Area(s) of Expertise

Soil Ecology, Nutrient Cycling, Sustainability

Publications

• Impacts on soil nitrogen availability of converting managed pine plantation into switchgrass monoculture for bioenergy (2019)
• Soil CO2 efflux and root productivity in a switchgrass and loblolly pine intercropping system (2016)
• Impacts of switchgrass-loblolly pine intercropping on soil physical properties of a drained forest (2015)
• Evaluating changes in switchgrass physiology, biomass, and light-use efficiency under artificial shade to estimate yields if intercropped with Pinus taeda L. (2014)
• Gas exchange and stand-level estimates of water use and gross primary productivity in an experimental pine and switchgrass intercrop forestry system on the Lower Coastal Plain of North Carolina, USA (2014)
• The challenge of lignocellulosic bioenergy in a water-limited world (2013)
• Evaluation of intercropped switchgrass establishment under a range of experimental site preparation treatments in a forested setting on the Lower Coastal Plain of North Carolina, USA (2012)
• Fertilization effects on carbon pools in loblolly pine plantations on two upland sites (2006)
• Analyzing water soluble soil organics as trifluoroacetyl derivatives by liquid state proton nuclear magnetic resonance (2005)

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Education

Doctorate, Philosophy in Forestry, North Carolina State University (2004)
Master, Forestry, Duke University (2000)
Bachelor of Science, CAENS, Tuskegee University (1999)