Austin Putz

I am an undergraduate majoring in Animal Science. I hope to go on to Graduate school and study Animal Breeding and Genetics. In the Hofmockel Lab I work on both the Landscape Biomass and COBS projects. For these projects I have done a lot of fieldwork, sieving, grinding, and nutrient and mineralization assays, and I am known as the “king of the microbalance”. When I first started I didn’t think I would enjoy working with soil, but after a few weeks here I realized how important the study of soil is to everything. I have enjoyed working here with great graduate students and other undergrads.