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PhD Candidate

Anna Gomes

2020

About

My main interests lie within anthropogenic climate change, environmental science, and agriculture. The complex system dynamics and interconnections between agriculture and the environment including nutrient cycling, energy use, and greenhouse gas emissions are a few of the most critical challenges for today's soil scientists. After completing a master’s degree in Sustainability Science and Environmental Studies at Lund University in Sweden, researching farmer adoption of practices which mitigate GHGs from arable soils in the Netherlands at Wageningen University, I started a PhD in Earth System Science at Stanford University, aiming to focus on soil and environmental biogeochemistry. In parallel to my work in academia, I have been working on a start-up to address food waste and food insecurity in California (Ugly Food Market), in addition to being a team member on several projects including a sharing library (Circle Centre), a soil science educational platform (Soil Life), and other sustainability related initiatives.

Funding:

Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) Fellowship (2020)

Publications:

  • DeVincentis, A. J., Solis, S. S., Bruno, E. M., Leavitt, A., Gomes, A., Rice, S., & Zaccaria, D. (2020). Using cost-benefit analysis to understand adoption of winter cover cropping in California's specialty crop systems. Journal of Environmental Management, 261, 110205.
  • Anna Gomes and Pytrik Reidsma, Time to Transition: Barriers and Opportunities to Farmer Adoption of Soil GHG Mitigation Practices in Dutch Agriculture, Front. Sustain. Food Syst., 27 September 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.706113
  • Alyssa J. DeVincentis, Samuel Sandoval Solis, Ellen M. Bruno, Amber Leavitt, Anna Gomes, Sloane Rice, Daniele Zaccaria (2020). Using cost-benefit analysis to understand adoption of winter cover cropping in California's specialty crop systems. Vol 261, 1 May 2020, 110205 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479720301407?via…!

Education

M.Sc. Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science, Lund University, Sweden
B.S. Agricultural and Environmental Education, Plant and Soil Emphasis, University of CA, Davis, USA (2018)