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Yang Lin
Yang is the lab’s principal investigator and an Assistant Professor of Soil Health in the Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences at UF. He received a PhD in Geography from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a MS in Soil Science from the University of Alberta.
Yang’s CV, ylin2 at ufl.edu
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Franky Celestin
Franky is a PhD candidate with interests in soil health assessment and nutrient management. He is co-advised by Yang and Dr. Rao Mylavarapu.
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Swarnali Mahmood
Swarnali is a PhD candidate with interests in soil health assessment and carbon cycling.
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Ryan Champiny
Ryan is a PhD student supported by the USDA National Needs Fellowship. She is interested in soil carbon cycling and nature-based climate solutions.
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JoAnn Donald
JoAnn is a MS student supported by the USDA National Needs Fellowship. She is co-advised by Yang and Dr. Allan Bacon. She is interested in understanding the environmental impacts of biosolids application.
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Xinlin Wang
Xinlin is a MS student co-advised by Yang and Dr. Lakesh Sharma. He is interested in dissolved organic matter transport in soil.
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Courtney Roen
Courtney is a MS student supported by the USDA National Needs Fellowship. She is interested in soil phosphorus cycling and nutrient best management practices.
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Audrey Plauche
Audrey is a junior working as a paid research assistant. She is interested in soil health and environmental chemistry.
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Diego Leitao
Diego is a our lab manager.
Alumni
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Bella Brush
Bella was an OPS technician. She completed her honors thesis in the lab on phosphorus leaching from biosolids-impacted soils.
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Isabella Marinelli
Isabella was a senior working on active learning research project on soil color modeling.
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Julia Lee
Julia was a MS Student with interests in legacy phosphorus and pollution remediation. She was co-advised by Yang and Dr. Allan Bacon.
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Daniil Fortuna
Daniil was an undergrad research assistant.
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Gabby Fisher
Gabby completed her honors thesis on the role of biochar in remediating soil greenhouse gas emission.
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Precious Nyabami
Precious was a MS Student interested in soil and water conservation. She is now a Research Associate at Pattern Ag.
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Min Xu
Min Xu was a visiting PhD Student from Sichuan Agricultural University. She is currently a lecturer at Sichuan Agricultural University.