Professor
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas
Dr. Ganga Hettiarachchi is a Professor of Soil and Environmental Chemistry at Kansas State University, U.S.A. Dr. Hettiarachchi has been involved in a multitude of research projects within the field of soil chemistry. Primarily, her interests have focused on better understanding the mechanisms and interactions involved in soil chemical processes, promoting sustainable and safe crop production, or protecting human health. Her current research studies focus on reducing bioavailability of legacy and emerging soil contaminants for human health risk reduction and safe agriculture production, the reuse potential of recovered nutrients from waste and wastewater, strategies to minimize nutrient losses, and environmental sustainability of urban and peri-urban food systems. She is a fellow of both the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) and the American Society of Agronomy. She was also the 2021 recipient of the Jackson Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy Award by SSSA.
Reducing Residential Soil Lead Bioaccessibility for Minimizing Childhood Lead Poisoning
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM