Amanda J. Ashworth Source Confirmed

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Amanda J. Ashworth's research focuses on soil science, with a particular emphasis on soil health indicators, soil hydraulic properties, and the relationship between soil properties and microbial communities. Her recent publications investigate the evaluation of carbon indicators and aggregate stability methods for assessing soil health, the development of carbon-sensitive pedotransfer functions for plant available water, and the use of topographic wetness index as a proxy for soil moisture. Ashworth also studies soil bacterial diversity in silvopastoral systems and links soil microbial community structure to carbon mineralization, particularly in reduced tillage systems. Her work also touches on the composition of insect frass and its potential use as an organic fertilizer in circular economies.

Ashworth is a highly cited researcher with an h-index of 32 and over 200 publications. She has received significant funding, including a $918,053 NSF grant as a Co-PI for research on marine epizoic diatoms. She collaborates with several researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including P. Moore, D. Philipp, Kelsey L.H. Greub, and Helen C. S. Amorim, with whom she has multiple shared publications. Ashworth leads a research group and remains recently active in her field.

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• h-index: 32
• Publications: 212
• Citations: 3,356