Rate My Professor Sindhu Jagadamma

Jagadamma's research integrates fundamental and applied soil science, with specializations in soil health, soil biogeochemistry, and soil-plant-microbial interactions within agroecosystems. Her applied research examines how conservation agriculture practices—such as crop rotation, multi-species cover cropping, no-tillage, biochar amendments, organic farming, nitrogen efficiency products, and integration of native warm-season grasses—affect soil health, crop yields, and ecosystem services including water quality, air quality, and erosion control in row-crop and pasture systems. Through collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, her fundamental research investigates responses of ecosystem carbon and nutrient cycles to environmental changes using stable isotope techniques and advanced instrumentation in lab- and field-scale experiments. She has mentored four PhD graduates, seven MS graduates, postdoctoral researchers, and undergraduate interns, many of whom have received awards and published first-author papers. Her prolific publication record includes recent peer-reviewed articles such as 'Simultaneous diversification of cover and cash crops: Short-term agronomic and soil health outcomes' (Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2026), 'Biophysical and management drivers of soil organic carbon accumulation in operational farms across Tennessee, USA' (Soil and Tillage Research, 2026), and 'Microbial communities and their association with soil health indicators under row cash crop and cover crop diversification' (Frontiers in Microbiology, 2025).