Former Members

Former Postdocs

Tracy Campbell

Ashley Waggoner

Justin Gay

Qiang (Ted) Li

Yicaho Rui

Sarah Collier

Former Graduate Students

Claire Benning

Ashmita Rawal

Afona Irabor

Monica Schauer

Abigail Augarten

Kelsey Kruger

Hannah Francis, MS

Alexandra Walters

Miranda Sikora

Greg Richardson

Kayln Diedrich,

Kavya Krishnan, MS Soil Science & Agroecology, 2017; Thesis – Short-term benefits of cover crops on labile carbon and nitrogen pools in soil. PhD student, Cornell, 2022 https://www.linkedin.com/in/kavyakrishnan90/

Mingwei Yuan, PhD Soil Science, 2016; Thesis – Dynamics modeling of nitrogen balance in irrigated sweet corn and snap bean on sandy soils. Current position: Data Scientist at Inari https://www.linkedin.com/in/mingwei-yuan-1b58b481/

Elizabeth McNamee, MS Soil Science & Agroecology, 2016; Thesis – Unpacking the soil water characteristic curve: Measurement techniques, property-transfer predictions, and implications for Daycent model simulations. Current position: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethmcnamee/

Kate Ivancic, MS Soil Science & Agroecology, 2016; Thesis – Evaluating the effects of cover crop on nitrogen cycling in the Central Sands of Wisconsin. Completed PhD in 2019. Current position: Senior Scientist, General Mills https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-ivancic-phd-639b966/

Claire Campbell Romanko, MS Soil Science & Agroecology, 2015; Thesis – Assessing the impacts of tannin diets on land application of dairy manure. Current position: Bureau of Land Management https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-romanko-95315965/

Megan Chawner, MS Soil Science & Agroecology, 2015; Thesis – Assessing the benefits of radish as a cover crop. Current position: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-chawner-b5228921/

Anna Cates, MS Soil Science & Agroecology, 2014; Thesis – Long-term management effects on corn performance, nitrogen use efficiency, and particulate and aggregate organic matter. Current position: https://swac.umn.edu/people/anna-cates

Jaimie West, MS Soil Science & Environment and Resources, 2013; Thesis – Improving nitrogen management of organic sweet corn on sandy soil. Current position: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaimie-west-246b4b131/