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Thomas Loynachan

1126H Agronomy
Ames, Iowa 50010

(515) 294-3064

teloynac@iastate.edu
Agronomy Department

Specialty: Soil Microbiology

 

Narrative: I primarily teach undergraduate students in soil fertility and soil microbial ecology courses, but I also teach graduate-level soil microbiology and biochemistry and distance-education soil-plant environment. My research is in soil/plant/microbe/environment inactions, primarily working with soybean and rhizobia/mycorrhizae. I serve the Agronomy department as Associate Chair, working both with undergraduate and graduate teaching programs.

 

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

 

 

 

More about Dr. Loynachan

 

 
Dr. Loynachan worked at the University of Alaska from 1975 to 1978 doing research on oil-spill remediation.