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.

Hannah Peel
Ph.D. Student
Hannah has a B.S. from Elon University and M.S. from the University of Indiana. She works on As, V, and Cr in groundwater with the UNC SRP project.

Anna Evers
Ph.D. Student (co-advised by Oliver Baars)
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 (co-advised by Oliver Baars)
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 .

Lauren Putney
Undergraduate Student
Lauren is studying Chemical Engineering and works on understanding the fate of siderophores in soils.

Zeba
Mascot
Mainly working from home, Zeba combines Lab skills with a Terrier’s desire to dig soil pits.