Associate Professor
Email: ralybrand@ucdavis.edu
Office: 3140 Plant and Environmental Sciences Building
Personal Professional Website: http://www.rebeccalybrand.com/

Interests:
Dr. Lybrand specializes in pedology, soil mineralogy, and the study of soil-landscape relationships under contrasting environmental conditions. Dr. Lybrand’s research program provides new perspectives on the interplay of soils, climate, and landscape evolution through 1) hillslope to nanoscale investigations of soil biogeochemistry and mineral weathering in the Critical Zone, with a specific emphasis on 2) quantitative pedological studies in the western US.