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Soil Scientist with 10+ years of experience in soil health, nutrient cycling, and sustainable agriculture.
Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing
Technical Writing,
General Proofreading & Editing
Research
Scientific and Technical Research,
Systematic Literature Review
Consulting
Scientific and Technical Consulting
Data & AI
Statistical Analysis
Work Experience
Soil Scientist
Climate Sense
January 2024 - Present
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
January 2020 - Present 
Postdoctoral Researcher
South Dakota State University
July 2017 - December 2019
Graduate Research Assistant
Clemson University
January 2015 - December 2016
Language Tutor
Clemson University
January 2013 - May 2014
Education
PhD (Plant and Environmental Sciences)
Clemson University
2012 - 2016
Higher Degree in English (English Language and Literature, General)
Amal Institution
2004 - 2007
Master's Degree (Department of Water and Soil Science )
Omar Al-Mukhtar University
2004 - 2007
Bachelor's Degree (Department of Soil and Water Science)
Omar Al-Mukhtar University
2001 - 2002
Certifications
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Gandura O. Abagandura, Martha Mamo, Walter H. Schacht, Aaron Shropshire, Jerry D. Volesky (2024). Soil carbon and nitrogen after eight years of rotational grazing in the Nebraska Sandhills meadows . Geoderma.
Elnazsadat Hosseiniaghdam, Haishun Yang, Martha Mamo, Michael Kaiser, Walter H. Schacht, Kent M. Eskridge, Gandura O. Abagandura (2023). Effects of litter placement, soil moisture and temperature on soil carbon dioxide emissions in a sandy grassland soil . Grassland Science.
Amanda E. Shine, Martha Mamo, Gandura O. Abagandura, Walter Schacht, Jerry Volesky(2022). Temporal changes in the nutrient content of cattle dung in the Nebraska Sandhills ecosystem . Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 124. (3). p. 407--422. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}
Gandura Abagandura(2022). Soil labile carbon and nitrogen fractions after eleven years of manure and mineral fertilizer applications . Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. p. 1--16. Informa {UK} Limited
Gandura Omar Abagandura and Sangeeta Bansal and Audrey Karsteter and Sandeep Kumar(2022). Soil greenhouse gas emissions, organic carbon and crop yield following pinewood biochar and biochar–manure applications at eroded and depositional landscape positions: A field trial in South Dakota, USA . Soil Use and Management. 38. (1). p. 487--502. Wiley
Gandura Omar Abagandura and Sandeep Kumar(2021). Intercropping kura clover with prairie cordgrass grown on a marginal land enhanced soil carbon and nitrogen fractions . Soil Science Society of America Journal. 85. (5). p. 1755--1767. Wiley
Gandura Omar Abagandura and Dara Park and William C. Bridges and Kristen Brown(2021). Soil surfactants applied with
15
N labeled urea increases bermudagrass uptake of nitrogen and reduces nitrogen leaching# . Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 184. (3). p. 378--387. Wiley
Dwarika Bhattarai and Gandura O. Abagandura and Thandiwe Nleya and Sandeep Kumar(2021). Responses of soil surface greenhouse gas emissions to nitrogen and sulfur fertilizer rates to
Brassica carinata
grown as a bio‐jet fuel . GCB Bioenergy. 13. (4). p. 627--639. Wiley
Patrick M Wagner and Gandura Omar Abagandura and Martha Mamo and Thomas Weissling and Ana Wingeyer and Jeffrey D Bradshaw(2021). Abundance and Diversity of Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) as Affected by Grazing Management in the Nebraska Sandhills Ecosystem . Environmental Entomology. 50. (1). p. 222--231. Oxford University Press ({OUP})
Gandura Omar Abagandura and Dara Park and William C. Bridges(2021). Surfactant and irrigation impacts on soil water content and leachate of soils and greenhouse substrates . Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment. 4. (2). Wiley
