Juyoung Ha, Ph.D.
Department Chair
Associate Professor
Office Location
C309 and C316
Email
Phone
Education
- Ph.D., Stanford University, 2008
- M.S. Harvard University, 2002
- B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000
Courses Taught
- Environmental Organic Chemistry
- Principles of Soil Science
- Earth Science
- Environmental Science
- Geology
- Special topics – environmental spectroscopic analysis
Research Interests
- Soil and water characterization and analysis
- Biochar application and bioremediation
- Fate and transport analysis of contaminants
- Phase transformation of ancient concrete precursors from volcanic eruptions
Representative Publications
- Ha, J. Identifying the Phase of Surtsey Volcanic Tuffs. In Review. Geological Letter. 2025
- D. Shebitz, L. Agnew, S. Kerns, A. Oviedo and J. Ha. Let it Grow (Back): A call for the conservation of secondary forests as medicinal plant habitat. In-Review. Ethnobiology Letter. 2025.
- Ha, J. Adopting OER for field-based environmental science courses: Successes and Challenges. OER Conference, Kean University. 2022.
- Ha, J., Gomes, B., and De Masa, D. Impact of Different Vegetation Types on Soil Properties in Hubei, China. Agronomy 2019
- Akpu, I., De Palma, M., and Ha, J. The effect of organic matter and nitrogen fertilizer on rice paddy soil in Gongan County, Hubei Province, China. Kean Quest 2019.
- Martinez, H. and Ha, J. Influence of Environmental Pollution on Leaf Properties of Urban Trees in China and USA – A comparative Study using Stomatal Density. Asian Journal of Plant Science & Research 2018, 8 (6), 1-7.
Environmental Biogeochemistry Research Group
- Analysis and prediction of the fate and transport of chemical contaminants
- Chemical and physical characterization of nanoparticles
- Geochemical cycling of mineral surfaces and their reactivity with aqueous metal complexes, organic matter, and microbial organisms
- Environmental chemistry and geochemistry of heavy metal contaminants
- Experimental studies of carbon sequestration through biochar amendment to soil
- Understand the phase transformation and pathways of geological materials from Surtsey volcano, Iceland to identify potential green cement and Roman concrete process
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