People
Owen W. Duckworth
Professor and University Faculty Scholar
Ikechukwu Onwuka
Postdoctoral Scholar (co-advised by Natalie Nelson and Dan Obenour )
Ike has B.Sc. from the University of Ghana and an M.S. and Ph.D. from Florida International University. He works on modeling phosphorus in soils at the national scale with STEPS.
Anna Evers
Ph.D. Student
Anna has a B.S. from the University of Delaware. She works on understanding the fate of siderophores in soils.
Emmanuel Chukwuma
Ph.D. Student
Emmanuel has a B.S. from Madonna University and an M.S. from University of Aberdeen. He works primarily in the Baars’ Lab on understanding the fate of siderophores in soils.
Tim Martin
Ph.D. Student
Tim has a B.S. from the University of Delaware and an M.S. from the University of Wisconsin. He works on understanding biological uptake of rare earth elements.
Alena Jones
Ph.D. Student (co-advised by Luke Gatiboni)
Alena has a B.S. from UNC-Greensboro and an M.S. from NC State. She works primarily on understanding impacts of metals in fertilizer on soil and water chemistry.
Tiffany VanDerwerker Ph.D. Student (co-advised by Detlef Knappe)
Tiffany has a B.S. and M.S. from Virginia Tech. She works primarily on understanding PFAS dynamics in the North Carolina Costal Plain.
Antonio Elves Barreto da Silva
Visiting Ph.D. Student
Elves is a visiting student from the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture who works on understanding the biogeochemistry of mangrove soils.
Annaleigh Morgan
Undergraduate Student
Annaleigh works on understanding the fate of siderophores in soils.
Erin Mansfield
Undergraduate Student
Erin works on understanding biological uptake of rare earth elements.
Raphael Assumpcao Gealorenco da Silva
Visiting Undergraduate Student
Raphael is a visiting student from the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture who works on understanding the fate of mercury from artisanal gold mining on soils.
Zeba
Mascot
Mainly working from home, Zeba combines Lab skills with a Terrier’s desire to dig soil pits.