its impact on soil enzymes

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June 2021: Congratulation Stella on your successful MS defense. Stella's research focused on soil health implications for hemp cultivation in North Carolina

 

May 2021: Congratulation Janeva on being selected as one of the six 2021 Class of Cultivators sponsored by Farm Foundation

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April 2021: Earth Day celebrations at these awesome events sponsored by Zerowaste and NC A&T State University. We addressed the crucial role of soils in combating climate change.

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March 2021: It was a great experience to provide information on soil health management for hemp at workshops organized by NC Co-operative extension and NRCS 

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Feb 2021: Our Industrial Hemp Program was covered by Fox8 news. Here is a link to that coverage

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Jan 2021: Honored to serve as an invited panelist at the Q&A session for University Research Excellence Awards. 

 

Dec 2020: It was a great honor to give an invited talk on World Soil Day under the World Bank-funded project on National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) along with a panel of esteemed speakers around the world 

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Nov 2020: We are looking for a research associate and a postdoc to work on biological soil health management  

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October 2020: Delivered invited talk for the Crop and Soil Science Seminar at NC State. Good to talk to potential future collaborators

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Sept 2020: It was a great opportunity to serve as a grant panelist for the USDA AFRI Foundational and Applied Science Program

 

Aug 2020: CURE-M videos published for increasing undergraduate involvement in research 

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July 2020: We received a 3-year funding from USDA NIFA to conduct research on soil health for hemp

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June 2020: Hemp manual publication. Click here.

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May 2020: Congratulations Amira for getting accepted to the Undergraduate Research Scholars Program sponsored by Office of Ag Research.

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April 2020: It was a great honor to be awarded University Rookie Researcher of the Year.

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Feb 2020: Congratulations Stella for publishing a review article on Hemp best management practices.

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