Position Title
Assistant Professor
Sangeeta is a Postdoc Research Associate focusing on soil health and sustainability of irrigated agriculture in the Southwestern United States. Her research interests include soil health, biogeochemical cycling, microbial ecology, and sustainable management of productive agriculture in the face of climate change. Prior to joining UC Davis, she worked as a Postdoc Researcher at South Dakota State University assessing soil physicochemical and microbial properties as influenced by integrated crop-livestock systems and native pastures, as well as the economic performance of cropping systems with cover crops in South Dakota. She has experience with research on microbiome-dependent early-season chilling tolerance in sorghum accessions. She completed her Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, examining soil organic carbon and nitrogen turnover, carbon footprint, and greenhouse gas emissions following long-term integrated bio-cover, crop rotation, and conservation tillage ecosystems in Mid and West Tennessee. Her research training includes a master’s in Plant Sciences from California State University, Fresno, and a bachelor’s in Agriculture from Punjab Agricultural University, India.