mkonen@niu.edu              voice 815-753-6849                 fax  815-753-6872

Text Box: Northern Illinois University                                                    Department of Geography
Dr. Mike Konen

Associate Professor — Graduate Program Coordinator

Certified Professional Soil Scientist (CPSS)
Certified Professional Soil Classifier (CPSC)


B.S. Iowa State University                M.S. The Ohio State University                Ph.D. Iowa State University
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Geog 101 - Survey of Physical Geography

Geog 302 - Soil Science

Geog 402 - Pedology (Soil morphology, genesis, and geomorphology)

Geog 403 - Soil Geography and Land Use Planning

Geog 465/565 - Field Methods

Geol 477 - Field Methods in Environmental Geosciences                           (w/Jay Stravers & Melissa Lenczewski)

 

 

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Geog 102 - Survey of Physical Geography Laboratory

Geog 253 - Environment and Society

Geog 303 - Water Resources and the Environment

Geog 322 - Geog. of World Plant Communities

Geog 413 - Forest Ecology

Geog 422 - Plant-Soil Interactions

Geog / Geol 442x - Geomorphology

Geog / Geol 492x - Hydrology

 

Additional courses in the Department of Geography

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Soil Analysis Laboratory - Services and contact information

 

Landscape Evolution and Soil Geomorphology

Relict periglacial phenomena in the northcentral United States

Soil-geomorphic relationships in glaciated landscapes

Human impacts on soils and geomorphic processes

Post-settlement erosion-sedimentation

Postglacial landscape evolution

Paleopedology and Quaternary stratigraphy

Quaternary sediment mapping in northern Illinois

Hydric soil morphology and indicators

Ice-walled lake plains and NE IL deglaciation

 

Soil Quality, Soil Organic Carbon, Land Use

Field, laboratory, & remote sensing measurements of soil color

Soil carbon sequestration in native, restored, and agricultural systems

Hillslope and watershed scale soil carbon dynamics

Aggregate stability - organic carbon relationships

Land use impacts on soil morphology, physical properties, and soil carbon stocks

Text Box: Current Research in Pedology & Surficial Processes
By Karen McCoy
Kansas City Art Institute