Mary Collins
Professor Emeritus, Environmental Pedology
2007 Distinguished Alumna, SUNY Cobleskill
Program Areas
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Teaching
- SOS 3022 - Introduction to Soil and the Environment
- SOS 6717C - Soil Genesis and Classification
- Soils for Professional Short CourseCourse 1
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Research
Departmental Research Areas:
- Soil Quality/Ecosystem Services
- Soil/Landscape Analysis
- Wetlands and Aquatic Systems
Research focus:
Research emphasis is on environmental pedology investigating the relationship of soils to landscape, vegetation, and hydrology as well as interpretation of land use; exploring near coast subaqueous soils; modeling of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) data to analysis subsurface variability; and detecting pedological-human interactions to study the genesis of soils.
Recent studies include: Research focus text.- Heavy Metal Contamination of Soils in an Ecologically Enhanced Urban Storm Water Retention Basin.
- Observations and Characterization of Subaqueous Soils and Sea Grasses in a Recently Constructed Habitat in the Indian River Lagoon Florida
- Comparison of Archaeological Sites and Gravesites with Ground-Penetrating Radar and Soil Analyses
- Biogeochemical Significance of Channel Substrate in Florida Coastal Spring-fed Rivers
