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Dr. Mikhailova

 

Dr. Elena Mikhailova
Assistant Professor of Soil Science
Department of Forestry & Natural Resources

Phone: 864-656-3535
Fax: 864-656-3304
Email: eleanam@clemson.edu

Personal Web Page: http://www.gis.clemson.edu/elena/index.htm

 

 


Academic Education Background

Degrees

Institutions

Major fields of study

Dates of degrees

Ph.D.

Cornell University

Soil Science

1999

M.S.

Cornell University

Soil Science

1995

B.S

Colgate University

Geology

1992


Research Areas
  • Soil Genesis and Classification/Pedology
  • Soil Information Systems
  • Soil Carbon Dynamics
  • Soil Conservation
  • Applications of GIS in Soil Science
  • Statistical Issues in Soil Science
  • Applications of Soil Science to Other Disciplines
Selected Publications
  1. Goddard, M.A., Mikhailova, E.A., Post, C.J., and M.A. Schlautman.2007. Atmospheric Mg2+ wet deposition within the continental U.S. in relation to soil inorganic carbon sequestration. Tellus 59B(1):50-56.
  2. Post, C.J., Mikhailova, E.A., and C.McWhorter. 2007. Introductory Soil Science exercises using USDA Web Soil Survey. J. Nat. Resour. Life Sci. Educ. 36:19-23.
  3. Keydoszius, J.R., S.K. Cox, M.B. Haque, E.A. Mikhailova, C.J. Post, W.C. Stringer and M.A. Schlautman. 2007. Historical land use and soil analysis guiding corridor landscape design. Urban Ecosyst. 10:53-72.
  4. Mikhailova, E.A., C.J. Post, K. Magrini-Bair, and J.W. Castle. 2006. Pedogenic carbonate concretions in the Russian Chernozem. Soil Sci. 171(2):981-991.
  5. Mikhailova, E.A., and C.J. Post. 2006. Stable carbon and oxygen isotopes of soil carbonates at depth in the Russian Chernozem under different land use. Soil Sci. 171(4):334-340.
  6. Post, C.J., Goddard, M.A.,Mikhailova, E.A., and S.T. Hall. 2006. Advanced GIS exercise: Predicting rainfall erosivity index using regression analysis. J. Nat. Resour. Life Sci. Educ. 35:113-117.
  7. Mikhailova, E.A., and C.J. Post. 2006. Effects of land use on soil inorganic carbon stocks in the Russian Chernozem. JEQ 35(4):1384-1388.
  8. Mikhailova, E.A., and C.J. Post. 2006. Organic carbon stocks in the Russian Chernozem. European J. of Soil Sci. 57:330-336.
Selected Presentations
  • "Soil carbon dynamics in Mollisols", Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, September 28, 2006.
Courses Taught
  • 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
Noteworthy Achievements
  • NSF ADVANCE Fellow.
  • Selected Member of the Scientific Research Society, Sigma Xi
  • Selected Member of the Honor Society of Agriculture, Gamma Sigma Delta
Professional Affiliations
  • Soil Science Society of America
  • International Union of Soil Sciences
  • Soil and Water Conservation Society
  • 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).

 

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