Fabián Fernández

Education

Ph.D., Purdue University, Agronomy, 2006
M.S., Brigham Young University, Agronomy, 2002
B.S., Brigham Young University, Horticulture, 2000     

Research Interests

• Soil nutrient bioavailability and cycling.
• Evaluation of conventional and alternative management practices that render greater fertilizer use efficiency.
• Root-soil interrelationships and nutrient uptake for predominant Illinois crops.
• Effect of soil water stress and other environmental stresses on nutrient uptake, crop development, and yield.

Membership in Professional Societies

Soil Science Society of America
American Society of Agronomy

Publications

Fernández, F.G., K.D. Johnson, R.E. Terry, S. Nelson, and D. Webster. 2005. Soil resources of the ancient Maya at Piedras Negras, Guatemala. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 69: 2020-2032.

Terry, R.E., F.G. Fernández, J.J. Parnell, and T. Inomata. 2004. The story in the floors: Chemical signatures of ancient and modern Maya activities at Aguateca, Guatemala. J. Archaeological Sci. 31:1237-1250.

Fernández, F.G., R.E. Terry, T. Inomata, and M. Eberl. 2002. An ethnoarchaeological study of chemical residues in the floors and soil of Q’eqchi’ Maya houses at Las Pozas, Guatemala. Geoarchaeology: An Int. J. 17: 487-519.

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