Max C. Fleischmann College of Agriculture Building

Paul Verburg Associate Professor, Soil Science Emailpverburg@unr.edu Office(775) 784-4019 Max C. Fleischmann College of Agriculture Building Nevada food industry millionaire and philanthropist Max C. Fleischmann made many gifts of land, scholarships and endowments to the University. The Fleischmann Foundation provided funds for the construction of the College of Agriculture building in 1957 and its Life Sciences wing in 1961-63. The building now houses the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources as well as the university's Department of Biology. 031 FA 39.53769455521393 -119.81207996606827 false /global/images/around-campus/fleischmannagbuilding.jpg 129a 186 /main/images/colleges-schools/cabnr/nres/profile/verberg-paul-2015.jpg

I am a broadly trained soil scientist with an interest in applying fundamental knowledge about soils to assess effects of natural and anthropogenic perturbations such as climate change, acid rain and land management on terrestrial ecosystems. I have worked in a variety of ecosystems including boreal forest, tallgrass prairie, Mojave deserts, and Sierra Nevada forests.  In my research I use a combination of field, laboratory and modeling approaches to obtain a better mechanistic understanding of how soils and ecosystems function and respond to external stressors.

M.S. Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands, 1992 Ph.D. Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands, 1998