2019
April 22, 2019. My research was highlighted in the UDAILY news as a feature article on Earth day 2019. Earth Day: Mohammad Afsar
March 04, 2019. Awarded the prestigious UD Dissertation Fellowship for 2019-2020.
February, 2019. My graduate research was highlighted in the Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN) Website. Mohammad Afsar, Tracking Carbon Chemistry in Wetland Soils
January 08, 2019. Gave an oral presentation on “Wetland’s Hydro-periods Influence the Size-Dependent Heterogeneity of Mineral-Organic Matter Complexes” in the SSSA 2019 meeting in San Diego, California.
2018
June 18, 2018. Received another professional development award from the UD graduate office to attend the SSSA 2019 meeting in San Diego, California.
2017
August 16, 2017. Gave an oral presentation “Quantification and Molecular Characterization of Mineral Associated Organic Carbon as Influenced by Redox Oscillations” in the Goldschmidt 2017 Conference in Paris, France.
July 03, 2017. Received another professional development award from the UD graduate office to attend the Goldschmidt 2017 conference in Paris.
July 03, 2017. Received a merit-based travel grant from Geochemical Society (GS) to attend the Goldschmidt 2017 conference in Paris, France.
June 13, 2017. Awarded the very competitive Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN) Fellowship for 2017-2019.
May 2017. Gave a poster presentation at the College of Agriculture & Natural Resources (CANR) Research Symposium. I won the 2nd place in the poster competition.
March 2017. Gave a poster presentation in DENIN graduate student research symposium. I won the 2nd place in the poster competition.
2016
December 2016. Gave an oral presentation on “Molecular Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter as Influenced by Redox Oscillation Condition” in SSSSA 2016 meeting in Phoenix, Arizona.
2015
December 2015. Gave an oral presentation on “Mobilization and Release of Organic Matter from Soil Column under Redox Oscillation Condition” in AGU 2015 meeting in San Francisco, California.
November 11, 2015. Received a professional development award from the University of Delaware graduate office to attend the AGU 2015 meeting in San Francisco, California. UD graduate office also highlighted my research in their blog.
2014
August 15, 2014. Joined the Environmental Soil Physics team as a graduate student at the University of Delaware.