The Department of Soil and Water Sciences
Prof. Yona Chen
LAB FACILITIES
Prof. Chen's group conducts research in two well-equipped laboratories: one for soil organic matter chemistry and the second for soil microbiology and biochemistry. We are also able to use all the equipment in the Otto Warburg Center for Agricultural Biotechnology and the Interdepartmental Equipment Unit, both located next to our laboratories. Some specific instruments are: UV, VIS, DRIFT-FTIR and fluorescence spectrophotometers; inductively coupled and mass-spectrometry plasma atomic emission spectrophotometer (ICP-AES and ICPMS); CHNSO analyzer; DOC analyzer, anion analyzer; GC, HPLP and GC/MC; growth chambers and controlled greenhouses; composting apparatus of various sizes.