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Maryam  Foroughi    POST DOC /ARSUserFiles/80420510/images/people/Maryam_web.jpg
**Maryam Foroughi, Ph.D.*******Postdoctoral Research Associate*****USDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory****Bldg. 007, Rm. 104, BARC-West****Beltsville, MD 20705-2350 USA****Voice: (301) 504-7490****Fax: (301) 504-8931****Maryam.Foroughi@usda.gov**
**Research Interests:**
Soil nutrient cycling in agriculture and forest land.
Impact of nonpoint source pollution and land management on stream quantity and quality for agricultural sustainability and environmental conservation.
Evaluation of conservation methods at field, landscape, and watershed scales.
Efficiency assessment of cover crops in maintaining soil nutrient levels and preserving water quality.
Quantification of changes in soil phosphorus distribution under different land use histories.**Education:**
2019 Ph.D. (Soil and Water in Forestry) Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
2009 M.S. (Soil science) Department of Soil Science, Khorasgan University, Isfahan, Iran.
2007 BS (Soil science), Department of Soil Science, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran.**Professional Experience:**
2023 - Present: Postdoctoral fellow, Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD.
2020 - 2022: Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
2015 - 2019: Research assistant, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.**Honors/Awards:**
Poster award in Soil Science Society of Georgia meeting 2018.
SAVI award 2017 to participate in “Environmental Monitoring Techniques in the Critical Zone Observatory “Mezquital Valley” hosted by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
Travel award 2016 from NSF to participate in a 3-day workshop entitled “phosphorus cycling in terrestrial ecosystems” in Townsend, TN.
Young Researcher award 2010-2014 from Academic achievement award supported by young researcher’s club, Isfahan, Iran.**Publication Databases:******
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ResearchGate**Selected Publications:******
Foroughi, M., Sutter, L. A., Richter, D., & Markewitz, D. (2022). Hillslope position and land-use history influence P distribution in the critical zone. In Biogeochemistry of the Critical Zone (pp. 171-202). Springer, Cham.
Foroughi, M., Mallard,JM., Nelson, DR., Sutter, LA., and Markewitz, D. (2021). The impacts of historical land-use on phosphorus movement in the Calhoun Critical Zone Observatory in the southeastern US Piedmont. Biogeochemistry, doi:10.1007/s10533-021-00794-8, 17-35.
Rasmussen, T. C., Foroughi, M., and Markewitz, D. (2021). Carbon and Nutrient Fluxes within Southeastern Piedmont Critical Zones. Hydrogeology, Chemical Weathering and Soil Formation, Geophysical Monograph 257, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC, 217-222.
Qi, J., Markewitz, D., Foroughi, M., Jokela, E., Strahm, B., and Vogel, J. (2018). Drying-Wetting Cycles: Effect on Deep Soil Carbon. Soils, 2(1), 3.
Foroughi, M., Najafi, P., Toghiani, S., and Honarjoo, N. (2014). Using Ceratophyllumdemersum for Treatment of Saline Municipal Wastewater. Journal of Residuals Science &Technology, 11(2).
Foroughi, M., Najafi, P., Toghiani, S., Toghiani, A., and Honarjoo, N. (2013). Nitrogen Removals by Ceratophyllum demersum from Wastewater. Journal of Residuals Science & Technology, 10(2).
Foroughi, M. and Toghiani, S. (2012). Phosphorus removal from aquaculture wastewater by Ceratopyllum demersum". African Journal of Biotechnology, 11(7).
Foroughi, M. (2011). Investigation of the influence of Ceratophyllum demersum to refine diluted compost latex. Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 15(2).
Foroughi, M. (2011). Role of Ceratophyllum demersum in recycling macro elements from wastewater. Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 15(2).
Foroughi, M., Najafi, P., and Toghiani, S. (2011). Trace elements removal from waster water by Ceratophyllum demersum. Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 15(1).
Foroughi, M., Najafi, P., Toghiani, A., and Honarjoo, N. (2010). Analysis of pollution removal from wastewater by Ceratophyllum demersum. African Journal Biotechnology, 9(14), 2125-2128.


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