Rebecca Young

Rebecca Young

Assistant Professor of Practice

Area of Expertise: Soil and Water Sciences

B.S., Geography, University of Wisconsin – Platteville, 2009

M.S., Natural Resource Science, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, 2011

Ph.D., Natural Resource Science (specialization in Soil Science), University of Nebraska – Lincoln, 2015

Area of Focus

Soil Science

Research/Teaching Interests

  • Teaching methods
  • Developing learning tools
  • Soils and geomorphology, landscape changes

Honors and Awards

The Charles E. Bessey Award for Natural Science, Great Plains Research, 2013

Holling Family Early Achievement Faculty Award, University of Nebraska–Lincoln CASNR, 2022