Meghan Buckley, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Contact Information
Phone: (715) 346-4180
Fax: (715) 346-3624
E-mail: meghan.buckley@uwsp.edu
Office: CNR 274

Biography

Meghan Buckley started with the Soil and Waste Resources program at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point in 2008, immediately following completion of her doctoral degree.

Dr. Buckley received her Ph.D. from Kansas State University specializing in the management of soil water resources. She also received her M.S degree from Kansas State University while her B.S. degrees in Agronomy and International Agriculture were obtained at Iowa State University. The strong interest in agricultural aspects of soil science come from growing up on a dairy farm in upstate New York.

Professional Affiliations

• Soil Science Society of America
• American Society of Agronomy
• Soil and Water Conservation Society
• Wisconsin Wetlands Association
• North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture
• Wisconsin Crop Production Association

Courses Taught

• NR 251: Introduction to Soil and Water Resources
• NR 373/573: Agronomy
• Soils 461/661: Soil Management
• Soils 465/665: Soil Physics

Research

Previous projects have looked at improving cropland water management including reducing surface runoff, regulating stored water, and modeling water distribution with HYDRUS 1-D and Rosetta. Work at UWSP has been diverse, including a carbon sequestration study on restored wetlands and a study on the effects of application of waste gypsum to agricultural land for the reduction of phosphorus losses in runoff.

Publications

Buckley, M. et. al. 2010. Effect of Tillage on the Hydrology of a claypan Soil in Kansas. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 74(6): 1168-1178.

Thien, S.J., M.E. Buckley, and W.W. McFee. 2008. A Century of Agronomic Education. Agronomy Journal. 100:S89-S102.

Buckley, M. et al. 2006. Combining Management Practices to Reduce Sediment, Nutrients, and Herbicides in Runoff. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 61(5):258-267.

Student Projects

Graduate Advisor:

• Nicholas Besasie. Comparison of Remediated and Native Wetlands. 2009 to date.

Graduate Committee Members:

• Samantha Lawien. Genesis of Lamellae in Sandy Soils of Northern Highland in Wisconsin. 2008 to date.
• Christopher Arnold. Phosphorus Sorption by Hydric Soil after Dairy Manure Loading. 2009 to date.
• Mark Bruenig. Modeling Watershed Scale Phosphorus Transport. 2009 to date.

Personal

I spend my free time reading, gardening, or playing with our dogs, Rubicon and Dayton.