The School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR) Seminar Series welcomes Jim Ippolito, professor, Rattan Lal Endowed Professor of Soil Health and Soil Fertility who will present "Attempting to Solve the Soil – Water – Phosphorus Puzzle"
The transport of excess nutrients is a leading cause of waterway impairment in the U.S. Soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) is of particular interest because phosphorus is often the limiting nutrient for primary production in freshwater systems. This seminar will explore SRP transport in freshwater systems, its connection to soil chemical reactions that influence phosphorus dynamics, and strategies for reducing SRP using innovative approaches. Case studies from Dr. Ippolito's work with the USDA-Agricultural Research Service will be presented.
About the Speaker
Dr. Jim Ippolito is a professor of environmental soil health. His 30+ year career has focused on improving environmental soil fertility/chemistry/microbiology/soil health within agricultural, shortgrass steppe, grazed, burned, and metal-contaminated mined-land ecosystems. His research program connects the intimate linkages between soil macro- and micro-nutrients, trace and heavy metals, microbiological activity, and soil physical attributes, and how these factors combine to influence ecosystem sustainability, resiliency, food, climate and environmental security
