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DEPARTMENT OF TROPICAL PLANT & SOIL SCIENCES

Contact Information University of Hawaii at Manoa Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences 3190 Maile Way, St. John 102 Honolulu, HI 96822 Office: Sherman Lab 218/215 Telephone: (808) 956-7247 Fax: (808) 956-3894 email: nvhue@hawaii.edu

Educational Background

• B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Saigon, Vietnam.
• M.S. Soil Fertility, Auburn University, AL.
• Ph.D. Soil Chemistry, Auburn University, AL.

Research Interests

• Soil chemistry with particular interest in organic matter management (e.g., composting, agricultural use of sewage sludge), and in monitoring of environmental pollution.
• Soil acidity, Aluminum and manganese chemistries, organic soil amendments and plant nutrition with focus on nutritional requirements of tree crops, especially coffee, or its processing waste water guava, and macadamia.
• Organic Farming.and Environmental Remediation, especially arsenic chemistry.

Current Projects

• Chemistry and Bioavailability of Waste Constituents in Hawaii Soils
• Impacts of soil acidity and nematodes on coffee growth
• Phytoremediation of marine dredged materials and Arsenic-contaminated soils in Hawaii.

Courses

• TPSS 435 (formerly Soil 430) - Environmental Soil Chemistry
• TPSS 640 - Advanced Soil Chemistry

Selected Publications (recent years)

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