Christopher Shepard

Christopher Shepard

Portrait of Christopher Shepard

Christopher Shepard

Assistant Professor

Faculty
N-122U Ag. Science Building North 1100 Nicholasville Road Lexington, KY 40546-0091

Last Revised: Sep 26th, 2024

Professional Biography

2018-Present, Assistant Professor, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky

2014-2018, Graduate Associate in Environmental Pedology Laboratory, Dept. of Soil, Water
and Environmental Science, the University of Arizona

2012-2014, Graduate Assistant in Environmental Pedology Laboratory, Dept. of Soil, Water
and Environmental Science, University of Arizona

 

Publications

Shepard C, Pelletier JD, Rasmussen C. Past climate change constraint on soil formation and survival. (In prep for Quaternary Research.)

Shepard C, Schaap M, Chorover J, Rasmussen C. Predicting the three-dimensional soil chemical structure of a small forested catchment of the Santa Catalina-Jemez River Basin Critical Zone Observatory. (In prep for SSSAJ.)

Fairbanks D, Shepard C, Murphy M, Rasmussen C, Chorover J, Rich V, Gallery R. Topographic controls on soil microbial enzyme activity:  applying digital soil mapping tools following wildfire disturbance in a sub-alpine catchment. (In prep for Soil Biology and
Biochemistry.)

 

Honors

2016-2018 - NASA/UA Graduate Space Grant Fellow, University of Arizona

2016 - 2nd Place Graduate Student Paper, Mineralogy Division, Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ

2015 - 1st Place Graduate Student Paper, Pedology Division, Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN

2014-2015 - University Fellow, University of Arizona

2014-2015 - College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Graduate Fellowship, University of Arizona

2013 - College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Master’s Level Meritorious Graduate Teaching Award, University of Arizona

Education

Ph.D., Soil, Water and Environmental Science, University of Arizona, 2018
Comments: Advisor: Craig Rasmussen, Dissertation: Understanding soil formation and survival in Southeastern Arizona
M.S., Soil, Water and Environmental Science, University of Arizona, 2014
Comments: Advisor: Craig Rasmussen, Thesis: Soil modulation of ecosystem response to climate forcing and change across the US Desert Southwest
B.S., Environmental Science, University of Virginia, 2011
Jackson River Governor’s School for Math, Science and Technology, Dabney S. Lancaster Community College, 2007

Contact Information

Rebecca McCulley, Ph.D.
Department Chair

105 Plant Sciences Building Lexington, KY 40546-0312

(859) 257-5020