Gandura Omar Abagandura and Udayakumar Sekaran and Shikha Singh and Jasdeep Singh and Mostafa A. Ibrahim and Senthil Subramanian and Vance N. Owens and Sandeep Kumar(2020). Intercropping kura clover with prairie cordgrass mitigates soil greenhouse gas fluxes . Scientific Reports. 10. (1). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}
Shad D. Mills and Martha Mamo and Walter H. Schacht and Gandura Omar Abagandura and Humberto Blanco-Canqui(2020). Soil Properties Affected Vegetation Establishment and Persistence on Roadsides . Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. 231. (12). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}
Shad D. Mills and Martha Mamo and Walter H. Schacht and Gandura Omar Abagandura and Humberto Blanco-Canqui(2020). Soil Properties Affected Vegetation Establishment and Persistence on Roadsides . Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. 231. (12). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}
Udayakumar Sekaran and Kavya Laxmisagra Sagar and Luiz Gustavo De Oliveira Denardin and Jasdeep Singh and Navdeep Singh and Gandura Omar Abagandura and Sandeep Kumar and Bhupinder Singh Farmaha and Anthony Bly and Amanda Posselt Martins(2020). Responses of soil biochemical properties and microbial community structure to short and long‐term no‐till systems . European Journal of Soil Science. 71. (6). p. 1018--1033. Wiley
H. Feng and G. O. Abagandura and S. Senturklu and D. G. Landblom and L. Lai and K. Ringwall and S. Kumar(2020). Soil quality indicators as influenced by 5-year diversified and monoculture cropping systems . The Journal of Agricultural Science. 158. (7). p. 594--605. Cambridge University Press ({CUP})
Navdeep Singh and Gandura Omar Abagandura and Sandeep Kumar(2020). Short‐term grazing of cover crops and maize residue impacts on soil greenhouse gas fluxes in two Mollisols . Journal of Environmental Quality. 49. (3). p. 628--639. Wiley
Udayakumar Sekaran and Jesus Raul Loya and Gandura Omar Abagandura and Senthil Subramanian and Vance Owens and Sandeep Kumar(2020). Intercropping of kura clover (Trifolium ambiguum M. Bieb) with prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata link.) enhanced soil biochemical activities and microbial community structure . Applied Soil Ecology. 147. p. 103427. Elsevier {BV}
Gandura Omar Abagandura and Rajesh Chintala and Saroop S. Sandhu and Sandeep Kumar and Thomas E. Schumacher(2019). Effects of Biochar and Manure Applications on Soil Carbon Dioxide, Methane, and Nitrous Oxide Fluxes from Two Different Soils . Journal of Environmental Quality. 48. (6). p. 1664--1674. Wiley
Ning Li and Pardeep Kumar and Liming Lai and Gandura Omar Abagandura and Sandeep Kumar and Thandiwe Nleya and Heidi L. Sieverding and James J. Stone and William Gibbons(2019). Response of Soil Greenhouse Gas Fluxes and Soil Properties to Nitrogen Fertilizer Rates under Camelina and Carinata Nonfood Oilseed Crops . BioEnergy Research. 12. (3). p. 524--535. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}
Gandura Omar Abagandura and Songul {\c{S}}entürklü and Navdeep Singh and Sandeep Kumar and Douglas G. Landblom and Kris Ringwall(2019). Impacts of crop rotational diversity and grazing under integrated crop-livestock system on soil surface greenhouse gas fluxes . PLOS ONE. 14. (5). p. e0217069. Public Library of Science ({PLoS})
Brianna R. Wegner and Kopila Subedi Chalise and Shikha Singh and Liming Lai and Gandura Omar Abagandura and Sandeep Kumar and Shannon L. Osborne and R. Michael Lehman and Sindhu Jagadamma(2018). Response of Soil Surface Greenhouse Gas Fluxes to Crop Residue Removal and Cover Crops under a Corn–Soybean Rotation . Journal of Environmental Quality. 47. (5). p. 1146--1154. Wiley
(2018). Modeling Soil Degradation in Libya. Journal of Natural Sciences Research.
(2017). Influence of tillage practices on soil physical properties and growth and yield of maize in jabal al akhdar, Libya . Open Journal of Soil Science.
(2016). Libyan Agriculture: A Review of Past Efforts, Current Challenges and Future Prospects. Journal of Natural Sciences Research.
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