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-Laboratory Personnel

Group Leader

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Dr. David H. McNear Jr.
Curriculum Vitea

Office:
N-122S Ag. Sci. Center North Bldg 
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
1100 Nicholasville Road 
Lexington, KY 40546 
Phone:  859.257.8627


Laboratory Research Analyst

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Joe Kupper
Purveyor of all things lab

Office:
S-120 Ag Science Center North Bldg.
1100 Nicholasville Road
Lexington, KY 40546
Phone:  859.257.7311



Postdoctoral Scholars


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Sunendra Joshi 
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2016-present
Rhizosphere Biogeochemical Processes

Project: Rhizosphere priming effects on organic phosphorus in managed agroecosystems



Graduate Students 

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Wes Morris
PhD NSF Graduate Research Fellow 2015-present
Integrated Plant and Soil Sciences

Dissertation Project: Investigation of the development and function of the microbial community in the rhizosphere of metal hyperaccumulating plants in response to increasing metal concentrations

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Thomas Muratore 
M.S. Integrated Plant and Soil Sciences  Fall 2017-present   

Thesis Project: Long-term effects of crop rotation on soil quality and plant productivity

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Rebecca McGrail
Ph.D. Integrated Plant and Soil Sciences  Fall 2017- present   
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​Dissertation Project:  Rhizosphere priming effects on legacy organic     phosphorus (Po) in managed agroecosystems
 



Undergraduate Researchers

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Shreeya Shrestha
Undergraduate Research Assistant - 2016-current
Currently pursuing a B.S. in Biology

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Paige Williams 
Undergraduate Research Assistant - 2016-current
Currently pursuing a B.S. in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences



High School Researchers

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Kelly Chen 
Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School
KY Young Researchers Program
Project: Identifying novel antibiotic resistant microorganisms in the rhizosphere of metal hyperacumulating plants grown in serpentine soils 



​Interested in Joining the Rhzolab as an undergraduate researcher?
​ Contact Dr. M @ dave.mcnear@uky.edu 


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