Expertise

Expertise:

  • Soil Microbiology

Rice specializes in soil microbiology, carbon cycling, and climate change.

More specifically, my research focuses on soil quality/microbiology, climate change, and the relationship between the two.

Dr. Rice’s research focuses on the relationships between soil quality and soil microbiology.

Chuck Rice, university distinguished professor of soil microbiology at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas, has conducted long-term research on soil organic dynamics, nitrogen transformations and microbial ecology, most recently focusing on soil and global climate change, including carbon and nitrogen emissions in agricultural and grassland ecosystems, and soil carbon sequestration and its potential benefits to the ecosystem.

Skills and Expertise

  • Biogeochemistry
  • Sustainable Agriculture
  • Soil Analysis
  • Environment
  • Carbon Sequestration
  • Nutrient Cycling
  • Soil
  • Fertilizers
  • Agronomy
  • Soil Science

Research:

  • Bioenergy
  • Soil Health
  • Soil Microbiology
Communities
Agronomy, Geography
Degrees
PhD, University of Kentucky, Soil Microbiology, 1983
MS, University of Kentucky, Soil Science, 1980
BS, Nothern Illinois University, Geography, Natural Environmental Systems, 1977