Ravi Teja Neelipally, PhD student in Dr. Sindhu Jagadamma’s group, was selected for the 2022 Hans Jenny Soil Field Trip Award from the Soil Science Society of America. In his…
PhD student gets award
Rounak Patra Receives GATE Fellowship
PhD candidate Rounak Patra from Assistant Professor Sindhu Jagadamma’s Lab has received the highly competitive Graduate Advancement Training and Education (GATE) fellowship from University’s Science Alliance program. Through this fellowship,…
Herbert/Construction Science Career Fair
There were 98 companies today at the Herbert/Construction Science Career Fair. This is a record setting number! The Fair was held on the mezzanine of the Thompson Bowling Arena. Companies were…
VA Tech wins 2021 Southeastern (SE) Collegiate Soils Contest!
The 2021 Southeastern (SE) Collegiate Soils Contest was held by The University of Tennessee, Knoxville from October 4 to 7, 2021. Teams from Clemson University, Middle Tennessee State University, North…
Dr. Yuchuan Fan
Yuchuan Fan successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation: “Sustainable underground reactive barrier to attenuate contaminants from agricultural drainage.” Yuchuan’s major advisor was Dr. Jaehoon Lee and members of his committee were…
Dr. Hu!
Jialin Hu successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation: ”Impacts of Soil Management on Microbial Assemblages Involved in Nitrogen Transformations in Agroecosystems in Tennessee, USA.” Her work revealed insights into important relationships…
BESS PhD Student and Plastics
Dr. Hayes’ PhD student, Anton Astner, was invited by Dr. Hanna Landenmark, who is an associate editor for the PLOS One journal, to contribute to the PLOS EveryOne Blog dedicated…
High Honors for BESS’ Research Work
Out of a total of 14 publications, two BESS/UTIA publications made it to the Editor’s Pick 2021 collection! Terrestrial Microbiology Editor’s Pick. DeBruyn Lab: Bandopadhyay, S.*, J. E. Liquet y Gonzalez*, K. Henderson*,…
PhD Student Receives GATE Fellowship
Huihui Sun, a PhD student in the Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science under Dr. Jie Zhuang, received a fellowship from the Graduate Advancement, Training and Education (GATE) program…
Shikha Singh Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis
Shikha Singh successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis: “Soil Moisture Sensitivity to Microbial Processing of Soil Organic Carbon.” Shikha received numerous awards for oral and poster presentations at the ASA-SSSA-CSSA meetings…