-Laboratory Personnel

Group Leader

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Dr. David H. McNear Jr.


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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Angelica Jaconi 
Co-advised with Dr. Hanna Poffenbarger
Project: FTIR-based predictive modeling of plant and soil composition 

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

Graduate Students 

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Brian Rinehart 
PhD Candidate
Co-advised with Dr. Hanna Poffenbarger 
Project: Quantifying plant root carbon contributions to soil organic matter formation and stabilization 

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

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Travis Banet
PhD Candidate
Co-advised with Dr. Hanna Poffenbarger 
Project: Quantifying plant root carbon contributions to soil organic matter formation and stabilization. 

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



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