Michael joined the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Fall 2025 as a Graduate Research Assistant (MSc.) in Dr. Humberto Blanco's lab in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture. Prior to this, he was at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he got his bachelor's in environmental science with a focus on soil science.
At Nebraska, his research focuses on understanding how long-term termination timing influences soil health and crop performance.
His work includes:
- Determine how 12, 13, and 14 years of early and late terminated cover crops affect soil biological properties in rainfed and irrigated no-till systems in eastern Nebraska.
- Assess how cover crop termination timing affects the relationships of soil biological properties with physical and chemical properties.
- Examine how 12, 13, and 14 years of early- and late-terminated cover crops influence cover crop biomass production and corn yield.