Mary is a Ph.D. student in the department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture. Her research focuses on examining the plant-soil interface to enhance soil nutrient cycling. Mary’s experience is in soil nutrition from her time studying tomato genotypic variability in phosphorus use efficiency at the University of Florida. After graduating with her M.S. degree in horticultural sciences, Mary worked as an urban regional extension agent for the Alabama Cooperative Extension System.