Dr. Elena Mikhailova

Assistant Professor of Soil Sciences

Education:
Ph.D. Cornell University, Soil Science - 1999
M.S. Cornell University, Soil Science - 1995
B.S. Colgate University, Geology - 1992

Research interest:
Research Areas Include: 1. Soil Genesis and Classification/Pedology 2. Soil Information Systems 3. Soil Carbon Dynamics 4. Soil Conservation 5. Applications of GIS in Soil Science 6. Statistical Issues in Soil Science 7. Applications of Soil Science to Other Disciplines

Publications:
Mikhailova, E.A., Post, C.J., Koppenheffer, A., and J. Asbill. 2009. Celebrating the Smithsonian Soils Exhibit in the classroom with the State/Representative Soil Project. J. Nat. Resour. Life Sci. Educ. 38:128-132.

Goddard, M.A., Mikhailova, E.A., Post, C.J., Schlautman, M.A., and J.M. Galbraith. 2009. Continental United States atmospheric calcium wet deposition and soil inorganic carbon stocks. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 73:989-994.

Newton, C.H., Nelson, L.R., DeWalt, S.J., Mikhailova, E.A., Post, C.J., Schlautman, M.A., Cox, S.K., Bridges, W.C., and K.C. Hall. 2008. Solarization for the control of Pueraria montana (kudzu). Weed Res. 48:394-397.

Mikhailova, E.A., Post, C.J., and D.G. Bielenberg. 2008. Photosynthetic pathway of steppe vegetation and the stable carbon isotope composition of organic matter in the Russian Chernozem. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 39:641-651.

Professional society activity:
Soil Science Society of America
International Union of Soil Sciences
South Carolina Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society
Association of Women Soil Scientists
National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists, Inc
American Geophysical Union (AGU).
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Honors and awards:
NSF ADVANCE Fellow.
Selected Member of the Scientific Research Society, Sigma Xi
Selected Member of the Honor Society of Agriculture, Gamma Sigma Delta

Courses:
FOR 891: Masters Research
FOR 470: Creative Inquiry Project
CSENV 202: Introductory Soil Science
FOR 493/893: Urban Soils
FNR 499: Natural Resources Seminar
AFLS 191: Directed Research
FNR 204: Soil Information Systems

Websites:
http://gis.clemson.edu/elena/index.htm

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