Than Dam

Educational Background

Ph.D Soil Science
University of Wyoming 2023

M.S Environmental Sciences
Vietnam National University 2017

B.S. Environmental Sciences
Vietnam National University 2014

Research Interests

Than Dam is a Climate-smart Postdoctoral Fellow at the Plant and Environmental Sciences Department, at Clemson University. Her research is centered on soil biogeochemical cycles, influenced by various environmental factors, to gain a better understanding of chemical processes occurring in soils. She employs a combination of traditional chemical methods and advanced techniques such as X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to study soil biogeochemistry and nutrient availability. Her current research focuses on assessing the implications of different climate-smart agricultural practices and their impacts on soil health and greenhouse gas emissions to develop more sustainable and resilient agricultural solutions.

Publications

Dam, T., Angert, A., Krom, M.D., Bigio, L., Hu, Y., Beyer, K.A., Mayol-Bracero, O.L., Santos-Figueroa, G., Pio, C. and Zhu, M. (2021) X-ray Spectroscopic Quantification of Phosphorus Transformation in Saharan Dust during Trans-Atlantic Dust Transport. Environ. Sci. Technol. 55, 12694-12703.

Nguyen, M.N., Dam, T., Nguyen, A.T.Q., Nguyen, A.M., Nguyen, L.N., Duong, L.T., Dang, Q.T. and Tran, T.T. (2021) Arsenic in rice straw phytoliths: Encapsulation and release properties. Appl. Geochem. 127, 104907.

Gu, C., Dam, T., Hart, S.C., Turner, B.L., Chadwick, O.A., Berhe, A.A., Hu, Y. and Zhu, M. (2020) Quantifying Uncertainties in Sequential Chemical Extraction of Soil Phosphorus Using XANES Spectroscopy. Environ. Sci. Technol. 54, 2257-2267.

Dam, T., Hoang, N.T., Nguyen, A.T.N., Nguyen, H.X., Nguyen, P.M., Nguyen, K.M. and Nguyen, M.N. (2019) Colloidal Dynamics of Freshly Formed Iron Oxides under the Influence of Silicic Acid. J. Environ. Qual. 48, 670-676.
Nguyen, M.N., Dultz, S., Meharg, A., Pham, Q.V., Hoang, A.N., Dam, T., Nguyen, V.T., Nguyen, K.M., Nguyen, H.X. and Nguyen, N.T. (2019) Phytolith content in Vietnamese paddy soils in relation to soil properties. Geoderma 333, 200-213.

Nguyen, M.N., Dultz, S., Picardal, F., Bui, A.T.K., Pham, Q.V., Dam, T., Nguyen, C.X., Nguyen, N.T. and Bui, H.T. (2016) Simulation of silicon leaching from flooded rice paddy soils in the Red River Delta, Vietnam. Chemosphere 145, 450-456.

Nguyen, M.N., Picardal, F., Dultz, S., Dam, T., Nguyen, A.V. and Nguyen, K.M. (2017a) Silicic acid as a dispersibility enhancer in a Fe-oxide-rich kaolinitic soil clay. Geoderma 286, 8-14.

Nguyen, M.N., Picardal, F., Dultz, S., Nguyen-Thanh, L., Dam, T. and Nguyen, K.M. (2017b) Effect of silicic acid on the aggregation properties of goethite. Eur. J. Soil Sci. 68, 650-657.

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