Katerina Dontsova

Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

I am a soil scientist with interest in interactions between physical, chemical, and biological processes that take place in the soils. My primary focus is in soil chemistry, including dissolution, precipitation, and sorption reactions in the soils with both basic science applications including critical zone processes, mineral-organic interactions and applied research looking at fate and transport of organic contaminants and nano-particles in soils that is relevant to environmental quality.

Degree(s)

  • PhD, Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2002
  • MS, Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 1998
  • Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, National Agricultural University, Kyiv, Ukraine, 1995