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Dr. Monday Mbila Biography

Research

Dr. Mbila’s research interests are in soil organic carbon accumulation and redistribution processes, pedogenesis and soil classification. My research efforts are directed towards investigating the processes by which organic matter originating from various sources reach the soil surface, and how the organic carbon decomposition fate is governed by soil-forming processes in agronomic and forest ecosystems. 

Area of Expertise and/or Research:
Soil Science, pedology, soil mineralogy and environmental quality. 

Education

Ph.D. Soil Science. 2000. Iowa State University, Ames, IA. 

M.S.  Soil Science. 1993. University of Ghent, Belgium. 

Post-Grad Diploma, Remote sensing. 1991. Institute of Aerospace Survey (ITC), The Netherlands. 

B. Sc. (Honors) Agriculture. 1988. University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria. 

Publications

Jaja Ngowari, Monday Mbila, Eton Codling, Teferi Tsegaye, Jamiu Odutola. 2022. Landscape variability of riparian buffers and its impact on soil and water chemistry of an urbanized watershed. Ecological Indicators. 137. 108777. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.108777. 

Brevik EC, H. Dolliver, S. Edinger-Marshall, D. Itkin, J. Johnson-Maynard, G Liles, M. Mbila, C. Moorberg, Y. Sanchez-de Leon, J. Steffan, A. Ulery, K. Vaughan. 2020. Undergraduate degrees that train students for soil science careers at universities in the United States and its territories. Soil Sci. Soc. Am J. 2020;1–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20140. 

Adesodun J., B. Udom, O. Abudu, C. Adejuyigbe, O. Enikuomehin, O. Thanni, F. Olowokere, C. Oyegoke, M. Mbila, and A. Olubode. 2020. Soil organic carbon fractions and aggregation of a tropical Alfisol as affected by plant residues. Nig J. Soil Sci. 30: 92-101. 

Adesodun, J., B. Udom, A. Adekunle, C. Adejuyigbe, M. Atayese, F. Olowokere, M. Mbila, and C. Oyegoke. 2020. Effect of tillage and maize-cowpea intercrop on fractal features of particle and aggregate size distribution on a tropical sandy loam soil in southwest Nigeria. Nig J. Soil Sci. 30:102-110. 

Brevik, E. C., K. L. Vaughan, S. J. Parikh, H. Dolliver, D. Lindbo, J. J. Steffan, D. C. Weindorf, P. McDaniel, M. Mbila, and S. Edinger-Marshall. 2018. Trends in Undergraduate Soil Science Education at Selected Universities in the USA from 2009 to 2013. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 82:295–306. 

Monday Mbila, Sampson Hopkinson, Srinivasa Mentreddy. 2017. Effects of Alabama Soil Types on the Plant Biomass and Elements in Holy Basil. International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Bioresearch 2:414-433. 

Ngowari Jaja, Monday Mbila, Yong Wang. 2017. Trace Metal Distribution and Mobility in Soils after Silvicultural Thinning and Burning. Journal of Agricultural Science. 9: 83-94. 

Monday Mbila, and Jeffrey Homburg. 2016. Mineralogy and Micromorphology of Cultural and Natural Deposits in the Ballona. Archaeological Sites and Chronology: People in a Changing Land: The Archaeology and History of the Ballona in Los Angeles, California, Volume 2. Edited by Benjamin R. Vargas, John G. Douglass, and Seetha N. Reddy. Statistical Research, Inc. Tucson, AR. Technical Series 94: Vol.2, 510 pp.  

Mbila, M. 2014. Soil Minerals, Organisms, and Human Health: Medicinal Uses of Soils and Soil Materials. In Brevik et al (ed) Soils and Human Health. Taylor & Francis. pp 199-214. 

Ngowari Jaja, Mbila, M.O, Codling E.E, Reddy S.R and Reddy, C.K. 2013. Trace Metal Enrichment and Distribution in a Poultry Litter-amended Soil under different Tillage Practices. The Open Agriculture Journal, 7: 88-95. 

Indumathi Kamma, Monday Mbila, Karen E. Steege Gall, and B. Rami Reddy. 2013. Spectroscopic characterization of erbium doped glass ceramic. Optical Materials Express, 3:884-892. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OME.3.000884. 

M. M. Nobles, W. Dillon Jr., and M. Mbila. 2009. Initial Response of Soil Nutrient Pools to Prescribed Burning and Thinning in a Managed Forest Ecosystem of Northern Alabama. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 73: 285 - 292. 

Mbila, M., D. Clendenon, G. Martin, and T. Tsegaye. 2008. Monitoring Wells and Piezometers. In Logsdon et al (eds.) Soil Science: Step by Step Field Analysis. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Book Ser. Madison, WI. ISBN: 978-0-89118-849-0. p251. 

David L. Lindbo, Wendy Greenberg, Laurel Hartely, John Havlin, Thomas E. Loynachan, Monday Mbila, Bianca Mobieus, Emily Stockman, Janis Boettinger, Mary E. Collins, John Omueti, Dennis Osborne, Deborah A.Kozlowski,Chien-Lu Ping, and Ray Weil. 2008 Soils: Get the Inside Scoop. The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA). Madison WI. ISBN: 978-0-89118-848-3. p39 

Pardo, L.H., P. Templer, C.L. Goodale, S. Duke, P. Groffman, M.B. Adams, P. Boeckx, J. Boggs, J. Campbell, J. Compton, B. Emmett, P. Gundersen, J. Kjønaas, G. Lovett, M. Mack, A. Magill, M.J. Mitchell, M. Mbila, G. McGee, S. McNulty, K. Nadelhoffer, B. Colman, S. Ollinger, D. Ross, H. Rueth, L. Rustad, P. Schaberg, S. Schiff, P. Schleppi, J. Spoelstra, and W. Wessel. 2006. Regional Assessment of N saturation using foliar and root δ15N. Biogeochemistry. 80: 143-171. 

McGee, G.G., M.JU. Mitchell, D.J. Leopold, M.Mbila, and D.J. Raynal. 2006. Forest age and composition influence elemental dynamics of Adirondack northern hardwood forests. The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society: Vol. 134, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 2007), pp. 253-268. 

Mbila, M.O., and M.L. Thompson. 2004. Plant-available Zn and Pb in soils at the Mines of Spain, Iowa. J. Environ. Qual. 33:553-558. 

Tazisong, I.A., Senwo, Z.N, Senwo, R.W. Taylor, M.O. Mbila, and Y. Wang. 2004. Concentration and distribution of iron and manganese fractions in Alabama ultisols. Soil Sci. 169:489-496. 

Mitchell M.J., C.T. Driscoll, S. Inamder, G.G. McGee, M.O. Mbila, D.J. Raynal. 2003. Nitrogen biogeochemistry in the Adirondack Mountains of New York: Hardwood ecosystems and associated surface waters. Environ. Pollut. 123:355-364. 

Mbila, M.O., M.L. Thompson, J.S.C. Mbagwu, and D. Laird. 2003. Changes in morphological and chemical properties of a Nigerian ultisol amended with sewage sludge. Soil