Forest Soil and water Laboratory
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources - The University of Georgia
Terra Preta in Brazil
Playing in the dirt
New Project: Soil-site productivity
The forest soil and water laboratory group quantifies how nutrient and hydrologic cycles control the chemistry of forest soils, drainage waters, and forest productivity. Our research focuses on the management of the soil resource in an effort to maximize forest growth and to maintain ecosystem quality. At the stand level this includes questions of fertilizer use efficiency, soil nutrient supplies, and long-term soil quality. At the landscape level this includes the effects of land management, land applications, and land use change on soil and stream water chemistry, and watershed integrity.
News:
May 2023 - Jacob Mobley joins the lab as a Master's student working on the CAPPS project.
May 2023 - Undergraduate student Megan Aslinger joins the lab
Jan. 2023 - PhD. student Noah Shephard begins working on NRCS-funded project studying the effects of Longleaf Pine straw raking on soils of the Southern Coastal Plain. Noah comes to UGA from the USFS and was based in Auburn, AL prior to Athens.
Nov. 2022 - Dr. Aaron Joslin re-joins the Forest Soils lab as a postdoctoral research assistant tidying up data for NRCS-funded project using NIRS to rapidly analyze soils for C, N, and other macronutrients. Dr. Joslin had spent time in Costa Rica, Chile, Peru and North Carolina prior to returning to Athens.
June 2022 - Biogeochemistry of the Critical Zone is published with chapter by Dr. Maryam Foroughi "Hillslope Position and Land Use History Influence P distribution in the Critical Zone." Way to keep at it!
June 2022 - Fulbright in Brazil for June and July, looking forward to it.
June 2022 - Zhine Wang, past MS student and current PhD at Clemson, got his paper "Bioavailability of Phosphorus to loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) and red maple (Acer rubrum L.) in Clay and Saprolite from the Southeastern Piedmont, USA" accepted in SSSAJ, well done.
May 2022 - Natalie Piparo going to intern with the lab over the summer, welcome Natalie
May 2022 - Sabahattin graduates with his MNR, good work.
April 2022 - Fernanda and Gabriel welcome Isabel into the world, congratulations!
Jan 2022 - Morgan Bettcher joins the lab as new MS student, welcome Morgan
Jan 2022- Dr. Sutter moving to University of North Carolina-Wilmington for tenure-track position, good luck.