Directory Profile

Research Interests

• C dynamics (loss and sequestration) in agricultural soil
• Environmental Science
• Global environmental change
• New and novel methodologies for monitoring soil gas exchange
• NH3 and greenhouse gas exchange in agronomic systems (news release)
• Phytoremediation of polluted soils and sediments (insight interview)
• Radial Oxygen loss in plants
• Response of crop and soil systems to elevated atmospheric CO2
• Root function and microbial activity in the edaphic environment
• Soil management practices to improve soil quality and productivity
• Soil science
• Soil-plant-atmosphere interactions
• The utilization of animal waste in crop production

Awards, Distinctions, and Honors

• 2020 Distinguished Faculty Service Award
• 2017 Distinguished Scholar Award
• 2011 Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty Award
• Glenn Allan Paur Scholarship, 1999-00
• Gamma Sigma Delta (Honor Society), 2003
• Frederick N. Andrews Fellowship, 2001-03
• Edith Larson Outstanding Undergraduate Biology Student, 2000-01
• D.J. Robertson Award (Academic Achievement), 1997
• Barry M. Goldwater Full Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program Scholar, 200-01
• J.F.T. O'Connor Scholarship (Academic Excellence), 1998-99
• Madison Who's Who of Professionals 2008-09
• Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society, 2008
• Scarseth Award (Travel, National ASA-CSSA-SSSA Meetings), 2003
• Phi Beta Kappa, 2001
• Outstanding Ph.D. Student in Research, 2005
• North Dakota Program to Stimulate Advanced Undergraduate Research Award, 2000
• Howard Hughes Apprenticeship and Fellowship (Full Scholarship), 1999-00

Selected Publications

• Smith, K.E., J.M. Clark, R.R. Putnam, G.R. Lanza, and D.A. Dhanker. 2008. Pesticide phytoremediation, applications for vegetated filter strips. Journal of Environmental Quality 37(5): 1855-1861.
• Smith, K.E., S.A. Prior, G.B. Runion, A.J. Price, H.H. Rogers, and H.A. Torbert. 2008. Chinese privet (Ligustrume sinense Lour.) in an elevated CO2 environment. Botany Research Journal 1(2): 43-48.
• Euliss, K., C. Ho, A.P. Schwab, S. Rock, and M.K. Banks. 2008. Greenhouse and field assessment of phytoremediation for petroleum contaminants in a riparian zone. Bio resource Technology 99:1961:1971
• Euliss, K.W. and J.S. Carmichael. 2004. The effects of selenium accumulation in hydroponically grown canola (Brassica napus). Journal of Young Investigators 10(1).
• Euliss, K.W., A.P. Schwab, and M.K. Banks. 2005. Establishing plants under water for the purpose of De watering contaminated dredged sediments. Paper C6-06. In R.F. Olfenbuttel and P.J. White (ed.) Remediation of contaminated sediments - 2005: Finding ach
• Euliss, K.W., B.L. Dorsey, K.C. Benke, A.P. Schwab, and M.K. Banks. 2005. The use of plant tissue silica Content for estimating transpiration. Ecological Engineering 25(4):343-348.
• Smith, K.E., A.P. Schwab, and M.K. Banks. 2007. Phytoremediation and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contaminated sediments: A greenhouse feasibility study. Journal of Environmental Quality 36:239-244
• Smith, K.E., A.P. Schwab, and M.K. Banks. 2008. De watering of contaminated sediments: Greenhouse and field studies. Ecological Engineering. (in press)
• Smith, K.E., A.P. Schwab, and M.K. Banks. 2008. Evaluation of phytoremediation of PAH contaminated sediments: A field trial. Chemosphere. 72: 1614-1619
• Educational Background
• B.S., Summa Cum Laude, Biology major, Chemistry minor, Department of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, 2001
• Graduate Teaching Certificate, Center for Instructional Excellence, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2005
• Ph.D., Environmental Soil Science, Department of Agronomy, Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2005

Professional Memberships

• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Society of Agronomy
• International Union of Soil Scientists
• Soil Science Society of America