This is a two-year funded project which will explore nutrient use efficiency in agroecosystems. The applicant will be based out of the UF/IFAS Soil, Water, & Ecosystem Sciences Department, located at the Everglades Research & Education Center in Belle Glade, Florida. The primary responsibility of the applicant will be to develop abiotic and biotic modes of improving NUE (primarily phosphorus) in agriculture and environmental systems. The applicant will be working on existing NSF and USDA funded projects on related topics. Research project(s) will include but not limited to testing biofertilizer products for NUE, and developing technologies that can capture and reuse phosphorus from point and non-point sources. The applicant will be working with soil, water, and plant tissue samples rout