Allen Hall

Nsalambi Nkongolo, Ph.D.

 
Principle Investigator, Cooperative Research Programs

Associate Professor, Department of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences
 
Manager, Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Sciences
 
 
Lincoln University
Room 307 Founders Hall
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Tel. (573) 681-5397
Fax (573) 681-5548

 

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Soil Physics, 1996. Laval University, Quebec, CANADA 
 
Current Research Projects
  • SOIL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONS IN AGRICULTURAL FIELDS, PASTURE AND FORESTS IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  • SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF TOTAL C, TOTAL N, pH, ROCK CONTENT, BULK DENSITY, SOIL DEPTH AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO ABOVE GROUND VEGETATION C STOCKS, AND SPECIES COMPOSITION IN HARVARD FOREST, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, MASSACHUSETTS
  • SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF SOIL PROPERTIES AND PLANT GROWTH AT OKAPI FAUNAL RESERVE, ITURI FOREST, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
  • US-NIGERIA HYDROLOGIC STUDY AT LAKE CHAD, NIGERIA

TEACHING
  • ENV 312   Environmental Methods, Sampling and Data Analysis
  • GIS 308    Computer Assisted Cartography 
  • GIS 316    Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems
  • GIS 416   Geographic Information Systems 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Nkongolo, N.V., K. Kuramochi and R. Hatano. (2009). Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from a Japanese
    lowland soil cropped to onion: I. Spatial and temporal variability of fluxes.
    Int. J. Agr. Res. 4(1): 17-28. Doi: 10.3923/ijar.2009.17.28
Nkongolo, N.V., K. Kuramochi and R. Hatano. (2009). Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from a Japanese
    lowland soil cropped to onion: III. Relationship with soil physical properties.
    Int. J. Agr. Res. 4(1): 1-16. Doi: 10.3923/ijar.2009.1.16
Nkongolo, N.V., K. Kuramochi and R. Hatano. (2008). Effect of mechanized tillage operations on soil
    physical properties and greenhouse gases fluxes in two agricultural fields.
    Res. J. Environ. Sci., 2(2): 68-80. Doi: 10.3923/rjes.2008.68.80
Nkongolo, N.V., K. Kuramochi and R. Hatano. (2008). Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from a Japanese
    lowland soil cropped to onion: II. Relationship with soil chemical properties. Int. J. Agr. Res., 3(6):
    371-385. Doi: 10.3923/ijar.2008.371.385
Nkongolo, N.V., K. Schmidt, R.M. Paro, N.O. Hoilett, S. J. Adisa and S.S. Johnson. (2008). Improved
    quantification of CO2, CH4, and N2O fluxes from soil in agricultural fields in central Missouri.
    JEMREST, 5(1):119-132.Doi: 10.4029/2008jemrest5no117
Adisa, S.J., N.V. Nkongolo, N.O. Hoilett, K. Schmidt, R.M. Paro and S.S. Johnson. (2008). Soil total
    carbon and nitrogen concentrations of surface and sub-surface soils in corn and soybean fields in
    central Missouri: Impact on fluxes of greenhouse gases. JEMREST, 5(1):50-59.
Hoilett, N.O., N.V. Nkongolo, R.J. Kremer, R.M. Paro, K. Schmidt, S.S. Johnson and S.J. Adisa. (2008).
    Understanding the relationships between microbial biomass, enzyme and greenhouse gas efflux in a
    secondary forest in Missouri. JEMREST, 5(1):109-118. Doi:10.4029/2008jemrest5no118
Paro, R.M., N.V. Nkongolo, S.S. Johnson, K. Schmidt, N.O. Hoilett and S.J. Adisa. (2008). Soil thermal
    properties as potential controlling factors for CO2, N2O and CH4 emissions from a secondary forest
    in central Missouri. JEMREST, 5(1):156-165.  Doi: 10.4029/2008jemrest5no120
Nkongolo, N.V., M. Yamada and I. Nakagawa. (2007). Spatial variability selected soil physical
    properties and root growth of sweet corn. JEMREST 3:276-285. Doi: 10.4029/2007jemrest3no127
Nkongolo, N.V., M. Yamada and A. Yamasaki. (2007). Effect of animal manure on the physical
    properties of a volcanic ash soil and cabbage growth response. JEMREST 3(1): 304-313.
Nkongolo, N.V., F. Gauthier and J. Caron. (2007). Effects of fresh and composted organic wastes on
    media physical properties and growth of three ornamental species. Int. J. Soil Sci., 2 (4) 235-246.
Robert, P., N.V. Nkongolo, S. Johnson and F. Eivazi. (2007). Spatial variability of CO2, CH4 and N2O
    fluxes and soil thermal properties of a secondary forest soil in Central Missouri.
    JEMREST 3(1):42-52. Doi:  10.4029/2007jemrest3no123
Johnson, S., N.V. Nkongolo, R. Paro and F. Eivazi. (2007). Spatial variability of soil thermal properties
    and CO2, CH4 and N2O emissions from a pasture in central Missouri. JEMREST 3(1):314-0322.
Nkongolo, N.V., M. Yamada and A. Yamasaki. (2007). Response of cabbage to depth of transplanting,
    soil amendment and water stress on a Japanese volcanic ash soil. Afr. J. Agric. Res., 2 (5):
Nkongolo, N.V. and J. Caron. (2006). Pore space organization and plant response in peat substrates.
    I. Prinus x Cistena. Sci. Res. Essays, 1 (3):77-89.
Nkongolo, N.V. and J. Caron. (2006). Pore space organization and plant response in peat substrates.
    II. Dendradethum Ramat. Sci. Res. Essays, 1(3): 93-102.
 
 
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
Nkongolo, N.V., M. Yamada and A. Yamasaki. (2007). Response of cabbage to depth of transplanting,
    soil amendment and water stress on a Japanese volcanic ash soil. In "Dryland crop production -
    Technology Breakthroughs and Study Cases," Hui-lian Xu (ed.), Research Signpost
 
Nkongolo, N.V., J. Caron., F. Gauthier and M. Yamada (2000). Organic Wastes for Improving Soil 
    Physical Conditions and Enhancing Plant Growth in Container Substrates. In "Nature Farming and
    Microbial Applications",  Hui-lian Xu, James F. Parr, and Hiroshi Umemura (ed.), The Haworth Press,
    2000,pp 97-113. Doi: 10.1300/J144v03n01_09