CURRENT GROUP MEMBERS

Ben Newcomb

PhD Student

Research Interest: Dynamic soil properties in wildfire affected soils

ben.newcomb@ttu.edu

Daniel Hirmas

B.L. Allen Endowed Chair and Professor of Pedology

Research Interests: Soil morphology, quantitative pedology, soil hydrology, soil geomorphology

dhirmas@ttu.edu

Swagata Mukhopadhyay

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Interest:

swmukhop@ttu.edu

Vaishnavi Varikuti

PhD Student

Research Interest: Root, soil, and bedrock effects on soil hydraulic, chemical, and physical properties

vvarikut@ttu.edu

Swagat Subedi

MS Student

Research Interest: Soil carbonates quantification, soil inorganic carbon formation, sequesteration of carbonates in soil

swsubedi@ttu.edu

Maria Bronnikova

Fulbright Alumni and TTU Pedology Laboratory Manager, PhD

Research Interest: Soil morphology and micromorphology, pedogenesis and soil development in space and time, paleosols, multiproxy records of environmental changes, and geoarchaeology

Maria.Bronnikova@ttu.edu

ALUMNI

Postdoc

Matthew Amato - 2023-24