Thomas Loynachan

Soil Microbiology

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~teloynac

I teach undergraduate Soil and Plant Growth (Agron 354) and Environmental Soil Microbiology (Agron 485). I teach graduate Environmental Soil Microbiology (Agron 585) and distance-education Soil-Plant Environment (Agron 512). My research is in soil/plant/microbe/environment inactions, primarily working with soybean and rhizobia/mycorrhizae. I serve the department as Director of Graduate Education.

Education:

B.S. (Farm Operations/ Ag Education), 1968 , Iowa State University
M.S. (Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry), 1972 , Iowa State University
Ph.D. (Soil Microbiology), 1975 , North Carolina State University