Ganga Hettiarachchi
Professor
Department of Agronomy
Orcid identifier0000-0002-6669-2885 (opens in a new tab)
- ProfessorDepartment of Agronomy
- Kansas State University, Agronomy, 919 Mid-Campus Drive, Manhattan, KS, 66506, United States
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Dr. Hettiarachchi has been involved in numerous research projects. Her research interests have focused on improving the underlying soil chemical processes to promote sustainable and safe crop production and to protect human health. Her current research focuses on reducing the bioavailability of legacy and emerging soil contaminants to mitigate human health risks; the environmental sustainability of urban and peri-urban food systems; supporting safe agricultural production; and the beneficial use of residuals and the potential of reusing nutrients recovered from waste and wastewater.