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Ganga M. Hettiarachchi (she/her/hers)

Professor
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

Dr. Ganga Hettiarachchi is one of the world’s leading scientists in the fields of trace metal and nutrient chemistry in soils. Her research at K-State focuses on understanding the chemistry of both nutrient and contaminant elements in soils, to develop solutions to agricultural or environmental problems. For example one of her current projects, goal is to find ways to remediate underutilized, mildly contaminated soils (often called “brownfields”) into soils suitable for productive use, such as community gardens. Another project focuses on understanding the reaction products of fertilizers in soils to find ways to increase fertilizer use efficiency. Dr. Hettiarachchi obtained her B.S. degree at the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka, M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in soil chemistry at Kansas State University. After working in research positions at the US Environmental Protection Agency and Australia, and in a faculty position in Sri Lanka, she joined the Agronomy faculty at K-State in 2008.

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